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4 December 1885		10,915/13,389	81.52
William Pomfret Pomfret	Conservative Party	6,020	55.15
George Crispe Whiteley	Liberal Party	4,895	44.85
Majority		1,125	10.31

3 July 1886		13,389
William Pomfret Pomfret	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1892		9,793/14,314	68.42
Laurence Hardy	Conservative Party	5,512	56.29
John U Bugler	Liberal Party	4,281	43.71
Majority		1,231	12.57

15 July 1895		13,031
Laurence Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 October 1900		8,241/12,714	64.82
Laurence Hardy	Conservative Party	5,898	71.57
Benjamin Nicholson	Protestant	2,343	28.43
Majority		3,555	43.14

October 1900 B Nicholson claimed to have been invited to contest the election by the local committee of Protestant Hundreds.

18 January 1906		11,608/13,864	83.73
Laurence Hardy	Conservative Party	5,994	51.64
Percy Alfred Harris	Liberal Party	5,614	48.36
Majority		380	3.27

20 January 1910		12,388/14,202	87.23
Laurence Hardy	Conservative Party	7,966	64.30
Reginald John Farrer	Liberal Party	4,422	35.70
Majority		3,544	28.61

3 December 1910		14,202
Laurence Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		12,666/32,349	39.15
Samuel Strang Steel	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,258	80.99
William H Deedes	Independent Democrat	2,408	19.01
Majority		7,850	61.98

15 November 1922		22,615/35,240	64.17
Samuel Strang Steel	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,638	69.15
Basil Noble	Labour Party	6,977	30.85
Majority		8,661	38.30

6 December 1923		20,353/35,223	57.78
Samuel Strang Steel	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,644	62.12
Basil Noble	Labour Party	7,709	37.88
Majority		4,935	24.25

29 October 1924		25,119/35,659	70.44
Samuel Strang Steel	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,159	60.35
Leonard John Humphrey	Liberal Party	5,487	21.84
Basil Noble	Labour Party	4,473	17.81
Majority		9,672	38.50

30 May 1929		34,217/45,445	75.29
Rev Roderick Morris Kedward	Liberal Party	15,753	46.04
Samuel Strang Steel	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,579	42.61
Dr Montefiore Follick	Labour Party	3,885	11.35
Majority		1,174	3.43

27 October 1931		35,572/46,879	75.88
Hon Michael Herbert Rudolph Knatchbull	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,891	58.73
Rev Roderick Morris Kedward	National Liberal Party	14,681	41.27
Majority		6,210	17.46

15 February 1933 Succession of Hon Michael Knatchbull to the Peerage - 5th Baron Brabourne.

17 March 1933		33,652/47,434	70.94
William Patrick Spens	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,051	47.70
Rev Roderick Morris Kedward	Liberal Party	11,423	33.94
William James Beck	Labour Party	6,178	18.36
Majority		4,628	13.75

Rev Roderick Kedward was opposed to the National Government.

14 November 1935		35,994/48,910	73.59
William Patrick Spens	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,323	59.24
Richard Borlase Matthews	Liberal Party	8,338	23.16
William James Beck	Labour Party	6,333	17.59
Majority		12,985	36.08

14 January 1943 Resignation of William Spens on appointment as Chief Justice of India. (Northstead)

10 February 1943		13,840/49,899	27.74
Edward Percy Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,648	69.71
Catherine Ellis Williamson	Common Wealth Movement	4,192	30.29
Majority		5,456	39.42

5 July 1945		36,179/50,933	71.03
Edward Percy Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,800	51.96
Horace Waterton Lee	Labour Party	12,575	34.76
Harold Vesey Strong	Liberal Party	4,804	13.28
Majority		6,225	17.21

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		40,871/48,607	84.08
William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,095	51.61
Neville Devonshire Sandelson	Labour Party	14,948	36.57
Herbert Cyril Shirley	Liberal Party	4,828	11.81
Majority		6,147	15.04

25 October 1951		40,738/49,715	81.94
William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,093	59.14
Neville Devonshire Sandelson	Labour Party	16,645	40.86
Majority		7,448	18.28

26 May 1955		39,677/50,821	78.07
William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,992	60.47
Neville Devonshire Sandelson	Labour Party	15,685	39.53
Majority		8,307	20.94

8 October 1959		40,366/52,097	77.48
William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,383	62.88
Reginald George Ward	Labour Party	14,983	37.12
Majority		10,400	25.76

15 October 1964		42,546/54,879	77.53
Rt Hon William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,026	49.42
Charles Arthur Thomas	Labour Party	11,989	28.18
John Gavin Worsfold Peck	Liberal Party	9,531	22.40
Majority		9,037	21.24

31 March 1966		42,732/56,727	75.33
Rt Hon William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,362	49.99
Charles Arthur Thomas	Labour Party	13,249	31.00
John Gavin Worsfold Peck	Liberal Party	8,121	19.00
Majority		8,113	18.99

18 June 1970		48,588/66,909	72.62
Rt Hon William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,649	54.85
John Matthew Bowyer	Labour Party	14,037	28.89
Frederick Charles Truman	Liberal Party	7,902	16.26
Majority		12,612	25.96

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		47,164/57,901	81.46
Rt Hon William Francis Deedes	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,773	46.16
Clive Gardner Dennis	Liberal Party	13,314	28.23
Martin Bernard Jackson	Labour Party	12,077	25.61
Majority		8,459	17.94

10 October 1974		43,546/58,404	74.56
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,294	44.31
Martin Bernard Jackson	Labour Party	13,269	30.47
Clive Gardner Dennis	Liberal Party	10,983	25.22
Majority		6,025	13.84

3 May 1979		47,119/61,299	76.87
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,224	55.65
Alan Arthur Gilbert	Labour Party	12,586	26.71
Alison Joan Wainman	Liberal Party	7,631	16.20
Kenneth Roderick McKilliam	National Front	678	1.44
Majority		13,638	28.94

9 June 1983		47,936/66,351	72.25
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,230	56.80
Joan Catherine Hawkes	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,319	27.78
Paul Arthur Lewis	Labour Party	6,167	12.87
Dr Charles Andrew Porter	Ecology Party	569	1.19
John William King	Nationalist Labour	456	0.95
Robert Ernest Lockwood	British National Party	195	0.41
Majority		13,911	29.02

11 June 1987		53,021/70,986	74.69
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,978	56.54
Neil Norman MacMillan	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	14,490	27.33
Michael John Wiggins	Labour Party	7,775	14.66
Dr Charles Andrew Porter	Green Party	778	1.47
Majority		15,488	29.21

9 April 1992		56,841/71,767	79.20
Herbert Keith Speed	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,031	54.59
Christine Linda Burgess Headley	Liberal Democrats	13,672	24.05
Doreen Aseneth Cameron	Labour Party	11,365	19.99
Dr Charles Andrew Porter	Green Party	773	1.36
Majority		17,359	30.54

1 May 1997		55,294/74,149	74.57
Damian Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,899	41.41
Prof John Richard Ennals	Labour Party	17,544	31.73
David John Williams	Liberal Democrats	10,901	19.71
Christopher Lee Cruden	Referendum Party	3,201	5.79
Richard Thomas Boden	Green Party	660	1.19
Stephen David Lloyd Tyrell	Natural Law Party	89	0.16
Majority		5,355	9.68

7 June 2001		47,937/76,699	62.50
Damien Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,739	47.44
John Paul Adams	Labour Party	15,380	32.08
Keith Edward Fitchett	Liberal Democrats	7,236	15.09
Richard Thomas Boden	Green Party	1,353	2.82
David Leonard Waller	UK Independence Party	1,229	2.56
Majority		7,359	15.35

5 May 2005		47,773/78,816	60.61
Damian Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,739	47.60
Valerie Rose Whitaker	Labour Party	13,353	27.95
Christopher James Took	Liberal Democrats	8,308	17.39
Richard Thomas Boden	Green Party	1,753	3.67
Bernard George Stroud	UK Independence Party	1,620	3.39
Majority		9,386	19.65

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		55,185/81,271	67.90
Damian Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,878	54.14
Christopher James Took	Liberal Democrats	12,581	22.80
Christopher Robert Clark	Labour Party	9,204	16.68
Jeffrey Elenor	UK Independence Party	2,508	4.54
Steven Robert Campkin	Green Party	1,014	1.84
Majority		17,297	31.34

7 May 2015		57,372/85,177	67.36
Rt Hon Damian Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,094	52.45
Gerald Michael O'Brien	UK Independence Party	10,798	18.82
Brendan Chilton	Labour Party	10,580	18.44
Debra Anne Enever	Liberal Democrats	3,433	5.98
Amanda Michaela Rossi	Green Party	2,467	4.30
Majority		19,296	33.63

8 June 2017		59,879/87,387	68.52
Rt Hon Damian Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,318	58.98
Sally Gathern	Labour Party	17,840	29.79
Adrian John Gee-Turner	Liberal Democrats	3,101	5.18
Gerald Michael O'Brien	UK Independence Party	2,218	3.70
Amanda Michaela Rossi	Green Party	1,402	2.34
Majority		17,478	29.19

12 December 2019		60,059/89,553	67.07
Rt Hon Damian Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,270	62.06
Dara Farrell	Labour Party	13,241	22.05
Adrian John Gee-Turner	Liberal Democrats	6,048	10.07
Amanda Michaela Rossi	Green Party	2,638	4.39
Susannah Louise de Sanvil	Independent	862	1.44
Majority		24,029	40.01

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		46,975/76,212	61.64
Sojan Joseph	Labour Party	15,262	32.49
Rt Hon Damian Howard Green	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,483	28.70
Tristram John Kennedy Harper	Reform UK	10,141	21.59
Amanda Michaela Rossi	Green Party	4,355	9.27
Adam James Rowledge	Liberal Democrats	2,445	5.20
James Ransley	Consensus	1,289	2.74
Majority		1,779	3.79