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18 November 1868		6,315/7,072	89.30
John Simon	Liberal Party	3,392	53.71
Handel Cossham	Liberal Party	2,923	46.29
Majority		469	7.43

4 February 1874		7,004/8,803	79.56
John Simon	Liberal Party	3,706	52.91
John Charles Cox	Liberal Party	3,272	46.72
William Henry Colbeck	Conservative Party	26	0.37
Majority		434	6.20

1 April 1880		8,439/9,960	84.73
John Simon	Liberal Party	3,599	42.65
William Hoyle	Liberal Party	3,254	38.56
Alfred Austin	Conservative Party	1,586	18.79
Majority		345	4.09

25 November 1885		9,788/11,439	85.57
John Simon	Liberal Party	6,124	62.57
Joseph Fox	Conservative Party	3,664	37.43
Majority		2,460	25.13

3 July 1886		7,877/11,439	68.86
John Simon	Liberal Party	5,118	64.97
Joseph Samuel Colefax	Conservative Party	2,759	35.03
Majority		2,359	29.95

8 November 1888 Resignation of John Simon. (Chiltern Hundreds)

16 November 1888		10,040/11,767	85.32
Mark Oldroyd	Liberal Party	6,071	60.47
Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	3,969	39.53
Majority		2,102	20.94

7 July 1892		9,429/11,768	80.12
Mark Oldroyd	Liberal Party	5,759	61.08
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative Party	3,670	38.92
Majority		2,089	22.16

17 July 1895		10,334/12,167	84.93
Mark Oldroyd	Liberal Party	5,379	52.05
Henry Strother Cautley	Conservative Party	3,875	37.50
Edward Robertshaw Hartley	Liberal/Labour	1,080	10.45
Majority		1,504	14.55

2 October 1900		9,942/13,296	74.77
Mark Oldroyd	Liberal Party	6,045	60.80
Forbes St John Morrow	Conservative Party	3,897	39.20
Majority		2,148	21.61

13 January 1902 Resignation of Mark Oldroyd. (Northstead)

28 January 1902		11,769/13,476	87.33
Walter Runciman	Liberal Party	5,660	48.09
Joe Haley	Conservative Party	4,512	38.34
Henry Quelch	Social Democratic Foundation	1,597	13.57
Majority		1,148	9.75

16 January 1906		12,352/13,951	88.54
Walter Runciman	Liberal Party	6,764	54.76
William Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative Party	2,959	23.96
Ben Turner	Labour Party	2,629	21.28
Majority		3,805	30.80

12 April 1908 Resignation of Rt Hon Walter Runciman on appointment as President of the Board of Education.

23 April 1908		12,118/14,056	86.21
Rt Hon Walter Runciman	Liberal Party	5,594	46.16
William Boyd Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative Party	4,078	33.65
Ben Turner	Labour Party	2,446	20.18
Majority		1,516	12.51

18 January 1910		12,629/14,389	87.77
Rt Hon Walter Runciman	Liberal Party	7,882	62.41
Benjamin Dent	Conservative Party	4,747	37.59
Majority		3,135	24.82

5 December 1910		11,094/14,389	77.10
Rt Hon Walter Runciman	Liberal Party	7,061	63.65
Edward Overend Simpson	Conservative Party	4,033	36.35
Majority		3,028	27.29

14 December 1918		18,579/27,592	67.33
Emil William Pickering	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	7,853	42.27
Benjamin Riley	Labour Party	5,596	30.12
Rt Hon Walter Runciman	Liberal Party	5,130	27.61
Majority		2,257	12.15

15 November 1922		23,630/28,145	83.96
Benjamin Riley	Labour Party	8,821	37.33
Thomas Edmund Harvey	Liberal Party	8,065	34.13
Osbert Peake	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,744	28.54
Majority		756	3.20

6 December 1923		20,102/28,431	70.70
Thomas Edmund Harvey	Liberal Party	11,179	55.61
Benjamin Riley	Labour Party	8,923	44.39
Majority		2,256	11.22

29 October 1924		24,180/28,677	84.32
Benjamin Riley	Labour Party	9,941	41.11
Frederick Walter Skelsey	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,516	31.08
Thomas Edmund Harvey	Liberal Party	6,723	27.80
Majority		2,425	10.03

30 May 1929		31,202/36,250	86.07
Benjamin Riley	Labour Party	14,420	46.21
Ronald Fitz-John Walker	Liberal Party	10,607	33.99
John William Watson Shuttleworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,175	19.79
Majority		3,813	12.22

27 October 1931		30,564/36,286	84.23
Walter Russell Rea	Liberal Party	19,463	63.68
Benjamin Riley	Labour Party	11,101	36.32
Majority		8,362	27.36

14 November 1935		29,797/36,875	80.81
Benjamin Riley	Labour Party	14,066	47.21
John Fennell	National Labour	8,798	29.53
Sir Walter Russell Rea, Bt	Liberal Party	6,933	23.27
Majority		5,268	17.68

5 July 1945		29,027/36,217	80.15
William Thomas Paling	Labour Party	16,330	56.26
Eric Ernest Ritchie Kilner	National Liberal Party	8,674	29.88
Thomas Mercer Banks	Liberal Party	4,023	13.86
Majority		7,656	26.38

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		54,740/62,259	87.92
William Thomas Paling	Labour Party	29,341	53.60
James Edward Ramsden	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,076	33.02
George Granville Slack	Liberal Party	7,323	13.38
Majority		11,265	20.58

25 October 1951		53,796/62,680	85.83
William Thomas Paling	Labour Party	28,650	53.26
James Edward Ramsden	National Liberal and Conservative Party	19,562	36.36
Joseph Stanley Snowden	Liberal Party	5,584	10.38
Majority		9,088	16.89

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		44,671/55,257	80.84
William Thomas Paling	Labour Party	23,286	52.13
Michael Norman Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,869	35.52
Joseph Stanley Snowden	Liberal Party	5,516	12.35
Majority		7,417	16.60

8 October 1959		45,392/54,894	82.69
David Ginsburg	Labour Party	20,870	45.98
John Marcus Fox	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,201	37.89
John McCubbin McLusky	Liberal Party	7,321	16.13
Majority		3,669	8.08

15 October 1964		44,009/55,341	79.52
David Ginsburg	Labour Party	21,284	48.36
Barbara Mary Garden	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,046	34.19
Alan Allsopp	Liberal Party	7,679	17.45
Majority		6,238	14.17

31 March 1966		42,981/55,080	78.03
David Ginsburg	Labour Party	23,027	53.57
Donald Hubert Haynes	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,361	28.76
Alan Allsopp	Liberal Party	7,593	17.67
Majority		10,666	24.82

18 June 1970		45,171/60,544	74.61
David Ginsburg	Labour Party	22,015	48.74
John Maxwell Stansfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,468	38.67
Alan Allsopp	Liberal Party	5,688	12.59
Majority		4,547	10.07

28 February 1974		49,859/61,016	81.71
David Ginsburg	Labour Party	21,186	42.49
Ivor James Humphrey	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,774	31.64
Alan Allsopp	Liberal Party	12,899	25.87
Majority		5,412	10.85

10 October 1974		44,846/61,493	72.93
David Ginsburg	Labour Party	20,378	45.44
Marguerite Elizabeth Liversidge Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,477	30.05
Alan Allsopp	Liberal Party	10,991	24.51
Majority		6,901	15.39

3 May 1979		48,857/63,379	77.09
David Ginsburg	Labour Party	22,829	46.73
Roy Galley	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,448	37.76
Neil Philip Derbyshire	Liberal Party	7,580	15.51
Majority		4,381	8.97

7 October 1981 David Ginsburg resigns the Labour whip and joins the SDP.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		51,573/70,623	73.03
John Whitfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,297	39.36
Denis Ripley	Labour Party	18,211	35.31
David Ginsburg	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,065	25.33
Majority		2,086	4.04

11 June 1987		55,798/71,838	77.67
Winifred Ann Taylor	Labour Party	23,668	42.42
John Whitfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,223	41.62
Alan Mills	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,907	15.96
Majority		445	0.80

9 April 1992		58,405/72,839	80.18
Winifred Ann Taylor	Labour Party	25,596	43.83
John Whitfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,962	42.74
Robert Spencer Meadowcroft	Liberal Democrats	6,570	11.25
Lady Jane Pollock Birdwood	British National Party	660	1.13
Neil Michael Denby	Green Party	471	0.81
Janet Marsden	Natural Law Party	146	0.25
Majority		634	1.09

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		43,075/61,523	70.01
Winifred Ann Taylor	Labour Party	21,286	49.42
Dr Paul Martin McCormick	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,963	30.09
Kingsley Hill	Liberal Democrats	4,422	10.27
Frances Taylor	British National Party	2,232	5.18
Wendy Susan Goff	Referendum Party	1,019	2.37
David Daniel	Independent Labour	770	1.79
Ian Martin McCourtie	Green Party	383	0.89
Majority		8,323	19.32

7 June 2001		36,651/62,344	58.79
Rt Hon Winifred Ann Taylor	Labour Party	18,524	50.54
Robert Ian Gawain Cole	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,075	30.22
Ian Michael Cuthbertson	Liberal Democrats	4,382	11.96
Russell Alexander Smith	British National Party	1,632	4.45
Joan Brenda Smithson	Green Party	560	1.53
David Trevor Peace	UK Independence Party	478	1.30
Majority		7,449	20.32

5 May 2005		38,595/62,243	62.01
Shahid Malik	Labour Party	15,807	40.96
Sayeeda Hussain Warsi	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,192	29.00
Kingsley Hill	Liberal Democrats	5,624	14.57
David Antony Exley	British National Party	5,066	13.13
Joan Brenda Smithson	Green Party	593	1.54
Alan Girvan	Independent	313	0.81
Majority		4,615	11.96

Major Boundary Change
6 May 2010		54,008/78,988	68.37
Simon Justin Reevell	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,898	34.99
Shahid Malik	Labour Party	17,372	32.17
Andrew Hutchinson	Liberal Democrats	9,150	16.94
Khizar Iqbal	Independent	3,813	7.06
Roger Roberts	British National Party	3,265	6.05
Adrian Hugh Cruden	Green Party	849	1.57
Michael James Felse	English Democrats Party	661	1.22
Majority		1,526	2.83

7 May 2015		53,630/79,765	67.24
Paula Michelle Sherriff	Labour Party	22,406	41.78
Simon Justin Reevell	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,955	39.07
Mark Anthony Thackray	UK Independence Party	6,649	12.40
Ednan Hussain	Liberal Democrats	1,924	3.59
Adrian Hugh Cruden	Green Party	1,366	2.55
Richard Carter	Yorkshire First	236	0.44
Steve Hakes	Christian Peoples Alliance	94	0.18
Majority		1,451	2.71

8 June 2017		56,545/81,343	69.51
Paula Michelle Sherriff	Labour Party	28,814	50.96
Beth Prescott	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,493	45.08
Ednan Hussain	Liberal Democrats	1,214	2.15
Simon John Cope	Green Party	1,024	1.81
Majority		3,321	5.87

12 December 2019		56,389/81,253	69.40
Mark Simon Eastwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,179	46.43
Paula Michelle Sherriff	Labour Party	24,618	43.66
John Edward Rossington	Liberal Democrats	2,406	4.27
Philip Anthony James	Brexit Party	1,874	3.32
Simon John Cope	Green Party	1,060	1.88
Graham Stanton	Monster Raving Loony Party	252	0.45
Majority		1,561	2.77