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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 10 December 1832 | 322 | ||
| Tory | Unopposed | ||
| Tory | Unopposed | ||
| 6 January 1835 | 318 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 24 July 1837 | 397 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 28 June 1841 | 367 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 6 September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir James Graham, Bt on appointment as Home Secretary. | |||
| 13 September 1841 | 367 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 28 July 1847 | 405 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 8 July 1852 | 318/432 | 73.61 | |
| Whig | 235 | 73.90 | |
| Conservative Party | 215 | 67.61 | |
| Conservative Party | 186 | 58.49 | |
| Majority | 29 | 9.12 | |
| 15 July 1856 Resignation of Henry Sturt in order to contest Dorset. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
| 22 July 1856 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 27 March 1857 | 451 | ||
| Whig | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 29 April 1859 | 442 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 12 July 1865 | 313/432 | 72.45 | |
| Conservative Party | 268 | 85.62 | |
| Liberal Party | 255 | 81.47 | |
| Conservative Party | 103 | 32.91 | |
| Majority | 152 | 48.56 | |
| 16 November 1868 | 628 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 3 February 1874 | 586/688 | 85.17 | |
| Conservative Party | 353 | 60.24 | |
| Liberal Party | 233 | 39.76 | |
| Majority | 120 | 20.48 | |
| 2 April 1880 | 706/817 | 86.41 | |
| Conservative Party | 374 | 52.97 | |
| Liberal Party | 332 | 47.03 | |
| Majority | 42 | 5.95 | |