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13 December 1832		1,396/1,651	84.55
Rt Hon Charles Edward Poulett Thomson	Whig	713	51.07
Sir John Rae Reid, bt	Tory	644	46.13
John Halcomb	Tory	523	37.46
Robert Henry Stanhope	Whig	498	35.67
Majority		121	8.67

1833 Rt Hon Charles Poulett Thomson elects to sit for Manchester.

7 March 1833		1,399/1,651	84.74
John Halcomb	Tory	734	52.47
Robert Henry Stanhope	Whig	665	47.53
Majority		69	4.93

22 May 1833 Petition - dismissed.

7 January 1835		1,347/1,564	86.13
John Minet Fector	Conservative Party	908	67.41
Sir John Rae Reid, bt	Conservative Party	782	58.05
Edward Royd Rice	Whig	761	56.50
Majority		21	1.56

25 July 1837		1,512/1,677	90.16
Edward Royd Rice	Whig	854	56.48
Sir John Rae Reid, bt	Conservative Party	829	54.83
John Minet Fector	Conservative Party	742	49.07
Majority		87	5.75

2 July 1841		1,667/1,857	89.77
Sir John Rae Reid, bt	Conservative Party	1,000	59.99
Edward Royd Rice	Whig	960	57.59
John Halcomb	Conservative Party	536	32.15
Alexander Galloway	Radical	281	16.86
Majority		424	25.43

30 July 1847		1,467/2,060	71.21
Edward Royd Rice	Whig	1,104	75.26
Sir George Clerk, bt	Conservative Party	932	63.53
Henry Thoby Prinsep	Conservative Party	897	61.15
Majority		35	2.39

8 July 1852		1,837/2,064	89.00
Henry Charles Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea	Conservative Party	1,097	59.72
Edward Royd Rice	Whig	898	48.88
Sir George Clerk, bt	Conservative Party	781	42.51
Majority		117	6.37

28 March 1857		1,608/2,024	79.45
Ralph Bernal Osborne	Radical	989	61.50
Sir William Russell, Bt	Whig	958	59.58
Rt Hon Sir George Clerk, bt	Conservative Party	695	43.22
George William Hope	Conservative Party	574	35.70
Majority		263	16.36

28 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.

30 April 1859		1,687/2,038	82.78
Sir Henry John Leeke	Conservative Party	931	55.19
William Nicol	Conservative Party	902	53.47
Sir William Russell, bt	Liberal Party	788	46.71
Ralph Bernal Osborne	Liberal Party	752	44.58
Majority		114	6.76

1859 Petition - dismissed.

12 July 1865		1,917/2,318	82.70
Alexander George Dickson	Conservative Party	1,026	53.52
Charles Kaye Freshfield	Conservative Party	1,012	52.79
William Coutts Keppel, Viscount Bury	Liberal Party	903	47.10
Thomas Eustace Smith	Liberal Party	892	46.53
Majority		109	5.69

1865 Petition - withdrawn.

17 November 1868		2,859/3,392	84.29
Alexander George Dickson	Conservative Party	1,461	51.10
George Jessel	Liberal Party	1,435	50.19
Charles Kaye Freshfield	Conservative Party	1,387	48.51
Israel Abrahams	Liberal Party	35	1.22
Majority		48	1.68

23 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.

1871 Resignation of George Jessel on appointment as Solicitor-General.

25 November 1871		2,379/3,443	69.10
Sir George Jessel	Liberal Party	1,235	51.91
Edward William Barnett	Conservative Party	1,144	48.09
Majority		91	3.83

30 August 1873 Resignation of Sir George Jessel on appointment as Master of the Rolls.

23 September 1873		2,504/3,563	70.28
Edward William Barnett	Conservative Party	1,415	56.51
James Staats Forbes	Liberal Party	1,089	43.49
Majority		326	13.02

5 February 1874		2,546/3,714	68.55
Charles Kaye Freshfield	Conservative Party	1,595	62.65
Alexander George Dickson	Conservative Party	1,316	51.69
Christopher Weguelin	Liberal Party	1,118	43.91
Frederick Andrew Inderwick	Liberal Party	1,062	41.71
Majority		198	7.78

3 April 1880		3,274/4,239	77.24
Charles Kaye Freshfield	Conservative Party	1,734	52.96
Alexander George Dickson	Conservative Party	1,701	51.95
Hon Philip James Stanhope	Liberal Party	1,607	49.08
Charles Clement Walker	Liberal Party	1,506	46.00
Majority		94	2.87

24 November 1885		3,484/4,885	71.32
Alexander George Dickson	Conservative Party	2,066	59.30
Robert Murray Lawes	Liberal Party	1,418	40.70
Majority		648	18.60

1 July 1886		4,885
Alexander George Dickson	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 July 1889 Death of Alexander Dickson.

12 July 1889
George Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 July 1892		3,209/5,156	62.24
George Wyndham	Conservative Party	2,231	69.52
Eustace G Edwards	Liberal/Labour	978	30.48
Majority		1,253	39.05

12 July 1895		5,363
George Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 September 1900		5,988
George Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 November 1900 Resignation of George Wyndham on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

8 December 1900
Rt Hon George Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 January 1906		4,974/6,593	75.44
Rt Hon George Wyndham	Conservative Party	3,269	65.72
Reuben John Bryce	Liberal Party	1,705	34.28
Majority		1,564	31.44

15 January 1910		4,902/6,247	78.47
Rt Hon George Wyndham	Conservative Party	3,330	67.93
Augustus Montague Bradley	Liberal Party	1,572	32.07
Majority		1,758	35.86

2 December 1910		6,247
Rt Hon George Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 June 1913 Death of Rt Hon George Wyndham.

23 June 1913
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Viscount Dungannon	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918		16,370/35,170	46.55
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Viscount Dungannon	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,249	68.72
Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone	Liberal Party	5,121	31.28
Majority		6,128	37.43

1 December 1920 Succession of Viscount Dungannon to Peerage - 9th Earl of Bessborough and Baron Duncannon.

12 January 1921		24,764/34,890	70.98
Sir Thomas Andrew Polson	Independent	13,947	56.32
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,817	43.68
Majority		3,130	12.64

Sir Thomas Polson was supported by Horatio Bottomley.

18 January 1921 Sir Thomas Polson joins the Anti-Waste League on its inception.

15 November 1922		29,190/37,610	77.61
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,151	62.18
Sir Thomas Andrew Polson	Independent	8,054	27.59
Leonard Jacques Stein	Liberal Party	2,985	10.23
Majority		10,097	34.59

6 December 1923		38,010
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

March 1924 Hon John Astor was unseated for voting in the House of Commons before taking the oath of allegiance.

12 March 1924		38,010
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		28,813/38,580	74.68
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,186	73.53
Allan Francis George	Labour Party	7,627	26.47
Majority		13,559	47.06

30 May 1929		37,616/50,586	74.36
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,572	54.69
Ernest Lionel McKeag	Labour Party	8,864	23.56
Herbert James Baxter	Liberal Party	8,180	21.75
Majority		11,708	31.13

27 October 1931		39,524/54,106	73.05
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,743	75.25
William Moore	Labour Party	9,781	24.75
Majority		19,962	50.51

14 November 1935		40,472/58,183	69.56
Hon John Jacob Astor	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,884	63.96
William Henry Bennett	Labour Party	14,588	36.04
Majority		11,296	27.91

5 July 1945		33,064/45,279	73.02
John Richard Thomas	Labour Party	17,373	52.54
John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,691	47.46
Majority		1,682	5.09

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		52,318/60,999	85.77
John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,640	49.01
William James Owen	Labour and Co-operative Party	23,331	44.59
Basil Eric Goldstone	Liberal Party	2,873	5.49
Robert Tennant Morrison	Communist Party	474	0.91
Majority		2,309	4.41

25 October 1951		53,506/62,402	85.74
John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,511	53.29
William James Owen	Labour and Co-operative Party	24,995	46.71
Majority		3,516	6.57

26 May 1955		51,614/63,064	81.84
John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,316	52.92
Horace Waterton Lee	Labour Party	24,298	47.08
Majority		3,018	5.85

8 October 1959		52,637/63,512	82.88
John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,939	53.08
Horace Waterton Lee	Labour Party	24,698	46.92
Majority		3,241	6.16

15 October 1964		53,655/64,876	82.70
David Hedley Ennals	Labour Party	24,115	44.94
Sir John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,697	44.17
Bernard Wilfred Budd	Liberal Party	5,843	10.89
Majority		418	0.78

31 March 1966		55,277/65,664	84.18
David Hedley Ennals	Labour Party	27,256	49.31
Thomas Charles Gerrard Stacey	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,040	43.49
Bernard Wilfred Budd	Liberal Party	3,981	7.20
Majority		3,216	5.82

18 June 1970		58,557/72,580	80.68
Peter Wynford Innes Rees	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,103	51.41
David Hedley Ennals	Labour Party	28,454	48.59
Majority		1,649	2.82

New
9 June 1983		52,693/68,792	76.60
Peter Wynford Innes Rees	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,454	48.31
Stephen Sidney Earnest William Love	Labour Party	16,234	30.81
Geoffrey Nice	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,601	20.12
Michael James Potter	Ecology Party	404	0.77
Majority		9,220	17.50

11 June 1987		55,087/69,807	78.91
David Lawrence Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,343	46.01
Stephen Sidney Earnest William Love	Labour Party	18,802	34.13
Geoffrey Nice	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,942	19.86
Majority		6,541	11.87

9 April 1992		57,590/68,962	83.51
David Lawrence Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,395	44.10
Gwynfor Mathews Prosser	Labour Party	24,562	42.65
Michael John Sole	Liberal Democrats	6,212	10.79
Adrian Charles William Sullivan	Green Party	637	1.11
Peter William Sherred	Independent	407	0.71
Brian John Philp	Independent Conservative	250	0.43
Colin Frederick Percy	Natural Law Party	127	0.22
Majority		833	1.45

1 May 1997		54,200/68,669	78.93
Gwynfor Mathews Prosser	Labour Party	29,535	54.49
David Lawrence Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,796	32.83
Mark Brian Corney	Liberal Democrats	4,302	7.94
Susan Lucy Anderson	Referendum Party	2,124	3.92
Clive Desmond Hyde	UK Independence Party	443	0.82
Majority		11,739	21.66

7 June 2001		44,960/69,025	65.14
Gwynfor Mathews Prosser	Labour Party	21,943	48.81
Paul Alexander Watkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,744	37.24
Antony James Hook	Liberal Democrats	5,131	11.41
Lee Speakman	UK Independence Party	1,142	2.54
Majority		5,199	11.56

5 May 2005		47,884/70,884	67.55
Gwynfor Mathews Prosser	Labour Party	21,680	45.28
Paul Alexander Watkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,739	34.96
Antony James Hook	Liberal Democrats	7,607	15.89
Michael Robert Wiltshire	UK Independence Party	1,252	2.61
Victor Peter Matcham	Independent	606	1.27
Majority		4,941	10.32

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		50,385/71,869	70.11
Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,174	44.01
Gwynfor Mathews Prosser	Labour Party	16,900	33.54
John Gerard Brigden	Liberal Democrats	7,962	15.80
Victor Peter Matcham	UK Independence Party	1,747	3.47
Arthur Dennis Whiting	British National Party	1,104	2.19
Mike Walters	English Democrats Party	216	0.43
David Clark	Christian Alliance	200	0.40
Edward George Lee-Delisle	Independent	82	0.16
Majority		5,274	10.47

7 May 2015		50,224/72,930	68.87
Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,737	43.28
Clair Hawkins	Labour Party	15,443	30.75
David Blackburn Little	UK Independence Party	10,177	20.26
Sarah Smith	Liberal Democrats	1,572	3.13
Jolyon Loch Trimingham	Green Party	1,295	2.58
Majority		6,294	12.53

8 June 2017		51,966/74,564	69.69
Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,211	52.36
Stacey Blair	Labour Party	20,774	39.98
Piers Andrew Charles Wauchope	UK Independence Party	1,722	3.31
Simon James Dodd	Liberal Democrats	1,336	2.57
Rebecca Lois Madge Sawbridge	Green Party	923	1.78
Majority		6,437	12.39

3 November 2017 The Conservative whip was withdrawn from Charles Elphicke over allegations of sexual harassment.

12 December 2018 The Conservative whip was restored to Charles Elphicke.

22 July 2019 The Conservative whip was withdrawn from Charles Elphicke over charges of sexual harassment.

12 December 2019		50,701/76,355	66.40
Natalie Cecilia Elphicke	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,830	56.86
Charlotte Diane Cornell	Labour Party	16,552	32.65
Simon James Dodd	Liberal Democrats	2,895	5.71
Rebecca Lois Madge Sawbridge	Green Party	1,371	2.70
Nathan Mark Sutton	Independent	916	1.81
Eljai Morias	Womens Equality	137	0.27
Majority		12,278	24.22

8 May 2024 Natalie Elphicke resigns the Conservative whip and joins the Labour Party.