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28 November 1885		7,118/8,963	79.42
John Morgan Howard	Conservative Party	4,406	61.90
George Collins	Liberal Party	2,712	38.10
Majority		1,694	23.80

2 July 1886		8,963
John Morgan Howard	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1887 Resignation of John Howard on appointment as a County Court Judge.

1 December 1887		6,630/8,972	73.90
John Blundell Maple	Conservative Party	4,021	60.65
James Henderson	Liberal Party	2,609	39.35
Majority		1,412	21.30

7 July 1892		8,456/11,277	74.98
John Blundell Maple	Conservative Party	5,318	62.89
Arthur Clayden	Liberal Party	3,138	37.11
Majority		2,180	25.78

17 July 1895		7,434/11,960	62.16
Sir John Blundell Maple	Conservative Party	5,258	70.73
Charles Goddard Clarke	Liberal Party	2,176	29.27
Majority		3,082	41.46

1 October 1900
Sir John Blundell Maple, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

24 November 1903 Death of Sir Blundell Maple, Bt.

15 December 1903		10,201/13,515	75.48
Dr Frederick Rutherford Harris	Conservative Party	5,819	57.04
Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman	Liberal Party	4,382	42.96
Majority		1,437	14.09

17 January 1906		12,921/15,286	84.53
Dr Frederick Rutherford Harris	Conservative Party	6,639	51.38
David Williamson	Liberal Party	6,282	48.62
Majority		357	2.76

7 May 1906 Resignation of Dr Frederick Harris. (Chiltern Hundreds)

15 May 1906		12,139/15,286	79.41
Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative Party	6,709	55.27
David Williamson	Liberal Party	5,430	44.73
Majority		1,279	10.54

17 January 1910		14,526/16,478	88.15
Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative Party	8,472	58.32
Harry Evan Auguste Cotton	Liberal Party	6,054	41.68
Majority		2,418	16.65

3 December 1910		13,291/16,478	80.66
Frederick Hall	Conservative Party	7,796	58.66
Evan Spicer	Liberal Party	5,495	41.34
Majority		2,301	17.31

14 December 1918		15,258/30,377	50.23
Sir Frederick Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,039	78.90
Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	3,219	21.10
Majority		8,820	57.81

15 November 1922		20,779/32,486	63.96
Sir Frederick Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,046	67.60
Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	6,733	32.40
Majority		7,313	35.19

6 December 1923		20,343/33,185	61.30
Sir Frederick Hall, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,855	53.36
Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	9,488	46.64
Majority		1,367	6.72

29 October 1924		26,696/33,833	78.91
Sir Frederick Hall, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,611	58.48
Dr Charles Andrew Smith	Labour Party	7,068	26.48
Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	4,017	15.05
Majority		8,543	32.00

30 May 1929		30,760/42,638	72.14
Sir Frederick Hall, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,009	48.79
Dr Charles Andrew Smith	Labour Party	9,309	30.26
Dr Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	6,442	20.94
Majority		5,700	18.53

27 October 1931		30,423/43,025	70.71
Sir Frederick Hall, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,752	71.50
Fred Hughes	Labour Party	4,747	15.60
Dr Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	3,924	12.90
Majority		17,005	55.90

28 April 1932 Death of Sir Frederick Hall, Bt.

8 June 1932		20,245/43,025	47.05
Bracewell Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,342	60.96
Dr Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	3,998	19.75
Helen Caroline Bentwich	Labour Party	3,905	19.29
Majority		8,344	41.22

14 November 1935		27,755/42,206	65.76
Bracewell Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,870	60.78
James Viner Delahaye	Labour Party	7,142	25.73
Dr Charles Ralph Cooke-Taylor	Liberal Party	3,743	13.49
Majority		9,728	35.05

5 July 1945		23,608/33,062	71.41
Wilfrid Foulston Vernon	Labour Party	10,266	43.49
Sir Bracewell Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,055	42.59
John Peter James Ellis	Liberal Party	3,287	13.92
Majority		211	0.89

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		54,626/65,573	83.31
Wilfrid Foulston Vernon	Labour Party	25,511	46.70
Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,186	44.28
Paul Baker	Liberal Party	4,929	9.02
Majority		1,325	2.43

25 October 1951		55,769/66,473	83.90
Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,579	47.66
Wilfrid Foulston Vernon	Labour Party	25,888	46.42
Paul Baker	Liberal Party	3,302	5.92
Majority		691	1.24

26 May 1955		52,316/66,495	78.68
Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,333	48.42
Wilfrid Foulston Vernon	Labour Party	23,482	44.88
David Phillips	Liberal Party	3,501	6.69
Majority		1,851	3.54

8 October 1959		53,055/66,988	79.20
Robert Christmas Dewar Jenkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,991	47.10
Arnold Leslie Hill	Labour Party	22,740	42.86
William John Searle	Liberal Party	5,324	10.03
Majority		2,251	4.24

15 October 1964		47,681/64,568	73.85
Hon Samuel Charles Silkin	Labour Party	22,320	46.81
Martin Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,469	40.83
Frederick George Redman	Liberal Party	5,627	11.80
Frederic Thomas Palmer	Christian Soc	265	0.56
Majority		2,851	5.98

31 March 1966		47,100/63,891	73.72
Hon Samuel Charles Silkin	Labour Party	24,469	51.95
Martin Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,173	38.58
Michael Ridd	Liberal Party	4,458	9.46
Majority		6,296	13.37

18 June 1970		42,696/66,265	64.43
Hon Samuel Charles Silkin	Labour Party	20,145	47.18
Patrick Barnabas Burke Mayhew	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,250	45.09
Alfred Noel Humphris Blackburn	Liberal Party	3,301	7.73
Majority		895	2.10

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		49,570/67,082	73.89
Hon Samuel Charles Silkin	Labour Party	22,530	45.45
Keith William Twort Raffan	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,189	34.68
William Hamilton Pearson	Liberal Party	9,851	19.87
Majority		5,341	10.77

10 October 1974		43,987/67,528	65.14
Rt Hon Samuel Charles Silkin	Labour Party	21,790	49.54
Eric Douglas Morley	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,331	32.58
William Hamilton Pearson	Liberal Party	7,866	17.88
Majority		7,459	16.96

3 May 1979		43,139/61,259	70.42
Rt Hon Samuel Charles Silkin	Labour Party	18,557	43.02
Eric Douglas Morley	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,435	42.73
William Hamilton Pearson	Liberal Party	4,759	11.03
David Thompson	National Front	920	2.13
David Anderson Smart	Ecology Party	468	1.08
Majority		122	0.28

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		38,039/57,070	66.65
Gerald Francis Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,424	40.55
Catharine Letitia Hoey	Labour Party	13,565	35.66
Dick Taverne	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,376	22.02
Raymond Anthony Barker	National Front	338	0.89
Roger Charles Langton Baker	Ecology Party	237	0.62
Richard Warren Vero	Monster Raving Loony Party	99	0.26
Majority		1,859	4.89

11 June 1987		39,042/56,764	68.78
Gerald Francis Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,563	42.42
Catharine Letitia Hoey	Labour Party	16,383	41.96
Dr Andrew Nigel Graham Harris	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	5,664	14.51
Geoffrey Malcolm Alexander Goldie	Green Party	432	1.11
Majority		180	0.46

9 April 1992		37,450/55,141	67.92
Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell	Labour Party	17,714	47.30
Gerald Francis Bowden	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,658	41.81
Geoffrey Malcolm Alexander Goldie	Liberal Democrats	4,078	10.89
Majority		2,056	5.49