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5 December 1885		7,058/8,504	83.00
Edward Field	Conservative Party	3,561	50.45
George Ambrose Wallis	Liberal Party	3,497	49.55
Majority		64	0.91

9 July 1886		6,261/8,504	73.62
Edward Field	Conservative Party	3,760	60.05
James Clifton Brown	Liberal Party	2,501	39.95
Majority		1,259	20.11

13 July 1892		7,711/10,029	76.89
Edward Field	Conservative Party	4,037	52.35
Hon Thomas Seymour Brand	Liberal Party	3,674	47.65
Majority		363	4.71

23 July 1895		8,218/10,568	77.76
Edward Field	Conservative Party	4,139	50.37
Hon Thomas Seymour Brand	Liberal Party	4,079	49.63
Majority		60	0.73

15 October 1900		9,202/11,248	81.81
Lindsay Hogg	Conservative Party	4,948	53.77
Hon Thomas Seymour Brand	Liberal Party	4,254	46.23
Majority		694	7.54

17 January 1906		11,236/12,913	87.01
Hubert George Beaumont	Liberal Party	5,933	52.80
Sir Lindsay Hogg, Bt	Conservative Party	5,303	47.20
Majority		630	5.61

22 January 1910		12,802/14,172	90.33
Rupert Sackville Gwynne	Conservative Party	7,553	59.00
Hector Morison	Liberal Party	5,249	41.00
Majority		2,304	18.00

14 December 1910		11,793/14,172	83.21
Rupert Sackville Gwynne	Conservative Party	6,873	58.28
Hector Morison	Liberal Party	4,920	41.72
Majority		1,953	16.56

14 December 1918		17,850/29,863	59.77
Rupert Sackville Gwynne	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,357	63.62
Thomas Burleigh Hasdell	Labour Party	4,641	26.00
Sir Alfred John Callaghan	Liberal Party	1,852	10.38
Majority		6,716	37.62

15 November 1922		24,151/31,281	77.21
Rupert Sackville Gwynne	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,601	60.46
Edward Duke	Liberal Party	9,550	39.54
Majority		5,051	20.91

6 December 1923		24,672/32,033	77.02
Rupert Sackville Gwynne	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,276	53.81
Rt Hon Thomas Wiles	Liberal Party	11,396	46.19
Majority		1,880	7.62

29 October 1924		25,839/33,318	77.55
Rt Hon Sir George Ambrose Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,533	67.85
Joseph James Davies	Liberal Party	4,168	16.13
David John Davis	Labour Party	4,138	16.01
Majority		13,365	51.72

25 May 1925 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir George Lloyd on appointment as UK High Commissioner in Egypt and the Sudan. (Northstead)

17 June 1925		21,823/33,318	65.50
Sir William Reginald Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,741	58.38
Harcourt Johnstone	Liberal Party	5,386	24.68
Dr Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams	Labour Party	3,696	16.94
Majority		7,355	33.70

30 May 1929		36,450/48,951	74.46
Edward Marjoribanks	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,157	49.81
Richard Spencer Chatfield	Labour Party	8,204	22.51
Clive Stuart Saxon Burt	Liberal Party	7,812	21.43
Percy Ernest Hurst	Independent Conservative	2,277	6.25
Majority		9,953	27.31

27 October 1931		36,619/50,956	71.86
Edward Marjoribanks	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,240	85.31
Alfred James Marshall	Labour Party	5,379	14.69
Majority		25,861	70.62

2 April 1932 Death of Edward Marjoribanks.

28 April 1932
John Slater	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

15 February 1935 Death of John Slater.

29 March 1935
Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		53,257
Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		34,131/44,238	77.15
Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,173	53.24
Duncan Newman Smith	Labour Party	12,637	37.02
John Stafford Gowland	Liberal Party	2,797	8.19
William Reginald Hipwell	Ind Nat	524	1.54
Majority		5,536	16.22

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		59,495/69,932	85.08
Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,425	59.54
Reginald Groves	Labour Party	18,304	30.77
Cecil Louis Herbert Douglas-Bate	Liberal Party	5,766	9.69
Majority		17,121	28.78

25 October 1951		58,495/71,398	81.93
Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,278	67.15
Christopher Sebastian Bravery Attlee	Labour Party	19,217	32.85
Majority		20,061	34.30

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		45,340/59,810	75.81
Sir Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,779	65.68
John Alwyne Lewis	Labour Party	15,561	34.32
Majority		14,218	31.36

8 October 1959		48,666/62,971	77.28
Sir Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,874	57.28
Anthony Albert Dumont	Labour Party	11,837	24.32
Ronald Laurence Gardner-Thorpe	Liberal Party	8,955	18.40
Majority		16,037	32.95

15 October 1964		53,885/70,251	76.70
Sir Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,410	49.01
Stephen Terrell	Liberal Party	15,441	28.66
Joan Eileen Minnie Baker	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,034	22.33
Majority		10,969	20.36

31 March 1966		56,288/72,870	77.24
Sir Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,039	46.26
Stephen Terrell	Liberal Party	16,746	29.75
John Harold High	Labour Party	12,620	22.42
Vernon Hubert Petty	Independent Conservative	883	1.57
Majority		9,293	16.51

18 June 1970		62,079/84,207	73.72
Sir Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,296	48.80
Stephen Terrell	Liberal Party	23,308	37.55
Cyril George Abley	Labour Party	8,475	13.65
Majority		6,988	11.26

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		61,323/74,762	82.02
Ian Reginald Edward Gow	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,462	51.31
Stephen Terrell	Liberal Party	23,987	39.12
David St Clair Dawson	Labour Party	5,874	9.58
Majority		7,475	12.19

10 October 1974		55,689/74,684	74.57
Ian Reginald Edward Gow	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,442	54.66
Gurth Christian Hoyer-Millar	Liberal Party	14,417	25.89
Leonard James Caine	Labour Party	10,830	19.45
Majority		16,025	28.78

3 May 1979		58,951/76,880	76.68
Ian Reginald Edward Gow	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,168	63.05
David Frank Bellotti	Liberal Party	11,084	18.80
Leonard James Caine	Labour Party	10,166	17.24
Charles Andrew Mitchell	National Front	533	0.90
Majority		26,084	44.25

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		53,306/73,582	72.44
Ian Reginald Edward Gow	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,501	59.09
Peter George Driver	Liberal Party in Alliance	18,015	33.80
Charles Albert Clark	Labour Party	3,790	7.11
Majority		13,486	25.30

11 June 1987		56,046/74,705	75.02
Ian Reginald Edward Gow	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,587	59.93
Peter George Driver	Liberal Party in Alliance	16,664	29.73
Ash Patel	Labour Party	4,928	8.79
Ruth Addison	Green Party	867	1.55
Majority		16,923	30.19

30 July 1990 Death of Ian Gow.

18 October 1990		46,072/74,705	61.67
David Frank Bellotti	Liberal Democrats	23,415	50.82
Richard Saladin Hickmet	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,865	40.95
Charlotte Jean Scott Atkins	Labour Party	2,308	5.01
David Aherne	Green Party	553	1.20
Maria Theresia Williamson	Official Liberal Party	526	1.14
Lindi St Claire	Corrective	216	0.47
John Charles McAuley	National Front	154	0.33
Eric George Page	Ironside	35	0.08
Majority		4,550	9.88

9 April 1992		61,624/76,103	80.97
Nigel Christopher Waterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,792	51.59
David Frank Bellotti	Liberal Democrats	26,311	42.70
Ivan Anthony Gibbons	Labour Party	2,834	4.60
David Aherne	Green Party	391	0.63
Maria Theresia Williamson	Official Liberal Party	296	0.48
Majority		5,481	8.89

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		52,667/72,347	72.80
Nigel Christopher Waterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,183	42.12
Christopher John Berry	Liberal Democrats	20,189	38.33
David John Lines	Labour Party	6,576	12.49
Trevor John Lowe	Referendum Party	2,724	5.17
Maria-Theresia Williamson	Official Liberal Party	741	1.41
John Dawkins	UK Independence Party	254	0.48
Majority		1,994	3.79

7 June 2001		44,770/73,784	60.68
Nigel Christopher Waterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,738	44.09
Christopher John Berry	Liberal Democrats	17,584	39.28
Gillian Mary Roles	Labour Party	5,967	13.33
Barry Mark Jones	UK Independence Party	907	2.03
Maria Theresia Williamson	Official Liberal Party	574	1.28
Majority		2,154	4.81

5 May 2005		48,392/74,628	64.84
Nigel Christopher Waterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,033	43.46
Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd	Liberal Democrats	19,909	41.14
Andrew Malcolm Jones	Labour Party	5,268	10.89
Andrew Paul Meggs	UK Independence Party	1,233	2.55
Clive Daniel Gross	Green Party	949	1.96
Majority		1,124	2.32

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		52,124/77,652	67.13
Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd	Liberal Democrats	24,658	47.31
Nigel Christopher Waterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,223	40.72
Dave Brinson	Labour Party	2,497	4.79
Stephen Shing	Independent	1,327	2.55
Roger Needham	UK Independence Party	1,305	2.50
Colin Poulter	British National Party	939	1.80
Michael Baldry	Independent	101	0.19
Keith Gell	Independent	74	0.14
Majority		3,435	6.59

7 May 2015		52,907/78,262	67.60
Caroline Julie Porte Ansell	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,934	39.57
Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd	Liberal Democrats	20,201	38.18
Nigel Hazell Jones	UK Independence Party	6,139	11.60
Jake Ethan Lambert	Labour Party	4,143	7.83
Andrew Durling	Green Party	1,351	2.55
Paul Andrew Howard	Independent	139	0.26
Majority		733	1.39

8 June 2017		57,420/78,754	72.91
Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd	Liberal Democrats	26,924	46.89
Caroline Julie Porte Ansell	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,315	44.09
Jake Ethan Lambert	Labour Party	4,671	8.13
Alex Hough	Green Party	510	0.89
Majority		1,609	2.80

6 December 2018 Stephen Lloyd resigns the Liberal Democrat whip.

29 October 2019 Stephen Lloyd retakes the Liberal Democrat whip.

12 December 2019		55,134/79,307	69.52
Caroline Julie Porte Ansell	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,951	48.88
Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd	Liberal Democrats	22,620	41.03
Jake Ethan Lambert	Labour Party	3,848	6.98
Stephen Richard Gander	Brexit Party	1,530	2.78
Ken Pollock	Independent	185	0.34
Majority		4,331	7.86

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		45,605/72,592	62.82
Joshua Thomas Aderele Babarinde	Liberal Democrats	23,742	52.06
Caroline Julie Porte Ansell	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,538	25.30
Mark Andrew Ashdown	Reform UK	6,061	13.29
Paul Adrian Richards	Labour Party	2,689	5.90
Michael Steven Munson	Green Party	1,421	3.12
Ian Charles Garbutt	UK Independence Party	154	0.34
Majority		12,204	26.76