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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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20 December 1832		3,826/4,265	89.71
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Tory	2,030	53.06
Robert Newton Shawe	Whig	1,990	52.01
Sir Charles Broke Vere	Tory	1,784	46.63
Majority		206	5.38

16 January 1835		4,345/5,034	86.31
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	2,452	56.43
Sir Charles Broke Vere	Conservative Party	2,321	53.42
Robert Newton Shawe	Whig	2,029	46.70
Majority		292	6.72

3 August 1837		6,278
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Charles Broke Vere	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 July 1841		4,983/6,915	72.06
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	3,279	65.80
Sir Charles Broke Vere	Conservative Party	3,178	63.78
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Whig	1,787	35.86
Majority		1,391	27.91

1 April 1843 Death of Sir Charles Vere.

18 April 1843		4,770/6,786	70.29
Frederick Thellusson, Baron Rendlesham	Conservative Party	2,952	61.89
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Liberal Party	1,818	38.11
Majority		1,134	23.77

5 February 1846 Resignation of Baron Henniker. (Northstead)

19 February 1846
Edward Sherlock Gooch	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 August 1847		6,673
Frederick Thellusson, Baron Rendlesham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Edward Sherlock Gooch	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 April 1852 Death of Baron Rendlesham.

1 May 1852
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 July 1852		6,343
Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 November 1856 Death of Sir Edward Gooch, Bt.

26 December 1856
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 April 1857		5,907
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	Unopposed

21 February 1858 Resignation of Sir Fitzroy Kelly on appointment as Attorney-General.

6 March 1858
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 May 1859		4,480/5,837	76.75
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	2,677	59.75
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	2,517	56.18
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Liberal Party	1,883	42.03
Majority		634	14.15

17 July 1865		6,769
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1866 Resignation of Sir Fitzroy Kelly on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of the Exchequer.

13 July 1866 Elevation of Baron Henniker to the UK Peerage - Baron Hartismere.

25 July 1866
Hon John Major Henniker-Major	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 February 1867 Resignation of Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

20 February 1867
Frederick Snowdon Corrance	Conservative Party	2,489	54.00
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Liberal Party	2,120	46.00
Majority		369	8.01

Boundary Change
24 November 1868		6,818/9,024	75.55
Hon John Major Henniker-Major	Conservative Party	3,650	53.53
Frederick Snowdon Corrance	Conservative Party	3,620	53.09
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Liberal Party	3,321	48.71
Thomas Sutton Western	Liberal Party	3,045	44.66
Majority		299	4.39

16 April 1870 Succession of Hon John Henniker-Major to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Hartismere.

1 June 1870
Arthur Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon	Conservative Party	3,456	51.27
Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, Bt	Liberal Party	3,285	48.73
Majority		171	2.54

11 February 1874		7,030/9,484	74.12
Frederick William Brook Thellusson, Baron Rendlesham	Conservative Party	4,136	58.83
Arthur Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon	Conservative Party	3,896	55.42
George Tomline	Liberal Party	3,014	42.87
Majority		882	12.55

4 March 1874 Resignation of Viscount Mahon on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

20 March 1874		9,484
Arthur Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon	Conservative Party	Unopposed

24 December 1875 Succession of Viscount Mahon to the Peerage - 6th Earl Stanhope.

24 February 1876		6,367/9,558	66.61
Frederick St John Newdigate Barne	Conservative Party	3,659	57.47
Charles Easton	Liberal Party	2,708	42.53
Majority		951	14.94

8 April 1880		7,433/9,635	77.15
Frederick William Brook Thellusson, Baron Rendlesham	Conservative Party	4,239	57.03
Frederick St John Newdigate Barne	Conservative Party	3,618	48.67
Robert Lacey Everett	Liberal Party	3,504	47.14
Majority		114	1.53