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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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20 December 1832 | 253 | ||
Tory | Unopposed |   | |
5 January 1835 | 282 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 July 1837 | 301 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 June 1841 | 342 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 July 1847 | 322 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 July 1852 | 356 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1857 | 359 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1859 | 342 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 July 1865 | 339 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 July 1866 Resignation of Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt in order to contest Eastern Suffolk. (Northstead) | |||
27 November 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 November 1868 | 1,198 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 January 1874 | 1,163 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1874 Resignation of Viscount Barrington on appointment as Vice Chamberlain. | |||
19 March 1874 | 1,042/1,163 | 89.60 | |
Conservative Party | 656 | 62.96 | |
Liberal Party | 386 | 37.04 | |
Majority | 270 | 25.91 | |
31 March 1880 | 1,018/1,083 | 94.00 | |
Conservative Party | 540 | 53.05 | |
Liberal Party | 478 | 46.95 | |
Majority | 62 | 6.09 | |
June 1885 Resignation of Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 473 | 58.47 | |
Liberal Party | 336 | 41.53 | |
Majority | 137 | 16.93 | |
4 December 1885 | 8,716/10,993 | 79.29 | |
Liberal Party | 5,356 | 61.45 | |
Conservative Party | 3,360 | 38.55 | |
Majority | 1,996 | 22.90 | |
16 July 1886 | 7,482/10,993 | 68.06 | |
Liberal Party | 4,544 | 60.73 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,938 | 39.27 | |
Majority | 1,606 | 21.46 | |
9 July 1892 | 8,132/10,321 | 78.79 | |
Liberal Party | 4,701 | 57.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,431 | 42.19 | |
Majority | 1,270 | 15.62 | |
25 July 1895 | 8,040/10,339 | 77.76 | |
Liberal Party | 4,437 | 55.19 | |
Conservative Party | 3,603 | 44.81 | |
Majority | 834 | 10.37 | |
15 October 1900 | 7,611/10,162 | 74.90 | |
Liberal Party | 4,664 | 61.28 | |
Conservative Party | 2,947 | 38.72 | |
Majority | 1,717 | 22.56 | |
19 January 1906 | 10,166 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 March 1906 Resignation of Francis Stevenson. (Northstead) | |||
6 April 1906 | 8,939/10,166 | 87.93 | |
Liberal Party | 4,568 | 51.10 | |
Conservative Party | 4,371 | 48.90 | |
Majority | 197 | 2.20 | |
26 January 1910 | 9,605/10,621 | 90.43 | |
Liberal Party | 4,991 | 51.96 | |
Conservative Party | 4,614 | 48.04 | |
Majority | 377 | 3.93 | |
14 December 1910 | 9,084/10,621 | 85.53 | |
Liberal Party | 4,927 | 54.24 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,157 | 45.76 | |
Majority | 770 | 8.48 | |
14 December 1918 | 16,434/33,399 | 49.21 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 10,072 | 61.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,362 | 38.71 | |
Majority | 3,710 | 22.58 | |
15 November 1922 | 17,081/32,579 | 52.43 | |
Liberal Party | 10,056 | 58.87 | |
National Liberal Party | 7,025 | 41.13 | |
Majority | 3,031 | 17.74 | |
6 December 1923 | 23,400/32,999 | 70.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 11,172 | 47.74 | |
Liberal Party | 9,244 | 39.50 | |
Labour Party | 2,984 | 12.75 | |
Majority | 1,928 | 8.24 | |
29 October 1924 | 25,220/33,841 | 74.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,450 | 53.33 | |
Liberal Party | 7,441 | 29.50 | |
Labour Party | 4,329 | 17.16 | |
Majority | 6,009 | 23.83 | |
30 May 1929 | 31,533/40,340 | 78.17 | |
Liberal Party | 13,944 | 44.22 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 12,880 | 40.85 | |
Labour Party | 4,709 | 14.93 | |
Majority | 1,064 | 3.37 | |
27 October 1931 | 40,832 | ||
National Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 November 1935 | 29,219/41,334 | 70.69 | |
National Liberal Party | 21,606 | 73.95 | |
Labour Party | 7,613 | 26.05 | |
Majority | 13,993 | 47.89 | |
5 July 1945 | 30,938/43,218 | 71.59 | |
Liberal Party | 11,899 | 38.46 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,950 | 35.39 | |
Labour Party | 8,089 | 26.15 | |
Majority | 949 | 3.07 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 47,628/56,855 | 83.77 | |
Liberal Party | 17,755 | 37.28 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,128 | 35.96 | |
Labour Party | 12,474 | 26.19 | |
Communist Party | 271 | 0.57 | |
Majority | 627 | 1.32 | |
25 October 1951 | 48,739/58,518 | 83.29 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 19,791 | 40.61 | |
Liberal Party | 17,608 | 36.13 | |
Labour Party | 11,340 | 23.27 | |
Majority | 2,183 | 4.48 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
26 May 1955 | 47,327/57,092 | 82.90 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,317 | 45.04 | |
Labour Party | 20,428 | 43.16 | |
Liberal Party | 5,582 | 11.79 | |
Majority | 889 | 1.88 | |
8 October 1959 | 47,397/56,395 | 84.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,333 | 47.12 | |
Labour Party | 19,849 | 41.88 | |
Liberal Party | 5,215 | 11.00 | |
Majority | 2,484 | 5.24 | |
15 October 1964 | 47,121/57,087 | 82.54 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,555 | 45.74 | |
Labour Party | 16,129 | 34.23 | |
Liberal Party | 9,437 | 20.03 | |
Majority | 5,426 | 11.52 | |
31 March 1966 | 47,136/57,851 | 81.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 21,044 | 44.65 | |
Labour Party | 17,431 | 36.98 | |
Liberal Party | 8,661 | 18.37 | |
Majority | 3,613 | 7.67 | |
18 June 1970 | 49,796/63,623 | 78.27 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 26,099 | 52.41 | |
Labour Party | 17,735 | 35.62 | |
Liberal Party | 5,962 | 11.97 | |
Majority | 8,364 | 16.80 | |
28 February 1974 | 53,849/65,186 | 82.61 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,486 | 43.61 | |
Liberal Party | 15,811 | 29.36 | |
Labour Party | 13,937 | 25.88 | |
People | 395 | 0.73 | |
Independent Democratic Alliance | 220 | 0.41 | |
Majority | 7,675 | 14.25 | |
10 October 1974 | 50,865/65,694 | 77.43 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 22,387 | 44.01 | |
Liberal Party | 14,530 | 28.57 | |
Labour Party | 13,948 | 27.42 | |
Majority | 7,857 | 15.45 | |
3 May 1979 | 55,244/69,843 | 79.10 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 28,707 | 51.96 | |
Labour Party | 13,686 | 24.77 | |
Liberal Party | 12,259 | 22.19 | |
Independent | 324 | 0.59 | |
Anti-Common Market Conservative | 268 | 0.49 | |
Majority | 15,021 | 27.19 | |