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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		18,751/39,953	46.93
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,182	64.97
Robert Mark Gentry	Labour Party	4,435	23.65
Sir Herbert George Fordham	Liberal Party	1,139	6.07
William Jones Allen	Independent	995	5.31
Majority		7,747	41.32

William Allen was supported by and possibly the nominee of the local branch of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and Soldiers.

15 November 1922		23,085/39,562	58.35
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,875	64.44
Robert Mark Gentry	Labour Party	8,210	35.56
Majority		6,665	28.87

6 December 1923		25,256/40,134	62.93
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,965	39.46
Robert Mark Gentry	Labour Party	8,687	34.40
Christopher White Courtenay	Liberal Party	6,604	26.15
Majority		1,278	5.06

29 October 1924		28,815/40,386	71.35
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,109	59.38
Robert Mark Gentry	Labour Party	11,706	40.62
Majority		5,403	18.75

30 May 1929		36,089/50,610	71.31
Dr George Ernest Spero	Labour Party	16,190	44.86
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,979	38.73
George Arthur Gale	Liberal Party	5,920	16.40
Majority		2,211	6.13

10 April 1930 Resignation of Dr George Spero. (Chiltern Hundreds)

6 May 1930		32,206/50,610	63.64
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,223	50.37
John William Banfield	Labour Party	15,983	49.63
Majority		240	0.75

27 October 1931		36,421/50,991	71.43
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,257	66.60
John William Banfield	Labour Party	12,164	33.40
Majority		12,093	33.20

14 November 1935		34,571/49,480	69.87
Sir Cyril Stephen Cobb	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,461	53.40
Dr Montefiore Follick	Labour Party	14,978	43.33
Ebenezer Josiah Johnson	Liberal Party	1,132	3.27
Majority		3,483	10.07

8 March 1938 Death of Sir Cyril Cobb.

6 April 1938		31,745/48,469	65.50
Dr Edith Clara Summerskill	Labour Party	16,583	52.24
Charles John Busby	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,162	47.76
Majority		1,421	4.48

5 July 1945		31,553/41,329	76.35
Dr Edith Clara Summerskill	Labour Party	19,537	61.92
Percy Belgrave Lucas	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,016	38.08
Majority		7,521	23.84

23 February 1950		39,382/45,687	86.20
Rt Hon Dr Edith Clara Summerskill	Labour Party	20,141	51.14
Dr William James O'Donovan	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,292	43.91
Eric Walcot-Bather	Liberal Party	1,949	4.95
Majority		2,849	7.23

25 October 1951		39,244/45,320	86.59
Rt Hon Dr Edith Clara Summerskill	Labour Party	20,290	51.70
William John Brown	Independent Conservative	17,707	45.12
Eric Walcot-Bather	Liberal Party	1,247	3.18
Majority		2,583	6.58