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Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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12 December 1832 | 684/720 | 95.00 | |
Whig | 542 | 79.24 | |
Tory | 349 | 51.02 | |
Radical | 225 | 32.89 | |
Whig | 129 | 18.86 | |
Majority | 124 | 18.13 | |
7 January 1835 | 748/790 | 94.68 | |
Whig | 542 | 72.46 | |
Conservative Party | 528 | 70.59 | |
Whig | 134 | 17.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3 | 0.40 | |
Majority | 394 | 52.67 | |
25 July 1837 | 666/794 | 83.88 | |
Whig | 367 | 55.11 | |
Conservative Party | 356 | 53.45 | |
Conservative Party | 348 | 52.25 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.20 | |
30 June 1841 | 701/807 | 86.86 | |
Conservative Party | 360 | 51.36 | |
Conservative Party | 349 | 49.79 | |
Whig | 346 | 49.36 | |
Whig | 343 | 48.93 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.43 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
29 July 1847 | 608/781 | 77.85 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 76.32 | |
Whig | 396 | 65.13 | |
Conservative Party | 356 | 58.55 | |
Majority | 40 | 6.58 | |
8 July 1852 | 732/771 | 94.94 | |
Conservative Party | 406 | 55.46 | |
Conservative Party | 393 | 53.69 | |
Whig | 332 | 45.36 | |
Majority | 61 | 8.33 | |
21 April 1853 Election declared void on petition due to bribery. | |||
25 August 1854 | 614/784 | 78.32 | |
Conservative Party | 333 | 54.23 | |
Conservative Party | 323 | 52.61 | |
Whig | 286 | 46.58 | |
Majority | 37 | 6.03 | |
2 March 1855 Petition - John Laurie declared unseated. Petition against Richard Guiness was dismissed. | |||
10 March 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 March 1857 | 496/742 | 66.85 | |
Conservative Party | 344 | 69.35 | |
Conservative Party | 252 | 50.81 | |
Radical | 180 | 36.29 | |
Peelite | 179 | 36.09 | |
Conservative Party | 36 | 7.26 | |
Majority | 72 | 14.52 | |
30 April 1859 | 512/693 | 73.88 | |
Liberal Party | 348 | 67.97 | |
Liberal Party | 266 | 51.95 | |
Conservative Party | 210 | 41.02 | |
Conservative Party | 199 | 38.87 | |
Majority | 56 | 10.94 | |
1859 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
20 September 1863 Death of George Potts. | |||
20 October 1863 | 589/738 | 79.81 | |
Liberal Party | 305 | 51.78 | |
Conservative Party | 284 | 48.22 | |
Majority | 21 | 3.57 | |
15 April 1864 Petition - Thomas Lloyd unseated and Richard Bremridge declared elected. | |||
12 July 1865 | 630/715 | 88.11 | |
Conservative Party | 364 | 57.78 | |
Liberal Party | 331 | 52.54 | |
Conservative Party | 302 | 47.94 | |
Liberal Party | 262 | 41.59 | |
Majority | 29 | 4.60 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Boundary Change | |||
18 November 1868 | 1,517/1,596 | 95.05 | |
Liberal Party | 791 | 52.14 | |
Conservative Party | 788 | 51.94 | |
Liberal Party | 667 | 43.97 | |
Majority | 121 | 7.98 | |
31 January 1874 | 1,317/1,591 | 82.78 | |
Liberal Party | 757 | 57.48 | |
Liberal Party | 675 | 51.25 | |
Conservative Party | 622 | 47.23 | |
Conservative Party | 580 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 53 | 4.02 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
3 December 1879 Resignation of Samuel Waddy in order that he can contest Sheffield. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
12 February 1880 | 1,538/1,646 | 93.44 | |
Liberal Party | 817 | 53.12 | |
Conservative Party | 721 | 46.88 | |
Majority | 96 | 6.24 | |
31 March 1880 | 1,194/1,646 | 72.54 | |
Conservative Party | 855 | 71.61 | |
Liberal Party | 811 | 67.92 | |
Liberal Party | 720 | 60.30 | |
Majority | 91 | 7.62 | |
5 December 1885 | 8,311/10,189 | 81.57 | |
Liberal Party | 4,577 | 55.07 | |
Conservative Party | 3,734 | 44.93 | |
Majority | 843 | 10.14 | |
12 July 1886 | 7,182/10,189 | 70.49 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,222 | 58.79 | |
Liberal Party | 2,960 | 41.21 | |
Majority | 1,262 | 17.57 | |
11 July 1892 | 8,619/10,442 | 82.54 | |
Liberal Party | 4,383 | 50.85 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,236 | 49.15 | |
Majority | 147 | 1.71 | |
20 July 1895 | 9,418/10,885 | 86.52 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,825 | 51.23 | |
Liberal Party | 4,593 | 48.77 | |
Majority | 232 | 2.46 | |
10 October 1900 | 9,667/11,916 | 81.13 | |
Liberal Party | 5,007 | 51.79 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,660 | 48.21 | |
Majority | 347 | 3.59 | |
25 January 1906 | 10,975/12,908 | 85.02 | |
Liberal Party | 6,510 | 59.32 | |
Conservative Party | 4,465 | 40.68 | |
Majority | 2,045 | 18.63 | |
28 January 1910 | 11,590/13,126 | 88.30 | |
Liberal Party | 6,236 | 53.81 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,354 | 46.19 | |
Majority | 882 | 7.61 | |
28 February 1910 Resignation of Ernest Soares on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
2 March 1910 | 13,126 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 December 1910 | 11,202/13,126 | 85.34 | |
Liberal Party | 6,047 | 53.98 | |
Conservative Party | 5,155 | 46.02 | |
Majority | 892 | 7.96 | |
15 April 1911 Resignation of Ernest Soares on appointment as Assistant-Comptroller of the Reduction of National Debt Office. (Northstead) | |||
6 May 1911 | 11,990/13,595 | 88.19 | |
Liberal Party | 6,239 | 52.04 | |
Conservative Party | 5,751 | 47.96 | |
Majority | 488 | 4.07 | |
14 December 1918 | 21,960/31,790 | 69.08 | |
Liberal Party | 11,281 | 51.37 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,679 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 602 | 2.74 | |
15 November 1922 | 27,412/33,004 | 83.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,793 | 50.32 | |
Liberal Party | 13,619 | 49.68 | |
Majority | 174 | 0.63 | |
6 December 1923 | 29,719/33,939 | 87.57 | |
Liberal Party | 14,880 | 50.07 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,614 | 45.81 | |
Labour Party | 1,225 | 4.12 | |
Majority | 1,266 | 4.26 | |
29 October 1924 | 29,763/34,632 | 85.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,479 | 52.01 | |
Liberal Party | 14,284 | 47.99 | |
Majority | 1,195 | 4.02 | |
30 May 1929 | 37,839/43,596 | 86.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,382 | 45.94 | |
Liberal Party | 16,593 | 43.85 | |
Labour Party | 3,864 | 10.21 | |
Majority | 789 | 2.09 | |
27 October 1931 | 38,346/44,452 | 86.26 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 20,028 | 52.23 | |
Liberal Party | 18,318 | 47.77 | |
Majority | 1,710 | 4.46 | |
14 November 1935 | 38,410/45,830 | 83.81 | |
Liberal Party | 19,432 | 50.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 18,978 | 49.41 | |
Majority | 454 | 1.18 | |
26 June 1942 Sir Richard Acland forms the Common Wealth Movement. | |||
5 July 1945 | 41,811/55,170 | 75.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,822 | 42.63 | |
Liberal Party | 13,752 | 32.89 | |
Labour Party | 10,237 | 24.48 | |
Majority | 4,070 | 9.73 | |