Elections
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 General Election Electorate: 5,193 Turnout: 77.9% |
Conservative win Majority: 1,706 (42.2%) |
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill | Conservative | 2,731 | 67.5 | |||
| John Edwin Hilary Skinner | Liberal | 1,025 | 25.3 | |||||
| William Lawrence | Independent Liberal | 290 | 7.2 | |||||
| 1886 General Election Electorate: 5,193 Turnout: 64.4% |
Conservative hold Majority: 1,807 (54.0%) |
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill | Conservative | 2,576 | 77.0 | +9.5 | ||
| Rev. John Page Hopps | Liberal | 769 | 23.0 | –2.3 | ||||
| By-election, 11 August 1886 Electorate: 5,193 |
Conservative hold | Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| 1892 General Election Electorate: 5,168 |
Conservative hold | Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| By-election, 9 February 1895 Electorate: 5,390 |
Conservative hold | Thomas George Fardell | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| 1895 General Election Electorate: 5,390 |
Conservative hold | Thomas George Fardell | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| 1900 General Election Electorate: 5,750 |
Conservative hold | Thomas George Fardell | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| 1906 General Election Electorate: 6,143 Turnout: 72.0% |
Conservative hold Majority: 1,417 (32.0%) |
Sir Thomas George Fardell | Conservative | 2,919 | 66.0 | |||
| Charles Williamson Milne | Liberal | 1,502 | 34.0 | |||||
| January 1910 General Election Electorate: 6,415 Turnout: 79.4% |
Conservative hold Majority: 2,258 (44.4%) |
Henry Percy Harris | Conservative | 3,677 | 72.2 | +6.2 | ||
| Frederick Thomas Henry Henlé | Liberal | 1,419 | 27.8 | –6.2 | ||||
| December 1910 General Election Electorate: 6,415 Turnout: 69.9% |
Conservative hold Majority: 1,936 (43.2%) |
Henry Percy Harris | Conservative | 3,210 | 71.6 | –0.6 | ||
| Frederick Thomas Henry Henlé | Liberal | 1,274 | 28.4 | +0.6 | ||||
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 General Election Electorate: 27,479 |
Coalition Conservative win | Sir Henry Percy Harris | Coalition Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| 1922 General Election Electorate: 28,637 Turnout: 50.5% |
Conservative hold Majority: 4,935 (34.2%) |
Captain Henry Douglas King | Conservative | 9,699 | 67.1 | |||
| Ernest Edward Sawyer | Independent Conservative | 4,764 | 32.9 | |||||
| 1923 General Election Electorate: 30,032 Turnout: 46.3% |
Conservative hold Majority: 6,032 (43.4%) |
Captain Henry Douglas King | Conservative | 9,971 | 71.7 | +4.6 | ||
| Hubert William Culling Carr-Gomm | Liberal | 3,939 | 28.3 | |||||
| 1924 General Election Electorate: 31,663 |
Conservative hold | Captain Henry Douglas King | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| 1929 General Election Electorate: 51,122 |
Conservative hold | Commodore Henry Douglas King | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| By-election, 30 October 1930 Electorate: 52,207 Turnout: 57.3% |
Empire Crusade gain from Conservative Majority: 941 (3.1%) |
Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor | Empire Crusade | 11,209 | 37.4 | |||
| Sir Herbert Lidiard | Conservative | 10,268 | 34.3 | |||||
| Miss Dorothy Evans | Labour | 7,944 | 26.6 | |||||
| Mrs. Alexandra Stewart-Richardson | United Empire Party | 494 | 1.7 | |||||
| 1931 General Election Electorate: 51,651 Turnout: 71.4% |
Conservative hold Majority: 22,674 (71.4%) |
Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor | Conservative | 27,206 | 85.7 | |||
| Miss Lucy Annie Cox | Labour | 4,532 | 14.3 | |||||
| 1935 General Election Electorate: 48,570 Turnout: 55.7% |
Conservative hold Majority: 15,622 (57.8%) |
Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor | Conservative | 21,344 | 78.9 | –6.8 | ||
| Ronald William Thomson | Labour | 5,722 | 21.1 | +6.8 | ||||
| 1945 General Election Electorate: 35,431 Turnout: 64.2% |
Conservative hold Majority: 3,530 (15.6%) |
Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor | Conservative | 13,131 | 57.8 | –21.1 | ||
| Charles Francis Haggitt Wegg-Prosser | Labour | 9,601 | 42.2 | +21.1 | ||||
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 General Election Electorate: 48,210 Turnout: 73.9% |
Conservative win Majority: 6,873 (19.3%) |
Somerset Struben de Chair | Conservative | 19,964 | 56.0 | |||
| Charles Francis Haggitt Wegg-Prosser | Labour | 13,091 | 36.7 | |||||
| Saul Myer | Liberal | 2,589 | 7.3 | |||||
| 1951 General Election Electorate: 48,356 Turnout: 71.7% |
Conservative hold Majority: 6,809 (19.6%) |
Robert Alexander Allan | Conservative | 20,741 | 59.8 | +3.8 | ||
| Charles Francis Haggitt Wegg-Prosser | Labour | 13,932 | 40.2 | +3.5 | ||||
| 1955 General Election Electorate: 46,505 Turnout: 64.3% |
Conservative hold Majority: 7,047 (23.6%) |
Robert Alexander Allan | Conservative | 18,479 | 61.8 | +2.0 | ||
| Charles Francis Haggitt Wegg-Prosser | Labour | 11,432 | 38.2 | –2.0 | ||||
| 1959 General Election Electorate: 40,951 Turnout: 60.4% |
Conservative hold Majority: 7,287 (29.4%) |
Robert Alexander Allan | Conservative | 16,006 | 64.7 | +2.9 | ||
| Dennis John Nisbet | Labour | 8,719 | 35.3 | –2.9 | ||||
| 1964 General Election Electorate: 35,226 Turnout: 58.4% |
Conservative hold Majority: 3,399 (16.5%) |
Robert Alexander Allan | Conservative | 10,838 | 52.7 | –12.0 | ||
| William Dow | Labour | 7,439 | 36.2 | +0.9 | ||||
| Philip Maurice Raymond Cowen | Liberal | 2,278 | 11.1 | |||||
| 1966 General Election Electorate: 34,181 Turnout: 62.4% |
Conservative hold Majority: 1,443 (6.8%) |
Nicholas Paul Scott | Conservative | 10,297 | 48.3 | –4.4 | ||
| Hon. Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell | Labour | 8,854 | 41.5 | +5.3 | ||||
| Dudley Alexander Temple Savill | Liberal | 2,170 | 10.2 | –0.8 | ||||
| 1970 General Election Electorate: 34,472 Turnout: 57.5% |
Conservative hold Majority: 2,613 (13.1%) |
Nicholas Paul Scott | Conservative | 10,526 | 53.1 | +4.8 | ||
| Richard Andrew Balfe | Labour | 7,913 | 40.0 | –1.5 | ||||
| Eric Pemberton | Liberal | 1,367 | 6.9 | –3.3 | ||||
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