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Chislehurst — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Chislehurst was won by Conservative at the 1992 general election, with a majority of 15,276 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Chislehurst from 1918 to 1992.

Full Election History, 1918–1992

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Alfred Waldron Smithers (Unionist) 8,314 76.8% Alfred Edmunds (National Party) 5,807 (53.7 pts) 40.4%
1922 Robert Chancellor Nesbitt (Unionist) 11,801 65.4% David Marshall Mason (Liberal) 5,545 (30.7 pts) 63.7%
1923 Robert Chancellor Nesbitt (Unionist) 9,725 55.5% Robert Charles Reginald Nevill (Liberal) 1,919 (10.9 pts) 60.5%
1924 Waldron Smithers (Unionist) 14,440 66.1% John Lamb Thomson (Labour) 10,683 (48.9 pts) 72.8%
1929 Waldron Smithers (Unionist) 16,909 53.9% James Douglas Bateman (Liberal) 7,884 (25.1 pts) 69.6%
1931 Waldron Smithers (Conservative) 32,371 85.0% William Thomas Colyer (Labour) 26,640 (69.9 pts) 69.8%
1935 Waldron Smithers (Conservative) 38,705 68.9% William Thomas Colyer (Labour) 26,478 (47.1 pts) 66.1%
1945 George Douglas Wallace (Labour) 25,522 49.5% Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher (Conservative) 6,279 (12.2 pts) 72.4%
1950 Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith (Conservative) 25,215 44.8% George Douglas Wallace (Labour) 167 (0.3 pts) 86.3%
1951 Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith (Conservative) 31,679 50.8% George Douglas Wallace (Labour) 980 (1.6 pts) 88.0%
1955 Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith (Conservative) 24,514 49.7% George Douglas Wallace (Labour) 3,870 (7.8 pts) 84.9%
1959 Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith (Conservative) 25,748 50.3% Margaret Reid (Labour) 6,679 (13.1 pts) 85.8%
1964 Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith (Conservative) 22,251 44.3% Ronald W Huzzard (Labour) 1,515 (3.0 pts) 82.9%
1966 Alistair Macdonald (Labour) 22,757 45.1% Margaret Hornsby-Smith (Conservative) 810 (1.6 pts) 84.3%
1970 Patricia Hornsby-Smith (Conservative) 24,650 49.1% Alistair MacDonald (Labour) 3,363 (6.7 pts) 75.5%
Oct 1974 Roger Sims (Conservative) 18,926 46.3% Alistair MacDonald (Labour) 3,894 (9.5 pts) 76.1%
Feb 1974 Roger Sims (Conservative) 20,595 45.9% Alistair MacDonald (Labour) 5,493 (12.2 pts) 84.3%
1979 Roger Sims (Conservative) 23,259 54.5% Christopher Howes (Labour) 9,765 (22.9 pts) 79.0%
1983 Roger Sims (Conservative) 22,108 55.7% Philip Lingard (Liberal) 12,061 (30.4 pts) 72.7%
1987 Roger Sims (Conservative) 24,165 57.6% Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal) 14,507 (34.6 pts) 75.5%
1992 Roger Sims (Conservative) 24,761 58.4% R Ian Wingfield (Labour) 15,276 (36.0 pts) 78.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Waldron Smithers Unionist 8,31476.8% Yes
Alfred Edmunds National Party 2,50723.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Chancellor Nesbitt Unionist 11,80165.4% Yes
David Marshall Mason Liberal 6,25634.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Chancellor Nesbitt Unionist 9,72555.5% Yes
Robert Charles Reginald Nevill Liberal 7,80644.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Waldron Smithers Unionist 14,44066.1% Yes
John Lamb Thomson Labour 3,75717.2% No
Robert Charles Reginald Nevill Liberal 3,64716.7% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Waldron Smithers Unionist 16,90953.9% Yes
James Douglas Bateman Liberal 9,02528.8% No
James Lamb Thomson Labour 5,44517.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Waldron Smithers Conservative 32,37185.0% Yes
William Thomas Colyer Labour 5,73115.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Waldron Smithers Conservative 38,70568.9% Yes
William Thomas Colyer Labour 12,22721.8% No
Alun Williams Liberal 5,2389.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Douglas Wallace Labour 25,52249.5% Yes
Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher Conservative 19,24337.3% No
Ernest Charles Gendall Hawkins Liberal 6,82413.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative 25,21544.8% Yes
George Douglas Wallace Labour 25,04844.5% No
David Hughes Liberal 6,03910.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative 31,67950.8% Yes
George Douglas Wallace Labour 30,69949.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative 24,51449.7% Yes
George Douglas Wallace Labour 20,64441.9% No
David C Blackburn Liberal 4,1208.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative 25,74850.3% Yes
Margaret Reid Labour 19,06937.3% No
David C Blackburn Liberal 6,36612.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative 22,25144.3% Yes
Ronald W Huzzard Labour 20,73641.2% No
Sheilagh M Hobday Liberal 7,29114.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alistair Macdonald Labour 22,75745.1% Yes
Margaret Hornsby-Smith Conservative 21,94743.5% No
Paul Hayden Liberal 5,76111.4% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patricia Hornsby-Smith Conservative 24,65049.1% Yes
Alistair MacDonald Labour 21,28742.4% No
Ronald Lawrence Coverson Liberal 4,2688.5% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Sims Conservative 18,92646.3% Yes
Alistair MacDonald Labour 15,03236.8% No
John Crowley Liberal 6,90016.9% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Sims Conservative 20,59545.9% Yes
Alistair MacDonald Labour 15,10233.7% No
Robert Webster Liberal 9,12720.4% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Sims Conservative 23,25954.5% Yes
Christopher Howes Labour 13,49431.6% No
Brian Taylor Liberal 5,33512.5% No
Raymond Hoy National Front 5641.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Sims Conservative 22,10855.7% Yes
Philip Lingard Liberal 10,04725.3% No
Alistair MacDonald Labour 7,32018.4% No
Alfred Waite BNP 2010.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Sims Conservative 24,16557.6% Yes
Richard Younger-Ross Liberal 9,65823.0% No
Selwyn Ward Labour 8,11519.3% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger Sims Conservative 24,76158.4% Yes
R Ian Wingfield Labour 9,48522.4% No
T William Hawthorne Liberal Democrat 6,68315.8% No
Ian Richmond Liberal 8492.0% No
Frances Speed Green 6521.5% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Unionist margin 53.7 pts 1922: Unionist margin 30.7 pts 1923: Unionist margin 10.9 pts 1924: Unionist margin 48.9 pts 1929: Unionist margin 25.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 69.9 pts 1935: Conservative margin 47.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 12.2 pts 1950: Conservative margin 0.3 pts 1951: Conservative margin 1.6 pts 1955: Conservative margin 7.8 pts 1959: Conservative margin 13.1 pts 1964: Conservative margin 3.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 1.6 pts 1970: Conservative margin 6.7 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 9.5 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 12.2 pts 1979: Conservative margin 22.9 pts 1983: Conservative margin 30.4 pts 1987: Conservative margin 34.6 pts 1992: Conservative margin 36.0 pts 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992

Trend

Chislehurst has been contested at 21 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Chislehurst in the 1992 general election?

Conservative won Chislehurst in 1992 with 24,761 votes (58.4%), a majority of 15,276 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Chislehurst since 1918?

Since 1918, Chislehurst has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Chislehurst?

The closest result on record for Chislehurst was 1950, when Conservative beat Labour by just 167 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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