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Newbury — UK General Election Results

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

Newbury was won by Liberal Democrat at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 2,377 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Newbury from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 William Arthur Mount (Conservative) 4,631 51.1% George Palmer (Liberal) 202 (2.2 pts) 86.7%
1886 William Arthur Mount (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 William Arthur Mount (Conservative) 4,588 53.8% Thomas Stevens (Liberal) 650 (7.6 pts) 82.5%
1895 William Arthur Mount (Conservative) 4,895 56.5% John Swinburne (Liberal) 1,129 (13.0 pts) 81.5%
1900 William Arthur Mount (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Frederick Michael Coleridge Mackarness (Liberal) 5,338 52.0% William Arthur Mount (Conservative) 402 (3.9 pts) 87.5%
Jan 1910 William Arthur Mount (Conservative) 7,081 60.0% Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick (Liberal) 2,358 (20.0 pts) 90.4%
Dec 1910 William Arthur Mount (Conservative) 6,485 60.3% Lisle March-Phillipps (Liberal) 2,207 (20.5 pts) 82.4%
1918 William Arthur Mount (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 Howard Clifton Brown (Unionist) 12,322 57.4% Innes Harold Stranger (Liberal) 3,178 (14.8 pts) 69.7%
1923 Innes Harold Stranger (Liberal) 11,226 50.1% Howard Clifton Brown (Unionist) 41 (0.2 pts) 71.3%
1924 Howard Clifton Brown (Unionist) 14,759 55.9% Innes Harold Stranger (Liberal) 4,315 (16.3 pts) 80.9%
1929 Howard Clifton Brown (Unionist) 17,800 51.0% Edward Harold Brooks (Liberal) 4,196 (12.0 pts) 78.3%
1931 Howard Clifton Brown (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 Howard Clifton Brown (Conservative) 24,642 73.0% Richard Russell (Labour) 15,517 (46.0 pts) 65.5%
1945 Anthony Richard Hurd (Conservative) 24,463 52.4% Iris Brook (Labour) 8,709 (18.6 pts) 65.4%
1950 Anthony Richard Hurd (Conservative) 18,150 52.8% Colin Jackson (Labour) 6,236 (18.2 pts) 81.1%
1951 Anthony Richard Hurd (Conservative) 20,102 59.8% Colin Jackson (Labour) 6,595 (19.6 pts) 78.7%
1955 Anthony Richard Hurd (Conservative) 26,080 58.1% Jon Evans (Labour) 7,237 (16.1 pts) 78.3%
1959 Anthony Richard Hurd (Conservative) 29,703 60.0% David Leonard Stoddart (Labour) 9,916 (20.0 pts) 78.7%
1964 John Astor (Conservative) 24,936 45.3% David Leonnard Stoddart (Labour) 5,993 (10.9 pts) 79.3%
1966 John Astor (Conservative) 25,908 45.3% Ronald Spiller (Labour) 4,146 (7.2 pts) 79.1%
1970 John Astor (Conservative) 30,380 48.8% Timothy Sims (Labour) 11,733 (18.8 pts) 72.5%
Oct 1974 Michael McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 23,499 42.4% Dane Clouston (Liberal) 1,022 (1.8 pts) 76.3%
Feb 1974 Michael McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 24,620 41.7% Dane Clouston (Liberal) 1,201 (2.0 pts) 80.8%
1979 Michael McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 33,677 52.8% Anthony Richards (Liberal) 10,289 (16.1 pts) 79.3%
1983 Michael McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 31,836 59.3% Anthony Richards (SDP-Liberal Alliance) 13,038 (24.3 pts) 75.2%
1987 Michael McNair-Wilson (Conservative) 35,266 60.1% David Rendel (SDP-Liberal Alliance) 16,658 (28.4 pts) 78.0%
1992 Judith Chaplin (Conservative) 37,135 55.9% David Rendel (Liberal Democrat) 12,357 (18.6 pts) 82.8%
1997 David Rendel (Liberal Democrat) 29,887 52.9% Richard Benyon (Conservative) 8,517 (15.1 pts) 76.7%
2001 David Rendel (Liberal Democrat) 24,507 48.2% Richard Benyon (Conservative) 2,415 (4.8 pts) 67.3%
2005 Richard Benyon (Conservative) 26,771 49.0% David Rendel (Liberal Democrat) 3,460 (6.3 pts) 72.0%
2010 Richard Benyon (Conservative) 33,057 56.4% David Rendel (Liberal Democrat) 12,248 (20.9 pts) 74.1%
2015 Richard Benyon (Conservative) 34,973 61.0% Judith Bunting (Liberal Democrat) 26,368 (46.0 pts) 72.3%
2017 Richard Benyon (Conservative) 37,399 61.5% Judith Bunting (Liberal Democrat) 24,380 (40.1 pts) 73.6%
2019 Laura Farris (Conservative) 34,431 57.4% Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat) 16,047 (26.8 pts) 72.2%
2024 Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat) 19,645 40.1% Laura Farris (Conservative) 2,377 (4.9 pts) 68.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Conservative 4,63151.1% Yes
George Palmer Liberal 4,42948.9% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Conservative 4,58853.8% Yes
Thomas Stevens Liberal 3,93846.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Conservative 4,89556.5% Yes
John Swinburne Liberal 3,76643.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Michael Coleridge Mackarness Liberal 5,33852.0% Yes
William Arthur Mount Conservative 4,93648.0% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Conservative 7,08160.0% Yes
Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick Liberal 4,72340.0% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Conservative 6,48560.3% Yes
Lisle March-Phillipps Liberal 4,27839.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Arthur Mount Unionist Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Howard Clifton Brown Unionist 12,32257.4% Yes
Innes Harold Stranger Liberal 9,14442.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Innes Harold Stranger Liberal 11,22650.1% Yes
Howard Clifton Brown Unionist 11,18549.9% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Howard Clifton Brown Unionist 14,75955.9% Yes
Innes Harold Stranger Liberal 10,44439.5% No
Frank Mortimer Jacques Labour 1,2194.6% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Howard Clifton Brown Unionist 17,80051.0% Yes
Edward Harold Brooks Liberal 13,60439.0% No
Frank Mortimer Jacques Labour 3,47110.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Howard Clifton Brown Conservative Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Howard Clifton Brown Conservative 24,64273.0% Yes
Richard Russell Labour 9,12527.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Richard Hurd Conservative 24,46352.4% Yes
Iris Brook Labour 15,75433.7% No
Eric Digby Tempest Vane Liberal 6,05213.0% No
George Booth Suggett Common Wealth 4240.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Richard Hurd Conservative 18,15052.8% Yes
Colin Jackson Labour 11,91434.7% No
Edwin Burrows Liberal 4,28412.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Richard Hurd Conservative 20,10259.8% Yes
Colin Jackson Labour 13,50740.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Richard Hurd Conservative 26,08058.1% Yes
Jon Evans Labour 18,84341.9% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Anthony Richard Hurd Conservative 29,70360.0% Yes
David Leonard Stoddart Labour 19,78740.0% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Astor Conservative 24,93645.3% Yes
David Leonnard Stoddart Labour 18,94334.4% No
Denis Egginton Liberal 11,12420.2% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Astor Conservative 25,90845.3% Yes
Ronald Spiller Labour 21,76238.0% No
Stanley Davies Liberal 9,57116.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Astor Conservative 30,38048.8% Yes
Timothy Sims Labour 18,64729.9% No
Dane Clouston Liberal 13,27921.3% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McNair-Wilson Conservative 23,49942.4% Yes
Dane Clouston Liberal 22,47740.6% No
Celia Fletcher Labour 9,39017.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McNair-Wilson Conservative 24,62041.7% Yes
Dane Clouston Liberal 23,41939.7% No
Celia Fletcher Labour 10,03517.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McNair-Wilson Conservative 33,67752.8% Yes
Anthony Richards Liberal 23,38836.7% No
Joan Ruddock Labour 6,67610.5% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McNair-Wilson Conservative 31,83659.3% Yes
Anthony Richards SDP-Liberal Alliance 18,79835.0% No
Richard Knight Labour 3,0275.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael McNair-Wilson Conservative 35,26660.1% Yes
David Rendel SDP-Liberal Alliance 18,60831.7% No
Robert Stapley Labour 4,7658.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Judith Chaplin Conservative 37,13555.9% Yes
David Rendel Liberal Democrat 24,77837.3% No
Richard Hall Labour 3,9626.0% No
Jim Wallis Green 5390.8% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rendel Liberal Democrat 29,88752.9% Yes
Richard Benyon Conservative 21,37037.8% No
Paul Hannon Labour 3,1075.5% No
Ted Snook Referendum Party 9921.8% No
Rachel Stark Green 6441.1% No
Roy Tubb UKIP 3020.5% No
Katrina Howse Socialist Labour 1740.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Rendel Liberal Democrat 24,50748.2% Yes
Richard Benyon Conservative 22,09243.5% No
Steve Billcliffe Labour 3,5236.9% No
Delphine Gray-Fisk UKIP 6851.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Benyon Conservative 26,77149.0% Yes
David Rendel Liberal Democrat 23,31142.6% No
Oscar Van Nooijen Labour 3,2395.9% No
David McMahon UKIP 8571.6% No
Nick Cornish Independent 4090.7% No
Barrie Singleton Independent 860.2% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Benyon Conservative 33,05756.4% Yes
David Rendel Liberal Democrat 20,80935.5% No
Hannah Cooper Labour 2,5054.3% No
David Black UKIP 1,4752.5% No
Adrian Hollister Green 4900.8% No
Brian Burgess Independent 1580.3% No
David Yates Apolitical Democrats 950.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Benyon Conservative 34,97361.0% Yes
Judith Bunting Liberal Democrat 8,60515.0% No
Catherine Anderson UKIP 6,19510.8% No
Jonny Roberts Labour 4,8378.4% No
Paul Field Green 2,3244.1% No
Peter Norman Apolitical Democrats 2280.4% No
Barrie Singleton Independent 850.1% No
Andrew Stott Patriotic Socialist Party 530.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Benyon Conservative 37,39961.5% Yes
Judith Bunting Liberal Democrat 13,01921.4% No
Alex Skirvin Labour 8,59614.1% No
Paul Field Green 1,5312.5% No
Dave Yates Apolitical Democrats 3040.5% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Laura Farris Conservative 34,43157.4% Yes
Lee Dillon Liberal Democrat 18,38430.6% No
James Wilder Labour 4,4047.3% No
Steve Masters Green 2,4544.1% No
Ben Holden-Crowther Independent 3250.5% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lee Dillon Liberal Democrat 19,64540.1% Yes
Laura Farris Conservative 17,26835.3% No
Douglas Terry Reform UK 5,35710.9% No
Liz Bell Labour 3,6627.5% No
Steve Masters Green 2,7145.5% No
Earl Jesse Freedom Alliance 1530.3% No
Gary Johnson UKIP 1310.3% No

Margin Over Time

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

1885: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1892: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1895: Conservative margin 13.0 pts 1906: Liberal margin 3.9 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 20.0 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 20.5 pts 1922: Unionist margin 14.8 pts 1923: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1924: Unionist margin 16.3 pts 1929: Unionist margin 12.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 46.0 pts 1945: Conservative margin 18.6 pts 1950: Conservative margin 18.2 pts 1951: Conservative margin 19.6 pts 1955: Conservative margin 16.1 pts 1959: Conservative margin 20.0 pts 1964: Conservative margin 10.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 7.2 pts 1970: Conservative margin 18.8 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 1.8 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 2.0 pts 1979: Conservative margin 16.1 pts 1983: Conservative margin 24.3 pts 1987: Conservative margin 28.4 pts 1992: Conservative margin 18.6 pts 1997: Liberal Democrat margin 15.1 pts 2001: Liberal Democrat margin 4.8 pts 2005: Conservative margin 6.3 pts 2010: Conservative margin 20.9 pts 2015: Conservative margin 46.0 pts 2017: Conservative margin 40.1 pts 2019: Conservative margin 26.8 pts 2024: Liberal Democrat margin 4.9 pts 1885 1892 1895 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1922 1923 1924 1929 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Newbury has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Newbury in the 2024 general election?

Liberal Democrat won Newbury in 2024 with 19,645 votes (40.1%), a majority of 2,377 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Newbury since 1885?

Since 1885, Newbury has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Newbury?

The closest result on record for Newbury was 1923, when Liberal beat Unionist by just 41 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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