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Wycombe — UK General Election Results

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

Wycombe was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 4,591 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Wycombe from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Robert John Smith (Whig); Charles Grey (Whig) 140 40.9% (top seat) Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) 21 (4.8 pts) 73.5%
1835 Robert John Smith (Whig); Charles Grey (Whig) 147 51.2% (top seat) Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) 19 (3.4 pts) 91.3%
1837 Robert John Smith (Whig); George Henry Dashwood (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 George Henry Dashwood (Whig); Ralph Bernal (Radical) 159 33.5% (top seat) James William Freshfield (Conservative) 29 (5.1 pts) 72.7%
1847 George Henry Dashwood (Whig); Martin Tucker Smith (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 George Henry Dashwood (Whig); Martin Tucker Smith (Whig) 208 44.7% (top seat) William Simpson (Whig) 92 (15.7 pts) 84.7%
1857 George Henry Dashwood (Whig); Martin Tucker Smith (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 George Henry Dashwood (Liberal); Martin Tucker Smith (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Charles Robert Carington (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1868 William Henry Peregrine Carington (Liberal) 701 58.4% John Remington Mills (Liberal) 201 (16.7 pts) 89.8%
1874 William Henry Peregrine Carington (Liberal) 953 68.7% Henry Broadhurst (Liberal-Labour) 538 (38.8 pts) 86.7%
1880 William Henry Peregrine Carington (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1885 Richard George Penn Curzon (Conservative) 5,092 54.6% Rupert Clement George Carington (Liberal) 853 (9.1 pts) 82.8%
1886 Richard George Penn Curzon (Conservative) 4,620 56.6% Alfred Gilbey (Liberal) 1,083 (13.3 pts) 72.4%
1892 Richard George Penn Curzon (Conservative) 5,030 55.8% Anthony Hope Hawkins (Liberal) 1,042 (11.6 pts) 78.1%
1895 Richard George Penn Curzon (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 William Henry Grenfell (Conservative) 6,111 63.0% J Thomas (Liberal) 2,529 (26.1 pts) 74.2%
1906 Thomas Arnold Herbert (Liberal) 6,839 54.9% Charles Alfred Cripps (Conservative) 1,213 (9.7 pts) 82.8%
Dec 1910 Charles Alfred Cripps (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
Jan 1910 Charles Alfred Cripps (Conservative) 8,690 58.6% Thomas Arnold Herbert (Liberal) 2,556 (17.2 pts) 90.6%
1918 William Baring Du Pré (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 William Baring du Pré (Unionist) 15,627 50.1% Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse (Liberal) 4,473 (14.3 pts) 69.2%
1923 Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse (Liberal) 14,910 47.0% William Baring du Pré (Unionist) 1,682 (5.3 pts) 68.2%
1924 Alfred William Fortescue Knox (Unionist) 20,820 54.8% Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse (Liberal) 8,294 (21.8 pts) 78.0%
1929 Alfred William Fortescue Knox (Unionist) 23,231 47.4% Leonard John Humphrey (Liberal) 6,302 (12.8 pts) 71.1%
1931 Alfred William Fortescue Knox (Conservative) 41,208 79.2% Leslie Haden-Guest (Labour) 30,387 (58.4 pts) 67.5%
1935 Alfred William Fortescue Knox (Conservative) 34,747 64.9% Ernest Albert Whitfield (Labour) 15,930 (29.7 pts) 61.4%
1945 John Edwin Haire (Labour) 20,482 45.2% Roger Peake (Conservative) 2,536 (5.6 pts) 71.9%
1950 John Edwin Haire (Labour) 21,491 42.1% William Waldorf Astor (Conservative) 476 (0.9 pts) 85.8%
1951 William Waldorf Astor (Conservative) 27,084 51.7% John Edwin Haire (Labour) 1,753 (3.3 pts) 86.2%
1955 Frederick John Frank Hall (Conservative) 29,845 57.7% Leopold Raymond Fletcher (Labour) 7,940 (15.3 pts) 82.0%
1959 Frederick John Frank Hall (Conservative) 30,774 53.3% Wilfred Gurney Fordham (Labour) 10,870 (18.8 pts) 84.7%
1964 Frederick John Frank Hall (Conservative) 30,877 50.0% Michael Cecil John Barnes (Labour) 9,343 (15.1 pts) 81.3%
1966 Frederick Hall (Conservative) 31,577 49.3% Joseph Holland (Labour) 7,079 (11.0 pts) 80.7%
1970 Frederick Hall (Conservative) 40,151 55.9% Bryan Jones (Labour) 16,810 (23.4 pts) 75.1%
Feb 1974 Sir Frederick Hall (Conservative) 29,521 46.2% William Frederick Back (Labour) 10,699 (16.8 pts) 81.6%
Oct 1974 Sir Frederick Hall (Conservative) 27,131 46.3% William Frederick Back (Labour) 9,079 (15.5 pts) 74.3%
1979 Ray Whitney (Conservative) 38,171 57.3% Trevor Fowler (Labour) 20,171 (30.3 pts) 77.6%
1983 Ray Whitney (Conservative) 27,221 54.2% Alan William Page (Social Democratic Party) 13,197 (26.3 pts) 71.7%
1987 Ray Whitney (Conservative) 28,209 53.9% Tom Hayhoe (Social Democratic Party) 13,819 (26.4 pts) 72.8%
1992 Ray Whitney (Conservative) 30,081 53.1% Tim Andrews (Liberal Democrat) 17,076 (30.2 pts) 78.0%
1997 Ray Whitney (Conservative) 20,890 39.9% Chris Bryant (Labour) 2,370 (4.5 pts) 71.1%
2001 Paul Goodman (Conservative) 19,064 42.4% Chauhdry Shafique (Labour) 3,168 (7.0 pts) 60.2%
2005 Paul Goodman (Conservative) 20,331 45.8% Julia Wassell (Labour) 7,051 (15.9 pts) 62.2%
2010 Steve Baker (Conservative) 23,423 48.6% Steve Guy (Liberal Democrat) 9,560 (19.9 pts) 65.1%
2015 Steve Baker (Conservative) 26,444 51.4% David Williams (Labour) 14,856 (28.9 pts) 67.8%
2017 Steve Baker (Conservative) 26,766 50.0% Rafiq Raja (Labour) 6,578 (12.3 pts) 69.6%
2019 Steve Baker (Conservative) 24,766 45.2% Khalil Ahmed (Labour) 4,214 (7.7 pts) 70.3%
2024 Emma Reynolds (Labour) 16,035 35.9% Steve Baker (Conservative) 4,591 (10.3 pts) 61.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert John Smith Whig 17940.9% Yes
Charles Grey Whig 14032.0% Yes
Benjamin Disraeli Conservative 11927.2% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert John Smith Whig 28951.2% Yes
Charles Grey Whig 14726.1% Yes
Benjamin Disraeli Conservative 12822.7% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert John Smith Whig Unopposed Yes
George Henry Dashwood Whig Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Henry Dashwood Whig 18933.5% Yes
Ralph Bernal Radical 15928.2% Yes
James William Freshfield Conservative 13023.0% No
Robert Alexander Conservative 8615.2% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Henry Dashwood Whig Unopposed Yes
Martin Tucker Smith Whig Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Henry Dashwood Whig 26244.7% Yes
Martin Tucker Smith Whig 20835.5% Yes
William Simpson Whig 11619.8% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Henry Dashwood Whig Unopposed Yes
Martin Tucker Smith Whig Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Henry Dashwood Liberal Unopposed Yes
Martin Tucker Smith Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Robert Carington Liberal Unopposed Yes
John Remington Mills Liberal Unopposed No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Peregrine Carington Liberal 70158.4% Yes
John Remington Mills Liberal 50041.6% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Peregrine Carington Liberal 95368.7% Yes
Henry Broadhurst Liberal-Labour 41529.9% No
Frederick Charsley Conservative 191.4% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Peregrine Carington Liberal Unopposed Yes

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard George Penn Curzon Conservative 5,09254.6% Yes
Rupert Clement George Carington Liberal 4,23945.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard George Penn Curzon Conservative 4,62056.6% Yes
Alfred Gilbey Liberal 3,53743.4% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard George Penn Curzon Conservative 5,03055.8% Yes
Anthony Hope Hawkins Liberal 3,98844.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard George Penn Curzon Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Grenfell Conservative 6,11163.0% Yes
J Thomas Liberal 3,58237.0% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Arnold Herbert Liberal 6,83954.9% Yes
Charles Alfred Cripps Conservative 5,62645.1% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Alfred Cripps Conservative Unopposed Yes

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Alfred Cripps Conservative 8,69058.6% Yes
Thomas Arnold Herbert Liberal 6,13441.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Baring Du Pré Unionist Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Baring du Pré Unionist 15,62750.1% Yes
Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse Liberal 11,15435.8% No
Samuel Stennett Labour 4,40314.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse Liberal 14,91047.0% Yes
William Baring du Pré Unionist 13,22841.7% No
George Young Labour 3,61111.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred William Fortescue Knox Unionist 20,82054.8% Yes
Vera Florence Annie Woodhouse Liberal 12,52633.0% No
George Young Labour 4,62612.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred William Fortescue Knox Unionist 23,23147.4% Yes
Leonard John Humphrey Liberal 16,92934.5% No
Rochelle Townsend Labour 8,89918.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred William Fortescue Knox Conservative 41,20879.2% Yes
Leslie Haden-Guest Labour 10,82120.8% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred William Fortescue Knox Conservative 34,74764.9% Yes
Ernest Albert Whitfield Labour 18,81735.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edwin Haire Labour 20,48245.2% Yes
Roger Peake Conservative 17,94639.6% No
Cecil Arthur Harrop Chadwick Liberal 6,91615.3% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edwin Haire Labour 21,49142.1% Yes
William Waldorf Astor Conservative 21,01541.2% No
Brian Armstrong Law Liberal 8,35416.4% No
Elizabeth Rose Leigh Communist 1990.4% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Waldorf Astor Conservative 27,08451.7% Yes
John Edwin Haire Labour 25,33148.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick John Frank Hall Conservative 29,84557.7% Yes
Leopold Raymond Fletcher Labour 21,90542.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick John Frank Hall Conservative 30,77453.3% Yes
Wilfred Gurney Fordham Labour 19,90434.5% No
Arthur Donald Dennis Liberal 7,06812.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick John Frank Hall Conservative 30,87750.0% Yes
Michael Cecil John Barnes Labour 21,53434.9% No
Arthur Donald Dennis Liberal 9,33015.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Hall Conservative 31,57749.3% Yes
Joseph Holland Labour 24,49838.2% No
Morris Janis Liberal 8,03712.5% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Hall Conservative 40,15155.9% Yes
Bryan Jones Labour 23,34132.5% No
Ernest Palfrey Liberal 8,29711.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Frederick Hall Conservative 29,52146.2% Yes
William Frederick Back Labour 18,82229.5% No
Maurice Theodore James Liberal 15,51224.3% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Frederick Hall Conservative 27,13146.3% Yes
William Frederick Back Labour 18,05230.8% No
Maurice Theodore James Liberal 11,33319.4% No
Derek Howard Smith National Front 2,0493.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ray Whitney Conservative 38,17157.3% Yes
Trevor Fowler Labour 18,00027.0% No
Alan Lawson Liberal 9,61514.4% No
Sylvia Jones National Front 8331.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ray Whitney Conservative 27,22154.2% Yes
Alan William Page Social Democratic Party 14,02427.9% No
Colin Bastin Labour 8,63617.2% No
Mohammad Amin Multiracial Political Party 3270.7% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ray Whitney Conservative 28,20953.9% Yes
Tom Hayhoe Social Democratic Party 14,39027.5% No
John Huddart Labour 9,77318.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ray Whitney Conservative 30,08153.1% Yes
Tim Andrews Liberal Democrat 13,00523.0% No
John Huddart Labour 12,22221.6% No
John Laker Green 6861.2% No
Alan Page Social Democratic Party 4490.8% No
Trevor Patrick Anton Natural Law 1680.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ray Whitney Conservative 20,89039.9% Yes
Chris Bryant Labour 18,52035.4% No
Paul Bensilum Liberal Democrat 9,67818.5% No
Alan Fulford Referendum Party 2,3944.6% No
John Laker Green 7161.4% No
Mark Heath Natural Law 1210.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Goodman Conservative 19,06442.4% Yes
Chauhdry Shafique Labour 15,89635.3% No
Dee Tomlin Liberal Democrat 7,65817.0% No
Christopher Cooke UKIP 1,0592.4% No
John Laker Green 1,0572.4% No
David Fitton Independent 2400.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Goodman Conservative 20,33145.8% Yes
Julia Wassell Labour 13,28029.9% No
James Oates Liberal Democrat 8,78019.8% No
Robert Davis UKIP 1,7353.9% No
David Fitton Independent 3010.7% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Steve Baker Conservative 23,42348.6% Yes
Steve Guy Liberal Democrat 13,86328.8% No
Andrew Lomas Labour 8,32617.3% No
John Wiseman UKIP 2,1234.4% No
Madassar Khokar Independent 2280.5% No
David Fitton Independent 1880.4% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Steve Baker Conservative 26,44451.4% Yes
David Williams Labour 11,58822.5% No
David Meacock UKIP 5,19810.1% No
Steve Guy Liberal Democrat 4,5468.8% No
Jem Bailey Green 3,0866.0% No
David Fitton Independent 5771.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Steve Baker Conservative 26,76650.0% Yes
Rafiq Raja Labour 20,18837.7% No
Steve Guy Liberal Democrat 4,1477.8% No
Richard Phoenix UKIP 1,2102.3% No
Peter Sims Green 1,1822.2% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Steve Baker Conservative 24,76645.2% Yes
Khalil Ahmed Labour 20,55237.5% No
Toni Brodelle Liberal Democrat 6,54311.9% No
Peter Sims Green 1,4542.7% No
Julia Wassell Wycombe Independents 9261.7% No
Vijay Singh Srao UKIP 3240.6% No
Edmund Gemmell Independent 1910.3% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Emma Reynolds Labour 16,03535.9% Yes
Steve Baker Conservative 11,44425.6% No
Richard Phoenix Reform UK 4,76910.7% No
Toni Brodelle Liberal Democrat 4,2369.5% No
Khalil Ahmed Workers Party of Britain 3,3447.5% No
Catherine Bunting Green 2,1934.9% No
Ajaz Rehman Independent 1,9134.3% No
Ed Gemmell Climate Party 4891.1% No
Mark Smallwood Independent 2140.5% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 4.8 pts 1835: Whig margin 3.4 pts 1841: Whig margin 5.1 pts 1852: Whig margin 15.7 pts 1868: Liberal margin 16.7 pts 1874: Liberal margin 38.8 pts 1885: Conservative margin 9.1 pts 1886: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1892: Conservative margin 11.6 pts 1900: Conservative margin 26.1 pts 1906: Liberal margin 9.7 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 1922: Unionist margin 14.3 pts 1923: Liberal margin 5.3 pts 1924: Unionist margin 21.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 12.8 pts 1931: Conservative margin 58.4 pts 1935: Conservative margin 29.7 pts 1945: Labour margin 5.6 pts 1950: Labour margin 0.9 pts 1951: Conservative margin 3.3 pts 1955: Conservative margin 15.3 pts 1959: Conservative margin 18.8 pts 1964: Conservative margin 15.1 pts 1966: Conservative margin 11.0 pts 1970: Conservative margin 23.4 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 16.8 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 15.5 pts 1979: Conservative margin 30.3 pts 1983: Conservative margin 26.3 pts 1987: Conservative margin 26.4 pts 1992: Conservative margin 30.2 pts 1997: Conservative margin 4.5 pts 2001: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 2005: Conservative margin 15.9 pts 2010: Conservative margin 19.9 pts 2015: Conservative margin 28.9 pts 2017: Conservative margin 12.3 pts 2019: Conservative margin 7.7 pts 2024: Labour margin 10.3 pts 1832 1835 1841 1852 1868 1874 1885 1886 1892 1900 1906 Jan 1910 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Wycombe has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Wycombe in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Wycombe in 2024 with 16,035 votes (35.9%), a majority of 4,591 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Wycombe since 1832?

Since 1832, Wycombe has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Wycombe?

The closest result on record for Wycombe was 1950, when Labour beat Conservative by just 476 votes (0.9 percentage points).

Did Wycombe ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Wycombe elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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