1922
| Foot | Liberal | 14,292 | 53.4% |
| Poole | Conservative | 12,467 | 46.6% |
| turnout | 80.4% |
1923
| Foot | Liberal | 14,536 | 53.6% |
| Poole | Conservative | 12,574 | 46.4% |
| turnout | 82.0% |
1924
| Harrison | Conservative | 14,163 | 51.1% |
| Foot | Liberal | 13,548 | 48.9% |
| turnout | 82.4% |
1929
| Foot | Liberal | 16,002 | 46.4% |
| Harrison | Conservative | 15,088 | 43.7% |
| Reed | Labour | 3,437 | 10.0% |
| turnout | 84.9% |
1931
| Foot | Liberal | unopposed |
1935
| Rathbone | Conservative | 17,485 | 50.4% |
| Foot | Liberal | 14,732 | 42.5% |
| Falconer | Labour | 2,486 | 7.2% |
| turnout | 82.3% |
1945
| Marshall | Conservative | 15,396 | 43.8% |
| Foot | Liberal | 13,349 | 38.0% |
| Pitts | Labour | 6,401 | 18.2% |
| turnout | 76.1% |