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Data Last Updated: 1 March 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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13 December 1832 | 260/278 | 93.53 | |
Whig | 187 | 71.92 | |
Whig | 116 | 44.62 | |
Whig | 96 | 36.92 | |
Tory | 76 | 29.23 | |
Majority | 20 | 7.69 | |
1833 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
8 January 1835 | 239/264 | 90.53 | |
Conservative Party | 179 | 74.90 | |
Whig | 134 | 56.07 | |
Whig | 111 | 46.44 | |
Conservative Party | 20 | 8.37 | |
Majority | 23 | 9.62 | |
14 August 1837 | 236/271 | 87.08 | |
Whig | 172 | 72.88 | |
Whig | 124 | 52.54 | |
Conservative Party | 118 | 50.00 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.54 | |
29 June 1841 | 208/241 | 86.31 | |
Conservative Party | 150 | 72.12 | |
Conservative Party | 122 | 58.65 | |
Whig | 85 | 40.87 | |
Majority | 37 | 17.79 | |
29 August 1847 | 200/242 | 82.64 | |
Peelite | 158 | 79.00 | |
Whig | 128 | 64.00 | |
Conservative Party | 114 | 57.00 | |
Majority | 14 | 7.00 | |
2 July 1851 Death of Rt Hon William Lascelles. | |||
12 July 1851 | 159/217 | 73.27 | |
Conservative Party | 95 | 59.75 | |
Conservative Party | 64 | 40.25 | |
Majority | 31 | 19.50 | |
8 July 1852 | 223/242 | 92.15 | |
Conservative Party | 113 | 50.67 | |
Whig | 113 | 50.67 | |
Whig | 113 | 50.67 | |
Conservative Party | 107 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.69 | |
A treble return was made for this election. | |||
25 April 1853 Petition - Joshua Brown Westhead was unseated after his vote count was revised downwards to 112. | |||
27 March 1857 | 412/270 | 152.59 | |
Conservative Party | 174 | 84.47 | |
Conservative Party | 138 | 66.99 | |
Whig | 100 | 48.54 | |
Majority | 38 | 9.22 | |
29 April 1859 | 220/286 | 76.92 | |
Conservative Party | 173 | 78.64 | |
Conservative Party | 140 | 63.64 | |
Liberal Party | 127 | 57.73 | |
Majority | 13 | 5.91 | |
13 July 1865 | 267/272 | 98.16 | |
Conservative Party | 156 | 76.85 | |
Liberal Party | 127 | 62.56 | |
Conservative Party | 123 | 60.59 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.50 | |
17 November 1868 | 709/769 | 92.20 | |
Liberal Party | 362 | 51.06 | |
Conservative Party | 347 | 48.94 | |
Majority | 15 | 2.12 | |
3 February 1874 | 706/770 | 91.69 | |
Conservative Party | 397 | 56.23 | |
Liberal Party | 309 | 43.77 | |
Majority | 88 | 12.46 | |
1 April 1880 | 688/762 | 90.29 | |
Liberal Party | 357 | 51.89 | |
Conservative Party | 331 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 26 | 3.78 | |
23 July 1880 Pettion - election declared void. | |||
12 May 1881 | 707/758 | 93.27 | |
Conservative Party | 374 | 52.90 | |
Liberal Party | 333 | 47.10 | |
Majority | 41 | 5.80 | |
26 November 1884 Death of Thomas Collins. | |||
9 December 1884 | 586/651 | 90.02 | |
Conservative Party | 319 | 54.44 | |
Liberal Party | 267 | 45.56 | |
Majority | 52 | 8.87 | |