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Data Last Updated: 1 March 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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12 December 1832 | 847/916 | 92.47 | |
Whig | 495 | 58.44 | |
Whig | 485 | 57.26 | |
Tory | 361 | 42.62 | |
Tory | 265 | 31.29 | |
Majority | 124 | 14.64 | |
8 January 1835 | 841/934 | 90.04 | |
Conservative Party | 551 | 65.52 | |
Whig | 405 | 48.16 | |
Conservative Party | 389 | 46.25 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.90 | |
22 April 1835 Resignation of Sir Edward Troubridge, bt on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. | |||
27 April 1835 | 934 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
26 July 1837 | 769/911 | 84.41 | |
Whig | 416 | 54.10 | |
Whig | 401 | 52.15 | |
Conservative Party | 370 | 48.11 | |
Conservative Party | 330 | 42.91 | |
Majority | 31 | 4.03 | |
1839 Resignation of Sir James Carnac, bt on appointment as Governor of Bombay. | |||
12 February 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1 May 1841 Death of Sir Rufane Donkin. | |||
11 May 1841 | 766/952 | 80.46 | |
Conservative Party | 406 | 53.00 | |
Whig | 360 | 47.00 | |
Majority | 46 | 6.01 | |
29 June 1841 | 952 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
31 July 1847 | 840/943 | 89.08 | |
Whig | 459 | 54.64 | |
Whig | 437 | 52.02 | |
Conservative Party | 392 | 46.67 | |
Majority | 45 | 5.36 | |
1852 Resignation of Charles Grenfell in order to contest Windsor. | |||
28 May 1852 | 717/960 | 74.69 | |
Conservative Party | 460 | 64.16 | |
Whig | 257 | 35.84 | |
Majority | 203 | 28.31 | |
8 July 1852 | 960 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 March 1857 | 847/1,008 | 84.03 | |
Whig | 547 | 64.58 | |
Whig | 503 | 59.39 | |
Conservative Party | 322 | 38.02 | |
Conservative Party | 24 | 2.83 | |
Majority | 181 | 21.37 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
29 April 1859 | 844/1,030 | 81.94 | |
Liberal Party | 497 | 58.89 | |
Liberal Party | 458 | 54.27 | |
Conservative Party | 404 | 47.87 | |
Conservative Party | 328 | 38.86 | |
Majority | 54 | 6.40 | |
1859 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
24 June 1859 Resignation of Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
28 June 1859 | 746/1,030 | 72.43 | |
Liberal Party | 463 | 62.06 | |
Conservative Party | 283 | 37.94 | |
Majority | 180 | 24.13 | |
13 July 1865 | 899/1,054 | 85.29 | |
Liberal Party | 494 | 54.95 | |
Liberal Party | 477 | 53.06 | |
Conservative Party | 413 | 45.94 | |
Majority | 64 | 7.12 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
28 April 1866 Resignation of Lord Clarence Paget. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
8 May 1866 | 924/1,054 | 87.67 | |
Conservative Party | 466 | 50.43 | |
Liberal Party | 458 | 49.57 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.87 | |
18 November 1868 | 1,638/1,906 | 85.94 | |
Liberal Party | 933 | 56.96 | |
Liberal Party | 923 | 56.35 | |
Conservative Party | 710 | 43.35 | |
Majority | 213 | 13.00 | |
3 February 1874 | 1,708/2,046 | 83.48 | |
Liberal Party | 1,035 | 60.60 | |
Liberal Party | 1,006 | 58.90 | |
Conservative Party | 764 | 44.73 | |
Conservative Party | 611 | 35.77 | |
Majority | 242 | 14.17 | |
April 1880 | 2,115 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 May 1880 Resignation of Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen prior to his elevation to the House of Lords - Baron Brabourne. | |||
19 May 1880 | 1,850/2,115 | 87.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,145 | 61.89 | |
Liberal Party | 705 | 38.11 | |
Majority | 440 | 23.78 | |
10 August 1880 Petition - election declared void and writ suspended. | |||
26 June 1885 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament. | |||