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Summary | |
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CON | 367 |
Whig | 222 |
Radical | 49 |
Irish Repeal | 21 |
Aberdeen | |||
6 July 1841 | 1,323/2,189 | 60.44 | |
Whig | 780 | 58.96 | |
Conservative Party | 513 | 38.78 | |
Chartist | 30 | 2.27 | |
Majority | 267 | 20.18 | |
Aberdeenshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 3,181 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 September 1841 Appointment of Hon William Gordon as a Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
21 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Abingdon | |||
30 June 1841 | 321 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
May 1844 Resignation of Thomas Duffield. | |||
11 May 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 June 1845 Resignation of Sir Frederic Thesiger on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
9 July 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | 156 | 55.32 | |
Whig | 126 | 44.68 | |
Majority | 30 | 10.64 | |
Andover | |||
29 June 1841 | 213/234 | 91.03 | |
Whig | 131 | 61.50 | |
Whig | 112 | 52.58 | |
Conservative Party | 105 | 49.30 | |
Majority | 7 | 3.29 | |
Anglesea | |||
7 July 1841 | 2,373 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Antrim County | |||
13 July 1841 | 2,157 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 November 1845 Death of John Irving. | |||
22 December 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Argyll | |||
9 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
September 1843 Resignation of Alexander Campbell. | |||
8 September 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh City | |||
5 July 1841 | 892 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh County | |||
9 July 1841 | 2,578 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Arundel | |||
1 July 1841 | 261 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ashburton | |||
30 June 1841 | 280 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
27 February 1843 Death of William Jardine. | |||
8 March 1843 | 237/270 | 87.78 | |
Whig | 141 | 59.49 | |
Conservative Party | 96 | 40.51 | |
Majority | 45 | 18.99 | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
1 July 1841 | 557/713 | 78.12 | |
Radical | 303 | 54.40 | |
Conservative Party | 254 | 45.60 | |
Majority | 49 | 8.80 | |
Athlone | |||
8 July 1841 | 47/342 | 13.74 | |
Conservative Party | 30 | 63.83 | |
Whig | 17 | 36.17 | |
Majority | 13 | 27.66 | |
13 June 1842 Petition - George Beresford unseated and Daniel Farrell declared elected. The result was amended to Farrell 110, Beresford 60. | |||
21 March 1843 Counter Petition - Daniel Farrell unseated and a new writ was issued. | |||
4 April 1843 | |||
Whig | 114 | 51.35 | |
Conservative Party | 108 | 48.65 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.70 | |
Aylesbury | |||
28 June 1841 | 1,624 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
6 July 1841 | 1,097 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ayrshire | |||
9 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1843 Succession of Viscount Kelburne to the Peearage - 5th Earl of Glasgow. | |||
3 August 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Banbury | |||
30 June 1841 | 275/385 | 71.43 | |
Whig | 124 | 45.09 | |
Conservative Party | 100 | 36.36 | |
Chartist | 51 | 18.55 | |
Majority | 24 | 8.73 | |
Bandon | |||
5 July 1841 | 355 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1842 Resignation of Joseph Jackson on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
14 February 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Banffshire | |||
16 July 1841 | |||
Whig | 316 | 53.65 | |
Conservative Party | 273 | 46.35 | |
Majority | 43 | 7.30 | |
Barnstaple | |||
30 June 1841 | 701/807 | 86.86 | |
Conservative Party | 360 | 51.36 | |
Conservative Party | 349 | 49.79 | |
Whig | 346 | 49.36 | |
Whig | 343 | 48.93 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.43 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bath | |||
30 June 1841 | 2,189/2,985 | 73.33 | |
Whig | 1,223 | 55.87 | |
Radical | 1,157 | 52.86 | |
Conservative Party | 930 | 42.49 | |
Conservative Party | 926 | 42.30 | |
Majority | 227 | 10.37 | |
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
29 June 1841 | 298 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
29 June 1841 | 809/1,073 | 75.40 | |
Conservative Party | 433 | 53.52 | |
Conservative Party | 421 | 52.04 | |
Whig | 410 | 50.68 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.36 | |
Bedfordshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 4,333 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 March 1847 Death of William Astell. | |||
30 March 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Belfast | |||
10 July 1841 | 1,748/4,234 | 41.28 | |
Conservative Party | 927 | 53.03 | |
Conservative Party | 913 | 52.23 | |
Whig | 821 | 46.97 | |
Whig | 792 | 45.31 | |
Majority | 92 | 5.26 | |
1 August 1842 Petition - James Tennent and William Johnson were unseated and a new writ was issued. | |||
19 August 1842 | 1,123/4,234 | 26.52 | |
Whig | 886 | 78.90 | |
Conservative Party | 859 | 76.49 | |
Conservative Party | 500 | 44.52 | |
Majority | 359 | 31.97 | |
August 1845 Resignation of Sir James Emerson Tennent. | |||
20 August 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Berkshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 5,685 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
1 July 1841 | 645/714 | 90.34 | |
Whig | 394 | 61.09 | |
Conservative Party | 343 | 53.18 | |
Conservative Party | 335 | 51.94 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.24 | |
Berwickshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 1,319 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Beverley | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,012/1,073 | 94.32 | |
Whig | 531 | 52.47 | |
Conservative Party | 529 | 52.27 | |
Conservative Party | 489 | 48.32 | |
Majority | 40 | 3.95 | |
Bewdley | |||
30 June 1841 | 341/411 | 82.97 | |
Whig | 173 | 50.73 | |
Conservative Party | 168 | 49.27 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.47 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Birmingham | |||
2 July 1841 | 3,756/5,870 | 63.99 | |
Radical | 2,176 | 57.93 | |
Radical | 1,963 | 52.26 | |
Conservative Party | 1,825 | 48.59 | |
Majority | 138 | 3.67 | |
4 July 1844 Death of Joshua Scholefield. | |||
15 July 1844 | 4,176/6,129 | 68.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,095 | 50.17 | |
Radical | 1,735 | 41.55 | |
Chartist | 346 | 8.29 | |
Majority | 360 | 8.62 | |
Blackburn | |||
30 June 1841 | 805/906 | 88.85 | |
Conservative Party | 441 | 54.78 | |
Conservative Party | 427 | 53.04 | |
Whig | 426 | 52.92 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.12 | |
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Bodmin | |||
July 1841 | 227/368 | 61.68 | |
Whig | 224 | 98.68 | |
Conservative Party | 142 | 62.56 | |
Conservative Party | 135 | 59.47 | |
Majority | 7 | 3.08 | |
At the time of the election, John Dunn Gardner was styling himself as John Townshend, Earl of Leicester, although he was subsequently declared not entitled to the peerage and assumed the surname Dunn Gardner by Royal Licence. | |||
20 August 1842 Succession of Hon Charles Vivian to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Vivian. | |||
9 February 1843 | 326/405 | 80.49 | |
Conservative Party | 165 | 50.61 | |
Whig | 161 | 49.39 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.23 | |
Bolton | |||
2 July 1841 | 1,164/1,471 | 79.13 | |
Whig | 669 | 57.47 | |
Radical | 614 | 52.75 | |
Conservative Party | 536 | 46.05 | |
Conservative Party | 441 | 37.89 | |
Majority | 78 | 6.70 | |
Boston | |||
30 June 1841 | 920/1,146 | 80.28 | |
Conservative Party | 527 | 57.28 | |
Whig | 515 | 55.98 | |
Conservative Party | 466 | 50.65 | |
Majority | 49 | 5.33 | |
Bradford | |||
1 July 1841 | 1,144/1,398 | 81.83 | |
Conservative Party | 612 | 53.50 | |
Whig | 540 | 47.20 | |
Whig | 536 | 46.85 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.35 | |
12 August 1841 Death of William Lister. | |||
16 September 1841 | 1,048/1,398 | 74.96 | |
Whig | 526 | 50.19 | |
Conservative Party | 522 | 49.81 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.38 | |
Brecknockshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 2,830 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brecon | |||
30 June 1841 | 331 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgnorth | |||
2 July 1841 | 703/810 | 86.79 | |
Conservative Party | 496 | 70.55 | |
Conservative Party | 475 | 67.57 | |
Whig | 225 | 32.01 | |
Whig | 66 | 9.39 | |
Majority | 250 | 35.56 | |
Bridgwater | |||
29 June 1841 | 525/595 | 88.24 | |
Conservative Party | 280 | 53.33 | |
Conservative Party | 276 | 52.57 | |
Whig | 247 | 47.05 | |
Whig | 242 | 46.10 | |
Majority | 29 | 5.52 | |
Bridport | |||
29 June 1841 | 506/557 | 90.84 | |
Radical | 304 | 60.08 | |
Radical | 282 | 55.73 | |
Conservative Party | 244 | 48.22 | |
Majority | 38 | 7.51 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
September 1841 Resignation of Henry Warburton. | |||
15 September 1841 | 557 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
December 1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
25 February 1846 Resignation of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane. | |||
7 March 1846 | 479/571 | 83.89 | |
Conservative Party | 240 | 50.10 | |
Whig | 239 | 49.90 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.21 | |
28 April 1846 Petition - Alexander Baillie-Cochrane unseated and John Romilly declared elected. | |||
Brighton | |||
1 July 1841 | 2,050/2,403 | 85.31 | |
Whig | 1,443 | 70.39 | |
Radical | 1,235 | 60.24 | |
Conservative Party | 872 | 42.54 | |
Chartist | 19 | 0.93 | |
Majority | 363 | 17.71 | |
1842 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
April 1842 Resignation of Isaac Wigney. | |||
5 May 1842 | 1,933/2,533 | 76.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,277 | 66.06 | |
Radical | 640 | 33.11 | |
Chartist | 16 | 0.83 | |
Majority | 637 | 32.95 | |
Bristol | |||
28 June 1841 | 5,808/11,150 | 52.09 | |
Conservative Party | 4,193 | 72.19 | |
Radical | 3,739 | 64.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,684 | 63.43 | |
Majority | 55 | 0.95 | |
Buckingham | |||
28 June 1841 | 396 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1844 Resignation of Sir Thomas Fremantle, bt on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
25 May 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1845 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Thomas Fremantle, bt on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
10 February 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 December 1845 Death of Sir John Chetwode, bt. | |||
20 January 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 February 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Thomas Fremantle, bt. | |||
11 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 3,071/6,107 | 50.29 | |
Conservative Party | 2,578 | 83.95 | |
Conservative Party | 2,572 | 83.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,547 | 82.94 | |
Whig | 495 | 16.12 | |
Whig | 450 | 14.65 | |
Majority | 2,052 | 66.82 | |
27 June 1842 Death of Sir William Young, bt. | |||
15 July 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 February 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Resignation of Charles Scott Murray. | |||
Bury | |||
3 July 1841 | 613/768 | 79.82 | |
Whig | 325 | 53.02 | |
Conservative Party | 288 | 46.98 | |
Majority | 37 | 6.04 | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
29 June 1841 | 612/713 | 85.83 | |
Conservative Party | 341 | 55.72 | |
Whig | 310 | 50.65 | |
Conservative Party | 298 | 48.69 | |
Whig | 256 | 41.83 | |
Majority | 12 | 1.96 | |
1841 Resignation of Earl Jermyn on appointment as Treasurer of the Household. | |||
14 September 1841 | 713 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bute | |||
9 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | 138 | 62.73 | |
Whig | 82 | 37.27 | |
Majority | 56 | 25.45 | |
1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Rae, bt on appointment as Colonel-Advocate. | |||
23 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 October 1842 Death of Rt Hon Sir William Rae, bt. | |||
1 December 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
31 January 1846 Resignation of Hon James Stuart-Wortley on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General. | |||
7 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Caithness | |||
8 July 1841 | 420 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Calne | |||
29 June 1841 | 176 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridge | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,430/1,940 | 73.71 | |
Conservative Party | 758 | 53.01 | |
Conservative Party | 722 | 50.49 | |
Whig | 695 | 48.60 | |
Whig | 656 | 45.87 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.89 | |
1843 Petition - dismissed. | |||
13 March 1843 Resignation of Sir Alexander Grant, bt. | |||
21 March 1843 | 1,393/1,904 | 73.16 | |
Conservative Party | 713 | 51.18 | |
Whig | 680 | 48.82 | |
Majority | 33 | 2.37 | |
July 1845 Resignation of Sir Fitzroy Kelly on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
16 July 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | 746 | 50.58 | |
Whig | 729 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.15 | |
Cambridge University | |||
30 June 1841 | 2,873 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Goulburn on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
15 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 7,400 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
1 July 1841 | 1,451/1,918 | 75.65 | |
Conservative Party | 823 | 56.72 | |
Conservative Party | 729 | 50.24 | |
Whig | 720 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.62 | |
4 March 1847 Death of James Bradshaw. | |||
15 March 1847 | 2,010 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
30 June 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 September 1841 Appointment of John Nicholl as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
17 September 1841 | 778 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
6 July 1841 | 590/832 | 70.91 | |
Whig | 305 | 51.69 | |
Conservative Party | 285 | 48.31 | |
Majority | 20 | 3.39 | |
Double return due to the loss of Aberystwyth's poll books. The original figures were Harford - 226, Pryse - 163. | |||
1842 Election of John Harford declared void. | |||
Cardiganshire | |||
8 July 1841 | 2,060 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carlisle | |||
30 June 1841 | 643/751 | 85.62 | |
Whig | 419 | 65.16 | |
Whig | 345 | 53.65 | |
Conservative Party | 296 | 46.03 | |
Majority | 49 | 7.62 | |
Carlow | |||
5 July 1841 | 417 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Carlow County | |||
17 July 1841 | 1,401/1,759 | 79.65 | |
Conservative Party | 705 | 50.32 | |
Conservative Party | 704 | 50.25 | |
Whig | 697 | 49.75 | |
Irish Repeal | 696 | 49.68 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.50 | |
28 May 1846 Death of Thomas Bunbury. | |||
1 July 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
29 June 1841 | 938 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 5,614 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 November 1842 Death of John Jones. | |||
27 December 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
3 July 1841 | 803/1,021 | 78.65 | |
Conservative Party | 416 | 51.81 | |
Whig | 387 | 48.19 | |
Majority | 29 | 3.61 | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 2,162 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carrickfergus | |||
5 July 1841 | 1,326 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cashel | |||
3 July 1841 | 267 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
January 1846 Resignation of Joseph Stock. | |||
5 February 1846 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Cavan County | |||
14 July 1841 | 1,785 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of John Young on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. | |||
30 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 January 1843 Death of Henry Clements. | |||
17 February 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chatham | |||
2 July 1841 | 691/862 | 80.16 | |
Whig | 457 | 66.14 | |
Conservative Party | 234 | 33.86 | |
Majority | 223 | 32.27 | |
Cheltenham | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,423/2,003 | 71.04 | |
Whig | 764 | 53.69 | |
Conservative Party | 655 | 46.03 | |
Radical | 4 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 109 | 7.66 | |
Chester | |||
29 June 1841 | 2,444 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
11 July 1846 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
17 July 1846 Resignation of John Jervis on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
August 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household. | |||
8 August 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
January 1847 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Robert Grosvenor in order to contest Middlesex. | |||
30 January 1847 | 2,450 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Chichester | |||
1 July 1841 | 829 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
21 May 1844 Resignation of Lord Arthur Lennox on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
27 May 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 August 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 August 1845 Resignation of Lord Arthur Lennox on appointment as Clerk of Ordinance. | |||
February 1846 Resignation of Lord Arthur Lennox. | |||
10 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chippenham | |||
29 June 1841 | 228/267 | 85.39 | |
Conservative Party | 165 | 72.37 | |
Conservative Party | 128 | 56.14 | |
Whig | 96 | 42.11 | |
Majority | 32 | 14.04 | |
13 September 1841 Resignation of Henry Boldero on appointment as Clerk of Ordnance. | |||
14 September 1841 | 267 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Christchurch | |||
29 June 1841 | 300 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 March 1844 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir George Rose. | |||
28 March 1844 | 264/331 | 79.76 | |
Conservative Party | 180 | 68.18 | |
Whig | 84 | 31.82 | |
Majority | 96 | 36.36 | |
Cirencester | |||
28 June 1841 | 552 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
July 1844 Resignation of Thomas Chester Master. | |||
2 August 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 August 1845 Resignation of William Cripps on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
14 August 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
City of London | |||
28 June 1841 | 12,323/19,058 | 64.66 | |
Conservative Party | 6,339 | 51.44 | |
Whig | 6,315 | 51.25 | |
Conservative Party | 6,290 | 51.04 | |
Whig | 6,221 | 50.48 | |
Conservative Party | 6,212 | 50.41 | |
Whig | 6,070 | 49.26 | |
Whig | 6,065 | 49.22 | |
Conservative Party | 6,017 | 48.83 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.07 | |
25 September 1843 Death of Sir Matthew Wood, Bt. | |||
20 October 1843 | 12,899/20,030 | 64.40 | |
Whig | 6,532 | 50.64 | |
Conservative Party | 6,367 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 165 | 1.28 | |
6 July 1846 Resignation of Lord John Russell on appointment as First Lord of the Treasury. | |||
8 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
6 July 1841 | 1,272 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
February 1842 Resignation of Hon George Abercromby. | |||
18 February 1842 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clare County | |||
14 July 1841 | 1,338/1,735 | 77.12 | |
Irish Repeal | 1,079 | 80.64 | |
Irish Repeal | 1,072 | 80.12 | |
Conservative Party | 222 | 16.59 | |
Conservative Party | 47 | 3.51 | |
Majority | 850 | 63.53 | |
Clitheroe | |||
2 July 1841 | 345/387 | 89.15 | |
Whig | 175 | 50.72 | |
Conservative Party | 170 | 49.28 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.45 | |
21 March 1842 Petition - Mathew Wilson was unseated and Edward Cardwell declared elected. | |||
Clonmel | |||
3 July 1841 | 687 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1 September 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon David Pigot on appointment as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland. | |||
12 September 1846 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Cockermouth | |||
2 July 1841 | 228/293 | 77.82 | |
Radical | 129 | 56.58 | |
Whig | 127 | 55.70 | |
Conservative Party | 100 | 43.86 | |
Majority | 27 | 11.84 | |
Colchester | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,176 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Coleraine | |||
3 July 1841 | 368 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1843 Resignation of Edward Litton on appointment as Master of Chancery in Ireland. | |||
18 February 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | 106 | 55.79 | |
Conservative Party | 84 | 44.21 | |
Majority | 22 | 11.58 | |
Cork City | |||
5 July 1841 | 2,049/4,364 | 46.95 | |
Whig | 1,486 | 72.52 | |
Irish Repeal | 1,464 | 71.45 | |
Conservative Party | 1,017 | 49.63 | |
Conservative Party | 131 | 6.39 | |
Majority | 447 | 21.82 | |
24 January 1846 Resignation of Francis Murphy. | |||
31 January 1846 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Cork County | |||
15 July 1841 | 1,680/3,706 | 45.33 | |
Irish Repeal | 1,274 | 75.83 | |
Irish Repeal | 1,274 | 75.83 | |
Conservative Party | 406 | 24.17 | |
Conservative Party | 357 | 21.25 | |
Majority | 868 | 51.67 | |
15 May 1847 Death of Daniel O'Connell. | |||
2 July 1847 | |||
Irish Repeal | 833 | 60.49 | |
Conservative Party | 544 | 39.51 | |
Majority | 289 | 20.99 | |
Coventry | |||
28 June 1841 | 3,140/3,789 | 82.87 | |
Radical | 1,870 | 59.55 | |
Whig | 1,829 | 58.25 | |
Conservative Party | 1,290 | 41.08 | |
Majority | 539 | 17.17 | |
Cricklade | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,663 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Dartmouth | |||
29 June 1841 | 276 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
29 November 1844 Death of Sir John Seale, Bt. | |||
27 December 1844 | 243/282 | 86.17 | |
Conservative Party | 125 | 51.44 | |
Radical | 118 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.88 | |
1845 Petition - dismissed. | |||
27 June 1845 Death of Joseph Somes. | |||
3 July 1845 | 236/282 | 83.69 | |
Radical | 125 | 52.97 | |
Conservative Party | 111 | 47.03 | |
Majority | 14 | 5.93 | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
3 July 1841 | 674/944 | 71.40 | |
Conservative Party | 365 | 54.15 | |
Whig | 309 | 45.85 | |
Majority | 56 | 8.31 | |
Denbighshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 4,024 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1845 Appointment of Sir Watkin Wynn, bt as Steward of the Queen's Lordships and Manors of Bromfield and Yale. | |||
7 May 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Derby | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,377/1,906 | 72.25 | |
Whig | 875 | 63.54 | |
Whig | 784 | 56.94 | |
Conservative Party | 587 | 42.63 | |
Majority | 197 | 14.31 | |
1846 Resignation of Edward Strutt on appointment as Chief Commissioner of Railways. | |||
4 September 1846 | 1,394/2,022 | 68.94 | |
Whig | 835 | 59.90 | |
Conservative Party | 559 | 40.10 | |
Majority | 276 | 19.80 | |
16 May 1847 Succession of Viscount Duncannon to the Peerage - 5th Earl of Bessborough. | |||
16 June 1847 | 2,177 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Devizes | |||
30 June 1841 | 375 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1844 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
February 1844 Resignation of Thomas Sotheron. | |||
7 February 1844 | 269/385 | 69.87 | |
Conservative Party | 202 | 75.09 | |
Whig | 67 | 24.91 | |
Majority | 135 | 50.19 | |
Devonport | |||
1 July 1841 | 1,724/2,131 | 80.90 | |
Whig | 966 | 56.03 | |
Whig | 932 | 54.06 | |
Conservative Party | 780 | 45.24 | |
Majority | 152 | 8.82 | |
8 July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir George Grey, bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Office. | |||
10 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Donegal County | |||
14 July 1841 | 1,446 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorchester | |||
28 June 1841 | 367 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir James Graham, Bt on appointment as Home Secretary. | |||
13 September 1841 | 367 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorset | |||
6 July 1841 | 6,870 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1846 Resignation of Henry Sturt. | |||
February 1846 Resignation of Baron Ashley. | |||
19 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dover | |||
2 July 1841 | 1,667/1,857 | 89.77 | |
Conservative Party | 1,000 | 59.99 | |
Whig | 960 | 57.59 | |
Conservative Party | 536 | 32.15 | |
Radical | 281 | 16.86 | |
Majority | 424 | 25.43 | |
Down County | |||
8 July 1841 | 2,215 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
June 1845 Resignation of the Earl of Hillsborough prior to his succession to the Peerage - 4th Marquess of Downshire. | |||
3 June 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Downpatrick | |||
2 July 1841 | 342 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Drogheda | |||
6 July 1841 | 506 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Droitwich | |||
1 July 1841 | 347 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin City | |||
10 July 1841 | 7,531/12,290 | 61.28 | |
Conservative Party | 3,860 | 51.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,839 | 50.98 | |
Irish Repeal | 3,692 | 49.02 | |
Whig | 3,662 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 147 | 1.95 | |
27 December 1841 Death of John West. | |||
29 January 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | 3,825 | 52.69 | |
Whig | 3,435 | 47.31 | |
Majority | 390 | 5.37 | |
Dublin County | |||
16 July 1841 | 2,054/2,820 | 72.84 | |
Conservative Party | 1,051 | 51.17 | |
Conservative Party | 1,042 | 50.73 | |
Whig | 1,009 | 49.12 | |
Whig | 1,006 | 48.98 | |
Majority | 33 | 1.61 | |
Dublin University | |||
1 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1842 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Lefroy on appointment as a Baron of the Exchequer. | |||
11 February 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1843 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Jackson on appointment as Judge of Common Pleas. | |||
10 February 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
2 July 1841 | 625/971 | 64.37 | |
Conservative Party | 436 | 69.76 | |
Whig | 189 | 30.24 | |
Majority | 247 | 39.52 | |
2 August 1844 Resignation of Thomas Hawkes. | |||
8 August 1844 | 563/911 | 61.80 | |
Conservative Party | 388 | 68.92 | |
Radical | 175 | 31.08 | |
Majority | 213 | 37.83 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
3 July 1841 | |||
Radical | 402 | 54.03 | |
Whig | 342 | 45.97 | |
Majority | 60 | 8.06 | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 1,912 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 1,212 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dundalk | |||
5 July 1841 | 538 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1846 Resignation of Thomas Redington on appointment as under secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
31 July 1846 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Dundee | |||
3 July 1841 | |||
Whig | 577 | 56.46 | |
Radical | 445 | 43.54 | |
Majority | 132 | 12.92 | |
Dungannon | |||
3 July 1841 | 124/196 | 63.27 | |
Conservative Party | 72 | 58.06 | |
Whig | 52 | 41.94 | |
Majority | 20 | 16.13 | |
Dungarvan | |||
3 July 1841 | 434 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Richard Sheil on appointment as Master of the Mint. | |||
10 July 1846 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Durham | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,022 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1843 Resignation of Robert Fitzroy on appointment as Governor of New Zealand. | |||
1843 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
5 April 1843 | 912/1,106 | 82.46 | |
Conservative Party | 507 | 55.59 | |
Radical | 405 | 44.41 | |
Majority | 102 | 11.18 | |
14 July 1843 Petition - Viscount Dungannon unseated. | |||
26 July 1843 | 898/1,106 | 81.19 | |
Radical | 488 | 54.34 | |
Conservative Party | 410 | 45.66 | |
Majority | 78 | 8.69 | |
East Retford | |||
29 June 1841 | 2,785 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 September 1841 Resignation of Hon Arthur Duncombe as a Groom in Waiting to Her Majesty. | |||
2 October 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 7,640 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
15 July 1841 | 4,549/6,076 | 74.87 | |
Conservative Party | 3,006 | 66.08 | |
Conservative Party | 2,807 | 61.71 | |
Radical | 1,647 | 36.21 | |
Majority | 1,160 | 25.50 | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of Baron Eliot on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
29 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 January 1845 Succession of Rt Hon Baron Eliot to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of St Germans. | |||
20 February 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
5 July 1841 | 3,943/4,842 | 81.43 | |
Whig | 2,086 | 52.90 | |
Radical | 1,988 | 50.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,906 | 48.34 | |
Majority | 82 | 2.08 | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
5 July 1841 | 7,971 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1846 Resignation of Hon Francis Charteris-Douglas. | |||
27 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
5 July 1841 | 7,553 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Edward Knatchbull, bt on appointment as Paymaster-General. | |||
20 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1845 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Edward Knatchbull, bt. | |||
3 March 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
16 July 1841 | 4,843/8,556 | 56.60 | |
Conservative Party | 3,495 | 72.17 | |
Conservative Party | 3,434 | 70.91 | |
Whig | 1,378 | 28.45 | |
Majority | 2,056 | 42.45 | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
8 July 1841 | 9,759 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 March 1847 Death of William Langton. | |||
10 April 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
15 July 1841 | 4,983/6,915 | 72.06 | |
Conservative Party | 3,279 | 65.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,178 | 63.78 | |
Whig | 1,787 | 35.86 | |
Majority | 1,391 | 27.91 | |
1 April 1843 Death of Sir Charles Vere. | |||
18 April 1843 | 4,770/6,786 | 70.29 | |
Conservative Party | 2,952 | 61.89 | |
Liberal Party | 1,818 | 38.11 | |
Majority | 1,134 | 23.77 | |
5 February 1846 Resignation of Baron Henniker. | |||
19 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
8 July 1841 | 6,222 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Sussex | |||
12 July 1841 | 3,378/5,356 | 63.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,398 | 70.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,367 | 70.07 | |
Whig | 995 | 29.46 | |
Majority | 1,372 | 40.62 | |
January 1846 Resignation of George Darby on appointment as a Commissioner of Inclosures. | |||
3 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
12 July 1841 | 6,367 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 November 1846 Death of John Barneby. | |||
11 January 1847 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburgh | |||
1 July 1841 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1846 Resignation of William Craig on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
7 July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Macaulay on appointment as Paymaster-General of the Forces. | |||
13 July 1846 | 6,118 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
15 July 1846 | |||
Whig | 1,735 | 67.59 | |
Whig | 832 | 32.41 | |
Majority | 903 | 35.18 | |
Edinburghshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 2,315 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
June 1845 Resignation of William Ramsay. | |||
25 June 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
7 July 1841 | 608/857 | 70.95 | |
Whig | 311 | 51.15 | |
Conservative Party | 297 | 48.85 | |
Majority | 14 | 2.30 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
15 July 1841 | 545/750 | 72.67 | |
Conservative Party | 372 | 68.26 | |
Whig | 173 | 31.74 | |
Majority | 199 | 36.51 | |
Ennis | |||
7 July 1841 | 161 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Enniskillen | |||
5 July 1841 | 181 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 June 1844 Resignation of Hon Arthur Cole. | |||
18 June 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Evesham | |||
30 June 1841 | 486/335 | 145.07 | |
Whig | 188 | 77.37 | |
Conservative Party | 161 | 66.26 | |
Conservative Party | 137 | 56.38 | |
Majority | 24 | 4.94 | |
1846 Resignation of Lord Marcus Hill on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
11 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Exeter | |||
28 June 1841 | 3,613/3,698 | 97.70 | |
Conservative Party | 1,302 | 72.07 | |
Radical | 1,192 | 65.98 | |
Conservative Party | 1,119 | 61.94 | |
Majority | 73 | 2.02 | |
1841 Resignation of Sir William Follett on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
13 September 1841 | 3,698 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 April 1844 Resignation of Sir William Follett on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
20 April 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,293 | 70.97 | |
Whig | 529 | 29.03 | |
Majority | 764 | 41.93 | |
28 June 1845 Death of Sir William Follett. | |||
7 July 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,258 | 68.15 | |
Whig | 588 | 31.85 | |
Majority | 670 | 36.29 | |
Eye | |||
29 June 1841 | 342 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
3 July 1841 | 917/1,369 | 66.98 | |
Conservative Party | 484 | 52.78 | |
Radical | 433 | 47.22 | |
Majority | 51 | 5.56 | |
April 1846 Resignation of William Baird. | |||
2 May 1846 | 1,001/1,332 | 75.15 | |
Conservative Party | 506 | 50.55 | |
Whig | 495 | 49.45 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.10 | |
Fermanagh County | |||
15 July 1841 | 2,271 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Fife | |||
8 July 1841 | 2,967 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Finsbury | |||
30 June 1841 | 12,974 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,006 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Flintshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 2,426/2,963 | 81.88 | |
Whig | 1,234 | 50.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,192 | 49.13 | |
Majority | 42 | 1.73 | |
23 May 1842 Election declared void - Sir Stephen Glynne, bt declared elected. | |||
Forfarshire | |||
8 July 1841 | 1,979 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
1 July 1841 | 283/340 | 83.24 | |
Conservative Party | 154 | 54.42 | |
Whig | 129 | 45.58 | |
Majority | 25 | 8.83 | |
Galway | |||
5 July 1841 | 1,600 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
January 1847 Death of Sir Valentine Blake, bt. | |||
17 February 1847 | |||
Whig | 510 | 50.50 | |
Irish Repeal | 500 | 49.50 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.99 | |
Galway County | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,990 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
April 1847 Death of Thomas Martin. | |||
17 April 1847 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Gateshead | |||
29 June 1841 | 554 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Glamorganshire | |||
9 July 1841 | 5,384 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Glasgow | |||
6 July 1841 | 4,138/8,241 | 50.21 | |
Whig | 2,776 | 67.09 | |
Whig | 2,728 | 65.93 | |
Conservative Party | 2,416 | 58.39 | |
Chartist | 355 | 8.58 | |
Majority | 312 | 7.54 | |
Gloucester | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,336/1,876 | 71.22 | |
Whig | 753 | 56.36 | |
Whig | 732 | 54.79 | |
Conservative Party | 646 | 48.35 | |
Conservative Party | 510 | 38.17 | |
Majority | 86 | 6.44 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
July 1846 Resignation of Maurice Berkeley on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
11 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Grantham | |||
29 June 1841 | 691 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Great Grimsby | |||
29 June 1841 | 573 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Great Marlow | |||
2 July 1841 | 333/369 | 90.24 | |
Conservative Party | 233 | 69.97 | |
Whig | 170 | 51.05 | |
Conservative Party | 169 | 50.75 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.30 | |
11 April 1842 Petition - Sir William Clayton, bt unseated and Renn Hampden declared elected. | |||
Great Yarmouth | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,445/1,930 | 74.87 | |
Whig | 945 | 65.40 | |
Whig | 943 | 65.26 | |
Conservative Party | 501 | 34.67 | |
Conservative Party | 494 | 34.19 | |
Majority | 442 | 30.59 | |
Greenock | |||
7 July 1841 | 715/1,113 | 64.24 | |
Whig | 406 | 56.78 | |
Conservative Party | 309 | 43.22 | |
Majority | 97 | 13.57 | |
1845 Resignation of Robert Wallace. | |||
18 April 1845 | 694/1,165 | 59.57 | |
Whig | 350 | 50.43 | |
Whig | 344 | 49.57 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.86 | |
Greenwich | |||
1 July 1841 | 2,848/3,811 | 74.73 | |
Whig | 1,747 | 61.34 | |
Radical | 1,592 | 55.90 | |
Conservative Party | 1,274 | 44.73 | |
Majority | 318 | 11.17 | |
July 1846 Resignation of James Dundas on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
13 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Guildford | |||
1 July 1841 | 401/486 | 82.51 | |
Whig | 242 | 60.35 | |
Whig | 221 | 55.11 | |
Conservative Party | 177 | 44.14 | |
Conservative Party | 161 | 40.15 | |
Majority | 44 | 10.97 | |
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
3 July 1841 | 537/650 | 82.62 | |
Conservative Party | 273 | 50.84 | |
Whig | 264 | 49.16 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.68 | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 740 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Halifax | |||
3 July 1841 | 704/899 | 78.31 | |
Radical | 409 | 58.10 | |
Whig | 383 | 54.40 | |
Conservative Party | 320 | 45.45 | |
Majority | 63 | 8.95 | |
21 January 1845 Edward Protheroe takes the additional surname Davis by Royal Licence, becoming Edward Davis Protheroe. | |||
6 July 1846 Resignation of Charles Wood on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
9 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Harwich | |||
30 June 1841 | 174/186 | 93.55 | |
Conservative Party | 94 | 54.02 | |
Conservative Party | 94 | 54.02 | |
Whig | 84 | 48.28 | |
Whig | 73 | 41.95 | |
Majority | 10 | 5.75 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Hastings | |||
29 June 1841 | 952 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
March 1844 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Planta. | |||
30 March 1844 | 687/860 | 79.88 | |
Conservative Party | 513 | 74.67 | |
Radical | 174 | 25.33 | |
Majority | 339 | 49.34 | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
1 July 1841 | 722 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Helston | |||
1 July 1841 | 292/398 | 73.37 | |
Conservative Party | 159 | 54.45 | |
Whig | 133 | 45.55 | |
Majority | 26 | 8.90 | |
Hereford | |||
1 July 1841 | 787/961 | 81.89 | |
Whig | 531 | 67.47 | |
Whig | 500 | 63.53 | |
Conservative Party | 308 | 39.14 | |
Majority | 192 | 24.40 | |
September 1841 Resignation of Henry Hobhouse. | |||
5 October 1841 | 739/961 | 76.90 | |
Whig | 442 | 59.81 | |
Conservative Party | 297 | 40.19 | |
Majority | 145 | 19.62 | |
22 July 1845 Death of Edward Clive. | |||
31 July 1845 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Herefordshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 7,365 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertford | |||
28 June 1841 | 607 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
July 1846 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
11 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Hertfordshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 3,845/5,409 | 71.09 | |
Conservative Party | 2,585 | 67.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,552 | 66.37 | |
Conservative Party | 2,525 | 65.67 | |
Whig | 1,732 | 45.05 | |
Majority | 793 | 20.62 | |
17 November 1845 Succession of Viscount Grimston to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Verulam. | |||
8 January 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Honiton | |||
29 June 1841 | 440 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Horsham | |||
28 June 1841 | 377 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 April 1844 Succession of Hon Robert Scarlett to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Abinger. | |||
1 May 1844 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Huddersfield | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,003 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Huntingdon | |||
1 July 1841 | 416 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of Sir Frederick Pollock on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
13 September 1841 Resignation of Jonathan Peel on appointment as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. | |||
14 September 1841 | 416 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1844 Resignation of Sir Frederick Pollock on appointment as Chief Baron of the Exchequer. | |||
22 April 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
10 July 1841 | 3,054 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hythe | |||
29 June 1841 | 513 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
30 June 1841 | 757 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness-shire | |||
6 July 1841 | 789 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ipswich | |||
3 July 1841 | 1,266/1,587 | 79.77 | |
Whig | 659 | 52.05 | |
Whig | 657 | 51.90 | |
Conservative Party | 611 | 48.26 | |
Conservative Party | 604 | 47.71 | |
Majority | 46 | 3.63 | |
25 April 1842 Petition - election declared void. | |||
3 June 1842 | 1,220/1,619 | 75.36 | |
Conservative Party | 680 | 55.74 | |
Conservative Party | 673 | 55.16 | |
Whig | 543 | 44.51 | |
Radical | 541 | 44.34 | |
Radical | 3 | 0.25 | |
Majority | 130 | 10.66 | |
30 July 1842 Petition - election declared void. | |||
17 August 1842 | 1,158/1,704 | 67.96 | |
Conservative Party | 651 | 56.22 | |
Conservative Party | 641 | 55.35 | |
Whig | 548 | 47.32 | |
Chartist | 473 | 40.85 | |
Radical | 2 | 0.17 | |
Majority | 93 | 8.03 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
5 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kendal | |||
30 June 1841 | 353 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
3 October 1843 Death of George Wood. | |||
9 November 1843 | 301/368 | 81.79 | |
Radical | 182 | 60.47 | |
Conservative Party | 119 | 39.53 | |
Majority | 63 | 20.93 | |
Kerry County | |||
13 July 1841 | 1,219/1,523 | 80.04 | |
Whig | 751 | 61.61 | |
Irish Repeal | 744 | 61.03 | |
Conservative Party | 445 | 36.51 | |
Conservative Party | 84 | 6.89 | |
Majority | 299 | 24.53 | |
Kidderminster | |||
30 June 1841 | 412/482 | 85.48 | |
Conservative Party | 212 | 51.46 | |
Whig | 200 | 48.54 | |
Majority | 12 | 2.91 | |
Kildare County | |||
12 July 1841 | 978 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny City | |||
3 July 1841 | 580 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny County | |||
10 July 1841 | 1,726 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
November 1843 Death of George Bryan. | |||
1 December 1843 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
29 March 1846 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
18 August 1846 Death of Hon Pierce Butler. | |||
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
7 July 1841 | 969/1,262 | 76.78 | |
Whig | 490 | 50.57 | |
Conservative Party | 479 | 49.43 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.14 | |
1844 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
9 May 1844 Death of Alexander Johnston. | |||
29 May 1844 | 866/1,289 | 67.18 | |
Whig | 389 | 44.92 | |
Conservative Party | 379 | 43.76 | |
Chartist | 98 | 11.32 | |
Majority | 10 | 1.15 | |
Kincardineshire | |||
8 July 1841 | 914 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
King's County | |||
7 July 1841 | 1,078 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
King's Lynn | |||
28 June 1841 | 1,144 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1842 Resignation of Sir Stratford Canning on appointment as Ambassador to Constantinople. | |||
10 February 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
30 June 1841 | 3,583/4,862 | 73.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,843 | 51.44 | |
Conservative Party | 1,830 | 51.07 | |
Radical | 1,761 | 49.15 | |
Radical | 1,645 | 45.91 | |
Majority | 69 | 1.93 | |
Kinsale | |||
9 July 1841 | 177/300 | 59.00 | |
Whig | 98 | 55.37 | |
Conservative Party | 79 | 44.63 | |
Majority | 19 | 10.73 | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
5 July 1841 | 657 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
10 July 1841 | |||
Whig | 672 | 72.96 | |
Conservative Party | 249 | 27.04 | |
Majority | 423 | 45.93 | |
15 July 1845 Death of Alexander Murray. | |||
20 August 1845 | |||
Whig | 486 | 58.55 | |
Conservative Party | 344 | 41.45 | |
Majority | 142 | 17.11 | |
1846 Resignation of Thomas Maitland on appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
17 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Knaresborough | |||
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 | |
Lambeth | |||
1 July 1841 | 4,466/7,731 | 57.77 | |
Whig | 2,601 | 58.24 | |
Whig | 2,558 | 57.28 | |
Conservative Party | 1,999 | 44.76 | |
Conservative Party | 1,763 | 39.48 | |
Majority | 559 | 12.52 | |
Lanarkshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 3,964 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lancaster | |||
1 July 1841 | 933/1,296 | 71.99 | |
Conservative Party | 699 | 74.92 | |
Conservative Party | 594 | 63.67 | |
Whig | 572 | 61.31 | |
Majority | 22 | 2.36 | |
Launceston | |||
29 June 1841 | 342 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
15 September 1841 | 342 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
May 1844 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge on appointment as Governor-General of India. | |||
20 May 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds | |||
2 July 1841 | 4,092/6,316 | 64.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,076 | 50.73 | |
Whig | 2,043 | 49.93 | |
Radical | 2,033 | 49.68 | |
Conservative Party | 1,926 | 47.07 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.24 | |
Leicester | |||
30 June 1841 | 4,280 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,732 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Andrew Rutherfurd on appointment as Lord Advocate for Scotland. | |||
9 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Leitrim County | |||
2 July 1841 | 1,488 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Leominster | |||
28 June 1841 | 619 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1842 Resignation of James Wigram on appointment as Vice-Chancellor. | |||
8 February 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
April 1845 Resignation of Charles Greenaway. | |||
26 April 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lewes | |||
30 June 1841 | 810/853 | 94.96 | |
Radical | 411 | 50.74 | |
Radical | 409 | 50.49 | |
Conservative Party | 407 | 50.25 | |
Conservative Party | 388 | 47.90 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.25 | |
21 March 1842 Petition - Summers Harford unseated. Hon Henry FitzRoy declared elected. | |||
12 February 1845 Resignation of Hon Henry FitzRoy on appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
17 February 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1847 Resignation of Howard Elphinstone. | |||
17 March 1847 | 866 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Lichfield | |||
30 June 1841 | 572/646 | 88.54 | |
Whig | 381 | 66.61 | |
Whig | 289 | 50.52 | |
Conservative Party | 281 | 49.13 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.40 | |
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
8 September 1841 Resignation of Sir George Anson. | |||
15 September 1841 | 646 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
8 January 1846 Succession of Baron Leveson to the Peerage - 2nd Earl Granville. | |||
31 January 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
7 July 1846 Resignation of Lord Alfred Paget on appointment as Clerk Marshal to HM The Queen. | |||
15 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick City | |||
6 July 1841 | 1,893 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
July 1844 Resignation of Sir David Roche, Bt. | |||
9 July 1844 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick County | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,670 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Lincoln | |||
30 June 1841 | 932/1,091 | 85.43 | |
Conservative Party | 541 | 58.05 | |
Conservative Party | 481 | 51.61 | |
Whig | 443 | 47.53 | |
Whig | 340 | 36.48 | |
Majority | 38 | 4.08 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 686 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1841 Resignation of Hon Charles Hope on appointment as Commissioner of the Greenwich Hospital. | |||
20 October 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1845 Resignation of Hon Charles Hope on appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man. | |||
22 August 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lisburn | |||
5 July 1841 | 203 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 September 1841 Resignation of Henry Meynell on appointment as Groom-in-Waiting. | |||
20 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liskeard | |||
29 June 1841 | 296 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1846 Resignation of Charles Buller on appointment as Judge Advocate General. | |||
15 July 1846 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Liverpool | |||
30 June 1841 | 10,425/15,539 | 67.09 | |
Conservative Party | 5,979 | 57.35 | |
Conservative Party | 5,792 | 55.56 | |
Whig | 4,647 | 44.58 | |
Whig | 4,431 | 42.50 | |
Majority | 1,145 | 10.98 | |
1842 Resignation of Cresswell Cresswell on appointment as a judge. | |||
8 February 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry City | |||
6 July 1841 | 742 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry County | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,718 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
May 1842 Resignation of Sir Robert Bateson, bt. | |||
26 May 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 December 1843 Death of Robert Bateson. | |||
13 March 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Longford County | |||
16 July 1841 | 1,102/1,569 | 70.24 | |
Irish Repeal | 621 | 56.35 | |
Irish Repeal | 621 | 56.35 | |
Conservative Party | 482 | 43.74 | |
Majority | 139 | 12.61 | |
18 April 1842 Petition - Luke White unseated and Anthony Lefroy declared elected. | |||
Louth County | |||
15 July 1841 | 832/961 | 86.58 | |
Whig | 447 | 53.73 | |
Whig | 430 | 51.68 | |
Conservative Party | 358 | 43.03 | |
Conservative Party | 4 | 0.48 | |
Majority | 72 | 8.65 | |
Ludlow | |||
3 July 1841 | 372/415 | 89.64 | |
Conservative Party | 222 | 59.68 | |
Conservative Party | 219 | 58.87 | |
Whig | 156 | 41.94 | |
Majority | 63 | 16.94 | |
Lyme Regis | |||
29 June 1841 | 233/277 | 84.12 | |
Whig | 123 | 52.79 | |
Conservative Party | 110 | 47.21 | |
Majority | 13 | 5.58 | |
31 May 1842 Petition - William Pinney unseated and Thomas Hussey declared elected. | |||
Lymington | |||
2 July 1841 | 266/307 | 86.64 | |
Conservative Party | 170 | 63.91 | |
Conservative Party | 149 | 56.02 | |
Whig | 106 | 39.85 | |
Majority | 43 | 16.17 | |
Macclesfield | |||
1 July 1841 | 636/894 | 71.14 | |
Whig | 534 | 83.96 | |
Conservative Party | 410 | 64.47 | |
Whig | 327 | 51.42 | |
Majority | 83 | 13.05 | |
Maidstone | |||
29 June 1841 | 1,152/1,660 | 69.40 | |
Conservative Party | 765 | 66.41 | |
Conservative Party | 725 | 62.93 | |
Radical | 418 | 36.28 | |
Majority | 307 | 26.65 | |
Maldon | |||
3 July 1841 | 815/855 | 95.32 | |
Conservative Party | 472 | 57.91 | |
Conservative Party | 446 | 54.72 | |
Whig | 413 | 50.67 | |
Majority | 33 | 4.05 | |
Mallow | |||
8 July 1841 | 160/336 | 47.62 | |
Whig | 108 | 67.50 | |
Conservative Party | 52 | 32.50 | |
Majority | 56 | 35.00 | |
Malmesbury | |||
1 July 1841 | 230/315 | 73.02 | |
Whig | 125 | 54.35 | |
Conservative Party | 105 | 45.65 | |
Majority | 20 | 8.70 | |
Malton | |||
30 June 1841 | 572 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
April 1846 Resignation of John Childers. | |||
15 April 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Manchester | |||
1 July 1841 | 6,539/10,818 | 60.45 | |
Whig | 3,695 | 56.51 | |
Radical | 3,575 | 54.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,115 | 47.64 | |
Conservative Party | 2,692 | 41.17 | |
Majority | 460 | 7.03 | |
8 July 1846 Resignation of Thomas Gibson on appointment as Vice President of the Board of Trade. | |||
13 July 1846 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Marlborough | |||
28 June 1841 | 282 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of Henry Baring on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
7 September 1841 Resignation of Lord Ernest Bruce on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household. | |||
14 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Marylebone | |||
2 July 1841 | 8,234/11,570 | 71.17 | |
Whig | 4,661 | 56.61 | |
Radical | 4,587 | 55.71 | |
Conservative Party | 3,410 | 41.41 | |
Conservative Party | 3,383 | 41.09 | |
Chartist | 61 | 0.74 | |
Majority | 1,177 | 14.29 | |
Mayo County | |||
13 July 1841 | 1,064 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
February 1846 Resignation of Mark Blake. | |||
2 March 1846 | |||
Irish Repeal | 477 | 53.36 | |
Whig | 417 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 60 | 6.71 | |
Meath County | |||
9 July 1841 | 1,236 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
1842 Daniel O'Connell elects to sit for Cork County. | |||
10 June 1842 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Merionethshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 1,306 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
29 June 1841 | 776 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Middlesex | |||
7 July 1841 | 13,915 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 January 1847 Death of George Byng. | |||
3 February 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Midhurst | |||
29 June 1841 | 289 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
December 1845 Resignation of Sir Horace Seymour in order to contest County Antrim. | |||
30 January 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monaghan County | |||
10 July 1841 | 2,169 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 August 1842 Succession of Hon Henry Westenra to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Rossmore. | |||
17 February 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
30 June 1841 | 476/1,268 | 37.54 | |
Whig | 476 | 100.00 | |
Chartist | |||
Majority | 476 | 100.00 | |
Monmouthshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 4,395 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 September 1841 Appointment of Lord Granville Somerset as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
24 September 1841 | 4,395 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
29 June 1841 | 901/995 | 90.55 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 51.50 | |
Whig | 437 | 48.50 | |
Majority | 27 | 3.00 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 2,936 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
4 July 1841 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
April 1842 Resignation of Patrick Chalmers. | |||
16 April 1842 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Morpeth | |||
29 June 1841 | 392 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
1 July 1841 | 500 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
New Ross | |||
6 July 1841 | 277 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,004/1,116 | 89.96 | |
Conservative Party | 633 | 63.05 | |
Conservative Party | 630 | 62.75 | |
Whig | 394 | 39.24 | |
Majority | 236 | 23.51 | |
3 September 1841 Resignation of William Gladstone on appointment as Vice President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint. | |||
14 September 1841 | 1,116 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 December 1845 Resignation of William Gladstone on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
29 January 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
28 June 1841 | 5,124 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
29 June 1841 | 977/1,038 | 94.12 | |
Conservative Party | 721 | 73.80 | |
Whig | 565 | 57.83 | |
Conservative Party | 417 | 42.68 | |
Majority | 148 | 15.15 | |
11 May 1842 Petition - John Harris unseated. | |||
14 June 1842 | 978/1,075 | 90.98 | |
Whig | 499 | 51.02 | |
Conservative Party | 479 | 48.98 | |
Majority | 20 | 2.04 | |
23 July 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Petition - John Harris unseated and John Colquhoun declared elected. | |||
Newport | |||
1 July 1841 | 485/750 | 64.67 | |
Conservative Party | 254 | 52.37 | |
Conservative Party | 252 | 51.96 | |
Whig | 229 | 47.22 | |
Whig | 226 | 46.60 | |
Majority | 23 | 4.74 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Newry | |||
8 July 1841 | 557/623 | 89.41 | |
Conservative Party | 319 | 57.27 | |
Whig | 237 | 42.55 | |
Whig | 1 | 0.18 | |
Majority | 82 | 14.72 | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 11,361 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 July 1841 Succession of Hon William Duncombe to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Feversham. | |||
21 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northallerton | |||
30 June 1841 | 242/281 | 86.12 | |
Whig | 128 | 52.89 | |
Conservative Party | 114 | 47.11 | |
Majority | 14 | 5.79 | |
Northampton | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,517/1,997 | 75.96 | |
Whig | 990 | 65.26 | |
Radical | 970 | 63.94 | |
Conservative Party | 897 | 59.13 | |
Chartist | 176 | 11.60 | |
Majority | 73 | 4.81 | |
Northern Cheshire | |||
12 July 1841 | 4,923/6,154 | 80.00 | |
Conservative Party | 2,782 | 56.51 | |
Conservative Party | 2,652 | 53.87 | |
Whig | 2,206 | 44.81 | |
Majority | 446 | 9.06 | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 5,757 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Devon | |||
5 July 1841 | 8,869 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Durham | |||
7 July 1841 | 5,824 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Essex | |||
6 July 1841 | 5,771 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 3,668 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
6 July 1841 | 10,031 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Stanley on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
21 September 1841 | 10,031 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
September 1844 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Stanley in anticipation of a writ of accelaration to the House of Lords. | |||
20 September 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
6 July 1841 | 4,211 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 4,166 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
12 July 1841 | 2,188/2,756 | 79.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,216 | 55.58 | |
Conservative Party | 1,163 | 53.15 | |
Whig | 1,101 | 50.32 | |
Majority | 62 | 2.83 | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 3,721 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 February 1846 Death of Henry Gally Knight. | |||
6 March 1846 | 1,959/3,650 | 53.67 | |
Conservative Party | 1,742 | 88.92 | |
Conservative Party | 217 | 11.08 | |
Majority | 1,525 | 77.85 | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 5,075 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 December 1842 Succession of Sir Rowland Hill, bt to the Peerage - 2nd Viscount Hill. | |||
16 January 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 10,282 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 6,785 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1843 Resignation of Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, bt on appointment as Governor of Tasmania. | |||
10 March 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
9 July 1841 | 5,241 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 January 1844 Death of Sir Francis Burdett, bt. | |||
12 February 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Norwich | |||
28 June 1841 | 4,334 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Nottingham | |||
28 June 1841 | 671/4,678 | 14.34 | |
Whig | 529 | 78.84 | |
Radical | 527 | 78.54 | |
Conservative Party | 144 | 21.46 | |
Conservative Party | 142 | 21.16 | |
Majority | 383 | 57.08 | |
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
John Walter and Thomas Charlton retired half an hour after the polls had opened. | |||
5 May 1842 Resignation of Sir George Larpent, bt. | |||
4 August 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,885 | 51.14 | |
Radical | 1,801 | 48.86 | |
Majority | 84 | 2.28 | |
1843 Petition - dismissed. | |||
23 March 1843 Petition - election declared void. | |||
5 April 1843 | 3,567/5,172 | 68.97 | |
Whig | 1,839 | 51.56 | |
Conservative Party | 1,728 | 48.44 | |
Majority | 111 | 3.11 | |
July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Hobhouse, bt on appointment as President of the Board of Control. | |||
8 July 1846 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Oldham | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,467 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
12 July 1841 | 526 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford | |||
30 June 1841 | 2,374/2,786 | 85.21 | |
Whig | 1,349 | 56.82 | |
Conservative Party | 1,238 | 52.15 | |
Conservative Party | 1,041 | 43.85 | |
Majority | 197 | 8.30 | |
Oxford University | |||
29 June 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxfordshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 5,809 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paisley | |||
2 July 1841 | 157/1,324 | 11.86 | |
Radical | 157 | 100.00 | |
Chartist | |||
Majority | 157 | 100.00 | |
Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 7,020/8,914 | 78.75 | |
Conservative Party | 4,581 | 65.26 | |
Conservative Party | 4,562 | 64.99 | |
Whig | 2,948 | 41.99 | |
Majority | 1,614 | 22.99 | |
Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 6,871/10,280 | 66.84 | |
Whig | 5,401 | 78.61 | |
Conservative Party | 4,522 | 65.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,819 | 55.58 | |
Majority | 703 | 10.23 | |
5 September 1846 Succession of Baron Worsley to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Yarborough. | |||
12 January 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Peeblesshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 863 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 April 1845 Resignation of William Mackenzie on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
5 May 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
3 July 1841 | 561/1,134 | 49.47 | |
Conservative Party | 282 | 50.27 | |
Conservative Party | 184 | 32.80 | |
Radical | 95 | 16.93 | |
Majority | 98 | 17.47 | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 3,663 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
30 June 1841 | 768/884 | 86.88 | |
Whig | 462 | 60.16 | |
Whig | 432 | 56.25 | |
Conservative Party | 381 | 49.61 | |
Conservative Party | 240 | 31.25 | |
Majority | 51 | 6.64 | |
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Perth | |||
2 July 1841 | 583/1,082 | 53.88 | |
Whig | 356 | 61.06 | |
Conservative Party | 227 | 38.94 | |
Majority | 129 | 22.13 | |
July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Fox Maule on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
11 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Perthshire | |||
6 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peterborough | |||
29 June 1841 | 495/576 | 85.94 | |
Whig | 317 | 64.04 | |
Whig | 255 | 51.52 | |
Conservative Party | 244 | 49.29 | |
Majority | 11 | 2.22 | |
Petersfield | |||
29 June 1841 | 352 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Plymouth | |||
1 July 1841 | 1,256/1,903 | 66.00 | |
Whig | 821 | 65.37 | |
Whig | 787 | 62.66 | |
Conservative Party | 552 | 43.95 | |
Majority | 235 | 18.71 | |
6 July 1846 Resignation of Viscount Ebrington on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
11 July 1846 | |||
Whig | 716 | 79.20 | |
Chartist | 188 | 20.80 | |
Majority | 528 | 58.41 | |
Pontefract | |||
29 June 1841 | 632/712 | 88.76 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 73.42 | |
Conservative Party | 433 | 68.51 | |
Whig | 253 | 40.03 | |
Majority | 180 | 28.48 | |
Poole | |||
1 July 1841 | 410/469 | 87.42 | |
Whig | 231 | 73.22 | |
Whig | 211 | 66.88 | |
Conservative Party | 189 | 59.90 | |
Majority | 22 | 5.37 | |
Portarlington | |||
6 July 1841 | 188 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1841 Resignation of Hon George Dawson-Damer on appointment as Comptroller of H M Household. | |||
29 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Portsmouth | |||
28 June 1841 | 1,834 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Preston | |||
29 June 1841 | 2,905/3,371 | 86.18 | |
Whig | 1,655 | 56.97 | |
Whig | 1,629 | 56.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,270 | 43.72 | |
Conservative Party | 1,255 | 43.20 | |
Majority | 359 | 12.36 | |
Queen's County | |||
10 July 1841 | 1,657 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Radnorshire | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,477/2,067 | 71.46 | |
Conservative Party | 973 | 65.88 | |
Whig | 504 | 34.12 | |
Majority | 469 | 31.75 | |
Reading | |||
30 June 1841 | 984/1,194 | 82.41 | |
Conservative Party | 570 | 57.93 | |
Conservative Party | 564 | 57.32 | |
Whig | 410 | 41.67 | |
Whig | 397 | 40.35 | |
Majority | 154 | 15.65 | |
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Reigate | |||
30 June 1841 | 115/199 | 57.79 | |
Conservative Party | 106 | 92.17 | |
Chartist | 9 | 7.83 | |
Majority | 97 | 84.35 | |
Renfrewshire | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,904/2,289 | 83.18 | |
Whig | 959 | 50.37 | |
Conservative Party | 945 | 49.63 | |
Majority | 14 | 0.74 | |
30 October 1846 Death of Patrick Stewart. | |||
9 December 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Richmond | |||
30 June 1841 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 March 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
23 March 1846 Death of William Colborne. | |||
6 July 1846 Resignation of Henry Rich on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
13 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ripon | |||
28 June 1841 | 373 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Edward Sugden on appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. | |||
27 September 1841 | 373 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1843 Resignation of Thomas Pemberton. | |||
18 March 1843 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1846 Resignation of Thomas Cusack-Smith on appointment as Master of the Rolls in Ireland. | |||
2 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rochdale | |||
2 July 1841 | 734/1,016 | 72.24 | |
Radical | 399 | 54.36 | |
Conservative Party | 335 | 45.64 | |
Majority | 64 | 8.72 | |
Rochester | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,019/1,139 | 89.46 | |
Conservative Party | 541 | 53.09 | |
Conservative Party | 499 | 48.97 | |
Whig | 497 | 48.77 | |
Whig | 489 | 47.99 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.20 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Roscommon County | |||
9 July 1841 | 1,059 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1846 Resignation of The O'Conor Don on appointment as Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
21 July 1846 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
7 July 1841 | 713 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Roxburghshire | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,578/2,277 | 69.30 | |
Conservative Party | 830 | 52.60 | |
Whig | 748 | 47.40 | |
Majority | 82 | 5.20 | |
Rutlandshire | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,341/1,557 | 86.13 | |
Whig | 767 | 57.20 | |
Conservative Party | 676 | 50.41 | |
Whig | 664 | 49.52 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.89 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
February 1846 Resignation of Hon William Dawnay. | |||
14 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
1 July 1841 | 370/572 | 64.69 | |
Whig | 262 | 70.81 | |
Conservative Party | 108 | 29.19 | |
Majority | 154 | 41.62 | |
Salford | |||
3 July 1841 | 1,864/2,443 | 76.30 | |
Radical | 991 | 53.17 | |
Conservative Party | 873 | 46.83 | |
Majority | 118 | 6.33 | |
Salisbury | |||
2 July 1841 | 544/613 | 88.74 | |
Conservative Party | 366 | 67.28 | |
Whig | 293 | 53.86 | |
Conservative Party | 234 | 43.01 | |
Majority | 59 | 10.85 | |
April 1843 Resignation of William Brodie. | |||
4 May 1843 | 440/724 | 60.77 | |
Conservative Party | 252 | 57.27 | |
Whig | 188 | 42.73 | |
Majority | 64 | 14.55 | |
23 October 1843 Death of Wadham Wyndham. | |||
24 November 1843 | 587/724 | 81.08 | |
Conservative Party | 317 | 54.00 | |
Whig | 270 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 47 | 8.01 | |
January 1847 Resignation of Ambrose Hussey. | |||
25 January 1847 | 708 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Sandwich | |||
29 June 1841 | 952 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Scarborough | |||
1 July 1841 | 786/564 | 139.36 | |
Conservative Party | 296 | 75.32 | |
Conservative Party | 253 | 64.38 | |
Whig | 237 | 60.31 | |
Majority | 16 | 2.04 | |
Selkirkshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 612 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of Alexander Pringle on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
21 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1846 Resignation of Alexander Pringle on appointment as Clerk of Sasines. | |||
12 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | 223 | 100.00 | |
Liberal Party | |||
Majority | 223 | 100.00 | |
Shaftesbury | |||
2 July 1841 | 421/497 | 84.71 | |
Whig | 219 | 52.02 | |
Conservative Party | 202 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 17 | 4.04 | |
13 February 1845 Succession of Baron Howard to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Effingham. | |||
5 March 1845 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Sheffield | |||
2 July 1841 | 2,307/4,347 | 53.07 | |
Whig | 1,849 | 80.15 | |
Radical | 1,805 | 78.24 | |
Conservative Party | 503 | 21.80 | |
Conservative Party | 457 | 19.81 | |
Majority | 1,302 | 56.44 | |
Shoreham | |||
3 July 1841 | 1,581/1,918 | 82.43 | |
Conservative Party | 959 | 60.66 | |
Conservative Party | 856 | 54.14 | |
Whig | 673 | 42.57 | |
Majority | 183 | 11.57 | |
Shrewsbury | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,384/1,564 | 88.49 | |
Conservative Party | 793 | 57.30 | |
Conservative Party | 785 | 56.72 | |
Whig | 605 | 43.71 | |
Whig | 578 | 41.76 | |
Majority | 180 | 13.01 | |
March 1842 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Sligo | |||
9 July 1841 | 821 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Sligo County | |||
8 July 1841 | 1,093 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1841 Resignation of Alexander Perceval on appointment as Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
28 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
South Shields | |||
30 June 1841 | 481/676 | 71.15 | |
Radical | 240 | 49.90 | |
Conservative Party | 207 | 43.04 | |
Conservative Party | 34 | 7.07 | |
Majority | 33 | 6.86 | |
Southampton | |||
2 July 1841 | 1,202/1,563 | 76.90 | |
Conservative Party | 648 | 53.91 | |
Conservative Party | 645 | 53.66 | |
Whig | 556 | 46.26 | |
Whig | 554 | 46.09 | |
Majority | 89 | 7.40 | |
14 November 1841 Baron Bruce succeeds to the Scottish Peerage - 8th Earl of Elgin. | |||
6 May 1842 Petition - election declared void. | |||
9 August 1842 | 1,225/1,790 | 68.44 | |
Conservative Party | 685 | 55.92 | |
Conservative Party | 682 | 55.67 | |
Whig | 535 | 43.67 | |
Radical | 532 | 43.43 | |
Majority | 147 | 12.00 | |
Southern Cheshire | |||
16 July 1841 | 5,437/7,645 | 71.12 | |
Conservative Party | 3,110 | 57.20 | |
Conservative Party | 3,034 | 55.80 | |
Whig | 2,365 | 43.50 | |
Majority | 669 | 12.30 | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
16 July 1841 | 5,586/6,807 | 82.06 | |
Conservative Party | 3,234 | 57.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,209 | 57.45 | |
Whig | 2,403 | 43.02 | |
Whig | 2,325 | 41.62 | |
Majority | 806 | 14.43 | |
Southern Devon | |||
6 July 1841 | 10,783 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Durham | |||
12 July 1841 | 4,074/4,820 | 84.52 | |
Whig | 2,547 | 62.52 | |
Whig | 2,483 | 60.95 | |
Conservative Party | 1,739 | 42.69 | |
Majority | 744 | 18.26 | |
Southern Essex | |||
12 July 1841 | 2,853/5,632 | 50.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,310 | 80.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,230 | 78.16 | |
Whig | 583 | 20.43 | |
Majority | 1,647 | 57.73 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 5,794 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
August 1842 Resignation of John Fleming. | |||
23 August 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Lancashire | |||
7 July 1841 | 18,178 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 May 1844 Death of Hon Richard Wilbraham. | |||
24 May 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | 7,571 | 52.06 | |
Radical | 6,973 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 598 | 4.11 | |
6 July 1846 Elevation of Rt Hon Lord Francis Egerton to the Peerage - Earl of Ellesmere. | |||
21 July 1846 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
14 July 1841 | 3,835/4,903 | 78.22 | |
Conservative Party | 2,638 | 68.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,622 | 68.37 | |
Whig | 1,213 | 31.63 | |
Whig | 1,196 | 31.19 | |
Majority | 1,409 | 36.74 | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
12 July 1841 | 3,305/4,589 | 72.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,436 | 73.71 | |
Conservative Party | 2,324 | 70.32 | |
Whig | 925 | 27.99 | |
Majority | 1,399 | 42.33 | |
February 1846 Resignation of William Cartwright. | |||
24 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
5 July 1841 | 5,369 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 3,629 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1841 Resignation of the Earl of Lincoln on appointment as Commissioner of Woods and Forests. | |||
20 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 February 1846 Resignation of the Earl of Lincoln on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
27 February 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,736 | 62.33 | |
Conservative Party | 1,049 | 37.67 | |
Majority | 687 | 24.67 | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
6 July 1841 | 3,831 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 January 1842 Succession of the Earl of Darlington to the Peerage - 2nd Duke of Cleveland. | |||
3 March 1842 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Staffordshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 8,798 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1846 Resignation of Hon George Anson on appointment as Clerk of the Ordnance. | |||
17 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
5 July 1841 | 4,261 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 September 1845 Death of Sir John Mordaunt, bt. | |||
5 November 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
7 July 1841 | 2,280 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1845 Resignation of Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
15 February 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southwark | |||
June 1841 | 5,124 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 August 1845 Death of Benjamin Wood. | |||
12 September 1845 | 3,477/5,353 | 64.95 | |
Radical | 1,943 | 55.88 | |
Conservative Party | 1,182 | 33.99 | |
Radical | 352 | 10.12 | |
Majority | 761 | 21.89 | |
St Albans | |||
29 June 1841 | 482/500 | 96.40 | |
Conservative Party | 288 | 59.75 | |
Whig | 258 | 53.53 | |
Conservative Party | 251 | 52.07 | |
Whig | 150 | 31.12 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.45 | |
1846 Resignation of the Earl of Listowel on appointment as a Lord in Waiting to Her Majesty. | |||
1846 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
11 August 1846 | 413/541 | 76.34 | |
Conservative Party | 264 | 63.92 | |
Whig | 149 | 36.08 | |
Majority | 115 | 27.85 | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
3 July 1841 | 624/835 | 74.73 | |
Whig | 366 | 58.65 | |
Conservative Party | 258 | 41.35 | |
Majority | 108 | 17.31 | |
St Ives | |||
30 June 1841 | 540/600 | 90.00 | |
Conservative Party | 272 | 50.37 | |
Conservative Party | 268 | 49.63 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.74 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
6 July 1846 Death of William Praed. | |||
21 July 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stafford | |||
29 June 1841 | 804/1,154 | 69.67 | |
Conservative Party | 681 | 84.70 | |
Whig | 587 | 73.01 | |
Conservative Party | 339 | 42.16 | |
Majority | 248 | 30.85 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
11 March 1846 Resignation of Hon Swynfen Carnegie on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
13 March 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | 733 | 96.70 | |
Whig | 25 | 3.30 | |
Majority | 708 | 93.40 | |
Stamford | |||
29 June 1841 | 661 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1845 Resignation of Sir George Clerk, bt on appointment as Master of the Mint. | |||
10 February 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
2 July 1841 | 858/1,141 | 75.20 | |
Whig | 438 | 51.05 | |
Radical | 420 | 48.95 | |
Majority | 18 | 2.10 | |
Stirlingshire | |||
14 July 1841 | 1,914/2,323 | 82.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,019 | 53.24 | |
Whig | 895 | 46.76 | |
Majority | 124 | 6.48 | |
Stockport | |||
30 June 1841 | 889/1,238 | 71.81 | |
Radical | 571 | 64.23 | |
Radical | 541 | 60.85 | |
Conservative Party | 346 | 38.92 | |
Majority | 195 | 21.93 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
1 July 1841 | 981/1,682 | 58.32 | |
Whig | 870 | 88.69 | |
Conservative Party | 606 | 61.77 | |
Conservative Party | 486 | 49.54 | |
Majority | 120 | 12.23 | |
Stroud | |||
1 July 1841 | 916/1,224 | 74.84 | |
Whig | 594 | 64.85 | |
Whig | 527 | 57.53 | |
Conservative Party | 377 | 41.16 | |
Majority | 150 | 16.38 | |
Sudbury | |||
29 June 1841 | 557/603 | 92.37 | |
Whig | 284 | 50.99 | |
Whig | 281 | 50.45 | |
Conservative Party | 274 | 49.19 | |
Conservative Party | 274 | 49.19 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.26 | |
14 April 1842 Petition - election declared void. The writ was then suspended and a Royal Commission appointed. | |||
28 July 1844 The Commission found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament. | |||
Sunderland | |||
30 June 1841 | 1,691 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
September 1841 Resignation of William Thompson in order to contest Westmorland. | |||
17 September 1841 | 1,168/1,691 | 69.07 | |
Whig | 706 | 60.45 | |
Conservative Party | 462 | 39.55 | |
Majority | 244 | 20.89 | |
3 July 1845 Succession of Viscount Howick to the Peerage - 3rd Earl Grey. | |||
15 August 1845 | 1,125/1,681 | 66.92 | |
Conservative Party | 627 | 55.73 | |
Radical | 498 | 44.27 | |
Majority | 129 | 11.47 | |
Sutherland | |||
8 July 1841 | 137 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1846 Resignation of David Dundas on appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
28 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
1 July 1841 | 1,287 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tamworth | |||
29 June 1841 | 377/485 | 77.73 | |
Conservative Party | 365 | 96.82 | |
Conservative Party | 241 | 63.93 | |
Whig | 147 | 38.99 | |
Majority | 94 | 24.93 | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of Sir Robert Peel, bt on appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. | |||
13 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Taunton | |||
30 June 1841 | 759/856 | 88.67 | |
Whig | 430 | 56.65 | |
Whig | 409 | 53.89 | |
Conservative Party | 381 | 50.20 | |
Conservative Party | 218 | 28.72 | |
Majority | 28 | 3.69 | |
February 1842 Resignation of Edward Bainbridge. | |||
11 February 1842 | 731/1,010 | 72.38 | |
Whig | 394 | 53.90 | |
Conservative Party | 337 | 46.10 | |
Majority | 57 | 7.80 | |
6 July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Labouchere on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
10 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tavistock | |||
30 June 1841 | 275 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
March 1843 Resignation of John Rundle. | |||
16 March 1843 | 182/264 | 68.94 | |
Radical | 113 | 62.09 | |
Chartist | 69 | 37.91 | |
Majority | 44 | 24.18 | |
Tewkesbury | |||
30 June 1841 | 375/507 | 73.96 | |
Conservative Party | 193 | 51.47 | |
Whig | 189 | 50.40 | |
Radical | 181 | 48.27 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.13 | |
Thetford | |||
30 June 1841 | 137/156 | 87.82 | |
Conservative Party | 86 | 62.77 | |
Whig | 71 | 51.82 | |
Conservative Party | 71 | 51.82 | |
Treble return. | |||
5 May 1842 Petition - on scrutiny one vote was struck of the Earl of Euston's total and his election declared void. Sir James Flower, Bt was declared elected. | |||
February 1845 Resignation of Hon William Baring on appointment as Paymaster-General. | |||
24 February 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Thirsk | |||
1 July 1841 | 328 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tipperary County | |||
14 July 1841 | 1,445/2,463 | 58.67 | |
Whig | 1,039 | 71.90 | |
Whig | 1,028 | 71.14 | |
Conservative Party | 401 | 27.75 | |
Conservative Party | 374 | 25.88 | |
Majority | 627 | 86.78 | |
January 1844 Death of Valentine Maher. | |||
19 February 1844 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
30 November 1844 Death of Hon Robert Otway Cave. | |||
21 February 1845 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Tiverton | |||
28 June 1841 | 478 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Palmerston on appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. | |||
10 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Totnes | |||
1 July 1841 | 391 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tower Hamlets | |||
30 June 1841 | 6,796/13,841 | 49.10 | |
Radical | 4,706 | 69.25 | |
Whig | 4,096 | 60.27 | |
Conservative Party | 2,183 | 32.12 | |
Whig | 1,775 | 26.12 | |
Radical | 831 | 12.23 | |
Majority | 1,913 | 28.15 | |
July 1846 Resignation of Charles Fox on appointment as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. | |||
11 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tralee | |||
5 July 1841 | 258 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Truro | |||
30 June 1841 | 622 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
2 July 1841 | 508/709 | 71.65 | |
Whig | 295 | 58.07 | |
Conservative Party | 213 | 41.93 | |
Majority | 82 | 16.14 | |
Tyrone County | |||
9 July 1841 | 2,493 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 September 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Lowry Corry on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. | |||
23 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wakefield | |||
3 July 1841 | 628/750 | 83.73 | |
Whig | 328 | 52.23 | |
Conservative Party | 300 | 47.77 | |
Majority | 28 | 4.46 | |
21 April 1842 Petition - Joseph Holdsworth unseated owing to disqualification. Hon William Lascelles declared elected. | |||
Wallingford | |||
29 June 1841 | 386 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Walsall | |||
30 June 1841 | 646/808 | 79.95 | |
Whig | 334 | 51.70 | |
Conservative Party | 312 | 48.30 | |
Majority | 22 | 3.41 | |
Wareham | |||
30 June 1841 | 398/438 | 90.87 | |
Whig | 211 | 53.02 | |
Conservative Party | 187 | 46.98 | |
Majority | 24 | 6.03 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Warrington | |||
1 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Warwick | |||
28 June 1841 | 957 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1846 Resignation of Sir Charles Douglas on appointment as a Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. | |||
13 August 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Waterford City | |||
12 July 1841 | 473/1,499 | 31.55 | |
Conservative Party | 286 | 60.47 | |
Conservative Party | 259 | 54.76 | |
Whig | 202 | 42.71 | |
Whig | 199 | 42.07 | |
Majority | 57 | 24.10 | |
13 June 1842 Petition - William Christmas and William Reade unseated, and Sir Henry Barron, Bt and Thomas Wyse declared elected. | |||
Waterford County | |||
12 July 1841 | 802 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wells | |||
29 June 1841 | 346 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wenlock | |||
28 June 1841 | 961 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1841 Resignation of James Gaskell on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
14 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
12 July 1841 | 25,273/31,215 | 80.96 | |
Conservative Party | 13,165 | 52.09 | |
Conservative Party | 12,780 | 50.57 | |
Whig | 12,080 | 47.80 | |
Whig | 12,031 | 47.60 | |
Majority | 700 | 2.77 | |
19 December 1845 Succession of Hon John Stuart-Wortley to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Wharncliffe. | |||
1846 Resignation of Viscount Morpeth on appointment as First Commissioner of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings. | |||
4 February 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
18 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Westbury | |||
28 June 1841 | 291 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cornwall | |||
8 July 1841 | 5,040 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 December 1841 Succession of Baron of Boscawen-Rose to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Falmouth. | |||
16 February 1842 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cumberland | |||
10 July 1841 | 4,031 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
7 July 1841 | 7,875 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Kent | |||
6 July 1841 | 9,089 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 March 1845 Succession of Viscount Marsham to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Romney. | |||
25 April 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Norfolk | |||
5 July 1841 | 7,559 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Somerset | |||
10 July 1841 | 9,024 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Suffolk | |||
6 July 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
June 1845 Death of Robert Rushbrooke. | |||
7 July 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
6 July 1841 | 3,993 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Sussex | |||
5 July 1841 | 3,618 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
January 1847 Resignation of Charles Wyndham. | |||
2 February 1847 | 3,488 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
6 July 1841 | 4,577 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmeath County | |||
12 July 1841 | 1,125 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Westminster | |||
1 July 1841 | 6,596/13,767 | 47.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,338 | 50.61 | |
Radical | 3,281 | 49.74 | |
Radical | 3,258 | 49.39 | |
Majority | 23 | 0.35 | |
17 February 1846 Resignation of Hon Henry Rous on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. | |||
19 February 1846 | 6,749/14,801 | 45.60 | |
Radical | 3,843 | 56.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,906 | 43.06 | |
Majority | 937 | 13.88 | |
Westmorland | |||
8 July 1841 | 4,384 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 September 1841 Elevation of Viscount Lowther to the Peerage - Baron Lowther - on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||
22 September 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford | |||
12 July 1841 | 245/301 | 81.40 | |
Whig | 145 | 59.18 | |
Conservative Party | 100 | 40.82 | |
Majority | 45 | 18.37 | |
Wexford County | |||
16 July 1841 | 1,092/1,739 | 62.79 | |
Whig | 873 | 79.95 | |
Irish Repeal | 859 | 78.66 | |
Conservative Party | 450 | 41.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1 | 0.09 | |
Majority | 409 | 37.45 | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
30 June 1841 | 511/598 | 85.45 | |
Conservative Party | 259 | 50.68 | |
Conservative Party | 257 | 50.29 | |
Whig | 254 | 49.71 | |
Whig | 251 | 49.12 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.59 | |
4 April 1842 Petition - Viscount Villiers and George Hope unseated, Ralph Bernal and William Christie declared elected after scrutiny. | |||
Whitby | |||
30 June 1841 | 424 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whitehaven | |||
2 July 1841 | 558 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
12 July 1841 | 459/742 | 61.86 | |
Whig | 270 | 58.82 | |
Conservative Party | 189 | 41.18 | |
Majority | 81 | 17.65 | |
Wicklow County | |||
17 July 1841 | 1,235/1,503 | 82.17 | |
Conservative Party | 663 | 53.68 | |
Whig | 603 | 48.83 | |
Whig | 563 | 45.59 | |
Majority | 40 | 3.24 | |
Wigan | |||
1 July 1841 | 536/586 | 91.47 | |
Conservative Party | 273 | 50.93 | |
Conservative Party | 268 | 50.00 | |
Whig | 264 | 49.25 | |
Whig | 263 | 49.07 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.75 | |
11 April 1842 Petition - Thomas Crosse was unseated and Charles Standish was declared elected after a scrutiny. Petition against Peter Greenall was dismissed. | |||
1845 Petition - dismissed. | |||
25 September 1845 Death of Peter Greenall. | |||
16 October 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | 274 | 56.49 | |
Whig | 211 | 43.51 | |
Majority | 63 | 12.99 | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
7 July 1841 | 286/393 | 72.77 | |
Whig | 157 | 54.90 | |
Conservative Party | 129 | 45.10 | |
Majority | 28 | 9.79 | |
Wigtownshire | |||
15 July 1841 | 800/800 | 100.00 | |
Whig | 403 | 50.38 | |
Conservative Party | 397 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.75 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Wilton | |||
18 July 1841 | 194 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 September 1841 Succession of Viscount Fitzharris to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Malmesbury. | |||
6 October 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
29 June 1841 | 485/567 | 85.54 | |
Conservative Party | 320 | 65.98 | |
Conservative Party | 292 | 60.21 | |
Whig | 191 | 39.38 | |
Whig | 166 | 34.23 | |
Majority | 101 | 20.82 | |
Windsor | |||
29 June 1841 | 555/642 | 86.45 | |
Whig | 316 | 56.94 | |
Conservative Party | 311 | 56.04 | |
Whig | 265 | 47.75 | |
Radical | 130 | 23.42 | |
Majority | 46 | 8.29 | |
1841 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
8 October 1845 Death of John Ramsbottom. | |||
8 November 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 March 1846 Resignation of Ralph Neville on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
13 March 1846 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wolverhampton | |||
30 June 1841 | 2,571 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Woodstock | |||
28 June 1841 | 356 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
April 1844 Resignation of Frederic Thesiger on appointment as Solicitor-General. He decided to contest Abingdon. | |||
22 April 1844 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1845 Resignation of the Marquess of Blandford. | |||
1 May 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 September 1845 Succession of Viscount Loftus to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Ely. | |||
18 December 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Worcester | |||
29 June 1841 | 2,114/3,037 | 69.61 | |
Whig | 1,187 | 56.15 | |
Conservative Party | 1,173 | 55.49 | |
Whig | 875 | 41.39 | |
Majority | 298 | 14.10 | |
July 1846 Resignation of Sir Thomas Wilde on appointment as Attorney-General. Within a few days he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. | |||
8 July 1846 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wycombe | |||
1 July 1841 | 288/388 | 74.23 | |
Whig | 189 | 65.62 | |
Radical | 159 | 55.21 | |
Conservative Party | 130 | 45.14 | |
Conservative Party | 86 | 29.86 | |
Majority | 29 | 10.07 | |
York | |||
30 June 1841 | 2,993/3,507 | 85.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,625 | 54.29 | |
Whig | 1,552 | 51.85 | |
Conservative Party | 1,456 | 48.65 | |
Majority | 96 | 3.21 | |
Youghal | |||
3 July 1841 | 498 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   |