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Summary | |
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CON | 311 |
Whig | 191 |
Radical | 73 |
Ind Irish | 49 |
Peelite | 30 |
Ind LIB | 1 |
Aberdeen | |||
10 July 1852 | 1,160/4,547 | 25.51 | |
Radical | 682 | 58.79 | |
Whig | 478 | 41.21 | |
Majority | 204 | 17.59 | |
Aberdeenshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 4,022 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 August 1854 Resignation of Hon William Gordon. | |||
22 August 1854 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Abingdon | |||
8 July 1852 | 312 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
4 November 1852 Death of James Caulfeild. | |||
3 December 1852 | 282/312 | 90.38 | |
Whig | 153 | 54.26 | |
Conservative Party | 129 | 45.74 | |
Majority | 24 | 8.51 | |
16 October 1854 Succession of Baron Norreys to the Peerage - 6th Earl of Abingdon. | |||
13 December 1854 | |||
Whig | 125 | 51.65 | |
Radical | 117 | 48.35 | |
Majority | 8 | 3.31 | |
Andover | |||
9 July 1852 | 151/241 | 62.66 | |
Conservative Party | 140 | 92.72 | |
Conservative Party | 121 | 80.13 | |
Whig | 20 | 13.25 | |
Majority | 101 | 66.89 | |
Anglesea | |||
14 July 1852 | 2,577 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Antrim County | |||
23 July 1852 | 8,207 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 November 1854 Death of Edward Pakenham. | |||
27 December 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Argyll | |||
15 July 1852 | 2,156 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh City | |||
9 July 1852 | 318 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 October 1855 Death of Ross Moore. | |||
6 December 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | 186 | 55.86 | |
Conservative Party | 147 | 44.14 | |
Majority | 39 | 11.71 | |
Armagh County | |||
16 July 1852 | 4,341 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Arundel | |||
7 July 1852 | 208 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ashburton | |||
6 July 1852 | 236 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
6 July 1852 | 937 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Athlone | |||
13 July 1852 | 97/181 | 53.59 | |
Independent Irish | 87 | 89.69 | |
Conservative Party | 10 | 10.31 | |
Majority | 77 | 79.38 | |
1853 Resignation of William Keogh on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
23 April 1853 | 119/170 | 70.00 | |
Peelite | 79 | 66.39 | |
Whig | 40 | 33.61 | |
Majority | 39 | 32.77 | |
1855 Resignation of William Keogh on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
7 May 1855 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
1856 Resignation of William Keogh on appointment as Judge of Court of Common Pleas. | |||
14 April 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | 82 | 53.95 | |
Peelite | 70 | 46.05 | |
Majority | 12 | 7.89 | |
Aylesbury | |||
7 July 1852 | 983/1,417 | 69.37 | |
Radical | 558 | 56.77 | |
Whig | 525 | 53.41 | |
Conservative Party | 447 | 45.47 | |
Conservative Party | 435 | 44.25 | |
Majority | 78 | 7.93 | |
December 1852 Resignation of Richard Bethell on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
6 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1857 Resignation of Sir Richard Bethell on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
9 February 1857 | 1,266 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
22 July 1852 | 667/1,039 | 64.20 | |
Radical | 338 | 50.67 | |
Conservative Party | 329 | 49.33 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.35 | |
Ayrshire | |||
22 July 1852 | 2,501/3,823 | 65.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,301 | 52.02 | |
Peelite | 1,200 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 101 | 4.04 | |
5 November 1854 Death of James Blair. | |||
30 December 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,510 | 52.23 | |
Peelite | 1,381 | 47.77 | |
Majority | 129 | 4.46 | |
Banbury | |||
9 July 1852 | 491 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bandon | |||
9 July 1852 | 209 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
31 October 1856 Succession of Viscount Bernard to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Bandon. | |||
14 February 1857 | 168/201 | 83.58 | |
Conservative Party | 101 | 60.12 | |
Radical | 67 | 39.88 | |
Majority | 34 | 20.24 | |
Banffshire | |||
17 July 1852 | 628/813 | 77.24 | |
Whig | 327 | 52.07 | |
Conservative Party | 301 | 47.93 | |
Majority | 26 | 4.14 | |
9 March 1857 James Duff succeeds as the 5th Earl of Fife. | |||
Barnstaple | |||
8 July 1852 | 732/771 | 94.94 | |
Conservative Party | 406 | 55.46 | |
Conservative Party | 393 | 53.69 | |
Whig | 332 | 45.36 | |
Majority | 61 | 8.33 | |
21 April 1853 Election declared void on petition due to bribery. | |||
25 August 1854 | 614/784 | 78.32 | |
Conservative Party | 333 | 54.23 | |
Conservative Party | 323 | 52.61 | |
Whig | 286 | 46.58 | |
Majority | 37 | 6.03 | |
2 March 1855 Petition - John Laurie declared unseated. Petition against Richard Guiness was dismissed. | |||
10 March 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bath | |||
10 July 1852 | 2,564/3,278 | 78.22 | |
Whig | 1,332 | 51.95 | |
Whig | 1,290 | 50.31 | |
Peelite | 1,253 | 48.87 | |
Majority | 37 | 1.44 | |
25 May 1855 Resignation of Thomas Phinn on appointment as Assistant Secretary to the Admiralty. | |||
5 June 1855 | 2,305/3,155 | 73.06 | |
Whig | 1,176 | 51.02 | |
Peelite | 1,129 | 48.98 | |
Majority | 47 | 2.04 | |
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
6 July 1852 | 459 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
8 July 1852 | 602/910 | 66.15 | |
Conservative Party | 517 | 85.88 | |
Whig | 435 | 72.26 | |
Radical | 252 | 41.86 | |
Majority | 183 | 30.40 | |
26 October 1854 Death of Henry Stuart. | |||
6 December 1854 | 753/913 | 82.48 | |
Conservative Party | 422 | 56.04 | |
Radical | 331 | 43.96 | |
Majority | 91 | 12.08 | |
Bedfordshire | |||
19 July 1852 | 4,513 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Belfast | |||
13 July 1852 | 2,130/2,697 | 78.98 | |
Conservative Party | 1,259 | 59.11 | |
Conservative Party | 1,193 | 56.01 | |
Whig | 904 | 42.44 | |
Majority | 289 | 13.57 | |
Berkshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 1,846/5,129 | 35.99 | |
Conservative Party | 1,741 | 94.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,705 | 92.36 | |
Conservative Party | 1,636 | 88.62 | |
Peelite | 155 | 8.40 | |
Majority | 1,481 | 80.23 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
8 July 1852 | 604/781 | 77.34 | |
Whig | 412 | 68.21 | |
Radical | 335 | 55.46 | |
Conservative Party | 251 | 41.56 | |
Conservative Party | 210 | 34.77 | |
Majority | 84 | 13.91 | |
25 April 1853 Election declared void for bribery. | |||
14 May 1853 | 606/853 | 71.04 | |
Whig | 473 | 78.05 | |
Whig | 385 | 63.53 | |
Conservative Party | 196 | 32.34 | |
Conservative Party | 157 | 25.91 | |
Majority | 189 | 31.19 | |
Berwickshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 1,073 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Beverley | |||
7 July 1852 | 1,095/1,405 | 77.94 | |
Radical | 611 | 55.80 | |
Radical | 584 | 53.33 | |
Independent Conservative | 497 | 45.39 | |
Majority | 87 | 7.95 | |
July 1854 Resignation of Hon Francis Lawley. | |||
31 July 1854 | 685/1,333 | 51.39 | |
Peelite | 493 | 71.97 | |
Independent Liberal | 192 | 28.03 | |
Majority | 301 | 43.94 | |
Bewdley | |||
7 July 1852 | 320/390 | 82.05 | |
Whig | 169 | 52.81 | |
Peelite | 151 | 47.19 | |
Majority | 18 | 5.62 | |
Birmingham | |||
7 July 1852 | 7,936 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Blackburn | |||
8 July 1852 | 968/1,258 | 76.95 | |
Whig | 846 | 87.40 | |
Radical | 580 | 59.92 | |
Conservative Party | 509 | 52.58 | |
Majority | 71 | 7.33 | |
1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
24 February 1853 Petition - election of William Eccles was declared void. | |||
24 March 1853 | 1,205/1,325 | 90.94 | |
Whig | 631 | 52.37 | |
Conservative Party | 574 | 47.63 | |
Majority | 57 | 4.73 | |
Bodmin | |||
8 July 1852 | 358/367 | 97.55 | |
Conservative Party | 273 | 76.26 | |
Whig | 157 | 43.85 | |
Conservative Party | 149 | 41.62 | |
Radical | 82 | 22.91 | |
Peelite | 54 | 15.08 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.23 | |
Bolton | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,268/1,671 | 75.88 | |
Radical | 745 | 58.75 | |
Radical | 727 | 57.33 | |
Conservative Party | 717 | 56.55 | |
Whig | 346 | 27.29 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.79 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Boston | |||
9 July 1852 | 820/987 | 83.08 | |
Whig | 547 | 66.71 | |
Conservative Party | 490 | 59.76 | |
Whig | 437 | 53.29 | |
Whig | 148 | 18.05 | |
Peelite | 18 | 2.20 | |
Majority | 53 | 6.46 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
28 February 1856 Resignation of Gilbert Heathcote in order to contest Rutlandshire. | |||
7 March 1856 | 817/1,003 | 81.46 | |
Radical | 521 | 63.77 | |
Peelite | 296 | 36.23 | |
Majority | 225 | 27.54 | |
Bradford | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,789/2,683 | 66.68 | |
Whig | 1,266 | 70.77 | |
Conservative Party | 1,159 | 64.78 | |
Radical | 1,153 | 64.45 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.34 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Brecknockshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 2,779 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brecon | |||
9 July 1852 | 281/336 | 83.63 | |
Conservative Party | 159 | 56.58 | |
Whig | 122 | 43.42 | |
Majority | 37 | 13.17 | |
14 January 1854 Death of Charles Morgan. | |||
6 February 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgnorth | |||
8 July 1852 | 685/717 | 95.54 | |
Conservative Party | 443 | 64.67 | |
Conservative Party | 360 | 52.55 | |
Whig | 283 | 41.31 | |
Majority | 77 | 11.24 | |
26 February 1853 Petition - Sir Robert Pigot, Bt unseated on the grounds of bribery. | |||
23 March 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgwater | |||
7 July 1852 | 471/688 | 68.46 | |
Whig | 271 | 57.54 | |
Conservative Party | 244 | 51.80 | |
Conservative Party | 177 | 37.58 | |
Whig | 149 | 31.63 | |
Whig | 101 | 21.44 | |
Majority | 67 | 14.23 | |
Bridport | |||
8 July 1852 | 403/524 | 76.91 | |
Radical | 366 | 90.82 | |
Radical | 249 | 61.79 | |
Conservative Party | 191 | 47.39 | |
Majority | 58 | 14.39 | |
Brighton | |||
8 July 1852 | 3,039/3,675 | 82.69 | |
Whig | 1,924 | 63.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,431 | 47.09 | |
Radical | 1,173 | 38.60 | |
Radical | 119 | 3.92 | |
Majority | 258 | 8.49 | |
1 January 1853 Resignation of Lord Alfred Hervey on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
4 January 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bristol | |||
10 July 1852 | 6,422/12,548 | 51.18 | |
Radical | 4,681 | 72.89 | |
Whig | 4,531 | 70.55 | |
Conservative Party | 3,632 | 56.56 | |
Majority | 899 | 14.00 | |
Buckingham | |||
12 July 1852 | 349 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 3,016/5,659 | 53.30 | |
Conservative Party | 2,000 | 66.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,973 | 65.42 | |
Whig | 1,403 | 46.52 | |
Radical | 656 | 21.75 | |
Majority | 747 | 24.77 | |
Bury | |||
10 July 1852 | 882/959 | 91.97 | |
Peelite | 472 | 53.51 | |
Whig | 410 | 46.49 | |
Majority | 62 | 7.03 | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
9 July 1852 | 570/741 | 76.92 | |
Conservative Party | 493 | 86.49 | |
Conservative Party | 328 | 57.54 | |
Whig | 319 | 55.96 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.58 | |
1852 Resignation of John Stuart on appointment as Vice-Chancellor. | |||
4 December 1852 | 640/713 | 89.76 | |
Conservative Party | 324 | 50.62 | |
Whig | 316 | 49.38 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.25 | |
1853 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Bute | |||
14 July 1852 | 491 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
1857 Resignation of Rt Hon James Stuart-Wortley on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
12 February 1857 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Caithness | |||
23 July 1852 | 253/642 | 39.41 | |
Whig | 147 | 58.10 | |
Independent Liberal | 106 | 41.90 | |
Majority | 41 | 16.21 | |
Calne | |||
6 July 1852 | 160 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
3 July 1856 Resignation of the Earl of Shelburne. | |||
9 July 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridge | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,517/1,984 | 76.46 | |
Conservative Party | 821 | 54.12 | |
Conservative Party | 803 | 52.93 | |
Whig | 737 | 48.58 | |
Radical | 673 | 44.36 | |
Majority | 66 | 4.35 | |
1 March 1853 Petition - election declared void. | |||
18 August 1854 | 1,448/1,977 | 73.24 | |
Radical | 757 | 52.28 | |
Radical | 733 | 50.62 | |
Conservative Party | 708 | 48.90 | |
Conservative Party | 696 | 48.07 | |
Majority | 25 | 1.73 | |
27 February 1855 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Cambridge University | |||
10 July 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 January 1856 Death of Rt Hon Henry Goulburn. | |||
11 February 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | 886 | 57.50 | |
Whig | 655 | 42.50 | |
Majority | 231 | 14.99 | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 6,989 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,317/1,874 | 70.28 | |
Conservative Party | 766 | 58.16 | |
Conservative Party | 758 | 57.56 | |
Whig | 570 | 43.28 | |
Radical | 533 | 40.47 | |
Conservative Party | 7 | 0.53 | |
Majority | 188 | 14.27 | |
21 February 1853 Petition - election declared void. | |||
18 August 1854 | 1,272/1,973 | 64.47 | |
Peelite | 727 | 57.15 | |
Whig | 699 | 54.95 | |
Conservative Party | 671 | 52.75 | |
Whig | 406 | 31.92 | |
Radical | 41 | 3.22 | |
Majority | 28 | 2.20 | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
8 July 1852 | 954/968 | 98.55 | |
Radical | 490 | 51.36 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 48.64 | |
Majority | 26 | 2.73 | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1852 | 581/849 | 68.43 | |
Whig | 299 | 51.46 | |
Conservative Party | 282 | 48.54 | |
Majority | 17 | 2.93 | |
February 1855 Death of Pryse Loveden. | |||
24 February 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | 298 | 51.03 | |
Whig | 286 | 48.97 | |
Majority | 12 | 2.05 | |
Cardiganshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 2,235 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 February 1854 Resignation of William Powell. | |||
22 February 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carlisle | |||
8 July 1852 | 938/1,134 | 82.72 | |
Peelite | 525 | 55.97 | |
Whig | 512 | 54.58 | |
Conservative Party | 419 | 44.67 | |
Majority | 93 | 9.91 | |
31 December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir James Graham, Bt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
1 January 1853 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Carlow | |||
15 July 1852 | 207/237 | 87.34 | |
Independent Irish | 112 | 54.11 | |
Conservative Party | 95 | 45.89 | |
Majority | 17 | 8.21 | |
1 January 1853 Resignation of John Sadleir on appointment as a Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
20 January 1853 | 188/208 | 90.38 | |
Conservative Party | 97 | 51.60 | |
Whig | 91 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 6 | 3.19 | |
Carlow County | |||
26 July 1852 | 1,773/2,090 | 84.83 | |
Independent Irish | 895 | 50.48 | |
Conservative Party | 893 | 50.37 | |
Conservative Party | 880 | 49.63 | |
Whig | 877 | 49.46 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.73 | |
5 November 1852 Death of Henry Bruen. | |||
25 April 1853 | 2,039 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
8 July 1852 | 849 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 4,791 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
9 July 1852 | 645/861 | 74.91 | |
Peelite | 369 | 57.21 | |
Radical | 276 | 42.79 | |
Majority | 93 | 14.42 | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 1,913 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carrickfergus | |||
13 July 1852 | 606/720 | 84.17 | |
Conservative Party | 311 | 51.32 | |
Whig | 295 | 48.68 | |
Majority | 16 | 2.64 | |
Cashel | |||
15 July 1852 | 79/111 | 71.17 | |
Independent Irish | 60 | 75.95 | |
Conservative Party | 19 | 24.05 | |
Majority | 41 | 51.90 | |
Cavan County | |||
16 July 1852 | 2,514/3,850 | 65.30 | |
Conservative Party | 2,252 | 89.58 | |
Peelite | 2,049 | 81.50 | |
Tenant Rights | 727 | 28.92 | |
Majority | 1,322 | 52.59 | |
6 January 1853 Resignation of Sir John Young, Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
10 January 1853 | 4,909 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
April 1855 Resignation of Sir John Young, Bt on appointment as Chief Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. | |||
13 April 1855 | 4,029/4,909 | 82.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,163 | 53.69 | |
Whig | 1,866 | 46.31 | |
Majority | 297 | 7.37 | |
Chatham | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,118/1,371 | 81.55 | |
Conservative Party | 636 | 56.89 | |
Whig | 482 | 43.11 | |
Majority | 154 | 13.77 | |
1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
7 March 1853 Petition - election void due to bribery. | |||
23 June 1853 | 1,208/1,339 | 90.22 | |
Conservative Party | 610 | 50.50 | |
Whig | 598 | 49.50 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.99 | |
Cheltenham | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,868/2,400 | 77.83 | |
Whig | 999 | 53.48 | |
Conservative Party | 869 | 46.52 | |
Majority | 130 | 6.96 | |
1 July 1855 Death of Hon Craven Berkeley. | |||
14 July 1855 | |||
Whig | 760 | 81.02 | |
Conservative Party | 178 | 18.98 | |
Majority | 582 | 62.05 | |
2 May 1856 Resignation of Charles Berkeley on appointment as Commissioner of Customs. | |||
8 May 1856 | |||
Whig | 841 | 56.22 | |
Conservative Party | 655 | 43.78 | |
Majority | 186 | 12.43 | |
Chester | |||
7 July 1852 | 2,524 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Chichester | |||
8 July 1852 | 757 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chippenham | |||
6 July 1852 | 300 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 March 1856 Death of Joseph Neeld. | |||
9 April 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Christchurch | |||
7 July 1852 | 313 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cirencester | |||
7 July 1852 | 334/434 | 76.96 | |
Conservative Party | 235 | 70.36 | |
Whig | 218 | 65.27 | |
Conservative Party | 214 | 64.07 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.20 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
City of London | |||
6 July 1852 | 11,025/20,728 | 53.19 | |
Conservative Party | 6,195 | 56.19 | |
Whig | 5,537 | 50.22 | |
Whig | 5,270 | 47.80 | |
Whig | 4,748 | 43.07 | |
Whig | 3,765 | 34.15 | |
Majority | 983 | 8.92 | |
28 December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord John Russell on appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. | |||
3 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
8 June 1854 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord John Russell on appointment as Lord President of the Council. | |||
14 June 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
23 February 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord John Russell on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
3 March 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
15 July 1852 | 1,658 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Clare County | |||
19 July 1852 | 2,286/2,581 | 88.57 | |
Whig | 1,152 | 50.39 | |
Independent Irish | 1,141 | 49.91 | |
Conservative Party | 1,139 | 49.83 | |
Conservative Party | 60 | 2.62 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.09 | |
9 June 1853 Petition - Sir John Fitzgerald and Cornelius O'Brien unseated and a new writ issued. | |||
4 July 1853 | 2,663/3,144 | 84.70 | |
Independent Irish | 1,376 | 51.67 | |
Whig | 1,351 | 50.73 | |
Conservative Party | 1,299 | 48.78 | |
Independent | 3 | 0.11 | |
Majority | 52 | 1.95 | |
Clitheroe | |||
7 July 1852 | 408/448 | 91.07 | |
Whig | 221 | 54.17 | |
Conservative Party | 187 | 45.83 | |
Majority | 34 | 8.33 | |
28 February 1853 Petition - election declared void. | |||
28 May 1853 | 423/456 | 92.76 | |
Conservative Party | 215 | 50.83 | |
Whig | 208 | 49.17 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.65 | |
1 August 1853 Petition - John Aspinall was unseated. | |||
23 August 1853 | 421/456 | 92.32 | |
Peelite | 216 | 51.31 | |
Conservative Party | 205 | 48.69 | |
Majority | 11 | 2.61 | |
Clonmel | |||
17 July 1852 | 266/379 | 70.18 | |
Independent Irish | 182 | 68.42 | |
Conservative Party | 84 | 31.58 | |
Majority | 98 | 36.84 | |
5 November 1853 Death of Hon Cecil Lawless. | |||
21 December 1853 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1857 Resignation of John O'Connell on appointment as a Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper. | |||
17 February 1857 | 265/318 | 83.33 | |
Whig | 184 | 69.43 | |
Conservative Party | 51 | 19.25 | |
Independent | 30 | 11.32 | |
Majority | 133 | 50.19 | |
Cockermouth | |||
8 July 1852 | 311/355 | 87.61 | |
Conservative Party | 160 | 51.45 | |
Radical | 154 | 49.52 | |
Whig | 147 | 47.27 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.25 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
31 July 1854 Death of Henry Aglionby. | |||
9 August 1854 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Colchester | |||
10 July 1852 | 934/1,258 | 74.24 | |
Conservative Party | 686 | 73.45 | |
Conservative Party | 615 | 65.85 | |
Whig | 468 | 50.11 | |
Conservative Party | 98 | 10.49 | |
Majority | 147 | 15.74 | |
16 February 1857 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord John Manners to contest Northern Leicestershire. | |||
24 February 1857 | 1,032/1,282 | 80.50 | |
Radical | 563 | 54.55 | |
Conservative Party | 462 | 44.77 | |
Radical | 7 | 0.68 | |
Majority | 101 | 9.79 | |
Coleraine | |||
9 July 1852 | 222 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cork City | |||
14 July 1852 | 1,779/3,039 | 58.54 | |
Independent Irish | 1,246 | 70.04 | |
Independent Irish | 1,220 | 68.58 | |
Conservative Party | 898 | 50.48 | |
Conservative Party | 194 | 10.91 | |
Majority | 322 | 18.10 | |
1853 Resignation of Francis Murphy on appointment as Commissioner of Insolvents. | |||
20 August 1853 | 2,186/3,152 | 69.35 | |
Whig | 1,183 | 54.12 | |
Conservative Party | 1,003 | 45.88 | |
Majority | 180 | 8.23 | |
Cork County | |||
19 July 1852 | 13,192 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
30 March 1855 Resignation of Edmund Roche. | |||
23 April 1855 | |||
Whig | 3,238 | 41.16 | |
Whig | 3,000 | 38.14 | |
Independent Irish | 1,628 | 20.70 | |
Majority | 238 | 3.03 | |
Coventry | |||
6 July 1852 | 4,502 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1 November 1854 Death of Charles Geach. | |||
12 December 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cricklade | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,647 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dartmouth | |||
13 July 1852 | 281/302 | 93.05 | |
Conservative Party | 146 | 51.96 | |
Whig | 135 | 48.04 | |
Majority | 11 | 3.91 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1852 | 650/858 | 75.76 | |
Conservative Party | 362 | 55.69 | |
Radical | 288 | 44.31 | |
Majority | 74 | 11.38 | |
Denbighshire | |||
22 July 1852 | 2,639/3,901 | 67.65 | |
Conservative Party | 2,135 | 80.90 | |
Whig | 1,611 | 61.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,532 | 58.05 | |
Majority | 79 | 2.99 | |
Derby | |||
8 July 1852 | 2,160/2,448 | 88.24 | |
Radical | 1,252 | 57.96 | |
Conservative Party | 1,025 | 47.45 | |
Radical | 1,018 | 47.13 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.32 | |
9 March 1853 Petition - Thomas Horsfall unseated for bribery and Laurence Heyworth declared elected. | |||
Devizes | |||
6 July 1852 | 373 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Devonport | |||
7 July 1852 | 2,107/2,407 | 87.54 | |
Whig | 1,079 | 51.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,056 | 50.12 | |
Whig | 1,046 | 49.64 | |
Conservative Party | 1,032 | 48.98 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.47 | |
5 May 1854 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Tufnell. | |||
11 May 1854 | 1,780/2,417 | 73.65 | |
Whig | 1,091 | 61.29 | |
Conservative Party | 689 | 38.71 | |
Majority | 402 | 22.58 | |
Donegal County | |||
30 July 1852 | 4,606/3,748 | 122.89 | |
Conservative Party | 1,839 | 79.85 | |
Conservative Party | 1,624 | 70.52 | |
Whig | 1,143 | 49.63 | |
Majority | 481 | 10.44 | |
Dorchester | |||
8 July 1852 | 318/432 | 73.61 | |
Whig | 235 | 73.90 | |
Conservative Party | 215 | 67.61 | |
Conservative Party | 186 | 58.49 | |
Majority | 29 | 9.12 | |
15 July 1856 Resignation of Henry Sturt in order to contest Dorset. | |||
22 July 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorset | |||
16 July 1852 | 5,690 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1856 Death of Rt Hon George Bankes. | |||
26 July 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dover | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,837/2,064 | 89.00 | |
Conservative Party | 1,097 | 59.72 | |
Whig | 898 | 48.88 | |
Conservative Party | 781 | 42.51 | |
Majority | 117 | 6.37 | |
Down County | |||
26 July 1852 | 7,499/10,028 | 74.78 | |
Conservative Party | 4,654 | 62.06 | |
Conservative Party | 4,117 | 54.90 | |
Radical | 3,113 | 41.51 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 13.39 | |
Downpatrick | |||
9 July 1852 | 236 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1857 Succession of Hon Charles Hardinge to the Peerage - Viscount Hardinge. | |||
12 February 1857 | 130/196 | 66.33 | |
Peelite | 129 | 99.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1 | 0.77 | |
Majority | 128 | 98.46 | |
Drogheda | |||
13 July 1852 | 306/501 | 61.08 | |
Independent Irish | 306 | 100.00 | |
Whig | |||
Whig | |||
Majority | 306 | 100.00 | |
Droitwich | |||
8 July 1852 | 367 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin City | |||
12 July 1852 | 7,499/11,290 | 66.42 | |
Conservative Party | 4,531 | 60.42 | |
Conservative Party | 4,429 | 59.06 | |
Independent Irish | 3,019 | 40.26 | |
Majority | 1,410 | 18.80 | |
Dublin County | |||
26 July 1852 | 3,357/4,864 | 69.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,962 | 58.45 | |
Conservative Party | 1,946 | 57.97 | |
Whig | 1,410 | 42.00 | |
Whig | 1,396 | 41.58 | |
Majority | 536 | 15.97 | |
Dublin University | |||
13 July 1852 | 1,700 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
8 July 1852 | 631/912 | 69.19 | |
Conservative Party | 400 | 63.39 | |
Radical | 231 | 36.61 | |
Majority | 169 | 26.78 | |
24 February 1855 Death of John Benbow. | |||
8 March 1855 | 349/907 | 38.48 | |
Conservative Party | 346 | 99.14 | |
Radical | 3 | 0.86 | |
Majority | 343 | 98.28 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
10 July 1852 | 881 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 2,520 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 January 1853 Resignation of Viscount Drumlanrig on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
12 January 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 December 1856 Succession of Rt Hon Viscount Drumlanrig to the Peerage - 8th Marquess of Queensberry. | |||
12 February 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 1,314 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dundalk | |||
15 July 1852 | 267 | ||
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Dundee | |||
7 July 1852 | 3,190 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Dungannon | |||
13 July 1852 | 122/158 | 77.22 | |
Conservative Party | 100 | 81.97 | |
Whig | 22 | 18.03 | |
Majority | 78 | 63.93 | |
Dungarvan | |||
15 July 1852 | 243/314 | 77.39 | |
Independent Irish | 127 | 52.26 | |
Whig | 116 | 47.74 | |
Majority | 11 | 4.53 | |
13 August 1853 Resignation of John Maguire in order to enable the withdrawal of an election petition. | |||
26 August 1853 | |||
Independent Irish | 150 | 65.79 | |
Conservative Party | 78 | 34.21 | |
Majority | 72 | 31.58 | |
Durham | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,047/1,157 | 90.49 | |
Radical | 571 | 54.54 | |
Radical | 510 | 48.71 | |
Conservative Party | 506 | 48.33 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.38 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
13 August 1852 Death of Thomas Granger. | |||
31 December 1852 | 1,041/1,094 | 95.16 | |
Conservative Party | 545 | 52.35 | |
Whig | 496 | 47.65 | |
Majority | 49 | 4.71 | |
9 June 1853 Petition - Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest unseated. | |||
25 June 1853 | 973/1,094 | 88.94 | |
Conservative Party | 529 | 54.37 | |
Whig | 444 | 45.63 | |
Majority | 85 | 8.74 | |
East Retford | |||
7 July 1852 | 2,710 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 7,538 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
17 July 1852 | 4,597/5,694 | 80.73 | |
Whig | 2,609 | 56.75 | |
Conservative Party | 1,996 | 43.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,979 | 43.05 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.37 | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
22 July 1852 | 4,279/5,351 | 79.97 | |
Whig | 2,375 | 55.50 | |
Whig | 2,255 | 52.70 | |
Conservative Party | 1,964 | 45.90 | |
Majority | 291 | 6.80 | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
13 July 1852 | 7,986 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 November 1853 Succession of Marquess of Worcester to the Peerage - 8th Duke of Beaufort. | |||
9 January 1854 | 5,707/7,906 | 72.19 | |
Conservative Party | 3,363 | 58.93 | |
Liberal Party | 2,344 | 41.07 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 17.86 | |
29 November 1854 Death of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt. | |||
19 December 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
13 July 1852 | 4,149/7,119 | 58.28 | |
Peelite | 3,063 | 73.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,879 | 69.39 | |
Conservative Party | 2,356 | 56.78 | |
Majority | 523 | 12.61 | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
12 July 1852 | 8,216 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 July 1855 Resignation of Edmond Wodehouse. | |||
17 July 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
22 July 1852 | 7,460/10,140 | 73.57 | |
Conservative Party | 4,643 | 62.24 | |
Conservative Party | 4,309 | 57.76 | |
Whig | 2,984 | 40.00 | |
Majority | 1,325 | 17.76 | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
14 July 1852 | 6,343 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 November 1856 Death of Sir Edward Gooch, Bt. | |||
26 December 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
19 July 1852 | 4,500/6,618 | 68.00 | |
Whig | 2,508 | 55.73 | |
Whig | 2,500 | 55.56 | |
Conservative Party | 2,064 | 45.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,928 | 42.84 | |
Majority | 436 | 9.69 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Eastern Sussex | |||
12 July 1852 | 3,702/5,298 | 69.88 | |
Conservative Party | 2,155 | 58.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,974 | 53.32 | |
Whig | 1,637 | 44.22 | |
Majority | 337 | 9.10 | |
17 February 1857 Resignation of Charles Frewen. | |||
7 March 1857 | 4,536/6,114 | 74.19 | |
Conservative Party | 2,302 | 50.75 | |
Whig | 2,234 | 49.25 | |
Majority | 68 | 1.50 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
13 July 1852 | 6,515 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburgh | |||
14 July 1852 | 3,438/6,230 | 55.18 | |
Whig | 1,872 | 54.45 | |
Radical | 1,754 | 51.02 | |
Radical | 1,559 | 45.35 | |
Conservative Party | 1,066 | 31.01 | |
Peelite | 625 | 18.18 | |
Majority | 195 | 5.67 | |
22 January 1856 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Macaulay. | |||
9 February 1856 | |||
Whig | 2,429 | 57.63 | |
Peelite | 1,786 | 42.37 | |
Majority | 643 | 15.26 | |
Edinburghshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 2,017 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 June 1853 Death of Sir John Hope, Bt. | |||
25 June 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
9 July 1852 | 988 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 683 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ennis | |||
13 July 1852 | 105/143 | 73.43 | |
Independent Irish | 59 | 56.19 | |
Whig | 46 | 43.81 | |
Majority | 13 | 12.38 | |
March 1855 Resignation of John Fitzgerald on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | |||
8 March 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
March 1856 Resignation of John Fitzgerald on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland. | |||
8 April 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Enniskillen | |||
12 July 1852 | 172 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Evesham | |||
7 July 1852 | 223/349 | 63.90 | |
Conservative Party | 189 | 84.75 | |
Whig | 170 | 76.23 | |
Radical | 87 | 39.01 | |
Majority | 83 | 37.22 | |
6 July 1855 Resignation of Charles Berkeley in order to contest Cheltenham. | |||
11 July 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Exeter | |||
7 July 1852 | 2,352/2,501 | 94.04 | |
Conservative Party | 1,210 | 51.45 | |
Radical | 1,191 | 50.64 | |
Conservative Party | 1,111 | 47.24 | |
Majority | 80 | 3.40 | |
Eye | |||
8 July 1852 | 356 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
14 July 1852 | 1,108/1,905 | 58.16 | |
Conservative Party | 579 | 52.26 | |
Whig | 529 | 47.74 | |
Majority | 50 | 4.51 | |
Fermanagh County | |||
17 July 1852 | 3,497 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 November 1854 Death of Sir Arthur Brooke, bt. | |||
29 December 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Fife | |||
15 July 1852 | 3,211 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Finsbury | |||
9 July 1852 | 8,096/20,025 | 40.43 | |
Radical | 7,504 | 92.69 | |
Radical | 6,678 | 82.49 | |
Radical | 2,010 | 24.83 | |
Majority | 4,668 | 57.66 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
19 July 1852 | 653/819 | 79.73 | |
Peelite | 386 | 59.11 | |
Conservative Party | 267 | 40.89 | |
Majority | 119 | 18.22 | |
Flintshire | |||
26 July 1852 | 2,186/2,912 | 75.07 | |
Whig | 1,276 | 58.37 | |
Conservative Party | 910 | 41.63 | |
Majority | 366 | 16.74 | |
2 April 1854 Succession of Hon Edward Lloyd-Mostyn to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Mostyn. | |||
8 May 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Forfarshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 2,873 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
18 January 1853 Resignation of Hon Lauderdale Maule on appointment as Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. | |||
25 February 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1 August 1854 Death of Hon Lauderdale Maule. | |||
11 October 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
7 March 1855 Resignation of Viscount Duncan on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
10 March 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
7 July 1852 | 383 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
26 February 1853 Petition - Hon Robert Boyle unseated. | |||
7 March 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
3 September 1854 Death of Hon Robert Boyle. | |||
24 October 1854 | 310/365 | 84.93 | |
Whig | 181 | 58.39 | |
Radical | 129 | 41.61 | |
Majority | 52 | 16.77 | |
29 June 1856 Succession of Viscount Dungarvan to the Peerage - 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery. | |||
23 July 1856 | 315/366 | 86.07 | |
Whig | 158 | 50.16 | |
Conservative Party | 157 | 49.84 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.32 | |
Galway | |||
13 July 1852 | 658/1,038 | 63.39 | |
Independent Irish | 646 | 98.18 | |
Independent Irish | 452 | 68.69 | |
Whig | 284 | 43.16 | |
Majority | 168 | 25.53 | |
Galway County | |||
26 July 1852 | 3,491 | ||
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Gateshead | |||
9 July 1852 | 596/711 | 83.83 | |
Radical | 270 | 45.30 | |
Conservative Party | 190 | 31.88 | |
Independent Liberal | 136 | 22.82 | |
Majority | 80 | 13.42 | |
Glamorganshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 6,424 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Glasgow | |||
10 July 1852 | 4,192/15,502 | 27.04 | |
Whig | 3,209 | 76.55 | |
Whig | 3,140 | 74.90 | |
Peelite | 1,681 | 40.10 | |
Whig | 354 | 8.44 | |
Majority | 1,459 | 34.80 | |
23 February 1857 Resignation of John MacGregor. | |||
6 March 1857 | 8,915/18,118 | 49.21 | |
Whig | 5,972 | 66.99 | |
Radical | 2,943 | 33.01 | |
Majority | 3,029 | 33.98 | |
Gloucester | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,569/1,621 | 96.79 | |
Radical | 831 | 52.96 | |
Whig | 786 | 50.10 | |
Conservative Party | 760 | 48.44 | |
Majority | 26 | 1.66 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
December 1852 Resignation of Maurice Berkeley on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
4 January 1853 | 1,431/1,652 | 86.62 | |
Whig | 761 | 53.18 | |
Conservative Party | 670 | 46.82 | |
Majority | 91 | 6.36 | |
26 March 1855 Resignation of William Price. He had accepted a Government contract in the Crimea which would have disqualified him from remaining a Member of the House of Commons. | |||
31 March 1855 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Grantham | |||
8 July 1852 | 594/774 | 76.74 | |
Conservative Party | 483 | 81.31 | |
Conservative Party | 375 | 63.13 | |
Peelite | 329 | 55.39 | |
Majority | 46 | 7.74 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
8 July 1852 | 633/861 | 73.52 | |
Conservative Party | 347 | 54.82 | |
Whig | 286 | 45.18 | |
Majority | 61 | 9.64 | |
Great Marlow | |||
10 July 1852 | 316/354 | 89.27 | |
Conservative Party | 242 | 76.58 | |
Conservative Party | 198 | 62.66 | |
Whig | 96 | 30.38 | |
Majority | 102 | 32.28 | |
Great Yarmouth | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,083/1,249 | 86.71 | |
Conservative Party | 611 | 56.42 | |
Whig | 547 | 50.51 | |
Independent Liberal | 521 | 48.11 | |
Radical | 486 | 44.88 | |
Majority | 26 | 2.40 | |
Greenock | |||
14 July 1852 | 724/1,164 | 62.20 | |
Whig | 470 | 64.92 | |
Conservative Party | 254 | 35.08 | |
Majority | 216 | 29.83 | |
Greenwich | |||
8 July 1852 | 5,159/6,308 | 81.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,415 | 46.81 | |
Radical | 2,360 | 45.75 | |
Whig | 2,026 | 39.27 | |
Radical | 1,102 | 21.36 | |
Majority | 334 | 6.47 | |
7 January 1857 Resignation of Peter Rolt. | |||
9 February 1857 | 4,518/7,888 | 57.28 | |
Whig | 2,975 | 65.85 | |
Radical | 1,543 | 34.15 | |
Majority | 1,432 | 31.70 | |
Guildford | |||
7 July 1852 | 433/648 | 66.82 | |
Whig | 370 | 85.45 | |
Radical | 251 | 57.97 | |
Conservative Party | 244 | 56.35 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.62 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
15 July 1852 | 497/642 | 77.41 | |
Whig | 312 | 62.78 | |
Conservative Party | 185 | 37.22 | |
Majority | 127 | 25.55 | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
31 July 1852 | 716 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 January 1853 Resignation of Hon Francis Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
11 January 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Halifax | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,106/1,200 | 92.17 | |
Whig | 596 | 53.89 | |
Radical | 573 | 51.81 | |
Conservative Party | 521 | 47.11 | |
Chartist | 37 | 3.35 | |
Majority | 52 | 4.70 | |
30 December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, Bt on appointment as President of the Board of Control. | |||
5 January 1853 | 1,118/1,218 | 91.79 | |
Whig | 592 | 52.95 | |
Conservative Party | 526 | 47.05 | |
Majority | 66 | 5.90 | |
March 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, Bt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
3 March 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Harwich | |||
7 July 1852 | 252/272 | 92.65 | |
Conservative Party | 135 | 53.57 | |
Conservative Party | 134 | 53.17 | |
Whig | 125 | 49.60 | |
Independent Liberal | 110 | 43.65 | |
Majority | 9 | 3.57 | |
1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
6 May 1853 Petition - George Peacocke unseated. | |||
21 June 1853 | 255/299 | 85.28 | |
Whig | 140 | 54.90 | |
Conservative Party | 115 | 45.10 | |
Majority | 25 | 9.80 | |
Hastings | |||
9 July 1852 | 926/1,090 | 84.95 | |
Conservative Party | 501 | 54.10 | |
Conservative Party | 487 | 52.59 | |
Whig | 477 | 51.51 | |
Radical | 386 | 41.68 | |
Majority | 10 | 1.08 | |
5 May 1854 Resignation of Musgrave Brisco. | |||
10 May 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
8 July 1852 | 500/682 | 73.31 | |
Conservative Party | 297 | 59.40 | |
Whig | 203 | 40.60 | |
Majority | 94 | 18.80 | |
Helston | |||
8 July 1852 | 317 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hereford | |||
8 July 1852 | 747/1,013 | 73.74 | |
Whig | 458 | 61.31 | |
Whig | 452 | 60.51 | |
Conservative Party | 292 | 39.09 | |
Majority | 160 | 21.42 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
5 January 1857 Resignation of Sir Robert Price, Bt. | |||
14 February 1857 | 629/832 | 75.60 | |
Whig | 399 | 63.43 | |
Conservative Party | 230 | 36.57 | |
Majority | 169 | 26.87 | |
Herefordshire | |||
19 July 1852 | 5,949/6,972 | 85.33 | |
Conservative Party | 3,167 | 53.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,143 | 52.83 | |
Conservative Party | 3,030 | 50.93 | |
Whig | 2,836 | 47.67 | |
Majority | 194 | 3.26 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Hertford | |||
7 July 1852 | 466/685 | 68.03 | |
Whig | 301 | 64.59 | |
Radical | 235 | 50.43 | |
Conservative Party | 213 | 45.71 | |
Conservative Party | 182 | 39.06 | |
Majority | 22 | 4.72 | |
December 1852 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
1 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
12 August 1855 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as President of the Board of Health. | |||
14 August 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 February 1857 Resignation of Rt Hon William Cowper on appointment as Vice President of the Privy Council for Education. | |||
9 February 1857 | 620 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Hertfordshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 4,145/5,779 | 71.73 | |
Conservative Party | 2,225 | 53.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,219 | 53.53 | |
Conservative Party | 2,190 | 52.83 | |
Whig | 2,043 | 49.29 | |
Whig | 1,890 | 45.60 | |
Whig | 1,868 | 45.07 | |
Majority | 147 | 3.55 | |
24 April 1854 Death of Thomas Halsey. | |||
24 May 1854 | 4,356/5,752 | 75.73 | |
Conservative Party | 2,205 | 50.62 | |
Liberal Party | 2,151 | 49.38 | |
Majority | 54 | 1.24 | |
Honiton | |||
8 July 1852 | 221/287 | 77.00 | |
Whig | 166 | 75.11 | |
Conservative Party | 152 | 68.78 | |
Conservative Party | 123 | 55.66 | |
Majority | 29 | 13.12 | |
Horsham | |||
6 July 1852 | 350 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huddersfield | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,215/1,364 | 89.08 | |
Whig | 625 | 51.44 | |
Radical | 590 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 35 | 2.88 | |
15 March 1853 Petition - William Stansfield unseated. | |||
22 April 1853 | 1,268/1,415 | 89.61 | |
Whig | 675 | 53.23 | |
Radical | 593 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 82 | 6.47 | |
Huntingdon | |||
7 July 1852 | 390 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 2,852 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 August 1855 Succession of Viscount Mandeville to the Peerage - 7th Duke of Manchester. | |||
2 October 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hythe | |||
8 July 1852 | 610/856 | 71.26 | |
Whig | 512 | 83.93 | |
Whig | 98 | 16.07 | |
Majority | 414 | 67.87 | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
8 July 1852 | 825 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness-shire | |||
14 July 1852 | 908 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ipswich | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,521/1,838 | 82.75 | |
Conservative Party | 809 | 53.19 | |
Whig | 782 | 51.41 | |
Radical | 725 | 47.67 | |
Conservative Party | 725 | 47.67 | |
Majority | 57 | 3.75 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
23 July 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | 681 | 53.45 | |
Radical | 593 | 46.55 | |
Majority | 88 | 6.91 | |
Kendal | |||
8 July 1852 | 382 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kerry County | |||
16 July 1852 | 5,222 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
31 October 1853 Valentine Browne assumes the courtesy title of Viscount Castlerosse on his father's succession to the Peerage as the 3rd Earl of Kenmare. | |||
1856 Resignation of Viscount Castlerosse on appointment as Comptroller of the Household. | |||
9 August 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kidderminster | |||
7 July 1852 | 398/495 | 80.40 | |
Whig | 246 | 61.81 | |
Conservative Party | 152 | 38.19 | |
Majority | 94 | 23.62 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
13 August 1855 Resignation of Robert Lowe on appointment as Vice-President of the Council for Trade. | |||
14 August 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kildare County | |||
26 July 1852 | 2,028/2,774 | 73.11 | |
Independent Irish | 2,285 | 112.67 | |
Independent Irish | 2,229 | 109.91 | |
Conservative Party | 863 | 42.55 | |
Majority | 1,366 | 67.36 | |
Kilkenny City | |||
10 July 1852 | 384/664 | 57.83 | |
Independent Irish | 213 | 55.47 | |
Whig | 171 | 44.53 | |
Majority | 42 | 10.94 | |
Kilkenny County | |||
26 July 1852 | 3,005/5,036 | 59.67 | |
Independent Irish | 2,622 | 87.25 | |
Independent Irish | 2,537 | 84.43 | |
Conservative Party | 500 | 16.64 | |
Whig | 350 | 11.65 | |
Majority | 2,037 | 67.79 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
14 July 1852 | 860/1,380 | 62.32 | |
Whig | 558 | 64.88 | |
Conservative Party | 302 | 35.12 | |
Majority | 256 | 29.77 | |
31 March 1855 Resignation of Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie on appointment as Vice President of the Council for Trade. | |||
7 April 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 August 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board. | |||
16 August 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kincardineshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 951 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
King's County | |||
26 July 1852 | 1,925/2,397 | 80.31 | |
Independent Irish | 1,264 | 65.66 | |
Independent Irish | 1,191 | 61.87 | |
Conservative Party | 697 | 36.21 | |
Majority | 494 | 25.66 | |
King's Lynn | |||
9 July 1852 | 990/1,176 | 84.18 | |
Peelite | 641 | 64.75 | |
Conservative Party | 559 | 56.46 | |
Radical | 390 | 39.39 | |
Majority | 169 | 17.07 | |
12 August 1854 Death of Viscount Jocelyn. | |||
16 September 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
8 July 1852 | 3,965/5,221 | 75.94 | |
Radical | 2,246 | 56.65 | |
Whig | 2,242 | 56.54 | |
Conservative Party | 1,815 | 45.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,626 | 41.01 | |
Majority | 427 | 10.77 | |
7 March 1853 Petition - election declared void and write suspended until August 1854. | |||
18 August 1854 | 3,413/4,572 | 74.65 | |
Radical | 1,820 | 53.33 | |
Whig | 1,806 | 52.92 | |
Conservative Party | 1,600 | 46.88 | |
Majority | 206 | 6.04 | |
3 November 1856 Resignation of William Watson on appointment as a Baron of the Exchequer. | |||
11 February 1857 | 5,494 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
23 February 1857 Petition - lapsed. | |||
Kinsale | |||
10 July 1852 | 139 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
9 July 1852 | 786 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 1,326 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Knaresborough | |||
8 July 1852 | 223/242 | 92.15 | |
Conservative Party | 113 | 50.67 | |
Whig | 113 | 50.67 | |
Whig | 113 | 50.67 | |
Conservative Party | 107 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.69 | |
A treble return was made for this election. | |||
25 April 1853 Petition - Joshua Brown Westhead was unseated after his vote count was revised downwards to 112. | |||
Lambeth | |||
8 July 1852 | 8,216/18,131 | 45.31 | |
Radical | 4,732 | 57.59 | |
Radical | 4,022 | 48.95 | |
Whig | 3,829 | 46.60 | |
Majority | 193 | 2.35 | |
Lanarkshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 3,471 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 November 1856 Death of William Lockhart. | |||
5 January 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lancaster | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,165/1,393 | 83.63 | |
Whig | 699 | 60.00 | |
Radical | 690 | 59.23 | |
Conservative Party | 509 | 43.69 | |
Conservative Party | 432 | 37.08 | |
Majority | 181 | 15.54 | |
1853 Petition - Robert Armstrong unseated. | |||
1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
12 April 1853 | 1,240/1,420 | 87.32 | |
Conservative Party | 686 | 55.32 | |
Radical | 554 | 44.68 | |
Majority | 132 | 10.65 | |
Launceston | |||
7 July 1852 | 361 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds | |||
9 July 1852 | 3,438/6,406 | 53.67 | |
Whig | 2,344 | 68.18 | |
Whig | 2,311 | 67.22 | |
Conservative Party | 1,132 | 32.93 | |
Conservative Party | 1,089 | 31.68 | |
Majority | 1,179 | 34.29 | |
30 December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Matthew Baines on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board. | |||
3 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
7 December 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Matthew Talbot Baines on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
6 February 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Leicester | |||
9 July 1852 | 2,788/3,853 | 72.36 | |
Radical | 1,673 | 60.01 | |
Radical | 1,673 | 60.01 | |
Whig | 1,116 | 40.03 | |
Whig | 1,114 | 39.96 | |
Majority | 557 | 19.98 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
4 June 1856 Death of Richard Gardner. | |||
18 June 1856 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
10 July 1852 | 1,050/2,027 | 51.80 | |
Whig | 643 | 61.24 | |
Conservative Party | 407 | 38.76 | |
Majority | 236 | 22.48 | |
December 1852 Resignation of James Moncrieff on appointment as Lord Advocate for Scotland. | |||
4 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Leitrim County | |||
26 July 1852 | 854/1,265 | 67.51 | |
Conservative Party | 617 | 72.25 | |
Independent Irish | 551 | 64.52 | |
Whig | 540 | 63.23 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.29 | |
Leominster | |||
7 July 1852 | 328/551 | 59.53 | |
Conservative Party | 260 | 79.27 | |
Whig | 206 | 62.80 | |
Conservative Party | 190 | 57.93 | |
Majority | 16 | 4.88 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
5 February 1856 Death of George Arkwright. | |||
19 February 1856 | 280/387 | 72.35 | |
Conservative Party | 179 | 63.93 | |
Whig | 101 | 36.07 | |
Majority | 78 | 27.86 | |
Lewes | |||
6 July 1852 | 713 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
April 1855 Resignation of Hon Henry Bland on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
5 April 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Lichfield | |||
8 July 1852 | 569/836 | 68.06 | |
Whig | 369 | 64.85 | |
Whig | 320 | 56.24 | |
Conservative Party | 224 | 39.37 | |
Majority | 96 | 16.87 | |
30 December 1852 Resignation of Lord Alfred Paget on appointment as Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshalt to HM The Queen. | |||
5 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
18 March 1854 Succession of Viscount Anson to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Lichfield. | |||
9 May 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
23 May 1856 Resignation of Baron Waterpark. | |||
30 May 1856 | |||
Independent Liberal | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick City | |||
15 July 1852 | 762/1,144 | 66.61 | |
Independent Irish | 516 | 67.72 | |
Whig | 461 | 60.50 | |
Whig | 453 | 59.45 | |
Conservative Party | 94 | 12.34 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.05 | |
1 October 1854 Death of Robert Potter. | |||
28 October 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick County | |||
15 July 1852 | 5,079 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
January 1853 Resignation of William Monsell on appointment as Clerk of the Ordnance. | |||
12 January 1853 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
27 November 1854 Death of Wyndham Goold. | |||
26 December 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
9 February 1857 Resignation of William Monsell on appointment as President of the Board of Health. | |||
17 February 1857 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Lincoln | |||
6 July 1852 | 990/1,363 | 72.63 | |
Conservative Party | 840 | 84.85 | |
Whig | 661 | 66.77 | |
Radical | 478 | 48.28 | |
Majority | 183 | 18.48 | |
14 December 1855 Death of Charles Sibthorp. | |||
16 January 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 502 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lisburn | |||
10 July 1852 | 188 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
22 November 1852 Resignation of Sir James Tennent. | |||
11 December 1852 | |||
Peelite | 90 | 50.85 | |
Conservative Party | 87 | 49.15 | |
Majority | 3 | 1.69 | |
19 September 1853 Death of Roger Smyth. | |||
14 October 1853 | 217 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Liskeard | |||
8 July 1852 | 343 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1854 Resignation of Richard Budden Crowder on appointment as a Judge of the Common Pleas. | |||
29 March 1854 | 268/352 | 76.14 | |
Whig | 138 | 51.49 | |
Radical | 119 | 44.40 | |
Whig | 11 | 4.10 | |
Majority | 19 | 7.09 | |
Liverpool | |||
8 July 1852 | 11,609/17,433 | 66.59 | |
Conservative Party | 6,693 | 57.65 | |
Conservative Party | 6,367 | 54.85 | |
Peelite | 5,247 | 45.20 | |
Whig | 4,910 | 42.29 | |
Majority | 1,120 | 9.65 | |
1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
21 June 1853 Petition - election declared void. | |||
9 July 1853 | 10,462/16,182 | 64.65 | |
Conservative Party | 6,034 | 57.68 | |
Conservative Party | 5,543 | 52.98 | |
Whig | 4,673 | 44.67 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,274 | 12.18 | |
Majority | 870 | 8.32 | |
7 March 1855 Succession of Hon Henry Liddell to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Ravensworth. | |||
29 March 1855 | 9,980/17,795 | 56.08 | |
Whig | 5,718 | 57.29 | |
Conservative Party | 4,262 | 42.71 | |
Majority | 1,456 | 14.59 | |
Londonderry City | |||
9 July 1852 | 724 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry County | |||
22 July 1852 | 3,522/4,305 | 81.81 | |
Conservative Party | 1,563 | 44.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,352 | 38.39 | |
Radical | 1,279 | 36.31 | |
Majority | 73 | 2.07 | |
11 February 1857 Resignation of Thomas Bateson. | |||
9 March 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | 2,600 | 64.09 | |
Radical | 1,457 | 35.91 | |
Majority | 1,143 | 28.17 | |
Longford County | |||
19 July 1852 | 2,085/2,321 | 89.83 | |
Independent Irish | 1,066 | 102.25 | |
Independent Irish | 1,019 | 97.75 | |
Conservative Party | |||
Majority | 1,019 | 48.87 | |
26 April 1856 Death of Richard Fox. | |||
13 May 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Louth County | |||
22 July 1852 | 1,518/2,078 | 73.05 | |
Whig | 1,142 | 75.23 | |
Independent Irish | 995 | 65.55 | |
Conservative Party | 884 | 58.23 | |
Majority | 111 | 7.31 | |
February 1854 Resignation of Chichester Fortescue on appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
27 February 1854 | |||
Whig | 720 | 57.83 | |
Independent Irish | 525 | 42.17 | |
Majority | 195 | 15.66 | |
Ludlow | |||
9 July 1852 | 389/450 | 86.44 | |
Conservative Party | 250 | 64.27 | |
Conservative Party | 214 | 55.01 | |
Whig | 157 | 40.36 | |
Majority | 57 | 14.65 | |
1854 Resignation of Robert Clive. | |||
7 February 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lyme Regis | |||
8 July 1852 | 271/309 | 87.70 | |
Whig | 145 | 53.51 | |
Conservative Party | 126 | 46.49 | |
Majority | 19 | 7.01 | |
Lymington | |||
7 July 1852 | 249/338 | 73.67 | |
Conservative Party | 201 | 80.72 | |
Whig | 158 | 63.45 | |
Peelite | 139 | 55.82 | |
Majority | 19 | 7.63 | |
Macclesfield | |||
8 July 1852 | 813/1,058 | 76.84 | |
Whig | 628 | 77.24 | |
Conservative Party | 530 | 65.19 | |
Chartist | 468 | 57.56 | |
Majority | 62 | 7.63 | |
Maidstone | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,071/1,751 | 61.17 | |
Radical | 848 | 79.18 | |
Conservative Party | 709 | 66.20 | |
Radical | 584 | 54.53 | |
Majority | 125 | 11.67 | |
22 April 1853 Petition - George Dodd unseated. | |||
16 May 1853 | 1,486/1,814 | 81.92 | |
Radical | 748 | 50.34 | |
Peelite | 738 | 49.66 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.67 | |
Maldon | |||
10 July 1852 | 704/845 | 83.31 | |
Conservative Party | 370 | 52.56 | |
Conservative Party | 357 | 50.71 | |
Whig | 351 | 49.86 | |
Independent Conservative | 330 | 46.88 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.85 | |
18 March 1853 Petition - election declared void. | |||
17 August 1854 | 696/968 | 71.90 | |
Conservative Party | 409 | 58.76 | |
Conservative Party | 399 | 57.33 | |
Whig | 335 | 48.13 | |
Radical | 215 | 30.89 | |
Peelite | 34 | 4.89 | |
Majority | 64 | 9.20 | |
Mallow | |||
15 July 1852 | 103/143 | 72.03 | |
Whig | 59 | 57.28 | |
Conservative Party | 44 | 42.72 | |
Majority | 15 | 14.56 | |
Malmesbury | |||
8 July 1852 | 265/309 | 85.76 | |
Whig | 137 | 51.70 | |
Conservative Party | 128 | 48.30 | |
Majority | 9 | 3.40 | |
Malton | |||
8 July 1852 | 539 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Manchester | |||
9 July 1852 | 9,785/13,921 | 70.29 | |
Whig | 5,762 | 58.89 | |
Radical | 5,475 | 55.95 | |
Conservative Party | 4,364 | 44.60 | |
Conservative Party | 3,969 | 40.56 | |
Majority | 1,111 | 11.35 | |
Marlborough | |||
7 July 1852 | 271 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
30 December 1852 Resignation of Lord Ernest Brudenell-Bruce on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household. | |||
4 January 1853 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Marylebone | |||
6 July 1852 | 19,710 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
11 August 1854 Resignation of Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt on appointment as President of the Board of Health. | |||
16 August 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
17 November 1854 Death of Lord Dudley Stewart. | |||
20 December 1854 | 11,085/19,892 | 55.73 | |
Whig | 6,919 | 62.42 | |
Whig | 4,166 | 37.58 | |
Majority | 2,753 | 24.84 | |
21 July 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt on appointment as First Commissioner of Works. | |||
28 July 1855 | 19,892 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Mayo County | |||
26 July 1852 | 960/1,395 | 68.82 | |
Independent Irish | 692 | 72.08 | |
Independent Irish | 649 | 67.60 | |
Conservative Party | 358 | 37.29 | |
Majority | 291 | 30.31 | |
Meath County | |||
26 July 1852 | 2,269/4,218 | 53.79 | |
Independent Irish | 2,004 | 88.32 | |
Independent Irish | 1,968 | 86.73 | |
Independent Irish | 565 | 24.90 | |
Majority | 1,403 | 61.83 | |
22 October 1855 Death of Frederick Lucas. | |||
17 December 1855 | |||
Independent Irish | 1,639 | 64.58 | |
Whig | 899 | 35.42 | |
Majority | 740 | 29.16 | |
Merionethshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 1,006 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
8 July 1852 | 938 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
26 November 1852 Death of Sir Josiah Guest, Bt. | |||
14 December 1852 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Middlesex | |||
17 July 1852 | 6,945/14,610 | 47.54 | |
Whig | 5,241 | 75.46 | |
Radical | 4,390 | 63.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,258 | 61.31 | |
Majority | 132 | 1.90 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Midhurst | |||
9 July 1852 | 279 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
January 1856 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole in order to contest Cambridge University. | |||
7 February 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monaghan County | |||
26 July 1852 | 3,333/4,119 | 80.92 | |
Conservative Party | 1,948 | 58.45 | |
Conservative Party | 1,910 | 57.31 | |
Independent Irish | 1,410 | 42.30 | |
Majority | 500 | 15.00 | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
6 July 1852 | 1,676 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monmouthshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 4,973 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1852 | 735/1,003 | 73.28 | |
Conservative Party | 435 | 59.18 | |
Radical | 300 | 40.82 | |
Majority | 135 | 18.37 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 2,986 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,586 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
20 February 1855 Death of Joseph Hume. | |||
9 March 1855 | 912/1,585 | 57.54 | |
Radical | 478 | 52.41 | |
Whig | 434 | 47.59 | |
Majority | 44 | 4.82 | |
Morpeth | |||
8 July 1852 | 415 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
27 December 1852 Resignation of Hon Edward Howard. | |||
1 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
12 June 1854 Resignation of Sir George Grey, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
17 June 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
9 July 1852 | 484 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
22 January 1855 Death of Rt Hon Sir Thomas Lewis, Bt. | |||
8 February 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1855 Appointment of Sir George Lewis, Bt as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
28 March 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
New Ross | |||
15 July 1852 | 113/171 | 66.08 | |
Independent Irish | 82 | 72.57 | |
Conservative Party | 31 | 27.43 | |
Majority | 51 | 45.13 | |
3 March 1856 Resignation of Charles Duffy. | |||
18 March 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | 87 | 56.86 | |
Liberal Party | 66 | 43.14 | |
Majority | 21 | 13.73 | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
9 July 1852 | 693/867 | 79.93 | |
Peelite | 545 | 78.64 | |
Conservative Party | 479 | 69.12 | |
Radical | 362 | 52.24 | |
Majority | 117 | 16.88 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
7 July 1852 | 3,193/5,269 | 60.60 | |
Whig | 2,418 | 75.73 | |
Whig | 2,172 | 68.02 | |
Whig | 1,795 | 56.22 | |
Majority | 377 | 11.81 | |
22 January 1856 Resignation of John Blackett. | |||
5 February 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
7 July 1852 | 730/1,090 | 66.97 | |
Whig | 622 | 85.21 | |
Peelite | 585 | 80.14 | |
Whig | 252 | 34.52 | |
Majority | 333 | 45.62 | |
Newport | |||
9 July 1852 | 565/707 | 79.92 | |
Radical | 310 | 54.87 | |
Radical | 306 | 54.16 | |
Peelite | 266 | 47.08 | |
Peelite | 256 | 45.31 | |
Majority | 40 | 7.08 | |
7 January 1857 Resignation of William Biggs. | |||
11 February 1857 | 532/654 | 81.35 | |
Conservative Party | 289 | 54.32 | |
Radical | 243 | 45.68 | |
Majority | 46 | 8.65 | |
25 February 1857 Petition - lapsed on dissolution of Parliament. | |||
Newry | |||
9 July 1852 | 437/527 | 82.92 | |
Whig | 233 | 53.32 | |
Conservative Party | 204 | 46.68 | |
Majority | 29 | 6.64 | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 11,319 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northallerton | |||
8 July 1852 | 281 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northampton | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,585/2,263 | 70.04 | |
Whig | 855 | 53.94 | |
Radical | 825 | 52.05 | |
Conservative Party | 745 | 47.00 | |
Chartist | 106 | 6.69 | |
Majority | 80 | 5.05 | |
3 March 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Smith on appointment as President of the Board of Control. | |||
5 March 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Cheshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 7,494 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 5,315 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1853 Resignation of William Evans. | |||
22 July 1853 | 2,875/5,219 | 55.09 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,680 | 58.43 | |
Whig | 1,195 | 41.57 | |
Majority | 485 | 16.87 | |
Northern Devon | |||
13 July 1852 | 8,064 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Durham | |||
16 July 1852 | 6,631 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 March 1854 Succession of Viscount Seaham to the Peerage - 3rd Earl Vane. | |||
1 April 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Essex | |||
19 July 1852 | 3,206/5,715 | 56.10 | |
Conservative Party | 2,412 | 75.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,334 | 72.80 | |
Whig | 833 | 25.98 | |
Majority | 1,501 | 46.82 | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 3,596 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
13 July 1852 | 12,297 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
14 July 1852 | 4,097 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 January 1857 Succession of Marquess of Granby to the Peerage - 6th Duke of Rutland. | |||
22 March 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 595/3,900 | 15.26 | |
Conservative Party | 562 | 94.45 | |
Conservative Party | 560 | 94.12 | |
Whig | 34 | 5.71 | |
Majority | 526 | 88.40 | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
26 July 1852 | 2,675/3,111 | 85.99 | |
Conservative Party | 1,414 | 52.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,335 | 49.91 | |
Whig | 1,300 | 48.60 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.31 | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
17 July 1852 | 3,996 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 4,685 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
12 July 1852 | 9,546 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
26 July 1852 | 4,916/7,002 | 70.21 | |
Conservative Party | 2,950 | 60.01 | |
Conservative Party | 2,822 | 57.40 | |
Whig | 2,038 | 41.46 | |
Whig | 2,021 | 41.11 | |
Majority | 784 | 15.95 | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
17 July 1852 | 4,955 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Norwich | |||
9 July 1852 | 3,696/5,390 | 68.57 | |
Whig | 2,190 | 59.25 | |
Radical | 2,145 | 58.04 | |
Conservative Party | 1,592 | 43.07 | |
Conservative Party | 1,465 | 39.64 | |
Majority | 553 | 14.96 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
20 October 1854 Resignation of Sir Samuel Peto. | |||
29 December 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,899 | 53.83 | |
Whig | 1,629 | 46.17 | |
Majority | 270 | 7.65 | |
Nottingham | |||
6 July 1852 | 2,168/5,260 | 41.22 | |
Whig | 1,960 | 90.41 | |
Peelite | 1,863 | 85.93 | |
Chartist | 512 | 23.62 | |
Majority | 1,351 | 62.32 | |
December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Strutt on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
1 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
25 July 1856 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Strutt. | |||
30 July 1856 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Oldham | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,301/1,890 | 68.84 | |
Radical | 957 | 73.56 | |
Peelite | 868 | 66.72 | |
Radical | 777 | 59.72 | |
Majority | 91 | 6.99 | |
27 July 1852 Death of John Duncuft. | |||
3 December 1852 | 1,678/1,978 | 84.83 | |
Radical | 895 | 53.34 | |
Conservative Party | 783 | 46.66 | |
Majority | 112 | 6.67 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
3 August 1852 | 421/651 | 64.67 | |
Whig | 227 | 53.92 | |
Conservative Party | 194 | 46.08 | |
Majority | 33 | 7.84 | |
Oxford | |||
6 July 1852 | 2,818 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1852 Resignation of Sir William Wood on appointment as a Vice-Chancellor of the High Court. | |||
4 January 1853 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford University | |||
July 1852 | 1,618/3,474 | 46.57 | |
Conservative Party | 1,369 | 84.61 | |
Peelite | 1,108 | 68.48 | |
Conservative Party | 758 | 46.85 | |
Majority | 350 | 21.63 | |
28 December 1852 Resignation of William Gladstone on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
20 January 1853 | 1,919/3,357 | 57.16 | |
Peelite | 1,034 | 53.88 | |
Conservative Party | 885 | 46.12 | |
Majority | 149 | 7.76 | |
27 January 1854 Resignation of Sir Robert Inglis, bt. | |||
7 February 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxfordshire | |||
12 July 1852 | 2,400/5,198 | 46.17 | |
Conservative Party | 2,328 | 97.00 | |
Conservative Party | 2,218 | 92.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,313 | 54.71 | |
Conservative Party | 681 | 28.38 | |
Majority | 632 | 26.33 | |
Paisley | |||
14 July 1852 | 780/1,342 | 58.12 | |
Radical | 406 | 52.05 | |
Radical | 374 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 32 | 4.10 | |
Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 8,554 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 10,359/11,677 | 88.71 | |
Conservative Party | 5,585 | 53.91 | |
Conservative Party | 5,579 | 53.86 | |
Whig | 4,777 | 46.11 | |
Majority | 802 | 7.74 | |
Peeblesshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 542 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
8 July 1852 | 951 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 3,132 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
8 July 1852 | 789/906 | 87.09 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 58.81 | |
Conservative Party | 435 | 55.13 | |
Whig | 339 | 42.97 | |
Majority | 96 | 12.17 | |
Perth | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,034 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Perthshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 4,938 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peterborough | |||
7 July 1852 | 455/518 | 87.84 | |
Whig | 260 | 57.14 | |
Whig | 229 | 50.33 | |
Conservative Party | 210 | 46.15 | |
Majority | 19 | 4.18 | |
24 July 1852 Death of Hon Richard Watson. | |||
6 December 1852 | 451/526 | 85.74 | |
Radical | 233 | 51.66 | |
Whig | 218 | 48.34 | |
Majority | 15 | 3.33 | |
8 June 1853 Petition - election declared void. | |||
25 June 1853 | 451/526 | 85.74 | |
Radical | 236 | 52.33 | |
Liberal Party | 215 | 47.67 | |
Majority | 21 | 4.66 | |
15 August 1853 Petition - George Whalley unseated due to disqualification at the time of the election. Thomson Hankey declared elected. | |||
Petersfield | |||
7 July 1852 | 353 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Plymouth | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,659/2,482 | 66.84 | |
Conservative Party | 1,036 | 62.45 | |
Whig | 1,004 | 60.52 | |
Whig | 906 | 54.61 | |
Radical | 372 | 22.42 | |
Majority | 98 | 5.91 | |
10 May 1853 Petition - election of Charles Mare declared void. | |||
2 June 1853 | 1,820/2,508 | 72.57 | |
Peelite | 944 | 51.87 | |
Whig | 876 | 48.13 | |
Majority | 68 | 3.74 | |
Pontefract | |||
8 July 1852 | 542/684 | 79.24 | |
Conservative Party | 433 | 79.89 | |
Whig | 338 | 62.36 | |
Conservative Party | 313 | 57.75 | |
Majority | 25 | 4.61 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Poole | |||
8 July 1852 | 508 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Portarlington | |||
12 July 1852 | 71 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Portsmouth | |||
6 July 1852 | 3,332 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
7 March 1855 Resignation of Viscount Monck on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
14 March 1855 | 1,951/3,439 | 56.73 | |
Whig | 1,478 | 75.76 | |
Radical | 473 | 24.24 | |
Majority | 1,005 | 51.51 | |
Preston | |||
6 July 1852 | 2,204/2,854 | 77.22 | |
Conservative Party | 1,335 | 60.57 | |
Whig | 1,253 | 56.85 | |
Whig | 1,127 | 51.13 | |
Radical | 692 | 31.40 | |
Majority | 126 | 5.72 | |
Queen's County | |||
19 July 1852 | 2,727 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Radnorshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 1,802 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Reading | |||
8 July 1852 | 951/1,399 | 67.98 | |
Whig | 753 | 79.18 | |
Whig | 631 | 66.35 | |
Conservative Party | 518 | 54.47 | |
Majority | 113 | 11.88 | |
Reigate | |||
8 July 1852 | 176/228 | 77.19 | |
Conservative Party | 100 | 56.82 | |
Whig | 76 | 43.18 | |
Majority | 24 | 13.64 | |
Renfrewshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 2,450 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 May 1855 Resignation of William Mure. | |||
14 May 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Richmond | |||
6 July 1852 | 243 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ripon | |||
7 July 1852 | 309/353 | 87.54 | |
Conservative Party | 266 | 86.08 | |
Conservative Party | 202 | 65.37 | |
Radical | 75 | 24.27 | |
Majority | 127 | 41.10 | |
Rochdale | |||
10 July 1852 | 904/1,160 | 77.93 | |
Radical | 529 | 58.52 | |
Conservative Party | 375 | 41.48 | |
Majority | 154 | 17.04 | |
Rochester | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,093/1,269 | 86.13 | |
Conservative Party | 584 | 53.43 | |
Conservative Party | 581 | 53.16 | |
Whig | 514 | 47.03 | |
Whig | 507 | 46.39 | |
Majority | 67 | 6.13 | |
22 November 1855 Resignation of Hon Francis Villiers. | |||
8 February 1856 | 1,059/1,170 | 90.51 | |
Radical | 560 | 52.88 | |
Conservative Party | 499 | 47.12 | |
Majority | 61 | 5.76 | |
11 April 1856 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Roscommon County | |||
26 July 1852 | 2,236 | ||
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
23 July 1852 | 506/832 | 60.82 | |
Whig | 288 | 56.92 | |
Conservative Party | 218 | 43.08 | |
Majority | 70 | 13.83 | |
Roxburghshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 2,033 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Rutlandshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 1,876 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 February 1856 Resignation of Sir Gilbert Heathcote. He was elevated to the Peerage the following day - Baron Aveland. | |||
4 March 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
9 July 1852 | 448/562 | 79.72 | |
Whig | 240 | 53.57 | |
Conservative Party | 208 | 46.43 | |
Majority | 32 | 7.14 | |
May 1853 Petition - election declared void. | |||
23 May 1853 | 400/508 | 78.74 | |
Peelite | 216 | 54.00 | |
Conservative Party | 184 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 32 | 8.00 | |
Salford | |||
6 July 1852 | 2,950 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
7 January 1857 Death of Joseph Brotherton. | |||
2 February 1857 | 4,028 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Salisbury | |||
10 July 1852 | 508/680 | 74.71 | |
Whig | 381 | 75.00 | |
Peelite | 331 | 65.16 | |
Conservative Party | 173 | 34.06 | |
Conservative Party | 131 | 25.79 | |
Majority | 158 | 31.10 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
14 October 1853 Death of Charles Wall. | |||
15 November 1853 | |||
Whig | 255 | 74.34 | |
Conservative Party | 88 | 25.66 | |
Majority | 167 | 48.69 | |
Sandwich | |||
8 July 1852 | 960 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Scarborough | |||
7 July 1852 | 561/805 | 69.69 | |
Peelite | 422 | 75.22 | |
Whig | 387 | 68.98 | |
Conservative Party | 313 | 55.79 | |
Majority | 74 | 13.19 | |
December 1852 Resignation of the Rt Hon Earl of Mulgrave on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household. | |||
1 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Selkirkshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 497 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shaftesbury | |||
9 July 1852 | 509 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Sheffield | |||
7 July 1852 | 3,353/5,322 | 63.00 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,092 | 62.39 | |
Radical | 1,853 | 55.26 | |
Whig | 1,580 | 47.12 | |
Conservative Party | 1,180 | 35.19 | |
Majority | 273 | 8.14 | |
Shoreham | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,865 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shrewsbury | |||
7 July 1852 | 1,167/1,666 | 70.05 | |
Peelite | 1,159 | 99.31 | |
Conservative Party | 736 | 63.07 | |
Radical | 438 | 37.53 | |
Majority | 298 | 25.54 | |
Sligo | |||
15 July 1852 | 255/336 | 75.89 | |
Independent Irish | 147 | 57.65 | |
Whig | 108 | 42.35 | |
Majority | 39 | 15.29 | |
6 June 1853 Petition - Charles Towneley unseated. | |||
8 July 1853 | 292/351 | 83.19 | |
Whig | 150 | 51.37 | |
Whig | 142 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.74 | |
7 March 1854 Petition - dismissed. | |||
17 February 1856 Death of John Sadleir. | |||
8 March 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | 148 | 55.85 | |
Whig | 117 | 44.15 | |
Majority | 31 | 11.70 | |
21 May 1856 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Sligo County | |||
26 July 1852 | 1,313/2,105 | 62.38 | |
Conservative Party | 943 | 71.82 | |
Independent Irish | 870 | 66.26 | |
Conservative Party | 774 | 58.95 | |
Whig | 39 | 2.97 | |
Majority | 96 | 7.31 | |
South Shields | |||
7 July 1852 | 679/925 | 73.41 | |
Whig | 430 | 63.33 | |
Conservative Party | 249 | 36.67 | |
Majority | 181 | 26.66 | |
Southampton | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,822/2,419 | 75.32 | |
Whig | 1,062 | 58.29 | |
Whig | 1,017 | 55.82 | |
Conservative Party | 797 | 43.74 | |
Conservative Party | 767 | 42.10 | |
Majority | 220 | 12.07 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
28 December 1852 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
1853 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
7 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1854 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Recorder of Bristol. | |||
12 April 1854 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1857 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. | |||
11 February 1857 | 2,682/3,508 | 76.45 | |
Whig | 994 | 37.06 | |
Conservative Party | 962 | 35.87 | |
Radical | 726 | 27.07 | |
Majority | 32 | 1.19 | |
13 March 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Southern Cheshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 8,117 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 7,099 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Devon | |||
16 July 1852 | 9,569 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 January 1854 Death of Sir Ralph Lopes, bt. | |||
14 February 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Durham | |||
15 July 1852 | 5,616 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Essex | |||
19 July 1852 | 4,357/5,819 | 74.88 | |
Conservative Party | 2,651 | 60.84 | |
Conservative Party | 2,457 | 56.39 | |
Whig | 1,803 | 41.38 | |
Majority | 654 | 15.01 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
14 July 1852 | 5,694 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Lancashire | |||
14 July 1852 | 21,196 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
15 July 1852 | 5,131 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
19 July 1852 | 1,997/4,568 | 43.72 | |
Conservative Party | 1,833 | 91.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,833 | 91.79 | |
Whig | 164 | 8.21 | |
Majority | 1,669 | 83.58 | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
19 July 1852 | 4,302/5,369 | 80.13 | |
Whig | 2,306 | 53.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,132 | 49.56 | |
Whig | 2,033 | 47.26 | |
Majority | 99 | 2.30 | |
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 3,801 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
12 July 1852 | 3,571 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 January 1854 Death of Hon Robert Clive. Note that there does appear to be some confusion as other records have Hon Robert Clive resigning on 30 January 1854. | |||
8 February 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Staffordshire | |||
13 July 1852 | 10,116 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 August 1853 Resignation of Hon George Anson. | |||
15 August 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
22 November 1853 Succession of Viscount Lewisham to the Peerage - 5th Earl of Dartmouth. | |||
8 February 1854 | 7,097/9,933 | 71.45 | |
Whig | 4,328 | 60.98 | |
Conservative Party | 2,769 | 39.02 | |
Majority | 1,559 | 21.97 | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
17 July 1852 | 3,980 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 August 1853 Succession of Baron Brooke to the Peerage - 4th Earl of Warwick. | |||
3 December 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 1,964/3,256 | 60.32 | |
Peelite | 1,550 | 78.92 | |
Whig | 1,304 | 66.40 | |
Conservative Party | 1,074 | 54.68 | |
Majority | 230 | 11.71 | |
December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
11 January 1853 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
8 February 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
15 February 1855 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Southwark | |||
9 July 1852 | 5,369/9,458 | 56.77 | |
Radical | 3,941 | 73.40 | |
Radical | 3,887 | 72.40 | |
Radical | 2,909 | 54.18 | |
Majority | 978 | 18.22 | |
December 1852 Resignation of Sir William Molesworth, Bt on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings. | |||
1 January 1853 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
21 July 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Molesworth, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
27 July 1855 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
22 October 1855 Death of Rt Hon Sir William Molesworth, Bt. | |||
20 November 1855 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
8 July 1852 | 680 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
St Ives | |||
9 July 1852 | 492/578 | 85.12 | |
Peelite | 256 | 52.03 | |
Conservative Party | 218 | 44.31 | |
Radical | 18 | 3.66 | |
Majority | 38 | 7.72 | |
Stafford | |||
8 July 1852 | 901/1,246 | 72.31 | |
Whig | 801 | 88.90 | |
Whig | 501 | 55.60 | |
Conservative Party | 458 | 50.83 | |
Whig | 39 | 4.33 | |
Conservative Party | 1 | 0.11 | |
Majority | 43 | 4.77 | |
Stamford | |||
10 July 1852 | 566 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 August 1853 Resignation of Rt Hon John Herries. | |||
22 August 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
13 July 1852 | 842/1,097 | 76.75 | |
Radical | 431 | 51.19 | |
Whig | 411 | 48.81 | |
Majority | 20 | 2.38 | |
Stirlingshire | |||
15 July 1852 | 2,431 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1854 Death of William Forbes. | |||
5 March 1855 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stockport | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,223/1,341 | 91.20 | |
Radical | 725 | 59.28 | |
Radical | 622 | 50.86 | |
Conservative Party | 549 | 44.89 | |
Majority | 73 | 5.97 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,654/1,778 | 93.03 | |
Whig | 921 | 55.68 | |
Whig | 848 | 51.27 | |
Conservative Party | 769 | 46.49 | |
Majority | 79 | 4.78 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Stroud | |||
8 July 1852 | 949/1,328 | 71.46 | |
Whig | 565 | 59.54 | |
Whig | 528 | 55.64 | |
Conservative Party | 488 | 51.42 | |
Radical | 316 | 33.30 | |
Majority | 40 | 4.21 | |
2 June 1853 Succession of Baron Moreton to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Ducie. | |||
28 June 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1 March 1855 Resignation of Edward Horsman on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
6 March 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Sunderland | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,168/1,973 | 59.20 | |
Conservative Party | 868 | 74.32 | |
Radical | 814 | 69.69 | |
Whig | 654 | 55.99 | |
Majority | 160 | 13.70 | |
December 1854 Resignation of William Seymour on appointment as Recorder of Newcastle upon Tyne. | |||
2 January 1855 | |||
Whig | 956 | 59.68 | |
Radical | 646 | 40.32 | |
Majority | 310 | 19.35 | |
Sutherland | |||
16 July 1852 | 207 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,694 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
10 February 1855 Death of John Vivian. | |||
27 February 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tamworth | |||
6 July 1852 | 382 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
March 1855 Resignation of Sir Robert Peel, bt as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
14 March 1855 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
31 December 1855 Succession of John Townshend to the Peerage - 4th Marquess Townshend. | |||
7 February 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Taunton | |||
9 July 1852 | 575/790 | 72.78 | |
Whig | 430 | 74.78 | |
Conservative Party | 361 | 62.78 | |
Whig | 358 | 62.26 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.52 | |
1853 Petition - dismissed. | |||
18 April 1853 Petition - Arthur Mills unseated on petition. | |||
4 May 1853 | 739/886 | 83.41 | |
Whig | 372 | 50.34 | |
Conservative Party | 367 | 49.66 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.68 | |
21 November 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Labouchere on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
5 February 1856 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tavistock | |||
8 July 1852 | 247/349 | 70.77 | |
Whig | 220 | 89.07 | |
Radical | 169 | 68.42 | |
Peelite | 104 | 42.11 | |
Majority | 65 | 26.32 | |
21 February 1853 Petition - Samuel Carter was unseated due to disqualification. Robert Phillimore was duly declared elected. | |||
Tewkesbury | |||
8 July 1852 | 271/370 | 73.24 | |
Whig | 205 | 75.65 | |
Whig | 189 | 69.74 | |
Conservative Party | 147 | 54.24 | |
Majority | 42 | 15.50 | |
Thetford | |||
9 July 1852 | 200 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Thirsk | |||
7 July 1852 | 357 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tipperary County | |||
26 July 1852 | 3,911/6,760 | 57.86 | |
Independent Irish | 3,512 | 89.80 | |
Independent Irish | 3,467 | 88.65 | |
Conservative Party | 789 | 20.17 | |
Conservative Party | 53 | 1.36 | |
Majority | 2,678 | 136.95 | |
17 June 1856 James Sadleir absconds from the United Kingdom. | |||
18 July 1856 Charges of fraud, relating to the collapse of the Tipperary Bank, were brought against James Sadleir. | |||
16 February 1857 Expulsion of James Sadleir from the House. | |||
16 March 1857 | 5,868/8,964 | 65.46 | |
Independent Irish | 3,394 | 57.84 | |
Whig | 2,474 | 42.16 | |
Majority | 920 | 15.68 | |
Tiverton | |||
7 July 1852 | 461 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
28 December 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Palmerston on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department. | |||
3 January 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
6 February 1855 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Palmerston on appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. | |||
12 February 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Totnes | |||
8 July 1852 | 295/371 | 79.51 | |
Whig | 263 | 89.15 | |
Whig | 154 | 52.20 | |
Conservative Party | 141 | 47.80 | |
Majority | 13 | 4.41 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
15 August 1855 Succession of Baron Seymour to the Peerage - 12th Duke of Somerset. | |||
5 November 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tower Hamlets | |||
8 July 1852 | 11,951/23,534 | 50.78 | |
Radical | 7,728 | 64.66 | |
Radical | 7,718 | 64.58 | |
Radical | 4,568 | 38.22 | |
Radical | 2,792 | 23.36 | |
Chartist | 1,095 | 9.16 | |
Majority | 3,150 | 26.36 | |
Tralee | |||
15 July 1852 | 127/228 | 55.70 | |
Radical | 103 | 81.10 | |
Conservative Party | 24 | 18.90 | |
Conservative Party | |||
Majority | 79 | 62.20 | |
18 June 1853 Death of Maurice O'Connell. | |||
4 July 1853 | 160/315 | 50.79 | |
Whig | 150 | 93.75 | |
Independent Irish | 10 | 6.25 | |
Majority | 140 | 87.50 | |
Truro | |||
8 July 1852 | 507/607 | 83.53 | |
Whig | 267 | 52.66 | |
Conservative Party | 263 | 51.87 | |
Whig | 255 | 50.30 | |
Conservative Party | 229 | 45.17 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.58 | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
9 July 1852 | 668/883 | 75.65 | |
Conservative Party | 340 | 50.90 | |
Whig | 328 | 49.10 | |
Majority | 12 | 1.80 | |
15 April 1853 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended until 1854. | |||
30 March 1854 | 697/908 | 76.76 | |
Whig | 357 | 51.22 | |
Conservative Party | 340 | 48.78 | |
Majority | 17 | 2.44 | |
Tyrone County | |||
29 July 1852 | 4,228/5,692 | 74.28 | |
Conservative Party | 3,271 | 77.37 | |
Conservative Party | 3,221 | 76.18 | |
Whig | 982 | 23.23 | |
Majority | 2,239 | 52.96 | |
Wakefield | |||
9 July 1852 | 685/766 | 89.43 | |
Conservative Party | 359 | 52.41 | |
Whig | 326 | 47.59 | |
Majority | 33 | 4.82 | |
Wallingford | |||
7 July 1852 | 342/428 | 79.91 | |
Conservative Party | 174 | 50.88 | |
Whig | 168 | 49.12 | |
Majority | 6 | 1.75 | |
Walsall | |||
8 July 1852 | 1,026 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Wareham | |||
9 July 1852 | 418 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Warrington | |||
7 July 1852 | 701 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Warwick | |||
7 July 1852 | 693/723 | 95.85 | |
Conservative Party | 383 | 55.27 | |
Conservative Party | 348 | 50.22 | |
Whig | 327 | 47.19 | |
Majority | 21 | 3.03 | |
Waterford City | |||
15 July 1852 | 786/1,135 | 69.25 | |
Independent Irish | 463 | 58.91 | |
Independent Irish | 445 | 56.62 | |
Conservative Party | 355 | 45.17 | |
Whig | 309 | 39.31 | |
Majority | 90 | 22.90 | |
Waterford County | |||
26 July 1852 | 2,561/3,248 | 78.85 | |
Independent Irish | 1,404 | 54.82 | |
Independent Irish | 1,261 | 49.24 | |
Conservative Party | 1,228 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 33 | 1.29 | |
Wells | |||
9 July 1852 | 232/325 | 71.38 | |
Conservative Party | 187 | 80.60 | |
Whig | 175 | 75.43 | |
Radical | 101 | 43.53 | |
Majority | 74 | 31.90 | |
20 October 1855 Death of Robert Tudway. | |||
21 November 1855 | 267/380 | 70.26 | |
Conservative Party | 146 | 54.68 | |
Radical | 121 | 45.32 | |
Majority | 25 | 9.36 | |
Wenlock | |||
6 July 1852 | 905 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
17 July 1852 | 37,319 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westbury | |||
9 July 1852 | 283/314 | 90.13 | |
Whig | 145 | 51.24 | |
Conservative Party | 138 | 48.76 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.47 | |
Western Cornwall | |||
16 July 1852 | 4,649 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
18 April 1853 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
26 June 1853 Death of Edward Pendarves. | |||
Western Cumberland | |||
13 July 1852 | 4,144 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
14 July 1852 | 6,474/8,635 | 74.97 | |
Whig | 3,528 | 54.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,946 | 45.51 | |
Whig | 2,166 | 33.46 | |
Majority | 780 | 12.05 | |
Western Kent | |||
12 July 1852 | 5,872/9,379 | 62.61 | |
Conservative Party | 3,247 | 55.30 | |
Conservative Party | 3,193 | 54.38 | |
Whig | 2,652 | 45.16 | |
Majority | 541 | 9.21 | |
8 January 1857 Death of Sir Edmund Filmer, bt. | |||
16 February 1857 | 6,706/8,949 | 74.94 | |
Peelite | 3,557 | 53.04 | |
Conservative Party | 3,149 | 46.96 | |
Majority | 408 | 6.08 | |
Western Norfolk | |||
23 July 1852 | 5,255/7,827 | 67.14 | |
Conservative Party | 3,421 | 65.10 | |
Conservative Party | 3,143 | 59.81 | |
Whig | 1,973 | 37.55 | |
Majority | 1,170 | 22.26 | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Western Somerset | |||
13 July 1852 | 8,210 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Suffolk | |||
13 July 1852 | 4,379 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
13 July 1852 | 3,013/3,897 | 77.32 | |
Conservative Party | 1,646 | 54.63 | |
Conservative Party | 1,610 | 53.44 | |
Whig | 1,385 | 45.97 | |
Majority | 225 | 7.47 | |
Western Sussex | |||
16 July 1852 | 3,257 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 January 1854 Resignation of Richard Prime. | |||
13 February 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
12 July 1852 | 4,135 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
22 January 1853 Succession of Hon Henry Lygon to the Peerage - 4th Earl Beauchamp. | |||
28 February 1853 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmeath County | |||
22 July 1852 | 2,457/3,132 | 78.45 | |
Independent Irish | 1,647 | 67.03 | |
Independent Irish | 1,414 | 57.55 | |
Conservative Party | 926 | 37.69 | |
Majority | 488 | 19.86 | |
Westminster | |||
9 July 1852 | 6,522/14,883 | 43.82 | |
Whig | 4,199 | 64.38 | |
Radical | 3,756 | 57.59 | |
Conservative Party | 3,373 | 51.72 | |
Radical | 1,716 | 26.31 | |
Majority | 383 | 5.87 | |
Westmorland | |||
12 July 1852 | 4,062 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 March 1854 Death of William Thompson. | |||
31 March 1854 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford | |||
9 July 1852 | 375 | ||
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford County | |||
26 July 1852 | 4,032/5,917 | 68.14 | |
Independent Irish | 2,302 | 57.09 | |
Conservative Party | 1,556 | 38.59 | |
Whig | 1,545 | 38.32 | |
Whig | 1,412 | 35.02 | |
Peelite | 1,248 | 30.95 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.27 | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
10 July 1852 | 503/679 | 74.08 | |
Conservative Party | 386 | 76.74 | |
Whig | 336 | 66.80 | |
Peelite | 283 | 56.26 | |
Majority | 53 | 10.54 | |
Whitby | |||
10 July 1852 | 327/454 | 72.03 | |
Conservative Party | 218 | 66.67 | |
Whig | 109 | 33.33 | |
Majority | 109 | 33.33 | |
Whitehaven | |||
7 July 1852 | 512 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
26 July 1852 | 435/699 | 62.23 | |
Radical | 233 | 53.56 | |
Whig | 202 | 46.44 | |
Majority | 31 | 7.13 | |
Wicklow County | |||
17 July 1852 | 3,330 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wigan | |||
7 July 1852 | 523/718 | 72.84 | |
Whig | 366 | 69.98 | |
Conservative Party | 356 | 68.07 | |
Conservative Party | 324 | 61.95 | |
Majority | 32 | 6.12 | |
22 August 1854 Death of Ralph Thicknesse. | |||
3 October 1854 | 673/788 | 85.41 | |
Whig | 339 | 50.37 | |
Conservative Party | 334 | 49.63 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.74 | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
16 July 1852 | 279/400 | 69.75 | |
Whig | 140 | 50.18 | |
Conservative Party | 139 | 49.82 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.36 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Wigtownshire | |||
16 July 1852 | 1,272 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
23 January 1856 Resignation of Viscount Dalrymple. | |||
9 February 1856 | 1,357 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wilton | |||
8 July 1852 | 151/219 | 68.95 | |
Peelite | 125 | 82.78 | |
Conservative Party | 26 | 17.22 | |
Majority | 99 | 65.56 | |
1855 Resignation of Charles A'Court on appointment as a Special Commissioner of Property and Income Tax in Ireland. | |||
28 March 1855 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
9 July 1852 | 524/768 | 68.23 | |
Whig | 376 | 71.76 | |
Conservative Party | 369 | 70.42 | |
Independent Liberal | 288 | 54.96 | |
Majority | 81 | 15.46 | |
Windsor | |||
7 July 1852 | 391/712 | 54.92 | |
Conservative Party | 241 | 61.64 | |
Whig | 224 | 57.29 | |
Whig | 210 | 53.71 | |
Conservative Party | 107 | 27.37 | |
Majority | 14 | 3.58 | |
1852 Petition - dismissed. | |||
9 February 1855 Resignation of Lord Charles Wellesley. | |||
14 February 1855 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wolverhampton | |||
9 July 1852 | 3,587 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
30 December 1852 Resignation of Hon Charles Villiers on appointment as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
4 January 1853 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Woodstock | |||
8 July 1852 | 347 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Worcester | |||
9 July 1852 | 1,849/2,290 | 80.74 | |
Radical | 1,212 | 65.55 | |
Whig | 1,164 | 62.95 | |
Conservative Party | 661 | 35.75 | |
Majority | 503 | 27.20 | |
Wycombe | |||
8 July 1852 | 293/346 | 84.68 | |
Whig | 262 | 89.42 | |
Whig | 208 | 70.99 | |
Whig | 116 | 39.59 | |
Majority | 92 | 31.40 | |
York | |||
8 July 1852 | 2,294/4,133 | 55.50 | |
Conservative Party | 1,870 | 81.52 | |
Whig | 1,831 | 79.82 | |
Chartist | 886 | 38.62 | |
Majority | 945 | 41.19 | |
Youghal | |||
15 July 1852 | 220/261 | 84.29 | |
Conservative Party | 111 | 50.45 | |
Whig | 109 | 49.55 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.91 |