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LIB | 363 |
CON | 290 |
Ind LIB | 3 |
LIB/CON | 2 |
Speaker | 1 |
Aberdeen | |||
15 July 1865 | 3,996 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Aberdeenshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 4,384 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 May 1866 Resignation of William Leslie. | |||
15 May 1866 | 3,258/4,447 | 73.26 | |
Liberal Party | 2,175 | 66.76 | |
Conservative Party | 1,083 | 33.24 | |
Majority | 1,092 | 33.52 | |
Abingdon | |||
13 July 1865 | 253/304 | 83.22 | |
Conservative Party | 137 | 54.15 | |
Liberal Party | 116 | 45.85 | |
Majority | 21 | 8.30 | |
1 August 1866 Resignation of Hon Charles Lindsay on appointment as a Groom in Waiting. | |||
6 August 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Andover | |||
11 July 1865 | 255 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 February 1867 Resignation of William Humphery. | |||
11 February 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 July 1867 Resignation of Sir John Karslake on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
22 July 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Anglesea | |||
17 July 1865 | 2,352 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Antrim County | |||
22 July 1865 | 10,921 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 July 1866 Resignation of George Seymour on appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty,. | |||
17 July 1866 | 10,921 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Argyll | |||
19 July 1865 | 1,914 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 February 1868 Resignation of Alexander Finlay. | |||
3 March 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh City | |||
17 July 1865 | 353/409 | 86.31 | |
Conservative Party | 184 | 52.12 | |
Liberal Party | 169 | 47.88 | |
Majority | 15 | 4.25 | |
1867 Resignation of Stearne Miller on appointment as a Judge in Bankruptcy. | |||
30 January 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh County | |||
19 July 1865 | 5,721 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Arundel | |||
11 July 1865 | 174 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ashburton | |||
12 July 1865 | 350 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
11 July 1865 | 967 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Athlone | |||
15 July 1865 | 188/246 | 76.42 | |
Liberal Party | 107 | 56.91 | |
Liberal Party | 60 | 31.91 | |
Conservative Party | 21 | 11.17 | |
Majority | 47 | 25.00 | |
Aylesbury | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,225 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
18 July 1865 | 1,068/1,340 | 79.70 | |
Liberal Party | 567 | 53.09 | |
Liberal Party | 501 | 46.91 | |
Majority | 66 | 6.18 | |
Ayrshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 4,642 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Banbury | |||
12 July 1865 | 531/614 | 86.48 | |
Liberal Party | 206 | 38.79 | |
Conservative Party | 165 | 31.07 | |
Independent Liberal | 160 | 30.13 | |
Majority | 41 | 7.72 | |
28 April 1866 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Bandon | |||
15 July 1865 | 217/231 | 93.94 | |
Conservative Party | 111 | 51.15 | |
Liberal Party | 106 | 48.85 | |
Majority | 5 | 2.30 | |
Banffshire | |||
15 July 1865 | 1,062 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Barnstaple | |||
12 July 1865 | 630/715 | 88.11 | |
Conservative Party | 364 | 57.78 | |
Liberal Party | 331 | 52.54 | |
Conservative Party | 302 | 47.94 | |
Liberal Party | 262 | 41.59 | |
Majority | 29 | 4.60 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bath | |||
11 July 1865 | 2,960 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1865 | 558 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
12 July 1865 | 936/1,106 | 84.63 | |
Liberal Party | 574 | 61.32 | |
Conservative Party | 476 | 50.85 | |
Liberal Party | 345 | 36.86 | |
Majority | 131 | 14.00 | |
Bedfordshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 4,845 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Belfast | |||
15 July 1865 | 2,766/3,415 | 81.00 | |
Conservative Party | 1,822 | 65.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,728 | 62.47 | |
Liberal Party | 991 | 35.83 | |
Majority | 737 | 26.64 | |
1866 Resignation of Sir Hugh Cairns on appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery. | |||
10 July 1866 Resignation of Sir Hugh Cairns on appointment as Attorney-General for England. | |||
13 July 1866 | 3,615 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
22 November 1866 | 1,276/3,615 | 35.30 | |
Conservative Party | 1,263 | 98.98 | |
Conservative Party | 13 | 1.02 | |
Majority | 1,250 | 97.96 | |
Berkshire | |||
22 July 1865 | 3,914/5,066 | 77.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,227 | 56.90 | |
Conservative Party | 2,192 | 56.00 | |
Conservative Party | 2,117 | 54.09 | |
Liberal Party | 1,813 | 46.32 | |
Liberal Party | 1,809 | 46.22 | |
Liberal Party | 1,583 | 40.44 | |
Majority | 304 | 7.77 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
12 July 1865 | 663/731 | 90.70 | |
Liberal Party | 396 | 59.73 | |
Liberal Party | 367 | 55.35 | |
Conservative Party | 295 | 44.49 | |
Conservative Party | 268 | 40.42 | |
Majority | 72 | 10.86 | |
Berwickshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 1,247 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Beverley | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,158/1,239 | 93.46 | |
Conservative Party | 689 | 59.50 | |
Conservative Party | 637 | 55.01 | |
Liberal Party | 495 | 42.75 | |
Majority | 142 | 12.26 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bewdley | |||
11 July 1865 | 356 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Birkenhead | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,181/4,563 | 69.71 | |
Conservative Party | 2,108 | 66.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,073 | 33.73 | |
Majority | 1,035 | 32.54 | |
Birmingham | |||
12 July 1865 | 14,997 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 July 1867 Death of William Scholefield. | |||
23 July 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | 5,819 | 58.00 | |
Conservative Party | 4,214 | 42.00 | |
Majority | 1,605 | 16.00 | |
Blackburn | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,656/1,894 | 87.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,053 | 63.59 | |
Conservative Party | 938 | 56.64 | |
Liberal Party | 744 | 44.93 | |
Liberal Party | 577 | 34.84 | |
Majority | 194 | 11.71 | |
Bodmin | |||
12 July 1865 | 365/397 | 91.94 | |
Liberal Party | 263 | 72.05 | |
Liberal Party | 238 | 65.21 | |
Conservative Party | 114 | 31.23 | |
Majority | 124 | 33.97 | |
Bolton | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,796/2,186 | 82.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,022 | 56.90 | |
Liberal Party | 979 | 54.51 | |
Liberal Party | 864 | 48.11 | |
Conservative Party | 727 | 40.48 | |
Majority | 115 | 6.40 | |
Boston | |||
13 July 1865 | 782/1,090 | 71.74 | |
Conservative Party | 646 | 82.61 | |
Liberal Party | 465 | 59.46 | |
Liberal Party | 453 | 57.93 | |
Majority | 12 | 1.53 | |
21 March 1866 Petition - Thomas Parry unseated and Meaburn Staniland declared elected. | |||
8 March 1867 Resignation of Meaburn Staniland. | |||
16 March 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bradford | |||
11 July 1865 | 5,189 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 September 1867 Death of Henry Wickham. | |||
16 October 1867 | 4,017/5,189 | 77.41 | |
Liberal Party | 2,210 | 55.02 | |
Liberal Party | 1,807 | 44.98 | |
Majority | 403 | 10.03 | |
Brecknockshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 2,409 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brecon | |||
11 July 1865 | 281 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 September 1865 Death of John Watkins. | |||
27 February 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 August 1866 Succession of the Earl of Brecknock to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Camden. | |||
3 October 1866 | 230/281 | 81.85 | |
Conservative Party | 128 | 55.65 | |
Conservative Party | 102 | 44.35 | |
Majority | 26 | 11.30 | |
Bridgnorth | |||
12 July 1865 | 583/614 | 94.95 | |
Conservative Party | 299 | 51.29 | |
Liberal Party | 289 | 49.57 | |
Conservative Party | 288 | 49.40 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.17 | |
22 March 1866 Petition - Sir John Dalberg-Acton, Bt unseated and Henry Whitmore declared elected. | |||
12 July 1866 Resignation of Henry Whitmore on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
21 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgwater | |||
12 July 1865 | 575/644 | 89.29 | |
Conservative Party | 328 | 57.04 | |
Liberal Party | 257 | 44.70 | |
Liberal Party | 237 | 41.22 | |
Majority | 20 | 3.48 | |
25 April 1866 Petition - Henry Westropp unseated. | |||
7 June 1866 | 594/644 | 92.24 | |
Conservative Party | 301 | 50.67 | |
Liberal Party | 293 | 49.33 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.35 | |
July 1866 Resignation of George Patton as Lord Advocate. | |||
12 July 1866 | 587/644 | 91.15 | |
Liberal Party | 312 | 53.15 | |
Conservative Party | 275 | 46.85 | |
Majority | 37 | 6.30 | |
Bridport | |||
11 July 1865 | 472 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brighton | |||
12 July 1865 | 4,999/5,978 | 83.62 | |
Liberal Party | 3,065 | 61.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,665 | 53.31 | |
Conservative Party | 2,134 | 42.69 | |
Majority | 531 | 10.62 | |
Bristol | |||
12 July 1865 | 9,531/11,303 | 84.32 | |
Liberal Party | 5,296 | 55.57 | |
Liberal Party | 5,228 | 54.85 | |
Liberal Party | 4,269 | 44.79 | |
Majority | 959 | 10.06 | |
22 April 1868 Resignation of Sir Samuel Peto, Bt. | |||
30 April 1868 | 10,150/11,303 | 89.80 | |
Conservative Party | 5,173 | 50.97 | |
Liberal Party | 4,977 | 49.03 | |
Majority | 196 | 1.93 | |
25 June 1868 Petition - John Miles unseated. | |||
Buckingham | |||
12 July 1865 | 391 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
13 July 1865 | 6,126 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
13 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bury | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,167/1,352 | 86.32 | |
Liberal Party | 595 | 50.99 | |
Liberal Party | 572 | 49.01 | |
Majority | 23 | 1.97 | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
13 July 1865 | 582/676 | 86.09 | |
Liberal Party | 331 | 56.87 | |
Liberal Party | 300 | 51.55 | |
Liberal/Conservative | 266 | 45.70 | |
Majority | 34 | 5.84 | |
Bute | |||
20 July 1865 | 395/513 | 77.00 | |
Liberal Party | 203 | 51.39 | |
Conservative Party | 192 | 48.61 | |
Majority | 11 | 2.78 | |
Caithness | |||
17 July 1865 | 512 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Calne | |||
12 July 1865 | 174 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridge | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,487/1,769 | 84.06 | |
Conservative Party | 762 | 51.24 | |
Conservative Party | 760 | 51.11 | |
Liberal Party | 726 | 48.82 | |
Liberal Party | 725 | 48.76 | |
Majority | 34 | 2.29 | |
16 April 1866 Petition - William Forsyth was unseated on the grounds that he was legal adviser to the Council of India. | |||
24 April 1866 | 1,529/1,769 | 86.43 | |
Conservative Party | 774 | 50.62 | |
Liberal Party | 755 | 49.38 | |
Majority | 19 | 1.24 | |
Cambridge University | |||
11 July 1865 | 5,184 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department. | |||
11 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1867 Resignation of Sir Charles Selwyn on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
22 July 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1868 Resignation of Sir Charles Selwyn on appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal. | |||
24 February 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,931 | 57.97 | |
Conservative Party | 1,400 | 42.03 | |
Majority | 531 | 15.94 | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 7,060 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1866 Resignation of Viscount Royston on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
17 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,381/1,603 | 86.15 | |
Conservative Party | 767 | 55.54 | |
Conservative Party | 737 | 53.37 | |
Liberal Party | 643 | 46.56 | |
Liberal Party | 614 | 44.46 | |
Majority | 94 | 6.81 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,072 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1865 | 685 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiganshire | |||
20 July 1865 | 2,659/3,520 | 75.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,510 | 56.79 | |
Liberal Party | 1,149 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 361 | 13.58 | |
Carlisle | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,211/1,304 | 92.87 | |
Conservative Party | 616 | 50.87 | |
Liberal Party | 604 | 49.88 | |
Liberal Party | 586 | 48.39 | |
Majority | 18 | 1.49 | |
Carlow | |||
15 July 1865 | 233/255 | 91.37 | |
Liberal Party | 126 | 54.08 | |
Conservative Party | 107 | 45.92 | |
Majority | 19 | 8.15 | |
Carlow County | |||
17 July 1865 | 2,449 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
11 July 1865 | 884 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 4,833 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,070 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
13 July 1865 | 2,190 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 August 1866 Elevation of Hon Edward Douglas-Pennant to the Peerage - Baron Penryhn. | |||
14 August 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carrickfergus | |||
17 July 1865 | 783/1,125 | 69.60 | |
Conservative Party | 498 | 63.60 | |
Liberal Party | 285 | 36.40 | |
Majority | 213 | 27.20 | |
Cashel | |||
17 July 1865 | 135/146 | 92.47 | |
Liberal Party | 86 | 63.70 | |
Liberal Party | 49 | 36.30 | |
Majority | 37 | 27.41 | |
Cavan County | |||
17 July 1865 | 6,304 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chatham | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,690/2,104 | 80.32 | |
Liberal Party | 986 | 58.34 | |
Conservative Party | 704 | 41.66 | |
Majority | 282 | 16.69 | |
Cheltenham | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,286/2,793 | 81.85 | |
Conservative Party | 1,157 | 50.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,129 | 49.39 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.22 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Chester | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,621/2,274 | 71.28 | |
Liberal Party | 1,284 | 79.21 | |
Liberal Party | 860 | 53.05 | |
Conservative Party | 565 | 34.86 | |
Conservative Party | 533 | 32.88 | |
Majority | 295 | 18.20 | |
Chichester | |||
11 July 1865 | 562 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chippenham | |||
12 July 1865 | 377/392 | 96.17 | |
Conservative Party | 208 | 55.17 | |
Conservative Party | 201 | 53.32 | |
Liberal Party | 172 | 45.62 | |
Majority | 29 | 7.69 | |
Christchurch | |||
12 July 1865 | 354/419 | 84.49 | |
Conservative Party | 211 | 59.60 | |
Liberal Party | 143 | 40.40 | |
Majority | 68 | 19.21 | |
Cirencester | |||
12 July 1865 | 431/464 | 92.89 | |
Conservative Party | 296 | 68.68 | |
Conservative Party | 222 | 51.51 | |
Liberal Party | 172 | 39.91 | |
Majority | 50 | 11.60 | |
City of London | |||
11 July 1865 | 10,529/15,534 | 67.78 | |
Liberal Party | 7,102 | 67.45 | |
Liberal Party | 7,086 | 67.30 | |
Liberal Party | 6,637 | 63.04 | |
Liberal Party | 6,525 | 61.97 | |
Conservative Party | 4,197 | 39.86 | |
Conservative Party | 4,088 | 38.83 | |
Majority | 2,328 | 22.11 | |
26 January 1866 Resignation of George Goschen on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
26 February 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,162 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clare County | |||
18 July 1865 | 5,465 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clitheroe | |||
11 July 1865 | 438 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 July 1868 Death of Richard Fort. | |||
13 July 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clonmel | |||
14 July 1865 | 350 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cockermouth | |||
11 July 1865 | 336 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Naas on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
11 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 August 1867 Rt Hon Baron Naas succeeds to the Irish Peerage - 6th Earl of Mayo. | |||
1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Earl of Mayo on appointment as Governor-General of India. | |||
27 April 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | 171 | 54.29 | |
Liberal Party | 144 | 45.71 | |
Majority | 27 | 8.57 | |
Colchester | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,292/1,405 | 91.96 | |
Liberal Party | 691 | 53.48 | |
Conservative Party | 640 | 49.54 | |
Conservative Party | 561 | 43.42 | |
Majority | 79 | 6.11 | |
5 February 1867 Resignation of Taverner Miller. | |||
15 February 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | 675 | 53.02 | |
Liberal Party | 598 | 46.98 | |
Majority | 77 | 6.05 | |
Coleraine | |||
14 July 1865 | 259 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cork City | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,143 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cork County | |||
29 July 1865 | 8,425/15,572 | 54.10 | |
Liberal Party | 7,593 | 90.12 | |
Conservative Party | 6,958 | 82.59 | |
Liberal Party | 2,298 | 27.28 | |
Majority | 4,660 | 55.31 | |
31 January 1867 Death of George Barry. | |||
23 February 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Coventry | |||
12 July 1865 | 4,746/4,967 | 95.55 | |
Conservative Party | 2,489 | 52.44 | |
Conservative Party | 2,401 | 50.59 | |
Liberal Party | 2,342 | 49.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,259 | 47.60 | |
Majority | 59 | 1.24 | |
11 July 1867 Death of Morgan Treherne. | |||
23 July 1867 | 4,552/4,967 | 91.64 | |
Liberal Party | 2,429 | 53.36 | |
Conservative Party | 2,123 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 306 | 6.72 | |
18 March 1868 Petition - Henry Jackson unseated. | |||
26 March 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | 2,415 | 53.09 | |
Conservative Party | 2,134 | 46.91 | |
Majority | 281 | 6.18 | |
Cricklade | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,701/2,029 | 83.83 | |
Conservative Party | 978 | 57.50 | |
Conservative Party | 879 | 51.68 | |
Liberal Party | 772 | 45.39 | |
Majority | 107 | 6.29 | |
Dartmouth | |||
11 July 1865 | 282 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
11 July 1865 | 903 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Denbighshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 5,333 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Derby | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,277/2,450 | 92.94 | |
Conservative Party | 1,096 | 48.13 | |
Liberal Party | 1,063 | 46.68 | |
Liberal Party | 691 | 30.35 | |
Liberal Party | 608 | 26.70 | |
Majority | 372 | 16.34 | |
Devizes | |||
12 July 1865 | 181/359 | 50.42 | |
Conservative Party | 181 | 100.00 | |
Conservative Party | 152 | 83.98 | |
Liberal Party | |||
Majority | 152 | 83.98 | |
Devonport | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,560/2,820 | 90.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,307 | 51.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,290 | 50.39 | |
Liberal Party | 1,279 | 49.96 | |
Liberal Party | 1,243 | 48.55 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.43 | |
1866 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
9 May 1866 Petition - election declared void. | |||
22 May 1866 | 2,488/2,820 | 88.23 | |
Liberal Party | 1,275 | 51.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,269 | 51.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,216 | 48.88 | |
Conservative Party | 1,215 | 48.84 | |
Majority | 53 | 4.26 | |
Donegal County | |||
21 July 1865 | 4,685 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorchester | |||
12 July 1865 | 313/432 | 72.45 | |
Conservative Party | 268 | 85.62 | |
Liberal Party | 255 | 81.47 | |
Conservative Party | 103 | 32.91 | |
Majority | 152 | 48.56 | |
Dorset | |||
14 July 1865 | 6,203 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dover | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,917/2,318 | 82.70 | |
Conservative Party | 1,026 | 53.52 | |
Conservative Party | 1,012 | 52.79 | |
Liberal Party | 903 | 47.10 | |
Liberal Party | 892 | 46.53 | |
Majority | 109 | 5.69 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Down County | |||
18 July 1865 | 11,435 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Downpatrick | |||
13 July 1865 | 230 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 July 1867 Resignation of David Ker. | |||
5 August 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Drogheda | |||
17 July 1865 | 375/581 | 64.54 | |
Liberal Party | 291 | 77.60 | |
Liberal Party | 84 | 22.40 | |
Majority | 207 | 55.20 | |
Droitwich | |||
12 July 1865 | 400 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Pakington, Bt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
11 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 March 1867 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Pakington, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
13 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin City | |||
17 July 1865 | 9,059/10,666 | 84.93 | |
Conservative Party | 4,739 | 52.31 | |
Liberal Party | 4,653 | 51.36 | |
Conservative Party | 4,073 | 44.96 | |
Majority | 580 | 6.40 | |
19 May 1868 Death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, Bt. | |||
1 June 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin County | |||
24 July 1865 | 3,738/4,744 | 78.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,100 | 56.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,083 | 55.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,646 | 44.03 | |
Majority | 437 | 11.69 | |
Dublin University | |||
19 July 1865 | 1,399/1,700 | 82.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,210 | 86.49 | |
Conservative Party | 1,045 | 74.70 | |
Liberal Party | 542 | 38.74 | |
Majority | 503 | 35.95 | |
1866 Resignation of Rt Hon James Whiteside on appointment as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. | |||
30 July 1866 | 1,700 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1867 Resignation of Rt Hon John Walsh on appointment as Master of the Rolls in Ireland. | |||
1867 Resignation of Hedges Chatterton on appointment as Attorney General of Ireland. | |||
1867 Resignation of Hedges Chatterton on appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Ireland. | |||
12 February 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 August 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
13 July 1865 | 801/1,358 | 58.98 | |
Liberal Party | 526 | 65.67 | |
Conservative Party | 275 | 34.33 | |
Majority | 251 | 31.34 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
15 July 1865 | 924/1,124 | 82.21 | |
Liberal Party | 540 | 58.44 | |
Independent Liberal | 384 | 41.56 | |
Majority | 156 | 16.88 | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 2,097 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
20 July 1865 | 1,148/1,597 | 71.88 | |
Conservative Party | 574 | 100.00 | |
Liberal Party | 574 | 100.00 | |
Given that the vote was tied, the Returning Office made a double return. | |||
13 March 1866 Petition - seat was awarded to Patrick Smollett. | |||
Dundalk | |||
14 July 1865 | 287 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dundee | |||
13 July 1865 | 3,039 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dungannon | |||
14 July 1865 | 174 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dungarvan | |||
15 July 1865 | 206/257 | 80.16 | |
Liberal Party | 112 | 54.37 | |
Conservative Party | 94 | 45.63 | |
Majority | 18 | 8.74 | |
Durham | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,056 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon John Mowbray on appointment as Judge Advocate General. | |||
11 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Retford | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,489 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 7,400 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
18 July 1865 | 5,781 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
18 July 1865 | 5,455 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
18 July 1865 | 7,515 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
20 July 1865 | 6,259/8,250 | 75.87 | |
Conservative Party | 3,208 | 51.25 | |
Liberal Party | 3,195 | 51.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,919 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 276 | 4.41 | |
17 April 1868 Elevation of Sir Brook Bridges, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Fitzwalter. | |||
2 May 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | 3,606 | 53.70 | |
Liberal Party | 3,109 | 46.30 | |
Majority | 497 | 7.40 | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
20 July 1865 | 5,115/7,939 | 64.43 | |
Conservative Party | 3,100 | 60.61 | |
Conservative Party | 2,985 | 58.36 | |
Liberal Party | 2,150 | 42.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,994 | 38.98 | |
Majority | 835 | 16.32 | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
18 July 1865 | 11,867 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
17 July 1865 | 6,769 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1866 Resignation of Sir Fitzroy Kelly on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of the Exchequer. | |||
13 July 1866 Elevation of Baron Henniker to the UK Peerage - Baron Hartismere. | |||
25 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 February 1867 Resignation of Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt. | |||
20 February 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | 2,489 | 54.00 | |
Liberal Party | 2,120 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 369 | 8.01 | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
20 July 1865 | 6,739/9,913 | 67.98 | |
Liberal Party | 3,495 | 51.86 | |
Liberal Party | 3,424 | 50.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,333 | 49.46 | |
Conservative Party | 3,226 | 47.87 | |
Majority | 91 | 1.35 | |
Eastern Sussex | |||
19 July 1865 | 5,124/6,670 | 76.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,821 | 55.05 | |
Liberal Party | 2,647 | 51.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,463 | 48.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,316 | 45.20 | |
Majority | 184 | 3.59 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
14 July 1865 | 6,875 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 May 1868 Succession of Hon Frederick Gough-Calthorpe to the Peerage - 5th Baron Calthorpe. | |||
1 June 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | 2,688 | 52.53 | |
Conservative Party | 2,429 | 47.47 | |
Majority | 259 | 5.06 | |
Edinburgh | |||
13 July 1865 | 8,011/10,343 | 77.45 | |
Liberal Party | 4,354 | 54.35 | |
Liberal Party | 4,148 | 51.78 | |
Liberal Party | 3,797 | 47.40 | |
Liberal Party | 3,723 | 46.47 | |
Majority | 351 | 4.38 | |
Edinburghshire | |||
15 July 1865 | 1,656 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,059 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 863 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ennis | |||
15 July 1865 | 133/189 | 70.37 | |
Liberal Party | 97 | 72.93 | |
Liberal Party | 36 | 27.07 | |
Majority | 61 | 45.86 | |
Enniskillen | |||
15 July 1865 | 227/264 | 85.98 | |
Conservative Party | 117 | 51.54 | |
Liberal Party | 107 | 47.14 | |
Conservative Party | 3 | 1.32 | |
Majority | 10 | 4.41 | |
Evesham | |||
12 July 1865 | 204/337 | 60.53 | |
Conservative Party | 175 | 85.78 | |
Liberal Party | 124 | 60.78 | |
Liberal Party | 29 | 14.22 | |
Majority | 95 | 46.57 | |
Exeter | |||
11 July 1865 | 3,088 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eye | |||
11 July 1865 | 339 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 July 1866 Resignation of Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt in order to contest Eastern Suffolk. | |||
27 November 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
15 July 1865 | 1,102/1,510 | 72.98 | |
Liberal Party | 683 | 61.98 | |
Conservative Party | 419 | 38.02 | |
Majority | 264 | 23.96 | |
Fermanagh County | |||
18 July 1865 | 4,861 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Fife | |||
14 July 1865 | 2,725 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Finsbury | |||
13 July 1865 | 11,794/25,461 | 46.32 | |
Liberal Party | 8,480 | 71.90 | |
Liberal Party | 7,959 | 67.48 | |
Liberal Party | 5,100 | 43.24 | |
Conservative Party | 866 | 7.34 | |
Independent Liberal | 316 | 2.68 | |
Majority | 2,859 | 24.24 | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1865 | 689 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Flintshire | |||
15 July 1865 | 2,998 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Forfarshire | |||
16 July 1865 | 2,108 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
18 July 1865 | 389/414 | 93.96 | |
Liberal Party | 206 | 52.96 | |
Conservative Party | 183 | 47.04 | |
Majority | 23 | 5.91 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Galway | |||
17 July 1865 | 1,080/1,182 | 91.37 | |
Liberal/Conservative | 885 | 81.94 | |
Liberal Party | 672 | 62.22 | |
Conservative Party | 291 | 26.94 | |
Independent Liberal | 22 | 2.04 | |
Majority | 381 | 35.28 | |
August 1866 Resignation of Michael Morris on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | |||
2 August 1866 | |||
Liberal/Conservative | 773 | 81.89 | |
Liberal Party | 171 | 18.11 | |
Majority | 602 | 63.77 | |
1 November 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Michael Morris on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland. | |||
12 February 1867 | |||
Liberal/Conservative | Unopposed |   | |
March 1867 Resignation of Rt Hon Michael Morris on appointment as a Judge of the Common Pleas, Ireland. | |||
1 April 1867 | |||
Liberal/Conservative | Unopposed |   | |
Galway County | |||
18 July 1865 | 5,516 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 August 1867 Death of Baron Dunkellin. | |||
12 September 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Gateshead | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,165 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Glamorganshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 6,759 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Glasgow | |||
13 July 1865 | 10,358/16,819 | 61.59 | |
Liberal Party | 8,171 | 78.89 | |
Liberal Party | 6,713 | 64.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5,832 | 56.30 | |
Majority | 881 | 8.51 | |
Gloucester | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,540/1,715 | 89.80 | |
Liberal Party | 854 | 55.45 | |
Liberal Party | 774 | 50.26 | |
Conservative Party | 726 | 47.14 | |
Majority | 48 | 3.12 | |
Grantham | |||
12 July 1865 | 733/755 | 97.09 | |
Conservative Party | 432 | 58.94 | |
Conservative Party | 404 | 55.12 | |
Liberal Party | 315 | 42.97 | |
Majority | 89 | 12.14 | |
14 April 1868 Resignation of William Earle Welby in order to contest South Lincolnshire. | |||
27 April 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | 374 | 57.27 | |
Liberal Party | 279 | 42.73 | |
Majority | 95 | 14.55 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,056/1,273 | 82.95 | |
Liberal Party | 571 | 54.07 | |
Conservative Party | 485 | 45.93 | |
Majority | 86 | 8.14 | |
Great Marlow | |||
11 July 1865 | 349 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Great Yarmouth | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,418/1,645 | 86.20 | |
Conservative Party | 828 | 58.39 | |
Conservative Party | 784 | 55.29 | |
Liberal Party | 634 | 44.71 | |
Liberal Party | 589 | 41.54 | |
Majority | 150 | 10.58 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
11 November 1868 As the result of a Royal Commission finding proof of extensive bribery, the borough was disenfranchised. | |||
Greenock | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,871 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Greenwich | |||
11 July 1865 | 6,518/9,805 | 66.48 | |
Liberal Party | 4,499 | 69.02 | |
Liberal Party | 3,691 | 56.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,328 | 35.72 | |
Liberal Party | 190 | 2.92 | |
Conservative Party | 116 | 1.78 | |
Majority | 1,363 | 20.91 | |
Guildford | |||
12 July 1865 | 599/667 | 89.81 | |
Liberal Party | 333 | 55.59 | |
Conservative Party | 318 | 53.09 | |
Liberal Party | 228 | 38.06 | |
Majority | 90 | 15.03 | |
1866 Resignation of William Bovill on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
1866 Resignation of Sir William Bovill on appointment as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. | |||
11 July 1866 | 327/667 | 49.03 | |
Conservative Party | 316 | 96.64 | |
Liberal Party | 11 | 3.36 | |
Majority | 305 | 93.27 | |
17 December 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | 339 | 52.97 | |
Liberal Party | 301 | 47.03 | |
Majority | 38 | 5.94 | |
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
14 July 1865 | 698 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 444/666 | 66.67 | |
Conservative Party | 285 | 64.19 | |
Liberal Party | 159 | 35.81 | |
Majority | 126 | 28.38 | |
Halifax | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,771 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Harwich | |||
12 July 1865 | 299/386 | 77.46 | |
Conservative Party | 209 | 69.90 | |
Conservative Party | 194 | 64.88 | |
Liberal Party | 117 | 39.13 | |
Liberal Party | 77 | 25.75 | |
Majority | 77 | 25.75 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Hastings | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,401/1,871 | 74.88 | |
Liberal Party | 746 | 53.25 | |
Conservative Party | 737 | 52.61 | |
Liberal Party | 728 | 51.96 | |
Conservative Party | 591 | 42.18 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.64 | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
12 July 1865 | 536/669 | 80.12 | |
Conservative Party | 314 | 58.58 | |
Liberal Party | 222 | 41.42 | |
Majority | 92 | 17.16 | |
Helston | |||
12 July 1865 | 298/348 | 85.63 | |
Liberal Party | 154 | 51.68 | |
Conservative Party | 144 | 48.32 | |
Majority | 10 | 3.36 | |
16 April 1866 Petition - Adolphus Young unseated. | |||
1 May 1866 | 307/348 | 88.22 | |
Liberal Party | 154 | 50.16 | |
Conservative Party | 153 | 49.84 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.33 | |
Robert Campbell was returned on the mayor's casting vote - the mayor was the father of Campbell's election agent. | |||
5 July 1866 Petition - Robert Campbell unseated and William Brett declared elected. The Committee decided that the Returning Officer (who had already voted for Campbell) was not entitled to a casting vote. | |||
1868 Resignation of William Brett on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
1868 Resignation of Sir William Brett on appointment as a judge. | |||
19 February 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
August 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hereford | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,001/1,215 | 82.39 | |
Conservative Party | 510 | 50.95 | |
Liberal Party | 499 | 49.85 | |
Liberal Party | 483 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.60 | |
September 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
1868 Resignation of Richard Baggallay on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
Herefordshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 7,179 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertford | |||
11 July 1865 | 543 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 June 1866 Death of Sir Minto Townshend-Farquhar. | |||
30 June 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertfordshire | |||
24 July 1865 | 5,007/6,228 | 80.39 | |
Liberal Party | 2,537 | 50.67 | |
Conservative Party | 2,485 | 49.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,478 | 49.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,447 | 48.87 | |
Majority | 31 | 0.62 | |
14 July 1866 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Lytton. | |||
23 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Honiton | |||
12 July 1865 | 200/267 | 74.91 | |
Liberal Party | 171 | 85.50 | |
Conservative Party | 140 | 70.00 | |
Liberal Party | 88 | 44.00 | |
Majority | 52 | 26.00 | |
18 March 1866 Death of David Goldsmid. | |||
28 March 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Horsham | |||
12 July 1865 | 323/400 | 80.75 | |
Liberal Party | 164 | 50.77 | |
Conservative Party | 159 | 49.23 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.55 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Huddersfield | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,806/2,138 | 84.47 | |
Liberal Party | 1,019 | 56.42 | |
Liberal Party | 787 | 43.58 | |
Majority | 232 | 12.85 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
8 March 1868 Death of Thomas Crosland. | |||
20 March 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | 1,111 | 58.47 | |
Conservative Party | 789 | 41.53 | |
Majority | 322 | 16.95 | |
Huntingdon | |||
12 July 1865 | 383 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Jonathan Peel on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
11 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 2,999 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 March 1867 Resignation of Lord Robert Montagu on appointment as Vice President of the Council for Education. | |||
25 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hythe | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,291 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
17 July 1865 | 1,022 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness-shire | |||
22 July 1865 | 633/878 | 72.10 | |
Conservative Party | 336 | 53.08 | |
Liberal Party | 297 | 46.92 | |
Majority | 39 | 6.16 | |
Ipswich | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,790/2,118 | 84.51 | |
Liberal Party | 992 | 55.42 | |
Conservative Party | 910 | 50.84 | |
Liberal Party | 904 | 50.50 | |
Conservative Party | 774 | 43.24 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.34 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
22 July 1865 | |||
Liberal Party | 786 | 52.54 | |
Conservative Party | 710 | 47.46 | |
Majority | 76 | 5.08 | |
Kendal | |||
11 July 1865 | 439 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kerry County | |||
17 July 1865 | 5,415 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 February 1866 Death of Rt Hon Henry Herbert. | |||
16 March 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kidderminster | |||
12 July 1865 | 555/612 | 90.69 | |
Conservative Party | 285 | 51.35 | |
Liberal Party | 270 | 48.65 | |
Majority | 15 | 2.70 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Kildare County | |||
19 July 1865 | 3,055 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1866 Resignation of Lord Otho Fitzgerald on appointment as Treasurer of the Household. | |||
22 May 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny City | |||
13 July 1865 | 574 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny County | |||
24 July 1865 | 3,247/5,151 | 63.04 | |
Liberal Party | 2,913 | 89.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,728 | 84.02 | |
Liberal Party | 852 | 26.24 | |
Majority | 1,876 | 57.78 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,645 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kincardineshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 778/987 | 78.82 | |
Liberal Party | 490 | 62.98 | |
Conservative Party | 288 | 37.02 | |
Majority | 202 | 25.96 | |
King's County | |||
24 July 1865 | 2,957/3,380 | 87.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,182 | 73.79 | |
Liberal Party | 1,246 | 42.14 | |
Conservative Party | 1,240 | 41.93 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.20 | |
King's Lynn | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,185/852 | 139.08 | |
Conservative Party | 445 | 75.11 | |
Liberal Party | 401 | 67.68 | |
Conservative Party | 339 | 57.22 | |
Majority | 62 | 5.23 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
6 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Stanley on appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. | |||
11 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
13 July 1865 | 4,207/5,566 | 75.58 | |
Liberal Party | 2,583 | 61.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,547 | 60.54 | |
Conservative Party | 1,910 | 45.40 | |
Conservative Party | 1,374 | 32.66 | |
Majority | 637 | 15.14 | |
Kinsale | |||
15 July 1865 | 118/145 | 81.38 | |
Liberal/Conservative | 62 | 52.54 | |
Liberal Party | 56 | 47.46 | |
Majority | 6 | 5.08 | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
13 July 1865 | 816 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,353 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 December 1867 Death of James Mackie. | |||
30 January 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Knaresborough | |||
13 July 1865 | 267/272 | 98.16 | |
Conservative Party | 156 | 76.85 | |
Liberal Party | 127 | 62.56 | |
Conservative Party | 123 | 60.59 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.50 | |
Lambeth | |||
11 July 1865 | 11,584/27,754 | 41.74 | |
Liberal Party | 6,373 | 71.17 | |
Liberal Party | 6,280 | 70.13 | |
Liberal Party | 4,743 | 52.96 | |
Conservative Party | 514 | 5.74 | |
Majority | 1,537 | 13.27 | |
Lanarkshire | |||
15 July 1865 | 5,183 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lancaster | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,365/1,465 | 93.17 | |
Liberal Party | 713 | 52.23 | |
Liberal Party | 687 | 50.33 | |
Conservative Party | 665 | 48.72 | |
Majority | 22 | 1.61 | |
23 April 1866 Petition - election declared void. | |||
11 November 1868 As the result of a Royal Commission finding proof of extensive bribery, the borough was disenfranchised. | |||
Launceston | |||
11 July 1865 | 371 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 April 1868 Resignation of Alexander Campbell. | |||
9 April 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds | |||
13 July 1865 | 6,197/7,217 | 85.87 | |
Conservative Party | 3,223 | 70.29 | |
Liberal Party | 3,045 | 66.41 | |
Liberal Party | 2,902 | 63.29 | |
Majority | 143 | 2.31 | |
Leicester | |||
12 July 1865 | 4,192/4,762 | 88.03 | |
Liberal Party | 2,295 | 54.75 | |
Liberal Party | 2,199 | 52.46 | |
Conservative Party | 1,945 | 46.40 | |
Majority | 254 | 6.06 | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
11 July 1865 | 2,672 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leitrim County | |||
24 July 1865 | 2,335/2,389 | 97.74 | |
Conservative Party | 1,374 | 84.17 | |
Liberal Party | 1,000 | 61.26 | |
Liberal Party | 891 | 54.58 | |
Majority | 109 | 4.67 | |
Leominster | |||
12 July 1865 | 348/367 | 94.82 | |
Conservative Party | 214 | 61.49 | |
Conservative Party | 208 | 59.77 | |
Liberal Party | 137 | 39.37 | |
Majority | 71 | 20.40 | |
1866 Gathorne Hardy elects to sit for Oxford University. | |||
26 February 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 April 1868 Resignation of Arthur Walsh in order to contest Radnorshire. | |||
27 April 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lewes | |||
13 July 1865 | 587/676 | 86.83 | |
Liberal Party | 325 | 55.37 | |
Liberal Party | 324 | 55.20 | |
Conservative Party | 292 | 49.74 | |
Conservative Party | 232 | 39.52 | |
Majority | 32 | 5.45 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Lichfield | |||
12 July 1865 | 513/564 | 90.96 | |
Liberal Party | 302 | 58.87 | |
Conservative Party | 257 | 50.10 | |
Liberal Party | 209 | 40.74 | |
Majority | 48 | 9.36 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Limerick City | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,579/2,005 | 78.75 | |
Liberal Party | 1,002 | 63.46 | |
Liberal Party | 836 | 52.94 | |
Conservative Party | 658 | 41.67 | |
Conservative Party | 4 | 0.25 | |
Majority | 178 | 11.27 | |
Limerick County | |||
19 July 1865 | 6,318 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon William Monsell on appointment as Vice President of the Council for Trade. | |||
1 March 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lincoln | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,639/1,713 | 95.68 | |
Liberal Party | 878 | 53.57 | |
Liberal Party | 870 | 53.08 | |
Conservative Party | 765 | 46.67 | |
Majority | 105 | 6.41 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Linlithgowshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 813 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lisburn | |||
18 July 1865 | 203/313 | 64.86 | |
Conservative Party | 134 | 66.01 | |
Liberal Party | 69 | 33.99 | |
Majority | 65 | 32.02 | |
Liskeard | |||
12 July 1865 | 434 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liverpool | |||
15 July 1865 | 14,843/20,618 | 71.99 | |
Conservative Party | 7,866 | 52.99 | |
Conservative Party | 7,500 | 50.53 | |
Liberal Party | 7,160 | 48.24 | |
Majority | 340 | 2.29 | |
Londonderry City | |||
17 July 1865 | 730/876 | 83.33 | |
Conservative Party | 379 | 51.92 | |
Liberal Party | 351 | 48.08 | |
Majority | 28 | 3.84 | |
Londonderry County | |||
17 July 1865 | 5,512 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Longford County | |||
17 July 1865 | 2,767 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Louth County | |||
24 July 1865 | 625/2,441 | 25.60 | |
Liberal Party | 623 | 99.68 | |
Liberal Party | 609 | 97.44 | |
Conservative Party | 8 | 1.28 | |
Conservative Party | 6 | 0.96 | |
Majority | 601 | 96.16 | |
7 December 1865 Resignation of Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
22 March 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ludlow | |||
12 July 1865 | 360/400 | 90.00 | |
Conservative Party | 236 | 65.56 | |
Conservative Party | 209 | 58.06 | |
Liberal Party | 137 | 38.06 | |
Majority | 72 | 20.00 | |
Lyme Regis | |||
12 July 1865 | 223/250 | 89.20 | |
Conservative Party | 116 | 52.02 | |
Liberal Party | 107 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 9 | 4.04 | |
Lymington | |||
12 July 1865 | 197/347 | 56.77 | |
Liberal Party | 192 | 97.46 | |
Conservative Party | 174 | 88.32 | |
Liberal Party | 25 | 12.69 | |
Majority | 149 | 75.63 | |
Macclesfield | |||
12 July 1865 | 916/943 | 97.14 | |
Conservative Party | 471 | 51.42 | |
Liberal Party | 469 | 51.20 | |
Liberal Party | 421 | 45.96 | |
Majority | 48 | 5.24 | |
Maidstone | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,688/1,817 | 92.90 | |
Liberal Party | 869 | 51.48 | |
Liberal Party | 867 | 51.36 | |
Conservative Party | 838 | 49.64 | |
Conservative Party | 801 | 47.45 | |
Majority | 29 | 1.72 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Maldon | |||
12 July 1865 | 835/859 | 97.21 | |
Conservative Party | 461 | 55.21 | |
Conservative Party | 420 | 50.30 | |
Liberal Party | 394 | 47.19 | |
Majority | 26 | 3.11 | |
Mallow | |||
13 July 1865 | 171 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Malmesbury | |||
12 July 1865 | 293/329 | 89.06 | |
Liberal Party | 157 | 53.58 | |
Conservative Party | 136 | 46.42 | |
Majority | 21 | 7.17 | |
Malton | |||
11 July 1865 | 600 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Manchester | |||
14 July 1865 | 12,206/21,542 | 56.66 | |
Liberal Party | 7,909 | 64.80 | |
Liberal Party | 6,698 | 54.87 | |
Liberal Party | 5,562 | 45.57 | |
Liberal Party | 4,242 | 34.75 | |
Majority | 1,136 | 9.31 | |
3 November 1867 Death of Edward James. | |||
27 November 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | 8,160 | 53.60 | |
Conservative Party | 6,420 | 42.17 | |
Liberal Party | 643 | 4.22 | |
Majority | 1,740 | 11.43 | |
Marlborough | |||
11 July 1865 | 275 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Marylebone | |||
11 July 1865 | 8,884/23,588 | 37.66 | |
Liberal Party | 7,159 | 80.58 | |
Liberal Party | 6,488 | 73.03 | |
Liberal Party | 4,121 | 46.39 | |
Majority | 2,367 | 26.64 | |
Mayo County | |||
19 July 1865 | 3,679 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Meath County | |||
22 July 1865 | 4,155 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merionethshire | |||
24 July 1865 | 1,189/1,527 | 77.87 | |
Conservative Party | 610 | 51.30 | |
Liberal Party | 579 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 31 | 2.61 | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,387 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Middlesex | |||
13 July 1865 | 14,847 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 March 1867 Death of Robert Hanbury. | |||
15 April 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Midhurst | |||
13 July 1865 | 309 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monaghan County | |||
24 July 1865 | 4,782/5,350 | 89.38 | |
Conservative Party | 2,551 | 53.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,397 | 50.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,211 | 46.24 | |
Liberal Party | 3 | 0.06 | |
Majority | 186 | 3.89 | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
11 July 1865 | 2,087 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monmouthshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 4,909 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
14 July 1865 | 809/965 | 83.83 | |
Liberal Party | 437 | 54.02 | |
Conservative Party | 372 | 45.98 | |
Majority | 65 | 8.03 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
13 July 1865 | 3,339 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
14 July 1865 | 1,806 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Morpeth | |||
12 July 1865 | 448 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
11 July 1865 | 443 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
New Ross | |||
12 July 1865 | 191 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
11 July 1865 | 710 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,739/6,630 | 56.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,941 | 78.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,477 | 66.25 | |
Liberal Party | 2,060 | 55.09 | |
Majority | 417 | 11.15 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
12 July 1865 | 590/1,077 | 54.78 | |
Liberal Party | 520 | 88.14 | |
Conservative Party | 494 | 83.73 | |
Liberal Party | 166 | 28.14 | |
Majority | 328 | 55.59 | |
Newport | |||
12 July 1865 | 578/643 | 89.89 | |
Liberal Party | 309 | 53.46 | |
Conservative Party | 307 | 53.11 | |
Conservative Party | 230 | 39.79 | |
Majority | 77 | 13.32 | |
Newry | |||
12 July 1865 | 503/539 | 93.32 | |
Conservative Party | 267 | 53.08 | |
Liberal Party | 236 | 46.92 | |
Majority | 31 | 6.16 | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 12,711/15,438 | 82.34 | |
Liberal Party | 6,585 | 51.81 | |
Conservative Party | 6,362 | 50.05 | |
Conservative Party | 5,889 | 46.33 | |
Majority | 473 | 3.72 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
11 February 1867 Succession of Hon William Duncombe to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Feversham. | |||
4 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northallerton | |||
13 July 1865 | 429/442 | 97.06 | |
Conservative Party | 239 | 55.71 | |
Liberal Party | 190 | 44.29 | |
Majority | 49 | 11.42 | |
30 April 1866 Petition - Charles Mills unseated. | |||
11 May 1866 | 425/442 | 96.15 | |
Conservative Party | 224 | 52.71 | |
Liberal Party | 201 | 47.29 | |
Majority | 23 | 5.41 | |
Northampton | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,249/2,620 | 85.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,269 | 56.43 | |
Liberal Party | 1,250 | 55.58 | |
Conservative Party | 1,029 | 45.75 | |
Conservative Party | 950 | 42.24 | |
Majority | 221 | 9.83 | |
Northern Cheshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 6,026 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 5,055 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Devon | |||
15 July 1865 | 8,746 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 April 1866 Succession of Hon Charles Trefusis to the Peerage - 20th Baron Clinton. | |||
9 May 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 July 1866 Resignation of Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt on appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
14 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 March 1867 Resignation of Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for India. | |||
18 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Durham | |||
22 July 1865 | 4,999/6,042 | 82.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,888 | 57.77 | |
Liberal Party | 2,689 | 53.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,210 | 44.21 | |
Majority | 479 | 9.58 | |
Northern Essex | |||
24 July 1865 | 3,912/4,904 | 79.77 | |
Conservative Party | 2,081 | 53.20 | |
Liberal Party | 1,931 | 49.36 | |
Conservative Party | 1,881 | 48.08 | |
Majority | 50 | 1.28 | |
13 July 1866 Resignation of Charles du Cane on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
16 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
24 July 1865 | 3,277/4,185 | 78.30 | |
Conservative Party | 1,844 | 56.27 | |
Conservative Party | 1,724 | 52.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,493 | 45.56 | |
Majority | 231 | 7.05 | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
14 July 1865 | 13,006 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 February 1866 Resignation of Marquess of Hartington on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
28 February 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 June 1867 Resignation of John Wilson Patten on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
1 July 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
27 July 1865 | 3,679/4,767 | 77.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,305 | 62.65 | |
Conservative Party | 1,854 | 50.39 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,599 | 43.46 | |
Majority | 255 | 6.93 | |
6 July 1866 Resignation of Lord John Manners on appointment as First Commissioner of Works. | |||
14 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 4,016 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1866 Resignation of Baron Burghley on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household. | |||
14 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 January 1867 Succession of Baron Burghley to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Exeter. | |||
13 February 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 February 1868 Resignation of George Hunt on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
7 March 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
19 July 1865 | 3,109 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 4,065 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Speaker of the House of Commons | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
13 July 1865 | 5,315 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 August 1866 Resignation of Hon Charles Cust. | |||
17 August 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 February 1867 Succession of Hon Adelbert Cust to the Peerage - 3rd Earl Brownlow. | |||
14 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 8,863/10,703 | 82.81 | |
Liberal Party | 4,628 | 52.22 | |
Conservative Party | 4,416 | 49.83 | |
Conservative Party | 4,053 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 363 | 4.10 | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
22 July 1865 | 5,424/6,710 | 80.83 | |
Conservative Party | 3,159 | 58.24 | |
Conservative Party | 2,873 | 52.97 | |
Liberal Party | 2,408 | 44.40 | |
Majority | 465 | 8.57 | |
Northern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
15 July 1865 | 22,792 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 3,793/5,146 | 73.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,151 | 56.71 | |
Conservative Party | 1,911 | 50.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,373 | 36.20 | |
Majority | 538 | 14.18 | |
Norwich | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,256/4,817 | 67.59 | |
Liberal Party | 1,845 | 56.66 | |
Liberal Party | 1,838 | 56.45 | |
Conservative Party | 1,466 | 45.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,363 | 41.86 | |
Majority | 372 | 11.43 | |
Nottingham | |||
12 July 1865 | 4,657/5,934 | 78.48 | |
Liberal Party | 2,393 | 51.39 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,352 | 50.50 | |
Liberal Party | 2,327 | 49.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,242 | 48.14 | |
Majority | 25 | 0.54 | |
20 April 1866 Petition - Samuel Morley and Sir Robert Clifton, Bt unseated. | |||
11 May 1866 | |||
Independent Liberal | 2,518 | 51.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,494 | 51.24 | |
Conservative Party | 2,411 | 49.54 | |
Liberal Party | 2,307 | 47.40 | |
Independent Liberal | 3 | 0.06 | |
Majority | 83 | 1.71 | |
Oldham | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,924/2,285 | 171.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,104 | 56.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,075 | 54.79 | |
Liberal Party | 899 | 45.82 | |
Conservative Party | 846 | 43.12 | |
Majority | 176 | 4.49 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
21 July 1865 | 685 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford | |||
11 July 1865 | 2,594 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford University | |||
18 July 1865 | 3,432/3,755 | 91.40 | |
Conservative Party | 3,236 | 94.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,904 | 55.48 | |
Liberal Party | 1,724 | 50.23 | |
Majority | 180 | 5.24 | |
July 1866 Resignation of Gathorne Hardy on appointment as a President of the Poor Law Board. | |||
12 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 May 1867 Resignation of Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy on appointment as Home Secretary. | |||
20 May 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxfordshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 5,798 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paisley | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,361 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 9,260 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 April 1868 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir John Trollope, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Kesteven. | |||
29 April 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 12,372 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peeblesshire | |||
16 July 1865 | 499 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1866 Resignation of Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
24 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
14 July 1865 | 972/1,433 | 67.83 | |
Liberal Party | 668 | 68.72 | |
Conservative Party | 304 | 31.28 | |
Majority | 364 | 37.45 | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
17 July 1865 | 3,797 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 October 1866 Death of George Lort Phillips. | |||
26 November 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
12 July 1865 | 837 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Liberal | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1866 Succession of Hon Thomas Baring to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Northbrook. | |||
15 October 1866 | 689/837 | 82.32 | |
Liberal Party | 376 | 54.57 | |
Conservative Party | 313 | 45.43 | |
Majority | 63 | 9.14 | |
Perth | |||
11 July 1865 | 982 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Perthshire | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,448 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peterborough | |||
12 July 1865 | 482/641 | 75.20 | |
Liberal Party | 340 | 70.54 | |
Liberal Party | 320 | 66.39 | |
Liberal Party | 303 | 62.86 | |
Majority | 17 | 3.53 | |
Petersfield | |||
11 July 1865 | 296 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 July 1866 Elevation of Sir William Joliffe, bt to the Peerage - Baron Hylton of Hylton. | |||
23 July 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Plymouth | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,406/2,944 | 81.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,299 | 53.99 | |
Liberal Party | 1,218 | 50.62 | |
Conservative Party | 1,147 | 47.67 | |
Majority | 71 | 2.95 | |
Pontefract | |||
13 July 1865 | 654/699 | 93.56 | |
Liberal Party | 359 | 54.89 | |
Conservative Party | 330 | 50.46 | |
Liberal Party | 288 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 42 | 6.42 | |
Poole | |||
12 July 1865 | 431/521 | 82.73 | |
Liberal Party | 258 | 59.86 | |
Liberal Party | 248 | 57.54 | |
Conservative Party | 178 | 41.30 | |
Majority | 70 | 16.24 | |
Portarlington | |||
15 July 1865 | 81/106 | 76.42 | |
Liberal Party | 46 | 56.79 | |
Conservative Party | 35 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 11 | 13.58 | |
Portsmouth | |||
13 July 1865 | 3,752/4,670 | 80.34 | |
Liberal Party | 2,164 | 57.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,103 | 56.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,447 | 38.57 | |
Conservative Party | 1,386 | 36.94 | |
Majority | 656 | 17.48 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Preston | |||
11 July 1865 | 2,562 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Queen's County | |||
22 July 1865 | 3,016/3,438 | 87.73 | |
Conservative Party | 1,800 | 59.68 | |
Liberal Party | 1,515 | 50.23 | |
Liberal Party | 916 | 30.37 | |
Majority | 599 | 19.86 | |
Radnorshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 1,597 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 April 1868 Elevation of Sir John Walsh, bt to the Peerage - Baron Ormathwaite. | |||
28 April 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Reading | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,165/1,769 | 65.86 | |
Liberal Party | 727 | 62.40 | |
Liberal Party | 714 | 61.29 | |
Conservative Party | 444 | 38.11 | |
Majority | 270 | 23.18 | |
May 1866 Resignation of George Shaw-Lefevre on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
5 May 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Reigate | |||
12 July 1865 | 760/920 | 82.61 | |
Liberal Party | 473 | 62.24 | |
Liberal Party | 276 | 36.32 | |
Conservative Party | 11 | 1.45 | |
Majority | 197 | 25.92 | |
16 April 1866 Petition - election declared void. | |||
11 November 1868 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament. | |||
Renfrewshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 1,774/2,276 | 77.94 | |
Liberal Party | 938 | 52.87 | |
Conservative Party | 836 | 47.13 | |
Majority | 102 | 5.75 | |
Richmond | |||
11 July 1865 | 316 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 February 1866 Death of Hon John Dundas. | |||
6 March 1866 | 226/316 | 71.52 | |
Liberal Party | 213 | 94.25 | |
Liberal Party | 13 | 5.75 | |
Majority | 200 | 88.50 | |
Ripon | |||
12 July 1865 | 289/348 | 83.05 | |
Liberal Party | 215 | 74.39 | |
Liberal Party | 189 | 65.40 | |
Liberal Party | 173 | 59.86 | |
Majority | 16 | 5.54 | |
21 February 1866 Resignation of Sir Charles Wood, Bt. He was then immediately elevated to the Peerage - Viscount Halifax. | |||
26 February 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1866 Resignation of Lord John Hay on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. | |||
28 March 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rochdale | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,358 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rochester | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,238/1,458 | 84.91 | |
Liberal Party | 855 | 69.06 | |
Liberal Party | 792 | 63.97 | |
Conservative Party | 414 | 33.44 | |
Majority | 378 | 30.53 | |
Roscommon County | |||
15 July 1865 | 3,650 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
15 July 1865 | 933 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Roxburghshire | |||
15 July 1865 | 1,639 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rutlandshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 1,774 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1866 Resignation of Hon Gerard Noel on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
14 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 September 1867 Succession of Hon Gilbert Heathcote to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Aveland. | |||
23 November 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
12 July 1865 | 352/373 | 94.37 | |
Liberal Party | 180 | 51.14 | |
Conservative Party | 172 | 48.86 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.27 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Salford | |||
11 July 1865 | 5,397 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Salisbury | |||
13 July 1865 | 592/691 | 85.67 | |
Liberal Party | 367 | 61.99 | |
Liberal Party | 312 | 52.70 | |
Conservative Party | 252 | 42.57 | |
Majority | 60 | 10.14 | |
Sandwich | |||
13 July 1865 | 899/1,054 | 85.29 | |
Liberal Party | 494 | 54.95 | |
Liberal Party | 477 | 53.06 | |
Conservative Party | 413 | 45.94 | |
Majority | 64 | 7.12 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
28 April 1866 Resignation of Lord Clarence Paget. | |||
8 May 1866 | 924/1,054 | 87.67 | |
Conservative Party | 466 | 50.43 | |
Liberal Party | 458 | 49.57 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.87 | |
Scarborough | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,244/1,351 | 92.08 | |
Liberal Party | 932 | 74.92 | |
Liberal Party | 674 | 54.18 | |
Conservative Party | 441 | 35.45 | |
Majority | 233 | 18.73 | |
Selkirkshire | |||
21 July 1865 | 423/502 | 84.26 | |
Conservative Party | 227 | 53.66 | |
Liberal Party | 196 | 46.34 | |
Majority | 31 | 7.33 | |
Shaftesbury | |||
11 July 1865 | 461 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sheffield | |||
12 July 1865 | 5,480/8,557 | 64.04 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,410 | 62.23 | |
Liberal Party | 3,348 | 61.09 | |
Conservative Party | 2,626 | 47.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,576 | 28.76 | |
Majority | 722 | 13.18 | |
Shoreham | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,524/1,978 | 77.05 | |
Conservative Party | 972 | 63.78 | |
Conservative Party | 891 | 58.46 | |
Liberal Party | 592 | 38.85 | |
Majority | 299 | 19.62 | |
10 July 1866 Resignation of Stephen Cave on appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Trade. | |||
14 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shrewsbury | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,533 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sligo | |||
15 July 1865 | 321/379 | 84.70 | |
Liberal Party | 166 | 51.71 | |
Conservative Party | 155 | 48.29 | |
Majority | 11 | 3.43 | |
Sligo County | |||
17 July 1865 | 3,181 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
South Shields | |||
11 July 1865 | 1,113 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southampton | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,175/4,189 | 75.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,565 | 49.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,527 | 48.09 | |
Conservative Party | 1,422 | 44.79 | |
Liberal Party | 1,388 | 43.72 | |
Liberal Party | 447 | 14.08 | |
Majority | 105 | 3.31 | |
Southern Cheshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 6,826 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 7,390/7,976 | 92.65 | |
Liberal Party | 3,891 | 52.65 | |
Liberal Party | 3,650 | 49.39 | |
Conservative Party | 3,619 | 48.97 | |
Majority | 31 | 0.42 | |
Southern Devon | |||
14 July 1865 | 9,592 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Durham | |||
24 July 1865 | 6,374/7,263 | 87.76 | |
Liberal Party | 3,401 | 53.36 | |
Conservative Party | 3,211 | 50.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,925 | 45.89 | |
Majority | 286 | 4.49 | |
Southern Essex | |||
22 July 1865 | 5,146/7,338 | 70.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,817 | 54.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,710 | 52.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,382 | 46.29 | |
Majority | 328 | 6.37 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 5,677 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Lancashire | |||
22 July 1865 | 16,865/21,555 | 78.24 | |
Conservative Party | 9,171 | 54.38 | |
Conservative Party | 8,806 | 52.21 | |
Liberal Party | 8,786 | 52.10 | |
Conservative Party | 8,476 | 50.26 | |
Liberal Party | 7,703 | 45.67 | |
Liberal Party | 7,653 | 45.38 | |
Majority | 310 | 1.84 | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
19 July 1865 | 6,283 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 October 1867 Death of Charles Packe. | |||
30 November 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | 2,302 | 50.43 | |
Conservative Party | 2,263 | 49.57 | |
Majority | 39 | 0.85 | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
20 July 1865 | 4,203/5,293 | 79.41 | |
Conservative Party | 2,206 | 52.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,092 | 49.77 | |
Liberal Party | 2,054 | 48.87 | |
Majority | 38 | 0.90 | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
18 July 1865 | 5,511 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
13 July 1865 | 3,427 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 June 1866 Succession of Baron Stanhope to the Peerage - 7th Earl of Chesterfield. | |||
18 June 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
15 July 1865 | 3,348/4,170 | 80.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,819 | 54.33 | |
Conservative Party | 1,669 | 49.85 | |
Conservative Party | 1,388 | 41.46 | |
Majority | 281 | 8.39 | |
1867 Resignation of Hon Percy Herbert on appointment as Treasurer of H M Household. | |||
8 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Staffordshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 10,841 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
24 July 1865 | 2,872/3,517 | 81.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,585 | 55.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,517 | 52.82 | |
Liberal Party | 1,321 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 196 | 6.82 | |
Southern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
18 July 1865 | 13,968/17,903 | 78.02 | |
Liberal Party | 7,258 | 51.96 | |
Liberal Party | 6,975 | 49.94 | |
Conservative Party | 6,884 | 49.28 | |
Conservative Party | 6,819 | 48.82 | |
Majority | 91 | 0.65 | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
14 July 1865 | 2,850/3,343 | 85.25 | |
Conservative Party | 1,576 | 55.30 | |
Liberal Party | 1,427 | 50.07 | |
Conservative Party | 1,270 | 44.56 | |
Majority | 157 | 5.51 | |
Southwark | |||
12 July 1865 | 11,631 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
12 July 1865 | 839 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
St Ives | |||
13 July 1865 | 410/486 | 84.36 | |
Conservative Party | 233 | 56.83 | |
Liberal Party | 177 | 43.17 | |
Majority | 56 | 13.66 | |
Stafford | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,174/1,540 | 76.23 | |
Liberal Party | 1,091 | 92.93 | |
Conservative Party | 658 | 56.05 | |
Liberal Party | 598 | 50.94 | |
Majority | 60 | 5.11 | |
Stamford | |||
11 July 1865 | 512 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 May 1866 Resignation of Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt in order to contest Northern Devon. | |||
8 May 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
July 1866 Resignation of Sir John Hay, Bt on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. | |||
6 July 1866 Resignation of Viscount Cranborne on appointment as Secretary of State for India. | |||
12 July 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 April 1868 Succession of Viscount Cranborne to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. | |||
4 May 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 June 1868 Succession of Viscount Ingestre to the Peerage - 19th Earl of Shrewsbury. | |||
24 June 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,262 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
22 April 1868 Resignation of Laurence Oliphant. | |||
30 April 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | 565 | 53.35 | |
Liberal Party | 494 | 46.65 | |
Majority | 71 | 6.70 | |
Stirlingshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 1,418/1,943 | 72.98 | |
Liberal Party | 726 | 51.20 | |
Conservative Party | 692 | 48.80 | |
Majority | 34 | 2.40 | |
Stockport | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,301/1,348 | 96.51 | |
Liberal Party | 736 | 56.57 | |
Liberal Party | 664 | 51.04 | |
Conservative Party | 601 | 46.20 | |
Majority | 63 | 4.84 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,788/3,189 | 87.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,463 | 52.47 | |
Liberal Party | 1,373 | 49.25 | |
Liberal Party | 1,277 | 45.80 | |
Majority | 96 | 3.44 | |
12 February 1868 Resignation of Alexander Beresford-Hope in order to contest Cambridge University. | |||
20 February 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | 1,489 | 51.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,420 | 48.81 | |
Majority | 69 | 2.37 | |
Stroud | |||
12 July 1865 | 973/1,356 | 71.76 | |
Liberal Party | 687 | 82.82 | |
Liberal Party | 685 | 82.58 | |
Liberal Party | 287 | 34.60 | |
Majority | 398 | 40.90 | |
12 August 1867 Resignation of George Scrope. | |||
20 August 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | 580 | 53.31 | |
Conservative Party | 508 | 46.69 | |
Majority | 72 | 6.62 | |
Sunderland | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,922/3,468 | 84.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,826 | 62.49 | |
Conservative Party | 1,355 | 46.37 | |
Liberal Party | 1,307 | 44.73 | |
Majority | 48 | 1.64 | |
23 January 1866 Resignation of Henry Fenwick on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
28 February 1866 | 2,724/3,468 | 78.55 | |
Liberal Party | 1,430 | 52.50 | |
Liberal Party | 1,294 | 47.50 | |
Majority | 136 | 4.99 | |
Sutherland | |||
19 July 1865 | 180 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 May 1867 Resignation of Sir David Dundas. | |||
27 May 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,967 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tamworth | |||
13 July 1865 | 455/532 | 85.53 | |
Liberal Party | 416 | 91.43 | |
Liberal Party | 287 | 63.08 | |
Conservative Party | 103 | 22.64 | |
Majority | 184 | 40.44 | |
Taunton | |||
12 July 1865 | 750/839 | 89.39 | |
Liberal Party | 478 | 63.73 | |
Liberal Party | 470 | 62.67 | |
Conservative Party | 292 | 38.93 | |
Conservative Party | 260 | 34.67 | |
Majority | 178 | 23.73 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Tavistock | |||
12 July 1865 | 411/426 | 96.48 | |
Liberal Party | 330 | 80.29 | |
Liberal Party | 179 | 43.55 | |
Liberal Party | 119 | 28.95 | |
Conservative Party | 93 | 22.63 | |
Liberal Party | 8 | 1.95 | |
Majority | 60 | 14.60 | |
Tewkesbury | |||
12 July 1865 | 264/325 | 81.23 | |
Conservative Party | 195 | 73.86 | |
Conservative Party | 182 | 68.94 | |
Liberal Party | 150 | 56.82 | |
Majority | 32 | 12.12 | |
1 March 1866 Resignation of William Dowdeswell in order to contest Western Worcestershire. | |||
20 March 1866 | 298/325 | 91.69 | |
Conservative Party | 151 | 50.67 | |
Liberal Party | 147 | 49.33 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.34 | |
Thetford | |||
12 July 1865 | 200/224 | 89.29 | |
Conservative Party | 193 | 96.50 | |
Liberal Party | 137 | 68.50 | |
Liberal Party | 69 | 34.50 | |
Majority | 68 | 34.00 | |
25 November 1867 Resignation of Hon Alexander Baring. | |||
2 December 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Thirsk | |||
11 July 1865 | 380 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tipperary County | |||
24 July 1865 | 6,314/8,996 | 70.19 | |
Liberal Party | 2,722 | 86.22 | |
Liberal Party | 2,662 | 84.32 | |
Independent Liberal | 930 | 29.46 | |
Majority | 1,732 | 54.86 | |
15 September 1866 Death of John Dillon. | |||
22 October 1866 | 6,284/8,996 | 69.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3,419 | 54.41 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,865 | 45.59 | |
Majority | 554 | 8.82 | |
Tiverton | |||
13 July 1865 | 349/465 | 75.05 | |
Liberal Party | 261 | 74.79 | |
Conservative Party | 220 | 63.04 | |
Liberal Party | 217 | 62.18 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.86 | |
18 October 1865 Death of Rt Hon Viscount Palmerston. | |||
1866 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
28 February 1866 | 418/465 | 89.89 | |
Liberal Party | 232 | 55.50 | |
Conservative Party | 186 | 44.50 | |
Majority | 46 | 11.00 | |
Totnes | |||
12 July 1865 | 362/382 | 94.76 | |
Liberal Party | 210 | 58.01 | |
Liberal Party | 204 | 56.35 | |
Conservative Party | 162 | 44.75 | |
Conservative Party | 147 | 40.61 | |
Majority | 42 | 11.60 | |
22 March 1866 Petition - election of John Pinder declared void. Petition - (against Alfred Seymour) dismissed. | |||
11 November 1868 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament. | |||
Tower Hamlets | |||
10 July 1865 | 34,115 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tralee | |||
13 July 1865 | 238 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Truro | |||
11 July 1865 | 567 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
12 July 1865 | 932/1,271 | 73.33 | |
Liberal Party | 494 | 53.00 | |
Conservative Party | 438 | 47.00 | |
Majority | 56 | 6.01 | |
Tyrone County | |||
18 July 1865 | 8,421 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 June 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Lowry Corry on appointment as Vice-President of the Council for Education. | |||
10 July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Claude Hamilton on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household. | |||
18 July 1866 | 8,421 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 July 1866 | 8,421 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 March 1867 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Lowry Corry on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
21 March 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wakefield | |||
12 July 1865 | 964/1,086 | 88.77 | |
Liberal Party | 507 | 52.59 | |
Conservative Party | 457 | 47.41 | |
Majority | 50 | 5.19 | |
1865 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Wallingford | |||
13 July 1865 | 290/357 | 81.23 | |
Liberal Party | 158 | 54.48 | |
Conservative Party | 132 | 45.52 | |
Majority | 26 | 8.97 | |
Walsall | |||
12 July 1865 | 1,296 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wareham | |||
13 July 1865 | 234/273 | 85.71 | |
Liberal Party | 125 | 53.42 | |
Conservative Party | 109 | 46.58 | |
Majority | 16 | 6.84 | |
1865 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Warrington | |||
11 July 1865 | 768 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Warwick | |||
13 July 1865 | 635/690 | 92.03 | |
Conservative Party | 342 | 53.86 | |
Liberal Party | 315 | 49.61 | |
Conservative Party | 297 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 18 | 2.83 | |
Waterford City | |||
13 July 1865 | 726/1,156 | 62.80 | |
Liberal Party | 592 | 81.54 | |
Liberal Party | 516 | 71.07 | |
Liberal Party | 344 | 47.38 | |
Majority | 172 | 47.38 | |
Waterford County | |||
18 July 1865 | 3,477 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 June 1866 Resignation of John Esmonde on appointment as a Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
7 June 1866 | 3,477 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 November 1866 Succession of the Earl of Tyrone to the Peerage - 5th Marquess of Waterford. | |||
31 December 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | 1,481 | 60.08 | |
Conservative Party | 984 | 39.92 | |
Majority | 497 | 20.16 | |
Wells | |||
11 July 1865 | 274 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wenlock | |||
11 July 1865 | 961 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westbury | |||
11 July 1865 | 300 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cornwall | |||
17 July 1865 | 4,615 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cumberland | |||
17 July 1865 | 4,602 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
14 July 1865 | 9,368 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 October 1866 Resignation of John Rolt on appointment as Attorney General. | |||
15 November 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 July 1867 Resignation of Sir John Rolt on appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal. | |||
25 July 1867 | |||
Conservative Party | 3,649 | 50.67 | |
Liberal Party | 3,553 | 49.33 | |
Majority | 96 | 1.33 | |
Western Kent | |||
22 July 1865 | 7,972/9,811 | 81.26 | |
Conservative Party | 4,133 | 51.84 | |
Conservative Party | 4,054 | 50.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3,896 | 48.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,861 | 48.43 | |
Majority | 158 | 1.98 | |
Western Norfolk | |||
24 July 1865 | 4,771/6,534 | 73.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,710 | 56.80 | |
Conservative Party | 2,611 | 54.73 | |
Liberal Party | 2,133 | 44.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,088 | 43.76 | |
Majority | 478 | 10.02 | |
Western Somerset | |||
14 July 1865 | 8,632 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Suffolk | |||
15 July 1865 | 4,269 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
14 July 1865 | 4,081 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Sussex | |||
15 July 1865 | 2,607 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
13 July 1865 | 5,221 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1866 Succession of Hon Frederick Lygon to the Peerage - 6th Earl Beauchamp. | |||
24 March 1866 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmeath County | |||
20 July 1865 | 3,568 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1866 Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville changes his name to Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent. | |||
Westminster | |||
11 July 1865 | 8,354/12,546 | 66.59 | |
Liberal Party | 4,534 | 70.39 | |
Liberal Party | 4,525 | 70.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,824 | 59.37 | |
Majority | 701 | 8.39 | |
Westmorland | |||
14 July 1865 | 4,237 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 October 1867 Death of Hon Henry Lowther. | |||
8 January 1868 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford | |||
17 July 1865 | 260/334 | 77.84 | |
Liberal Party | 153 | 58.85 | |
Liberal Party | 107 | 41.15 | |
Majority | 46 | 17.69 | |
Wexford County | |||
24 July 1865 | 5,731/6,457 | 88.76 | |
Conservative Party | 3,546 | 61.87 | |
Liberal Party | 2,616 | 45.65 | |
Liberal Party | 1,750 | 30.54 | |
Majority | 866 | 15.11 | |
1866 Resignation of John George on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench. | |||
15 November 1866 | 4,523/6,457 | 70.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,640 | 58.37 | |
Conservative Party | 1,883 | 41.63 | |
Majority | 757 | 16.74 | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
12 July 1865 | 759/906 | 83.77 | |
Conservative Party | 381 | 50.20 | |
Liberal Party | 378 | 49.80 | |
Conservative Party | 28 | 3.69 | |
Liberal Party | 14 | 1.84 | |
Majority | 350 | 46.11 | |
6 June 1867 Resignation of Henry Gridley. | |||
11 June 1867 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whitby | |||
12 July 1865 | 587/703 | 83.50 | |
Conservative Party | 305 | 51.96 | |
Liberal Party | 282 | 48.04 | |
Majority | 23 | 3.92 | |
Whitehaven | |||
11 July 1865 | 648 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
18 July 1865 | 793 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wicklow County | |||
19 July 1865 | 3,537 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 November 1868 Succession of Rt Hon Baron Proby to the Peerage - 4th Earl of Carysfort. | |||
Wigan | |||
11 July 1865 | 863 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 March 1866 Resignation of Hon James Lindsay. | |||
27 March 1866 | 760/863 | 88.06 | |
Conservative Party | 411 | 54.08 | |
Liberal Party | 349 | 45.92 | |
Majority | 62 | 8.16 | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
14 July 1865 | 518 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wigtownshire | |||
19 July 1865 | 940/1,087 | 86.48 | |
Liberal Party | 484 | 51.49 | |
Conservative Party | 456 | 48.51 | |
Majority | 28 | 2.98 | |
Wilton | |||
11 July 1865 | 265 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
12 July 1865 | 811/963 | 84.22 | |
Liberal Party | 459 | 56.60 | |
Conservative Party | 367 | 45.25 | |
Conservative Party | 336 | 41.43 | |
Majority | 31 | 3.82 | |
2 June 1866 Resignation of John Bonham Carter on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
4 June 1866 | 407/963 | 42.26 | |
Liberal Party | 361 | 88.70 | |
Conservative Party | 46 | 11.30 | |
Majority | 315 | 77.40 | |
Windsor | |||
12 July 1865 | 595/651 | 91.40 | |
Liberal Party | 324 | 54.45 | |
Liberal Party | 323 | 54.29 | |
Liberal Party | 291 | 48.91 | |
Conservative Party | 251 | 42.18 | |
Majority | 32 | 5.38 | |
28 April 1866 Petition - election declared void. | |||
9 May 1866 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wolverhampton | |||
13 July 1865 | 1,625/4,830 | 33.64 | |
Liberal Party | 1,623 | 99.88 | |
Liberal Party | 1,519 | 93.48 | |
Conservative Party | 47 | 2.89 | |
Majority | 1,472 | 90.58 | |
Woodstock | |||
12 July 1865 | 262/286 | 91.61 | |
Conservative Party | 143 | 54.58 | |
Liberal Party | 119 | 45.42 | |
Majority | 24 | 9.16 | |
Worcester | |||
12 July 1865 | 2,122/2,309 | 91.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,255 | 59.14 | |
Liberal Party | 1,033 | 48.68 | |
Conservative Party | 978 | 46.09 | |
Majority | 55 | 2.59 | |
Wycombe | |||
11 July 1865 | 551 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 March 1868 Succession of Hon Charles Wynn-Carington to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Carrington. | |||
11 April 1868 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
York | |||
12 July 1865 | 3,902/4,277 | 91.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,079 | 53.28 | |
Liberal Party | 1,854 | 47.51 | |
Liberal Party | 1,792 | 45.93 | |
Majority | 62 | 1.59 | |
Youghal | |||
18 July 1865 | 152/237 | 64.14 | |
Liberal Party | 122 | 80.26 | |
Liberal Party | 30 | 19.74 | |
Majority | 92 | 60.53 |