UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 December 1885		8,121/11,086	73.25
Sir John Whittaker Ellis, Bt	Conservative Party	4,915	60.52
Charles Durant Hodgson	Liberal Party	3,206	39.48
Majority		1,709	21.04

3 July 1886		11,086
Sir John Whittaker Ellis, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1892		9,457/12,825	73.74
Sir Richard Temple, Bt	Conservative Party	5,100	53.93
Charles Durant Hodgson	Liberal Party	4,357	46.07
Majority		743	7.86

24 July 1895		9,345/13,631	68.56
Thomas Skewes-Cox	Conservative Party	5,745	61.48
Charles Burt	Liberal Party	3,600	38.52
Majority		2,145	22.95

2 October 1900
Thomas Skewes-Cox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 January 1906		14,293/17,270	82.76
George Cave	Conservative Party	7,656	53.56
Robert Whyte	Liberal Party	6,637	46.44
Majority		1,019	7.13

19 January 1910		16,732/19,647	85.16
George Cave	Conservative Party	10,918	65.25
Albert George Holzapfel	Liberal Party	5,814	34.75
Majority		5,104	30.50

5 December 1910		19,647
George Cave	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 November 1915 Resignation of Rt Hon George Cave on appointment as Solicitor-General.

16 November 1915
Rt Hon George Cave	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

14 November 1918 Elevation of Rt Hon George Cave to the Peerage - Viscount Cave - on his appointment as a Lord of Appeal.