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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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12 December 1832		223/243	91.77
Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge	Tory	115	51.57
David Howell	Whig	108	48.43
Majority		7	3.14

6 March 1833 Petition - dismissed.

7 January 1835		247/323	76.47
Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge	Conservative Party	163	65.99
David Howell	Whig	84	34.01
Majority		79	31.98

24 July 1837		353
Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 June 1841		342
Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge on appointment as Secretary at War.

15 September 1841		342
Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge	Conservative Party	Unopposed

May 1844 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Hardinge on appointment as Governor-General of India.

20 May 1844
William Bowles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 July 1847		369
William Bowles	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 July 1852		361
Hon Josceline William Percy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 March 1857		438
Hon Josceline William Percy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 April 1859		438
Thomas Chandler Haliburton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 July 1865		371
Alexander Henry Campbell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 April 1868 Resignation of Alexander Campbell. (Northstead)

9 April 1868
Henry Charles Lopes	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 November 1868		749
Henry Charles Lopes	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 February 1874		683/790	86.46
James Henry Deakin	Conservative Party	467	68.37
Henry Charles Drinkwater	Liberal Party	216	31.63
Majority		251	36.75

1874 Petition - James Deakin unseated.

3 July 1874		651/790	82.41
James Henry Deakin	Conservative Party	417	64.06
John Dingley	Liberal Party	233	35.79
Hardinge Stanley Giffard	Conservative Party	1	0.15
Majority		184	28.26

23 February 1877 Resignation of James Deakin. (Northstead)

3 March 1877		666/826	80.63
Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard	Conservative Party	392	58.86
Robert Collier	Liberal Party	274	41.14
Majority		118	17.72

31 March 1880		773/842	91.81
Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard	Conservative Party	439	56.79
Robert Collier	Liberal Party	334	43.21
Majority		105	13.58

28 June 1885 Elevation of Sir Hardinge Giffard to the Peerage - Baron Halsbury.

1 July 1885
Richard Everard Webster	Conservative Party	417	52.72
William Pethick	Liberal Party	374	47.28
Majority		43	5.44

1 December 1885		7,277/9,297	78.27
Charles Thomas Dyke Acland	Liberal Party	4,690	64.45
Thomas Northmore Lawrence	Conservative Party	2,587	35.55
Majority		2,103	28.90

2 July 1886		9,297
Charles Thomas Dyke Acland	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 July 1892		6,810/9,178	74.20
Thomas Owen	Liberal Party	3,897	57.22
Sir Lewis William Molesworth, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	2,913	42.78
Majority		984	14.45

27 July 1895		6,608/9,423	70.13
Thomas Owen	Liberal Party	3,633	54.98
Frederick Wills	Liberal Unionist Party	2,975	45.02
Majority		658	9.96

10 July 1898 Death of Thomas Owen.

3 August 1898		6,814/9,508	71.67
John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal Party	3,951	57.98
Sir Frederick Wills, Bt	Conservative Party	2,863	42.02
Majority		1,088	15.97

8 October 1900		6,568/9,616	68.30
John Fletcher Moulton	Liberal Party	3,831	58.33
Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe	Liberal Unionist Party	2,737	41.67
Majority		1,094	16.66

20 January 1906		7,394/9,858	75.01
George Croydon Marks	Liberal Party	4,658	63.00
George John Sandys	Liberal Unionist Party	2,736	37.00
Majority		1,922	25.99

24 January 1910		8,267/9,857	83.87
George Croydon Marks	Liberal Party	4,703	56.89
Horace Bere Grylls	Liberal Unionist Party	3,564	43.11
Majority		1,139	13.78

16 December 1910		7,622/9,857	77.33
George Croydon Marks	Liberal Party	4,373	57.37
Edward Treffry	Conservative Party	3,249	42.63
Majority		1,124	14.75