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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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21 December 1832 | 1,420/1,659 | 85.59 | |
Tory | 834 | 58.73 | |
Whig | 723 | 50.92 | |
Whig | 625 | 44.01 | |
Radical | 616 | 43.38 | |
Majority | 98 | 6.90 | |
17 January 1835 | 1,407/2,137 | 65.84 | |
Conservative Party | 773 | 54.94 | |
Whig | 719 | 51.10 | |
Conservative Party | 713 | 50.68 | |
Radical | 3 | 0.21 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.43 | |
1835 Death of John McCance. | |||
27 August 1835 | 244/2,458 | 9.93 | |
Conservative Party | 162 | 66.39 | |
Whig | 82 | 33.61 | |
Majority | 80 | 32.79 | |
5 August 1837 | 1,836/3,641 | 50.43 | |
Whig | 941 | 51.25 | |
Whig | 922 | 50.22 | |
Conservative Party | 901 | 49.07 | |
Conservative Party | 869 | 47.33 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.14 | |
8 March 1838 Petition - James Gibson and the Earl of Belfast were unseated, and James Tennent and George Dunbar were declared elected. | |||
10 July 1841 | 1,748/4,234 | 41.28 | |
Conservative Party | 927 | 53.03 | |
Conservative Party | 913 | 52.23 | |
Whig | 821 | 46.97 | |
Whig | 792 | 45.31 | |
Majority | 92 | 5.26 | |
1 August 1842 Petition - James Tennent and William Johnson were unseated and a new writ was issued. | |||
19 August 1842 | 1,123/4,234 | 26.52 | |
Whig | 886 | 78.90 | |
Conservative Party | 859 | 76.49 | |
Conservative Party | 500 | 44.52 | |
Majority | 359 | 31.97 | |
August 1845 Resignation of Sir James Emerson Tennent. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
20 August 1845 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 August 1847 | 1,183/9,672 | 12.23 | |
Whig | 929 | 78.53 | |
Peelite | 747 | 63.14 | |
Conservative Party | 689 | 58.24 | |
Majority | 58 | 4.90 | |
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 | |
3 April 1857 | 2,592/3,518 | 73.68 | |
Conservative Party | 1,479 | 57.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,410 | 54.40 | |
Whig | 995 | 38.39 | |
Whig | 733 | 28.28 | |
Whig | 566 | 21.84 | |
Majority | 415 | 16.01 | |
1858 Resignation of Hugh Cairns on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
5 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 May 1859 | 3,303 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 June 1860 Resignation of Richard Davison. (Chiltern Hundreds) | |||
15 June 1860 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
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 | |
13 July 1866 | 3,615 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
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. | |||
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 | |
21 November 1868 | 9,750/12,168 | 80.13 | |
Conservative Party | 5,975 | 61.28 | |
Liberal Party | 4,202 | 43.10 | |
Conservative Party | 3,540 | 36.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,580 | 16.21 | |
Majority | 662 | 6.79 | |
27 January 1869 Petition - dismissed. | |||
5 February 1874 | 12,896/15,979 | 80.71 | |
Conservative Party | 8,412 | 65.23 | |
Conservative Party | 8,176 | 63.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,096 | 31.76 | |
Independent Conservative | 506 | 3.92 | |
Majority | 4,080 | 31.64 | |
1878 Resignation of William Johnston on appointment as Inspector of Fisheries in Ireland. | |||
2 April 1878 | 13,136/20,005 | 65.66 | |
Conservative Party | 8,241 | 62.74 | |
Independent Conservative | 4,895 | 37.26 | |
Majority | 3,346 | 25.47 | |
1 April 1880 | 19,149/21,188 | 90.38 | |
Conservative Party | 8,132 | 42.47 | |
Conservative Party | 7,683 | 40.12 | |
Independent Conservative | 6,119 | 31.95 | |
Liberal Party | 5,122 | 26.75 | |
Majority | 1,564 | 8.17 | |