UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1832		183/222	82.43
William Pinney	Whig	79	43.17
John Fane, Baron Burghersh	Tory	60	32.79
John Melville	Whig	44	24.04
Majority		19	10.38

7 January 1835		250
William Pinney	Whig	Unopposed

25 July 1837		208/243	85.60
William Pinney	Whig	121	58.17
Renn Hampden	Conservative Party	87	41.83
Majority		34	16.35

29 June 1841		233/277	84.12
William Pinney	Whig	123	52.79
Thomas Hussey	Conservative Party	110	47.21
Majority		13	5.58

31 May 1842 Petition - William Pinney unseated and Thomas Hussey declared elected.

30 July 1847		289/326	88.65
Thomas Neville Abdy	Whig	146	50.52
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	143	49.48
Majority		3	1.04

1847 Petition - dismissed.

8 July 1852		271/309	87.70
William Pinney	Whig	145	53.51
Sir Phipps Hornby	Conservative Party	126	46.49
Majority		19	7.01

28 March 1857		197/263	74.90
William Pinney	Whig	144	73.10
Sir Thomas George Hesketh, Bt	Conservative Party	53	26.90
Majority		91	46.19

30 April 1859		231/264	87.50
William Pinney	Liberal Party	116	50.22
John Wright Treeby	Conservative Party	115	49.78
Majority		1	0.43

1859 Petition - withdrawn.

12 July 1865		223/250	89.20
John Wright Treeby	Conservative Party	116	52.02
John Clarke Hawkshaw	Liberal Party	107	47.98
Majority		9	4.04