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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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21 December 1832		4,863/5,582	87.12
Robert Palmer	Tory	2,912	59.88
Robert George Throckmorton	Whig	2,774	57.04
John Walter	Whig	2,479	50.98
Philip Pusey	Tory	2,440	50.17
Majority		39	0.80

14 January 1835		5,632
Robert Palmer	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Walter	Whig	Unopposed
Philip Pusey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 August 1837		3,707/5,599	66.21
Robert Palmer	Conservative Party	2,556	68.95
William Keppel Barrington, Viscount Barrington	Conservative Party	2,360	63.66
Philip Pusey	Conservative Party	2,312	62.37
East George Clayton East	Whig	1,302	35.12
Majority		1,010	27.25

5 July 1841		5,685
Robert Palmer	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Keppel Barrington, Viscount Barrington	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Philip Pusey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 August 1847		5,241
Robert Palmer	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Keppel Barrington, Viscount Barrington	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Philip Pusey	Peelite	Unopposed

15 July 1852		1,846/5,129	35.99
George Henry Vansittart	Conservative Party	1,741	94.31
Robert Palmer	Conservative Party	1,705	92.36
William Keppel Barrington, Viscount Barrington	Conservative Party	1,636	88.62
John Walter	Peelite	155	8.40
Majority		1,481	80.23

6 April 1857		3,090/4,884	63.27
Robert Palmer	Conservative Party	1,802	58.32
Hon Philip Pleydell-Bouverie	Whig	1,524	49.32
George Henry Vansittart	Conservative Party	1,494	48.35
Leicester Viney Vernon	Conservative Party	1,360	44.01
Majority		134	4.34

3 May 1859		4,791
Hon Philip Pleydell-Bouverie	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Leicester Viney Vernon	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Walter	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 April 1860 Death of Leicester Vernon.

2 May 1860
Richard Benyon	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 July 1865		3,914/5,066	77.26
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay	Conservative Party	2,227	56.90
Richard Benyon	Conservative Party	2,192	56.00
Sir Charles Russell, Bt	Conservative Party	2,117	54.09
John Walter	Liberal Party	1,813	46.32
George Grimston Craven, Viscount Uffington	Liberal Party	1,809	46.22
Hon Edward Pleydell-Bouverie	Liberal Party	1,583	40.44
Majority		304	7.77

Boundary Change
28 November 1868		5,800/7,647	75.85
Richard Benyon	Conservative Party	3,231	55.71
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay	Conservative Party	3,171	54.67
John Walter	Liberal Party	2,747	47.36
Hon Auberon Edward William Molyneaux Herbert	Liberal Party	2,450	42.24
Majority		297	5.12

2 February 1874		7,745
Richard Benyon	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Walter	Liberal Party	Unopposed

8 February 1875 Resignation of Richard Benyon. (Northstead)

24 February 1875		4,603/7,721	59.62
Philip Wroughton	Conservative Party	3,454	75.04
Christopher Darby Griffith	Conservative Party	1,149	24.96
Majority		2,305	50.08

10 April 1880		5,028/8,061	62.37
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay	Conservative Party	3,294	65.51
Philip Wroughton	Conservative Party	3,272	65.08
John Walter	Liberal Party	1,794	35.68
Thomas Rogers	Liberal Party	1,696	33.73
Majority		98	1.95

23 July 1885 Elevation of Robert Loyd-Lindsay to the Peerage - Baron Wantage.