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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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13 December 1832		748/899	83.20
Benjamin Hall	Whig	393	52.54
Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester	Tory	355	47.46
Majority		38	5.08

9 January 1835		852/1,088	78.31
Benjamin Hall	Whig	428	50.23
Joseph Bailey	Conservative Party	424	49.77
Majority		4	0.47

1835 Petition - dismissed.

24 July 1837		826/1,169	70.66
Reginald James Blewitt	Whig	440	53.27
Joseph Bailey	Conservative Party	386	46.73
Majority		54	6.54

30 June 1841		476/1,268	37.54
Reginald James Blewitt	Whig	476	100.00
William Edwards	Chartist
Majority		476	100.00

30 July 1847		1,420
Reginald James Blewitt	Whig	Unopposed

3 April 1852		1,293/1,676	77.15
Crawshay Bailey	Conservative Party	764	59.09
William Schaw Lindsay	Whig	529	40.91
Majority		235	18.17

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

24 March 1852 Resignation of Reginald Blewitt. (Hempholme)

6 July 1852		1,676
Crawshay Bailey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 March 1857		1,744
Crawshay Bailey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 April 1859		1,745
Crawshay Bailey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 July 1865		2,087
Crawshay Bailey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		3,067/3,771	81.33
Sir John William Ramsden, Bt	Liberal Party	1,618	52.76
Samuel Homfray	Conservative Party	1,449	47.24
Majority		169	5.51

4 February 1874		3,537/4,702	75.22
Thomas Cordes	Conservative Party	2,090	59.09
Henry Davis Pochin	Liberal Party	1,447	40.91
Majority		643	18.18

6 April 1880		4,455/5,026	88.64
Edward Hamer Carbutt	Liberal Party	2,258	50.68
Thomas Cordes	Conservative Party	2,197	49.32
Majority		61	1.37

28 November 1885		5,853/6,485	90.25
Edward Hamer Carbutt	Liberal Party	2,932	50.09
Thomas Cordes	Conservative Party	2,921	49.91
Majority		11	0.19

6 July 1886		5,601/6,485	86.37
Sir George Elliot, Bt	Conservative Party	3,033	54.15
Edward Hamer Carbutt	Liberal Party	2,568	45.85
Majority		465	8.30

7 July 1892		6,567/7,697	85.32
Albert Spicer	Liberal Party	3,430	52.23
Sir George Elliott, Bt	Conservative Party	3,137	47.77
Majority		293	4.46

18 July 1895		7,332/8,391	87.38
Albert Spicer	Liberal Party	3,743	51.05
Emanuel Maguire Underdown	Conservative Party	3,589	48.95
Majority		154	2.10

10 October 1900		8,142/9,335	87.22
Dr Frederick Rutherford Harris	Conservative Party	4,415	54.23
Albert Spicer	Liberal Party	3,727	45.77
Majority		688	8.45

2 April 1901 Election declared void on petition.

7 May 1901		8,865/9,803	90.43
Joseph Lawrence	Conservative Party	4,604	51.93
Albert Spicer	Liberal Party	4,261	48.07
Majority		343	3.87

18 January 1906		10,148/11,207	90.55
Lewis Haslam	Liberal Party	4,531	44.65
Edward Emanuel Micholls	Conservative Party	3,939	38.82
James Winstone	Labour Party	1,678	16.54
Majority		592	5.83

21 January 1910		11,827/12,934	91.44
Lewis Haslam	Liberal Party	6,476	54.76
Sir Charles William Cayzer	Conservative Party	5,351	45.24
Majority		1,125	9.51

8 December 1910		11,210/12,934	86.67
Lewis Haslam	Liberal Party	6,154	54.90
Gerald de la Pryre Hargreaves	Conservative Party	5,056	45.10
Majority		1,098	9.79