UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 December 1885		8,110/9,219	87.97
William George Ainslie	Conservative Party	4,166	51.37
Sir Farrer Herschell	Liberal Party	3,944	48.63
Majority		222	2.74

10 July 1886		7,326/9,219	79.47
William George Ainslie	Conservative Party	4,063	55.46
William Henry Martin-Edmunds	Liberal Party	3,263	44.54
Majority		800	10.92

13 July 1892		7,629/9,236	82.60
William Smith	Liberal Party	4,203	55.09
William Dillworth Crewdson	Conservative Party	3,426	44.91
Majority		777	10.18

24 July 1895		7,323/9,458	77.43
Richard Frederick Cavendish	Liberal Unionist Party	4,313	58.90
Peter Arthur Halkett, Baron Halkett	Liberal Party	3,010	41.10
Majority		1,303	17.79

5 October 1900		9,537
Richard Frederick Cavendish	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

1904 Richard Cavendish joins the Liberal Party.

23 January 1906		8,063/9,738	82.80
George Bahr Haddock	Conservative Party	4,121	51.11
Richard Frederick Cavendish	Liberal Party	3,942	48.89
Majority		179	2.22

25 January 1910		8,489/9,702	87.50
George Bahr Haddock	Conservative Party	4,329	51.00
Joseph Bliss	Liberal Party	4,160	49.00
Majority		169	1.99

22 April 1910 Petition - dismissed after a recount resulted in an increased majority for George Haddock. The original figures were Haddock - 4,281; Bliss - 4,212.

12 December 1910		8,206/9,702	84.58
George Bahr Haddock	Conservative Party	4,140	50.45
Joseph Bliss	Liberal Party	4,066	49.55
Majority		74	0.90