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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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17 December 1832		8,581/9,539	89.96
Hon William Duncombe	Tory	4,885	56.93
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	3,287	38.31
John Charles Ramsden	Whig	2,895	33.74
Martin Stapylton	Whig	602	7.02
Majority		392	4.57

14 January 1835		8,396/9,545	87.96
Hon William Duncombe	Conservative Party	4,656	55.45
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	4,490	53.48
James Walker	Conservative Party	3,841	45.75
Majority		649	7.73

5 August 1837		11,738
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	Unopposed
Hon William Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 July 1841		11,361
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	Unopposed
Hon William Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1841 Succession of Hon William Duncombe to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Feversham.

21 September 1841
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 August 1847		11,881
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 July 1852		11,319
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 April 1857		9,672/12,238	79.03
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	5,259	54.37
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	4,641	47.98
Hon John Charles Dundas	Whig	4,185	43.27
Majority		456	4.71

5 May 1859		13,479
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon William Ernest Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 February 1862 Death of Edward Cayley.

17 March 1862		10,548/13,367	78.91
William John Sawrey Morritt	Conservative Party	5,507	52.21
Frederick Acclom Milbank	Liberal Party	5,041	47.79
Majority		466	4.42

17 July 1865		12,711/15,438	82.34
Frederick Acclom Milbank	Liberal Party	6,585	51.81
Hon William Ernest Duncombe	Conservative Party	6,362	50.05
William John Sawrey Morritt	Conservative Party	5,889	46.33
Majority		473	3.72

1865 Petition - withdrawn.

11 February 1867 Succession of Hon William Duncombe to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Feversham.

4 March 1867
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
23 November 1868		8,440/19,205	43.95
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	7,689	91.10
Frederick Acclom Milbank	Liberal Party	7,429	88.02
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Conservative Party	1,721	20.39
Majority		5,708	67.63

18 February 1874		19,558
Frederick Acclom Milbank	Liberal Party	Unopposed
William Reginald Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 April 1880		20,484
Frederick Acclom Milbank	Liberal Party	Unopposed
William Reginald Duncombe, Viscount Helmsley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

24 December 1881 Death of Viscount Helmsley.

26 January 1882		15,884/20,047	79.23
Hon Guy Cuthbert Dawnay	Conservative Party	8,135	51.22
Samuel Rowlandson	Liberal Party	7,749	48.78
Majority		386	2.43