UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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16 November 1868		9,436
Sir Montagu John Cholmeley, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 January 1874 Death of Sir Montagu Cholmeley, Bt.

31 January 1874		10,117
Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir John Dugdale Astley, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 March 1874 Resignation of Rowland Winn on appointment as Lord to the Treasury.

16 March 1874		10,117
Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 April 1880		8,066/10,639	75.82
Robert Laycock	Liberal Party	4,159	69.47
Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	3,949	65.97
Sir John Dugdale Astley, Bt	Conservative Party	3,865	64.56
Majority		84	1.04

14 August 1881 Death of Robert Laycock.

1 September 1881		7,929/11,061	71.68
Rt Hon James Lowther	Conservative Party	4,200	52.97
George Tomline	Liberal Party	3,729	47.03
Majority		471	5.94

6 July 1885 Elevation of Rowland Winn to the Peerage - Baron St Oswald.

10 July 1885
Henry John Atkinson	Conservative Party	4,052	58.52
Sir Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, Bt	Liberal Party	2,872	41.48
Majority		1,180	17.04