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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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15 July 1865		22,792
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Sir Francis Crossley, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
20 November 1868		16,918
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Sir Francis Crossley, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

5 January 1872 Death of Sir Francis Crossley, Bt.

3 February 1872		13,878/17,084	81.23
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	6,961	50.16
Isaac Holden	Liberal Party	6,917	49.84
Majority		44	0.32

8 August 1873 Resignation of Lord Frederick Cavendish on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

27 August 1873
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 February 1874		16,412/20,130	81.53
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish	Liberal Party	8,681	52.89
Mathew Wilson	Liberal Party	8,598	52.39
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	7,820	47.65
William Fison	Conservative Party	7,725	47.07
Majority		778	4.74

8 April 1880		17,893/21,840	81.93
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish	Liberal Party	10,818	60.46
Sir Mathew Wilson, Bt	Liberal Party	10,732	59.98
Samuel Cunliffe Lister	Conservative Party	7,140	39.90
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	7,096	39.66
Majority		3,592	20.07

6 May 1882 Resignation of Lord Frederick Cavendish on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Within hours of taking the oath, he was assassinated in Dublin.

20 May 1882		17,757/22,138	80.21
Isaac Holden	Liberal Party	9,892	55.71
Hon Alfred Erskine Gathorne-Hardy	Conservative Party	7,865	44.29
Majority		2,027	11.42