UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 November 1885		9,381/11,178	83.92
Henry Broadhurst	Liberal/Labour	5,362	57.16
Walter Showell	Conservative Party	4,019	42.84
Majority		1,343	14.32

3 July 1886		5,515/11,178	49.34
Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist Party	4,475	81.14
Lawson Tait	Liberal Party	1,040	18.86
Majority		3,435	62.28

6 July 1892		9,038/12,876	70.19
Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist Party	6,380	70.59
William John Davis	Liberal/Labour	2,658	29.41
Majority		3,722	41.18

16 July 1895		8,158/13,824	59.01
Rt Hon Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist Party	6,004	73.60
William Thomas Gustavus Cook	Liberal Party	2,154	26.40
Majority		3,850	47.19

29 September 1900		16,199
Rt Hon Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

17 January 1906		11,739/16,653	70.49
Rt Hon Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist Party	7,763	66.13
John Bruce Glasier	Labour Party	3,976	33.87
Majority		3,787	32.26

15 January 1910		12,474/17,358	71.86
Rt Hon Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist Party	9,021	72.32
Fred Hughes	Labour Party	3,453	27.68
Majority		5,568	44.64

2 December 1910		17,558
Rt Hon Jesse Collings	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed