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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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21 December 1832 | 397/418 | 94.98 | |
Whig | 213 | 53.65 | |
Tory | 159 | 40.05 | |
Whig | 20 | 5.04 | |
Whig | 5 | 1.26 | |
Majority | 54 | 13.60 | |
9 January 1835 | 694 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 August 1837 | 470/837 | 56.15 | |
Whig | 262 | 55.74 | |
Whig | 208 | 44.26 | |
Majority | 54 | 11.49 | |
9 July 1841 | 821 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
4 August 1847 | 910 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1848 Petition - John Somers unseated. | |||
11 April 1848 | 247/910 | 27.14 | |
Whig | 130 | 52.63 | |
Irish Repeal | 117 | 47.37 | |
Majority | 13 | 5.26 | |
26 June 1848 Petition - Charles Towneley unseated. | |||
15 July 1848 | 279/910 | 30.66 | |
Irish Repeal | 102 | 36.56 | |
Conservative Party | 90 | 32.26 | |
Whig | 87 | 31.18 | |
Majority | 12 | 4.30 | |
15 July 1852 | 255/336 | 75.89 | |
Independent Irish | 147 | 57.65 | |
Whig | 108 | 42.35 | |
Majority | 39 | 15.29 | |
6 June 1853 Petition - Charles Towneley unseated. | |||
8 July 1853 | 292/351 | 83.19 | |
Whig | 150 | 51.37 | |
Whig | 142 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.74 | |
7 March 1854 Petition - dismissed. | |||
17 February 1856 Death of John Sadleir. | |||
8 March 1856 | |||
Conservative Party | 148 | 55.85 | |
Whig | 117 | 44.15 | |
Majority | 31 | 11.70 | |
21 May 1856 Petition - dismissed. | |||
2 April 1857 | 294/345 | 85.22 | |
Whig | 150 | 51.02 | |
Conservative Party | 144 | 48.98 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.04 | |
31 July 1857 Petition - John Somers unseated and Rt Hon John Wynne declared elected. The revised poll figures were Wynne - 148, Somers - 147. | |||
6 May 1859 | 253/361 | 70.08 | |
Conservative Party | 177 | 69.96 | |
Liberal Party | 73 | 28.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3 | 1.19 | |
Majority | 104 | 41.11 | |
25 July 1860 Resignation of Rt Hon John Wynne. (Northstead) | |||
9 August 1860 | |||
Conservative Party | 160 | 95.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5 | 2.99 | |
Liberal Party | 2 | 1.20 | |
Majority | 155 | 92.81 | |
15 July 1865 | 321/379 | 84.70 | |
Liberal Party | 166 | 51.71 | |
Conservative Party | 155 | 48.29 | |
Majority | 11 | 3.43 | |
20 November 1868 | 470/520 | 90.38 | |
Conservative Party | 241 | 51.28 | |
Liberal Party | 229 | 48.72 | |
Majority | 12 | 2.55 | |
21 March 1869 Petition - election declared void. | |||
1 August 1870 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament. | |||