UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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21 November 1868		14,880/21,261	69.99
Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	7,729	51.94
Charles Turner	Conservative Party	7,676	51.59
Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal Party	7,415	49.83
Henry Riversdale Grenfell	Liberal Party	6,939	46.63
Majority		261	1.75

13 February 1874		22,729
Charles Turner	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	Unopposed

21 February 1874 Resignation of Richard Cross on appointment as Home Secretary.

19 March 1874		22,729
Rt Hon Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 October 1875 Death of Charles Turner.

6 November 1875
John Ireland Blackburne	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 April 1880		20,599/26,054	79.06
Rt Hon Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	11,420	55.44
John Ireland Blackburne	Conservative Party	10,905	52.94
William Rathbone	Liberal Party	9,666	46.92
Hon Henry Hervey Molyneux	Liberal Party	9,207	44.70
Majority		1,239	6.01

24 June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Richard Cross on appointment as Home Secretary.

1 July 1885
Rt Hon Sir Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	Unopposed