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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 December 1832		4,606/5,192	88.71
Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Whig	2,537	55.08
Matthew Bell	Tory	2,441	53.00
William Ord	Whig	2,351	51.04
Majority		90	1.95

1833 Petition - withdrawn.

12 January 1835		5,042
Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Whig	Unopposed
Matthew Bell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 August 1837		5,070
Matthew Bell	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Christopher Blackett	Whig	Unopposed

5 July 1841		5,369
Matthew Bell	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Saville Craven Henry Ogle	Whig	Unopposed

5 August 1847		5,295
Matthew Bell	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Saville Craven Henry Ogle	Whig	Unopposed

19 July 1852		4,302/5,369	80.13
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Whig	2,306	53.60
Hon Henry George Liddell	Conservative Party	2,132	49.56
George Ridley	Whig	2,033	47.26
Majority		99	2.30

31 March 1857		5,608
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Henry George Liddell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 May 1859		5,522
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Henry George Liddell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 July 1865		5,511
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Henry George Liddell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
20 November 1868		6,862
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Henry George Liddell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 February 1874		6,698
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Henry George Liddell, Baron Eslington	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 March 1878 Succession of Baron Eslington to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Ravensworth.

18 April 1878		5,824/7,415	78.54
Edward Ridley	Conservative Party	2,912	100.00
Albert Henry George Grey	Liberal Party	2,912	100.00

A double return was made.

May 1878 Petition - after a recount, the figures were found to be Ridley - 2,909; Grey - 2,903. Edward Ridley was declared elected and petitions against both candidates were withdrawn.

10 April 1880		7,417/8,800	84.28
Albert Henry George Grey	Liberal Party	3,896	52.53
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	3,694	49.80
Edward Ridley	Conservative Party	3,622	48.83
Majority		72	0.97