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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 November 1885		8,131/11,264	72.19
Rt Hon William Henry Smith	Conservative Party	5,645	69.43
Edmund George Johnson	Liberal Party	2,486	30.57
Majority		3,159	38.85

2 July 1886		6,542/11,264	58.08
Rt Hon William Henry Smith	Conservative Party	5,034	76.95
John Edwin Hilary Skinner	Liberal Party	1,508	23.05
Majority		3,526	53.90

3 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon William Smith on appointment as Secretary of State for War.

11 August 1886		11,264
Rt Hon William Henry Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 May 1891 Resignation of Rt Hon William Smith on appointment as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

12 May 1891
Rt Hon William Henry Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 October 1891 Death of Rt Hon William Smith.

27 October 1891		6,898/11,081	62.25
William Frederick Danvers Smith	Conservative Party	4,952	71.79
Dr Richard Sandon Gutteridge	Liberal Party	1,946	28.21
Majority		3,006	43.58

4 July 1892		11,011
Hon William Frederick Danvers Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 July 1895		10,596
Hon William Frederick Danvers Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

28 September 1900
Hon William Frederick Danvers Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 January 1906		5,789/8,109	71.39
Hon William Frederick Danvers Smith	Conservative Party	3,935	67.97
Alexander Waldemar Lawrence	Liberal Party	1,854	32.03
Majority		2,081	35.95

17 January 1910		6,467/8,019	80.65
Rt Hon Walter Hume Long	Conservative Party	4,840	74.84
Leonard Wilfred James Costello	Liberal Party	1,627	25.16
Majority		3,213	49.68

6 December 1910		5,281/8,019	65.86
Rt Hon Walter Hume Long	Conservative Party	4,143	78.45
Samuel Robert Earle	Liberal Party	1,138	21.55
Majority		3,005	56.90