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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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20 December 1832		582/1,395	41.72
Montague Lowther Chapman	Whig	385	66.15
Sir Richard Nagle, bt	Irish Repeal	381	65.46
Gustavus Rochfort	Conservative Party	238	40.89
Gustavus Lambert	Conservative Party	159	27.32
Majority		143	24.57

21 January 1835		1,525
Montague Lowther Chapman	Whig	Unopposed
Sir Richard Nagle, bt	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Unopposed

15 August 1837		1,192/1,658	71.89
Montague Lowther Chapman	Whig	804	67.45
Sir Richard Nagle, bt	Irish Repeal (Whig)	798	66.95
Richard Handcock	Conservative Party	393	32.97
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, bt	Conservative Party	388	32.55
Majority		405	33.98

12 July 1841		1,125
Hugh Morgan Tuite	Whig	Unopposed
Benjamin James Chapman	Whig	Unopposed

10 August 1847		118/1,337	8.83
William Henry Magan	Irish Repeal	118	100.00
Sir Percy Fitzgerald Nugent, bt	Whig	117	99.15
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, bt	Conservative Party
Majority		117	99.15

22 July 1852		2,457/3,132	78.45
William Henry Magan	Independent Irish	1,647	67.03
William Pollard Urquhart	Independent Irish	1,414	57.55
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, bt	Conservative Party	926	37.69
Majority		488	19.86

3 April 1857		3,520
William Henry Magan	Whig	Unopposed
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, bt	Independent Irish	Unopposed

10 May 1859		3,678
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed
William Pollard Urquhart	Liberal Party	Unopposed

20 July 1865		3,568
William Pollard Urquhart	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1866 Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville changes his name to Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent.

21 November 1868		3,884
William Pollard Urquhart	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent	Liberal Party	Unopposed

22 December 1868 Resignation of Hon William Greville-Nugent on appointment as Groom in Waiting.

7 January 1869		3,884
Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1 June 1871 Death of William Urquhart.

17 June 1871		3,616
Patrick James Smyth	Home Rule	Unopposed

12 February 1874		2,548/3,559	71.59
Patrick James Smyth	Home Rule	2,202	86.42
Rt Hon Lord Robert Montagu	Home Rule	2,164	84.93
Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent	Liberal Party	401	15.74
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, Bt	Liberal Party	328	12.87
Majority		1,763	69.19

8 April 1880		1,761/3,381	52.09
Timothy Daniel Sullivan	Home Rule (Parnellite)	1,631	96.48
Henry Joseph Gill	Home Rule (Parnellite)	1,609	95.18
William Arnett Gowing	Home Rule	141	8.34
Majority		1,468	83.36

16 February 1883 Resignation of Henry Gill. (Chiltern Hundreds)

24 February 1883		3,395
Timothy Charles Harrington	Home Rule	Unopposed