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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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15 December 1832		1,463/1,700	86.06
William Wolryche-Whitmore	Whig	850	58.10
Richard Fryer	Whig	810	55.37
Francis Lyttelton Holyoake Goodricke	Tory	615	42.04
John Nicholson	Radical	358	24.47
Majority		195	13.33

10 January 1835		1,498/1,839	81.46
Thomas Thornely	Radical	776	51.80
Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	776	51.80
Dudley Fereday	Conservative Party	658	43.93
John Nicholson	Radical	374	24.97
Majority		118	7.88

26 July 1837		1,675/2,170	77.19
Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	1,068	63.76
Thomas Thornely	Radical	1,024	61.13
James Ryder Burton	Conservative Party	623	37.19
John Benbow	Conservative Party	613	36.60
Majority		401	23.94

30 June 1841		2,571
Thomas Thornely	Radical	Unopposed
Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	Unopposed

29 July 1847		2,692
Thomas Thornely	Radical	Unopposed
Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	Unopposed

9 July 1852		3,587
Thomas Thornely	Radical	Unopposed
Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	Unopposed

30 December 1852 Resignation of Hon Charles Villiers on appointment as Judge-Advocate General.

4 January 1853
Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	Unopposed

27 March 1857		3,611
Thomas Thornely	Radical	Unopposed
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	Unopposed

29 April 1859		3,821
Sir Richard Bethell	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1859 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Villiers on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.

1859 Resignation of Sir Richard Bethell on appointment as Attorney-General.

27 June 1859
Sir Richard Bethell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 July 1859
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
3 July 1861		2,800/4,110	68.13
Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Liberal Party	1,363	48.68
Samuel Griffiths	Liberal Party	772	27.57
Alexander Staveley Hill	Conservative Party	665	23.75
Majority		591	21.11

1861 Petition - withdrawn.

26 June 1861 Resignation of Sir Richard Bethell on appointment as Lord Chancellor and elevation to the Peerage - Baron Westbury.

13 July 1865		1,625/4,830	33.64
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Party	1,623	99.88
Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Liberal Party	1,519	93.48
Thomas Thorneycroft	Conservative Party	47	2.89
Majority		1,472	90.58

16 November 1868		15,772
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 February 1874		13,825/23,257	59.44
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Party	10,358	74.92
Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Liberal Party	10,036	72.59
Walter Williams	Conservative Party	3,628	26.24
Majority		6,408	46.35

31 March 1880		17,776/22,821	77.89
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Party	12,197	68.61
Henry Hartley Fowler	Liberal Party	11,606	65.29
Alfred Hickman	Conservative Party	5,874	33.04
Majority		5,732	32.25