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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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15 December 1832		788/869	90.68
John Wilks	Radical	509	64.59
Benjamin Handley	Whig	433	54.95
John Studholme Brownrigg	Tory	353	44.80
Majority		80	10.15

9 January 1835		813/938	86.67
John Studholme Brownrigg	Conservative Party	532	65.44
John Wilks	Radical	356	43.79
Benjamin Handley	Whig	321	39.48
Majority		35	4.31

25 July 1837		839/955	87.85
John Studholme Brownrigg	Conservative Party	459	54.71
Sir James Duke	Whig	442	52.68
Benjamin Handley	Whig	350	41.72
William Rickford Collett	Conservative Party	156	18.59
Majority		92	10.97

30 June 1841		920/1,146	80.28
John Studholme Brownrigg	Conservative Party	527	57.28
Sir James Duke	Whig	515	55.98
Charles Alexander Wood	Conservative Party	466	50.65
Majority		49	5.33

31 July 1847		805/1,083	74.33
Sir James Duke	Whig	590	73.29
Benjamin Bond Cabbell	Conservative Party	466	57.89
David William Wire	Radical	339	42.11
Majority		127	15.78

July 1849 Resignation of Sir James Duke. (Chiltern Hundreds)

2 August 1849		743/963	77.15
Hon Dudley Worsley Anderson-Pelham	Whig	422	56.80
David William Wire	Radical	321	43.20
Majority		101	13.59

13 April 1851 Death of Hon Dudley Anderson-Pelham.

22 April 1851		619/967	64.01
James William Freshfield	Conservative Party	368	59.45
David William Wire	Radical	251	40.55
Majority		117	18.90

9 July 1852		820/987	83.08
Gilbert Henry Heathcote	Whig	547	66.71
Benjamin Bond Cabbell	Conservative Party	490	59.76
John Alexander Hankey	Whig	437	53.29
Thomson Hankey	Whig	148	18.05
William Henry Adams	Peelite	18	2.20
Majority		53	6.46

1852 Petition - withdrawn.

28 February 1856 Resignation of Gilbert Heathcote in order to contest Rutlandshire. (Hempholme)

7 March 1856		817/1,003	81.46
Herbert Ingram	Radical	521	63.77
William Henry Adams	Peelite	296	36.23
Majority		225	27.54

27 March 1857		1,057
Herbert Ingram	Radical	Unopposed
William Henry Adams	Peelite	Unopposed

1859 Resignation of William Adams on appointment as Recorder of Derby.

3 February 1859		1,078
William Henry Adams	Peelite	Unopposed

1859 Resignation of William Adams on appointment as Attorney-General of Hong Kong.

30 April 1859		833/1,078	77.27
Herbert Ingram	Liberal Party	621	74.55
Meaburn Staniland	Liberal Party	593	71.19
John Hardwick Holloway	Conservative Party	452	54.26
Majority		141	16.93

8 September 1860 Death of Herbert Ingram.

30 October 1860		836/1,019	82.04
John Wingfield Malcolm	Conservative Party	533	63.76
George Parker Tuxford	Liberal Party	303	36.24
Majority		230	27.51

13 July 1865		782/1,090	71.74
John Wingfield Malcolm	Conservative Party	646	82.61
Thomas Parry	Liberal Party	465	59.46
Meaburn Staniland	Liberal Party	453	57.93
Majority		12	1.53

21 March 1866 Petition - Thomas Parry unseated and Meaburn Staniland declared elected.

8 March 1867 Resignation of Meaburn Staniland. (Northstead)

16 March 1867
Thomas Parry	Liberal Party	Unopposed

18 November 1868		2,190/2,527	86.66
John Wingfield Malcolm	Conservative Party	1,306	59.63
Thomas Parry	Conservative Party	1,119	51.10
Meaburn Staniland	Liberal Party	1,029	46.99
Thomas Mason Jones	Liberal Party	926	42.28
Majority		90	4.11

1869 Petition - withdrawn.

3 February 1874		4,594/2,651	173.29
William James Ingram	Liberal Party	1,572	68.44
Thomas Parry	Liberal Party	1,347	58.64
John Wingfield Malcolm	Conservative Party	996	43.36
Thomas Collins	Conservative Party	679	29.56
Majority		351	7.64

8 June 1874 Petition - Thomas Parry unseated and John Malcolm declared elected. 353 votes had been struck off Parry's total before the process was halted.

3 August 1878 Resignation of John Malcolm in order to contest Argyll. (Northstead)

12 August 1878
Thomas Garfitt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 April 1880		2,656/3,094	85.84
Thomas Garfitt	Conservative Party	1,412	53.16
William James Ingram	Liberal Party	1,367	51.47
George Fydell Rowley	Conservative Party	1,350	50.83
Sydney Charles Buxton	Liberal Party	1,182	44.50
Majority		17	0.64

3 August 1880 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended.

25 November 1885		2,291/2,718	84.29
William James Ingram	Liberal Party	1,295	56.53
Nehemiah Learoyd	Conservative Party	996	43.47
Majority		299	13.05

3 July 1886		2,336/2,718	85.95
Henry John Atkinson	Conservative Party	1,192	51.03
William James Ingram	Liberal Party	1,144	48.97
Majority		48	2.05

July 1892		2,648/3,054	86.71
William James Ingram	Liberal Party	1,355	51.17
Hon Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby	Conservative Party	1,293	48.83
Majority		62	2.34

15 July 1895		2,870/3,299	87.00
William Garfit	Conservative Party	1,633	56.90
Sir William James Ingram, Bt	Liberal Party	1,237	43.10
Majority		396	13.80

29 September 1900		2,865/3,448	83.09
William Garfit	Conservative Party	1,710	59.69
William Turner Simonds	Liberal Party	1,155	40.31
Majority		555	19.37

13 January 1906		3,495/3,896	89.71
George Henry Faber	Liberal Party	1,801	51.53
William Garfit	Conservative Party	1,694	48.47
Majority		107	3.06

18 January 1910		3,690/4,037	91.40
Charles Harvey Dixon	Conservative Party	1,975	53.52
Dr Henry Simpson Lunn	Liberal Party	1,715	46.48
Majority		260	7.05

5 December 1910		3,587/4,037	88.85
Charles Harvey Dixon	Conservative Party	1,875	52.27
Hon Fitzroy Hemphill	Liberal Party	1,712	47.73
Majority		163	4.54