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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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17 December 1832		2,248
Henry Maxwell	Tory	Unopposed
John Young	Tory	Unopposed

14 January 1835		2,241
Henry Maxwell	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Young	Conservative Party	Unopposed

10 August 1837		2,918
Henry Maxwell	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Young	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 October 1838 Succession of Henry Maxwell to the Peerage - 7th Baron Farnham.

18 February 1839
Hon Somerset Richard Maxwell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

August 1840 Resignation of Hon Somerset Maxwell. (Chiltern Hundreds)

12 August 1840
Henry John Clements	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 July 1841		1,785
John Young	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Henry John Clements	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 September 1841 Resignation of John Young on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury.

30 September 1841
John Young	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 January 1843 Death of Henry Clements.

17 February 1843
Hon James Pierce Maxwell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 August 1847		1,492
John Young	Peelite	Unopposed
Hon James Pierce Maxwell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1852		2,514/3,850	65.30
Hon James Pierce Maxwell	Conservative Party	2,252	89.58
Sir John Young, Bt	Peelite	2,049	81.50
Hercules Ellis	Tenant Rights	727	28.92
Majority		1,322	52.59

6 January 1853 Resignation of Sir John Young, Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

10 January 1853		4,909
Sir John Young, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

April 1855 Resignation of Sir John Young, Bt on appointment as Chief Commissioner of the Ionian Islands.

13 April 1855		4,029/4,909	82.07
Robert Burrowes	Conservative Party	2,163	53.69
Henry George Hughes	Whig	1,866	46.31
Majority		297	7.37

13 April 1857		4,073/5,638	72.24
Hon James Pierce Maxwell	Conservative Party	3,164	77.68
Hon Hugh Annesley	Conservative Party	2,164	53.13
Matthew O'Reilly Dease	Radical	1,409	34.59
Majority		755	18.54

9 May 1859		5,989
Hon James Pierce Maxwell	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Hugh Annesley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 July 1865		6,304
Hon Hugh Annesley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Edward James Saunderson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

23 November 1868		6,415
Hon Hugh Annesley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Edward James Saunderson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 February 1874		5,464/6,225	87.78
Charles Joseph Fay	Home Rule	3,229	59.10
Joseph Gillis Biggar	Home Rule	3,079	56.35
Edward James Saunderson	Liberal Party	2,310	42.28
Majority		769	14.07

10 April 1880		5,330/6,096	87.43
Charles Joseph Fay	Home Rule	3,097	58.11
Joseph Gillis Biggar	Home Rule (Parnellite)	3,061	57.43
Somerset Henry Maxwell	Conservative Party	2,233	41.89
Majority		828	15.53