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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 November 1885		9,799/12,619	77.65
William Grantham	Conservative Party	5,484	55.96
Jabez Spencer Balfour	Liberal Party	4,315	44.04
Majority		1,169	11.93

January 1886 Resignation of William Grantham on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.

27 January 1886		9,663/12,619	76.58
Hon Sidney Herbert	Conservative Party	5,205	53.87
Sydney Charles Buxton	Liberal Party	4,458	46.13
Majority		747	7.73

1 July 1886		12,619
Hon Sidney Herbert	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 August 1886 Resignation of Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

11 August 1886		12,619
Hon Sidney Herbert	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 July 1892		11,362/14,837	76.58
Hon Sidney Herbert	Conservative Party	6,528	57.45
Edward William Grimwade	Liberal Party	4,834	42.55
Majority		1,694	14.91

24 May 1895		16,152
Rt Hon Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1895 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Ritchie on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.

3 May 1895 Succession of Hon Sidney Herbert to the Peerage - 14th Earl of Pembroke.

5 July 1895		16,152
Rt Hon Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 July 1895		11,523/16,152	71.34
Rt Hon Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative Party	6,876	59.67
Christopher Clarke Hutchinson	Liberal Party	4,647	40.33
Majority		2,229	19.34

29 September 1900		18,567
Rt Hon Charles Thomson Ritchie	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 January 1906		19,791/23,858	82.95
Rt Hon Hugh Oakley Arnold-Foster	Liberal Unionist Party	8,211	41.49
Henry Charles Somers Augustus Somerset	Liberal Party	7,573	38.26
Sidney Stranks	Labour Party	4,007	20.25
Majority		638	3.22

12 March 1909 Death of Rt Hon Hugh Arnold-Foster.

29 March 1909		20,916/26,470	79.02
Sir Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, Bt	Conservative Party	11,989	57.32
John Edward Raphael	Liberal Party	8,041	38.44
Francis Samuel Smith	Labour Party	886	4.24
Majority		3,948	18.88

17 January 1910		23,550/27,350	86.11
Sir Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, Bt	Conservative Party	12,223	51.90
Arthur Lewis Leon	Liberal Party	11,327	48.10
Majority		896	3.80

3 December 1910		22,218/27,350	81.24
Ian Zachary Malcolm	Conservative Party	11,875	53.45
Arthur Lewis Leon	Liberal Party	10,343	46.55
Majority		1,532	6.90