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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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10 December 1832		243
John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley	Whig	Unopposed

9 January 1835		253/285	88.77
John Barneby	Conservative Party	128	50.59
John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley	Whig	125	49.41
Majority		3	1.19

1835 Petition - dismissed. The poll was amended to Barneby - 125; Foley - 124.

24 July 1837		341
John Somerset Pakington	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 July 1841		347
John Somerset Pakington	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 July 1847		346
Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 February 1852 Resignation of Sir John Pakington, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.

4 March 1852		367
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 July 1852		367
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 March 1857		371
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

March 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Pakington, Bt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty.

3 March 1858
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

30 April 1859		394
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

12 July 1865		400
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

July 1866 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Pakington, Bt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty.

11 July 1866
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 March 1867 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Pakington, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for War.

13 March 1867
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
18 November 1868		1,393/1,532	90.93
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	790	56.71
John Corbett	Liberal Party	603	43.29
Majority		187	13.42

3 February 1874		1,188/1,377	86.27
John Corbett	Liberal Party	787	66.25
Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bt	Conservative Party	401	33.75
Majority		386	32.49

2 April 1880		1,210/1,408	85.94
John Corbett	Liberal Party	857	70.83
George Higginson Allsopp	Conservative Party	348	28.76
Ernest B A Jones	Liberal Party	5	0.41
Majority		509	42.07

28 November 1885		9,484
John Corbett	Liberal Party	Unopposed

13 July 1886		6,792/9,484	71.62
John Corbett	Liberal Unionist Party	4,031	59.35
Arthur James Dadson	Liberal Party	2,761	40.65
Majority		1,270	18.70

13 July 1892		7,390/9,786	75.52
Richard Biddulph Martin	Liberal Unionist Party	3,980	53.86
Thomas English Stephens	Liberal Party	3,410	46.14
Majority		570	7.71

17 July 1895		9,779
Richard Biddulph Martin	Liberal Unionist Party	Unopposed

12 October 1900		7,772/10,175	76.38
Richard Biddulph Martin	Liberal Unionist Party	4,020	51.72
Cecil Bishopp Harmsworth	Liberal Party	3,752	48.28
Majority		268	3.45

23 January 1906		9,776/11,283	86.64
Cecil Bishopp Harmsworth	Liberal Party	5,165	52.83
Eric Ayshford Knight	Conservative Party	4,611	47.17
Majority		554	5.67

29 January 1910		10,051/11,200	89.74
Hon John Cavendish Lyttelton	Liberal Unionist Party	5,078	50.52
Cecil Bishopp Harmsworth	Liberal Party	4,973	49.48
Majority		105	1.04

8 December 1910		9,688/11,200	86.50
Hon John Cavendish Lyttelton	Liberal Unionist Party	4,880	50.37
Dr Clifford H Brookes	Liberal Party	4,808	49.63
Majority		72	0.74

18 February 1916 Resignation of Hon John Lyttelton. (Northstead)

29 February 1916
Herbert James Whiteley	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

1918 Herbert Whiteley changes his name to Herbert James Huntingdon-Whiteley.