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Summary | |
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CON | 317 |
Whig | 262 |
Radical | 48 |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 30 |
Speaker | 1 |
Aberdeen | |||
27 July 1837 | 2,110 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Aberdeenshire | |||
5 August 1837 | 2,024/2,996 | 67.56 | |
Conservative Party | 1,217 | 60.13 | |
Whig | 807 | 39.87 | |
Majority | 410 | 20.26 | |
Abingdon | |||
24 July 1837 | 306 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Andover | |||
24 July 1837 | 265 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Anglesea | |||
2 August 1837 | 1,450 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Antrim County | |||
5 August 1837 | 4,052 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 March 1841 Succession of Hon John O'Neill to the Peerage - Viscount O'Neill. | |||
14 April 1841 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Argyll | |||
12 August 1837 | 1,174/1,666 | 70.47 | |
Whig | 712 | 60.65 | |
Conservative Party | 462 | 39.35 | |
Majority | 250 | 21.29 | |
Armagh City | |||
7 August 1837 | 438/767 | 57.11 | |
Whig | 235 | 53.65 | |
Conservative Party | 203 | 46.35 | |
Majority | 32 | 7.31 | |
1840 Resignation of William Curry on appointment as Master in Chancery. | |||
22 May 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh County | |||
7 August 1837 | 3,574 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Arundel | |||
25 July 1837 | 281/322 | 87.27 | |
Whig | 176 | 62.63 | |
Whig | 105 | 37.37 | |
Majority | 71 | 25.27 | |
Ashburton | |||
24 July 1837 | 185/226 | 81.86 | |
Whig | 98 | 52.97 | |
Conservative Party | 87 | 47.03 | |
Majority | 11 | 5.95 | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
27 July 1837 | 457/603 | 75.79 | |
Whig | 237 | 51.86 | |
Conservative Party | 201 | 43.98 | |
Chartist | 19 | 4.16 | |
Majority | 36 | 7.88 | |
Athlone | |||
4 August 1837 | 385 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Aylesbury | |||
28 July 1837 | 1,118/1,414 | 79.07 | |
Conservative Party | 865 | 77.37 | |
Conservative Party | 657 | 58.77 | |
Whig | 540 | 48.30 | |
Majority | 117 | 10.47 | |
15 July 1839 Death of Winthrop Praed. | |||
31 July 1839 | 695/1,416 | 49.08 | |
Conservative Party | 620 | 89.21 | |
Radical | 72 | 10.36 | |
Whig | 3 | 0.43 | |
Majority | 548 | 78.85 | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
5 August 1837 | 723/1,030 | 70.19 | |
Whig | 368 | 50.90 | |
Radical | 355 | 49.10 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.80 | |
Ayrshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 2,929/3,985 | 73.50 | |
Radical | 1,559 | 53.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1,370 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 189 | 6.45 | |
3 April 1839 Death of John Dunlop. | |||
1 May 1839 | 3,100/4,242 | 73.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,758 | 56.71 | |
Whig | 1,296 | 41.81 | |
Chartist | 46 | 1.48 | |
Majority | 462 | 14.90 | |
Banbury | |||
25 July 1837 | 256/343 | 74.64 | |
Whig | 181 | 70.70 | |
Conservative Party | 75 | 29.30 | |
Majority | 106 | 41.41 | |
Bandon | |||
3 August 1837 | 214/375 | 57.07 | |
Conservative Party | 133 | 62.15 | |
Whig | 81 | 37.85 | |
Majority | 52 | 24.30 | |
Banffshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 506/685 | 73.87 | |
Whig | 292 | 57.71 | |
Conservative Party | 214 | 42.29 | |
Majority | 78 | 15.42 | |
Barnstaple | |||
25 July 1837 | 666/794 | 83.88 | |
Whig | 367 | 55.11 | |
Conservative Party | 356 | 53.45 | |
Conservative Party | 348 | 52.25 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.20 | |
Bath | |||
26 July 1837 | 2,051/2,994 | 68.50 | |
Conservative Party | 1,087 | 53.00 | |
Conservative Party | 1,024 | 49.93 | |
Whig | 962 | 46.90 | |
Radical | 910 | 44.37 | |
Majority | 62 | 3.02 | |
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
25 July 1837 | 323 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
25 July 1837 | 815/1,192 | 68.37 | |
Conservative Party | 467 | 57.30 | |
Conservative Party | 419 | 51.41 | |
Whig | 412 | 50.55 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.86 | |
21 May 1838 Petition - Henry Stuart unseated and Samuel Crawley declared elected. | |||
Bedfordshire | |||
1 August 1837 | 4,134 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Belfast | |||
5 August 1837 | 1,836/3,641 | 50.43 | |
Whig | 941 | 51.25 | |
Whig | 922 | 50.22 | |
Conservative Party | 901 | 49.07 | |
Conservative Party | 869 | 47.33 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.14 | |
8 March 1838 Petition - James Gibson and the Earl of Belfast were unseated, and James Tennent and George Dunbar were declared elected. | |||
Berkshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 3,707/5,599 | 66.21 | |
Conservative Party | 2,556 | 68.95 | |
Conservative Party | 2,360 | 63.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,312 | 62.37 | |
Whig | 1,302 | 35.12 | |
Majority | 1,010 | 27.25 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
26 July 1837 | 625/706 | 88.53 | |
Conservative Party | 357 | 57.12 | |
Conservative Party | 354 | 56.64 | |
Whig | 328 | 52.48 | |
Majority | 26 | 4.16 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Berwickshire | |||
1 August 1837 | 1,244 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Beverley | |||
25 July 1837 | 976/1,062 | 91.90 | |
Conservative Party | 622 | 63.73 | |
Conservative Party | 582 | 59.63 | |
Whig | 380 | 38.93 | |
Whig | 347 | 35.55 | |
Majority | 202 | 20.70 | |
January 1840 Resignation of George Lane Fox. | |||
24 January 1840 | 966/1,053 | 91.74 | |
Conservative Party | 556 | 57.56 | |
Whig | 410 | 42.44 | |
Majority | 146 | 15.11 | |
Bewdley | |||
24 July 1837 | 400 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Birmingham | |||
26 July 1837 | 3,135/5,236 | 59.87 | |
Radical | 2,145 | 68.42 | |
Radical | 2,114 | 67.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,046 | 33.37 | |
Majority | 1,068 | 34.07 | |
January 1840 Resignation of Thomas Attwood. | |||
25 January 1840 | 2,371/4,619 | 51.33 | |
Radical | 1,454 | 61.32 | |
Conservative Party | 917 | 38.68 | |
Majority | 537 | 22.65 | |
Blackburn | |||
25 August 1837 | 589/842 | 69.95 | |
Whig | 515 | 87.44 | |
Conservative Party | 416 | 70.63 | |
Radical | 9 | 1.53 | |
Majority | 407 | 69.10 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bodmin | |||
25 July 1837 | 250/333 | 75.08 | |
Whig | 200 | 80.00 | |
Conservative Party | 130 | 52.00 | |
Whig | 98 | 39.20 | |
Majority | 32 | 12.80 | |
Bolton | |||
27 August 1837 | 1,079/1,340 | 80.52 | |
Whig | 615 | 57.00 | |
Conservative Party | 607 | 56.26 | |
Whig | 538 | 49.86 | |
Majority | 69 | 6.39 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Boston | |||
25 July 1837 | 839/955 | 87.85 | |
Conservative Party | 459 | 54.71 | |
Whig | 442 | 52.68 | |
Whig | 350 | 41.72 | |
Conservative Party | 156 | 18.59 | |
Majority | 92 | 10.97 | |
Bradford | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,060/1,347 | 78.69 | |
Whig | 635 | 59.91 | |
Whig | 621 | 58.58 | |
Conservative Party | 443 | 41.79 | |
Conservative Party | 383 | 36.13 | |
Majority | 178 | 16.79 | |
Brecknockshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 1,792/2,295 | 78.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,222 | 68.19 | |
Whig | 570 | 31.81 | |
Majority | 652 | 36.38 | |
Brecon | |||
25 July 1837 | 258/339 | 76.11 | |
Conservative Party | 156 | 60.47 | |
Whig | 102 | 39.53 | |
Majority | 54 | 20.93 | |
Bridgnorth | |||
26 July 1837 | 727/790 | 92.03 | |
Conservative Party | 429 | 59.01 | |
Whig | 371 | 51.03 | |
Conservative Party | 367 | 50.48 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.55 | |
February 1838 Resignation of Henry Hanbury Tracy. | |||
20 February 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgwater | |||
26 July 1837 | 284/558 | 50.90 | |
Conservative Party | 279 | 98.24 | |
Conservative Party | 277 | 97.54 | |
Whig | 5 | 1.76 | |
Whig | 2 | 0.70 | |
Majority | 272 | 95.77 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bridport | |||
25 July 1837 | 445/505 | 88.12 | |
Radical | 283 | 63.60 | |
Radical | 232 | 52.13 | |
Conservative Party | 212 | 47.64 | |
Majority | 20 | 4.49 | |
Brighton | |||
26 July 1837 | 1,640/1,968 | 83.33 | |
Whig | 1,083 | 66.04 | |
Conservative Party | 819 | 49.94 | |
Radical | 801 | 48.84 | |
Radical | 183 | 11.16 | |
Majority | 18 | 1.10 | |
Bristol | |||
22 July 1837 | 6,375/9,992 | 63.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,839 | 60.22 | |
Radical | 3,212 | 50.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,156 | 49.51 | |
Majority | 56 | 0.88 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Buckingham | |||
26 July 1837 | 299/341 | 87.68 | |
Conservative Party | 236 | 78.93 | |
Whig | 157 | 52.51 | |
Conservative Party | 138 | 46.15 | |
Majority | 19 | 6.35 | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 4,464/5,761 | 77.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,993 | 67.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,704 | 60.57 | |
Conservative Party | 2,633 | 58.98 | |
Whig | 2,071 | 46.39 | |
Majority | 562 | 12.59 | |
17 January 1839 Succession of the Marquis of Chandos to the Peerage - 2nd Duke of Buckingham. | |||
18 February 1839 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bury | |||
25 July 1837 | 434/637 | 68.13 | |
Whig | 251 | 57.83 | |
Radical | 96 | 22.12 | |
Conservative Party | 87 | 20.05 | |
Majority | 155 | 35.71 | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
25 July 1837 | 552/640 | 86.25 | |
Whig | 289 | 52.36 | |
Conservative Party | 277 | 50.18 | |
Whig | 275 | 49.82 | |
Conservative Party | 248 | 44.93 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.36 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bute | |||
31 July 1837 | 345 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Caithness | |||
7 August 1837 | 235/333 | 70.57 | |
Conservative Party | 129 | 54.89 | |
Whig | 106 | 45.11 | |
Majority | 23 | 9.79 | |
Calne | |||
24 July 1837 | 186 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridge | |||
27 July 1837 | 1,298/1,698 | 76.44 | |
Whig | 690 | 53.16 | |
Whig | 678 | 52.23 | |
Conservative Party | 614 | 47.30 | |
Conservative Party | 599 | 46.15 | |
Majority | 64 | 4.93 | |
August 1839 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice. | |||
6 September 1839 | |||
Conservative Party | 717 | 53.75 | |
Whig | 617 | 46.25 | |
Majority | 100 | 7.50 | |
29 April 1840 Petition - election of Hon John Manners-Sutton declared void. | |||
23 May 1840 | 1,393/1,857 | 75.01 | |
Conservative Party | 736 | 52.84 | |
Whig | 657 | 47.16 | |
Majority | 79 | 5.67 | |
Cambridge University | |||
25 July 1837 | 2,613 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
29 July 1837 | 7,100 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
26 July 1837 | 1,507/1,835 | 82.13 | |
Conservative Party | 761 | 50.50 | |
Whig | 753 | 49.97 | |
Conservative Party | 751 | 49.83 | |
Whig | 697 | 46.25 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.13 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
1841 Resignation of Lord Albert Conyngham. | |||
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
3 February 1841 | 1,417/1,918 | 73.88 | |
Conservative Party | 772 | 54.48 | |
Whig | 628 | 44.32 | |
Whig | 17 | 1.20 | |
Majority | 144 | 10.16 | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
24 July 1837 | 635 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
26 July 1837 | 920 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiganshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 1,788 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carlisle | |||
24 July 1837 | 1,012 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Carlow | |||
5 August 1837 | 340/555 | 61.26 | |
Whig | 180 | 52.94 | |
Conservative Party | 158 | 46.47 | |
Independent Conservative | 2 | 0.59 | |
Majority | 22 | 6.47 | |
1 February 1839 Resignation of William Maule on appointment as Baron of the Exchequer,. | |||
27 February 1839 | |||
Conservative Party | 167 | 50.45 | |
Whig | 164 | 49.55 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.91 | |
12 July 1839 Petition - Francis Bruen unseated and Thomas Gisborne declared elected - the result was amended to Gisborne 160, Bruen 159. | |||
Carlow County | |||
11 August 1837 | 1,373/1,779 | 77.18 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 730 | 53.17 | |
Whig | 730 | 53.17 | |
Conservative Party | 643 | 46.83 | |
Conservative Party | 643 | 46.83 | |
Majority | 87 | 6.34 | |
26 October 1840 Death of Dr Nicholas Vigors. | |||
5 December 1840 | 1,277/1,759 | 72.60 | |
Conservative Party | 722 | 56.54 | |
Whig | 555 | 43.46 | |
Majority | 167 | 13.08 | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
24 July 1837 | 620/786 | 78.88 | |
Whig | 333 | 53.71 | |
Conservative Party | 287 | 46.29 | |
Majority | 46 | 7.42 | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 4,315/5,125 | 84.20 | |
Conservative Party | 2,486 | 57.61 | |
Conservative Party | 2,173 | 50.36 | |
Whig | 2,068 | 47.93 | |
Majority | 105 | 2.43 | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
27 July 1837 | 790/1,099 | 71.88 | |
Conservative Party | 405 | 51.27 | |
Whig | 385 | 48.73 | |
Majority | 20 | 2.53 | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
1 August 1837 | 1,791 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carrickfergus | |||
4 August 1837 | 864/1,458 | 59.26 | |
Conservative Party | 446 | 51.62 | |
Whig | 418 | 48.38 | |
Majority | 28 | 3.24 | |
Cashel | |||
1 August 1837 | 353 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
July 1838 Resignation of Rt Hon Stephen Woulfe on appointment as Lord Chief Baron of the Court of the Exchequer in Ireland. | |||
14 July 1838 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cavan County | |||
10 August 1837 | 2,918 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 October 1838 Succession of Henry Maxwell to the Peerage - 7th Baron Farnham. | |||
18 February 1839 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
August 1840 Resignation of Hon Somerset Maxwell. | |||
12 August 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chatham | |||
25 July 1837 | 785 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cheltenham | |||
24 July 1837 | 930/1,324 | 70.24 | |
Whig | 632 | 67.96 | |
Conservative Party | 298 | 32.04 | |
Majority | 334 | 35.91 | |
Chester | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,427/2,298 | 62.10 | |
Whig | 1,282 | 89.84 | |
Radical | 1,109 | 77.72 | |
Conservative Party | 352 | 24.67 | |
Majority | 757 | 53.05 | |
Chichester | |||
25 July 1837 | 631/885 | 71.30 | |
Whig | 490 | 77.65 | |
Conservative Party | 387 | 61.33 | |
Radical | 252 | 39.94 | |
Majority | 135 | 21.39 | |
Chippenham | |||
24 July 1837 | 239 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Christchurch | |||
25 July 1837 | 222/271 | 81.92 | |
Conservative Party | 116 | 52.25 | |
Whig | 106 | 47.75 | |
Majority | 10 | 4.50 | |
Cirencester | |||
25 July 1837 | 585 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
City of London | |||
22 July 1837 | 11,932/19,678 | 60.64 | |
Whig | 6,517 | 54.62 | |
Whig | 6,071 | 50.88 | |
Whig | 6,070 | 50.87 | |
Radical | 5,879 | 49.27 | |
Conservative Party | 5,873 | 49.22 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.05 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
4 August 1837 | 1,181 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clare County | |||
7 August 1837 | 3,141 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Clitheroe | |||
25 July 1837 | 319/368 | 86.68 | |
Whig | 164 | 51.41 | |
Conservative Party | 155 | 48.59 | |
Majority | 9 | 2.82 | |
Clonmel | |||
8 August 1837 | 425/795 | 53.46 | |
Whig | 284 | 66.82 | |
Conservative Party | 141 | 33.18 | |
Majority | 143 | 33.65 | |
11 July 1838 Resignation of Nicholas Ball on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
16 July 1838 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
11 February 1839 Resignation of Nicholas Ball on appointment as Judge of Common Pleas, Ireland. | |||
18 February 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
11 August 1840 Resignation of David Pigot on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
21 August 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cockermouth | |||
27 July 1837 | 229/297 | 77.10 | |
Radical | 169 | 73.80 | |
Whig | 122 | 53.28 | |
Whig | 111 | 48.47 | |
Majority | 11 | 4.80 | |
26 May 1840 Resignation of Edward Horsman on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
1 June 1840 | 208/288 | 72.22 | |
Whig | 117 | 56.25 | |
Conservative Party | 91 | 43.75 | |
Majority | 26 | 12.50 | |
Colchester | |||
28 July 1837 | 739/1,175 | 62.89 | |
Conservative Party | 472 | 63.87 | |
Conservative Party | 435 | 58.86 | |
Radical | 306 | 41.41 | |
Majority | 129 | 17.46 | |
Coleraine | |||
4 August 1837 | 206/420 | 49.05 | |
Conservative Party | 129 | 62.62 | |
Whig | 77 | 37.38 | |
Majority | 52 | 25.24 | |
Cork City | |||
11 August 1837 | 3,359/5,723 | 58.69 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 1,951 | 58.08 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 1,935 | 57.61 | |
Conservative Party | 1,407 | 41.89 | |
Conservative Party | 1,391 | 41.41 | |
Majority | 528 | 15.72 | |
Cork County | |||
18 August 1837 | 3,035/4,878 | 62.22 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 1,902 | 62.67 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 1,902 | 62.67 | |
Conservative Party | 1,148 | 37.83 | |
Conservative Party | 1,114 | 36.71 | |
Majority | 754 | 24.84 | |
Coventry | |||
22 July 1837 | 3,323/3,662 | 90.74 | |
Whig | 1,778 | 53.51 | |
Radical | 1,748 | 52.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,511 | 45.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,392 | 41.89 | |
Chartist | 43 | 1.29 | |
Majority | 237 | 7.13 | |
Cricklade | |||
29 July 1837 | 1,389/1,687 | 82.34 | |
Conservative Party | 833 | 59.97 | |
Conservative Party | 734 | 52.84 | |
Whig | 720 | 51.84 | |
Majority | 14 | 1.01 | |
Dartmouth | |||
25 August 1837 | 257 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
29 July 1837 | 749/909 | 82.40 | |
Conservative Party | 411 | 54.87 | |
Whig | 338 | 45.13 | |
Majority | 73 | 9.75 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Denbighshire | |||
1 August 1837 | 3,689 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 January 1840 Death of Sir Watkin Wynn, bt. | |||
30 January 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Derby | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,318/1,751 | 75.27 | |
Whig | 836 | 63.43 | |
Whig | 791 | 60.02 | |
Conservative Party | 521 | 39.53 | |
Conservative Party | 456 | 34.60 | |
Majority | 270 | 20.49 | |
Devizes | |||
24 July 1837 | 341 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
21 March 1838 Resignation of James Dundas on appointment as Clerk of the Ordinance. | |||
26 March 1838 | 211/266 | 79.32 | |
Whig | 109 | 51.66 | |
Conservative Party | 102 | 48.34 | |
Majority | 7 | 3.32 | |
25 May 1838 Petition - James Dundas unseated and George Heneage declared elected. | |||
Devonport | |||
26 August 1837 | 2,145 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
February 1839 Resignation of Sir George Grey, bt on appointment as Judge Advocate General. | |||
20 February 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
January 1840 Resignation of Sir Edward Codrington. | |||
24 January 1840 | 1,724/2,121 | 81.28 | |
Whig | 974 | 56.50 | |
Conservative Party | 750 | 43.50 | |
Majority | 224 | 12.99 | |
22 June 1841 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir George Grey, bt on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
Donegal County | |||
8 August 1837 | 1,960 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorchester | |||
24 July 1837 | 397 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorset | |||
2 August 1837 | 6,263 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Dover | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,512/1,677 | 90.16 | |
Whig | 854 | 56.48 | |
Conservative Party | 829 | 54.83 | |
Conservative Party | 742 | 49.07 | |
Majority | 87 | 5.75 | |
Down County | |||
7 August 1837 | 3,525 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Downpatrick | |||
5 August 1837 | 302/580 | 52.07 | |
Conservative Party | 154 | 50.99 | |
Conservative Party | 140 | 46.36 | |
Radical | 5 | 1.66 | |
Radical | 3 | 0.99 | |
Majority | 14 | 4.64 | |
Drogheda | |||
3 August 1837 | 799 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Droitwich | |||
24 July 1837 | 341 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin City | |||
5 August 1837 | 6,972/11,409 | 61.11 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 3,556 | 51.00 | |
Whig | 3,542 | 50.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,467 | 49.73 | |
Conservative Party | 3,461 | 49.64 | |
Majority | 75 | 1.08 | |
Dublin County | |||
7 August 1837 | 2,815 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin University | |||
4 August 1837 | 940/2,100 | 44.76 | |
Conservative Party | 852 | 90.64 | |
Conservative Party | 839 | 89.26 | |
Whig | 186 | 19.79 | |
Majority | 653 | 69.47 | |
Dudley | |||
25 July 1837 | 674/844 | 79.86 | |
Conservative Party | 385 | 57.12 | |
Whig | 289 | 42.88 | |
Majority | 96 | 14.24 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,050 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 1,461 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
5 August 1837 | 863/1,139 | 75.77 | |
Whig | 452 | 52.38 | |
Conservative Party | 411 | 47.62 | |
Majority | 41 | 4.75 | |
Dundalk | |||
2 August 1837 | 557 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Dundee | |||
2 August 1837 | 1,044/2,214 | 47.15 | |
Whig | 663 | 63.51 | |
Conservative Party | 381 | 36.49 | |
Majority | 282 | 27.01 | |
Dungannon | |||
2 August 1837 | 226 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
June 1838 Resignation of Viscount Northland,. | |||
9 June 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dungarvan | |||
5 August 1837 | 418/747 | 55.96 | |
Whig | 261 | 62.44 | |
Irish Repeal | 157 | 37.56 | |
Majority | 104 | 24.88 | |
Durham | |||
28 July 1837 | 857/949 | 90.31 | |
Conservative Party | 465 | 54.26 | |
Whig | 373 | 43.52 | |
Radical | 371 | 43.29 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.23 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
East Retford | |||
28 July 1837 | 2,259/2,680 | 84.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,372 | 60.73 | |
Conservative Party | 1,352 | 59.85 | |
Whig | 1,234 | 54.63 | |
Majority | 118 | 5.22 | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 6,204/7,180 | 86.41 | |
Conservative Party | 3,592 | 57.90 | |
Conservative Party | 3,257 | 52.50 | |
Whig | 2,985 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 272 | 4.38 | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
10 August 1837 | 4,648/5,469 | 84.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,430 | 52.28 | |
Whig | 2,294 | 49.35 | |
Whig | 2,250 | 48.41 | |
Majority | 44 | 0.95 | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
10 August 1837 | 3,699/4,638 | 79.75 | |
Radical | 2,294 | 62.02 | |
Radical | 2,124 | 57.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,605 | 43.39 | |
Majority | 519 | 14.03 | |
1 July 1840 Death of Francis Aglionby. | |||
20 July 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
29 July 1837 | 7,598 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
1 August 1837 | 5,478/7,293 | 75.11 | |
Conservative Party | 3,607 | 65.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,029 | 55.29 | |
Whig | 2,205 | 40.25 | |
Majority | 824 | 15.04 | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
11 August 1837 | 6,759/8,343 | 81.01 | |
Conservative Party | 3,654 | 54.06 | |
Conservative Party | 3,523 | 52.12 | |
Whig | 3,237 | 47.89 | |
Whig | 2,978 | 44.06 | |
Majority | 286 | 4.23 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Eastern Somerset | |||
29 July 1837 | 9,561 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
3 August 1837 | 6,278 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
3 August 1837 | 3,937/5,531 | 71.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,176 | 55.27 | |
Conservative Party | 2,155 | 54.74 | |
Whig | 1,865 | 47.37 | |
Whig | 1,823 | 46.30 | |
Majority | 290 | 7.37 | |
17 January 1841 Death of Richard Alsager. | |||
8 February 1841 | 4,071/6,222 | 65.43 | |
Conservative Party | 2,635 | 64.73 | |
Whig | 1,436 | 35.27 | |
Majority | 1,199 | 29.45 | |
Eastern Sussex | |||
1 August 1837 | 3,869/4,799 | 80.62 | |
Conservative Party | 2,256 | 58.31 | |
Whig | 1,793 | 46.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,749 | 45.21 | |
Whig | 1,619 | 41.85 | |
Majority | 44 | 1.14 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
4 August 1837 | 4,771/5,995 | 79.58 | |
Conservative Party | 2,595 | 54.39 | |
Conservative Party | 2,528 | 52.99 | |
Whig | 2,175 | 45.59 | |
Whig | 2,168 | 45.44 | |
Majority | 353 | 7.40 | |
Edinburgh | |||
26 July 1837 | 9,640 | ||
Speaker of the House of Commons | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
June 1839 Elevation of Rt Hon James Abercromby to the Peerage - Baron Dunfermline. | |||
4 June 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
27 September 1839 Resignation of Thomas Macaulay on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
23 January 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburghshire | |||
3 August 1837 | 1,364/1,682 | 81.09 | |
Whig | 703 | 51.54 | |
Conservative Party | 661 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 42 | 3.08 | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
25 July 1837 | 858 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1838 Resignation of Sir Andrew Leith Hay on appointment as Governor of Bermuda. | |||
13 February 1838 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 727 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
April 1840 Resignation of Hon Francis Grant. | |||
25 April 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ennis | |||
3 August 1837 | 353 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Enniskillen | |||
31 July 1837 | 296 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Evesham | |||
25 July 1837 | 307/354 | 86.72 | |
Conservative Party | 168 | 54.72 | |
Conservative Party | 166 | 54.07 | |
Whig | 156 | 50.81 | |
Majority | 10 | 3.26 | |
25 May 1838 Petition - Peter Borthwick was unseated and Lord Marcus Hill declared elected. | |||
Exeter | |||
22 July 1837 | 3,488 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Eye | |||
24 July 1837 | 301 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
26 July 1837 | 1,177 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Fermanagh County | |||
7 August 1837 | 1,864 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
31 March 1840 Succession of Viscount Cole to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Enniskillen. | |||
30 April 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Fife | |||
7 August 1837 | 1,653/2,720 | 60.77 | |
Whig | 1,086 | 65.70 | |
Conservative Party | 567 | 34.30 | |
Majority | 519 | 31.40 | |
Finsbury | |||
26 July 1837 | 7,489/12,264 | 61.06 | |
Radical | 4,957 | 66.19 | |
Radical | 4,895 | 65.36 | |
Conservative Party | 2,470 | 32.98 | |
Majority | 2,425 | 32.38 | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
1 August 1837 | 984/1,297 | 75.87 | |
Whig | 591 | 60.06 | |
Conservative Party | 393 | 39.94 | |
Majority | 198 | 20.12 | |
Flintshire | |||
11 August 1837 | 1,850/2,189 | 84.51 | |
Conservative Party | 945 | 51.08 | |
Whig | 905 | 48.92 | |
Majority | 40 | 2.16 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Forfarshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 1,790 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
29 July 1837 | 244/291 | 83.85 | |
Conservative Party | 124 | 50.82 | |
Whig | 120 | 49.18 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.64 | |
Galway | |||
3 August 1837 | 772/2,739 | 28.19 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 448 | 58.03 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 376 | 48.70 | |
Conservative Party | 262 | 33.94 | |
Conservative Party | 3 | 0.39 | |
Majority | 114 | 14.77 | |
1838 Resignation of Andrew Lynch on appointment as a Master in Chancery. | |||
12 February 1838 | |||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 445 | 73.68 | |
Irish Repeal | 159 | 26.32 | |
Majority | 286 | 47.35 | |
Galway County | |||
11 August 1837 | 3,765 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Gateshead | |||
28 July 1837 | 387/534 | 72.47 | |
Radical | 236 | 60.98 | |
Radical | 151 | 39.02 | |
Majority | 85 | 21.96 | |
Glamorganshire | |||
7 August 1837 | 3,601/4,373 | 82.35 | |
Conservative Party | 2,009 | 55.79 | |
Whig | 1,794 | 49.82 | |
Whig | 1,590 | 44.15 | |
Majority | 204 | 5.67 | |
Glasgow | |||
28 July 1837 | 4,862/8,676 | 56.04 | |
Whig | 2,767 | 56.91 | |
Whig | 2,743 | 56.42 | |
Conservative Party | 2,121 | 43.62 | |
Conservative Party | 2,090 | 42.99 | |
Majority | 622 | 12.79 | |
17 June 1839 Death of Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck. | |||
24 June 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Gloucester | |||
24 July 1837 | 1,279/1,674 | 76.40 | |
Conservative Party | 727 | 56.84 | |
Whig | 710 | 55.51 | |
Whig | 630 | 49.26 | |
Majority | 80 | 6.25 | |
1838 Petition - dismissed. | |||
May 1838 Resignation of Henry Hope. | |||
21 May 1838 | 1,264/1,674 | 75.51 | |
Conservative Party | 685 | 54.19 | |
Whig | 579 | 45.81 | |
Majority | 106 | 8.39 | |
Grantham | |||
24 July 1837 | 582/669 | 87.00 | |
Conservative Party | 398 | 68.38 | |
Conservative Party | 308 | 52.92 | |
Whig | 291 | 50.00 | |
Majority | 17 | 2.92 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
24 July 1837 | 590 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Great Marlow | |||
24 July 1837 | 369 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Great Yarmouth | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,474/1,740 | 84.71 | |
Whig | 790 | 53.60 | |
Whig | 779 | 52.85 | |
Conservative Party | 699 | 47.42 | |
Conservative Party | 685 | 46.47 | |
Majority | 80 | 5.43 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
August 1838 Resignation of William Wilshere. An agreement had been reached between the Whig and Conservative parties during the petition hearing that William Wilshere should resign at the end of the parliamentary session and let Thomas Baring be elected unopposed. Wilshere accordingly resigned, but was nominated for the by-election without his consent. | |||
23 August 1838 | 1,437/1,719 | 83.60 | |
Whig | 735 | 51.15 | |
Conservative Party | 702 | 48.85 | |
Majority | 33 | 2.30 | |
Greenock | |||
28 July 1837 | 603/1,065 | 56.62 | |
Whig | 401 | 66.50 | |
Conservative Party | 202 | 33.50 | |
Majority | 199 | 33.00 | |
Greenwich | |||
27 July 1837 | 2,434/3,107 | 78.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,368 | 56.20 | |
Radical | 1,194 | 49.06 | |
Radical | 1,158 | 47.58 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.48 | |
Guildford | |||
25 July 1837 | 350/425 | 82.35 | |
Conservative Party | 252 | 72.00 | |
Conservative Party | 188 | 53.71 | |
Whig | 159 | 45.43 | |
Majority | 29 | 8.29 | |
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
27 July 1837 | 505/635 | 79.53 | |
Whig | 268 | 53.07 | |
Conservative Party | 237 | 46.93 | |
Majority | 31 | 6.14 | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
1 August 1837 | 509/718 | 70.89 | |
Conservative Party | 301 | 59.14 | |
Whig | 208 | 40.86 | |
Majority | 93 | 18.27 | |
21 March 1838 Succession of Baron Ramsay to the Peerage - 10th Earl of Dalhousie. | |||
14 April 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Halifax | |||
27 July 1837 | 793/970 | 81.75 | |
Radical | 496 | 62.55 | |
Whig | 487 | 61.41 | |
Conservative Party | 308 | 38.84 | |
Majority | 179 | 22.57 | |
Harwich | |||
25 July 1837 | 146/162 | 90.12 | |
Conservative Party | 75 | 51.37 | |
Whig | 75 | 51.37 | |
Whig | 74 | 50.68 | |
Conservative Party | 66 | 45.21 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.68 | |
Hastings | |||
26 July 1837 | 776/924 | 83.98 | |
Conservative Party | 401 | 51.68 | |
Radical | 382 | 49.23 | |
Conservative Party | 312 | 40.21 | |
Majority | 70 | 9.02 | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
26 July 1837 | 412/706 | 58.36 | |
Whig | 247 | 59.95 | |
Conservative Party | 165 | 40.05 | |
Majority | 82 | 19.90 | |
Helston | |||
26 July 1837 | 285/366 | 77.87 | |
Conservative Party | 160 | 56.14 | |
Whig | 125 | 43.86 | |
Majority | 35 | 12.28 | |
March 1840 Resignation of Viscount Cantelupe. | |||
12 March 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hereford | |||
25 July 1837 | 816/909 | 89.77 | |
Whig | 444 | 54.41 | |
Conservative Party | 430 | 52.70 | |
Whig | 420 | 51.47 | |
Majority | 10 | 1.23 | |
Herefordshire | |||
31 July 1837 | 7,216 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Hertford | |||
25 July 1837 | 580/631 | 91.92 | |
Whig | 378 | 65.17 | |
Conservative Party | 306 | 52.76 | |
Radical | 297 | 51.21 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.55 | |
1839 Resignation of Hon William Cowper on appointment as Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. | |||
20 May 1839 | 575/619 | 92.89 | |
Whig | 297 | 51.65 | |
Conservative Party | 278 | 48.35 | |
Majority | 19 | 3.30 | |
Hertfordshire | |||
28 July 1837 | 5,137 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Honiton | |||
25 August 1837 | 435/460 | 94.57 | |
Conservative Party | 294 | 67.59 | |
Whig | 225 | 51.72 | |
Conservative Party | 203 | 46.67 | |
Majority | 22 | 5.06 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Horsham | |||
26 July 1837 | 292/319 | 91.54 | |
Radical | 147 | 50.34 | |
Conservative Party | 145 | 49.66 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.68 | |
Huddersfield | |||
29 July 1837 | 624/800 | 78.00 | |
Whig | 323 | 51.76 | |
Conservative Party | 301 | 48.24 | |
Majority | 22 | 3.53 | |
Huntingdon | |||
26 July 1837 | 356 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 2,284/2,805 | 81.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,392 | 60.95 | |
Conservative Party | 1,332 | 58.32 | |
Whig | 990 | 43.35 | |
Majority | 342 | 14.97 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Hythe | |||
25 July 1837 | 379/476 | 79.62 | |
Whig | 243 | 64.12 | |
Conservative Party | 136 | 35.88 | |
Majority | 107 | 28.23 | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
29 July 1837 | 653/699 | 93.42 | |
Whig | 336 | 51.45 | |
Conservative Party | 317 | 48.55 | |
Majority | 19 | 2.91 | |
February 1840 Resignation of Roderick MacLeod. | |||
4 March 1840 | 660/757 | 87.19 | |
Whig | 353 | 53.48 | |
Conservative Party | 307 | 46.52 | |
Majority | 46 | 6.97 | |
Inverness-shire | |||
7 August 1837 | 552/753 | 73.31 | |
Conservative Party | 303 | 54.89 | |
Whig | 249 | 45.11 | |
Majority | 54 | 9.78 | |
June 1838 Resignation of Alexander Chisholm. | |||
12 June 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 March 1840 Death of Francis Grant. | |||
31 March 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ipswich | |||
27 July 1837 | 1,262/1,418 | 89.00 | |
Conservative Party | 601 | 47.62 | |
Whig | 595 | 47.15 | |
Conservative Party | 593 | 46.99 | |
Whig | 593 | 46.99 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.16 | |
24 February 1838 Petition - Henry Tufnell unseated. FitzRoy Kelly declared elected. | |||
1839 Petition - dismissed. | |||
July 1839 Resignation of Thomas Gibson. | |||
15 July 1839 | 1,236/1,418 | 87.17 | |
Conservative Party | 621 | 50.24 | |
Whig | 615 | 49.76 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.49 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
10 August 1837 | |||
Conservative Party | 628 | 52.86 | |
Whig | 560 | 47.14 | |
Majority | 68 | 5.72 | |
Kendal | |||
25 July 1837 | 321 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kerry County | |||
12 August 1837 | 921/1,512 | 60.91 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 697 | 75.68 | |
Conservative Party | 546 | 59.28 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 498 | 54.07 | |
Conservative Party | 112 | 12.16 | |
Majority | 48 | 5.21 | |
Kidderminster | |||
25 July 1837 | 355/440 | 80.68 | |
Conservative Party | 198 | 55.77 | |
Whig | 157 | 44.23 | |
Majority | 41 | 11.55 | |
Kildare County | |||
11 August 1837 | 990/1,408 | 70.31 | |
Whig | 762 | 76.97 | |
Whig | 728 | 73.54 | |
Conservative Party | 228 | 23.03 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 2 | 0.20 | |
Conservative Party | 2 | 0.20 | |
Majority | 500 | 50.51 | |
Kilkenny City | |||
7 August 1837 | 125/775 | 16.13 | |
Radical | 57 | 45.60 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 50 | 40.00 | |
Radical | 18 | 14.40 | |
Majority | 7 | 5.60 | |
Kilkenny County | |||
12 August 1837 | 1,726 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
29 July 1837 | 947/1,451 | 65.27 | |
Conservative Party | 509 | 53.75 | |
Radical | 438 | 46.25 | |
Majority | 71 | 7.50 | |
Kincardineshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 906 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
King's County | |||
7 August 1837 | 1,877 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
February 1841 Resignation of Nicholas Fitzsimon. | |||
24 February 1841 | |||
Whig | 426 | 66.98 | |
Conservative Party | 210 | 33.02 | |
Majority | 216 | 33.96 | |
King's Lynn | |||
26 July 1837 | 756/885 | 85.42 | |
Conservative Party | 468 | 61.90 | |
Conservative Party | 382 | 50.53 | |
Whig | 369 | 48.81 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.72 | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
24 July 1837 | 2,990/4,222 | 70.82 | |
Conservative Party | 1,514 | 50.64 | |
Conservative Party | 1,505 | 50.33 | |
Radical | 1,497 | 50.07 | |
Whig | 1,430 | 47.83 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.27 | |
7 May 1838 Petition - William Wilberforce unseated. William Hutt declared elected. | |||
Kinsale | |||
7 August 1837 | 209/291 | 71.82 | |
Whig | 103 | 49.28 | |
Conservative Party | 98 | 46.89 | |
Conservative Party | 8 | 3.83 | |
Majority | 5 | 2.39 | |
11 April 1838 Petition - Pierce Mahony unseated and Henry Thomas declared elected. | |||
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
26 July 1837 | 641 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
3 December 1840 Death of Robert Ferguson. | |||
27 January 1841 | |||
Whig | 218 | 62.46 | |
Radical | 131 | 37.54 | |
Majority | 87 | 24.93 | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
31 July 1837 | 1,119 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
December 1838 Death of Rt Hon Robert Fergusson. | |||
31 December 1838 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Knaresborough | |||
14 August 1837 | 236/271 | 87.08 | |
Whig | 172 | 72.88 | |
Whig | 124 | 52.54 | |
Conservative Party | 118 | 50.00 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.54 | |
Lambeth | |||
26 August 1837 | 4,497/7,040 | 63.88 | |
Whig | 2,934 | 65.24 | |
Whig | 2,811 | 62.51 | |
Conservative Party | 1,624 | 36.11 | |
Majority | 1,187 | 26.40 | |
Lanarkshire | |||
9 August 1837 | 2,971/3,654 | 81.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,486 | 50.02 | |
Whig | 1,485 | 49.98 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.03 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Lancaster | |||
25 July 1837 | 989/1,161 | 85.19 | |
Conservative Party | 614 | 62.08 | |
Conservative Party | 527 | 53.29 | |
Whig | 453 | 45.80 | |
Whig | 347 | 35.09 | |
Majority | 74 | 7.48 | |
Launceston | |||
24 July 1837 | 353 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds | |||
28 July 1837 | 3,719/5,579 | 66.66 | |
Whig | 2,028 | 54.53 | |
Radical | 1,880 | 50.55 | |
Conservative Party | 1,759 | 47.30 | |
Majority | 121 | 3.25 | |
Leicester | |||
26 July 1837 | 3,270/3,569 | 91.62 | |
Radical | 1,816 | 55.54 | |
Radical | 1,816 | 55.54 | |
Conservative Party | 1,454 | 44.46 | |
Conservative Party | 1,453 | 44.43 | |
Majority | 362 | 11.07 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
1839 Resignation of Samuel Duckworth on appointment as a Master in Chancery. | |||
22 March 1839 | |||
Radical | 1,666 | 54.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,371 | 45.14 | |
Majority | 295 | 9.71 | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
24 July 1837 | 2,171 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1839 Resignation of Rt Hon John Murray on appointment as a Lord of Session. | |||
22 April 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Leitrim County | |||
7 August 1837 | 1,734 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
24 January 1839 Death of Viscount Clements. | |||
6 March 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Leominster | |||
25 July 1837 | 579/671 | 86.29 | |
Conservative Party | 395 | 68.22 | |
Whig | 364 | 62.87 | |
Conservative Party | 266 | 45.94 | |
Majority | 98 | 16.93 | |
Lewes | |||
26 July 1837 | 788/842 | 93.59 | |
Whig | 413 | 52.41 | |
Conservative Party | 401 | 50.89 | |
Whig | 398 | 50.51 | |
Conservative Party | 343 | 43.53 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.38 | |
29 February 1840 Death of Sir Charles Blunt, bt. | |||
9 March 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lichfield | |||
24 July 1837 | 901 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick City | |||
4 August 1837 | 1,355/3,534 | 38.34 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 973 | 71.81 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 960 | 70.85 | |
Conservative Party | 387 | 28.56 | |
Conservative Party | 101 | 7.45 | |
Majority | 573 | 42.29 | |
Limerick County | |||
10 August 1837 | 995/3,280 | 30.34 | |
Whig | 859 | 86.33 | |
Whig | 586 | 58.89 | |
Conservative Party | 14 | 1.41 | |
Majority | 572 | 57.49 | |
Lincoln | |||
25 July 1837 | 864/1,041 | 83.00 | |
Conservative Party | 514 | 59.49 | |
Whig | 436 | 50.46 | |
Conservative Party | 392 | 45.37 | |
Whig | 330 | 38.19 | |
Majority | 44 | 5.09 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
5 August 1837 | 520/725 | 71.72 | |
Conservative Party | 329 | 63.27 | |
Whig | 191 | 36.73 | |
Majority | 138 | 26.54 | |
June 1838 Resignation of Hon James Hope. | |||
14 June 1838 | 540/734 | 73.57 | |
Conservative Party | 330 | 61.11 | |
Whig | 210 | 38.89 | |
Majority | 120 | 22.22 | |
Lisburn | |||
31 July 1837 | 156 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liskeard | |||
25 July 1837 | 208/248 | 83.87 | |
Radical | 113 | 54.33 | |
Conservative Party | 95 | 45.67 | |
Majority | 18 | 8.65 | |
Liverpool | |||
26 July 1837 | 9,091/11,179 | 81.32 | |
Conservative Party | 4,786 | 52.65 | |
Conservative Party | 4,652 | 51.17 | |
Radical | 4,381 | 48.19 | |
Radical | 4,206 | 46.27 | |
Majority | 271 | 2.98 | |
Londonderry City | |||
2 August 1837 | 349/804 | 43.41 | |
Whig | 212 | 60.74 | |
Conservative Party | 137 | 39.26 | |
Majority | 75 | 21.49 | |
Londonderry County | |||
5 August 1837 | 2,843 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Longford County | |||
18 August 1837 | 1,257/1,736 | 72.41 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 671 | 53.38 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 667 | 53.06 | |
Conservative Party | 561 | 44.63 | |
Conservative Party | 556 | 44.23 | |
Majority | 106 | 8.43 | |
Louth County | |||
5 August 1837 | 995 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
July 1840 Resignation of Henry Chester. | |||
31 July 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ludlow | |||
28 July 1837 | 351/375 | 93.60 | |
Conservative Party | 193 | 54.99 | |
Whig | 188 | 53.56 | |
Whig | 158 | 45.01 | |
Majority | 30 | 8.55 | |
16 May 1839 Succession of Viscount Clive to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Powis. | |||
6 June 1839 | 368/404 | 91.09 | |
Whig | 186 | 50.54 | |
Conservative Party | 182 | 49.46 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.09 | |
12 May 1840 Petition - election declared void. | |||
23 May 1840 | 354/422 | 83.89 | |
Conservative Party | 194 | 54.80 | |
Whig | 160 | 45.20 | |
Majority | 34 | 9.60 | |
Lyme Regis | |||
25 July 1837 | 208/243 | 85.60 | |
Whig | 121 | 58.17 | |
Conservative Party | 87 | 41.83 | |
Majority | 34 | 16.35 | |
Lymington | |||
25 July 1837 | 227/296 | 76.69 | |
Conservative Party | 161 | 70.93 | |
Conservative Party | 138 | 60.79 | |
Radical | 97 | 42.73 | |
Majority | 41 | 18.06 | |
Macclesfield | |||
27 July 1837 | 764/975 | 78.36 | |
Whig | 546 | 71.47 | |
Conservative Party | 471 | 61.65 | |
Whig | 292 | 38.22 | |
Majority | 179 | 23.43 | |
Maidstone | |||
27 July 1837 | 1,209/1,399 | 86.42 | |
Conservative Party | 782 | 64.68 | |
Conservative Party | 668 | 55.25 | |
Radical | 559 | 46.24 | |
Radical | 25 | 2.07 | |
Majority | 109 | 9.02 | |
1838 Petition - dismissed. | |||
14 March 1838 Death of Wyndham Lewis. | |||
28 March 1838 | 1,291/1,484 | 86.99 | |
Conservative Party | 708 | 54.84 | |
Whig | 583 | 45.16 | |
Majority | 125 | 9.68 | |
6 June 1838 Petition - election declared void. | |||
15 June 1838 | 1,219/1,484 | 82.14 | |
Conservative Party | 707 | 58.00 | |
Whig | 512 | 42.00 | |
Majority | 195 | 16.00 | |
Maldon | |||
26 July 1837 | 760/876 | 86.76 | |
Conservative Party | 420 | 55.26 | |
Conservative Party | 407 | 53.55 | |
Whig | 395 | 51.97 | |
Majority | 12 | 1.58 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Mallow | |||
1 August 1837 | 564 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Malmesbury | |||
25 July 1837 | 207/260 | 79.62 | |
Whig | 112 | 54.11 | |
Conservative Party | 95 | 45.89 | |
Majority | 17 | 8.21 | |
Malton | |||
27 July 1837 | 603 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Manchester | |||
28 July 1837 | 6,146/11,185 | 54.95 | |
Whig | 4,158 | 67.65 | |
Whig | 3,759 | 61.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,224 | 36.19 | |
Majority | 1,535 | 24.98 | |
1839 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Thompson on appointment as Governor-General of Canada. | |||
7 September 1839 | |||
Whig | 3,421 | 52.01 | |
Conservative Party | 3,156 | 47.99 | |
Majority | 265 | 4.03 | |
A second declaration was made by the Borough Reeve: Greg - 3,096; Murray - 2,969; Thompson - 63. | |||
Marlborough | |||
24 July 1837 | 280 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Marylebone | |||
26 July 1837 | 7,057/10,843 | 65.08 | |
Whig | 3,512 | 49.77 | |
Radical | 3,350 | 47.47 | |
Conservative Party | 2,952 | 41.83 | |
Radical | 764 | 10.83 | |
Whig | 662 | 9.38 | |
Majority | 398 | 5.64 | |
21 February 1838 Petition - Sir Samuel Whalley was unseated on being unable to prove his qualification. | |||
3 March 1838 | 8,114/11,799 | 68.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,166 | 51.34 | |
Whig | 3,762 | 46.36 | |
Radical | 186 | 2.29 | |
Majority | 404 | 4.98 | |
Mayo County | |||
9 August 1837 | 2,028 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
24 October 1840 Death of Sir William Brabazon, bt. | |||
16 December 1840 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Meath County | |||
5 August 1837 | 1,872 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
1840 Resignation of Morgan O'Connell on appointment as Assistant Registrar of Deeds in Ireland. | |||
4 February 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Merionethshire | |||
1 August 1837 | 1,336 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
27 July 1837 | 444/582 | 76.29 | |
Whig | 309 | 69.59 | |
Conservative Party | 135 | 30.41 | |
Majority | 174 | 39.19 | |
Middlesex | |||
31 July 1837 | 9,260/12,817 | 72.25 | |
Whig | 4,796 | 51.79 | |
Conservative Party | 4,582 | 49.48 | |
Radical | 4,380 | 47.30 | |
Conservative Party | 4,273 | 46.14 | |
Majority | 202 | 2.18 | |
Midhurst | |||
22 July 1837 | 248 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
December 1837 Resignation of Stephen Poyntz. | |||
12 December 1837 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Monaghan County | |||
8 August 1837 | 3,194 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
24 July 1837 | 826/1,169 | 70.66 | |
Whig | 440 | 53.27 | |
Conservative Party | 386 | 46.73 | |
Majority | 54 | 6.54 | |
Monmouthshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 4,347 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
February 1841 Resignation of William Williams. | |||
9 February 1841 | 4,395 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
25 July 1837 | 915/1,037 | 88.24 | |
Whig | 472 | 51.58 | |
Conservative Party | 443 | 48.42 | |
Majority | 29 | 3.17 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
1 August 1837 | 2,819 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
29 July 1837 | 1,636 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Morpeth | |||
25 July 1837 | 360 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
February 1840 Resignation of Viscount Leveson. | |||
22 February 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
24 July 1837 | 551 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
New Ross | |||
4 August 1837 | 232 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
24 July 1837 | 1,221 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1839 Resignation of Thomas Wilde on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
25 January 1840 | 1,073/1,130 | 94.96 | |
Whig | 541 | 50.42 | |
Conservative Party | 532 | 49.58 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.84 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
26 July 1837 | 3,173/4,582 | 69.25 | |
Whig | 1,792 | 56.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,701 | 53.61 | |
Whig | 1,187 | 37.41 | |
Conservative Party | 1,127 | 35.52 | |
Chartist | 290 | 9.14 | |
Majority | 514 | 16.20 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
24 July 1837 | 881/991 | 88.90 | |
Conservative Party | 669 | 75.94 | |
Conservative Party | 635 | 72.08 | |
Whig | 292 | 33.14 | |
Majority | 343 | 38.93 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Newport | |||
26 July 1837 | 506/633 | 79.94 | |
Whig | 265 | 52.37 | |
Whig | 263 | 51.98 | |
Conservative Party | 244 | 48.22 | |
Conservative Party | 236 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 19 | 3.75 | |
Newry | |||
4 August 1837 | 643/1,439 | 44.68 | |
Conservative Party | 338 | 52.57 | |
Whig | 305 | 47.43 | |
Majority | 33 | 5.13 | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
5 August 1837 | 11,738 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northallerton | |||
25 July 1837 | 278 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northampton | |||
26 July 1837 | 1,922/2,079 | 92.45 | |
Whig | 1,095 | 56.97 | |
Radical | 1,033 | 53.75 | |
Conservative Party | 925 | 48.13 | |
Majority | 108 | 5.62 | |
Northern Cheshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 6,029 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 4,481/5,527 | 81.07 | |
Whig | 2,816 | 62.84 | |
Whig | 2,422 | 54.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,983 | 44.25 | |
Majority | 439 | 9.80 | |
Northern Devon | |||
29 July 1837 | 7,757 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1839 Elevation of Viscount Ebrington to the Peerage - Baron Fortescue. | |||
18 March 1839 | 6,960/7,871 | 88.43 | |
Conservative Party | 3,720 | 53.45 | |
Whig | 3,240 | 46.55 | |
Majority | 480 | 6.90 | |
Northern Durham | |||
10 August 1837 | 4,282/5,170 | 82.82 | |
Whig | 2,358 | 55.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,323 | 54.25 | |
Whig | 2,062 | 48.16 | |
Majority | 261 | 6.10 | |
Northern Essex | |||
29 July 1837 | 5,899 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
31 August 1837 | 3,616 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
31 July 1837 | 9,691 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
2 August 1837 | 4,160 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 3,164/3,757 | 84.22 | |
Conservative Party | 1,842 | 58.22 | |
Conservative Party | 1,801 | 56.92 | |
Whig | 1,404 | 44.37 | |
Majority | 397 | 12.55 | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
31 July 1837 | 2,786 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
7 August 1837 | 2,913/3,410 | 85.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,698 | 58.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,572 | 53.96 | |
Whig | 1,478 | 50.74 | |
Majority | 94 | 3.23 | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
31 July 1837 | 4,910 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
3 August 1837 | 7,182/9,540 | 75.28 | |
Conservative Party | 4,332 | 60.32 | |
Whig | 3,182 | 44.31 | |
Whig | 2,351 | 32.73 | |
Majority | 831 | 11.57 | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
5 August 1837 | 5,099/6,632 | 76.88 | |
Conservative Party | 3,326 | 65.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,768 | 54.29 | |
Whig | 2,292 | 44.95 | |
Whig | 1,787 | 35.05 | |
Majority | 476 | 9.34 | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 4,183/5,068 | 82.54 | |
Conservative Party | 2,365 | 56.54 | |
Conservative Party | 2,197 | 52.52 | |
Whig | 1,876 | 44.85 | |
Majority | 321 | 7.67 | |
Norwich | |||
26 July 1837 | 3,697/4,390 | 84.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,865 | 50.45 | |
Conservative Party | 1,863 | 50.39 | |
Whig | 1,843 | 49.85 | |
Whig | 1,831 | 49.53 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.54 | |
24 May 1838 Petition - Hon Robert Scarlett unseated and Benjamin Smith declared elected. | |||
Nottingham | |||
24 July 1837 | 3,728/5,475 | 68.09 | |
Whig | 2,056 | 55.15 | |
Radical | 2,052 | 55.04 | |
Conservative Party | 1,397 | 37.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,396 | 37.45 | |
Majority | 655 | 17.57 | |
10 April 1841 Death of Sir Ronald Ferguson. | |||
26 April 1841 | 3,728/4,678 | 79.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,983 | 53.19 | |
Whig | 1,745 | 46.81 | |
Majority | 238 | 6.38 | |
Oldham | |||
28 July 1837 | 859/1,372 | 62.61 | |
Radical | 545 | 63.45 | |
Radical | 541 | 62.98 | |
Conservative Party | 315 | 36.67 | |
Conservative Party | 279 | 32.48 | |
Majority | 226 | 26.31 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
4 August 1837 | 476 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford | |||
26 July 1837 | 2,115/2,424 | 87.25 | |
Conservative Party | 1,348 | 63.74 | |
Whig | 1,217 | 57.54 | |
Conservative Party | 897 | 42.41 | |
Majority | 320 | 15.13 | |
Oxford University | |||
25 July 1837 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxfordshire | |||
29 July 1837 | 4,125/5,253 | 78.53 | |
Conservative Party | 3,002 | 72.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,885 | 69.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,767 | 67.08 | |
Whig | 1,458 | 35.35 | |
Majority | 1,309 | 31.73 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Paisley | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,610 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire | |||
29 July 1837 | 8,100 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |||
28 July 1837 | 10,063 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peeblesshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 496/690 | 71.88 | |
Conservative Party | 251 | 50.60 | |
Whig | 245 | 49.40 | |
Majority | 6 | 1.21 | |
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
24 July 1837 | 1,152 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1838 Resignation of Hugh Owen. | |||
20 February 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
31 July 1837 | 3,706 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
25 July 1837 | 761/888 | 85.70 | |
Whig | 523 | 68.73 | |
Conservative Party | 434 | 57.03 | |
Whig | 363 | 47.70 | |
Majority | 71 | 9.33 | |
1839 Resignation of Sir Robert Monsey Rolfe on appointment as a Baron of the Exchequer. | |||
23 January 1840 | 700/885 | 79.10 | |
Whig | 462 | 66.00 | |
Conservative Party | 238 | 34.00 | |
Majority | 224 | 32.00 | |
Perth | |||
29 July 1837 | 543/900 | 60.33 | |
Whig | 355 | 65.38 | |
Conservative Party | 188 | 34.62 | |
Majority | 167 | 30.76 | |
August 1839 Resignation of Hon Arthur Kinnaird. | |||
19 August 1839 | |||
Whig | 9 | 100.00 | |
Whig | |||
Majority | 9 | 100.00 | |
Perthshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 2,874/4,452 | 64.56 | |
Conservative Party | 1,495 | 52.02 | |
Whig | 1,379 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 116 | 4.04 | |
18 February 1840 Succession of Viscount Stormont to the Peerage - 4th Earl of Mansfield. | |||
9 March 1840 | 2,712/4,224 | 64.20 | |
Conservative Party | 1,585 | 58.44 | |
Whig | 1,127 | 41.56 | |
Majority | 458 | 16.89 | |
Peterborough | |||
26 July 1837 | 494/552 | 89.49 | |
Whig | 311 | 62.96 | |
Whig | 288 | 58.30 | |
Conservative Party | 234 | 47.37 | |
Majority | 54 | 10.93 | |
Petersfield | |||
25 August 1837 | 249/320 | 77.81 | |
Conservative Party | 125 | 50.20 | |
Radical | 124 | 49.80 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.40 | |
14 February 1838 Petition - Sir William Joliffe, bt unseated and Cornthwaite Hector declared elected. | |||
Plymouth | |||
28 July 1837 | 1,309/1,811 | 72.28 | |
Whig | 780 | 59.59 | |
Whig | 772 | 58.98 | |
Conservative Party | 551 | 42.09 | |
Conservative Party | 466 | 35.60 | |
Majority | 221 | 16.88 | |
Pontefract | |||
25 July 1837 | 679/795 | 85.41 | |
Conservative Party | 507 | 74.67 | |
Whig | 403 | 59.35 | |
Whig | 123 | 18.11 | |
Conservative Party | |||
Majority | 280 | 41.24 | |
Poole | |||
25 July 1837 | 504/645 | 78.14 | |
Whig | 278 | 55.16 | |
Whig | 259 | 51.39 | |
Conservative Party | 242 | 48.02 | |
Conservative Party | 222 | 44.05 | |
Majority | 17 | 3.37 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Portarlington | |||
5 August 1837 | 145/217 | 66.82 | |
Conservative Party | 80 | 55.17 | |
Whig | 65 | 44.83 | |
Majority | 15 | 10.34 | |
Portsmouth | |||
26 July 1837 | 1,118/1,561 | 71.62 | |
Whig | 635 | 56.80 | |
Whig | 630 | 56.35 | |
Conservative Party | 518 | 46.33 | |
Conservative Party | 438 | 39.18 | |
Majority | 112 | 10.02 | |
17 February 1838 Death of John Bonham Carter. | |||
26 February 1838 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
26 August 1839 Resignation of Francis Baring on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
30 September 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Preston | |||
24 July 1837 | 3,264/3,656 | 89.28 | |
Conservative Party | 2,726 | 83.52 | |
Conservative Party | 1,821 | 55.79 | |
Whig | 1,562 | 47.86 | |
Majority | 259 | 7.94 | |
Queen's County | |||
15 August 1837 | 1,885/2,397 | 78.64 | |
Conservative Party | 1,224 | 64.93 | |
Whig | 943 | 50.03 | |
Conservative Party | 894 | 47.43 | |
Conservative Party | 40 | 2.12 | |
Whig | 4 | 0.21 | |
Majority | 49 | 2.60 | |
Radnorshire | |||
31 July 1837 | 1,944 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
May 1840 Death of Walter Wilkins. | |||
10 June 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Reading | |||
25 July 1837 | 875/1,035 | 84.54 | |
Radical | 468 | 53.49 | |
Whig | 457 | 52.23 | |
Conservative Party | 448 | 51.20 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.03 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Reigate | |||
24 July 1837 | 205 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 January 1841 Succession of Viscount Eastnor to the Peerage - 2nd Earl Somers. | |||
3 February 1841 | 199 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Renfrewshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 1,525/1,979 | 77.06 | |
Conservative Party | 821 | 53.84 | |
Whig | 704 | 46.16 | |
Majority | 117 | 7.67 | |
Richmond | |||
25 August 1837 | 272 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
2 July 1838 Hon Thomas Dundas assumes the courtesy title of Baron Dundas upon his father's elevation to the Peerage as the 1st Earl of Zetland. | |||
19 February 1839 Succession of Baron Dundas to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Zetland. | |||
12 March 1839 | 242/284 | 85.21 | |
Whig | 162 | 66.94 | |
Conservative Party | 80 | 33.06 | |
Majority | 82 | 33.88 | |
February 1841 Resignation of Alexander Speirs. | |||
16 February 1841 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ripon | |||
24 July 1837 | 424 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rochdale | |||
26 July 1837 | 723/857 | 84.36 | |
Whig | 374 | 51.73 | |
Conservative Party | 349 | 48.27 | |
Majority | 25 | 3.46 | |
Rochester | |||
26 July 1837 | 913/1,015 | 89.95 | |
Whig | 489 | 53.56 | |
Radical | 473 | 51.81 | |
Conservative Party | 445 | 48.74 | |
Conservative Party | 412 | 45.13 | |
Majority | 28 | 3.07 | |
Roscommon County | |||
12 August 1837 | 2,070 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
31 July 1837 | 754 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Roxburghshire | |||
7 August 1837 | 1,562/1,932 | 80.85 | |
Whig | 803 | 51.41 | |
Conservative Party | 759 | 48.59 | |
Majority | 44 | 2.82 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Rutlandshire | |||
29 July 1837 | 1,325 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 February 1838 Death of Sir Gerard Noel, bt. | |||
13 March 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
January 1840 Resignation of William Noel. | |||
28 January 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
26 July 1837 | 523 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Salford | |||
28 July 1837 | 1,778/2,628 | 67.66 | |
Radical | 890 | 50.06 | |
Conservative Party | 888 | 49.94 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.11 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Salisbury | |||
24 July 1837 | 707 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sandwich | |||
26 July 1837 | 769/911 | 84.41 | |
Whig | 416 | 54.10 | |
Whig | 401 | 52.15 | |
Conservative Party | 370 | 48.11 | |
Conservative Party | 330 | 42.91 | |
Majority | 31 | 4.03 | |
1839 Resignation of Sir James Carnac, bt on appointment as Governor of Bombay. | |||
12 February 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1 May 1841 Death of Sir Rufane Donkin. | |||
11 May 1841 | 766/952 | 80.46 | |
Conservative Party | 406 | 53.00 | |
Whig | 360 | 47.00 | |
Majority | 46 | 6.01 | |
Scarborough | |||
26 July 1837 | 423/488 | 86.68 | |
Conservative Party | 225 | 53.19 | |
Whig | 211 | 49.88 | |
Conservative Party | 192 | 45.39 | |
Majority | 19 | 4.49 | |
Selkirkshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 477/561 | 85.03 | |
Conservative Party | 262 | 54.93 | |
Whig | 215 | 45.07 | |
Majority | 47 | 9.85 | |
Shaftesbury | |||
26 July 1837 | 443/496 | 89.31 | |
Whig | 224 | 50.56 | |
Conservative Party | 219 | 49.44 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.13 | |
3 April 1838 Petition - John Poulter unseated and George Mathew declared elected. | |||
Sheffield | |||
29 July 1837 | 2,700/4,028 | 67.03 | |
Whig | 2,186 | 80.96 | |
Radical | 1,976 | 73.19 | |
Conservative Party | 655 | 24.26 | |
Majority | 1,321 | 48.93 | |
Shoreham | |||
28 July 1837 | 1,322/1,940 | 68.14 | |
Whig | 850 | 64.30 | |
Conservative Party | 773 | 58.47 | |
Whig | 619 | 46.82 | |
Majority | 154 | 11.65 | |
Shrewsbury | |||
27 July 1837 | 1,312/1,473 | 89.07 | |
Conservative Party | 700 | 53.35 | |
Whig | 697 | 53.12 | |
Conservative Party | 655 | 49.92 | |
Whig | 537 | 40.93 | |
Majority | 42 | 3.20 | |
Sligo | |||
5 August 1837 | 470/837 | 56.15 | |
Whig | 262 | 55.74 | |
Whig | 208 | 44.26 | |
Majority | 54 | 11.49 | |
Sligo County | |||
17 August 1837 | 664/1,036 | 64.09 | |
Conservative Party | 511 | 76.96 | |
Conservative Party | 443 | 66.72 | |
Whig | 368 | 55.42 | |
Whig | 5 | 0.75 | |
Majority | 75 | 11.30 | |
South Shields | |||
26 July 1837 | 644 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southampton | |||
28 July 1837 | 1,107/1,433 | 77.25 | |
Conservative Party | 587 | 53.03 | |
Whig | 564 | 50.95 | |
Conservative Party | 543 | 49.05 | |
Whig | 509 | 45.98 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.90 | |
Southern Cheshire | |||
10 August 1837 | 5,712/7,084 | 80.63 | |
Conservative Party | 3,135 | 54.88 | |
Whig | 3,015 | 52.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,646 | 46.32 | |
Majority | 369 | 6.46 | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
29 July 1837 | 6,575 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Devon | |||
9 August 1837 | 8,449/10,775 | 78.41 | |
Conservative Party | 4,974 | 58.87 | |
Conservative Party | 4,671 | 55.28 | |
Whig | 3,744 | 44.31 | |
Majority | 927 | 10.97 | |
Southern Durham | |||
1 August 1837 | 4,980 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Essex | |||
7 August 1837 | 3,933/5,547 | 70.90 | |
Conservative Party | 2,511 | 63.84 | |
Conservative Party | 2,260 | 57.46 | |
Whig | 1,550 | 39.41 | |
Majority | 710 | 18.05 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
7 August 1837 | 4,376/5,598 | 78.17 | |
Conservative Party | 2,388 | 54.57 | |
Conservative Party | 2,371 | 54.18 | |
Whig | 2,080 | 47.53 | |
Whig | 1,962 | 44.84 | |
Majority | 291 | 6.65 | |
Southern Lancashire | |||
7 August 1837 | 13,967/17,754 | 78.67 | |
Conservative Party | 7,822 | 56.00 | |
Conservative Party | 7,645 | 54.74 | |
Whig | 6,576 | 47.08 | |
Whig | 6,047 | 43.29 | |
Majority | 1,069 | 7.65 | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
3 August 1837 | 4,603 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
28 July 1837 | 4,626 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
1 August 1837 | 5,070 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 3,389 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
29 August 1837 | 3,240 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Staffordshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 6,269/7,871 | 79.65 | |
Whig | 3,173 | 50.61 | |
Conservative Party | 3,126 | 49.86 | |
Conservative Party | 3,046 | 48.59 | |
Whig | 2,993 | 47.74 | |
Majority | 80 | 1.28 | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
4 August 1837 | 4,304 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
2 August 1837 | 2,962 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southwark | |||
25 July 1837 | 2,898/5,477 | 52.91 | |
Whig | 1,941 | 66.98 | |
Radical | 1,927 | 66.49 | |
Conservative Party | 847 | 29.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2 | 0.07 | |
Majority | 1,080 | 37.27 | |
1839 Resignation of Daniel Harvey on appointment as Registrar of Metropolitan Public Carriages. | |||
27 February 1839 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1840 Resignation of Daniel Harvey on appointment as Commissioner of Police for the City of London. | |||
24 January 1840 | 3,594/5,047 | 71.21 | |
Whig | 2,059 | 57.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,535 | 42.71 | |
Majority | 524 | 14.58 | |
St Albans | |||
25 July 1837 | 561/595 | 94.29 | |
Conservative Party | 361 | 64.35 | |
Whig | 347 | 61.85 | |
Conservative Party | 219 | 39.04 | |
Majority | 128 | 22.82 | |
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
February 1841 Resignation of Hon Edward Grimston. | |||
9 February 1841 | 457/500 | 91.40 | |
Whig | 252 | 55.14 | |
Conservative Party | 205 | 44.86 | |
Majority | 47 | 10.28 | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
28 July 1837 | 551/694 | 79.39 | |
Whig | 290 | 52.63 | |
Conservative Party | 261 | 47.37 | |
Majority | 29 | 5.26 | |
St Ives | |||
26 July 1837 | 495/579 | 85.49 | |
Conservative Party | 272 | 54.95 | |
Conservative Party | 223 | 45.05 | |
Majority | 49 | 9.90 | |
14 May 1838 Death of James Halse. | |||
24 May 1838 | 504/566 | 89.05 | |
Conservative Party | 256 | 50.79 | |
Conservative Party | 248 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.59 | |
Stafford | |||
25 July 1837 | 980/1,246 | 78.65 | |
Whig | 565 | 57.65 | |
Conservative Party | 504 | 51.43 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 47.35 | |
Whig | 348 | 35.51 | |
Majority | 40 | 4.08 | |
Stamford | |||
25 July 1837 | 201/684 | 29.39 | |
Conservative Party | 201 | 100.00 | |
Conservative Party | 200 | 99.50 | |
Whig | 1 | 0.50 | |
Majority | 199 | 99.00 | |
April 1838 Resignation of Thomas Chaplin. | |||
1 May 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
28 July 1837 | 457/1,241 | 36.83 | |
Whig | 455 | 99.56 | |
Radical | 2 | 0.44 | |
Majority | 453 | 99.12 | |
Stirlingshire | |||
5 August 1837 | 1,717/2,105 | 81.57 | |
Conservative Party | 859 | 50.03 | |
Whig | 858 | 49.97 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.06 | |
30 April 1838 Petition - election of William Forbes declared void, Hon George Abercromby declared elected after scrutiny. | |||
Stockport | |||
28 August 1837 | 875/1,192 | 73.41 | |
Radical | 467 | 53.37 | |
Conservative Party | 467 | 53.37 | |
Radical | 412 | 47.09 | |
Majority | 55 | 6.29 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
26 July 1837 | 1,161/1,475 | 78.71 | |
Conservative Party | 683 | 58.83 | |
Conservative Party | 670 | 57.71 | |
Radical | 472 | 40.65 | |
Whig | 469 | 40.40 | |
Majority | 198 | 17.05 | |
Stroud | |||
26 July 1837 | 991/1,340 | 73.96 | |
Whig | 698 | 70.43 | |
Whig | 681 | 68.72 | |
Conservative Party | 297 | 29.97 | |
Majority | 384 | 38.75 | |
Sudbury | |||
25 July 1837 | 502/599 | 83.81 | |
Conservative Party | 372 | 74.10 | |
Conservative Party | 342 | 68.13 | |
Whig | 151 | 30.08 | |
Whig | 19 | 3.78 | |
Majority | 191 | 38.05 | |
December 1837 Resignation of Sir James Hamilton, bt. | |||
12 December 1837 | 558/602 | 92.69 | |
Conservative Party | 303 | 54.30 | |
Whig | 255 | 45.70 | |
Majority | 48 | 8.60 | |
1838 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
19 March 1838 Death of Sir Edward Barnes. | |||
27 March 1838 | 559/602 | 92.86 | |
Conservative Party | 293 | 52.42 | |
Whig | 266 | 47.58 | |
Majority | 27 | 4.83 | |
1840 Petition - dismissed. | |||
May 1840 Resignation of Sir John Walsh, bt in order to contest Radnorshire. | |||
5 June 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sunderland | |||
30 July 1837 | 1,176/1,532 | 76.76 | |
Conservative Party | 688 | 58.50 | |
Whig | 628 | 53.40 | |
Whig | 591 | 50.26 | |
Majority | 37 | 3.15 | |
Sutherland | |||
31 July 1837 | 128 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
April 1840 Resignation of Hon William Howard. | |||
8 April 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
25 July 1837 | 1,349 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tamworth | |||
25 August 1837 | 444/497 | 89.34 | |
Conservative Party | 387 | 87.16 | |
Conservative Party | 245 | 55.18 | |
Whig | 185 | 41.67 | |
Majority | 60 | 13.51 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Taunton | |||
26 July 1837 | 798/943 | 84.62 | |
Whig | 469 | 58.77 | |
Whig | 414 | 51.88 | |
Conservative Party | 409 | 51.25 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.63 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Tavistock | |||
24 July 1837 | 329 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
20 October 1839 Lord William Russell acquires the courtesy title of Marquess of Tavistock. | |||
Tewkesbury | |||
25 July 1837 | 370/404 | 91.58 | |
Conservative Party | 219 | 59.19 | |
Whig | 192 | 51.89 | |
Conservative Party | 169 | 45.68 | |
Majority | 23 | 6.22 | |
Thetford | |||
25 July 1837 | 161 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Thirsk | |||
26 July 1837 | 283 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tipperary County | |||
15 August 1837 | 2,055/3,135 | 65.55 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 1,516 | 73.77 | |
Whig | 1,503 | 73.14 | |
Conservative Party | 480 | 23.36 | |
Conservative Party | 471 | 22.92 | |
Majority | 1,023 | 99.56 | |
1838 Resignation of Richard Sheil on appointment as Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. | |||
27 February 1838 | |||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 201 | 72.04 | |
Conservative Party | 78 | 27.96 | |
Majority | 123 | 44.09 | |
29 August 1839 Resignation of Richard Sheil on appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Trade. | |||
16 September 1839 | |||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Tiverton | |||
26 July 1837 | 420/498 | 84.34 | |
Whig | 323 | 76.90 | |
Whig | 246 | 58.57 | |
Conservative Party | 180 | 42.86 | |
Majority | 66 | 15.71 | |
Totnes | |||
25 July 1837 | 280/318 | 88.05 | |
Whig | 192 | 68.57 | |
Whig | 159 | 56.79 | |
Conservative Party | 121 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 38 | 13.57 | |
July 1839 Resignation of Jasper Parrott. | |||
26 July 1839 | |||
Conservative Party | 142 | 50.00 | |
Whig | 142 | 50.00 | |
Double return. | |||
8 April 1840 Petition - election declared void on the grounds that the Returning Officer had failed to give proper notice of the poll. | |||
21 April 1840 | 309/341 | 90.62 | |
Conservative Party | 158 | 51.13 | |
Whig | 151 | 48.87 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.27 | |
Tower Hamlets | |||
24 July 1837 | 13,318 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1839 Resignation of Stephen Lushington on appointment as a Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. | |||
11 February 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tralee | |||
7 August 1837 | 139/414 | 33.57 | |
Conservative Party | 75 | 53.96 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 64 | 46.04 | |
Majority | 11 | 7.91 | |
12 March 1838 Petition - John Bateman unseated, Maurice O'Connell declared elected. The poll was revised to O'Connell - 133, Bateman - 111. | |||
Truro | |||
25 July 1837 | 488/579 | 84.28 | |
Whig | 393 | 80.53 | |
Conservative Party | 254 | 52.05 | |
Whig | 226 | 46.31 | |
Majority | 28 | 5.74 | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
27 July 1837 | 532/704 | 75.57 | |
Whig | 269 | 50.56 | |
Whig | 263 | 49.44 | |
Majority | 6 | 1.13 | |
23 February 1838 Petition - George Young unseated and Rt Hon Sir Charles Grey elected after a scrutiny. | |||
Tyrone County | |||
7 August 1837 | 2,602 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 April 1839 Succession of Viscount Alexander to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Caledon. | |||
6 May 1839 | |||
Conservative Party | 218 | 72.67 | |
Conservative Party | 81 | 27.00 | |
Independent | 1 | 0.33 | |
Majority | 137 | 45.67 | |
Wakefield | |||
27 July 1837 | 588/702 | 83.76 | |
Conservative Party | 307 | 52.21 | |
Radical | 281 | 47.79 | |
Majority | 26 | 4.42 | |
Wallingford | |||
25 August 1837 | 277/333 | 83.18 | |
Conservative Party | 159 | 57.40 | |
Whig | 118 | 42.60 | |
Majority | 41 | 14.80 | |
Walsall | |||
25 July 1837 | 612/746 | 82.04 | |
Radical | 316 | 51.63 | |
Conservative Party | 296 | 48.37 | |
Majority | 20 | 3.27 | |
1837 Petition - dismissed. | |||
1841 Petition - dismissed. | |||
January 1841 Resignation of Francis Finch. | |||
2 February 1841 | 697/808 | 86.26 | |
Conservative Party | 362 | 51.94 | |
Radical | 335 | 48.06 | |
Majority | 27 | 3.87 | |
Wareham | |||
27 July 1837 | 325/368 | 88.32 | |
Conservative Party | 170 | 52.31 | |
Whig | 155 | 47.69 | |
Majority | 15 | 4.62 | |
Warrington | |||
25 July 1837 | 532/635 | 83.78 | |
Conservative Party | 278 | 52.26 | |
Whig | 254 | 47.74 | |
Majority | 24 | 4.51 | |
Warwick | |||
25 July 1837 | 909/1,013 | 89.73 | |
Whig | 498 | 54.79 | |
Conservative Party | 468 | 51.49 | |
Whig | 439 | 48.29 | |
Majority | 29 | 3.19 | |
Waterford City | |||
7 August 1837 | 1,035/1,486 | 69.65 | |
Whig | 632 | 61.06 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 602 | 58.16 | |
Conservative Party | 427 | 41.26 | |
Conservative Party | 347 | 33.53 | |
Majority | 175 | 33.82 | |
28 August 1839 Resignation of Thomas Wyse on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury. | |||
6 September 1839 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Waterford County | |||
9 August 1837 | 1,563 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
August 1840 Resignation of John Power. | |||
24 August 1840 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wells | |||
24 July 1837 | 402 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wenlock | |||
24 July 1837 | 906 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
7 August 1837 | 23,708/29,346 | 80.79 | |
Whig | 12,576 | 53.05 | |
Whig | 11,892 | 50.16 | |
Conservative Party | 11,489 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 403 | 1.70 | |
Westbury | |||
26 July 1837 | 194/213 | 91.08 | |
Whig | 98 | 50.52 | |
Conservative Party | 96 | 49.48 | |
Majority | 2 | 1.03 | |
Western Cornwall | |||
5 August 1837 | 4,928 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cumberland | |||
2 August 1837 | 4,437 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
1 August 1837 | 6,936 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Kent | |||
31 July 1837 | 6,641/8,432 | 78.76 | |
Conservative Party | 3,584 | 53.97 | |
Whig | 3,334 | 50.20 | |
Conservative Party | 3,229 | 48.62 | |
Majority | 105 | 1.58 | |
February 1838 Resignation of Sir William Geary, bt. | |||
5 March 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Norfolk | |||
29 July 1837 | 5,898/7,258 | 81.26 | |
Conservative Party | 3,178 | 53.88 | |
Conservative Party | 2,877 | 48.78 | |
Whig | 2,838 | 48.12 | |
Whig | 2,713 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 39 | 0.66 | |
Western Somerset | |||
28 July 1837 | 7,349/8,584 | 85.61 | |
Conservative Party | 3,883 | 52.84 | |
Whig | 3,556 | 48.39 | |
Conservative Party | 3,524 | 47.95 | |
Whig | 3,458 | 47.05 | |
Majority | 32 | 0.44 | |
Western Suffolk | |||
7 August 1837 | 3,810/4,959 | 76.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,217 | 58.19 | |
Conservative Party | 2,173 | 57.03 | |
Whig | 1,560 | 40.94 | |
Whig | 1,505 | 39.50 | |
Majority | 613 | 16.09 | |
April 1838 Death of Robert Logan. | |||
7 May 1838 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
4 August 1837 | 2,970/3,688 | 80.53 | |
Whig | 1,586 | 53.40 | |
Conservative Party | 1,578 | 53.13 | |
Whig | 1,543 | 51.95 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.18 | |
5 July 1840 Succession of Hon George Perceval to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Arden. | |||
31 July 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Sussex | |||
28 July 1837 | 2,202/3,152 | 69.86 | |
Whig | 1,291 | 58.63 | |
Whig | 1,267 | 57.54 | |
Conservative Party | 1,049 | 47.64 | |
Majority | 218 | 9.90 | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
31 July 1837 | 4,654 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Westmeath County | |||
15 August 1837 | 1,192/1,658 | 71.89 | |
Whig | 804 | 67.45 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | 798 | 66.95 | |
Conservative Party | 393 | 32.97 | |
Conservative Party | 388 | 32.55 | |
Majority | 405 | 33.98 | |
Westminster | |||
27 July 1837 | 6,350/15,262 | 41.61 | |
Radical | 3,793 | 59.73 | |
Radical | 3,715 | 58.50 | |
Conservative Party | 2,620 | 41.26 | |
Majority | 1,095 | 17.24 | |
Westmorland | |||
1 August 1837 | 4,775 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford | |||
11 August 1837 | 361 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford County | |||
14 August 1837 | 3,442 | ||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Unopposed |   | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
26 July 1837 | 481/589 | 81.66 | |
Conservative Party | 291 | 60.50 | |
Conservative Party | 268 | 55.72 | |
Whig | 211 | 43.87 | |
Whig | 151 | 31.39 | |
Majority | 57 | 11.85 | |
Whitby | |||
26 July 1837 | 458 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whitehaven | |||
25 July 1837 | 476 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
1 August 1837 | 680 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wicklow County | |||
11 August 1837 | 1,323/1,900 | 69.63 | |
Whig | 697 | 52.68 | |
Whig | 696 | 52.61 | |
Conservative Party | 623 | 47.09 | |
Conservative Party | 6 | 0.45 | |
Majority | 73 | 5.52 | |
Wigan | |||
25 July 1837 | 469/539 | 87.01 | |
Whig | 249 | 53.09 | |
Radical | 245 | 52.24 | |
Conservative Party | 229 | 48.83 | |
Conservative Party | 211 | 44.99 | |
Majority | 16 | 3.41 | |
1839 Petition - dismissed. | |||
March 1839 Resignation of Richard Potter. | |||
9 March 1839 | 520/551 | 94.37 | |
Radical | 261 | 50.19 | |
Conservative Party | 259 | 49.81 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.38 | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
29 July 1837 | 267/380 | 70.26 | |
Whig | 151 | 56.55 | |
Whig | 116 | 43.45 | |
Majority | 35 | 13.11 | |
Wigtownshire | |||
5 August 1837 | 676/838 | 80.67 | |
Conservative Party | 362 | 53.55 | |
Whig | 314 | 46.45 | |
Majority | 48 | 7.10 | |
Wilton | |||
24 July 1837 | 210 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
26 July 1837 | 458/585 | 78.29 | |
Conservative Party | 258 | 56.33 | |
Whig | 242 | 52.84 | |
Conservative Party | 216 | 47.16 | |
Majority | 26 | 5.68 | |
Windsor | |||
25 July 1837 | 511/703 | 72.69 | |
Whig | 326 | 63.80 | |
Whig | 292 | 57.14 | |
Radical | 182 | 35.62 | |
Conservative Party | 140 | 27.40 | |
Majority | 110 | 21.53 | |
Wolverhampton | |||
26 July 1837 | 1,675/2,170 | 77.19 | |
Radical | 1,068 | 63.76 | |
Radical | 1,024 | 61.13 | |
Conservative Party | 623 | 37.19 | |
Conservative Party | 613 | 36.60 | |
Majority | 401 | 23.94 | |
Woodstock | |||
25 July 1837 | 243/330 | 73.64 | |
Conservative Party | 126 | 51.85 | |
Whig | 117 | 48.15 | |
Majority | 9 | 3.70 | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
1838 Petition - dismissed. | |||
May 1838 Resignation of Henry Peyton. | |||
11 May 1838 | 315/385 | 81.82 | |
Conservative Party | 160 | 50.79 | |
Whig | 155 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.59 | |
5 March 1840 Succession of the Marquess of Blandford to the Peerage - 6th Duke of Marlborough. | |||
20 March 1840 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Worcester | |||
22 July 1837 | 3,238 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1837 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Wycombe | |||
24 July 1837 | 387 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
18 September 1838 Succession of Hon Robert Smith to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Carrington. | |||
23 October 1838 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
York | |||
26 July 1837 | 2,468/2,829 | 87.24 | |
Conservative Party | 1,461 | 59.20 | |
Whig | 1,276 | 51.70 | |
Conservative Party | 1,180 | 47.81 | |
Majority | 96 | 3.89 | |
Youghal | |||
8 August 1837 | 308/526 | 58.56 | |
Whig | 158 | 51.30 | |
Conservative Party | 150 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.60 |