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Summary | |
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CON | 284 |
Whig | 235 |
Radical | 54 |
Peelite | 43 |
Irish Repeal | 36 |
Conf | 2 |
Chartist | 2 |
Aberdeen | |||
3 August 1847 | 1,340/3,364 | 39.83 | |
Whig | 918 | 68.51 | |
Whig | 422 | 31.49 | |
Majority | 496 | 37.01 | |
Aberdeenshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 3,694 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Abingdon | |||
30 July 1847 | 339 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
27 February 1852 Resignation of Sir Frederic Thesiger on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
5 March 1852 | 312 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Andover | |||
29 July 1847 | 211/243 | 86.83 | |
Conservative Party | 134 | 63.51 | |
Conservative Party | 121 | 57.35 | |
Whig | 107 | 50.71 | |
Whig | 60 | 28.44 | |
Majority | 14 | 6.64 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Anglesea | |||
7 August 1847 | 2,465 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Antrim County | |||
11 August 1847 | 6,962 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Argyll | |||
6 August 1847 | 1,889 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1851 Resignation of Rt Hon Duncan McNeill on appointment as a Judge. | |||
6 June 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh City | |||
31 July 1847 | 838 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh County | |||
9 August 1847 | 3,054 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Arundel | |||
30 July 1847 | 221 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
10 July 1851 Resignation of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey. | |||
16 July 1851 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ashburton | |||
28 July 1847 | 262 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
29 July 1847 | 871 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Athlone | |||
5 August 1847 | 196/423 | 46.34 | |
Peelite | 101 | 51.53 | |
Republican | 95 | 48.47 | |
Majority | 6 | 3.06 | |
Aylesbury | |||
29 July 1847 | 927/1,513 | 61.27 | |
Conservative Party | 687 | 74.11 | |
Whig | 620 | 66.88 | |
Conservative Party | 546 | 58.90 | |
Majority | 74 | 7.98 | |
21 March 1848 Petition - John Deering unseated. | |||
29 March 1848 | 959/1,513 | 63.38 | |
Conservative Party | 614 | 64.03 | |
Whig | 345 | 35.97 | |
Majority | 269 | 28.05 | |
26 November 1850 Death of Baron Nugent. | |||
27 December 1850 | 646/1,512 | 42.72 | |
Whig | 499 | 77.24 | |
Whig | 147 | 22.76 | |
Majority | 352 | 54.49 | |
1851 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
3 April 1851 Petition - Frederick Calvert unseated. | |||
11 April 1851 | 1,062/1,512 | 70.24 | |
Whig | 544 | 51.22 | |
Conservative Party | 518 | 48.78 | |
Majority | 26 | 2.45 | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
9 August 1847 | 1,051 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ayrshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 4,305 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Banbury | |||
31 July 1847 | 390/465 | 83.87 | |
Whig | 226 | 57.95 | |
Conservative Party | 164 | 42.05 | |
Majority | 62 | 15.90 | |
Bandon | |||
2 August 1847 | 467 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Banffshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 833 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Barnstaple | |||
29 July 1847 | 608/781 | 77.85 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 76.32 | |
Whig | 396 | 65.13 | |
Conservative Party | 356 | 58.55 | |
Majority | 40 | 6.58 | |
Bath | |||
30 July 1847 | 2,439/2,825 | 86.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,278 | 52.40 | |
Whig | 1,228 | 50.35 | |
Radical | 1,093 | 44.81 | |
Majority | 135 | 5.54 | |
2 June 1851 Succession of Lord Ashley to the Peerage - 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. | |||
25 June 1851 | 2,151/3,130 | 68.72 | |
Whig | 1,110 | 51.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,041 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 69 | 3.21 | |
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
31 July 1847 | 335 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
8 August 1847 | 865/1,073 | 80.62 | |
Whig | 453 | 52.37 | |
Conservative Party | 432 | 49.94 | |
Conservative Party | 392 | 45.32 | |
Majority | 40 | 4.62 | |
Bedfordshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 4,339 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
3 January 1851 Death of Viscount Alford. | |||
24 February 1851 | 2,120/4,071 | 52.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,562 | 73.68 | |
Radical | 558 | 26.32 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 47.36 | |
Belfast | |||
9 August 1847 | 1,183/9,672 | 12.23 | |
Whig | 929 | 78.53 | |
Peelite | 747 | 63.14 | |
Conservative Party | 689 | 58.24 | |
Majority | 58 | 4.90 | |
Berkshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 5,241 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
30 July 1847 | 635/888 | 71.51 | |
Whig | 484 | 76.22 | |
Conservative Party | 463 | 72.91 | |
Conservative Party | 151 | 23.78 | |
Majority | 312 | 49.13 | |
Berwickshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 1,238 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Beverley | |||
30 July 1847 | 780/1,357 | 57.48 | |
Whig | 543 | 69.62 | |
Conservative Party | 542 | 69.49 | |
Whig | 257 | 32.95 | |
Majority | 285 | 36.54 | |
Bewdley | |||
30 July 1847 | 318/379 | 83.91 | |
Conservative Party | 160 | 50.31 | |
Whig | 158 | 49.69 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.63 | |
20 March 1848 Petition - election declared void. | |||
18 April 1848 | 327/394 | 82.99 | |
Conservative Party | 171 | 52.29 | |
Whig | 156 | 47.71 | |
Majority | 15 | 4.59 | |
1852 Resignation of Viscount Mandeville. | |||
Birmingham | |||
31 July 1847 | 5,110/7,081 | 72.16 | |
Radical | 2,830 | 55.38 | |
Radical | 2,824 | 55.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,302 | 45.05 | |
Radical | 89 | 1.74 | |
Majority | 522 | 10.22 | |
Blackburn | |||
29 July 1847 | 852/1,121 | 76.00 | |
Conservative Party | 641 | 75.23 | |
Whig | 602 | 70.66 | |
Whig | 392 | 46.01 | |
Chartist | 68 | 7.98 | |
Majority | 210 | 24.65 | |
Bodmin | |||
29 July 1847 | 337/401 | 84.04 | |
Radical | 297 | 88.13 | |
Whig | 259 | 76.85 | |
Conservative Party | 117 | 34.72 | |
Majority | 142 | 42.14 | |
Bolton | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,363/1,479 | 92.16 | |
Conservative Party | 714 | 52.38 | |
Radical | 652 | 47.84 | |
Radical | 645 | 47.32 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.51 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
1848 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
30 August 1848 Death of William Bolling. | |||
12 September 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1849 Resignation of Dr John Bowring on appointment as Consul-General at Canton. | |||
9 February 1849 | 1,189/1,437 | 82.74 | |
Radical | 621 | 52.23 | |
Conservative Party | 568 | 47.77 | |
Majority | 53 | 4.46 | |
Boston | |||
31 July 1847 | 805/1,083 | 74.33 | |
Whig | 590 | 73.29 | |
Conservative Party | 466 | 57.89 | |
Radical | 339 | 42.11 | |
Majority | 127 | 15.78 | |
July 1849 Resignation of Sir James Duke. | |||
2 August 1849 | 743/963 | 77.15 | |
Whig | 422 | 56.80 | |
Radical | 321 | 43.20 | |
Majority | 101 | 13.59 | |
13 April 1851 Death of Hon Dudley Anderson-Pelham. | |||
22 April 1851 | 619/967 | 64.01 | |
Conservative Party | 368 | 59.45 | |
Radical | 251 | 40.55 | |
Majority | 117 | 18.90 | |
Bradford | |||
21 July 1847 | 1,768/2,083 | 84.88 | |
Whig | 937 | 53.00 | |
Radical | 926 | 52.38 | |
Conservative Party | 860 | 48.64 | |
Conservative Party | 812 | 45.93 | |
Majority | 66 | 3.73 | |
12 September 1851 Death of William Busfeild. | |||
21 October 1851 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Brecknockshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 2,548 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brecon | |||
3 August 1847 | 304 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgnorth | |||
29 July 1847 | 684/838 | 81.62 | |
Conservative Party | 610 | 89.18 | |
Conservative Party | 388 | 56.73 | |
Radical | 368 | 53.80 | |
Majority | 20 | 2.92 | |
Bridgwater | |||
29 July 1847 | 428/529 | 80.91 | |
Whig | 395 | 92.29 | |
Conservative Party | 265 | 61.92 | |
Radical | 196 | 45.79 | |
Majority | 69 | 16.12 | |
Bridport | |||
29 July 1847 | 388/663 | 58.52 | |
Conservative Party | 276 | 71.13 | |
Radical | 267 | 68.81 | |
Whig | 222 | 57.22 | |
Conservative Party | 11 | 2.84 | |
Majority | 45 | 11.60 | |
Brighton | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,848/2,776 | 66.57 | |
Whig | 1,571 | 85.01 | |
Conservative Party | 1,239 | 67.05 | |
Radical | 886 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 353 | 19.10 | |
Bristol | |||
29 July 1847 | 6,913/11,032 | 62.66 | |
Radical | 4,381 | 63.37 | |
Conservative Party | 2,595 | 37.54 | |
Conservative Party | 2,476 | 35.82 | |
Radical | 171 | 2.47 | |
Majority | 119 | 1.72 | |
Buckingham | |||
30 July 1847 | 388 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1852 Resignation of the Marquis of Chandos on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
5 March 1852 | 349 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 5,798 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 February 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
12 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bury | |||
30 July 1847 | 868 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
31 August 1847 | 491/751 | 65.38 | |
Conservative Party | 390 | 79.43 | |
Whig | 327 | 66.60 | |
Conservative Party | 264 | 53.77 | |
Majority | 63 | 12.83 | |
Bute | |||
9 August 1847 | 410 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Caithness | |||
6 August 1847 | 571 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Calne | |||
29 July 1847 | 154 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1847 Resignation of Earl of Shelburne on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
27 December 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridge | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,234/1,834 | 67.28 | |
Whig | 811 | 65.72 | |
Whig | 727 | 58.91 | |
Conservative Party | 465 | 37.68 | |
Majority | 262 | 21.23 | |
Cambridge University | |||
3 August 1847 | 2,341/3,800 | 61.61 | |
Peelite | 1,486 | 63.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,189 | 50.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,147 | 49.00 | |
Whig | 860 | 36.74 | |
Majority | 42 | 1.79 | |
13 August 1850 Death of Hon Charles Law. | |||
4 October 1850 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
9 August 1847 | 7,175 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,437/2,010 | 71.49 | |
Whig | 808 | 56.23 | |
Conservative Party | 782 | 54.42 | |
Conservative Party | 643 | 44.75 | |
Conservative Party | 641 | 44.61 | |
Majority | 139 | 9.67 | |
February 1850 Resignation of Lord Albert Conyngham. | |||
4 March 1850 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
30 July 1847 | 797 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
31 July 1847 | 761 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
4 January 1849 Death of Pryse Pryse. | |||
12 February 1849 | 590/657 | 89.80 | |
Whig | 299 | 50.68 | |
Conservative Party | 291 | 49.32 | |
Majority | 8 | 1.36 | |
Cardiganshire | |||
11 August 1847 | 2,278 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carlisle | |||
30 July 1847 | 899/1,054 | 85.29 | |
Whig | 479 | 53.28 | |
Conservative Party | 471 | 52.39 | |
Whig | 440 | 48.94 | |
Majority | 31 | 3.45 | |
6 March 1848 Petition - election declared void. | |||
14 March 1848 | 637/1,067 | 59.70 | |
Conservative Party | 477 | 74.88 | |
Whig | 414 | 64.99 | |
Whig | 328 | 51.49 | |
Chartist | 55 | 8.63 | |
Majority | 86 | 13.50 | |
Carlow | |||
5 August 1847 | 265/648 | 40.90 | |
Whig | 164 | 61.89 | |
Whig | 101 | 38.11 | |
Majority | 63 | 23.77 | |
Carlow County | |||
10 August 1847 | 1,984 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
30 July 1847 | 991 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 5,261 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 April 1852 Succession of Hon George Trevor to the Peerage - 4th Baron Dynevor. | |||
13 May 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
30 July 1847 | 888 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 2,117 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carrickfergus | |||
3 August 1847 | 1,426 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cashel | |||
3 August 1847 | 172 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Cavan County | |||
9 August 1847 | 1,492 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chatham | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,145 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cheltenham | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,926/2,345 | 82.13 | |
Conservative Party | 1,015 | 52.70 | |
Whig | 907 | 47.09 | |
Conservative Party | 4 | 0.21 | |
Majority | 108 | 5.61 | |
29 May 1848 Petition - election void. | |||
28 June 1848 | 1,872/2,345 | 79.83 | |
Whig | 1,024 | 54.70 | |
Conservative Party | 848 | 45.30 | |
Majority | 176 | 9.40 | |
24 August 1848 Petition - election void. | |||
4 September 1848 | 1,821/2,345 | 77.65 | |
Whig | 986 | 54.15 | |
Conservative Party | 835 | 45.85 | |
Majority | 151 | 8.29 | |
Chester | |||
28 July 1847 | 2,450 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
16 July 1850 Resignation of Sir John Jervis on appointment as Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas. | |||
22 July 1850 | 1,631/2,529 | 64.49 | |
Whig | 986 | 60.45 | |
Conservative Party | 645 | 39.55 | |
Majority | 341 | 20.91 | |
Chichester | |||
31 July 1847 | 799 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1852 Resignation of Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
4 March 1852 | 757 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chippenham | |||
28 July 1847 | 303 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Christchurch | |||
29 July 1847 | 301 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cirencester | |||
28 July 1847 | 485 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
May 1848 Death of William Cripps. | |||
24 May 1848 | 392/478 | 82.01 | |
Conservative Party | 262 | 66.84 | |
Liberal Party | 130 | 33.16 | |
Majority | 132 | 33.67 | |
City of London | |||
28 July 1847 | 13,437/20,057 | 66.99 | |
Whig | 7,137 | 53.11 | |
Whig | 7,030 | 52.32 | |
Whig | 6,792 | 50.55 | |
Conservative Party | 6,722 | 50.03 | |
Whig | 6,719 | 50.00 | |
Conservative Party | 5,268 | 39.21 | |
Conservative Party | 5,069 | 37.72 | |
Conservative Party | 4,704 | 35.01 | |
Radical | 513 | 3.82 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.02 | |
1849 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
June 1849 Resignation of Baron Lionel de Rothschild after the rejection of the Jewish Disabilities Bill. | |||
4 July 1849 | 8,831/21,270 | 41.52 | |
Whig | 6,017 | 68.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,814 | 31.87 | |
Majority | 3,203 | 36.27 | |
14 July 1849 Death of James Pattison. | |||
27 July 1849 | 21,270 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
8 August 1847 | 1,373 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
15 May 1851 Death of Sir William Morison. | |||
9 June 1851 | 587/1,385 | 42.38 | |
Peelite | 326 | 55.54 | |
Whig | 261 | 44.46 | |
Majority | 65 | 11.07 | |
Clare County | |||
12 August 1847 | 1,256/2,216 | 56.68 | |
Conservative Party | 809 | 64.41 | |
Irish Repeal | 723 | 57.56 | |
Irish Repeal | 584 | 46.50 | |
Conservative Party | 395 | 31.45 | |
Majority | 139 | 11.07 | |
Clitheroe | |||
29 July 1847 | 504 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clonmel | |||
10 August 1847 | 142/540 | 26.30 | |
Irish Repeal | 142 | 100.00 | |
Whig | |||
Majority | 142 | 100.00 | |
Cockermouth | |||
29 July 1847 | 319 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Colchester | |||
31 July 1847 | 903/1,258 | 71.78 | |
Conservative Party | 678 | 75.08 | |
Whig | 596 | 66.00 | |
Conservative Party | 531 | 58.80 | |
Majority | 65 | 7.20 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
February 1850 Resignation of Sir George Smyth, bt. | |||
6 February 1850 | 1,012/1,250 | 80.96 | |
Conservative Party | 623 | 61.56 | |
Whig | 389 | 38.44 | |
Majority | 234 | 23.12 | |
March 1852 Resignation of Lord James Manners on appointment as First Commissioner of Works. | |||
4 March 1852 | 1,258 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Coleraine | |||
5 August 1847 | 176/891 | 19.75 | |
Peelite | 116 | 65.91 | |
Conservative Party | 60 | 34.09 | |
Majority | 56 | 31.82 | |
16 March 1852 Resignation of John Boyd. | |||
22 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cork City | |||
9 August 1847 | 1,323/3,574 | 37.02 | |
Irish Repeal | 929 | 70.22 | |
Irish Repeal | 917 | 69.31 | |
Irish Repeal | 799 | 60.39 | |
Majority | 118 | 8.92 | |
29 September 1849 Death of Daniel Callaghan. | |||
14 November 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | 793 | 57.59 | |
Whig | 584 | 42.41 | |
Majority | 209 | 15.18 | |
14 April 1851 Resignation of William Fagan. | |||
23 April 1851 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cork County | |||
14 August 1847 | 4,474 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
1852 Resignation of Dr Maurice Power on appointment as Governor of the Island of St Lucia. | |||
22 March 1852 | |||
Independent Irish | 3,956 | 56.03 | |
Conservative Party | 3,105 | 43.97 | |
Majority | 851 | 12.05 | |
Coventry | |||
29 July 1847 | 3,144/4,043 | 77.76 | |
Whig | 2,901 | 92.27 | |
Conservative Party | 1,754 | 55.79 | |
Radical | 1,633 | 51.94 | |
Majority | 121 | 3.85 | |
1851 Resignation of George Turner on appointment as Vice-Chancellor. | |||
8 April 1851 | 2,773/4,223 | 65.66 | |
Radical | 1,669 | 60.19 | |
Whig | 1,104 | 39.81 | |
Majority | 565 | 20.38 | |
Cricklade | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,659 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dartmouth | |||
28 July 1847 | 276 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
29 July 1847 | 841 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Denbighshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 2,490/3,939 | 63.21 | |
Conservative Party | 2,055 | 82.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,530 | 61.45 | |
Whig | 1,394 | 55.98 | |
Majority | 136 | 5.46 | |
Derby | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,385/2,177 | 63.62 | |
Whig | 881 | 63.61 | |
Whig | 852 | 61.52 | |
Conservative Party | 820 | 59.21 | |
Chartist | 216 | 15.60 | |
Majority | 32 | 2.31 | |
22 March 1848 Petition - election declared void for bribery. | |||
2 September 1848 | 1,703/2,177 | 78.23 | |
Radical | 956 | 56.14 | |
Radical | 912 | 53.55 | |
Conservative Party | 778 | 45.68 | |
Conservative Party | 760 | 44.63 | |
Majority | 44 | 2.58 | |
Devizes | |||
28 July 1847 | 389 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1848 Resignation of William Bruges. | |||
25 February 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Devonport | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,921/2,343 | 81.99 | |
Whig | 1,136 | 59.14 | |
Whig | 1,022 | 53.20 | |
Conservative Party | 842 | 43.83 | |
Majority | 180 | 9.37 | |
March 1848 Resignation of Sir John Romilly on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
3 April 1848 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
11 July 1850 Resignation of John Romilly on appointment as Attorney General. | |||
17 July 1850 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
28 March 1851 Resignation of Sir John Romilly on appointment as Master of the Rolls. | |||
2 April 1851 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Donegal County | |||
9 August 1847 | 848 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 January 1849 Death of Edward Connolly. | |||
20 February 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorchester | |||
28 July 1847 | 405 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorset | |||
4 August 1847 | 6,275 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1852 Resignation of George Bankes on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General. | |||
9 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dover | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,467/2,060 | 71.21 | |
Whig | 1,104 | 75.26 | |
Conservative Party | 932 | 63.53 | |
Conservative Party | 897 | 61.15 | |
Majority | 35 | 2.39 | |
Down County | |||
7 August 1847 | 2,446 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Downpatrick | |||
4 August 1847 | 385 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
1 August 1851 Resignation of Richard Ker. | |||
8 August 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Drogheda | |||
5 August 1847 | 307/734 | 41.83 | |
Whig | 155 | 50.49 | |
Irish Repeal | 152 | 49.51 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.98 | |
Droitwich | |||
30 July 1847 | 346 | ||
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 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin City | |||
7 August 1847 | 4,854/19,562 | 24.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,353 | 69.08 | |
Irish Repeal | 3,229 | 66.52 | |
Peelite | 3,125 | 64.38 | |
Majority | 104 | 2.14 | |
1847 Petition - Poll amended and 92 votes struck off John Reynolds, reducing his tally to 3137, implying a majority of 12. | |||
Dublin County | |||
9 August 1847 | 3,278 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin University | |||
9 August 1847 | 1,190/2,100 | 56.67 | |
Conservative Party | 738 | 62.02 | |
Conservative Party | 572 | 48.07 | |
Conservative Party | 540 | 45.38 | |
Whig | 374 | 31.43 | |
Majority | 32 | 2.69 | |
February 1848 Resignation of Rt Hon Frederick Shaw. | |||
19 February 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1852 Resignation of Joseph Napier on appointment as Attorney General for Ireland. | |||
9 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
28 July 1847 | 791 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
2 August 1847 | 892 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 2,485 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
14 August 1847 | 830/1,288 | 64.44 | |
Conservative Party | 536 | 64.58 | |
Whig | 294 | 35.42 | |
Majority | 242 | 29.16 | |
Dundalk | |||
6 August 1847 | 245/488 | 50.20 | |
Irish Repeal | 124 | 50.61 | |
Whig | 121 | 49.39 | |
Majority | 3 | 1.22 | |
20 March 1848 Petition - Charles MacTavish unseated and William McCullagh declared elected. | |||
Dundee | |||
2 August 1847 | 2,635 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Dungannon | |||
4 August 1847 | 438 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 August 1850 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1851 Resignation of Viscount Northland. | |||
3 February 1851 Resignation of Viscount Northland. | |||
14 February 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1852 Resignation of Hon William Knox on appointment as a Groom in Waiting. | |||
24 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dungarvan | |||
5 August 1847 | 286/565 | 50.62 | |
Radical | 151 | 52.80 | |
Irish Repeal | 135 | 47.20 | |
Majority | 16 | 5.59 | |
1 March 1851 Resignation of Rt Hon Richard Sheil. | |||
22 March 1851 | |||
Whig | 158 | 65.56 | |
Radical | 83 | 34.44 | |
Majority | 75 | 31.12 | |
Durham | |||
26 July 1847 | 1,007/1,161 | 86.74 | |
Radical | 595 | 59.09 | |
Whig | 519 | 51.54 | |
Conservative Party | 450 | 44.69 | |
Majority | 69 | 6.85 | |
East Retford | |||
28 July 1847 | 2,654 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 September 1851 Resignation of Hon Arthur Dunscombe in order to contest East Riding, Yorkshire. | |||
11 February 1852 | 2,710 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1852 Resignation of Viscount Galway on appointment as a Lord in Waiting to Her Majesty. | |||
19 March 1852 | 2,710 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 7,740 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 August 1851 Death of Henry Broadley. | |||
7 October 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 March 1852 Resignation of Hon Arthur Duncombe on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. | |||
9 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
9 August 1847 | 6,270 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
6 August 1847 | 5,348 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
4 August 1847 | 7,803 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
4 August 1847 | 7,323 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 January 1852 Resignation of John Plumptre. | |||
16 February 1852 | 4,769/7,119 | 66.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,480 | 52.00 | |
Peelite | 2,289 | 48.00 | |
Majority | 191 | 4.01 | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
3 August 1847 | 8,638 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
10 August 1847 | 9,655 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
5 August 1847 | 6,673 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 April 1852 Death of Baron Rendlesham. | |||
1 May 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
11 August 1847 | 6,028 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Sussex | |||
9 August 1847 | 5,723 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
7 August 1847 | 6,269 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburgh | |||
31 July 1847 | 3,187/7,114 | 44.80 | |
Radical | 2,063 | 64.73 | |
Whig | 1,854 | 58.17 | |
Whig | 1,477 | 46.34 | |
Conservative Party | 980 | 30.75 | |
Majority | 377 | 11.83 | |
19 November 1847 Resignation of Charles Cowan on his discovery that he was disqualified on account of holding a Government contract. | |||
15 December 1847 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburghshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 2,185 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
6 August 1847 | 581/862 | 67.40 | |
Whig | 242 | 41.65 | |
Conservative Party | 192 | 33.05 | |
Whig | 147 | 25.30 | |
Majority | 50 | 8.61 | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
9 August 1847 | 718 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ennis | |||
3 August 1847 | 212 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Enniskillen | |||
2 August 1847 | 273 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
31 March 1851 Resignation of Hon Henry Cole. | |||
12 April 1851 | 153/172 | 88.95 | |
Conservative Party | 85 | 55.56 | |
Conservative Party | 68 | 44.44 | |
Majority | 17 | 11.11 | |
February 1852 Resignation of James Whiteside on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | |||
9 March 1852 | 153/172 | 88.95 | |
Conservative Party | 81 | 52.94 | |
Conservative Party | 72 | 47.06 | |
Majority | 9 | 5.88 | |
Evesham | |||
29 July 1847 | 249/355 | 70.14 | |
Whig | 195 | 78.31 | |
Conservative Party | 172 | 69.08 | |
Whig | 131 | 52.61 | |
Majority | 41 | 16.47 | |
Exeter | |||
28 July 1847 | 3,798 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Eye | |||
30 July 1847 | 322 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
4 August 1847 | 1,013/1,437 | 70.49 | |
Conservative Party | 522 | 51.53 | |
Whig | 491 | 48.47 | |
Majority | 31 | 3.06 | |
1851 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
12 January 1851 Succession of Earl of Lincoln to the Peerage - 5th Duke of Newcastle. | |||
14 February 1851 | 1,134/1,749 | 64.84 | |
Conservative Party | 590 | 52.03 | |
Whig | 544 | 47.97 | |
Majority | 46 | 4.06 | |
Fermanagh County | |||
9 August 1847 | 2,193 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Fife | |||
12 August 1847 | 1,602/2,444 | 65.55 | |
Whig | 834 | 52.06 | |
Conservative Party | 768 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 66 | 4.12 | |
Finsbury | |||
28 July 1847 | 15,921 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
31 July 1847 | 840 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Flintshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 3,141 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Forfarshire | |||
9 August 1847 | 2,540 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
30 July 1847 | 412 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Galway | |||
2 August 1847 | 1,369 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Galway County | |||
11 August 1847 | 1,893 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Gateshead | |||
23 July 1847 | 656 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Glamorganshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 5,775 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
6 August 1850 Viscount Adare succeeds to the Irish Peerage as the 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl. | |||
24 December 1850 Resignation of the Earl of Dunraven. | |||
25 February 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Glasgow | |||
31 July 1847 | 7,833/9,589 | 81.69 | |
Whig | 2,193 | 55.99 | |
Whig | 2,081 | 53.13 | |
Whig | 1,814 | 46.32 | |
Whig | 1,745 | 44.56 | |
Majority | 267 | 3.41 | |
Gloucester | |||
28 July 1847 | 1,631 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Grantham | |||
30 July 1847 | 760 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Great Grimsby | |||
30 July 1847 | 619 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Great Marlow | |||
3 August 1847 | 289/371 | 77.90 | |
Conservative Party | 238 | 82.35 | |
Conservative Party | 178 | 61.59 | |
Whig | 161 | 55.71 | |
Majority | 17 | 5.88 | |
1847 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Great Yarmouth | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,537/1,877 | 81.89 | |
Conservative Party | 834 | 54.26 | |
Conservative Party | 813 | 52.90 | |
Whig | 729 | 47.43 | |
Whig | 698 | 45.41 | |
Majority | 84 | 5.47 | |
14 February 1848 Petition - election declared void. | |||
8 July 1848 | 550/1,877 | 29.30 | |
Conservative Party | 416 | 75.64 | |
Whig | 384 | 69.82 | |
Whig | 300 | 54.55 | |
Majority | 84 | 30.55 | |
Greenock | |||
31 July 1847 | 771/1,089 | 70.80 | |
Whig | 456 | 59.14 | |
Whig | 315 | 40.86 | |
Majority | 141 | 18.29 | |
Greenwich | |||
31 July 1847 | 2,578/5,187 | 49.70 | |
Whig | 2,409 | 93.44 | |
Radical | 1,511 | 58.61 | |
Radical | 1,236 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 275 | 10.67 | |
14 June 1851 Death of Edward Barnard. | |||
28 June 1851 | 3,443/6,022 | 57.17 | |
Radical | 2,165 | 62.88 | |
Radical | 1,278 | 37.12 | |
Majority | 887 | 25.76 | |
29 January 1852 Resignation of James Dundas on appointment as Head of the Meditteranean Fleet. | |||
11 February 1852 | 4,167/6,308 | 66.06 | |
Whig | 2,956 | 70.94 | |
Radical | 1,211 | 29.06 | |
Majority | 1,745 | 41.88 | |
Guildford | |||
29 July 1847 | 381/585 | 65.13 | |
Conservative Party | 336 | 88.19 | |
Whig | 242 | 63.52 | |
Conservative Party | 184 | 48.29 | |
Majority | 58 | 15.22 | |
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
29 July 1847 | 775 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 407/694 | 58.65 | |
Conservative Party | 271 | 66.58 | |
Whig | 136 | 33.42 | |
Majority | 135 | 33.17 | |
Halifax | |||
30 July 1847 | 824/1,022 | 80.63 | |
Conservative Party | 511 | 62.01 | |
Whig | 507 | 61.53 | |
Radical | 349 | 42.35 | |
Chartist | 280 | 33.98 | |
Majority | 158 | 19.17 | |
Harwich | |||
30 July 1847 | 232/295 | 78.64 | |
Whig | 213 | 91.81 | |
Peelite | 184 | 79.31 | |
Conservative Party | 65 | 28.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2 | 0.86 | |
Majority | 119 | 51.29 | |
1848 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
14 March 1848 Petition - John Attwood unseated. | |||
1 April 1848 | 258/294 | 87.76 | |
Radical | 131 | 50.78 | |
Conservative Party | 127 | 49.22 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.55 | |
3 February 1851 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Hobhouse, Bt. | |||
5 March 1851 | 265/289 | 91.70 | |
Conservative Party | 135 | 50.94 | |
Whig | 130 | 49.06 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.89 | |
19 May 1851 Petition - election declared void. | |||
28 May 1851 | 260/289 | 89.97 | |
Whig | 133 | 51.15 | |
Conservative Party | 127 | 48.85 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.31 | |
15 July 1851 Petition - election declared void. | |||
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
10 April 1852 | 272 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 April 1852 Sir Fitzroy Kelly resigns in order to contest Eastern Suffolk. | |||
8 May 1852 | 272 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hastings | |||
30 July 1847 | 783/909 | 86.14 | |
Radical | 423 | 54.02 | |
Conservative Party | 407 | 51.98 | |
Whig | 387 | 49.43 | |
Conservative Party | 348 | 44.44 | |
Independent Liberal | |||
Majority | 20 | 2.55 | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
30 July 1847 | 667 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Helston | |||
30 July 1847 | 385 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hereford | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,061 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Herefordshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 7,345 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
August 1850 Death of Joseph Bailey. | |||
18 September 1850 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertford | |||
28 July 1847 | 567 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Hertfordshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 5,591 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Honiton | |||
28 July 1847 | 446 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Horsham | |||
28 July 1847 | 319/341 | 93.55 | |
Radical | 164 | 51.41 | |
Conservative Party | 155 | 48.59 | |
Majority | 9 | 2.82 | |
23 March 1848 Petition - election declared void. | |||
28 June 1848 | 297/351 | 84.62 | |
Conservative Party | 182 | 61.28 | |
Whig | 115 | 38.72 | |
Majority | 67 | 22.56 | |
4 September 1848 Petition - William Fitzgerald unseated. Rt Hon Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard declared elected. | |||
Huddersfield | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,013/1,142 | 88.70 | |
Whig | 525 | 51.83 | |
Radical | 488 | 48.17 | |
Majority | 37 | 3.65 | |
Huntingdon | |||
30 July 1847 | 373 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Huntingdonshire | |||
10 August 1847 | 3,074 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 May 1852 Death of George Thornhill. | |||
11 June 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hythe | |||
31 July 1847 | 400/485 | 82.47 | |
Whig | 211 | 52.75 | |
Whig | 189 | 47.25 | |
Majority | 22 | 5.50 | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
6 August 1847 | 479/771 | 62.13 | |
Whig | 280 | 58.46 | |
Radical | 199 | 41.54 | |
Majority | 81 | 16.91 | |
Inverness-shire | |||
6 August 1847 | 817 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ipswich | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,372/1,714 | 80.05 | |
Conservative Party | 829 | 60.42 | |
Whig | 708 | 51.60 | |
Conservative Party | 661 | 48.18 | |
Chartist | 546 | 39.80 | |
Majority | 47 | 3.43 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
10 August 1847 | |||
Whig | 476 | 56.07 | |
Conservative Party | 373 | 43.93 | |
Majority | 103 | 12.13 | |
5 May 1851 Resignation of John Simeon. | |||
29 May 1851 | |||
Radical | 565 | 52.12 | |
Conservative Party | 519 | 47.88 | |
Majority | 46 | 4.24 | |
Kendal | |||
30 July 1847 | 397 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kerry County | |||
9 August 1847 | 1,840 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Kidderminster | |||
28 July 1847 | 548 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
1849 Petition - dismissed. | |||
August 1849 Death of Richard Godson. | |||
5 September 1849 | 417/494 | 84.41 | |
Conservative Party | 217 | 52.04 | |
Whig | 200 | 47.96 | |
Majority | 17 | 4.08 | |
Kildare County | |||
18 August 1847 | 629/2,788 | 22.56 | |
Whig | 544 | 86.49 | |
Conservative Party | 413 | 65.66 | |
Irish Repeal | 301 | 47.85 | |
Majority | 112 | 17.81 | |
23 May 1849 Richard Bourke assumes the courtesy title of Baron Naas on his father's succession as the 5th Earl of Mayo. | |||
1 March 1852 Resignation of Baron Naas on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
13 March 1852 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny City | |||
4 August 1847 | 443 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
1847 John O'Connell elects to sit for Limerick City. | |||
18 December 1847 | |||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny County | |||
18 August 1847 | 460/1,107 | 41.55 | |
Irish Repeal | 277 | 60.22 | |
Irish Repeal | 262 | 56.96 | |
Irish Repeal | 241 | 52.39 | |
Irish Repeal | 139 | 30.22 | |
Majority | 21 | 4.57 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,243 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kincardineshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 808 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
King's County | |||
7 August 1847 | 1,370 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
King's Lynn | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,157 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
21 September 1848 Death of Lord George Cavendish-Bentinck. | |||
22 December 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
29 July 1847 | 3,004/4,618 | 65.05 | |
Whig | 2,168 | 72.17 | |
Radical | 2,135 | 71.07 | |
Whig | 1,705 | 56.76 | |
Majority | 430 | 14.31 | |
1 January 1849 Resignation of Rt Hon Matthew Baines on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board. | |||
7 February 1849 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kinsale | |||
6 August 1847 | 189/343 | 55.10 | |
Conservative Party | 103 | 54.50 | |
Whig | 86 | 45.50 | |
Majority | 17 | 8.99 | |
27 February 1848 Petition - election declared void. | |||
11 March 1848 | |||
Whig | 97 | 50.79 | |
Conservative Party | 94 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 3 | 1.57 | |
25 October 1851 Resignation of Benjamin Hawes. | |||
12 February 1852 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
31 July 1847 | 896 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
9 August 1847 | 1,351 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 February 1850 Resignation of Thomas Maitland on appointment as a Lord of Session - Lord Dundrennan. | |||
20 February 1850 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Knaresborough | |||
29 August 1847 | 200/242 | 82.64 | |
Peelite | 158 | 79.00 | |
Whig | 128 | 64.00 | |
Conservative Party | 114 | 57.00 | |
Majority | 14 | 7.00 | |
2 July 1851 Death of Rt Hon William Lascelles. | |||
12 July 1851 | 159/217 | 73.27 | |
Conservative Party | 95 | 59.75 | |
Conservative Party | 64 | 40.25 | |
Majority | 31 | 19.50 | |
Lambeth | |||
31 July 1847 | 5,833/13,885 | 42.01 | |
Radical | 4,614 | 79.10 | |
Whig | 3,708 | 63.57 | |
Whig | 3,344 | 57.33 | |
Majority | 364 | 6.24 | |
August 1850 Resignation of Charles Pearson. | |||
7 August 1850 | 5,601/16,284 | 34.40 | |
Radical | 3,834 | 68.45 | |
Radical | 1,182 | 21.10 | |
Radical | 585 | 10.44 | |
Majority | 2,652 | 47.35 | |
Lanarkshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 3,687 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lancaster | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,033/1,377 | 75.02 | |
Whig | 724 | 70.09 | |
Peelite | 721 | 69.80 | |
Conservative Party | 621 | 60.12 | |
Majority | 100 | 9.68 | |
1848 Petition - dismissed. | |||
29 February 1848 Petition - Samuel Gregson unseated. | |||
9 March 1848 | 1,256/1,377 | 91.21 | |
Radical | 636 | 50.64 | |
Conservative Party | 620 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.27 | |
Launceston | |||
30 July 1847 | 369 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds | |||
30 July 1847 | 3,340/6,300 | 53.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,529 | 75.72 | |
Whig | 2,172 | 65.03 | |
Radical | 1,978 | 59.22 | |
Majority | 194 | 5.81 | |
Leicester | |||
30 July 1847 | 3,067/4,241 | 72.32 | |
Radical | 1,671 | 54.48 | |
Radical | 1,621 | 52.85 | |
Conservative Party | 1,421 | 46.33 | |
Majority | 200 | 6.52 | |
1 June 1848 Petition - election declared void. | |||
2 September 1848 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,888 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1851 Resignation of Rt Hon Andrew Rutherfurd on appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice. | |||
14 April 1851 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Leitrim County | |||
2 August 1847 | 563/1,357 | 41.49 | |
Whig | 389 | 69.09 | |
Whig | 376 | 66.79 | |
Conservative Party | 329 | 58.44 | |
Independent | 32 | 5.68 | |
Majority | 47 | 8.35 | |
Leominster | |||
28 July 1847 | 631 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1849 Resignation of Henry Barkly on appointment as Governor of British Guiana. | |||
6 February 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lewes | |||
28 July 1847 | 605/866 | 69.86 | |
Peelite | 457 | 75.54 | |
Whig | 402 | 66.45 | |
Conservative Party | 207 | 34.21 | |
Conservative Party | 143 | 23.64 | |
Majority | 195 | 32.23 | |
Lichfield | |||
29 July 1847 | 947 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick City | |||
6 August 1847 | 579/2,063 | 28.07 | |
Irish Repeal | 583 | 100.69 | |
Irish Repeal | 537 | 92.75 | |
Irish Confederate | 37 | 6.39 | |
Majority | 500 | 86.36 | |
23 July 1851 Resignation of John O'Connell. | |||
1 August 1851 | |||
Independent Liberal | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick County | |||
14 August 1847 | 970/1,793 | 54.10 | |
Peelite | 583 | 60.10 | |
Irish Confederate | 482 | 49.69 | |
Irish Repeal | 458 | 47.22 | |
Irish Repeal | 407 | 41.96 | |
Irish Repeal | 4 | 0.41 | |
Majority | 24 | 2.47 | |
9 October 1848 Disqualification of William Smith O'Brien upon his conviction for high treason. | |||
1 June 1849 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
28 October 1850 Death of Samuel Dickson. | |||
14 December 1850 | |||
Whig | 239 | 42.60 | |
Conservative Party | 199 | 35.47 | |
Tenant Right | 123 | 21.93 | |
Majority | 40 | 7.13 | |
Lincoln | |||
29 July 1847 | 946/1,271 | 74.43 | |
Conservative Party | 659 | 69.66 | |
Radical | 518 | 54.76 | |
Whig | 436 | 46.09 | |
Conservative Party | 278 | 29.39 | |
Majority | 82 | 8.67 | |
10 March 1848 Petition - Charles Seely unseated. | |||
15 March 1848 | 1,057/1,271 | 83.16 | |
Radical | 552 | 52.22 | |
Conservative Party | 505 | 47.78 | |
Majority | 47 | 4.45 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 596 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lisburn | |||
5 August 1847 | 462 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
21 November 1851 Death of Sir Horace Seymour. | |||
5 January 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liskeard | |||
31 July 1847 | 287/349 | 82.23 | |
Radical | 170 | 59.23 | |
Conservative Party | 117 | 40.77 | |
Majority | 53 | 18.47 | |
1847 Resignation of Rt Hon Charles Buller on appointment as a Poor Law Commissioner. | |||
14 December 1847 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
29 November 1848 Death of Rt Hon Charles Buller. | |||
3 January 1849 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Liverpool | |||
30 July 1847 | 8,483/17,004 | 49.89 | |
Peelite | 5,581 | 65.79 | |
Whig | 4,882 | 57.55 | |
Conservative Party | 4,089 | 48.20 | |
Conservative Party | 2,413 | 28.45 | |
Majority | 793 | 9.35 | |
Londonderry City | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,904 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry County | |||
9 August 1847 | 4,663 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1852 Resignation of Thomas Bateson on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
13 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Longford County | |||
13 August 1847 | 778/1,211 | 64.24 | |
Irish Repeal | 447 | 57.46 | |
Irish Repeal | 433 | 55.66 | |
Conservative Party | 352 | 45.24 | |
Conservative Party | 323 | 41.52 | |
Majority | 81 | 10.41 | |
1851 Resignation of Samuel Blackall on appointment as Governor of Dominica. | |||
21 April 1851 | |||
Whig | 622 | 95.55 | |
Conservative Party | 29 | 4.45 | |
Majority | 593 | 91.09 | |
Louth County | |||
10 August 1847 | 1,410 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ludlow | |||
31 July 1847 | 390/452 | 86.28 | |
Conservative Party | 207 | 53.08 | |
Whig | 206 | 52.82 | |
Conservative Party | 183 | 46.92 | |
Majority | 23 | 5.90 | |
Lyme Regis | |||
30 July 1847 | 289/326 | 88.65 | |
Whig | 146 | 50.52 | |
Conservative Party | 143 | 49.48 | |
Majority | 3 | 1.04 | |
1847 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Lymington | |||
31 July 1847 | 295/318 | 92.77 | |
Whig | 162 | 54.92 | |
Peelite | 146 | 49.49 | |
Conservative Party | 120 | 40.68 | |
Majority | 26 | 8.81 | |
April 1850 Resignation of Hon George Keppel. | |||
30 April 1850 | 224/287 | 78.05 | |
Whig | 121 | 54.02 | |
Conservative Party | 103 | 45.98 | |
Majority | 18 | 8.04 | |
Macclesfield | |||
31 July 1847 | 763/946 | 80.66 | |
Whig | 598 | 78.37 | |
Chartist | 500 | 65.53 | |
Conservative Party | 428 | 56.09 | |
Majority | 72 | 9.44 | |
Maidstone | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,741 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Maldon | |||
31 July 1847 | 887/951 | 93.27 | |
Conservative Party | 461 | 51.97 | |
Whig | 443 | 49.94 | |
Conservative Party | 427 | 48.14 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.80 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Mallow | |||
4 August 1847 | 139/385 | 36.10 | |
Whig | 70 | 50.36 | |
Conservative Party | 69 | 49.64 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.72 | |
Malmesbury | |||
29 July 1847 | 320 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Malton | |||
28 July 1847 | 535 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Manchester | |||
29 July 1847 | 12,841 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Marlborough | |||
28 July 1847 | 262 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Marylebone | |||
31 July 1847 | 7,525/15,662 | 48.05 | |
Whig | 5,367 | 71.32 | |
Whig | 5,343 | 71.00 | |
Conservative Party | 3,677 | 48.86 | |
Radical | 662 | 8.80 | |
Chartist | 1 | 0.01 | |
Majority | 1,666 | 22.14 | |
Mayo County | |||
14 August 1847 | 515/1,551 | 33.20 | |
Whig | 504 | 97.86 | |
Irish Repeal | 254 | 49.32 | |
Irish Repeal | 53 | 10.29 | |
Irish Repeal | 11 | 2.14 | |
Majority | 201 | 39.03 | |
1 July 1850 Death of Robert Browne. | |||
29 July 1850 | |||
Whig | 141 | 60.26 | |
Conservative Party | 93 | 39.74 | |
Majority | 48 | 20.51 | |
Meath County | |||
12 August 1847 | 716/1,611 | 44.44 | |
Whig | 575 | 80.31 | |
Irish Repeal | 482 | 67.32 | |
Conservative Party | 319 | 44.55 | |
Majority | 163 | 22.77 | |
Merionethshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 1,180 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
28 July 1847 | 822 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Middlesex | |||
4 August 1847 | 6,289/13,781 | 45.64 | |
Whig | 4,944 | 78.61 | |
Radical | 4,175 | 66.39 | |
Conservative Party | 3,458 | 54.98 | |
Majority | 717 | 11.40 | |
Midhurst | |||
30 July 1847 | 304 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 February 1852 Resignation of Spencer Walpole on appointment as Home Secretary. | |||
5 March 1852 | 279 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monaghan County | |||
10 August 1847 | 2,351 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,420 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1852 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
24 March 1852 Resignation of Reginald Blewitt. | |||
3 April 1852 | 1,293/1,676 | 77.15 | |
Conservative Party | 764 | 59.09 | |
Whig | 529 | 40.91 | |
Majority | 235 | 18.17 | |
Monmouthshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 3,376/5,286 | 63.87 | |
Conservative Party | 2,334 | 69.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,230 | 66.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,187 | 64.78 | |
Majority | 43 | 1.27 | |
23 February 1848 Death of Lord Granville Somerset. | |||
24 March 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
29 July 1847 | 778/982 | 79.23 | |
Conservative Party | 389 | 50.00 | |
Conservative Party | 389 | 50.00 | |
Double Return. | |||
14 February 1848 Petition - not defended by Hon Hugh Cholmondeley. David Pugh declared elected. | |||
Montgomeryshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 3,214 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 September 1850 Death of Rt Hon Charles Williams-Wynn. | |||
11 October 1850 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
11 August 1847 | 763/1,178 | 64.77 | |
Radical | 532 | 69.72 | |
Radical | 231 | 30.28 | |
Majority | 301 | 39.45 | |
Morpeth | |||
30 July 1847 | 440 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
31 July 1847 | 462 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
New Ross | |||
7 August 1847 | 124/294 | 42.18 | |
Irish Repeal | 76 | 61.29 | |
Whig | 48 | 38.71 | |
Majority | 28 | 22.58 | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
30 July 1847 | 772/951 | 81.18 | |
Conservative Party | 614 | 79.53 | |
Conservative Party | 487 | 63.08 | |
Conservative Party | 443 | 57.38 | |
Majority | 44 | 5.70 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
30 July 1847 | 3,812/5,245 | 72.68 | |
Whig | 2,196 | 57.61 | |
Whig | 2,068 | 54.25 | |
Conservative Party | 1,680 | 44.07 | |
Majority | 388 | 10.18 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
28 July 1847 | 880/1,074 | 81.94 | |
Peelite | 571 | 64.89 | |
Whig | 565 | 64.20 | |
Conservative Party | 522 | 59.32 | |
Whig | 101 | 11.48 | |
Majority | 43 | 4.89 | |
At the time of the election Samuel Christy held a Government contract which was a disqualification from being elected. | |||
November 1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
November 1847 Resignation of Samuel Christy in order to forestall the forthcoming petition. | |||
15 December 1847 | 913/1,074 | 85.01 | |
Peelite | 546 | 59.80 | |
Liberal Party | 367 | 40.20 | |
Majority | 179 | 19.61 | |
Newport | |||
31 July 1847 | 501/646 | 77.55 | |
Peelite | 262 | 52.30 | |
Peelite | 252 | 50.30 | |
Whig | 250 | 49.90 | |
Whig | 238 | 47.50 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.40 | |
Newry | |||
2 August 1847 | 1,135 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
6 May 1851 Death of Viscount Newry. | |||
30 May 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 11,881 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northallerton | |||
30 July 1847 | 269 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northampton | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,569/1,867 | 84.04 | |
Radical | 897 | 57.17 | |
Whig | 841 | 53.60 | |
Conservative Party | 652 | 41.56 | |
Conservative Party | 607 | 38.69 | |
Chartist | 141 | 8.99 | |
Majority | 189 | 12.05 | |
6 February 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Smith on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
11 February 1852 | 1,303/2,263 | 57.58 | |
Whig | 823 | 63.16 | |
Conservative Party | 480 | 36.84 | |
Majority | 343 | 26.32 | |
Northern Cheshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 7,188 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1848 Petition - dismissed. | |||
12 May 1848 Elevation of Rt Hon Edward Stanley to the Peerage - Baron Eddisbury. | |||
8 June 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | 3,060 | 55.85 | |
Whig | 2,419 | 44.15 | |
Majority | 641 | 11.70 | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 5,601 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Devon | |||
5 August 1847 | 8,597 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Durham | |||
3 August 1847 | 6,472 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Essex | |||
12 August 1847 | 3,178/5,461 | 58.19 | |
Conservative Party | 2,472 | 77.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,292 | 72.12 | |
Whig | 1,555 | 48.93 | |
Whig | 36 | 1.13 | |
Majority | 737 | 23.19 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
1852 Resignation of William Beresford on appointment as Secretary at War. | |||
9 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 3,411 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1849 Resignation of Sir William Heathcote, bt. | |||
6 April 1849 | 2,067/3,303 | 62.58 | |
Conservative Party | 1,199 | 58.01 | |
Conservative Party | 868 | 41.99 | |
Majority | 331 | 16.01 | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
3 August 1847 | 11,846 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
3 August 1847 | 4,177 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 4,065 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
13 August 1847 | 2,608/3,030 | 86.07 | |
Whig | 1,366 | 52.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,247 | 47.81 | |
Conservative Party | 1,237 | 47.43 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.38 | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 3,910 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 4,876 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 January 1848 Succession of Viscount Clive to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Powis. | |||
16 February 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
12 August 1847 | 7,437/9,438 | 78.80 | |
Conservative Party | 4,092 | 55.02 | |
Conservative Party | 4,076 | 54.81 | |
Whig | 335 | 4.50 | |
Majority | 3,741 | 50.30 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
1851 Resignation of Viscount Brackley. | |||
22 February 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
26 July 1847 | 4,961/6,371 | 77.87 | |
Conservative Party | 2,915 | 58.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,451 | 49.41 | |
Whig | 2,278 | 45.92 | |
Majority | 173 | 3.49 | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 5,165 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Norwich | |||
30 July 1847 | 2,874/4,976 | 57.76 | |
Whig | 2,448 | 85.18 | |
Conservative Party | 1,727 | 60.09 | |
Radical | 1,572 | 54.70 | |
Majority | 155 | 5.39 | |
Nottingham | |||
28 July 1847 | 2,416/5,148 | 46.93 | |
Conservative Party | 1,683 | 69.66 | |
Chartist | 1,257 | 52.03 | |
Whig | 999 | 41.35 | |
Radical | 893 | 36.96 | |
Majority | 258 | 10.68 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Oldham | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,329/1,691 | 78.59 | |
Radical | 726 | 54.63 | |
Peelite | 696 | 52.37 | |
Radical | 624 | 46.95 | |
Radical | 612 | 46.05 | |
Majority | 72 | 5.42 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
1 September 1847 | 392/599 | 65.44 | |
Whig | 209 | 53.32 | |
Whig | 183 | 46.68 | |
Majority | 26 | 6.63 | |
Oxford | |||
29 July 1847 | 2,819 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1851 Resignation of William Wood on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
3 April 1851 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford University | |||
3 August 1847 | 1,851/3,300 | 56.09 | |
Conservative Party | 1,700 | 91.84 | |
Peelite | 997 | 53.86 | |
Conservative Party | 824 | 44.52 | |
Majority | 173 | 9.35 | |
Oxfordshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 5,384 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 February 1852 Resignation of Joseph Henley on appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
10 March 1852 | 5,198 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paisley | |||
2 August 1847 | 1,060 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 9,226 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 March 1852 Resignation of Sir John Trollope, Bt on appointment as Chief Commissioner of the Poor Law Board. | |||
12 March 1852 | 8,554 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 11,424 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1 March 1852 Resignation of Robert Christopher on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
13 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peeblesshire | |||
13 August 1847 | 403/718 | 56.13 | |
Conservative Party | 240 | 59.55 | |
Whig | 163 | 40.45 | |
Majority | 77 | 19.11 | |
1847 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
31 July 1847 | 952 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 3,479 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
30 July 1847 | 550/863 | 63.73 | |
Conservative Party | 548 | 99.64 | |
Radical | 377 | 68.55 | |
Conservative Party | 87 | 15.82 | |
Majority | 290 | 52.73 | |
Perth | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,030 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 February 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Fox Maule on appointment as President of the Board of Control. | |||
9 February 1852 | 1,034 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
13 April 1852 Succession of Rt Hon Fox Maule to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Panmure. | |||
15 May 1852 | 550/1,034 | 53.19 | |
Whig | 325 | 59.09 | |
Radical | 225 | 40.91 | |
Majority | 100 | 18.18 | |
Perthshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 4,187 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Peterborough | |||
30 July 1847 | 518 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Petersfield | |||
30 July 1847 | 380 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Plymouth | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,682/2,174 | 77.37 | |
Whig | 921 | 54.76 | |
Peelite | 837 | 49.76 | |
Chartist | 769 | 45.72 | |
Majority | 68 | 4.04 | |
Pontefract | |||
30 July 1847 | 563/685 | 82.19 | |
Whig | 415 | 73.71 | |
Conservative Party | 365 | 64.83 | |
Conservative Party | 346 | 61.46 | |
Majority | 19 | 3.37 | |
1851 Resignation of Samuel Martin on appointment as a Judge of the Court of the Exchequer. | |||
13 February 1851 | 542/675 | 80.30 | |
Whig | 427 | 78.78 | |
Conservative Party | 115 | 21.22 | |
Majority | 312 | 57.56 | |
9 May 1852 Succession of Hon Beilby Lawley to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Wenlock. | |||
Poole | |||
31 July 1847 | 358/522 | 68.58 | |
Peelite | 240 | 67.04 | |
Whig | 220 | 61.45 | |
Whig | 203 | 56.70 | |
Radical | 52 | 14.53 | |
Majority | 17 | 4.75 | |
24 August 1850 Death of George Robinson. | |||
24 September 1850 | 354/498 | 71.08 | |
Whig | 187 | 52.82 | |
Conservative Party | 167 | 47.18 | |
Majority | 20 | 5.65 | |
Portarlington | |||
2 August 1847 | 221 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1852 Resignation of Francis Dunne on appointment as Clerk of Ordnance. | |||
8 March 1852 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Portsmouth | |||
28 July 1847 | 2,068 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
18 January 1849 Resignation of Rt Hon Francis Baring on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
6 February 1849 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Preston | |||
29 July 1847 | 2,752/3,044 | 90.41 | |
Whig | 1,404 | 51.02 | |
Whig | 1,378 | 50.07 | |
Conservative Party | 1,361 | 49.45 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.62 | |
19 May 1852 Resignation of Charles Grenfell. | |||
Queen's County | |||
7 August 1847 | 1,166 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Radnorshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 1,943 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Reading | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,054/1,251 | 84.25 | |
Whig | 614 | 58.25 | |
Radical | 596 | 56.55 | |
Conservative Party | 521 | 49.43 | |
Conservative Party | 376 | 35.67 | |
Majority | 75 | 7.12 | |
1849 Resignation of Thomas Talfourd on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. | |||
8 August 1849 | 978/1,309 | 74.71 | |
Conservative Party | 507 | 51.84 | |
Whig | 364 | 37.22 | |
Radical | 107 | 10.94 | |
Majority | 143 | 14.62 | |
Reigate | |||
28 July 1847 | 182 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Renfrewshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 2,306 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Richmond | |||
29 July 1847 | 283 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ripon | |||
28 July 1847 | 350 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rochdale | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,026 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Rochester | |||
31 July 1847 | 1,090/1,451 | 75.12 | |
Whig | 637 | 58.44 | |
Whig | 617 | 56.61 | |
Conservative Party | 464 | 42.57 | |
Conservative Party | 462 | 42.39 | |
Majority | 153 | 14.04 | |
Roscommon County | |||
9 August 1847 | 245/1,341 | 18.27 | |
Whig | 205 | 83.67 | |
Whig | 170 | 69.39 | |
Irish Repeal | 115 | 46.94 | |
Majority | 55 | 22.45 | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
10 August 1847 | 827 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Roxburghshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 2,091 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Rutlandshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 1,887 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
31 July 1847 | 352/574 | 61.32 | |
Whig | 239 | 67.90 | |
Conservative Party | 113 | 32.10 | |
Majority | 126 | 35.80 | |
13 December 1847 Death of Herbert Curteis. | |||
23 December 1847 | 574 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1848 Petition - election declared void. | |||
6 April 1848 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Salford | |||
30 July 1847 | 2,605 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Salisbury | |||
30 July 1847 | 517/708 | 73.02 | |
Whig | 490 | 94.78 | |
Peelite | 374 | 72.34 | |
Conservative Party | 170 | 32.88 | |
Majority | 204 | 39.46 | |
Sandwich | |||
31 July 1847 | 840/943 | 89.08 | |
Whig | 459 | 54.64 | |
Whig | 437 | 52.02 | |
Conservative Party | 392 | 46.67 | |
Majority | 45 | 5.36 | |
1852 Resignation of Charles Grenfell in order to contest Windsor. | |||
28 May 1852 | 717/960 | 74.69 | |
Conservative Party | 460 | 64.16 | |
Whig | 257 | 35.84 | |
Majority | 203 | 28.31 | |
Scarborough | |||
28 July 1847 | 670 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1851 Resignation of the Earl of Mulgrave on appointment as a Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
19 July 1851 | 595/743 | 80.08 | |
Conservative Party | 314 | 52.77 | |
Whig | 281 | 47.23 | |
Majority | 33 | 5.55 | |
Selkirkshire | |||
6 August 1847 | 622 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shaftesbury | |||
31 July 1847 | 389/484 | 80.37 | |
Whig | 213 | 54.76 | |
Conservative Party | 176 | 45.24 | |
Majority | 37 | 9.51 | |
Sheffield | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,444/4,934 | 29.27 | |
Whig | 1,125 | 77.91 | |
Radical | 1,110 | 76.87 | |
Chartist | 326 | 22.58 | |
Majority | 784 | 54.29 | |
April 1849 Resignation of Henry Ward on appointment as Lord High Commissioner to the Ionian Islands. | |||
3 May 1849 | |||
Independent Liberal | Unopposed |   | |
Shoreham | |||
28 July 1847 | 1,864 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 April 1849 Death of Charles Goring. | |||
28 December 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shrewsbury | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,122/1,805 | 62.16 | |
Conservative Party | 769 | 68.54 | |
Whig | 743 | 66.22 | |
Peelite | 732 | 65.24 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.98 | |
Sligo | |||
4 August 1847 | 910 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1848 Petition - John Somers unseated. | |||
11 April 1848 | 247/910 | 27.14 | |
Whig | 130 | 52.63 | |
Irish Repeal | 117 | 47.37 | |
Majority | 13 | 5.26 | |
26 June 1848 Petition - Charles Towneley unseated. | |||
15 July 1848 | 279/910 | 30.66 | |
Irish Repeal | 102 | 36.56 | |
Conservative Party | 90 | 32.26 | |
Whig | 87 | 31.18 | |
Majority | 12 | 4.30 | |
Sligo County | |||
4 August 1847 | 837 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1850 Resignation of John ffolliott. | |||
12 March 1850 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
South Shields | |||
30 July 1847 | 509/744 | 68.41 | |
Radical | 333 | 65.42 | |
Conservative Party | 176 | 34.58 | |
Majority | 157 | 30.84 | |
Southampton | |||
31 July 1847 | 2,258 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1850 Resignation of Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
17 July 1850 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
28 March 1851 Resignation of Sir Alexander Cockburn on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
2 April 1851 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Cheshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 8,735 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 7,272 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
29 January 1849 Death of Edward Mundy. | |||
23 March 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Devon | |||
3 August 1847 | 10,411 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1849 Resignation of Baron Courtenay. | |||
13 February 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Durham | |||
5 August 1847 | 5,783 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Essex | |||
9 August 1847 | 2,791/5,326 | 52.40 | |
Conservative Party | 2,158 | 77.32 | |
Whig | 1,729 | 61.95 | |
Conservative Party | 1,694 | 60.70 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.25 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 5,812 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Lancashire | |||
4 August 1847 | 23,630 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1847 Hon Charles Villiers elects to sit for Wolverhampton. | |||
20 December 1847 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
4 August 1847 | 5,448 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
12 August 1847 | 3,628/4,729 | 76.72 | |
Conservative Party | 2,282 | 62.90 | |
Conservative Party | 2,074 | 57.17 | |
Whig | 1,460 | 40.24 | |
Majority | 614 | 16.92 | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
5 August 1847 | 5,295 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 3,692 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
April 1849 Resignation of Lancelot Rolleston. | |||
17 April 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 December 1850 Death of Robert Bromley. | |||
17 February 1851 | 2,975/3,482 | 85.44 | |
Conservative Party | 1,493 | 50.18 | |
Conservative Party | 1,482 | 49.82 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.37 | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
4 August 1847 | 3,678 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1852 Resignation of Viscount Newport on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of H M Household. | |||
23 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Staffordshire | |||
3 August 1847 | 8,545 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 January 1849 Succession of Viscount Ingestre to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Talbot. | |||
19 February 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
11 August 1847 | 4,066 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
May 1849 Resignation of Evelyn Shirley. | |||
7 June 1849 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 2,710 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Southwark | |||
30 July 1847 | 7,989 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
St Albans | |||
29 July 1847 | 464/532 | 87.22 | |
Whig | 295 | 63.58 | |
Conservative Party | 276 | 59.48 | |
Whig | 230 | 49.57 | |
Whig | 126 | 27.16 | |
Majority | 46 | 9.91 | |
November 1850 Death of Alexander Raphael. | |||
24 December 1850 | 423/483 | 87.58 | |
Whig | 276 | 65.25 | |
Conservative Party | 147 | 34.75 | |
Majority | 129 | 30.50 | |
1851 Petition - dismissed. | |||
3 May 1852 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament and was incorporated into Hertfordshire. | |||
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
30 July 1847 | 768 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
St Ives | |||
31 July 1847 | 403/594 | 67.85 | |
Conservative Party | 262 | 65.01 | |
Conservative Party | 141 | 34.99 | |
Majority | 121 | 30.02 | |
Stafford | |||
30 July 1847 | 774/1,272 | 60.85 | |
Conservative Party | 754 | 97.42 | |
Conservative Party | 516 | 66.67 | |
Conservative Party | 271 | 35.01 | |
Whig | 6 | 0.78 | |
Whig | 1 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 245 | 31.65 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Stamford | |||
31 July 1847 | 524/616 | 85.06 | |
Conservative Party | 349 | 66.60 | |
Conservative Party | 288 | 54.96 | |
Conservative Party | 236 | 45.04 | |
Majority | 52 | 9.92 | |
28 February 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon John Herries on appointment as President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India. | |||
6 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
3 August 1847 | 813/1,125 | 72.27 | |
Radical | 345 | 42.44 | |
Whig | 312 | 38.38 | |
Whig | 156 | 19.19 | |
Majority | 33 | 4.06 | |
Stirlingshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 2,398 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stockport | |||
31 July 1847 | 882/1,108 | 79.60 | |
Radical | 643 | 72.90 | |
Conservative Party | 570 | 64.63 | |
Radical | 537 | 60.88 | |
Chartist | 14 | 1.59 | |
Majority | 33 | 3.74 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
December 1847 Richard Cobden elects to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire. | |||
16 December 1847 | 1,063/1,205 | 88.22 | |
Radical | 545 | 51.27 | |
Conservative Party | 518 | 48.73 | |
Majority | 27 | 2.54 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,079/1,695 | 63.66 | |
Whig | 954 | 88.42 | |
Conservative Party | 819 | 75.90 | |
Whig | 384 | 35.59 | |
Majority | 435 | 40.32 | |
Stroud | |||
30 July 1847 | 741/1,210 | 61.24 | |
Whig | 563 | 75.98 | |
Whig | 541 | 73.01 | |
Radical | 377 | 50.88 | |
Majority | 164 | 22.13 | |
Sunderland | |||
4 August 1847 | 1,045/1,693 | 61.72 | |
Conservative Party | 879 | 84.11 | |
Whig | 642 | 61.44 | |
Radical | 568 | 54.35 | |
Majority | 74 | 7.08 | |
December 1847 Resignation of David Barclay. | |||
22 December 1847 | 1,281/1,692 | 75.71 | |
Whig | 705 | 55.04 | |
Radical | 576 | 44.96 | |
Majority | 129 | 10.07 | |
Sutherland | |||
12 August 1847 | 184 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1849 Resignation of Sir David Dundas on appointment as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
5 June 1849 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
29 July 1847 | 1,563 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tamworth | |||
28 July 1847 | 393 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
December 1847 Resignation of William Peel. | |||
18 December 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
2 July 1850 Death of Sir Robert Peel, bt. | |||
19 July 1850 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Taunton | |||
30 July 1847 | 654/911 | 71.79 | |
Whig | 543 | 83.03 | |
Whig | 388 | 59.33 | |
Conservative Party | 376 | 57.49 | |
Majority | 12 | 1.83 | |
Tavistock | |||
2 August 1847 | 223/315 | 70.79 | |
Whig | 153 | 68.61 | |
Radical | 150 | 67.26 | |
Peelite | 86 | 38.57 | |
Radical | 56 | 25.11 | |
Majority | 64 | 28.70 | |
19 April 1852 Resignation of John Trelawney. His reasons for resigning and then standing at the by-election are not entirely clear. Local press reports suggest that it was probably the result of him having failed to support the more radical policies advocated by the local Liberals. Although he declared he was not seeking re-election, he made it clear that he would be prepared to take his seat in the House of Commons if re-elected and, as a result, he was nominated by his supporters. | |||
28 April 1852 | 284/349 | 81.38 | |
Radical | 115 | 40.49 | |
Radical | 89 | 31.34 | |
Peelite | 80 | 28.17 | |
Majority | 26 | 9.15 | |
Tewkesbury | |||
28 July 1847 | 43/409 | 10.51 | |
Whig | 43 | 100.00 | |
Whig | 43 | 100.00 | |
Conservative Party | |||
Majority | 43 | 100.00 | |
Thetford | |||
28 July 1847 | 214 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
12 May 1848 Succession of Hon William Baring to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Ashburton. | |||
3 August 1848 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Thirsk | |||
31 July 1847 | 332 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 March 1851 Death of John Bell. | |||
21 March 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tipperary County | |||
11 August 1847 | 2,412 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
18 October 1851 Death of Nicholas Maher. | |||
Tiverton | |||
31 July 1847 | 148/445 | 33.26 | |
Whig | 148 | 100.00 | |
Whig | 127 | 85.81 | |
Chartist | |||
Majority | 127 | 85.81 | |
July 1847 After a show of hands, Lord Palmerston demanded a poll, upon which George Harney withdrew. | |||
Totnes | |||
30 July 1847 | 294/378 | 77.78 | |
Whig | 280 | 95.24 | |
Conservative Party | 154 | 52.38 | |
Whig | 153 | 52.04 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.34 | |
17 April 1849 Resignation of Baron Seymour on appointment as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests. | |||
30 March 1850 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tower Hamlets | |||
31 July 1847 | 6,365/18,748 | 33.95 | |
Radical | 6,268 | 98.48 | |
Radical | 3,839 | 60.31 | |
Whig | 2,622 | 41.19 | |
Majority | 1,217 | 19.12 | |
Tralee | |||
4 August 1847 | 511 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Truro | |||
30 July 1847 | 627 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
December 1848 Death of Edmund Turner. | |||
11 January 1849 | 464/586 | 79.18 | |
Whig | 240 | 51.72 | |
Conservative Party | 224 | 48.28 | |
Majority | 16 | 3.45 | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
28 July 1847 | 789 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tyrone County | |||
10 August 1847 | 5,026 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
1852 Resignation of Lord Claude Hamilton on appointment as Treasurer of H M Household. | |||
12 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wakefield | |||
30 July 1847 | 650/682 | 95.31 | |
Conservative Party | 392 | 60.31 | |
Radical | 258 | 39.69 | |
Majority | 134 | 20.62 | |
Wallingford | |||
31 July 1847 | 320/398 | 80.40 | |
Conservative Party | 166 | 51.88 | |
Whig | 154 | 48.12 | |
Majority | 12 | 3.75 | |
Walsall | |||
29 July 1847 | 695/856 | 81.19 | |
Whig | 289 | 41.58 | |
Radical | 282 | 40.58 | |
Conservative Party | 124 | 17.84 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.01 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Wareham | |||
30 July 1847 | 442 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Warrington | |||
29 July 1847 | 625/699 | 89.41 | |
Conservative Party | 327 | 52.32 | |
Whig | 298 | 47.68 | |
Majority | 29 | 4.64 | |
Warwick | |||
29 July 1847 | 450/770 | 58.44 | |
Whig | 443 | 98.44 | |
Conservative Party | 407 | 90.44 | |
Whig | 30 | 6.67 | |
Majority | 377 | 83.78 | |
Waterford City | |||
4 August 1847 | 783/1,696 | 46.17 | |
Irish Repeal | 521 | 66.54 | |
Irish Repeal | 499 | 63.73 | |
Whig | 294 | 37.55 | |
Whig | 252 | 32.18 | |
Majority | 205 | 52.36 | |
February 1848 Resignation of Daniel O'Connell. | |||
1 March 1848 | |||
Whig | 318 | 41.14 | |
Irish Repeal | 301 | 38.94 | |
Confederate | 154 | 19.92 | |
Majority | 17 | 2.20 | |
Waterford County | |||
11 August 1847 | 872 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Wells | |||
30 July 1847 | 375 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
December 1847 Resignation of William Hayter on appointment as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
27 December 1847 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wenlock | |||
28 July 1847 | 857 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 February 1852 Resignation of Hon George Weld-Forester on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
3 March 1852 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
7 August 1847 | 36,165 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
7 October 1848 Succession of Viscount Morpeth to the Peerage - 7th Earl of Carlisle. | |||
11 December 1848 | 26,538/35,280 | 75.22 | |
Conservative Party | 14,743 | 55.55 | |
Whig | 11,795 | 44.45 | |
Majority | 2,948 | 11.11 | |
Westbury | |||
31 July 1847 | 319/342 | 93.27 | |
Whig | 170 | 53.29 | |
Conservative Party | 149 | 46.71 | |
Majority | 21 | 6.58 | |
1847 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Western Cornwall | |||
10 August 1847 | 5,259 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cumberland | |||
11 August 1847 | 4,042 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
3 August 1847 | 6,674/7,601 | 87.80 | |
Conservative Party | 4,240 | 63.53 | |
Whig | 2,744 | 41.11 | |
Whig | 2,123 | 31.81 | |
Majority | 621 | 9.30 | |
Western Kent | |||
3 August 1847 | 6,278/9,489 | 66.16 | |
Conservative Party | 3,219 | 51.27 | |
Whig | 3,127 | 49.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,082 | 49.09 | |
Majority | 45 | 0.72 | |
Western Norfolk | |||
16 August 1847 | 5,888/7,516 | 78.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,113 | 52.87 | |
Whig | 3,052 | 51.83 | |
Whig | 2,935 | 49.85 | |
Conservative Party | 2,676 | 45.45 | |
Majority | 117 | 1.99 | |
Western Somerset | |||
19 August 1847 | 6,161/8,433 | 73.06 | |
Conservative Party | 3,603 | 58.48 | |
Conservative Party | 3,311 | 53.74 | |
Whig | 2,783 | 45.17 | |
Radical | 2,624 | 42.59 | |
Majority | 528 | 8.57 | |
7 March 1851 Death of Sir Alexander Hood, Bt. | |||
10 April 1851 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Suffolk | |||
3 August 1847 | 4,913 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
6 August 1847 | 3,778 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 August 1849 Death of William Denison. | |||
27 September 1849 | 2,132/3,651 | 58.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,144 | 53.66 | |
Whig | 988 | 46.34 | |
Majority | 156 | 7.32 | |
Western Sussex | |||
5 August 1847 | 3,488 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
5 August 1847 | 4,357 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmeath County | |||
10 August 1847 | 118/1,337 | 8.83 | |
Irish Repeal | 118 | 100.00 | |
Whig | 117 | 99.15 | |
Conservative Party | |||
Majority | 117 | 99.15 | |
Westminster | |||
30 July 1847 | 7,185/14,572 | 49.31 | |
Radical | 3,139 | 43.69 | |
Whig | 2,831 | 39.40 | |
Whig | 2,819 | 39.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1,985 | 27.63 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.17 | |
Westmorland | |||
4 August 1847 | 4,078 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford | |||
4 August 1847 | 375 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford County | |||
10 August 1847 | 2,165 | ||
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Irish Repeal | Unopposed |   | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
2 August 1847 | 546/625 | 87.36 | |
Whig | 274 | 50.18 | |
Whig | 274 | 50.18 | |
Conservative Party | 272 | 49.82 | |
Conservative Party | 271 | 49.63 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.37 | |
December 1847 Resignation of William Christie. | |||
15 December 1847 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whitby | |||
30 July 1847 | 403 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whitehaven | |||
28 August 1847 | 543 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
9 August 1847 | 690 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wicklow County | |||
7 August 1847 | 1,836 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
April 1848 Resignation of William Acton. | |||
27 April 1848 | |||
Whig | 368 | 50.90 | |
Conservative Party | 355 | 49.10 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.80 | |
Wigan | |||
28 July 1847 | 637 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
2 August 1847 | 382 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wigtownshire | |||
5 August 1847 | 1,095 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wilton | |||
31 July 1847 | 216 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
3 August 1847 | 461/684 | 67.40 | |
Whig | 363 | 78.74 | |
Conservative Party | 315 | 68.33 | |
Radical | 243 | 52.71 | |
Majority | 72 | 15.62 | |
Windsor | |||
28 July 1847 | 728 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1850 Resignation of Lord John Hay. | |||
6 February 1850 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
23 September 1850 Resignation of John Hatchell on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland. | |||
10 February 1851 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
12 May 1852 Death of George Reid. | |||
22 May 1852 | 560/712 | 78.65 | |
Whig | 330 | 58.93 | |
Conservative Party | 230 | 41.07 | |
Majority | 100 | 17.86 | |
Wolverhampton | |||
29 July 1847 | 2,692 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Woodstock | |||
29 July 1847 | 404 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Worcester | |||
30 July 1847 | 1,621/2,518 | 64.38 | |
Whig | 1,168 | 72.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,141 | 70.39 | |
Whig | 932 | 57.50 | |
Majority | 209 | 12.89 | |
20 April 1852 Resignation of Francis Rufford. | |||
28 April 1852 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Wycombe | |||
29 July 1847 | 335 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
York | |||
28 August 1847 | 4,047 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
12 May 1848 Death of Henry Yorke. | |||
24 May 1848 | 2,422/4,178 | 57.97 | |
Whig | 1,505 | 62.14 | |
Chartist | 860 | 35.51 | |
Radical | 57 | 2.35 | |
Majority | 645 | 26.63 | |
Youghal | |||
7 August 1847 | 178/522 | 34.10 | |
Irish Confederate | 110 | 61.80 | |
Whig | 68 | 38.20 | |
Majority | 42 | 23.60 |