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Summary | |
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Whig | 263 |
CON | 262 |
Radical | 69 |
Peelite | 37 |
Ind Irish | 15 |
Ind LIB | 7 |
Ind CON | 1 |
Ind | 1 |
Aberdeen | |||
2 April 1857 | 1,884/2,346 | 80.31 | |
Whig | 1,035 | 54.94 | |
Whig | 849 | 45.06 | |
Majority | 186 | 9.87 | |
Aberdeenshire | |||
3 April 1857 | 4,682 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Abingdon | |||
27 March 1857 | 323 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Andover | |||
28 March 1857 | 183/233 | 78.54 | |
Conservative Party | 143 | 78.14 | |
Whig | 120 | 65.57 | |
Conservative Party | 102 | 55.74 | |
Majority | 18 | 9.84 | |
Anglesea | |||
3 April 1857 | 2,310 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Antrim County | |||
16 April 1857 | 6,047/9,676 | 62.49 | |
Conservative Party | 4,686 | 77.49 | |
Conservative Party | 4,341 | 71.79 | |
Whig | 1,533 | 25.35 | |
Majority | 2,808 | 46.44 | |
Argyll | |||
3 April 1857 | 2,256 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh City | |||
2 April 1857 | 337/403 | 83.62 | |
Conservative Party | 175 | 51.93 | |
Conservative Party | 162 | 48.07 | |
Majority | 13 | 3.86 | |
Armagh County | |||
16 April 1857 | 946/5,596 | 16.90 | |
Conservative Party | 940 | 99.37 | |
Conservative Party | 928 | 98.10 | |
Whig | 6 | 0.63 | |
Majority | 922 | 97.46 | |
Arundel | |||
27 March 1857 | 199 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ashburton | |||
27 March 1857 | 182 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,085 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
1 December 1857 Death of Charles Hindley. | |||
14 December 1857 | 912/1,085 | 84.06 | |
Radical | 522 | 57.24 | |
Conservative Party | 390 | 42.76 | |
Majority | 132 | 14.47 | |
Athlone | |||
2 April 1857 | 150/175 | 85.71 | |
Independent Irish | 100 | 66.67 | |
Conservative Party | 50 | 33.33 | |
Majority | 50 | 33.33 | |
13 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Aylesbury | |||
28 March 1857 | 743/1,266 | 58.69 | |
Conservative Party | 546 | 73.49 | |
Whig | 501 | 67.43 | |
Radical | 439 | 59.08 | |
Majority | 62 | 8.34 | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
4 April 1857 | 1,136 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Ayrshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 3,121/3,976 | 78.50 | |
Whig | 1,663 | 53.28 | |
Conservative Party | 1,458 | 46.72 | |
Majority | 205 | 6.57 | |
Banbury | |||
28 March 1857 | 274/538 | 50.93 | |
Whig | 216 | 78.83 | |
Conservative Party | 58 | 21.17 | |
Majority | 158 | 57.66 | |
4 November 1858 Resignation of Henry Tancred. | |||
9 February 1859 | 471/672 | 70.09 | |
Whig | 177 | 37.58 | |
Conservative Party | 176 | 37.37 | |
Independent Liberal | 118 | 25.05 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.21 | |
Bandon | |||
31 March 1857 | 201 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Banffshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 927 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
10 June 1857 Resignation of the Earl of Fife. | |||
30 June 1857 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Barnstaple | |||
30 March 1857 | 496/742 | 66.85 | |
Conservative Party | 344 | 69.35 | |
Conservative Party | 252 | 50.81 | |
Radical | 180 | 36.29 | |
Peelite | 179 | 36.09 | |
Conservative Party | 36 | 7.26 | |
Majority | 72 | 14.52 | |
Bath | |||
28 March 1857 | 2,419/3,144 | 76.94 | |
Whig | 1,243 | 51.38 | |
Whig | 1,200 | 49.61 | |
Conservative Party | 1,197 | 49.48 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.12 | |
17 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
28 March 1857 | 473 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
27 March 1857 | 720/879 | 81.91 | |
Whig | 452 | 62.78 | |
Whig | 435 | 60.42 | |
Conservative Party | 375 | 52.08 | |
Radical | 176 | 24.44 | |
Majority | 60 | 8.33 | |
Bedfordshire | |||
6 March 1857 | 2,764/4,231 | 65.33 | |
Whig | 1,564 | 56.58 | |
Conservative Party | 1,374 | 49.71 | |
Whig | 1,343 | 48.59 | |
Conservative Party | 1,246 | 45.08 | |
Majority | 31 | 1.12 | |
Belfast | |||
3 April 1857 | 2,592/3,518 | 73.68 | |
Conservative Party | 1,479 | 57.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,410 | 54.40 | |
Whig | 995 | 38.39 | |
Whig | 733 | 28.28 | |
Whig | 566 | 21.84 | |
Majority | 415 | 16.01 | |
1858 Resignation of Hugh Cairns on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
5 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Berkshire | |||
6 April 1857 | 3,090/4,884 | 63.27 | |
Conservative Party | 1,802 | 58.32 | |
Whig | 1,524 | 49.32 | |
Conservative Party | 1,494 | 48.35 | |
Conservative Party | 1,360 | 44.01 | |
Majority | 134 | 4.34 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
28 March 1857 | 565/805 | 70.19 | |
Radical | 339 | 60.00 | |
Whig | 271 | 47.96 | |
Conservative Party | 269 | 47.61 | |
Whig | 250 | 44.25 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.35 | |
21 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Berwickshire | |||
3 April 1857 | 699/1,102 | 63.43 | |
Conservative Party | 394 | 56.37 | |
Whig | 305 | 43.63 | |
Majority | 89 | 12.73 | |
Beverley | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,029/1,136 | 90.58 | |
Whig | 566 | 55.00 | |
Independent Conservative | 537 | 52.19 | |
Radical | 492 | 47.81 | |
Majority | 45 | 4.37 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
28 July 1857 Petition - against Hon William Denison withdrawn. | |||
3 August 1857 Petition - Edward Glover unseated. | |||
11 August 1857 | 980/1,136 | 86.27 | |
Conservative Party | 579 | 59.08 | |
Radical | 401 | 40.92 | |
Majority | 178 | 18.16 | |
Bewdley | |||
27 March 1857 | 370 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Birmingham | |||
27 March 1857 | 9,074 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
30 July 1857 Death of George Muntz. | |||
10 August 1857 | 9,074 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Blackburn | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,518 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bodmin | |||
28 March 1857 | 317/390 | 81.28 | |
Whig | 244 | 76.97 | |
Radical | 190 | 59.94 | |
Conservative Party | 169 | 53.31 | |
Whig | 31 | 9.78 | |
Majority | 21 | 6.62 | |
30 June 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bolton | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,794/1,933 | 92.81 | |
Conservative Party | 930 | 51.84 | |
Radical | 895 | 49.89 | |
Radical | 832 | 46.38 | |
Majority | 63 | 3.51 | |
Boston | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,057 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
1859 Resignation of William Adams on appointment as Recorder of Derby. | |||
1859 Resignation of William Adams on appointment as Attorney-General of Hong Kong. | |||
3 February 1859 | 1,078 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Bradford | |||
27 March 1857 | 3,279 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Brecknockshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 2,609 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 November 1858 Death of Sir Joseph Bailey, Bt. | |||
28 December 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brecon | |||
27 March 1857 | 323 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgnorth | |||
27 March 1857 | 678 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 March 1858 Resignation of Henry Whitmore on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
3 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bridgwater | |||
28 March 1857 | 519/589 | 88.12 | |
Whig | 330 | 63.58 | |
Whig | 301 | 58.00 | |
Conservative Party | 203 | 39.11 | |
Majority | 98 | 18.88 | |
Bridport | |||
28 March 1857 | 365/478 | 76.36 | |
Radical | 330 | 90.41 | |
Whig | 290 | 79.45 | |
Conservative Party | 109 | 29.86 | |
Majority | 181 | 49.59 | |
21 July 1857 Petitions - withdrawn. | |||
Brighton | |||
28 March 1857 | 3,169/3,936 | 80.51 | |
Whig | 2,278 | 71.88 | |
Radical | 1,900 | 59.96 | |
Conservative Party | 1,030 | 32.50 | |
Majority | 870 | 27.45 | |
Bristol | |||
27 March 1857 | 12,612 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Buckingham | |||
28 March 1857 | 280/354 | 79.10 | |
Whig | 198 | 70.71 | |
Conservative Party | 151 | 53.93 | |
Whig | 134 | 47.86 | |
Conservative Party | 82 | 29.29 | |
Majority | 17 | 6.07 | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 5,353 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
December 1857 Resignation of Hon Charles Cavendish. | |||
23 December 1857 | |||
Whig | 1,617 | 52.65 | |
Conservative Party | 1,454 | 47.35 | |
Majority | 163 | 5.31 | |
26 February 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
8 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bury | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,095/1,218 | 89.90 | |
Radical | 565 | 51.60 | |
Peelite | 530 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 35 | 3.20 | |
9 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Bury St Edmunds | |||
28 March 1857 | 465/702 | 66.24 | |
Conservative Party | 344 | 73.98 | |
Whig | 320 | 68.82 | |
Conservative Party | 266 | 57.20 | |
Majority | 54 | 11.61 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
15 February 1859 Succession of Earl Jermyn to the Peerage - 2nd Marquis of Bristol. | |||
7 March 1859 | 695 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Bute | |||
30 March 1857 | 489 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Caithness | |||
4 April 1857 | 779 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Calne | |||
28 March 1857 | 164 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridge | |||
29 April 1857 | 1,468/1,878 | 78.17 | |
Conservative Party | 770 | 52.45 | |
Conservative Party | 735 | 50.07 | |
Radical | 729 | 49.66 | |
Radical | 702 | 47.82 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.41 | |
6 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Cambridge University | |||
28 March 1857 | 4,552 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 February 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole as Secretary of State for the Home Department. | |||
4 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
6 April 1857 | 5,079/6,298 | 80.64 | |
Conservative Party | 2,780 | 54.74 | |
Whig | 2,616 | 51.51 | |
Conservative Party | 2,483 | 48.89 | |
Conservative Party | 2,127 | 41.88 | |
Majority | 356 | 7.01 | |
Canterbury | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,026/1,876 | 54.69 | |
Conservative Party | 815 | 79.43 | |
Whig | 759 | 73.98 | |
Whig | 477 | 46.49 | |
Majority | 282 | 27.49 | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,640 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
27 March 1857 | 837 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiganshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 2,723 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carlisle | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,015/1,223 | 82.99 | |
Conservative Party | 529 | 52.12 | |
Peelite | 502 | 49.46 | |
Whig | 469 | 46.21 | |
Majority | 33 | 3.25 | |
Carlow | |||
2 April 1857 | 206/240 | 85.83 | |
Conservative Party | 127 | 61.65 | |
Whig | 79 | 38.35 | |
Majority | 48 | 23.30 | |
Carlow County | |||
4 April 1857 | 2,381 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
17 March 1857 | 799 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 4,272 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
22 May 1857 Death of David Davies. | |||
12 June 1857 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
27 March 1857 | 919 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 2,060 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carrickfergus | |||
2 April 1857 | 943/1,139 | 82.79 | |
Conservative Party | 560 | 59.38 | |
Whig | 383 | 40.62 | |
Majority | 177 | 18.77 | |
Cashel | |||
3 April 1857 | 128/135 | 94.81 | |
Whig | 54 | 42.19 | |
Conservative Party | 39 | 30.47 | |
Independent Irish | 35 | 27.34 | |
Majority | 15 | 11.72 | |
30 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Cavan County | |||
13 April 1857 | 4,073/5,638 | 72.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,164 | 77.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,164 | 53.13 | |
Radical | 1,409 | 34.59 | |
Majority | 755 | 18.54 | |
Chatham | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,315/1,463 | 89.88 | |
Conservative Party | 672 | 51.10 | |
Whig | 643 | 48.90 | |
Majority | 29 | 2.21 | |
13 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Cheltenham | |||
27 March 1857 | 2,170 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Chester | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,477/2,428 | 60.83 | |
Whig | 1,244 | 84.22 | |
Radical | 924 | 62.56 | |
Whig | 786 | 53.22 | |
Majority | 138 | 9.34 | |
Chichester | |||
27 March 1857 | 638 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 March 1858 Resignation of Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
6 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chippenham | |||
28 March 1857 | 294/334 | 88.02 | |
Conservative Party | 174 | 59.18 | |
Conservative Party | 150 | 51.02 | |
Whig | 132 | 44.90 | |
Majority | 18 | 6.12 | |
Christchurch | |||
27 March 1857 | 328 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cirencester | |||
28 March 1857 | 348/423 | 82.27 | |
Conservative Party | 307 | 88.22 | |
Conservative Party | 200 | 57.47 | |
Whig | 188 | 54.02 | |
Majority | 12 | 3.45 | |
City of London | |||
27 March 1857 | 7,424/19,115 | 38.84 | |
Whig | 6,664 | 89.76 | |
Whig | 6,398 | 86.18 | |
Whig | 6,308 | 84.97 | |
Whig | 5,808 | 78.23 | |
Whig | 4,519 | 60.87 | |
Majority | 1,289 | 17.36 | |
23 July 1857 Resignation of Baron Lionel de Rothschild after the rejection of the Jewish Disabilities Bill. | |||
28 July 1857 | 19,115 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
31 March 1857 | 1,836 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clare County | |||
16 April 1857 | 2,895/3,745 | 77.30 | |
Independent Irish | 2,894 | 99.97 | |
Independent Irish | 1,390 | 48.01 | |
Whig | 1,249 | 43.14 | |
Independent Irish | 1 | 0.03 | |
Majority | 141 | 4.87 | |
22 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Clitheroe | |||
27 March 1857 | 457 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Clonmel | |||
30 March 1857 | 318 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cockermouth | |||
27 March 1857 | 408 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 March 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Naas on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
3 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Colchester | |||
28 March 1857 | 614/1,282 | 47.89 | |
Conservative Party | 599 | 97.56 | |
Radical | 581 | 94.63 | |
Radical | 48 | 7.82 | |
Majority | 533 | 86.81 | |
Coleraine | |||
30 March 1857 | 261 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cork City | |||
28 March 1857 | 3,050 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Cork County | |||
10 April 1857 | 7,593/15,633 | 48.57 | |
Whig | 6,788 | 89.40 | |
Independent Irish | 6,265 | 82.51 | |
Independent Irish | 2,852 | 37.56 | |
Majority | 3,413 | 44.95 | |
Coventry | |||
27 March 1857 | 6,852/4,982 | 137.54 | |
Whig | 2,810 | 82.02 | |
Whig | 2,384 | 69.59 | |
Whig | 703 | 20.52 | |
Conservative Party | 599 | 17.48 | |
Peelite | 356 | 10.39 | |
Majority | 1,681 | 24.53 | |
Cricklade | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,407/1,682 | 83.65 | |
Conservative Party | 778 | 55.29 | |
Conservative Party | 770 | 54.73 | |
Whig | 633 | 44.99 | |
Majority | 137 | 9.74 | |
Dartmouth | |||
28 March 1857 | 221/269 | 82.16 | |
Peelite | 127 | 57.47 | |
Whig | 94 | 42.53 | |
Majority | 33 | 14.93 | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
31 March 1857 | 666/861 | 77.35 | |
Conservative Party | 364 | 54.65 | |
Radical | 302 | 45.35 | |
Majority | 62 | 9.31 | |
Denbighshire | |||
3 April 1857 | 4,506 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Derby | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,295/2,479 | 52.24 | |
Radical | 884 | 68.26 | |
Radical | 846 | 65.33 | |
Conservative Party | 430 | 33.20 | |
Majority | 416 | 32.12 | |
Devizes | |||
30 March 1857 | 254/319 | 79.62 | |
Peelite | 230 | 90.55 | |
Conservative Party | 159 | 62.60 | |
Conservative Party | 118 | 46.46 | |
Majority | 41 | 16.14 | |
Devonport | |||
27 March 1857 | 2,628 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Donegal County | |||
8 April 1857 | 4,254 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorchester | |||
27 March 1857 | 451 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dorset | |||
6 April 1857 | 4,608/5,621 | 81.98 | |
Whig | 2,430 | 52.73 | |
Conservative Party | 2,197 | 47.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,177 | 47.24 | |
Conservative Party | 2,159 | 46.85 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.39 | |
Dover | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,608/2,024 | 79.45 | |
Radical | 989 | 61.50 | |
Whig | 958 | 59.58 | |
Conservative Party | 695 | 43.22 | |
Conservative Party | 574 | 35.70 | |
Majority | 263 | 16.36 | |
28 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Down County | |||
13 April 1857 | 9,325/10,759 | 86.67 | |
Conservative Party | 5,839 | 62.62 | |
Conservative Party | 5,341 | 57.28 | |
Peelite | 3,735 | 40.05 | |
Majority | 1,606 | 17.22 | |
Downpatrick | |||
31 March 1857 | 193 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Drogheda | |||
4 April 1857 | 364/649 | 56.09 | |
Whig | 350 | 96.15 | |
Independent Irish | 14 | 3.85 | |
Majority | 336 | 92.31 | |
7 August 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Droitwich | |||
27 March 1857 | 371 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir John Pakington, Bt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
3 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin City | |||
31 March 1857 | 7,116/9,905 | 71.84 | |
Conservative Party | 3,767 | 52.94 | |
Conservative Party | 3,711 | 52.15 | |
Whig | 3,405 | 47.85 | |
Whig | 3,348 | 47.05 | |
Majority | 306 | 4.30 | |
7 August 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Dublin County | |||
16 April 1857 | 4,054/6,123 | 66.21 | |
Conservative Party | 2,451 | 60.46 | |
Conservative Party | 2,338 | 57.67 | |
Whig | 1,659 | 40.92 | |
Majority | 679 | 16.75 | |
1 March 1858 Resignation of Thomas Taylor on appointment as a Commissioner of HM Treasury. | |||
11 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin University | |||
4 April 1857 | 1,004/1,700 | 59.06 | |
Conservative Party | 829 | 82.57 | |
Conservative Party | 791 | 78.78 | |
Whig | 272 | 27.09 | |
Whig | 116 | 11.55 | |
Majority | 519 | 51.69 | |
1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Napier on appointment as Lord Chancellor. | |||
27 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | 589 | 62.73 | |
Conservative Party | 350 | 37.27 | |
Majority | 239 | 25.45 | |
2 February 1859 Resignation of George Hamilton. | |||
11 February 1859 | 1,700 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
27 March 1857 | 884 | ||
Independent | Unopposed |   | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
31 March 1857 | 691/882 | 78.34 | |
Radical | 506 | 73.23 | |
Conservative Party | 185 | 26.77 | |
Majority | 321 | 46.45 | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
1 April 1857 | 2,702 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
3 April 1857 | 1,348 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dundalk | |||
2 April 1857 | 172/256 | 67.19 | |
Whig | 133 | 77.33 | |
Independent Irish | 39 | 22.67 | |
Majority | 94 | 54.65 | |
Dundee | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,939/2,343 | 82.76 | |
Whig | 1,092 | 56.32 | |
Radical | 847 | 43.68 | |
Majority | 245 | 12.64 | |
Dungannon | |||
31 March 1857 | 188 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dungarvan | |||
3 April 1857 | 227/266 | 85.34 | |
Independent Irish | 123 | 54.19 | |
Conservative Party | 104 | 45.81 | |
Majority | 19 | 8.37 | |
Durham | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,184 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 March 1858 Resignation of John Mowbray on appointment as Judge Advocate General. | |||
17 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Retford | |||
27 March 1857 | 2,646 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 7,382 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
4 April 1857 | 6,261 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
30 March 1857 | 5,693 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
30 March 1857 | 7,891 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
30 March 1857 | 3,540/8,000 | 44.25 | |
Conservative Party | 2,379 | 67.20 | |
Peelite | 2,358 | 66.61 | |
Conservative Party | 2,216 | 62.60 | |
Radical | 127 | 3.59 | |
Majority | 142 | 4.01 | |
1 December 1857 Resignation of Sir Edward Dering, Bt. | |||
10 December 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
6 April 1857 | 7,755 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
11 June 1858 Death of Sir Edward Buxton, Bt. | |||
1 July 1858 | |||
Whig | 2,933 | 51.88 | |
Conservative Party | 2,720 | 48.12 | |
Majority | 213 | 3.77 | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
3 April 1857 | 10,592 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
1 April 1857 | 5,907 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 February 1858 Resignation of Sir Fitzroy Kelly on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
6 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
30 March 1857 | 7,191 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Sussex | |||
4 April 1857 | 4,737/6,114 | 77.48 | |
Whig | 2,524 | 53.28 | |
Conservative Party | 2,447 | 51.66 | |
Whig | 2,286 | 48.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,216 | 46.78 | |
Majority | 161 | 3.40 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
31 March 1857 | 6,065 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
20 January 1859 Succession of George Rushout-Bowles to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Northwick. | |||
24 February 1859 | |||
Whig | 2,304 | 53.97 | |
Conservative Party | 1,965 | 46.03 | |
Majority | 339 | 7.94 | |
Edinburgh | |||
27 March 1857 | 8,297 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburghshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 1,960 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
1 April 1857 | 967 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
19 December 1857 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Resignation of George Duff. | |||
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 870 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ennis | |||
28 March 1857 | 161 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Enniskillen | |||
28 March 1857 | 221 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1858 Resignation of James Whiteside on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland. | |||
9 May 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 February 1859 Resignation of James Whiteside. | |||
21 February 1859 | 212/234 | 90.60 | |
Conservative Party | 107 | 50.47 | |
Conservative Party | 71 | 33.49 | |
Conservative Party | 34 | 16.04 | |
Majority | 36 | 16.98 | |
Evesham | |||
28 March 1857 | 202/330 | 61.21 | |
Conservative Party | 172 | 85.15 | |
Whig | 170 | 84.16 | |
Peelite | 61 | 30.20 | |
Majority | 109 | 53.96 | |
Exeter | |||
27 March 1857 | 3,162 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eye | |||
27 March 1857 | 359 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
1 April 1857 | 1,261/1,473 | 85.61 | |
Radical | 770 | 61.06 | |
Conservative Party | 491 | 38.94 | |
Majority | 279 | 22.13 | |
20 July 1857 Petition - election declared void. | |||
8 August 1857 | 1,473 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Fermanagh County | |||
6 April 1857 | 4,420 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Fife | |||
31 March 1857 | 3,389 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Finsbury | |||
30 March 1857 | 8,682/20,626 | 42.09 | |
Radical | 6,922 | 79.73 | |
Whig | 4,110 | 47.34 | |
Radical | 3,954 | 45.54 | |
Whig | 2,378 | 27.39 | |
Majority | 156 | 1.80 | |
20 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
28 March 1857 | 783 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Flintshire | |||
9 April 1857 | 2,047/2,840 | 72.08 | |
Whig | 1,171 | 57.21 | |
Conservative Party | 876 | 42.79 | |
Majority | 295 | 14.41 | |
Forfarshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 3,288 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
30 March 1857 | 326/363 | 89.81 | |
Radical | 162 | 49.69 | |
Whig | 92 | 28.22 | |
Conservative Party | 72 | 22.09 | |
Majority | 70 | 21.47 | |
Galway | |||
2 April 1857 | 794/1,115 | 71.21 | |
Whig | 644 | 81.11 | |
Whig | 508 | 63.98 | |
Independent Irish | 433 | 54.53 | |
Majority | 75 | 9.45 | |
13 July 1857 Petition - Anthony O'Flaherty unseated. | |||
11 February 1859 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Galway County | |||
13 April 1857 | 2,084/4,251 | 49.02 | |
Whig | 1,948 | 93.47 | |
Peelite | 1,464 | 70.25 | |
Independent Irish | 756 | 36.28 | |
Majority | 708 | 33.97 | |
13 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Gateshead | |||
27 March 1857 | 895 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Glamorganshire | |||
6 April 1857 | 5,170/6,356 | 81.34 | |
Whig | 3,161 | 61.14 | |
Whig | 3,002 | 58.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,088 | 40.39 | |
Majority | 914 | 17.68 | |
Glasgow | |||
1 April 1857 | 9,435/18,118 | 52.08 | |
Whig | 7,050 | 74.72 | |
Radical | 6,765 | 71.70 | |
Whig | 5,044 | 53.46 | |
Majority | 1,721 | 18.24 | |
Gloucester | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,456/1,743 | 83.53 | |
Conservative Party | 742 | 50.96 | |
Radical | 717 | 49.24 | |
Whig | 710 | 48.76 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.48 | |
29 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Grantham | |||
28 March 1857 | 587/740 | 79.32 | |
Conservative Party | 472 | 80.41 | |
Peelite | 393 | 66.95 | |
Conservative Party | 308 | 52.47 | |
Majority | 85 | 14.48 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
27 March 1857 | 888 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Great Marlow | |||
27 March 1857 | 343 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Great Yarmouth | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,086/1,308 | 83.03 | |
Independent Liberal | 609 | 56.08 | |
Radical | 590 | 54.33 | |
Conservative Party | 521 | 47.97 | |
Conservative Party | 451 | 41.53 | |
Majority | 69 | 6.35 | |
29 July 1857 Petition - election declared void. | |||
10 August 1857 | 1,308 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Greenock | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,405 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Greenwich | |||
27 March 1857 | 3,917/7,888 | 49.66 | |
Whig | 2,985 | 76.21 | |
Radical | 2,784 | 71.07 | |
Radical | 2,065 | 52.72 | |
Majority | 719 | 18.36 | |
8 February 1859 Resignation of John Townsend after being declared bankrupt in March 1858. | |||
16 February 1859 | 5,967/7,942 | 75.13 | |
Radical | 3,444 | 57.72 | |
Whig | 2,523 | 42.28 | |
Majority | 921 | 15.43 | |
Guildford | |||
28 March 1857 | 427/666 | 64.11 | |
Whig | 349 | 81.73 | |
Conservative Party | 338 | 79.16 | |
Radical | 167 | 39.11 | |
Majority | 171 | 40.05 | |
1858 Resignation of Ross Mangles on appointment as a Member of the Council for India. | |||
22 October 1858 | |||
Whig | 268 | 52.86 | |
Conservative Party | 239 | 47.14 | |
Majority | 29 | 5.72 | |
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
30 March 1857 | 741 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 715 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Halifax | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,423/1,488 | 95.63 | |
Radical | 830 | 58.33 | |
Whig | 714 | 50.18 | |
Conservative Party | 651 | 45.75 | |
Majority | 63 | 4.43 | |
Harwich | |||
28 March 1857 | 266/313 | 84.98 | |
Whig | 173 | 65.04 | |
Independent Liberal | 147 | 55.26 | |
Conservative Party | 113 | 42.48 | |
Conservative Party | 81 | 30.45 | |
Majority | 34 | 12.78 | |
23 October 1857 Death of George Warburton. | |||
9 December 1857 | |||
Whig | 162 | 70.13 | |
Independent Liberal | 69 | 29.87 | |
Majority | 93 | 40.26 | |
1859 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
9 March 1859 Resignation of John Bagshaw. | |||
18 March 1859 | 279/334 | 83.53 | |
Conservative Party | 145 | 51.97 | |
Whig | 134 | 48.03 | |
Majority | 11 | 3.94 | |
Hastings | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,199 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
30 March 1857 | 514/740 | 69.46 | |
Conservative Party | 258 | 50.19 | |
Radical | 256 | 49.81 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.39 | |
Helston | |||
27 March 1857 | 309 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Hereford | |||
27 March 1857 | 832 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Herefordshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 6,041/7,330 | 82.41 | |
Whig | 3,352 | 55.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,822 | 46.71 | |
Conservative Party | 2,771 | 45.87 | |
Conservative Party | 2,475 | 40.97 | |
Majority | 296 | 4.90 | |
7 November 1858 Death of Thomas Booker-Blakemore. | |||
18 December 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertford | |||
27 March 1857 | 405/620 | 65.32 | |
Whig | 301 | 74.32 | |
Conservative Party | 273 | 67.41 | |
Radical | 235 | 58.02 | |
Majority | 38 | 9.38 | |
Hertfordshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 6,061 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
5 June 1858 Resignation of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
8 June 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Honiton | |||
31 March 1857 | 225/264 | 85.23 | |
Whig | 214 | 95.11 | |
Conservative Party | 119 | 52.89 | |
Conservative Party | 117 | 52.00 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.89 | |
Horsham | |||
28 March 1857 | 290/350 | 82.86 | |
Conservative Party | 173 | 59.66 | |
Independent Liberal | 117 | 40.34 | |
Majority | 56 | 19.31 | |
Huddersfield | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,413/1,552 | 91.04 | |
Whig | 823 | 58.24 | |
Radical | 590 | 41.76 | |
Majority | 233 | 16.49 | |
Huntingdon | |||
28 March 1857 | 382 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 February 1858 Resignation of Jonathan Peel on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
4 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 2,255/2,918 | 77.28 | |
Conservative Party | 1,192 | 52.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,106 | 49.05 | |
Whig | 1,106 | 49.05 | |
Treble return. | |||
3 August 1857 John Heathcote was unseated and Edward Fellowes was declared elected after a scrutiny of the votes. The revised figures were Rust 1,191; Fellowes 1,105; Heathcote 1,104. | |||
Hythe | |||
28 March 1857 | 748/998 | 74.95 | |
Whig | 490 | 65.51 | |
Conservative Party | 258 | 34.49 | |
Majority | 232 | 31.02 | |
9 February 1859 Resignation of Sir John Ramsden, Bt. | |||
15 February 1859 | 997 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
1 April 1857 | 718/854 | 84.07 | |
Whig | 383 | 53.34 | |
Conservative Party | 335 | 46.66 | |
Majority | 48 | 6.69 | |
Inverness-shire | |||
30 March 1857 | 827 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ipswich | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,493/1,891 | 78.95 | |
Conservative Party | 780 | 52.24 | |
Whig | 759 | 50.84 | |
Whig | 738 | 49.43 | |
Conservative Party | 709 | 47.49 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.41 | |
31 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Isle of Wight | |||
6 April 1857 | 1,340/1,949 | 68.75 | |
Whig | 730 | 54.48 | |
Conservative Party | 610 | 45.52 | |
Majority | 120 | 8.96 | |
Kendal | |||
27 March 1857 | 402 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kerry County | |||
7 April 1857 | 5,427 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
27 May 1857 Resignation of Henry Herbert on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
9 June 1857 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Kidderminster | |||
28 March 1857 | 380/502 | 75.70 | |
Whig | 234 | 61.58 | |
Conservative Party | 146 | 38.42 | |
Majority | 88 | 23.16 | |
Kildare County | |||
7 April 1857 | 3,080 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny City | |||
12 April 1857 | 531 | ||
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny County | |||
13 April 1857 | 3,277/5,124 | 63.95 | |
Whig | 2,589 | 79.01 | |
Independent Irish | 1,604 | 48.95 | |
Whig | 1,324 | 40.40 | |
Whig | 1,036 | 31.61 | |
Majority | 280 | 8.54 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,414 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kincardineshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 997 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
King's County | |||
11 April 1857 | 3,228 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
King's Lynn | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,055 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Stanley on appointment as President of the Board of Control. | |||
26 February 1858 Resignation of Baron Stanley on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
4 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 June 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
28 March 1857 | 3,247/5,494 | 59.10 | |
Radical | 2,365 | 72.84 | |
Peelite | 2,303 | 70.93 | |
Radical | 1,392 | 42.87 | |
Radical | 434 | 13.37 | |
Majority | 911 | 28.06 | |
Kinsale | |||
30 March 1857 | 149 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
28 March 1857 | 728 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
3 April 1857 | 697/1,312 | 53.12 | |
Whig | 365 | 52.37 | |
Independent Liberal | 332 | 47.63 | |
Majority | 33 | 4.73 | |
Knaresborough | |||
27 March 1857 | 412/270 | 152.59 | |
Conservative Party | 174 | 84.47 | |
Conservative Party | 138 | 66.99 | |
Whig | 100 | 48.54 | |
Majority | 38 | 9.22 | |
Lambeth | |||
31 March 1857 | 10,100/20,276 | 49.81 | |
Radical | 9,318 | 92.26 | |
Radical | 7,648 | 75.72 | |
Radical | 3,234 | 32.02 | |
Majority | 4,414 | 43.70 | |
15 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Lanarkshire | |||
7 April 1857 | 2,430/3,124 | 77.78 | |
Whig | 1,233 | 50.74 | |
Conservative Party | 1,197 | 49.26 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.48 | |
10 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Lancaster | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,069/1,328 | 80.50 | |
Whig | 827 | 77.36 | |
Conservative Party | 773 | 72.31 | |
Conservative Party | 537 | 50.23 | |
Majority | 236 | 22.08 | |
Launceston | |||
27 March 1857 | 438 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds | |||
28 March 1857 | 4,473/6,204 | 72.10 | |
Whig | 2,329 | 52.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,237 | 50.01 | |
Radical | 2,143 | 47.91 | |
Majority | 94 | 2.10 | |
25 May 1857 Death of Robert Hall. | |||
5 June 1857 | 4,134/6,204 | 66.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,070 | 50.07 | |
Radical | 2,064 | 49.93 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.15 | |
Leicester | |||
30 March 1857 | 2,331/4,162 | 56.01 | |
Whig | 1,618 | 69.41 | |
Radical | 1,603 | 68.77 | |
Radical | 1,440 | 61.78 | |
Majority | 163 | 6.99 | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,522/1,973 | 77.14 | |
Whig | 821 | 53.94 | |
Whig | 701 | 46.06 | |
Majority | 120 | 7.88 | |
Leitrim County | |||
20 April 1857 | 1,587/2,628 | 60.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,549 | 97.61 | |
Independent Irish | 985 | 62.07 | |
Whig | 588 | 37.05 | |
Majority | 397 | 25.02 | |
24 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
April 1858 Resignation of Hugh Montgomery. | |||
17 April 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leominster | |||
27 March 1857 | 370 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1858 Resignation of John Willoughby on appointment as a member for the Council of India. | |||
22 October 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lewes | |||
27 March 1857 | 724 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Lichfield | |||
28 March 1857 | 600 | ||
Independent Liberal | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick City | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,913 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1858 Resignation of James O'Brien on his appointment as a judge. | |||
15 February 1858 | |||
Independent Irish | 767 | 51.58 | |
Whig | 720 | 48.42 | |
Majority | 47 | 3.16 | |
10 May 1858 Petition - George Gavin unseated. | |||
21 May 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Limerick County | |||
4 April 1857 | 6,428 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Lincoln | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,006/1,405 | 71.60 | |
Conservative Party | 829 | 82.41 | |
Whig | 641 | 63.72 | |
Radical | 541 | 53.78 | |
Majority | 100 | 9.94 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 427 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1859 Resignation of George Dundas on appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward's Island. | |||
1859 Resignation of Charles Baillie on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Session in Scotland. | |||
5 February 1859 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lisburn | |||
3 April 1857 | 269/296 | 90.88 | |
Conservative Party | 138 | 51.30 | |
Conservative Party | 131 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.60 | |
21 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Liskeard | |||
27 March 1857 | 298/373 | 79.89 | |
Whig | 174 | 58.39 | |
Peelite | 124 | 41.61 | |
Majority | 50 | 16.78 | |
Liverpool | |||
30 March 1857 | 10,502/18,314 | 57.34 | |
Conservative Party | 7,566 | 72.04 | |
Whig | 7,121 | 67.81 | |
Conservative Party | 6,316 | 60.14 | |
Majority | 805 | 7.67 | |
Londonderry City | |||
28 March 1857 | 825 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry County | |||
10 April 1857 | 3,210/5,081 | 63.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,404 | 74.89 | |
Radical | 2,339 | 72.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,676 | 52.21 | |
Majority | 663 | 20.65 | |
Longford County | |||
16 April 1857 | 1,740/2,577 | 67.52 | |
Whig | 1,561 | 89.71 | |
Whig | 1,197 | 68.79 | |
Whig | 772 | 44.37 | |
Majority | 425 | 24.43 | |
Louth County | |||
10 April 1857 | 1,868/2,418 | 77.25 | |
Whig | 1,276 | 68.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,064 | 56.96 | |
Whig | 891 | 47.70 | |
Independent Irish | 407 | 21.79 | |
Majority | 173 | 9.26 | |
Ludlow | |||
27 March 1857 | 407 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lyme Regis | |||
28 March 1857 | 197/263 | 74.90 | |
Whig | 144 | 73.10 | |
Conservative Party | 53 | 26.90 | |
Majority | 91 | 46.19 | |
Lymington | |||
28 March 1857 | 238/323 | 73.68 | |
Whig | 194 | 81.51 | |
Conservative Party | 187 | 78.57 | |
Conservative Party | 83 | 34.87 | |
Whig | 11 | 4.62 | |
Majority | 104 | 43.70 | |
10 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Macclesfield | |||
28 March 1857 | 640/1,106 | 57.87 | |
Whig | 637 | 99.53 | |
Conservative Party | 556 | 86.88 | |
Whig | 9 | 1.41 | |
Majority | 547 | 85.47 | |
Maidstone | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,452/1,611 | 90.13 | |
Conservative Party | 801 | 55.17 | |
Conservative Party | 759 | 52.27 | |
Radical | 689 | 47.45 | |
Whig | 655 | 45.11 | |
Majority | 70 | 4.82 | |
8 July 1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Maldon | |||
28 March 1857 | 810/879 | 92.15 | |
Whig | 427 | 52.72 | |
Conservative Party | 405 | 50.00 | |
Conservative Party | 360 | 44.44 | |
Majority | 45 | 5.56 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Mallow | |||
31 March 1857 | 164 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Malmesbury | |||
27 March 1857 | 315 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Malton | |||
27 March 1857 | 594 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Manchester | |||
30 March 1857 | 13,634/18,044 | 75.56 | |
Whig | 8,368 | 61.38 | |
Whig | 7,854 | 57.61 | |
Radical | 5,588 | 40.99 | |
Radical | 5,458 | 40.03 | |
Majority | 2,266 | 16.62 | |
25 October 1858 Death of Sir John Potter. | |||
17 November 1858 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Marlborough | |||
28 March 1857 | 180/242 | 74.38 | |
Peelite | 184 | 102.22 | |
Peelite | 125 | 69.44 | |
Conservative Party | 51 | 28.33 | |
Majority | 74 | 41.11 | |
Marylebone | |||
27 March 1857 | 20,851 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
16 February 1859 Resignation of Viscount Ebrington. | |||
25 February 1859 | 10,157/20,490 | 49.57 | |
Radical | 6,803 | 66.98 | |
Radical | 3,354 | 33.02 | |
Majority | 3,449 | 33.96 | |
Mayo County | |||
10 April 1857 | 1,706/2,338 | 72.97 | |
Conservative Party | 1,225 | 71.81 | |
Independent Irish | 1,160 | 68.00 | |
Whig | 1,037 | 60.79 | |
Majority | 123 | 7.21 | |
14 July 1857 Petition - George Moore unseated. | |||
30 December 1857 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Meath County | |||
6 April 1857 | 4,177 | ||
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Merionethshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 1,126 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
1 April 1857 | 1,263 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Middlesex | |||
29 April 1857 | 8,305/14,977 | 55.45 | |
Whig | 5,426 | 65.33 | |
Whig | 5,327 | 64.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,928 | 35.26 | |
Majority | 2,399 | 28.89 | |
25 August 1857 Resignation of Lord Robert Grosvenor. | |||
3 September 1857 | 14,977 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Midhurst | |||
28 March 1857 | 411 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 February 1859 Resignation of Samuel Warren on appointment as Master in Lunacy. | |||
3 March 1859 | 429 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monaghan County | |||
8 April 1857 | 5,093 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,744 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monmouthshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 5,099 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
27 March 1857 | 927 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 2,872 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,575 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Morpeth | |||
27 March 1857 | 391 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
28 March 1857 | 447 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
New Ross | |||
2 April 1857 | 161/191 | 84.29 | |
Conservative Party | 90 | 55.90 | |
Conservative Party | 71 | 44.10 | |
Majority | 19 | 11.80 | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
27 March 1857 | 763 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
28 March 1857 | 3,962/5,962 | 66.45 | |
Whig | 2,445 | 61.71 | |
Whig | 2,133 | 53.84 | |
Conservative Party | 1,673 | 42.23 | |
Majority | 460 | 11.61 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
30 March 1857 | 680/997 | 68.20 | |
Peelite | 654 | 96.18 | |
Whig | 413 | 60.74 | |
Independent Liberal | 113 | 16.62 | |
Majority | 300 | 44.12 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Newport | |||
23 March 1857 | 570/654 | 87.16 | |
Whig | 305 | 53.51 | |
Whig | 294 | 51.58 | |
Conservative Party | 283 | 49.65 | |
Conservative Party | 257 | 45.09 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.93 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Newry | |||
2 April 1857 | 478/527 | 90.70 | |
Whig | 246 | 51.46 | |
Conservative Party | 232 | 48.54 | |
Majority | 14 | 2.93 | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
1 April 1857 | 9,672/12,238 | 79.03 | |
Conservative Party | 5,259 | 54.37 | |
Whig | 4,641 | 47.98 | |
Whig | 4,185 | 43.27 | |
Majority | 456 | 4.71 | |
Northallerton | |||
28 March 1857 | 255/272 | 93.75 | |
Whig | 129 | 50.59 | |
Conservative Party | 126 | 49.41 | |
Majority | 3 | 1.18 | |
Northampton | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,860/2,375 | 78.32 | |
Whig | 1,079 | 58.01 | |
Radical | 1,011 | 54.35 | |
Conservative Party | 815 | 43.82 | |
Majority | 196 | 10.54 | |
Northern Cheshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 6,693 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 July 1858 Resignation of William Egerton. | |||
7 August 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
6 April 1857 | 5,336 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Liberal | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Devon | |||
6 April 1857 | 5,866/7,264 | 80.75 | |
Whig | 3,652 | 62.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,322 | 39.58 | |
Conservative Party | 2,105 | 35.88 | |
Majority | 217 | 3.70 | |
Northern Durham | |||
30 March 1857 | 5,847 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Essex | |||
31 March 1857 | 5,553 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
6 April 1857 | 2,261/3,149 | 71.80 | |
Conservative Party | 1,419 | 62.76 | |
Conservative Party | 1,365 | 60.37 | |
Whig | 846 | 37.42 | |
Majority | 519 | 22.95 | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
31 March 1857 | 12,352 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
6 April 1857 | 3,010/3,890 | 77.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,787 | 59.37 | |
Conservative Party | 1,733 | 57.57 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,250 | 41.53 | |
Majority | 483 | 16.05 | |
28 February 1858 Resignation of Lord John Manners on appointment as First Commissioner of Works. | |||
8 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 3,800 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 November 1857 Death of Augustus O'Brien-Stafford. | |||
16 December 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,461 | 56.63 | |
Whig | 1,119 | 43.37 | |
Majority | 342 | 13.26 | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
2 April 1857 | 3,296 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 March 1858 Resignation of Baron Lovaine on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
11 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 March 1859 Resignation of Baron Lovaine on appointment as Vice President of Council for Trade. | |||
10 March 1859 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 4,028 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 4,227 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 7,009/9,536 | 73.50 | |
Conservative Party | 4,112 | 58.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,865 | 55.14 | |
Whig | 3,020 | 43.09 | |
Majority | 845 | 12.06 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
March 1858 Resignation of Charles Adderley on appointment as Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education. | |||
8 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
1 April 1857 | 6,832 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 4,400 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1858 Resignation of Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board. | |||
5 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 March 1859 Resignation of Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department. | |||
8 March 1859 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Norwich | |||
30 March 1857 | 3,879/6,175 | 62.82 | |
Radical | 2,247 | 57.93 | |
Whig | 2,238 | 57.70 | |
Conservative Party | 1,636 | 42.18 | |
Majority | 602 | 15.52 | |
Nottingham | |||
26 March 1857 | 2,422/5,650 | 42.87 | |
Radical | 2,393 | 98.80 | |
Peelite | 1,836 | 75.81 | |
Chartist | 614 | 25.35 | |
Majority | 1,222 | 50.45 | |
Oldham | |||
31 March 1857 | 1,391/2,098 | 66.30 | |
Radical | 949 | 68.22 | |
Radical | 934 | 67.15 | |
Radical | 898 | 64.56 | |
Majority | 36 | 2.59 | |
27 August 1857 Death of James Platt. | |||
19 October 1857 | 2,098 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
8 April 1857 | 615 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford | |||
31 March 1857 | 1,995/2,656 | 75.11 | |
Whig | 1,671 | 83.76 | |
Whig | 1,057 | 52.98 | |
Peelite | 1,016 | 50.93 | |
Radical | 245 | 12.28 | |
Majority | 41 | 2.06 | |
8 July 1857 Petition - Charles Neate unseated. | |||
21 July 1857 | 2,103/2,656 | 79.18 | |
Peelite | 1,085 | 51.59 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,018 | 48.41 | |
Majority | 67 | 3.19 | |
Oxford University | |||
27 March 1857 | 3,538 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1859 Resignation of Rt Hon William Gladstone on appointment as High Commissioner to the Ionian Islands. | |||
12 February 1859 | |||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Oxfordshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 5,119 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
26 February 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Henley on appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
6 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paisley | |||
1 April 1857 | 1,139/1,305 | 87.28 | |
Radical | 611 | 53.64 | |
Whig | 524 | 46.01 | |
Chartist | 4 | 0.35 | |
Majority | 87 | 7.64 | |
December 1857 Death of Archibald Hastie. | |||
11 December 1857 | 865/1,349 | 64.12 | |
Whig | 767 | 88.67 | |
Radical | 98 | 11.33 | |
Majority | 669 | 77.34 | |
Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire | |||
1 April 1857 | 7,016/8,287 | 84.66 | |
Conservative Party | 4,020 | 57.30 | |
Conservative Party | 3,636 | 51.82 | |
Whig | 3,188 | 45.44 | |
Majority | 448 | 6.39 | |
Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 12,435 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Peeblesshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 394 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
27 March 1857 | 810 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 2,784 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
27 March 1857 | 856 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Liberal | Unopposed |   | |
May 1857 Resignation of Thomas Baring on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
27 May 1857 | 856 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Perth | |||
26 March 1857 | 947 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Perthshire | |||
28 March 1857 | 3,415 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peterborough | |||
28 March 1857 | 384/542 | 70.85 | |
Whig | 321 | 83.59 | |
Whig | 266 | 69.27 | |
Radical | 181 | 47.14 | |
Majority | 85 | 22.14 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Petersfield | |||
27 March 1857 | 331 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Plymouth | |||
28 March 1857 | 2,895/2,604 | 111.18 | |
Whig | 1,167 | 80.62 | |
Whig | 1,106 | 76.41 | |
Conservative Party | 622 | 42.97 | |
Majority | 484 | 16.72 | |
Pontefract | |||
28 March 1857 | 566/705 | 80.28 | |
Whig | 439 | 77.56 | |
Whig | 374 | 66.08 | |
Whig | 319 | 56.36 | |
Majority | 55 | 9.72 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Poole | |||
28 March 1857 | 249/539 | 46.20 | |
Whig | 211 | 84.74 | |
Conservative Party | 189 | 75.90 | |
Radical | 98 | 39.36 | |
Majority | 91 | 36.55 | |
Portarlington | |||
31 March 1857 | 78/93 | 83.87 | |
Conservative Party | 42 | 53.85 | |
Conservative Party | 36 | 46.15 | |
Majority | 6 | 7.69 | |
Portsmouth | |||
30 March 1857 | 2,247/3,671 | 61.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,522 | 67.73 | |
Whig | 1,496 | 66.58 | |
Whig | 1,476 | 65.69 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.89 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Preston | |||
30 March 1857 | 2,015/2,793 | 72.14 | |
Whig | 1,503 | 74.59 | |
Conservative Party | 1,433 | 71.12 | |
Whig | 1,094 | 54.29 | |
Majority | 339 | 16.82 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Queen's County | |||
11 April 1857 | 2,257/3,419 | 66.01 | |
Conservative Party | 1,850 | 81.97 | |
Whig | 1,424 | 63.09 | |
Whig | 1,239 | 54.90 | |
Majority | 185 | 8.20 | |
Radnorshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,662 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Reading | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,431 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
1857 Resignation of Henry Keating on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
2 June 1857 | 1,431 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Reigate | |||
28 March 1857 | 355/442 | 80.32 | |
Independent Liberal | 228 | 64.23 | |
Whig | 127 | 35.77 | |
Majority | 101 | 28.45 | |
1858 Resignation of Sir Henry Rawlinson on appointment as a Member of the Council of India. | |||
2 January 1858 Death of William Hackblock. | |||
6 February 1858 | |||
Whig | 212 | 50.12 | |
Radical | 116 | 27.42 | |
Whig | 95 | 22.46 | |
Majority | 96 | 22.70 | |
23 October 1858 | |||
Whig | 225 | 51.72 | |
Radical | 210 | 48.28 | |
Majority | 15 | 3.45 | |
Renfrewshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 2,877 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Richmond | |||
27 March 1857 | 342 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ripon | |||
27 March 1857 | 339 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Rochdale | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,020/1,255 | 81.27 | |
Conservative Party | 532 | 52.16 | |
Radical | 488 | 47.84 | |
Majority | 44 | 4.31 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Rochester | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,180 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Roscommon County | |||
7 April 1857 | 2,890 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
2 April 1857 | 825 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Roxburghshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 1,650 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Rutlandshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,822 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
27 March 1857 | 462 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Salford | |||
28 March 1857 | 3,144/4,028 | 78.05 | |
Radical | 1,880 | 59.80 | |
Radical | 1,264 | 40.20 | |
Majority | 616 | 19.59 | |
Salisbury | |||
27 March 1857 | 650 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Sandwich | |||
28 March 1857 | 847/1,008 | 84.03 | |
Whig | 547 | 64.58 | |
Whig | 503 | 59.39 | |
Conservative Party | 322 | 38.02 | |
Conservative Party | 24 | 2.83 | |
Majority | 181 | 21.37 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Scarborough | |||
28 March 1857 | 662/934 | 70.88 | |
Peelite | 540 | 81.57 | |
Whig | 508 | 76.74 | |
Conservative Party | 275 | 41.54 | |
Majority | 233 | 35.20 | |
November 1857 Resignation of the Rt Hon Earl of Mulgrave on appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. | |||
14 December 1857 | |||
Whig | 373 | 57.12 | |
Conservative Party | 280 | 42.88 | |
Majority | 93 | 14.24 | |
Selkirkshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 362 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shaftesbury | |||
27 April 1857 | 540 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Sheffield | |||
30 March 1857 | 5,095/6,874 | 74.12 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,200 | 62.81 | |
Radical | 2,871 | 56.35 | |
Conservative Party | 2,059 | 40.41 | |
Majority | 812 | 15.94 | |
Shoreham | |||
31 March 1857 | 1,386/1,800 | 77.00 | |
Conservative Party | 991 | 71.50 | |
Conservative Party | 806 | 58.15 | |
Independent Liberal | 487 | 35.14 | |
Majority | 319 | 23.02 | |
Shrewsbury | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,217/1,617 | 75.26 | |
Peelite | 706 | 58.01 | |
Whig | 695 | 57.11 | |
Conservative Party | 548 | 45.03 | |
Conservative Party | 484 | 39.77 | |
Majority | 147 | 12.08 | |
Sligo | |||
2 April 1857 | 294/345 | 85.22 | |
Whig | 150 | 51.02 | |
Conservative Party | 144 | 48.98 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.04 | |
31 July 1857 Petition - John Somers unseated and Rt Hon John Wynne declared elected. The revised poll figures were Wynne - 148, Somers - 147. | |||
Sligo County | |||
11 April 1857 | 1,776/2,389 | 74.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,471 | 82.83 | |
Conservative Party | 1,471 | 82.83 | |
Whig | 305 | 17.17 | |
Independent Irish | 5 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 1,166 | 65.65 | |
South Shields | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,079 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southampton | |||
11 March 1857 | 3,508 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Cheshire | |||
3 April 1857 | 7,068 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 5,675/7,102 | 79.91 | |
Whig | 3,922 | 69.11 | |
Peelite | 3,350 | 59.03 | |
Conservative Party | 2,105 | 37.09 | |
Conservative Party | 1,972 | 34.75 | |
Majority | 1,245 | 21.94 | |
Southern Devon | |||
30 March 1857 | 9,625 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 July 1858 Resignation of Sir John Yarde-Buller, bt prior to his elevation to the Peerage - Baron Churston. | |||
6 August 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Durham | |||
6 April 1857 | 4,647/5,565 | 83.50 | |
Whig | 2,570 | 55.30 | |
Whig | 2,542 | 54.70 | |
Conservative Party | 2,091 | 45.00 | |
Majority | 451 | 9.71 | |
Southern Essex | |||
4 April 1857 | 4,336/6,169 | 70.29 | |
Conservative Party | 2,332 | 53.78 | |
Whig | 2,119 | 48.87 | |
Conservative Party | 2,102 | 48.48 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.39 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 5,525 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Lancashire | |||
1 April 1857 | 20,460 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
30 March 1857 | 5,205 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
6 April 1857 | 3,870/4,675 | 82.78 | |
Whig | 2,107 | 54.44 | |
Conservative Party | 1,932 | 49.92 | |
Conservative Party | 1,593 | 41.16 | |
Majority | 339 | 8.76 | |
27 December 1857 Succession of Viscount Althorp to the Peerage - 5th Earl Spencer. | |||
20 February 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,983 | 51.08 | |
Whig | 1,899 | 48.92 | |
Majority | 84 | 2.16 | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
31 March 1857 | 5,608 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 3,654 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 3,183 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1858 Resignation of Viscount Newport on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of H M Household. | |||
9 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Staffordshire | |||
31 March 1857 | 11,202 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
3 April 1857 | 3,522 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
1 April 1857 | 2,116/3,239 | 65.33 | |
Peelite | 1,517 | 71.69 | |
Whig | 1,445 | 68.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,269 | 59.97 | |
Majority | 176 | 8.32 | |
Southwark | |||
31 March 1857 | 5,069/10,170 | 49.84 | |
Radical | 3,991 | 78.73 | |
Radical | 3,647 | 71.95 | |
Radical | 2,499 | 49.30 | |
Majority | 1,148 | 22.65 | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
30 March 1857 | 559/714 | 78.29 | |
Whig | 357 | 63.86 | |
Peelite | 202 | 36.14 | |
Majority | 155 | 27.73 | |
St Ives | |||
27 March 1857 | 536 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stafford | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,012/1,252 | 80.83 | |
Whig | 993 | 98.12 | |
Conservative Party | 745 | 73.62 | |
Whig | 286 | 28.26 | |
Majority | 459 | 45.36 | |
Stamford | |||
27 March 1857 | 529 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1858 Resignation of John Inglis on appointment as Lord Justice Clerk - Baron Glencorse. | |||
February 1858 Resignation of Sir Frederic Thesiger on appointment as Lord Chancellor and subsequent elevation to the Peerage - Baron Chelmsford. | |||
1 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 July 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
30 March 1857 | 1,149 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Stirlingshire | |||
2 April 1857 | 1,973 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1859 Resignation of Peter Blackburn on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
14 March 1859 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stockport | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,277/1,417 | 90.12 | |
Radical | 834 | 65.31 | |
Radical | 606 | 47.45 | |
Conservative Party | 557 | 43.62 | |
Majority | 49 | 3.84 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
28 March 1857 | 2,054/2,115 | 97.12 | |
Conservative Party | 1,261 | 61.39 | |
Whig | 822 | 40.02 | |
Whig | 764 | 37.20 | |
Majority | 58 | 2.82 | |
Stroud | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,287 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Sunderland | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,534/2,493 | 61.53 | |
Whig | 1,123 | 73.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,081 | 70.47 | |
Radical | 863 | 56.26 | |
Majority | 218 | 14.21 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Sutherland | |||
2 April 1857 | 264 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,901 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tamworth | |||
27 March 1857 | 419 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Taunton | |||
28 March 1857 | 605/887 | 68.21 | |
Whig | 442 | 73.06 | |
Conservative Party | 401 | 66.28 | |
Whig | 366 | 60.50 | |
Majority | 35 | 5.79 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Tavistock | |||
28 March 1857 | 285/395 | 72.15 | |
Whig | 242 | 84.91 | |
Radical | 198 | 69.47 | |
Radical | 130 | 45.61 | |
Majority | 68 | 23.86 | |
26 August 1857 Resignation of Hon George Byng in order to contest Middlesex. | |||
4 September 1857 | 284/395 | 71.90 | |
Whig | 164 | 57.75 | |
Radical | 120 | 42.25 | |
Majority | 44 | 15.49 | |
Tewkesbury | |||
28 March 1857 | 261/371 | 70.35 | |
Conservative Party | 200 | 76.63 | |
Whig | 169 | 64.75 | |
Whig | 127 | 48.66 | |
Conservative Party | 25 | 9.58 | |
Majority | 42 | 16.09 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
March 1859 Resignation of Hon Frederick Lygon on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
8 March 1859 | 171/341 | 50.15 | |
Conservative Party | 171 | 100.00 | |
Whig | |||
Majority | 171 | 100.00 | |
Thetford | |||
27 March 1857 | 218 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
30 November 1857 Resignation of Hon Francis Baring. | |||
9 December 1857 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Thirsk | |||
27 March 1857 | 398 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tipperary County | |||
14 April 1857 | 8,964 | ||
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tiverton | |||
27 March 1857 | 482 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Totnes | |||
28 March 1857 | 248/315 | 78.73 | |
Whig | 171 | 68.95 | |
Whig | 150 | 60.48 | |
Peelite | 118 | 47.58 | |
Peelite | 57 | 22.98 | |
Majority | 32 | 12.90 | |
1857 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Tower Hamlets | |||
30 March 1857 | 10,882/27,980 | 38.89 | |
Radical | 7,813 | 71.80 | |
Radical | 7,297 | 67.06 | |
Radical | 6,654 | 61.15 | |
Majority | 643 | 5.91 | |
Tralee | |||
1 April 1857 | 248 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Truro | |||
27 March 1857 | 646 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,048 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Tyrone County | |||
4 April 1857 | 7,393 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Claude Hamilton on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household. | |||
11 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wakefield | |||
27 March 1857 | 906 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wallingford | |||
28 March 1857 | 284/371 | 76.55 | |
Conservative Party | 149 | 52.46 | |
Whig | 135 | 47.54 | |
Majority | 14 | 4.93 | |
Walsall | |||
27 March 1857 | 1,188 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Wareham | |||
28 March 1857 | 283/312 | 90.71 | |
Whig | 143 | 50.53 | |
Conservative Party | 140 | 49.47 | |
Majority | 3 | 1.06 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Warrington | |||
27 March 1857 | 720 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Warwick | |||
27 March 1857 | 734 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Waterford City | |||
2 April 1857 | 785/1,160 | 67.67 | |
Independent Irish | 519 | 66.11 | |
Conservative Party | 479 | 61.02 | |
Whig | 330 | 42.04 | |
Radical | 242 | 30.83 | |
Majority | 149 | 37.96 | |
Waterford County | |||
8 April 1857 | 3,293 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wells | |||
27 March 1857 | 343 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wenlock | |||
27 March 1857 | 871 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 February 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon George Cecil Weld Weld-Forester on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
3 March 1858 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
30 March 1857 | 37,513 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
28 January 1859 Succession of Viscount Goderich to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Ripon. | |||
21 February 1859 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Westbury | |||
27 March 1857 | 342 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cornwall | |||
8 April 1857 | 4,542 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
15 June 1858 Death of Michael Williams. | |||
5 July 1858 | |||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cumberland | |||
6 April 1857 | 3,391/4,389 | 77.26 | |
Conservative Party | 1,848 | 54.50 | |
Conservative Party | 1,825 | 53.82 | |
Radical | 1,554 | 45.83 | |
Majority | 271 | 7.99 | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
31 March 1857 | 9,250 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Kent | |||
3 April 1857 | 5,323/8,949 | 59.48 | |
Peelite | 3,896 | 73.19 | |
Radical | 3,578 | 67.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,171 | 59.57 | |
Majority | 407 | 7.65 | |
Western Norfolk | |||
30 March 1857 | 7,179 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Western Somerset | |||
1 April 1857 | 7,323 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Suffolk | |||
31 March 1857 | 4,084 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
6 April 1857 | 2,734/3,920 | 69.74 | |
Whig | 1,439 | 52.63 | |
Conservative Party | 1,386 | 50.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,204 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 182 | 6.66 | |
Western Sussex | |||
31 March 1857 | 2,941 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1859 Resignation of Earl of March on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board. | |||
9 March 1859 | 2,853 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
30 March 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmeath County | |||
3 April 1857 | 3,520 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Independent Irish | Unopposed |   | |
Westminster | |||
26 March 1857 | 13,182 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Westmorland | |||
31 March 1857 | 4,168 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford | |||
20 March 1857 | 314 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford County | |||
10 April 1857 | 9,698/6,371 | 152.22 | |
Independent Irish | 4,306 | 88.80 | |
Whig | 2,870 | 59.19 | |
Conservative Party | 2,522 | 52.01 | |
Majority | 348 | 3.59 | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
27 March 1857 | 534/681 | 78.41 | |
Whig | 446 | 83.52 | |
Whig | 349 | 65.36 | |
Conservative Party | 272 | 50.94 | |
Majority | 77 | 14.42 | |
1857 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Whitby | |||
27 March 1857 | 532 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whitehaven | |||
27 March 1857 | 555 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 December 1857 Death of Robert Hildyard. | |||
17 December 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
11 April 1857 | 531/635 | 83.62 | |
Whig | 318 | 59.89 | |
Whig | 213 | 40.11 | |
Majority | 105 | 19.77 | |
Wicklow County | |||
16 April 1857 | 2,305/3,358 | 68.64 | |
Whig | 1,970 | 85.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,610 | 69.85 | |
Whig | 1,030 | 44.69 | |
Majority | 580 | 25.16 | |
4 October 1857 Succession of Viscount Milton to the Peerage - 6th Earl Fitzwilliam. | |||
25 February 1858 | |||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wigan | |||
28 March 1857 | 624/797 | 78.29 | |
Conservative Party | 492 | 78.85 | |
Whig | 447 | 71.63 | |
Conservative Party | 309 | 49.52 | |
Majority | 138 | 22.12 | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
1 April 1857 | 694 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wigtownshire | |||
4 April 1857 | 1,357 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Wilton | |||
27 March 1857 | 251 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
28 March 1857 | 518/842 | 61.52 | |
Whig | 398 | 76.83 | |
Conservative Party | 384 | 74.13 | |
Whig | 253 | 48.84 | |
Majority | 131 | 25.29 | |
Windsor | |||
27 March 1857 | 450/642 | 70.09 | |
Conservative Party | 325 | 72.22 | |
Whig | 289 | 64.22 | |
Whig | 286 | 63.56 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.67 | |
Wolverhampton | |||
27 March 1857 | 3,611 | ||
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Radical | Unopposed |   | |
Woodstock | |||
27 March 1857 | 336 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 July 1857 Succession of the Marquess of Blandford to the Peerage - 7th Duke of Marlborough. | |||
24 July 1857 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Worcester | |||
28 March 1857 | 1,378/2,530 | 54.47 | |
Radical | 1,137 | 82.51 | |
Whig | 1,003 | 72.79 | |
Peelite | 615 | 44.63 | |
Majority | 388 | 28.16 | |
Wycombe | |||
27 March 1857 | 390 | ||
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
Whig | Unopposed |   | |
York | |||
30 March 1857 | 2,042/4,236 | 48.21 | |
Whig | 1,548 | 75.81 | |
Conservative Party | 1,530 | 74.93 | |
Radical | 1,006 | 49.27 | |
Majority | 524 | 25.66 | |
Youghal | |||
28 March 1857 | 220 | ||
Peelite | Unopposed |   |