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< General Election - March 1857 >

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Summary
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
William Henry Sykes	Whig	1,035	54.94
John Farley Leith	Whig	849	45.06
Majority		186	9.87

Aberdeenshire
3 April 1857		4,682
George John James Gordon, Lord Haddo	Peelite	Unopposed

Abingdon
27 March 1857		323
John Thomas Norris	Radical	Unopposed

Andover
28 March 1857		183/233	78.54
William Cubitt	Conservative Party	143	78.14
Hon Dudley Francis Fortescue	Whig	120	65.57
Henry Beaumont Coles	Conservative Party	102	55.74
Majority		18	9.84

Anglesea
3 April 1857		2,310
Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Antrim County
16 April 1857		6,047/9,676	62.49
Thomas Henry Pakenham	Conservative Party	4,686	77.49
George Macartney	Conservative Party	4,341	71.79
Henry Hutchinson Hamilton O'Hara	Whig	1,533	25.35
Majority		2,808	46.44

Argyll
3 April 1857		2,256
Alexander Struthers Finlay	Whig	Unopposed

Armagh City
2 April 1857		337/403	83.62
Stearne Ball Miller	Conservative Party	175	51.93
Joshua Walter McGeough Bond	Conservative Party	162	48.07
Majority		13	3.86

Armagh County
16 April 1857		946/5,596	16.90
Maxwell Charles Close	Conservative Party	940	99.37
Sir William Verner, Bt	Conservative Party	928	98.10
James Molyneaux Caulfeild	Whig	6	0.63
Majority		922	97.46

Arundel
27 March 1857		199
Lord Edward George Fitzalan-Howard	Whig	Unopposed

Ashburton
27 March 1857		182
George Moffatt	Radical	Unopposed

Ashton-under-Lyne
27 March 1857		1,085
Charles Hindley	Radical	Unopposed

1 December 1857 Death of Charles Hindley.

14 December 1857		912/1,085	84.06
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Radical	522	57.24
Booth Mason	Conservative Party	390	42.76
Majority		132	14.47

Athlone
2 April 1857		150/175	85.71
John James Ennis	Independent Irish	100	66.67
Hon Henry Handcock	Conservative Party	50	33.33
Majority		50	33.33
13 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Aylesbury
28 March 1857		743/1,266	58.69
Thomas Tyringham Bernard	Conservative Party	546	73.49
Sir Richard Bethell	Whig	501	67.43
Austen Henry Layard	Radical	439	59.08
Majority		62	8.34

Ayr District of Burghs
4 April 1857		1,136
Edward Henry John Crauford	Radical	Unopposed

Ayrshire
4 April 1857		3,121/3,976	78.50
Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart	Whig	1,663	53.28
Sir James Fergusson, Bt	Conservative Party	1,458	46.72
Majority		205	6.57

Banbury
28 March 1857		274/538	50.93
Henry William Tancred	Whig	216	78.83
Edward Yates	Conservative Party	58	21.17
Majority		158	57.66
4 November 1858 Resignation of Henry Tancred.

9 February 1859		471/672	70.09
Bernhard Samuelson	Whig	177	37.58
John Hardy	Conservative Party	176	37.37
Edward Miall	Independent Liberal	118	25.05
Majority		1	0.21

Bandon
31 March 1857		201
Hon William Smyth Bernard	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Banffshire
30 March 1857		927
James Duff, Earl of Fife	Whig	Unopposed

10 June 1857 Resignation of the Earl of Fife.

30 June 1857
Lachlan Duff Gordon	Whig	Unopposed

Barnstaple
30 March 1857		496/742	66.85
Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bt	Conservative Party	344	69.35
John Laurie	Conservative Party	252	50.81
James Taylor	Radical	180	36.29
George Potts	Peelite	179	36.09
Henry Thoby Prinsep	Conservative Party	36	7.26
Majority		72	14.52

Bath
28 March 1857		2,419/3,144	76.94
Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, Bt	Whig	1,243	51.38
William Tite	Whig	1,200	49.61
Arthur Edwin Way	Conservative Party	1,197	49.48
Majority		3	0.12
17 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.


Beaumaris District of Boroughs
28 March 1857		473
Hon William Owen Stanley	Whig	Unopposed

Bedford
27 March 1857		720/879	81.91
Samuel Whitbread	Whig	452	62.78
Thomas Barnard	Whig	435	60.42
William Stuart	Conservative Party	375	52.08
Edward Tyrrel Smith	Radical	176	24.44
Majority		60	8.33

Bedfordshire
6 March 1857		2,764/4,231	65.33
Francis Charles Hastings Russell	Whig	1,564	56.58
Richard Thomas Gilpin	Conservative Party	1,374	49.71
William Bartholomew Higgins	Whig	1,343	48.59
William Stuart	Conservative Party	1,246	45.08
Majority		31	1.12

Belfast
3 April 1857		2,592/3,518	73.68
Hugh McCalmont Cairns	Conservative Party	1,479	57.06
Richard Davison	Conservative Party	1,410	54.40
John Robinson McClean	Whig	995	38.39
John Francis Ferguson	Whig	733	28.28
Thomas McClure	Whig	566	21.84
Majority		415	16.01
1858 Resignation of Hugh Cairns on appointment as Solicitor-General.

5 March 1858
Hugh McCalmont Cairns	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Berkshire
6 April 1857		3,090/4,884	63.27
Robert Palmer	Conservative Party	1,802	58.32
Hon Philip Pleydell-Bouverie	Whig	1,524	49.32
George Henry Vansittart	Conservative Party	1,494	48.35
Leicester Viney Vernon	Conservative Party	1,360	44.01
Majority		134	4.34

Berwick-upon-Tweed
28 March 1857		565/805	70.19
John Stapleton	Radical	339	60.00
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks	Whig	271	47.96
Charles William Gordon	Conservative Party	269	47.61
John Forster	Whig	250	44.25
Majority		2	0.35
21 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Berwickshire
3 April 1857		699/1,102	63.43
Hon Francis Scott	Conservative Party	394	56.37
David Robertson	Whig	305	43.63
Majority		89	12.73

Beverley
28 March 1857		1,029/1,136	90.58
Hon William Henry Forester Denison	Whig	566	55.00
Edward Auchmuty Glover	Independent Conservative	537	52.19
William Wells	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
Henry Edwards	Conservative Party	579	59.08
William Wells	Radical	401	40.92
Majority		178	18.16

Bewdley
27 March 1857		370
Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Birmingham
27 March 1857		9,074
George Frederick Muntz	Radical	Unopposed
William Scholefield	Radical	Unopposed

30 July 1857 Death of George Muntz.

10 August 1857		9,074
John Bright	Radical	Unopposed

Blackburn
27 March 1857		1,518
James Pilkington	Whig	Unopposed
William Henry Hornby	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Bodmin
28 March 1857		317/390	81.28
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	Whig	244	76.97
James Wyld	Radical	190	59.94
Dr William Michell	Conservative Party	169	53.31
John Harvey Lewis	Whig	31	9.78
Majority		21	6.62
30 June 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Bolton
30 March 1857		1,794/1,933	92.81
William Gray	Conservative Party	930	51.84
Joseph Crook	Radical	895	49.89
Thomas Barnes	Radical	832	46.38
Majority		63	3.51

Boston
27 March 1857		1,057
Herbert Ingram	Radical	Unopposed
William Henry Adams	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
William Henry Adams	Peelite	Unopposed

Bradford
27 March 1857		3,279
Henry Wickham Wickham	Peelite	Unopposed
Thomas Perronet Thompson	Radical	Unopposed

Brecknockshire
30 March 1857		2,609
Sir Joseph Bailey, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

20 November 1858 Death of Sir Joseph Bailey, Bt.

28 December 1858
Godfrey Charles Morgan	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Brecon
27 March 1857		323
John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins	Whig	Unopposed

Bridgnorth
27 March 1857		678
Henry Whitmore	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Pritchard	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 March 1858 Resignation of Henry Whitmore on appointment as Lord of the Treasury.

3 March 1858
Henry Whitmore	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Bridgwater
28 March 1857		519/589	88.12
Charles John Kemeys Tynte	Whig	330	63.58
Alexander William Kinglake	Whig	301	58.00
Brent Spencer Follett	Conservative Party	203	39.11
Majority		98	18.88

Bridport
28 March 1857		365/478	76.36
Thomas Alexander Mitchell	Radical	330	90.41
Kirkham Daniel Hodgson	Whig	290	79.45
William Unwin Heygate	Conservative Party	109	29.86
Majority		181	49.59
21 July 1857 Petitions - withdrawn.


Brighton
28 March 1857		3,169/3,936	80.51
Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, Bt	Whig	2,278	71.88
William Coningham	Radical	1,900	59.96
Lord Alfred Hervey	Conservative Party	1,030	32.50
Majority		870	27.45

Bristol
27 March 1857		12,612
Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Radical	Unopposed
William Henry Gore-Langton	Whig	Unopposed

Buckingham
28 March 1857		280/354	79.10
Sir Harry Verney, Bt	Whig	198	70.71
John Hall	Conservative Party	151	53.93
Hon Richard Cavendish	Whig	134	47.86
Philip Box	Conservative Party	82	29.29
Majority		17	6.07

Buckinghamshire
31 March 1857		5,353
Caledon George du Pr	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Charles Compton Cavendish	Whig	Unopposed

December 1857 Resignation of Hon Charles Cavendish.

23 December 1857
William George Cavendish	Whig	1,617	52.65
Charles John Baillie Hamilton	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
Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Bury
30 March 1857		1,095/1,218	89.90
Robert Needham Philips	Radical	565	51.60
Frederick Peel	Peelite	530	48.40
Majority		35	3.20
9 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.


Bury St Edmunds
28 March 1857		465/702	66.24
Frederick William Hervey, Earl Jermyn	Conservative Party	344	73.98
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle	Whig	320	68.82
James Henry Porteous Oakes	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
Lord Alfred Hervey	Peelite	Unopposed

Bute
30 March 1857		489
Rt Hon James Archibald Stuart-Wortley	Peelite	Unopposed

Caithness
4 April 1857		779
George Traill	Whig	Unopposed

Calne
28 March 1857		164
Sir William Fenwick Williams, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Cambridge
29 April 1857		1,468/1,878	78.17
Kenneth Macaulay	Conservative Party	770	52.45
Andrew Steuart	Conservative Party	735	50.07
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Radical	729	49.66
John Tomlinson Hibbert	Radical	702	47.82
Majority		6	0.41
6 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.


Cambridge University
28 March 1857		4,552
Loftus Tottenham Wigram	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Spencer Horatio Walpole	Conservative Party	Unopposed

26 February 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole as Secretary of State for the Home Department.

4 March 1858
Rt Hon Spencer Horatio Walpole	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Cambridgeshire
6 April 1857		5,079/6,298	80.64
Edward Ball	Conservative Party	2,780	54.74
Henry John Adeane	Whig	2,616	51.51
Hon Eliot Thomas Yorke	Conservative Party	2,483	48.89
Lord George John Manners	Conservative Party	2,127	41.88
Majority		356	7.01

Canterbury
28 March 1857		1,026/1,876	54.69
Hon Henry Butler-Johnstone	Conservative Party	815	79.43
Rt Hon Sir William Meredyth Somerville, Bt	Whig	759	73.98
Charles Purton Cooper	Whig	477	46.49
Majority		282	27.49

Cardiff District of Boroughs
27 March 1857		1,640
James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart	Whig	Unopposed

Cardigan District of Boroughs
27 March 1857		837
Edward Lewis Pryse	Radical	Unopposed

Cardiganshire
31 March 1857		2,723
Ernest Augustus Vaughan, Earl of Lisburne	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Carlisle
27 March 1857		1,015/1,223	82.99
William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative Party	529	52.12
Rt Hon Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt	Peelite	502	49.46
Joseph Ferguson	Whig	469	46.21
Majority		33	3.25

Carlow
2 April 1857		206/240	85.83
John Alexander	Conservative Party	127	61.65
Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby	Whig	79	38.35
Majority		48	23.30

Carlow County
4 April 1857		2,381
William Bunbury McClintock Bunbury	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Henry Bruen	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Carmarthen District of Boroughs
17 March 1857		799
David Morris	Whig	Unopposed

Carmarthenshire
31 March 1857		4,272
David Arthur Saunders Davies	Conservative Party	Unopposed
David Jones	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 May 1857 Death of David Davies.

12 June 1857
David Pugh	Peelite	Unopposed

Carnarvon District of Boroughs
27 March 1857		919
William Bulkeley Hughes	Peelite	Unopposed

Carnarvonshire
31 March 1857		2,060
Hon Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Carrickfergus
2 April 1857		943/1,139	82.79
William Cary Dobbs	Conservative Party	560	59.38
Francis Macdonogh	Whig	383	40.62
Majority		177	18.77

Cashel
3 April 1857		128/135	94.81
Sir Timothy O'Brien, Bt	Whig	54	42.19
Charles Hare Hemphill	Conservative Party	39	30.47
John Lanigan	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
Hon James Pierce Maxwell	Conservative Party	3,164	77.68
Hon Hugh Annesley	Conservative Party	2,164	53.13
Matthew O'Reilly Dease	Radical	1,409	34.59
Majority		755	18.54

Chatham
30 March 1857		1,315/1,463	89.88
Sir John Mark Frederick Smith	Conservative Party	672	51.10
William Govett Romaine	Whig	643	48.90
Majority		29	2.21
13 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Cheltenham
27 March 1857		2,170
Hon Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	Unopposed

Chester
28 March 1857		1,477/2,428	60.83
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Whig	1,244	84.22
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury	Radical	924	62.56
Henry Riversdale Grenfell	Whig	786	53.22
Majority		138	9.34

Chichester
27 March 1857		638
John Abel Smith	Whig	Unopposed
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 March 1858 Resignation of Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox on appointment as Lord of the Treasury.

6 March 1858
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Chippenham
28 March 1857		294/334	88.02
Henry George Boldero	Conservative Party	174	59.18
Robert Parry Nisbet	Conservative Party	150	51.02
William John Lysley	Whig	132	44.90
Majority		18	6.12

Christchurch
27 March 1857		328
John Edward Walcott	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Cirencester
28 March 1857		348/423	82.27
Allen Alexander Bathurst	Conservative Party	307	88.22
Joseph Randolph Mullings	Conservative Party	200	57.47
Hon Ashley George John Ponsonby	Whig	188	54.02
Majority		12	3.45

City of London
27 March 1857		7,424/19,115	38.84
Sir James Duke, Bt	Whig	6,664	89.76
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild	Whig	6,398	86.18
Rt Hon Lord John Russell	Whig	6,308	84.97
Robert Wigram Crawford	Whig	5,808	78.23
Raikes Currie	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
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild	Whig	Unopposed

Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire
31 March 1857		1,836
William Hugh Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Viscount Melgund	Whig	Unopposed

Clare County
16 April 1857		2,895/3,745	77.30
Lord Francis Nathaniel Conyngham	Independent Irish	2,894	99.97
Francis Macnamara Calcutt	Independent Irish	1,390	48.01
Sir John Foster Fitzgerald	Whig	1,249	43.14
Luke White	Independent Irish	1	0.03
Majority		141	4.87
22 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Clitheroe
27 March 1857		457
John Turner Hopwood	Whig	Unopposed

Clonmel
30 March 1857		318
John Bagwell	Whig	Unopposed

Cockermouth
27 March 1857		408
John Steel	Radical	Unopposed
Rt Hon Richard Southwell Bourke, Baron Naas	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 March 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Baron Naas on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

3 March 1858
Rt Hon Richard Southwell Bourke, Baron Naas	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Colchester
28 March 1857		614/1,282	47.89
Taverner John Miller	Conservative Party	599	97.56
John Gurdon Rebow	Radical	581	94.63
William Rawdon Havens	Radical	48	7.82
Majority		533	86.81

Coleraine
30 March 1857		261
John Boyd	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Cork City
28 March 1857		3,050
William Trant Fagan	Whig	Unopposed
Francis Bernard Beamish	Whig	Unopposed

Cork County
10 April 1857		7,593/15,633	48.57
Dr Rickard Deasy	Whig	6,788	89.40
Alexander McCarthy	Independent Irish	6,265	82.51
Vincent Scully	Independent Irish	2,852	37.56
Majority		3,413	44.95

Coventry
27 March 1857		6,852/4,982	137.54
Rt Hon Edward Ellice	Whig	2,810	82.02
Sir Joseph Paxton	Whig	2,384	69.59
John Mellor	Whig	703	20.52
Morgan D Treherne	Conservative Party	599	17.48
Robert Joseph Phillimore	Peelite	356	10.39
Majority		1,681	24.53

Cricklade
28 March 1857		1,407/1,682	83.65
John Neeld	Conservative Party	778	55.29
Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard	Conservative Party	770	54.73
Charles James Monk	Whig	633	44.99
Majority		137	9.74

Dartmouth
28 March 1857		221/269	82.16
James Caird	Peelite	127	57.47
Charles Seale-Hayne	Whig	94	42.53
Majority		33	14.93

Denbigh District of Boroughs
31 March 1857		666/861	77.35
Townshend Mainwaring	Conservative Party	364	54.65
James Maurice	Radical	302	45.35
Majority		62	9.31

Denbighshire
3 April 1857		4,506
Robert Myddleton Biddulph	Whig	Unopposed
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Derby
28 March 1857		1,295/2,479	52.24
Michael Thomas Bass	Radical	884	68.26
Samuel Beale	Radical	846	65.33
William Forbes Mackenzie	Conservative Party	430	33.20
Majority		416	32.12

Devizes
30 March 1857		254/319	79.62
Simon Watson Taylor	Peelite	230	90.55
Christopher Darby Griffith	Conservative Party	159	62.60
John Neilson Gladstone	Conservative Party	118	46.46
Majority		41	16.14

Devonport
27 March 1857		2,628
Sir Thomas Erskine Perry	Whig	Unopposed
James Wilson	Whig	Unopposed

Donegal County
8 April 1857		4,254
Thomas Connolly	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dorchester
27 March 1857		451
Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Whig	Unopposed
Charles Napier Sturt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dorset
6 April 1857		4,608/5,621	81.98
Hon William Henry Berkeley Portman	Whig	2,430	52.73
Henry Gerard Sturt	Conservative Party	2,197	47.68
Henry Ker Seymer	Conservative Party	2,177	47.24
John Floyer	Conservative Party	2,159	46.85
Majority		18	0.39

Dover
28 March 1857		1,608/2,024	79.45
Ralph Bernal Osborne	Radical	989	61.50
Sir William Russell, Bt	Whig	958	59.58
Rt Hon Sir George Clerk, bt	Conservative Party	695	43.22
George William Hope	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
Lord Arthur Edwin Hill	Conservative Party	5,839	62.62
William Brownlow Forde	Conservative Party	5,341	57.28
David Stewart Ker	Peelite	3,735	40.05
Majority		1,606	17.22

Downpatrick
31 March 1857		193
Richard Ker	Peelite	Unopposed

Drogheda
4 April 1857		364/649	56.09
James McCann	Whig	350	96.15
Francis Brodigan	Independent Irish	14	3.85
Majority		336	92.31
7 August 1857 Petition - dismissed.


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

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

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

Dublin City
31 March 1857		7,116/9,905	71.84
Edward Grogan	Conservative Party	3,767	52.94
John Vance	Conservative Party	3,711	52.15
Francis William Brady	Whig	3,405	47.85
John Reynolds	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
James Hans Hamilton	Conservative Party	2,451	60.46
Thomas Edward Taylor	Conservative Party	2,338	57.67
Sir Charles Compton William Domvile, Bt	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
Thomas Edward Taylor	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dublin University
4 April 1857		1,004/1,700	59.06
Rt Hon Joseph Napier	Conservative Party	829	82.57
George Alexander Hamilton	Conservative Party	791	78.78
James Anthony Lawson	Whig	272	27.09
John Wilson	Whig	116	11.55
Majority		519	51.69
1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Napier on appointment as Lord Chancellor.

27 March 1858
Anthony Lefroy	Conservative Party	589	62.73
Arthur Edward Gayer	Conservative Party	350	37.27
Majority		239	25.45
2 February 1859 Resignation of George Hamilton.

11 February 1859		1,700
Rt Hon James Whiteside	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dudley
27 March 1857		884
Henry Brinsley Sheridan	Independent	Unopposed

Dumfries District of Burghs
31 March 1857		691/882	78.34
William Ewart	Radical	506	73.23
James Hannay	Conservative Party	185	26.77
Majority		321	46.45

Dumfriesshire
1 April 1857		2,702
John James Hope Johnstone	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dunbartonshire
3 April 1857		1,348
Alexander Smollett	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dundalk
2 April 1857		172/256	67.19
George Bowyer	Whig	133	77.33
John MacNamara Cantwell	Independent Irish	39	22.67
Majority		94	54.65

Dundee
30 March 1857		1,939/2,343	82.76
Sir John Ogilvy, Bt	Whig	1,092	56.32
George Armitstead	Radical	847	43.68
Majority		245	12.64

Dungannon
31 March 1857		188
Hon William Stuart Knox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dungarvan
3 April 1857		227/266	85.34
John Francis Maguire	Independent Irish	123	54.19
Sir John Nugent Humble, Bt	Conservative Party	104	45.81
Majority		19	8.37

Durham
27 March 1857		1,184
William Atherton	Radical	Unopposed
John Robert Mowbray	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 March 1858 Resignation of John Mowbray on appointment as Judge Advocate General.

17 March 1858
Rt Hon John Robert Mowbray	Conservative Party	Unopposed

East Retford
27 March 1857		2,646
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundel, Viscount Galway	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Francis John Savile Foljambe	Whig	Unopposed

East Riding, Yorkshire
2 April 1857		7,382
Beaumont Hotham, Baron Hotham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Arthur Duncombe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Cornwall
4 April 1857		6,261
Thomas James Agar-Robartes	Whig	Unopposed
Nicholas Kendall	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Cumberland
30 March 1857		5,693
Hon Charles Wentworth George Howard	Whig	Unopposed
William Marshall	Whig	Unopposed

Eastern Gloucestershire
30 March 1857		7,891
Christopher William Codrington	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Robert Stayner Holford	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Kent
30 March 1857		3,540/8,000	44.25
Sir Brook William Bridges, Bt	Conservative Party	2,379	67.20
Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt	Peelite	2,358	66.61
William Deedes	Conservative Party	2,216	62.60
E A Acheson	Radical	127	3.59
Majority		142	4.01
1 December 1857 Resignation of Sir Edward Dering, Bt.

10 December 1857
William Deedes	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Norfolk
6 April 1857		7,755
Charles Ashe Windham	Whig	Unopposed
Sir Edward North Buxton, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

11 June 1858 Death of Sir Edward Buxton, Bt.

1 July 1858
Hon Wenman Clarence Walpole Coke	Whig	2,933	51.88
Sir Henry Josias Stracey, Bt	Conservative Party	2,720	48.12
Majority		213	3.77

Eastern Somerset
3 April 1857		10,592
William Miles	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Francis Knatchbull	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Suffolk
1 April 1857		5,907
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Henniker, Baron Henniker	Conservative Party	Unopposed

21 February 1858 Resignation of Sir Fitzroy Kelly on appointment as Attorney-General.

6 March 1858
Sir Fitzroy Kelly	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Surrey
30 March 1857		7,191
Thomas Alcock	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Peter John Locke King	Whig	Unopposed

Eastern Sussex
4 April 1857		4,737/6,114	77.48
John George Dodson	Whig	2,524	53.28
Henry North Holroyd, Viscount Pevensey	Conservative Party	2,447	51.66
William Henry Frederick Cavendish	Whig	2,286	48.26
Augustus Eliott Fuller	Conservative Party	2,216	46.78
Majority		161	3.40

Eastern Worcestershire
31 March 1857		6,065
George Rushout-Bowles	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Hodgetts Hodgetts-Foley	Whig	Unopposed

20 January 1859 Succession of George Rushout-Bowles to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Northwick.

24 February 1859
Hon Frederick Henry William Gough-Calthorpe	Whig	2,304	53.97
John Slaney Pakington	Conservative Party	1,965	46.03
Majority		339	7.94

Edinburgh
27 March 1857		8,297
Charles Cowan	Radical	Unopposed
Adam Black	Whig	Unopposed

Edinburghshire
31 March 1857		1,960
William Henry Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Elgin District of Burghs
1 April 1857		967
George Skene Duff	Whig	Unopposed
19 December 1857
Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff	Whig	Unopposed

Resignation of George Duff.


Elginshire & Nairnshire
2 April 1857		870
Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Ennis
28 March 1857		161
Rt Hon John David Fitzgerald	Whig	Unopposed

Enniskillen
28 March 1857		221
James Whiteside	Conservative Party	Unopposed

February 1858 Resignation of James Whiteside on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland.

9 May 1858
James Whiteside	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 February 1859 Resignation of James Whiteside.

21 February 1859		212/234	90.60
Hon John Lowry Cole	Conservative Party	107	50.47
John Collum	Conservative Party	71	33.49
Paul Dane	Conservative Party	34	16.04
Majority		36	16.98

Evesham
28 March 1857		202/330	61.21
Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, Bt	Conservative Party	172	85.15
Edward Holland	Whig	170	84.16
Henry Robert Addison	Peelite	61	30.20
Majority		109	53.96

Exeter
27 March 1857		3,162
Edward Divett	Radical	Unopposed
Richard Sommers Gard	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eye
27 March 1857		359
Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Falkirk District of Burghs
1 April 1857		1,261/1,473	85.61
James Merry	Radical	770	61.06
George Baird	Conservative Party	491	38.94
Majority		279	22.13
20 July 1857 Petition - election declared void.

8 August 1857		1,473
John Glencairn Carter Hamilton	Radical	Unopposed

Fermanagh County
6 April 1857		4,420
Mervyn Edward Archdall	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Henry Arthur Cole	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Fife
31 March 1857		3,389
John Fergus	Whig	Unopposed

Finsbury
30 March 1857		8,682/20,626	42.09
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe	Radical	6,922	79.73
William Cox	Whig	4,110	47.34
John Humffreys Parry	Radical	3,954	45.54
Joseph Haythorne Reed	Whig	2,378	27.39
Majority		156	1.80
20 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Flint District of Boroughs
28 March 1857		783
Sir John Hanmer, Bt	Peelite	Unopposed

Flintshire
9 April 1857		2,047/2,840	72.08
Hon Thomas Edward Lloyd-Mostyn	Whig	1,171	57.21
Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Bt	Conservative Party	876	42.79
Majority		295	14.41

Forfarshire
30 March 1857		3,288
Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan	Whig	Unopposed

Frome
30 March 1857		326/363	89.81
Donald Nicoll	Radical	162	49.69
Hon William George Boyle	Whig	92	28.22
Lord Edward Thynne	Conservative Party	72	22.09
Majority		70	21.47

Galway
2 April 1857		794/1,115	71.21
Ulick Canning de Burgh, Baron Dunkellin	Whig	644	81.11
Anthony O'Flaherty	Whig	508	63.98
Theodore Patrick French	Independent Irish	433	54.53
Majority		75	9.45
13 July 1857 Petition - Anthony O'Flaherty unseated.

11 February 1859
John Orrell Lever	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Galway County
13 April 1857		2,084/4,251	49.02
Sir Thomas John Burke, Bt	Whig	1,948	93.47
William Henry Gregory	Peelite	1,464	70.25
Thomas Arthur Bellew	Independent Irish	756	36.28
Majority		708	33.97
13 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.


Gateshead
27 March 1857		895
William Hutt	Radical	Unopposed

Glamorganshire
6 April 1857		5,170/6,356	81.34
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot	Whig	3,161	61.14
Henry Hussey Vivian	Whig	3,002	58.07
Nash Vaughan Edwards-Vaughan	Conservative Party	2,088	40.39
Majority		914	17.68

Glasgow
1 April 1857		9,435/18,118	52.08
Walter Buchanan	Whig	7,050	74.72
Robert Dalgleish	Radical	6,765	71.70
Alexander Hastie	Whig	5,044	53.46
Majority		1,721	18.24

Gloucester
28 March 1857		1,456/1,743	83.53
Robert Walter Carden	Conservative Party	742	50.96
William Philip Price	Radical	717	49.24
Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Whig	710	48.76
Majority		7	0.48
29 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.


Grantham
28 March 1857		587/740	79.32
William Earle Welby	Conservative Party	472	80.41
Hon Frederick James Tollemache	Peelite	393	66.95
Lord Montagu William Graham	Conservative Party	308	52.47
Majority		85	14.48

Great Grimsby
27 March 1857		888
Charles Anderson-Pelham, Viscount Worsley	Whig	Unopposed

Great Marlow
27 March 1857		343
Thomas Peers Williams	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Brownlow William Knox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Great Yarmouth
28 March 1857		1,086/1,308	83.03
William Torrens McCullagh	Independent Liberal	609	56.08
Edward William Watkin	Radical	590	54.33
Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bt	Conservative Party	521	47.97
Hon Charles Smyth Vereker	Conservative Party	451	41.53
Majority		69	6.35
29 July 1857 Petition - election declared void.

10 August 1857		1,308
John Mellor	Whig	Unopposed
Adolphus William Young	Whig	Unopposed

Greenock
27 March 1857		1,405
Alexander Murray Dunlop	Whig	Unopposed

Greenwich
27 March 1857		3,917/7,888	49.66
Sir William John Codrington	Whig	2,985	76.21
John Townsend	Radical	2,784	71.07
Montague Chambers	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
David Salomons	Radical	3,444	57.72
William Angerstein	Whig	2,523	42.28
Majority		921	15.43

Guildford
28 March 1857		427/666	64.11
Ross Donnelly Mangles	Whig	349	81.73
William Bovill	Conservative Party	338	79.16
James Bell	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
Guildford James Hillier Onslow	Whig	268	52.86
William John Evelyn	Conservative Party	239	47.14
Majority		29	5.72

Haddington District of Burghs
30 March 1857		741
Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, bt	Whig	Unopposed

Haddingtonshire
30 March 1857		715
Hon Francis Richard Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas, Baron Elcho	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Halifax
28 March 1857		1,423/1,488	95.63
Francis Crossley	Radical	830	58.33
Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, Bt	Whig	714	50.18
Henry Edwards	Conservative Party	651	45.75
Majority		63	4.43

Harwich
28 March 1857		266/313	84.98
John Bagshaw	Whig	173	65.04
George Drought Warburton	Independent Liberal	147	55.26
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	113	42.48
Benjamin Buck Greene	Conservative Party	81	30.45
Majority		34	12.78
23 October 1857 Death of George Warburton.

9 December 1857
Robert John Bagshaw	Whig	162	70.13
Andrew Arcedeckne	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
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	145	51.97
Hon William Frederick Campbell	Whig	134	48.03
Majority		11	3.94

Hastings
27 March 1857		1,199
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Frederick North	Whig	Unopposed

Haverfordwest District of Boroughs
30 March 1857		514/740	69.46
John Henry Philipps	Conservative Party	258	50.19
William Rees	Radical	256	49.81
Majority		2	0.39

Helston
27 March 1857		309
Charles Trueman	Whig	Unopposed

Hereford
27 March 1857		832
George Clive	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Morgan Clifford	Whig	Unopposed

Herefordshire
4 April 1857		6,041/7,330	82.41
Sir Geers Henry Cotterell, Bt	Whig	3,352	55.49
Thomas William Booker-Blakemore	Conservative Party	2,822	46.71
James King King	Conservative Party	2,771	45.87
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury	Conservative Party	2,475	40.97
Majority		296	4.90
7 November 1858 Death of Thomas Booker-Blakemore.

18 December 1858
Lord Montagu William Graham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Hertford
27 March 1857		405/620	65.32
Rt Hon William Francis Cowper	Whig	301	74.32
Sir Walter Minto Townshend-Farquhar, Bt	Conservative Party	273	67.41
Thomas Chambers	Radical	235	58.02
Majority		38	9.38

Hertfordshire
31 March 1857		6,061
Sir Henry Meux, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Christopher William Puller	Whig	Unopposed

5 June 1858 Resignation of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Bt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies.

8 June 1858
Rt Hon Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Honiton
31 March 1857		225/264	85.23
Joseph Locke	Whig	214	95.11
Hon Archibald Henry Plantagenet Stuart-Wortley	Conservative Party	119	52.89
Sir James Weir Hogg, bt	Conservative Party	117	52.00
Majority		2	0.89

Horsham
28 March 1857		290/350	82.86
William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald	Conservative Party	173	59.66
James Scott	Independent Liberal	117	40.34
Majority		56	19.31

Huddersfield
30 March 1857		1,413/1,552	91.04
Edward Akroyd	Whig	823	58.24
Richard Cobden	Radical	590	41.76
Majority		233	16.49

Huntingdon
28 March 1857		382
Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

26 February 1858 Resignation of Jonathan Peel on appointment as Secretary of State for War.

4 March 1858
Rt Hon Jonathan Peel	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Huntingdonshire
4 April 1857		2,255/2,918	77.28
James Rust	Conservative Party	1,192	52.86
Edward Fellowes	Conservative Party	1,106	49.05
John Moyer Heathcote	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
Sir John William Ramsden, Bt	Whig	490	65.51
Henry Aitcheson Hankey	Conservative Party	258	34.49
Majority		232	31.02
9 February 1859 Resignation of Sir John Ramsden, Bt.

15 February 1859		997
Baron Mayer Nathan de Rothschild	Whig	Unopposed

Inverness District of Burghs
1 April 1857		718/854	84.07
Alexander Matheson	Whig	383	53.34
Alexander Campbell Cameron	Conservative Party	335	46.66
Majority		48	6.69

Inverness-shire
30 March 1857		827
Henry James Baillie	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Ipswich
28 March 1857		1,493/1,891	78.95
John Chevallier Cobbold	Conservative Party	780	52.24
Hugh Edward Adair	Whig	759	50.84
John Clark Marshman	Whig	738	49.43
Henry John Selwin	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
Charles Cavendish Clifford	Whig	730	54.48
Thomas Willis Fleming	Conservative Party	610	45.52
Majority		120	8.96

Kendal
27 March 1857		402
George Carr Glyn	Whig	Unopposed

Kerry County
7 April 1857		5,427
Henry Arthur Herbert	Peelite	Unopposed
Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Whig	Unopposed

27 May 1857 Resignation of Henry Herbert on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

9 June 1857
Rt Hon Henry Arthur Herbert	Peelite	Unopposed

Kidderminster
28 March 1857		380/502	75.70
Rt Hon Robert Lowe	Whig	234	61.58
William Boycott	Conservative Party	146	38.42
Majority		88	23.16

Kildare County
7 April 1857		3,080
William Henry Ford Cogan	Radical	Unopposed
David O'Connor Henchy	Whig	Unopposed

Kilkenny City
12 April 1857		531
Michael Sullivan	Independent Irish	Unopposed

Kilkenny County
13 April 1857		3,277/5,124	63.95
Hon Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis	Whig	2,589	79.01
John Greene	Independent Irish	1,604	48.95
Hon George Charles Mostyn	Whig	1,324	40.40
William Shee	Whig	1,036	31.61
Majority		280	8.54

Kilmarnock District of Burghs
28 March 1857		1,414
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Whig	Unopposed

Kincardineshire
2 April 1857		997
Hon Henry Hugh Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

King's County
11 April 1857		3,228
Patrick O'Brien	Whig	Unopposed
Loftus Henry Bland	Whig	Unopposed

King's Lynn
27 March 1857		1,055
Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Henry Gurney	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
Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
5 June 1858
Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Kingston upon Hull
28 March 1857		3,247/5,494	59.10
James Clay	Radical	2,365	72.84
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Baron Ashley	Peelite	2,303	70.93
Lord William Compton	Radical	1,392	42.87
William Digby Seymour	Radical	434	13.37
Majority		911	28.06

Kinsale
30 March 1857		149
John Isaac Heard	Whig	Unopposed

Kirkcaldy District of Burghs
28 March 1857		728
Robert Ferguson	Whig	Unopposed

Kirkcudbrightshire
3 April 1857		697/1,312	53.12
James Mackie	Whig	365	52.37
George Maxwell	Independent Liberal	332	47.63
Majority		33	4.73

Knaresborough
27 March 1857		412/270	152.59
Basil Thomas Woodd	Conservative Party	174	84.47
Thomas Collins	Conservative Party	138	66.99
Robert Campbell	Whig	100	48.54
Majority		38	9.22

Lambeth
31 March 1857		10,100/20,276	49.81
William Roupell	Radical	9,318	92.26
William Williams	Radical	7,648	75.72
William Arthur Wilkinson	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
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Bt	Whig	1,233	50.74
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	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
Samuel Gregson	Whig	827	77.36
William James Garnett	Conservative Party	773	72.31
Robert Gladstone	Conservative Party	537	50.23
Majority		236	22.08

Launceston
27 March 1857		438
Hon Josceline William Percy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Leeds
28 March 1857		4,473/6,204	72.10
Rt Hon Matthew Talbot Baines	Whig	2,329	52.07
Robert Hall	Conservative Party	2,237	50.01
John Remington Mills	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
George Skirrow Beecroft	Conservative Party	2,070	50.07
John Remington Mills	Radical	2,064	49.93
Majority		6	0.15

Leicester
30 March 1857		2,331/4,162	56.01
John Dove Harris	Whig	1,618	69.41
John Biggs	Radical	1,603	68.77
Sir Joshua Walmsley	Radical	1,440	61.78
Majority		163	6.99

Leith District of Burghs
28 March 1857		1,522/1,973	77.14
Rt Hon James Moncrieff	Whig	821	53.94
William Miller	Whig	701	46.06
Majority		120	7.88

Leitrim County
20 April 1857		1,587/2,628	60.39
Hugh Lyons Montgomery	Conservative Party	1,549	97.61
John Brady	Independent Irish	985	62.07
Edward King Tenison	Whig	588	37.05
Majority		397	25.02
24 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.

April 1858 Resignation of Hugh Montgomery.

17 April 1858
William Richard Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Leominster
27 March 1857		370
Gathorne Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Pollard Willoughby	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1858 Resignation of John Willoughby on appointment as a member for the Council of India.

22 October 1858
Hon Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Lewes
27 March 1857		724
Rt Hon Henry FitzRoy	Peelite	Unopposed
Hon Henry Bouverie William Brand	Whig	Unopposed

Lichfield
28 March 1857		600
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, Viscount Sandon	Independent Liberal	Unopposed
Lord Alfred Henry Paget	Whig	Unopposed

Limerick City
28 March 1857		1,913
Francis William Russell	Whig	Unopposed
James O'Brien	Whig	Unopposed

1858 Resignation of James O'Brien on his appointment as a judge.

15 February 1858
George Gavin	Independent Irish	767	51.58
John Ball	Whig	720	48.42
Majority		47	3.16
10 May 1858 Petition - George Gavin unseated.

21 May 1858
James Spaight	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Limerick County
4 April 1857		6,428
Rt Hon William Monsell	Peelite	Unopposed
Stephen Edward de Vere	Whig	Unopposed

Lincoln
27 March 1857		1,006/1,405	71.60
Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp	Conservative Party	829	82.41
George Fieschi Heneage	Whig	641	63.72
John Hinde Palmer	Radical	541	53.78
Majority		100	9.94

Linlithgowshire
30 March 1857		427
George Dundas	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
Charles Baillie	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Lisburn
3 April 1857		269/296	90.88
Jonathan Richardson	Conservative Party	138	51.30
James McGarel Hogg	Conservative Party	131	48.70
Majority		7	2.60
21 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Liskeard
27 March 1857		298/373	79.89
Ralph William Grey	Whig	174	58.39
Hon Arthur Hamilton Gordon	Peelite	124	41.61
Majority		50	16.78

Liverpool
30 March 1857		10,502/18,314	57.34
Thomas Berry Horsfall	Conservative Party	7,566	72.04
Joseph Christopher Ewart	Whig	7,121	67.81
Charles Turner	Conservative Party	6,316	60.14
Majority		805	7.67

Londonderry City
28 March 1857		825
Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, bt	Whig	Unopposed

Londonderry County
10 April 1857		3,210/5,081	63.18
James Johnston Clark	Conservative Party	2,404	74.89
Samuel McCurdy Greer	Radical	2,339	72.87
Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, Bt	Conservative Party	1,676	52.21
Majority		663	20.65

Longford County
16 April 1857		1,740/2,577	67.52
Henry White	Whig	1,561	89.71
Fulke Southwell Greville	Whig	1,197	68.79
Hon William Francis Forbes	Whig	772	44.37
Majority		425	24.43

Louth County
10 April 1857		1,868/2,418	77.25
Chichester Samuel Fortescue	Whig	1,276	68.31
John McClintock	Conservative Party	1,064	56.96
Richard Montesquieu Bellew	Whig	891	47.70
Tristram Kennedy	Independent Irish	407	21.79
Majority		173	9.26

Ludlow
27 March 1857		407
Hon Percy Egerton Herbert	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Beriah Botfield	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Lyme Regis
28 March 1857		197/263	74.90
William Pinney	Whig	144	73.10
Sir Thomas George Hesketh, Bt	Conservative Party	53	26.90
Majority		91	46.19

Lymington
28 March 1857		238/323	73.68
William Alexander Mackinnon	Whig	194	81.51
Sir John Rivett Carnac, Bt	Conservative Party	187	78.57
Warren William Richard Peacocke	Conservative Party	83	34.87
Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnstone	Whig	11	4.62
Majority		104	43.70
10 July 1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Macclesfield
28 March 1857		640/1,106	57.87
John Brocklehurst	Whig	637	99.53
Edward Christopher Egerton	Conservative Party	556	86.88
Thomas Huggins	Whig	9	1.41
Majority		547	85.47

Maidstone
30 March 1857		1,452/1,611	90.13
Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Conservative Party	801	55.17
Edward Scott	Conservative Party	759	52.27
William Lee	Radical	689	47.45
Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay	Whig	655	45.11
Majority		70	4.82
8 July 1857 Petition - dismissed.


Maldon
28 March 1857		810/879	92.15
Thomas Sutton Western	Whig	427	52.72
John Bramley Moore	Conservative Party	405	50.00
George Montagu Warren Peacocke	Conservative Party	360	44.44
Majority		45	5.56
1857 Petition - dismissed.


Mallow
31 March 1857		164
Sir Charles Denham Orlando Jephson-Norreys, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Malmesbury
27 March 1857		315
Thomas Luce	Whig	Unopposed

Malton
27 March 1857		594
Hon Charles William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam	Whig	Unopposed
James Brown	Whig	Unopposed

Manchester
30 March 1857		13,634/18,044	75.56
Sir John Potter	Whig	8,368	61.38
James Apsinall Turner	Whig	7,854	57.61
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Radical	5,588	40.99
John Bright	Radical	5,458	40.03
Majority		2,266	16.62
25 October 1858 Death of Sir John Potter.

17 November 1858
Thomas Bazley	Whig	Unopposed

Marlborough
28 March 1857		180/242	74.38
Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce	Peelite	184	102.22
Henry Bingham Baring	Peelite	125	69.44
William David Lewis	Conservative Party	51	28.33
Majority		74	41.11

Marylebone
27 March 1857		20,851
Rt Hon Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt	Whig	Unopposed
Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington	Whig	Unopposed

16 February 1859 Resignation of Viscount Ebrington.

25 February 1859		10,157/20,490	49.57
Edwin John James	Radical	6,803	66.98
Frederick Romilly	Radical	3,354	33.02
Majority		3,449	33.96

Mayo County
10 April 1857		1,706/2,338	72.97
Roger William Henry Palmer	Conservative Party	1,225	71.81
George Henry Moore	Independent Irish	1,160	68.00
George Gore Ouseley Higgins	Whig	1,037	60.79
Majority		123	7.21
14 July 1857 Petition - George Moore unseated.

30 December 1857
Lord John Thomas Browne	Whig	Unopposed

Meath County
6 April 1857		4,177
Matthew Elias Corbally	Independent Irish	Unopposed
Edward Francis McEvoy	Independent Irish	Unopposed

Merionethshire
2 April 1857		1,126
William Watkin Edwards Wynne	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Merthyr Tydvil
1 April 1857		1,263
Henry Austin Bruce	Peelite	Unopposed

Middlesex
29 April 1857		8,305/14,977	55.45
Robert Culling Hanbury	Whig	5,426	65.33
Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	5,327	64.14
Henry Charles Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea	Conservative Party	2,928	35.26
Majority		2,399	28.89
25 August 1857 Resignation of Lord Robert Grosvenor.

3 September 1857		14,977
Hon George Henry Charles Byng	Whig	Unopposed

Midhurst
28 March 1857		411
Samuel Warren	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 February 1859 Resignation of Samuel Warren on appointment as Master in Lunacy.

3 March 1859		429
John Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Monaghan County
8 April 1857		5,093
Charles Powell Leslie	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir George Forster, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Monmouth District of Boroughs
27 March 1857		1,744
Crawshay Bailey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Monmouthshire
2 April 1857		5,099
Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Edward Arthur Somerset	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Montgomery District of Boroughs
27 March 1857		927
David Pugh	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Montgomeryshire
2 April 1857		2,872
Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Montrose District of Burghs
30 March 1857		1,575
William Edward Baxter	Radical	Unopposed

Morpeth
27 March 1857		391
Rt Hon Sir George Grey, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

New Radnor District of Boroughs
28 March 1857		447
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

New Ross
2 April 1857		161/191	84.29
Charles Tottenham	Conservative Party	90	55.90
Samuel Robert Graves	Conservative Party	71	44.10
Majority		19	11.80

Newark-on-Trent
27 March 1857		763
Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln	Peelite	Unopposed
John Handley	Peelite	Unopposed

Newcastle upon Tyne
28 March 1857		3,962/5,962	66.45
George Ridley	Whig	2,445	61.71
Thomas Emerson Headlam	Whig	2,133	53.84
Peter Carstairs	Conservative Party	1,673	42.23
Majority		460	11.61

Newcastle-under-Lyme
30 March 1857		680/997	68.20
Samuel Christy	Peelite	654	96.18
William Jackson	Whig	413	60.74
John Riley	Independent Liberal	113	16.62
Majority		300	44.12
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Newport
23 March 1857		570/654	87.16
Charles Edward Mangles	Whig	305	53.51
Charles Buxton	Whig	294	51.58
Robert William Kennard	Conservative Party	283	49.65
William Anderson Rose	Conservative Party	257	45.09
Majority		11	1.93
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Newry
2 April 1857		478/527	90.70
William Kirk	Whig	246	51.46
Henry Major	Conservative Party	232	48.54
Majority		14	2.93

North Riding, Yorkshire
1 April 1857		9,672/12,238	79.03
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	5,259	54.37
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Whig	4,641	47.98
Hon John Charles Dundas	Whig	4,185	43.27
Majority		456	4.71

Northallerton
28 March 1857		255/272	93.75
William Battie-Wrightson	Whig	129	50.59
Hon Egremont William Lascelles	Conservative Party	126	49.41
Majority		3	1.18

Northampton
30 March 1857		1,860/2,375	78.32
Rt Hon Robert Vernon Smith	Whig	1,079	58.01
Charles Gilpin	Radical	1,011	54.35
George Ward Hunt	Conservative Party	815	43.82
Majority		196	10.54

Northern Cheshire
4 April 1857		6,693
William Tatton Egerton	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Cornwall Legh	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 July 1858 Resignation of William Egerton.

7 August 1858
Wilbraham Egerton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Derbyshire
6 April 1857		5,336
Hon George Henry Cavendish	Whig	Unopposed
William Pole Thornhill	Independent Liberal	Unopposed

Northern Devon
6 April 1857		5,866/7,264	80.75
James Wentworth Buller	Whig	3,652	62.26
Hon Charles Henry Rolle Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis	Conservative Party	2,322	39.58
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, bt	Conservative Party	2,105	35.88
Majority		217	3.70

Northern Durham
30 March 1857		5,847
Robert Duncombe Shafto	Whig	Unopposed
Lord Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane-Tempest	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Essex
31 March 1857		5,553
Rt Hon William Beresford	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Charles du Cane	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Hampshire
6 April 1857		2,261/3,149	71.80
William Withey Bramston Beach	Conservative Party	1,419	62.76
George Sclater	Conservative Party	1,365	60.37
Dudley Wilmot Carleton	Whig	846	37.42
Majority		519	22.95

Northern Lancashire
31 March 1857		12,352
John Wilson Patten	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Baron Cavendish	Whig	Unopposed

Northern Leicestershire
6 April 1857		3,010/3,890	77.38
Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	1,787	59.37
Edward Basil Farnham	Conservative Party	1,733	57.57
Charles Hay Frewen	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
Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Northamptonshire
30 March 1857		3,800
Augustus Stafford O'Brien-Stafford	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Alleyne Cecil, Baron Burghley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

15 November 1857 Death of Augustus O'Brien-Stafford.

16 December 1857
George Ward Hunt	Conservative Party	1,461	56.63
Hon Fitzpatrick Henry Vernon	Whig	1,119	43.37
Majority		342	13.26

Northern Northumberland
2 April 1857		3,296
Algernon George Percy, Baron Lovaine	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Charles Augustus Bennet, Viscount Ossulston	Conservative Party	Unopposed

8 March 1858 Resignation of Baron Lovaine on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.

11 March 1858
Algernon George Percy, Baron Lovaine	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 March 1859 Resignation of Baron Lovaine on appointment as Vice President of Council for Trade.

10 March 1859
Algernon George Percy, Baron Lovaine	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Nottinghamshire
31 March 1857		4,028
Lord Robert Renebald Pelham-Clinton	Peelite	Unopposed
John Evelyn Denison	Whig	Unopposed

Northern Shropshire
31 March 1857		4,227
John Whitehall Dod	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Rowland Clegg Hill	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Staffordshire
4 April 1857		7,009/9,536	73.50
Charles Bowyer Adderley	Conservative Party	4,112	58.67
Smith Child	Conservative Party	3,865	55.14
Edward Buller-Yarde-Buller	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
Charles Bowyer Adderley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Warwickshire
1 April 1857		6,832
Charles Newdigate Newdegate	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Richard Spooner	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Wiltshire
30 March 1857		4,400
Walter Long	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1858 Resignation of Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.

5 March 1858
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 March 1859 Resignation of Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department.

8 March 1859
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Norwich
30 March 1857		3,879/6,175	62.82
Hon Henry William Schneider	Radical	2,247	57.93
William Coutts Keppel, Viscount Bury	Whig	2,238	57.70
Sir Samuel Bignold	Conservative Party	1,636	42.18
Majority		602	15.52

Nottingham
26 March 1857		2,422/5,650	42.87
Charles Paget	Radical	2,393	98.80
John Walter	Peelite	1,836	75.81
Ernest Charles Jones	Chartist	614	25.35
Majority		1,222	50.45

Oldham
31 March 1857		1,391/2,098	66.30
John Morgan Cobbett	Radical	949	68.22
James Platt	Radical	934	67.15
William Johnson Fox	Radical	898	64.56
Majority		36	2.59
27 August 1857 Death of James Platt.

19 October 1857		2,098
William Johnson Fox	Radical	Unopposed

Orkney & Shetland
8 April 1857		615
Frederick Dundas	Whig	Unopposed

Oxford
31 March 1857		1,995/2,656	75.11
James Haughton Langston	Whig	1,671	83.76
Charles Neate	Whig	1,057	52.98
Rt Hon Edward Cardwell	Peelite	1,016	50.93
Stephen Gaselee	Radical	245	12.28
Majority		41	2.06
8 July 1857 Petition - Charles Neate unseated.

21 July 1857		2,103/2,656	79.18
Rt Hon Edward Cardwell	Peelite	1,085	51.59
William Makepeace Thackeray	Independent Liberal	1,018	48.41
Majority		67	3.19

Oxford University
27 March 1857		3,538
Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone	Peelite	Unopposed
Sir William Heathcote, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1859 Resignation of Rt Hon William Gladstone on appointment as High Commissioner to the Ionian Islands.

12 February 1859
Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone	Peelite	Unopposed

Oxfordshire
30 March 1857		5,119
Rt Hon Joseph Warner Henley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Sidney North	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Granville Vernon Harcourt	Peelite	Unopposed

26 February 1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Henley on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.

6 March 1858
Rt Hon Joseph Warner Henley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Paisley
1 April 1857		1,139/1,305	87.28
Archibald Hastie	Radical	611	53.64
Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing	Whig	524	46.01
Charles Favell Forth Wordsworth	Chartist	4	0.35
Majority		87	7.64
December 1857 Death of Archibald Hastie.

11 December 1857		865/1,349	64.12
Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing	Whig	767	88.67
William Taylor Haly	Radical	98	11.33
Majority		669	77.34

Parts of Kesteven & Holland, Lincolnshire
1 April 1857		7,016/8,287	84.66
Rt Hon Sir John Trollope, Bt	Conservative Party	4,020	57.30
Anthony Wilson	Conservative Party	3,636	51.82
George Hussey Packe	Whig	3,188	45.44
Majority		448	6.39

Parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire
31 March 1857		12,435
James Banks Stanhope	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Montagu John Cholmeley, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Peeblesshire
31 March 1857		394
Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Pembroke District of Boroughs
27 March 1857		810
Sir John Lord Owen, bt	Peelite	Unopposed

Pembrokeshire
31 March 1857		2,784
John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, Viscount Emlyn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Penryn & Falmouth
27 March 1857		856
Thomas George Baring	Whig	Unopposed
Samuel Gurney	Independent Liberal	Unopposed

May 1857 Resignation of Thomas Baring on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

27 May 1857		856
Thomas George Baring	Whig	Unopposed

Perth
26 March 1857		947
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Whig	Unopposed

Perthshire
28 March 1857		3,415
William Stirling	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Peterborough
28 March 1857		384/542	70.85
Hon George Wentworth Fitzwilliam	Whig	321	83.59
Thomson Hankey	Whig	266	69.27
George Hammond Whalley	Radical	181	47.14
Majority		85	22.14
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Petersfield
27 March 1857		331
Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Plymouth
28 March 1857		2,895/2,604	111.18
Robert Porrett Collier	Whig	1,167	80.62
James White	Whig	1,106	76.41
John Hardy	Conservative Party	622	42.97
Majority		484	16.72

Pontefract
28 March 1857		566/705	80.28
Richard Monckton Milnes	Whig	439	77.56
William Wood	Whig	374	66.08
Benjamin Oliveira	Whig	319	56.36
Majority		55	9.72
1857 Petition - dismissed.


Poole
28 March 1857		249/539	46.20
Henry Danby Seymour	Whig	211	84.74
George Woodroffe Franklyn	Conservative Party	189	75.90
William Taylor Haly	Radical	98	39.36
Majority		91	36.55

Portarlington
31 March 1857		78/93	83.87
Hon Lionel Seymour William Dawson-Damer	Conservative Party	42	53.85
Francis Plunkett Dunne	Conservative Party	36	46.15
Majority		6	7.69

Portsmouth
30 March 1857		2,247/3,671	61.21
Sir James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, Bt	Conservative Party	1,522	67.73
Rt Hon Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bt	Whig	1,496	66.58
Charles Stanley Monck, Viscount Monck	Whig	1,476	65.69
Majority		20	0.89
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Preston
30 March 1857		2,015/2,793	72.14
Charles Pascoe Grenfell	Whig	1,503	74.59
Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	1,433	71.12
Sir George Strickland, Bt	Whig	1,094	54.29
Majority		339	16.82
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Queen's County
11 April 1857		2,257/3,419	66.01
Sir Charles Henry Coote, Bt	Conservative Party	1,850	81.97
Michael Dunne	Whig	1,424	63.09
Rt Hon John Wilson Fitzpatrick	Whig	1,239	54.90
Majority		185	8.20

Radnorshire
30 March 1857		1,662
Sir John Benn Walsh, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Reading
27 March 1857		1,431
Francis Pigott	Whig	Unopposed
Henry Singer Keating	Whig	Unopposed

1857 Resignation of Henry Keating on appointment as Solicitor-General.

2 June 1857		1,431
Henry Singer Keating	Whig	Unopposed

Reigate
28 March 1857		355/442	80.32
William Hackblock	Independent Liberal	228	64.23
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson	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
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson	Whig	212	50.12
Frederick Doulton	Radical	116	27.42
Hon William John Monson	Whig	95	22.46
Majority		96	22.70
23 October 1858
Hon William John Monson	Whig	225	51.72
William Arthur Wilkinson	Radical	210	48.28
Majority		15	3.45

Renfrewshire
31 March 1857		2,877
Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Richmond
27 March 1857		342
Henry Rich	Whig	Unopposed
Marmaduke Wyvill	Whig	Unopposed

Ripon
27 March 1857		339
John Greenwood	Whig	Unopposed
John Ashley Warre	Whig	Unopposed

Rochdale
30 March 1857		1,020/1,255	81.27
Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt	Conservative Party	532	52.16
Edward Miall	Radical	488	47.84
Majority		44	4.31
1857 Petition - dismissed.


Rochester
30 March 1857		1,180
Philip Wykeham Martin	Radical	Unopposed
John Alexander Kinglake	Radical	Unopposed

Roscommon County
7 April 1857		2,890
Fitzstephen French	Whig	Unopposed
Oliver Dowell John Grace	Whig	Unopposed

Ross & Cromarty
2 April 1857		825
Sir James Matheson, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Roxburghshire
2 April 1857		1,650
Hon John Edmund Elliot	Whig	Unopposed

Rutlandshire
30 March 1857		1,822
Hon Gilbert Henry Heathcote	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Gerard James Noel	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Rye
27 March 1857		462
William Alexander Mackinnon	Peelite	Unopposed

Salford
28 March 1857		3,144/4,028	78.05
William Nathaniel Massey	Radical	1,880	59.80
Sir Elkanah Armitage	Radical	1,264	40.20
Majority		616	19.59

Salisbury
27 March 1857		650
Edward Pery Buckley	Whig	Unopposed
Matthew Henry Marsh	Whig	Unopposed

Sandwich
28 March 1857		847/1,008	84.03
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen	Whig	547	64.58
Lord Clarence Edward Paget	Whig	503	59.39
James McGregor	Conservative Party	322	38.02
John Lang	Conservative Party	24	2.83
Majority		181	21.37
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Scarborough
28 March 1857		662/934	70.88
Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, bt	Peelite	540	81.57
Rt Hon George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave	Whig	508	76.74
Dr Augustus Frederick Bayford	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
John Dent Dent	Whig	373	57.12
George John Cayley	Conservative Party	280	42.88
Majority		93	14.24

Selkirkshire
31 March 1857		362
Allen Eliott Lockhart	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Shaftesbury
27 April 1857		540
George Grenfell Glyn	Whig	Unopposed

Sheffield
30 March 1857		5,095/6,874	74.12
John Arthur Roebuck	Independent Liberal	3,200	62.81
George Hadfield	Radical	2,871	56.35
William Overend	Conservative Party	2,059	40.41
Majority		812	15.94

Shoreham
31 March 1857		1,386/1,800	77.00
Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, bt	Conservative Party	991	71.50
Lord Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	806	58.15
Henry Williams Pemberton	Independent Liberal	487	35.14
Majority		319	23.02

Shrewsbury
28 March 1857		1,217/1,617	75.26
George Tomline	Peelite	706	58.01
Robert Aglionby Slaney	Whig	695	57.11
John Walter Huddleston	Conservative Party	548	45.03
Richard Phibbs	Conservative Party	484	39.77
Majority		147	12.08

Sligo
2 April 1857		294/345	85.22
John Patrick Somers	Whig	150	51.02
Rt Hon John Arthur Wynne	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
Sir Robert Gore-Booth, Bt	Conservative Party	1,471	82.83
Edward Joshua Cooper	Conservative Party	1,471	82.83
John Ball	Whig	305	17.17
Richard Swift	Independent Irish	5	0.28
Majority		1,166	65.65

South Shields
27 March 1857		1,079
Robert Ingham	Whig	Unopposed

Southampton
11 March 1857		3,508
Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Whig	Unopposed
Brodie McGhie Willcox	Whig	Unopposed

Southern Cheshire
3 April 1857		7,068
Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Tollemache	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Derbyshire
4 April 1857		5,675/7,102	79.91
Thomas William Evans	Whig	3,922	69.11
Charles Robert Colvile	Peelite	3,350	59.03
Samuel William Clowes	Conservative Party	2,105	37.09
Arthur Philip Stanhope, Baron Stanhope	Conservative Party	1,972	34.75
Majority		1,245	21.94

Southern Devon
30 March 1857		9,625
Sir John Buller Yarde-Buller, bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Lawrence Palk	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
Samuel Trehawke Kekewich	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Durham
6 April 1857		4,647/5,565	83.50
Henry Pease	Whig	2,570	55.30
Lord Harry George Vane	Whig	2,542	54.70
James Farrer	Conservative Party	2,091	45.00
Majority		451	9.71

Southern Essex
4 April 1857		4,336/6,169	70.29
Thomas William Bramston	Conservative Party	2,332	53.78
Richard Baker Wingfield	Whig	2,119	48.87
Sir William Bowyer-Smijth	Conservative Party	2,102	48.48
Majority		17	0.39

Southern Hampshire
4 April 1857		5,525
Sir Jervoise Clarke Clarke-Jervois, Bt	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Ralph Heneage Dutton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Lancashire
1 April 1857		20,460
William Brown	Radical	Unopposed
John Cheetham	Radical	Unopposed

Southern Leicestershire
30 March 1857		5,205
Charles William Packe	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Augustus Frederick Louis Howe, Viscount Curzon	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Northamptonshire
6 April 1857		3,870/4,675	82.78
John Poyntz Spencer, Viscount Althorp	Whig	2,107	54.44
Rainald Knightley	Conservative Party	1,932	49.92
Richard Henry Richard Howard-Vyse	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
Henry Cartwright	Conservative Party	1,983	51.08
Anthony Henley Henley, Baron Henley	Whig	1,899	48.92
Majority		84	2.16

Southern Northumberland
31 March 1857		5,608
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Whig	Unopposed
Hon Henry George Liddell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Nottinghamshire
30 March 1857		3,654
William Hodgson Barrow	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sydney William Herbert Pierrepont, Viscount Newark	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Shropshire
30 March 1857		3,183
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, Viscount Newport	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Robert Windsor Clive	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1858 Resignation of Viscount Newport on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of H M Household.

9 March 1858
Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, Viscount Newport	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Staffordshire
31 March 1857		11,202
William Orme Foster	Whig	Unopposed
Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley	Whig	Unopposed

Southern Warwickshire
3 April 1857		3,522
Evelyn Philip Shirley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Edward Bolton King	Whig	Unopposed

Southern Wiltshire
1 April 1857		2,116/3,239	65.33
Rt Hon Sidney Herbert	Peelite	1,517	71.69
William Wyndham	Whig	1,445	68.29
Lord Henry Frederick Thynne	Conservative Party	1,269	59.97
Majority		176	8.32

Southwark
31 March 1857		5,069/10,170	49.84
Sir Charles Napier	Radical	3,991	78.73
John Locke	Radical	3,647	71.95
Apsley Pellatt	Radical	2,499	49.30
Majority		1,148	22.65

St Andrews District of Burghs
30 March 1857		559/714	78.29
Edward Ellice	Whig	357	63.86
Francis Brown Douglas	Peelite	202	36.14
Majority		155	27.73

St Ives
27 March 1857		536
Henry Paull	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Stafford
28 March 1857		1,012/1,252	80.83
John Ayshford Wise	Whig	993	98.12
Charles John Chetwynd Talbot, Viscount Ingestre	Conservative Party	745	73.62
Hon Frederick William Cadogan	Whig	286	28.26
Majority		459	45.36

Stamford
27 March 1857		529
Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Frederic Thesiger	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
John Inglis	Conservative Party	Unopposed
17 July 1858
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Stirling District of Burghs
30 March 1857		1,149
Sir James Anderson	Radical	Unopposed

Stirlingshire
2 April 1857		1,973
Peter Blackburn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

March 1859 Resignation of Peter Blackburn on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

14 March 1859
Peter Blackburn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Stockport
28 March 1857		1,277/1,417	90.12
James Kershaw	Radical	834	65.31
John Benjamin Smith	Radical	606	47.45
William Gibb	Conservative Party	557	43.62
Majority		49	3.84

Stoke-on-Trent
28 March 1857		2,054/2,115	97.12
William Taylor Copeland	Conservative Party	1,261	61.39
John Lewis Ricardo	Whig	822	40.02
Hon Edward Frederic Leveson-Gower	Whig	764	37.20
Majority		58	2.82

Stroud
27 March 1857		1,287
Edward Horsman	Whig	Unopposed
George Julius Poulett Scrope	Whig	Unopposed

Sunderland
28 March 1857		1,534/2,493	61.53
Henry Fenwick	Whig	1,123	73.21
George Hudson	Conservative Party	1,081	70.47
Ralph Walters	Radical	863	56.26
Majority		218	14.21
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Sutherland
2 April 1857		264
George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford	Whig	Unopposed

Swansea District of Boroughs
27 March 1857		1,901
Lewis Llewellyn Dillwyn	Whig	Unopposed

Tamworth
27 March 1857		419
Sir Robert Peel, bt	Peelite	Unopposed
John Villiers Stuart Townshend, Viscount Raynham	Whig	Unopposed

Taunton
28 March 1857		605/887	68.21
Rt Hon Henry Labouchere	Whig	442	73.06
Arthur Mills	Conservative Party	401	66.28
Hon William Frederick Campbell	Whig	366	60.50
Majority		35	5.79
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Tavistock
28 March 1857		285/395	72.15
Hon George Henry Charles Byng	Whig	242	84.91
Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, Bt	Radical	198	69.47
Samuel Carter	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
Arthur John Edward Russell	Whig	164	57.75
Edward Miall	Radical	120	42.25
Majority		44	15.49

Tewkesbury
28 March 1857		261/371	70.35
Hon Frederick Lygon	Conservative Party	200	76.63
John Martin	Whig	169	64.75
Humphrey Brown	Whig	127	48.66
Edward William Cox	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
Hon Frederick Lygon	Conservative Party	171	100.00
Humphrey Brown	Whig
Majority		171	100.00

Thetford
27 March 1857		218
Hon Francis Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Henry Fitzroy, Earl of Euston	Whig	Unopposed

30 November 1857 Resignation of Hon Francis Baring.

9 December 1857
Alexander Hugh Baring	Whig	Unopposed

Thirsk
27 March 1857		398
Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Tipperary County
14 April 1857		8,964
Daniel O'Donoghue, The O'Donoghue	Independent Irish	Unopposed
Laurence Waldron	Whig	Unopposed

Tiverton
27 March 1857		482
John Heathcoat	Whig	Unopposed
Rt Hon Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston	Whig	Unopposed

Totnes
28 March 1857		248/315	78.73
George Hay, Earl of Gifford	Whig	171	68.95
Thomas Mills	Whig	150	60.48
James Thomas Mackenzie	Peelite	118	47.58
John Gregory	Peelite	57	22.98
Majority		32	12.90
1857 Petition - withdrawn.


Tower Hamlets
30 March 1857		10,882/27,980	38.89
Acton Smee Ayrton	Radical	7,813	71.80
Charles Salisbury Butler	Radical	7,297	67.06
Sir William Clay, Bt	Radical	6,654	61.15
Majority		643	5.91

Tralee
1 April 1857		248
Daniel O'Connell	Whig	Unopposed

Truro
27 March 1857		646
Augustus Smith	Whig	Unopposed
Edward Brydges Willyams	Whig	Unopposed

Tynemouth & North Shields
27 March 1857		1,048
William Schaw Lindsay	Whig	Unopposed

Tyrone County
4 April 1857		7,393
Rt Hon Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Lord Claude Hamilton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1858 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Claude Hamilton on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household.

11 March 1858
Rt Hon Lord Claude Hamilton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Wakefield
27 March 1857		906
John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Wallingford
28 March 1857		284/371	76.55
Richard Malins	Conservative Party	149	52.46
Alfred Sartoris	Whig	135	47.54
Majority		14	4.93

Walsall
27 March 1857		1,188
Charles Forster	Radical	Unopposed

Wareham
28 March 1857		283/312	90.71
John Hales Calcraft	Whig	143	50.53
John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax	Conservative Party	140	49.47
Majority		3	1.06
1857 Petition - dismissed.


Warrington
27 March 1857		720
Gilbert Greenall	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Warwick
27 March 1857		734
Edward Greaves	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George William John Repton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Waterford City
2 April 1857		785/1,160	67.67
John Aloysius Blake	Independent Irish	519	66.11
Michael Dobbin Hassard	Conservative Party	479	61.02
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bt	Whig	330	42.04
Andrew Carew O'Dwyer	Radical	242	30.83
Majority		149	37.96

Waterford County
8 April 1857		3,293
Nicholas Mahon Power	Radical	Unopposed
John Esmonde	Whig	Unopposed

Wells
27 March 1857		343
William Goodenough Hayter	Whig	Unopposed
Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Wenlock
27 March 1857		871
Rt Hon George Cecil Weld Weld-Forester	Conservative Party	Unopposed
James Milnes Gaskell	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
Rt Hon George Cecil Weld Weld-Forester	Conservative Party	Unopposed

West Riding, Yorkshire
30 March 1857		37,513
Edmund Beckett Denison	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Viscount Goderich	Whig	Unopposed

28 January 1859 Succession of Viscount Goderich to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Ripon.

21 February 1859
Sir John William Ramsden, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Westbury
27 March 1857		342
Sir Massey Lopes, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Cornwall
8 April 1857		4,542
Michael Williams	Whig	Unopposed
Richard Davey	Whig	Unopposed

15 June 1858 Death of Michael Williams.

5 July 1858
John St Aubyn	Radical	Unopposed

Western Cumberland
6 April 1857		3,391/4,389	77.26
Hon Henry Wyndham	Conservative Party	1,848	54.50
Henry Lowther	Conservative Party	1,825	53.82
Wilfrid Lawson	Radical	1,554	45.83
Majority		271	7.99

Western Gloucestershire
31 March 1857		9,250
Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote	Whig	Unopposed
John Rolt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Kent
3 April 1857		5,323/8,949	59.48
Charles Wykeham Martin	Peelite	3,896	73.19
James Whatman	Radical	3,578	67.22
William Masters Smith	Conservative Party	3,171	59.57
Majority		407	7.65

Western Norfolk
30 March 1857		7,179
George William Pierrepont Bentinck	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Brampton Gurdon	Whig	Unopposed

Western Somerset
1 April 1857		7,323
Charles Aaron Moody	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Suffolk
31 March 1857		4,084
Philip Bennet	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Harry Spencer Waddington	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Surrey
6 April 1857		2,734/3,920	69.74
John Ivatt Briscoe	Whig	1,439	52.63
Henry Drummond	Conservative Party	1,386	50.69
Henry Currie	Conservative Party	1,204	44.04
Majority		182	6.66

Western Sussex
31 March 1857		2,941
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Henry Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1859 Resignation of Earl of March on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.

9 March 1859		2,853
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Worcestershire
30 March 1857
Frederic Winn Knight	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Henry Lygon, Viscount Elmley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Westmeath County
3 April 1857		3,520
William Henry Magan	Whig	Unopposed
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge, bt	Independent Irish	Unopposed

Westminster
26 March 1857		13,182
Sir George de Lacy Evans	Radical	Unopposed
Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Westmorland
31 March 1857		4,168
Hon Henry Cecil Lowther	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Wexford
20 March 1857		314
John Thomas Devereux	Whig	Unopposed

Wexford County
10 April 1857		9,698/6,371	152.22
Patrick McMahon	Independent Irish	4,306	88.80
John Hatchell	Whig	2,870	59.19
John George	Conservative Party	2,522	52.01
Majority		348	3.59

Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
27 March 1857		534/681	78.41
William Lockyer Freestun	Whig	446	83.52
Robert James Roy Campbell	Whig	349	65.36
George Medd Butt	Conservative Party	272	50.94
Majority		77	14.42
1857 Petition - dismissed.


Whitby
27 March 1857		532
Robert Stephenson	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Whitehaven
27 March 1857		555
Robert Charles Hildyard	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 December 1857 Death of Robert Hildyard.

17 December 1857
George Lyall	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Wick District of Burghs
11 April 1857		531/635	83.62
Lord John Hay	Whig	318	59.89
A Mackenzie Shaw	Whig	213	40.11
Majority		105	19.77

Wicklow County
16 April 1857		2,305/3,358	68.64
William Thomas Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton	Whig	1,970	85.47
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Hume	Conservative Party	1,610	69.85
Hon Richard Monck	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
Granville Leveson Proby, Baron Proby	Whig	Unopposed

Wigan
28 March 1857		624/797	78.29
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	492	78.85
Henry Woods	Whig	447	71.63
Hon James Lindsay	Conservative Party	309	49.52
Majority		138	22.12

Wigtown District of Burghs
1 April 1857		694
Sir William Dunbar, bt	Whig	Unopposed

Wigtownshire
4 April 1857		1,357
Sir Andrew Agnew, Bt	Whig	Unopposed

Wilton
27 March 1857		251
Edmund Antrobus	Peelite	Unopposed

Winchester
28 March 1857		518/842	61.52
John Bonham Carter	Whig	398	76.83
Sir James Buller East, Bt	Conservative Party	384	74.13
Wyndham Spencer Portal	Whig	253	48.84
Majority		131	25.29

Windsor
27 March 1857		450/642	70.09
William Vansittart	Conservative Party	325	72.22
Charles William Grenfell	Whig	289	64.22
Samson Ricardo	Whig	286	63.56
Majority		3	0.67

Wolverhampton
27 March 1857		3,611
Thomas Thornely	Radical	Unopposed
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical	Unopposed

Woodstock
27 March 1857		336
John Winston Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 July 1857 Succession of the Marquess of Blandford to the Peerage - 7th Duke of Marlborough.

24 July 1857
Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Worcester
28 March 1857		1,378/2,530	54.47
William Laslett	Radical	1,137	82.51
Osman Ricardo	Whig	1,003	72.79
Thomas Sidney	Peelite	615	44.63
Majority		388	28.16

Wycombe
27 March 1857		390
Sir George Henry Dashwood, Bt	Whig	Unopposed
Martin Tucker Smith	Whig	Unopposed

York
30 March 1857		2,042/4,236	48.21
Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead	Whig	1,548	75.81
John George Smyth	Conservative Party	1,530	74.93
Malcolm Lewin	Radical	1,006	49.27
Majority		524	25.66

Youghal
28 March 1857		220
Isaac Butt	Peelite	Unopposed