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Summary
LIB	381
CON	272
LIB/CON	2
Ind LIB	1
Speaker	1
Ind CON	1


Aberdeen
17 November 1868		8,312
William Henry Sykes	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 June 1872 Death of William Sykes.

29 June 1872		7,711/13,996	55.09
John Farley Leith	Liberal Party	4,392	56.96
James William Barclay	Liberal Party	2,615	33.91
James Shaw	Conservative Party	704	9.13
Majority		1,777	23.05

Aberdeen & Glasgow Universities
8 December 1868		4,087/4,500	90.82
Rt Hon James Moncrieff	Liberal Party	2,067	50.57
Edward Strathearn Gordon	Conservative Party	2,020	49.43
Majority		47	1.15
December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon James Moncrieff on appointment as Lord Advocate.

29 December 1868		4,368
Rt Hon James Moncrieff	Liberal Party	Unopposed
22 November 1869
Edward Strathearn Gordon	Conservative Party	2,120	56.75
Archibald Smith	Liberal Party	1,616	43.25
Majority		504	13.49

Abingdon
18 November 1868		721/801	90.01
Hon Charles Hugh Lindsay	Conservative Party	397	55.06
Godfrey Lushington	Liberal Party	324	44.94
Majority		73	10.12

Andover
17 November 1868		684/775	88.26
Hon Dudley Francis Fortescue	Liberal Party	377	55.12
Henry Wellesley	Conservative Party	307	44.88
Majority		70	10.23

Anglesea
20 November 1868		3,496
Richard Davies	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Antrim County
23 November 1868		11,715
Hon Edward O'Neill	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Henry Seymour	Conservative Party	Unopposed

25 July 1869 Death of George Seymour.

21 August 1869		7,882/11,715	67.28
Hugh de Gray Seymour	Conservative Party	5,588	70.90
Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, Bt	Liberal Party	2,294	29.10
Majority		3,294	41.79

Argyll
24 November 1868		2,870
John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Armagh City
17 November 1868		603
John Vance	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Armagh County
21 November 1868		7,443
Sir William Verner, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir James Matthew Stronge, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

20 January 1873 Death of Sir William Verner, Bt.

15 February 1873		7,044
Edward Wingfield Verner	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Ashton-under-Lyne
18 November 1868		4,427/4,822	91.81
Thomas Walton Mellor	Conservative Party	2,318	52.36
Rt Hon Thomas Milner Gibson	Liberal Party	2,109	47.64
Majority		209	4.72

Athlone
20 November 1868		266/318	83.65
John James Ennis	Liberal Party	154	57.89
Robert Preston Bayley	Conservative Party	111	41.73
John Staniforth	Liberal Party	1	0.38
Majority		43	16.17

Aylesbury
19 November 1868		2,091/3,602	58.05
Nathaniel Mayer de Rothschild	Liberal Party	1,772	84.74
Samuel George Smith	Conservative Party	1,468	70.21
George Howell	Liberal/Labour	942	45.05
Majority		526	25.16

Ayr District of Burghs
23 November 1868		2,141/2,565	83.47
Edward Henry John Crauford	Liberal Party	1,116	52.13
J Anderson	Liberal Party	1,025	47.87
Majority		91	4.25

Banbury
17 November 1868		1,169/1,524	76.71
Bernhard Samuelson	Liberal Party	772	66.04
George Stratton	Conservative Party	397	33.96
Majority		375	32.08

Bandon
21 November 1868		278/295	94.24
William Shaw	Liberal Party	141	50.72
Hon Henry Boyle Bernard	Conservative Party	137	49.28
Majority		4	1.44

Banffshire
19 November 1868		2,291
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Barnstaple
18 November 1868		1,517/1,596	95.05
Thomas Cave	Liberal Party	791	52.14
Charles Henry Williams	Conservative Party	788	51.94
William Herbert Evans	Liberal Party	667	43.97
Majority		121	7.98

Bath
18 November 1868		4,357/5,024	86.72
Sir William Tite	Liberal Party	2,478	56.87
Dr Donald Dalrymple	Liberal Party	2,187	50.20
James Macnaghten Hogg	Conservative Party	2,024	46.45
Majority		163	3.74
20 April 1873 Death of Sir William Tite.

7 May 1873		4,242/5,182	81.86
George Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea	Conservative Party	2,251	53.06
Jerom Murch	Liberal Party	1,991	46.94
Majority		260	6.13
8 June 1873 Succession of Viscount Chelsea to the Peerage - 5th Earl Cadogan.

28 June 1873		4,350/5,182	83.94
Arthur Edward Holland Grey Egerton, Viscount Grey de Wilton	Conservative Party	2,194	50.44
Arthur Divett Hayter	Liberal Party	2,143	49.26
John Charles Cox	Independent Liberal	13	0.30
Majority		51	1.17
September 1873 Death of Dr Donald Dalrymple.

9 October 1873		4,338/5,182	83.71
Arthur Divett Hayter	Liberal Party	2,210	50.95
William Forsyth	Conservative Party	2,071	47.74
Charles Thompson	Liberal Party	57	1.31
Majority		139	3.20

Beaumaris District of Boroughs
19 November 1868		1,591/1,944	81.84
Hon William Owen Stanley	Liberal Party	941	59.15
Morgan Lloyd	Liberal Party	650	40.85
Majority		291	18.29

Bedford
18 November 1868		1,907/2,127	89.66
James Howard	Liberal Party	1,311	68.75
Samuel Whitbread	Liberal Party	1,242	65.13
Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner	Conservative Party	769	40.33
Edward Loughlin O'Malley	Conservative Party	491	25.75
Majority		473	24.80

Bedfordshire
16 November 1868		6,680
Francis Charles Hastings Russell	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Richard Thomas Gilpin	Conservative Party	Unopposed

17 May 1872 Succession of Francis Russell to the Peerage - 9th Duke of Bedford.

27 June 1872		4,700/6,580	71.43
Francis Bassett	Liberal Party	2,450	52.13
William Stuart	Conservative Party	2,250	47.87
Majority		200	4.26

Belfast
21 November 1868		9,750/12,168	80.13
William Johnston	Conservative Party	5,975	61.28
Thomas McClure	Liberal Party	4,202	43.10
Sir Charles Lanyon	Conservative Party	3,540	36.31
John Mulholland	Conservative Party	1,580	16.21
Majority		662	6.79
27 January 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Berkshire
28 November 1868		5,800/7,647	75.85
Richard Benyon	Conservative Party	3,231	55.71
Robert James Loyd-Lindsay	Conservative Party	3,171	54.67
John Walter	Liberal Party	2,747	47.36
Hon Auberon Edward William Molyneaux Herbert	Liberal Party	2,450	42.24
Majority		297	5.12

Berwick-upon-Tweed
17 November 1868		1,105/1,415	78.09
William Coutts Keppel, Viscount Bury	Liberal Party	669	60.54
John Stapleton	Liberal Party	609	55.11
George Wallace Carpenter	Conservative Party	508	45.97
Richard Hodgson	Conservative Party	424	38.37
Majority		101	9.14

Berwickshire
20 November 1868		1,580
David Robertson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 June 1873 Elevation of David Robertson to the Peerage - Baron Marjoribanks.

30 June 1873		1,232/1,595	77.24
William Miller	Liberal Party	623	50.57
Charles Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass	Conservative Party	609	49.43
Majority		14	1.14

Beverley
17 November 1868		1,877/2,672	70.25
Sir Henry Edwards, Bt	Conservative Party	1,132	60.31
Edmund Hegan Kennard	Conservative Party	986	52.53
Hon Marmaduke C Maxwell	Liberal Party	895	47.68
Anthony Trollope	Liberal Party	740	39.42
Majority		91	4.85
11 March 1869 Petition - election declared void.

4 July 1870 As a result of a Royal Commission which found proof of extensive bribery, the Borough was disenfranchised.


Bewdley
17 November 1868		936/1,043	89.74
Sir Richard Atwood Glass	Conservative Party	518	55.34
Thomas Lloyd	Liberal Party	418	44.66
Majority		100	10.68
19 January 1869 Petition - Sir Richard Glass unseated.

11 March 1869		940/1,043	90.12
John Cunliffe Pickersgill Cunliffe	Conservative Party	477	50.74
Hon Augustus Henry Archibald Anson	Liberal Party	463	49.26
Majority		14	1.49
30 April 1869 Petition - John Cunliffe unseated and Hon Augustus Anson declared elected after scrutiny.


Birkenhead
18 November 1868		4,960/5,892	84.18
John Laird	Conservative Party	2,921	58.89
Sherard Osborn	Liberal Party	2,039	41.11
Majority		882	17.78

Birmingham
18 November 1868		22,685/42,042	53.96
George Dixon	Liberal Party	15,198	67.00
Philip Henry Muntz	Liberal Party	14,614	64.42
John Bright	Liberal Party	14,601	64.36
Sampson Samuel Lloyd	Conservative Party	8,700	38.35
Sebastian Evans	Conservative Party	7,061	31.13
Majority		5,901	26.01
9 December 1868 Resignation of John Bright on appointment as President of the Board of Trade.

21 December 1868		42,042
John Bright	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1873 Resignation of John Bright as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

20 October 1873
John Bright	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Blackburn
16 November 1868		9,148/9,183	99.62
William Henry Hornby	Conservative Party	4,907	53.64
Joseph Feilden	Conservative Party	4,826	52.75
John Gerald Potter	Liberal Party	4,399	48.09
Montague Joseph Feilden	Liberal Party	4,164	45.52
Majority		427	4.67
16 March 1869 Petition - election declared void.

30 March 1869		8,602/9,183	93.67
Edward Kenworthy Hornby	Conservative Party	4,738	55.08
Henry Master Feilden	Conservative Party	4,697	54.60
John Gerald Potter	Liberal Party	3,964	46.08
John Morley	Liberal Party	3,804	44.22
Majority		733	8.52

Bodmin
17 November 1868		758/886	85.55
Hon Edward Frederic Leveson-Gower	Liberal Party	424	55.94
James Wyld	Liberal Party	334	44.06
Majority		90	11.87
22 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Bolton
18 November 1868		11,399/12,650	90.11
John Hick	Conservative Party	6,062	53.18
William Gray	Conservative Party	5,848	51.30
Thomas Barnes	Liberal Party	5,451	47.82
Samuel Pope	Liberal Party	5,436	47.69
Majority		397	3.48

Boston
18 November 1868		2,190/2,527	86.66
John Wingfield Malcolm	Conservative Party	1,306	59.63
Thomas Parry	Conservative Party	1,119	51.10
Meaburn Staniland	Liberal Party	1,029	46.99
Thomas Mason Jones	Liberal Party	926	42.28
Majority		90	4.11
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Bradford
18 November 1868		13,881/21,518	64.51
William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	9,646	69.49
Henry William Ripley	Liberal Party	9,347	67.34
Edward Miall	Liberal Party	8,768	63.17
Majority		579	4.17
December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon William Forster on appointment as Vice-President of the Council.

21 December 1868		21,518
Rt Hon William Edward Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

26 January 1869 Petition - election of Henry Ripley declared void.

29 January 1869 Petition - against Rt Hon William Forster dismissed.

12 March 1869		17,049/21,518	79.23
Edward Miall	Liberal Party	9,243	54.21
Matthew William Thompson	Liberal Party	7,806	45.79
Majority		1,437	8.43

Brecknockshire
20 November 1868		3,644
Hon Godfrey Charles Morgan	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Brecon
19 November 1868		729/814	89.56
Howel Gwyn	Conservative Party	372	51.03
Hugh Powell Price	Liberal Party	357	48.97
Majority		15	2.06
9 April 1869 Election declared void on petition.

24 April 1869		763/814	93.73
Edward Hyde Villiers, Baron Hyde	Liberal Party	391	51.25
Lord Claud John Hamilton	Conservative Party	372	48.75
Majority		19	2.49
May 1869 Petition withdrawn.

27 June 1870 Succession of Lord Edward Hyde to the Peerage - 5th Earl of Clarendon.

19 July 1870
James Price William Gwynne-Holford	Conservative Party	372	52.39
Hugh Powell Price	Liberal Party	338	47.61
Majority		34	4.79
September 1870 Petition - dismissed.

1871 Petition - dismissed.


Bridgnorth
18 November 1868		1,045/1,279	81.70
Henry Whitmore	Conservative Party	548	52.44
Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, Bt	Liberal Party	497	47.56
Majority		51	4.88
9 February 1870 Resignation of Henry Whitmore.

16 February 1870
William Henry Foster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Bridgwater
17 November 1868		1,394/1,499	93.00
Alexander William Kinglake	Liberal Party	731	52.44
Philip Vanderbyl	Liberal Party	725	52.01
Henry Westropp	Conservative Party	681	48.85
Charles Wing Gray	Conservative Party	650	46.63
Majority		44	3.16
26 February 1869 Petition - election declared void.

4 July 1870 As a result of a Royal Commission which found proof of extensive bribery, the Borough was disenfranchised.


Bridport
16 November 1868		1,027
Thomas Alexander Mitchell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Brighton
18 November 1868		5,502/8,661	63.53
James White	Liberal Party	3,342	60.74
Prof Henry Fawcett	Liberal Party	3,081	56.00
James Lloyd Ashbury	Conservative Party	2,917	53.02
Henry Moor	Independent Conservative	1,232	22.39
William Coningham	Liberal Party	432	7.85
Majority		164	2.98

Bristol
16 November 1868		15,431/21,153	72.95
Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley	Liberal Party	8,759	56.76
Samuel Morley	Liberal Party	8,714	56.47
John William Miles	Conservative Party	6,694	43.38
Majority		2,020	13.09
10 March 1870 Death of Francis Berkeley.

29 March 1870
Elisha Smith Robinson	Liberal Party	7,832	52.58
Sholto Vere Hare	Conservative Party	7,062	47.42
Majority		770	5.17
9 June 1870 Petition - Elisha Robinson unseated.

27 June 1870
Kirkham Daniel Hodgson	Liberal Party	7,816	51.92
Sholto Vere Hare	Conservative Party	7,238	48.08
Majority		578	3.84

Buckingham
17 November 1868		801/948	84.49
Sir Harry Verney, Bt	Liberal Party	463	57.80
John Gellibrand Hubbard	Conservative Party	338	42.20
Majority		125	15.61

Buckinghamshire
19 November 1868		7,894
Caledon George du Pré	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Nathaniel Grace Lambert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Burnley
17 November 1868		4,858/6,417	75.71
Richard Shaw	Liberal Party	2,620	53.93
Hon Sir James Yorke Scarlett	Conservative Party	2,238	46.07
Majority		382	7.86

Bury
18 November 1868		5,094/5,587	91.18
Robert Needham Philips	Liberal Party	2,830	55.56
George Henry Cadogan, Viscount Chelsea	Conservative Party	2,264	44.44
Majority		566	11.11

Bury St Edmunds
17 November 1868		1,362/1,505	90.50
Edward Greene	Conservative Party	714	52.42
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle	Liberal Party	703	51.62
Edward Herbert Bunbury	Liberal Party	593	43.54
Majority		110	8.08

Bute
25 November 1868		889/1,073	82.85
Charles Dalrymple	Conservative Party	527	59.28
John William Burns	Liberal Party	362	40.72
Majority		165	18.56

Caithness
26 November 1868		787/1,005	78.31
George Traill	Liberal Party	512	65.06
James Horne	Conservative Party	275	34.94
Majority		237	30.11
9 August 1869 Resignation of George Traill.

26 August 1869		792/1,005	78.81
Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, Bt	Independent Liberal	432	54.55
James Christie Traill	Liberal Party	360	45.45
Majority		72	9.09

Calne
16 November 1868		590
Lord Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Cambridge
18 November 1868		3,281/4,000	82.03
Robert Richard Torrens	Liberal Party	1,879	57.27
William Fowler	Liberal Party	1,857	56.60
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	1,436	43.77
John Eldon Gorst	Conservative Party	1,389	42.33
Majority		421	12.83
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Cambridge University
16 November 1868		5,435
Rt Hon Spencer Horatio Walpole	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Cambridgeshire
26 November 1868		7,231/9,512	76.02
Lord George John Manners	Conservative Party	3,998	55.29
Charles Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston	Conservative Party	3,874	53.57
Rt Hon Henry Bouverie William Brand	Liberal Party	3,300	45.64
Richard Young	Liberal Party	3,290	45.50
Majority		10	0.14
17 September 1873 Succession of Viscount Royston to the Peerage - 5th Earl of Hardwicke.

3 January 1874
Hon Eliot Constantine Yorke	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Canterbury
18 November 1868		2,896/3,001	96.50
Henry Alexander Munro Butler-Johnstone	Independent Conservative	1,453	50.17
Theodore Henry Brinckman	Liberal Party	1,236	42.68
John Walter Huddleston	Conservative Party	1,157	39.95
Henry James Lee Warner	Conservative Party	709	24.48
Majority		79	2.73

Cardiff District of Boroughs
16 November 1868		4,556/5,388	84.56
James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart	Liberal Party	2,501	54.89
Hardinge Stanley Giffard	Conservative Party	2,055	45.11
Majority		446	9.79

Cardigan District of Boroughs
16 November 1868		1,561
Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Cardiganshire
28 November 1868		3,992/5,115	78.04
Evan Matthew Richards	Liberal Party	2,074	51.95
Edward Mallett Vaughan	Conservative Party	1,918	48.05
Majority		156	3.91

Carlisle
18 November 1868		4,035/4,537	88.94
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt	Liberal Party	2,043	50.63
Edmund Potter	Liberal Party	1,971	48.85
William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative Party	1,957	48.50
William Slater	Liberal Party	71	1.76
Majority		14	0.35

Carlow
20 November 1868		324/352	92.05
William Addis Fagan	Liberal Party	174	53.70
Horace Rochfort	Conservative Party	150	46.30
Majority		24	7.41

Carlow County
18 November 1868		2,309
Henry Bruen	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Carmarthen District of Boroughs
18 November 1868		2,487/3,286	75.68
John Stepney Cowell-Stepney	Liberal Party	1,892	76.08
Morgan Dalrymple Treherne	Conservative Party	595	23.92
Majority		1,297	52.15

Carmarthenshire
26 November 1868		6,165/8,026	76.81
Edward John Sartoris	Liberal Party	3,280	53.20
John Jones	Conservative Party	2,942	47.72
Henry Lavallin-Puxley	Conservative Party	2,828	45.87
David Pugh	Conservative Party	1,340	21.74
Majority		114	1.85

Carnarvon District of Boroughs
18 November 1868		2,652/3,376	78.55
William Bulkeley Hughes	Liberal Party	1,601	60.37
Hon Thomas John Wynn	Conservative Party	1,051	39.63
Majority		550	20.74

Carnarvonshire
26 November 1868		3,778/4,852	77.86
Thomas Love Duncombe Jones-Parry	Liberal Party	1,963	51.96
Hon George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	1,815	48.04
Majority		148	3.92

Carrickfergus
21 November 1868		1,076/1,290	83.41
Marriott Robert Dalway	Conservative Party	669	62.17
Robert Torrens	Conservative Party	407	37.83
Majority		262	24.35
21 January 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Cashel
21 November 1868		184/203	90.64
James Lyster O'Beirne	Liberal Party	100	54.35
Henry Munster	Liberal Party	84	45.65
Majority		16	8.70
20 February 1869 Petition - election declared void.

1 August 1870 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament.


Cavan County
23 November 1868		6,415
Hon Hugh Annesley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Edward James Saunderson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Chatham
17 November 1868		3,900/4,518	86.32
Arthur John Otway	Liberal Party	2,042	52.36
George Elliot	Conservative Party	1,858	47.64
Majority		184	4.72

Chelsea
18 November 1868		11,332/17,408	65.10
Charles Wentworth Dilke	Liberal Party	7,374	65.07
Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare, Bt	Liberal Party	7,183	63.39
Dr William Howard Russell	Conservative Party	4,177	36.86
Charles James Freake	Conservative Party	3,929	34.67
Majority		3,006	26.53

Cheltenham
17 November 1868		3,114/3,536	88.07
Henry Bernhard Samuelson	Liberal Party	1,646	52.86
James Tynte Agg-Gardner	Conservative Party	1,468	47.14
Majority		178	5.72
8 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Chester
16 November 1868		4,510/6,062	74.40
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor	Liberal Party	2,270	50.33
Henry Cecil Raikes	Conservative Party	2,198	48.74
Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury	Liberal Party	1,283	28.45
Richard Hoare	Conservative Party	1,071	23.75
Majority		915	20.29
31 October 1869 Succession of Earl Grosvenor to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Westminster.

4 December 1869		6,062
Hon Norman de L'Aigle Grosvenor	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Chichester
17 November 1868		1,036/1,195	86.69
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	603	58.20
John Abel Smith	Liberal Party	433	41.80
Majority		170	16.41

Chippenham
17 November 1868		777/972	79.94
Gabriel Goldney	Conservative Party	418	53.80
Sir George Young, Bt	Liberal Party	359	46.20
Majority		59	7.59

Christchurch
18 November 1868		1,169/1,329	87.96
Edmund Haviland Burke	Liberal Party	609	52.10
Sir Henry Drummond Wolff	Conservative Party	560	47.90
Majority		49	4.19
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Cirencester
17 November 1868		913/1,076	84.85
Allen Alexander Bathurst	Conservative Party	629	68.89
Frederick Andrew Inderwick	Liberal Party	284	31.11
Majority		345	37.79

City of London
16 November 1868		12,328/20,185	61.08
Rt Hon George Joachim Goschen	Liberal Party	6,520	52.89
William Lawrence	Liberal Party	6,258	50.76
Robert Wigram Crawford	Liberal Party	6,215	50.41
Charles Bell	Conservative Party	6,130	49.72
Philip Twells	Conservative Party	6,099	49.47
Sills John Gibbons	Conservative Party	6,031	48.92
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild	Liberal Party	5,995	48.63
Majority		31	0.25
1868 Resignation of Rt Hon George Goschen on appointment as President of the Poor Law Board.

21 December 1868		20,185
Rt Hon George Joachim Goschen	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 February 1869 Death of Charles Bell.

22 February 1869		20,185
Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire
19 November 1868		1,802
William Patrick Adam	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 December 1868 Resignation of William Adam on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.

6 January 1869
William Patrick Adam	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Clare County
21 November 1868		5,649
Crofton Moore Vandeleur	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Colman Michael O'Loghlen, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 December 1868 Resignation of Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bt on appointment as Judge Advocate General.

5 January 1869		5,649
Sir Colman Michael O'Loghlen, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Clitheroe
11 November 1868		1,453/1,595	91.10
Ralph Assheton	Conservative Party	760	52.31
Charles Savile Roundell	Liberal Party	693	47.69
Majority		67	4.61

Clonmel
17 November 1868		436
John Bagwell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Cockermouth
18 November 1868		1,008/1,074	93.85
Isaac Fletcher	Liberal Party	620	61.51
Hon Henry Lorton Bourke	Conservative Party	388	38.49
Majority		232	23.02

Colchester
18 November 1868		2,693/2,970	90.67
John Gurdon Rebow	Liberal Party	1,467	54.47
Dr William Brewer	Liberal Party	1,417	52.62
Edward Kent Karslake	Conservative Party	1,284	47.68
Alexander Learmonth	Conservative Party	1,217	45.19
Majority		133	4.94
11 October 1870 Death of John Gurdon Rebow.

3 November 1870		2,216/3,145	70.46
Alexander Learmonth	Conservative Party	1,363	61.51
Rt Hon Sir Henry Knight Storks	Liberal Party	853	38.49
Majority		510	23.01

Coleraine
17 November 1868		346
Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Cork City
20 November 1868		2,632/3,536	74.43
John Francis Maguire	Liberal Party	1,895	72.00
Nicholas Daniel Murphy	Liberal Party	1,862	70.74
William Abbott	Conservative Party	753	28.61
Christopher Crofts	Conservative Party	3	0.11
Majority		1,109	42.14
1 November 1872 Death of John Maguire.

10 December 1872		2,993/4,441	67.39
Joseph Philip Ronayne	Home Rule	1,883	62.91
James Edwin Pim	Conservative Party	1,110	37.09
Majority		773	25.83

Cork County
30 November 1868		9,170/16,105	56.94
McCarthy Downing	Liberal Party	8,011	87.36
Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry	Liberal Party	6,610	72.08
Hon Robert Boyle	Liberal Party	3,717	40.53
Majority		2,893	31.55

Coventry
17 November 1868		7,356/7,925	92.82
Henry William Eaton	Conservative Party	3,781	51.40
Alexander Staveley Hill	Conservative Party	3,761	51.13
Henry Mather Jackson	Liberal Party	3,594	48.86
Samuel Carter	Liberal Party	3,576	48.61
Majority		167	2.27
20 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Cricklade
18 November 1868		5,075/5,825	87.12
Hon Frederick William Cadogan	Liberal Party	2,844	56.04
Sir Daniel Gooch, Bt	Conservative Party	2,452	48.32
Ambrose Lethbridge Goddard	Conservative Party	2,009	39.59
Majority		443	8.73

Darlington
18 November 1868		2,664/3,057	87.14
Edmund Backhouse	Liberal Party	1,789	67.15
Henry King Spark	Independent Liberal	875	32.85
Majority		914	34.31

Denbigh District of Boroughs
18 November 1868		2,263/2,785	81.26
Charles James Watkin Williams	Liberal Party	1,319	58.29
Townshend Mainwaring	Conservative Party	944	41.71
Majority		375	16.57

Denbighshire
24 November 1868		5,921/7,623	77.67
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, bt	Conservative Party	3,355	56.66
George Osborne Morgan	Liberal Party	2,720	45.94
Robert Myddleton Biddulph	Liberal Party	2,412	40.74
Majority		308	5.20

Derby
18 November 1868		7,328/9,777	74.95
Michael Thomas Bass	Liberal Party	4,995	68.16
Samuel Plimsoll	Liberal Party	4,677	63.82
William Thomas Cox	Conservative Party	2,492	34.01
Majority		2,185	29.82

Devizes
17 November 1868		740/858	86.25
Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt	Conservative Party	385	52.03
John William Probyn	Liberal Party	321	43.38
Chistopher Darby Griffith	Conservative Party	34	4.59
Majority		64	8.65

Devonport
18 November 1868		2,898/3,374	85.89
John Delaware Lewis	Liberal Party	1,541	53.17
Montague Chambers	Liberal Party	1,519	52.42
William Busfeild Ferrand	Conservative Party	1,370	47.27
William Palliser	Conservative Party	1,365	47.10
Majority		149	5.14

Dewsbury
18 November 1868		6,315/7,072	89.30
John Simon	Liberal Party	3,392	53.71
Handel Cossham	Liberal Party	2,923	46.29
Majority		469	7.43

Donegal County
24 November 1868		4,596
Thomas Connolly	Conservative Party	Unopposed
James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dorchester
16 November 1868		628
Charles Napier Sturt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dorset
19 November 1868		7,443
Hon William Henry Berkeley Portman	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Henry Gerard Sturt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Floyer	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dover
17 November 1868		2,859/3,392	84.29
Alexander George Dickson	Conservative Party	1,461	51.10
George Jessel	Liberal Party	1,435	50.19
Charles Kaye Freshfield	Conservative Party	1,387	48.51
Israel Abrahams	Liberal Party	35	1.22
Majority		48	1.68
23 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.

1871 Resignation of George Jessel on appointment as Solicitor-General.

25 November 1871		2,379/3,443	69.10
Sir George Jessel	Liberal Party	1,235	51.91
Edward William Barnett	Conservative Party	1,144	48.09
Majority		91	3.83
30 August 1873 Resignation of Sir George Jessel on appointment as Master of the Rolls.

23 September 1873		2,504/3,563	70.28
Edward William Barnett	Conservative Party	1,415	56.51
James Staats Forbes	Liberal Party	1,089	43.49
Majority		326	13.02

Down County
24 November 1868		11,646
Lord Arthur Edwin Hill-Trevor	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Brownlow Forde	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Downpatrick
17 November 1868		241
William Keown	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Drogheda
21 November 1868		533/726	73.42
Benjamin Whitworth	Liberal Party	365	68.48
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock	Conservative Party	138	25.89
Francis Brodigan	Liberal Party	30	5.63
Majority		227	42.59
25 January 1869 Petition - Benjamin Whitworth unseated and a new writ issued.

15 March 1869		726
Thomas Whitworth	Liberal Party	Unopposed

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

Dublin City
18 November 1868		11,002/12,899	85.29
Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, Bt	Conservative Party	5,587	50.78
Jonathan Pim	Liberal Party	5,586	50.77
Hon David Robert Plunket	Conservative Party	5,452	49.55
Sir Dominic John Corrigan, Bt	Liberal Party	5,379	48.89
Majority		134	1.22
5 February 1869 Petition - Sir Arthur Guinness, Bt unseated. The new writ was suspended until 1870.

18 August 1870
Sir Dominic John Corrigan, Bt	Liberal Party	4,468	56.47
Edward Robert King-Harman	Home Rule	3,444	43.53
Majority		1,024	12.94

Dublin County
18 November 1868		3,352/4,465	75.07
Ion Trant Hamilton	Conservative Party	2,174	64.86
Rt Hon Thomas Edward Taylor	Conservative Party	2,163	64.53
Peter Paul McSwiney	Liberal Party	1,183	35.29
Majority		980	29.24

Dublin University
23 November 1868		1,704/2,151	79.22
Anthony Lefroy	Conservative Party	1,156	67.84
John Thomas Ball	Conservative Party	1,077	63.20
Sir Edward Grogan, Bt	Conservative Party	743	43.60
Thomas Ebenezer Webb	Liberal Party	216	12.68
Majority		334	19.60
7 February 1870 Resignation of Anthony Lefroy.

14 February 1870
Hon David Robert Plunket	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dudley
16 November 1868		11,847
Henry Brinsley Sheridan	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Dumfries District of Burghs
18 November 1868		2,208/2,353	93.84
Robert Jardine	Liberal Party	1,125	50.95
Ernest Noel	Independent Liberal	1,083	49.05
Majority		42	1.90

Dumfriesshire
23 November 1868		2,156/2,989	72.13
Sir Sydney Hedley Waterlow	Liberal Party	1,100	51.02
George Gustavus Walker	Conservative Party	1,056	48.98
Majority		44	2.04
1869 Petition - withdrawn.

15 March 1869 Disqualification of Sir Sydney Waterlow who, at the time of his election, held a Government contract.

31 March 1869		2,198/2,989	73.54
George Gustavus Walker	Conservative Party	1,117	50.82
Sir Sidney Hedley Waterlow	Liberal Party	1,081	49.18
Majority		36	1.64

Dunbartonshire
19 November 1868		2,156
Archibald Orr-Ewing	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dundalk
21 November 1868		380/447	85.01
Philip Callan	Liberal Party	164	43.16
Charles Arthur Russell	Liberal Party	143	37.63
Sir George Bowyer, Bt	Liberal Party	72	18.95
William Robson	Independent	1	0.26
Majority		21	5.53

Dundee
19 November 1868		10,516/14,798	71.06
George Armitstead	Liberal Party	7,738	73.58
Sir John Ogilvy, Bt	Liberal Party	7,661	72.85
James Alexander Guthrie	Liberal Party	3,548	33.74
Harry Warren Scott	Liberal Party	2,085	19.83
Majority		4,113	39.11
21 July 1873 Resignation of George Armitstead.

7 August 1873		10,393/16,652	62.41
James Yeaman	Liberal Party	5,297	50.97
John Edward Jenkins	Liberal Party	4,010	38.58
James Fitzjames Stephen	Liberal Party	1,086	10.45
Majority		1,287	12.38

Dungannon
17 November 1868		245
Hon William Stuart Knox	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Dungarvan
21 November 1868		262/311	84.24
Henry Matthews	Liberal Party	157	59.92
Charles Robert Barry	Liberal Party	105	40.08
Majority		52	19.85

Durham
18 November 1868		1,536/1,756	87.47
John Henderson	Liberal Party	823	53.58
John Robert Davison	Liberal Party	784	51.04
John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	732	47.66
Majority		52	3.39
28 December 1870 Resignation of Rt Hon John Davison on appointment as Judge Advocate General.

14 January 1871		1,946
Rt Hon John Robert Davison	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 April 1871 Death of Rt Hon John Davison.

28 April 1871		1,590/1,946	81.71
John Lloyd Wharton	Conservative Party	814	51.19
Thomas Charles Thompson	Liberal Party	776	48.81
Majority		38	2.39

East Retford
16 November 1868		7,510
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundel, Viscount Galway	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Francis John Savile Foljambe	Liberal Party	Unopposed

East Riding, Yorkshire
24 November 1868		8,546/10,827	78.93
Christopher Sykes	Conservative Party	6,299	73.71
William Henry Harrison-Broadley	Conservative Party	5,587	65.38
Benjamin Blaydes Haworth	Liberal Party	2,603	30.46
Majority		2,984	34.92

Eastern Aberdeenshire
20 November 1868		4,297
William Dingwall Fordyce	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Eastern Cheshire
19 November 1868		6,276
Edward Christopher Egerton	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William John Legh	Conservative Party	Unopposed

27 August 1869 Death of Edward Egerton.

6 October 1869		4,723/6,276	75.25
William Cunliffe Brooks	Conservative Party	2,908	61.57
Sir Edward William Watkin	Liberal Party	1,815	38.43
Majority		1,093	23.14

Eastern Cornwall
20 November 1868		8,701
Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Edward Brydges Willyams	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Eastern Cumberland
23 November 1868		5,098/6,694	76.16
William Nicholson Hodgson	Conservative Party	2,626	51.51
Hon Charles Wentworth George Howard	Liberal Party	2,546	49.94
William Marshall	Liberal Party	2,397	47.02
Majority		149	2.92

Eastern Derbyshire
23 November 1868		4,045/5,107	79.21
Hon Francis Egerton	Liberal Party	2,089	51.64
Hon Henry Strutt	Liberal Party	2,032	50.23
William Gladwin Turbutt	Conservative Party	1,999	49.42
William Overend	Conservative Party	1,970	48.70
Majority		33	0.82

Eastern Devon
25 November 1868		7,482/9,933	75.32
Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt	Conservative Party	4,034	53.92
Edward Baldwin Courtenay, Viscount Courtenay	Conservative Party	4,016	53.68
Charles Joseph Wade	Liberal Party	3,457	46.20
Majority		559	7.47
30 March 1870 Resignation of Baron Courtenay.

9 April 1870
John Henry Kennaway	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Essex
28 November 1868		5,018/6,564	76.45
James Round	Conservative Party	2,861	57.01
Sir Samuel Brise Ruggles-Brise	Conservative Party	2,816	56.12
Sir Thomas Burch Western, Bt	Liberal Party	2,224	44.32
Sir Thomas Neville Abdy, Bt	Liberal Party	2,134	42.53
Majority		592	11.80

Eastern Gloucestershire
19 November 1868		8,858
Robert Stayner Holford	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

29 February 1872 Resignation of Robert Holford.

11 March 1872
John Reginald Yorke	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Eastern Kent
21 November 1868		9,800/13,107	74.77
Edward Leigh Pemberton	Conservative Party	5,231	53.38
Hon George Watson Milles	Conservative Party	5,104	52.08
Henry James Tufton	Liberal Party	4,685	47.81
Sir John Frederick Croft, Bt	Liberal Party	4,579	46.72
Majority		419	4.28

Eastern Somerset
19 November 1868		6,548/8,795	74.45
Ralph Shuttleworth Allen	Conservative Party	3,887	59.36
Richard Bright	Conservative Party	3,848	58.77
Arthur Divett Hayter	Liberal Party	2,704	41.30
William Pinney	Liberal Party	2,656	40.56
Majority		1,144	17.47

Eastern Staffordshire
17 November 1868		6,752/9,658	69.91
Michael Arthur Bass	Liberal Party	3,885	57.54
John Robinson McClean	Liberal Party	3,675	54.43
John Hartley	Conservative Party	2,972	44.02
Majority		703	10.41
13 July 1873 Death of John McClean.

8 August 1873		6,323/9,402	67.25
Samuel Charles Allsopp	Conservative Party	3,630	57.41
John Jaffray	Liberal Party	2,693	42.59
Majority		937	14.82

Eastern Suffolk
24 November 1868		6,818/9,024	75.55
Hon John Major Henniker-Major	Conservative Party	3,650	53.53
Frederick Snowdon Corrance	Conservative Party	3,620	53.09
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair	Liberal Party	3,321	48.71
Thomas Sutton Western	Liberal Party	3,045	44.66
Majority		299	4.39
16 April 1870 Succession of Hon John Henniker-Major to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Hartismere.

1 June 1870
Arthur Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon	Conservative Party	3,456	51.27
Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, Bt	Liberal Party	3,285	48.73
Majority		171	2.54

Eastern Surrey
23 November 1868		7,550/10,932	69.06
Hon Peter John Locke King	Liberal Party	4,162	55.13
Charles Buxton	Liberal Party	3,941	52.20
William Hardman	Conservative Party	3,537	46.85
James Lord	Conservative Party	3,459	45.81
Majority		404	5.35
10 August 1871 Death of Charles Buxton.

26 August 1871		6,661/12,960	51.40
James Watney	Conservative Party	3,912	58.73
Hon Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower	Liberal Party	2,749	41.27
Majority		1,163	17.46

Eastern Sussex
26 November 1868		7,111/9,380	75.81
John George Dodson	Liberal Party	3,611	50.78
George Burrow Gregory	Conservative Party	3,581	50.36
Montagu David Scott	Conservative Party	3,560	50.06
Lord Edward Cavendish	Liberal Party	3,470	48.80
Majority		21	0.30

Eastern West Riding, Yorkshire
25 November 1868		14,243/18,494	77.01
Christopher Beckett Denison	Conservative Party	7,437	52.22
Joshua Fielden	Conservative Party	7,135	50.09
Harry Stephen Thompson	Liberal Party	7,047	49.48
Isaac Holden	Liberal Party	6,867	48.21
Majority		88	0.62

Eastern Worcestershire
25 November 1868		8,049/10,313	78.05
Richard Paul Amphlett	Conservative Party	4,108	51.04
Hon Charles George Lyttelton	Liberal Party	4,093	50.85
Richard Biddulph Martin	Liberal Party	3,789	47.07
Majority		304	3.78

Edinburgh
16 November 1868		20,799
Duncan McLaren	Liberal Party	Unopposed
John Miller	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities
5 December 1868		4,389/4,880	89.94
Prof Lyon Playfair	Liberal Party	2,322	52.90
Prof Archibald Campbell Swinton	Conservative Party	2,067	47.10
Majority		255	5.81
18 November 1873 Resignation of Prof Lyon Playfair on appointment as Postmaster-General.

4 December 1873
Prof Lyon Playfair	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Edinburghshire
21 November 1868		2,051/2,489	82.40
Sir Alexander Charles Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland, Bt	Liberal Party	1,146	55.88
William Henry Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative Party	905	44.12
Majority		241	11.75

Elgin District of Burghs
16 November 1868		2,962
Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Elginshire & Nairnshire
20 November 1868		1,580
Hon James Ogilvy-Grant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Ennis
17 November 1868		231
William Stacpoole	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Enniskillen
18 November 1868		316/341	92.67
John Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton	Conservative Party	171	54.11
John Collum	Liberal Party	141	44.62
Charles Frederick Crichton	Conservative Party	3	0.95
Arthur Lowry Cole	Conservative Party	1	0.32
Majority		30	9.49

Evesham
17 November 1868		650/769	84.53
James Bourne	Conservative Party	347	53.38
Thomas S Richardson	Liberal Party	303	46.62
Majority		44	6.77

Exeter
16 November 1868		4,494/6,156	73.00
John Duke Coleridge	Liberal Party	2,317	51.56
Edgar Alfred Bowring	Liberal Party	2,247	50.00
Sir John Burgess Karslake	Conservative Party	2,218	49.35
Arthur Mills	Conservative Party	2,026	45.08
Majority		29	0.65
December 1868 Resignation of John Coleridge on appointment as Solicitor-General.

21 December 1868		6,156
Sir John Duke Coleridge	Liberal Party	Unopposed

20 November 1873 Resignation of Sir John Coleridge on appointment as Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas - Lord Coleridge.

11 December 1873		4,371/6,206	70.43
Arthur Mills	Conservative Party	2,346	53.67
Sir Edward William Watkin	Liberal Party	2,025	46.33
Majority		321	7.34
January 1874 Petition - lapsed.


Eye
16 November 1868		1,198
George William Barrington, Viscount Barrington	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Falkirk District of Burghs
21 November 1868		1,740/4,704	36.99
James Merry	Liberal Party	1,724	99.08
Rt Hon Edward Horsman	Independent Liberal	16	0.92
Majority		1,708	98.16

Fermanagh County
23 November 1868		5,175
Mervyn Edward Archdall	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Henry Arthur Cole	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Fife
24 November 1868		2,964/4,206	70.47
Sir Robert Anstruther, Bt	Liberal Party	1,837	61.98
John Boyd Kinnear	Liberal Party	1,127	38.02
Majority		710	23.95

Finsbury
16 November 1868		19,587/31,759	61.67
William Torrens McCullagh Torrens	Liberal Party	13,159	67.18
Andrew Lusk	Liberal Party	12,503	63.83
Peter Frederick O'Malley	Conservative Party	6,137	31.33
William Cox	Liberal Party	1,238	6.32
Majority		6,366	32.50

Flint District of Boroughs
19 November 1868		3,279
Sir John Hanmer, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1 October 1872 Elevation of Sir John Hanmer, Bt to Peerage - Baron Hanmer.

16 October 1872
Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Flintshire
21 November 1868		4,150
Lord Richard de Aquila Grosvenor	Liberal Party	Unopposed

25 February 1872 Appointment of Lord Richard Grosvenor as Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household.

2 March 1872
Lord Richard de Aquila Grosvenor	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Forfarshire
20 November 1868		3,379
Hon Charles Carnegie	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1872 Resignation of Hon Charles Carnegie on appointment as Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland.

16 February 1872		2,609/3,603	72.41
James William Barclay	Liberal Party	1,481	56.77
Sir James Henry Ramsay, Bt	Conservative Party	1,128	43.23
Majority		353	13.53

Frome
17 November 1868		1,047/1,267	82.64
Thomas Hughes	Liberal Party	571	54.54
William Campbell Sleigh	Conservative Party	476	45.46
Majority		95	9.07

Galway
21 November 1868		1,244/1,525	81.57
William Ulick Tristram St Lawrence, Viscount St Lawrence	Liberal Party	826	66.40
Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt	Liberal Party	804	64.63
Martin Francis O'Flaherty	Liberal Party	432	34.73
James O'Hare	Conservative Party	213	17.12
Majority		372	29.90
25 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Galway County
26 November 1868		5,387
Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, Viscount Burke	Liberal Party	Unopposed
William Henry Gregory	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 February 1871 Resignation of Viscount Burke.

21 February 1871
Mitchell Henry	Home Rule	Unopposed

1872 Resignation of William Henry on appointment as Governor of Ceylon.

8 February 1872		3,481/4,686	74.29
John Philip Nolan	Home Rule	2,823	81.10
Hon William le Poer-Trench	Conservative Party	658	18.90
Majority		2,165	62.19
13 June 1872 Petition - John Nolan unseeated and Hon William le Poer-Trench declared elected.


Gateshead
18 November 1868		3,848/5,578	68.99
Rt Hon Sir William Hutt	Liberal Party	2,442	63.46
William Arbuthnot	Independent Liberal	1,406	36.54
Majority		1,036	26.92

Glamorganshire
18 November 1868		11,329
Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Henry Hussey Vivian	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Glasgow
18 November 1868		28,871/47,854	60.33
Robert Dalgleish	Liberal Party	18,287	63.34
William Graham	Liberal Party	18,062	62.56
George Anderson	Liberal Party	17,803	61.66
Sir George Campbell, Bt	Conservative Party	10,820	37.48
Majority		6,983	24.19

Gloucester
18 November 1868		3,440/4,437	77.53
William Philip Price	Liberal Party	1,933	56.19
Charles James Monk	Liberal Party	1,922	55.87
William Nassau Lees	Conservative Party	1,520	44.19
Edward John Brennan	Conservative Party	1,504	43.72
Majority		402	11.69
1869 Petition - withdrawn.

1873 Petition - dismissed.

29 April 1873 Resignation of William Price.

8 May 1873		3,617/4,737	76.36
William Killigrew Wait	Conservative Party	1,850	51.15
Elisha Smith Robinson	Liberal Party	1,767	48.85
Majority		83	2.29

Grantham
17 November 1868		2,018
Hon Frederick James Tollemache	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hugh Arthur Henry Cholmeley	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Gravesend
16 November 1868		2,306/2,722	84.72
Sir Charles John Wingfield	Liberal Party	1,237	53.64
Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim	Conservative Party	1,069	46.36
Majority		168	7.29

Great Grimsby
17 November 1868		2,885/4,348	66.35
George Tomline	Liberal/Conservative	1,548	53.66
John Fildes	Liberal Party	1,337	46.34
Majority		211	7.31

Great Marlow
18 November 1868		659/760	86.71
Thomas Owen Wethered	Conservative Party	345	52.35
Edmund Hope Verney	Liberal Party	314	47.65
Majority		31	4.70

Greenock
18 November 1868		5,054/6,223	81.21
James Johnston Grieve	Liberal Party	2,962	58.61
William Dougal Christie	Liberal Party	2,092	41.39
Majority		870	17.21
9 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Greenwich
18 November 1868		11,073/15,588	71.04
David Salomons	Liberal Party	6,684	60.36
Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal Party	6,386	57.67
Sir Henry Watson Parker	Conservative Party	4,704	42.48
Arthur Philip Stanhope, Viscount Mahon	Conservative Party	4,372	39.48
Majority		1,682	15.19
9 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon William Gladstone on appointment as First Lord of the Treasury.

21 December 1868		15,588
Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal Party	Unopposed

18 July 1873 Death of David Salomons.

4 August 1873		8,346/15,990	52.20
Thomas William Boord	Conservative Party	4,525	54.22
John Baxter Langley	Liberal Party	2,379	28.50
William Angerstein	Liberal Party	1,064	12.75
Sir John Bennett	Liberal Party	324	3.88
Robert Coningsby	Conservative Party	27	0.32
Henry Pook	Conservative Party	27	0.32
Majority		2,146	25.71

Guildford
16 November 1868		1,051/1,219	86.22
Guildford James Hillier Onslow	Liberal Party	536	51.00
Richard Garth	Conservative Party	515	49.00
Majority		21	2.00
19 January 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Hackney
18 November 1868		21,858/40,613	53.82
Charles Reed	Liberal Party	14,785	67.64
John Holms	Liberal Party	12,243	56.01
Charles Salisbury Butler	Liberal Party	6,825	31.22
Charles Locock Webb	Conservative Party	2,633	12.05
Lothian Sheffield Dickson	Liberal Party	2,575	11.78
John James Homer	Liberal Party	2,021	9.25
Majority		5,418	24.79

Haddington District of Burghs
16 November 1868		1,477
Sir Henry Robert Ferguson Davie, bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Haddingtonshire
26 November 1868		745/895	83.24
Hon Francis Richard Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas, Baron Elcho	Conservative Party	405	54.36
Lord William Montague Hay	Liberal Party	340	45.64
Majority		65	8.72

Halifax
18 November 1868		8,012/9,328	85.89
James Stansfield	Liberal Party	5,278	65.88
Edward Ackroyd	Liberal Party	5,141	64.17
Edward Owen Greening	Liberal/Labour	2,802	34.97
Majority		2,339	29.19
16 December 1868 Resignation of James Stansfield on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.

21 December 1868		9,328
James Stansfield	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1871 Resignation of James Stansfield on appointment as a Poor Law Commissioner.

13 May 1871
Rt Hon James Stansfield	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Harwich
17 November 1868		469/622	75.40
Henry Jervis White Jervis	Conservative Party	328	69.94
David James Jenkins	Liberal Party	141	30.06
Majority		187	39.87

Hastings
18 November 1868		2,397/2,801	85.58
Thomas Brassey	Liberal Party	1,508	62.91
Frederick North	Liberal Party	1,446	60.33
Hon Somerset John Gough-Calthorpe	Conservative Party	967	40.34
Clement Arthur Thurston	Conservative Party	873	36.42
Majority		479	19.98
13 April 1869 Petition - dismissed.

29 October 1869 Death of Frederick North.

18 November 1869		2,302/2,801	82.18
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth	Liberal Party	1,218	52.91
Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Party	1,084	47.09
Majority		134	5.82

Haverfordwest District of Boroughs
19 November 1868		1,135/1,526	74.38
Hon William Edwardes	Liberal Party	638	56.21
Samuel Pitman	Conservative Party	497	43.79
Majority		141	12.42
1 January 1872 Hon William Edwardes succeeds to the Irish Peerage - 4th Baron Kensington.

4 November 1873 Appointment of Baron Kensington as a Groom in Waiting to Her Majesty.

26 November 1873		1,167/1,592	73.30
Hon William Edwardes, Baron Kensington	Liberal Party	609	52.19
Xavier de Castanos Royds Peel	Conservative Party	558	47.81
Majority		51	4.37

Hawick District of Burghs
18 November 1868		3,335
George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal Party	Unopposed

18 December 1868 Resignation of George Trevelyan on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty.

4 January 1869		3,335
George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Helston
17 November 1868		868/1,029	84.35
Adolphus William Young	Liberal Party	494	56.91
Hon Thomas Charles Bruce	Conservative Party	374	43.09
Majority		120	13.82

Hereford
17 November 1868		1,963/2,380	82.48
George Clive	Liberal Party	1,055	53.74
John William Shaw Wylie	Liberal Party	1,015	51.71
Sir Richard Baggallay	Conservative Party	983	50.08
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	872	44.42
Majority		32	1.63
15 March 1869 Petition - election declared void.

30 March 1869		1,897/2,380	79.71
Edward Henry Clive	Liberal Party	1,064	56.09
Chandos Wren-Hoskyns	Liberal Party	1,033	54.45
Sir Richard Baggallay	Conservative Party	871	45.91
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	826	43.54
Majority		162	17.08
22 February 1871 Resignation of Edward Clive.

28 February 1871		1,624/2,298	70.67
George Arbuthnot	Conservative Party	946	58.25
Arthur Divett Hayter	Liberal Party	678	41.75
Majority		268	16.50

Herefordshire
23 November 1868		5,422/9,528	56.91
Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, Bt	Conservative Party	3,351	61.80
Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bt	Conservative Party	3,341	61.62
Michael Biddulph	Liberal Party	2,273	41.92
Thomas Blake	Liberal Party	1,878	34.64
Majority		395	7.29

Hertford
18 November 1868		779/922	84.49
Robert Dimsdale	Conservative Party	434	55.71
Frederick Waymouth Gibbs	Liberal Party	345	44.29
Majority		89	11.42

Hertfordshire
21 November 1868		7,035/9,423	74.66
Hon Henry Frederick Cowper	Liberal Party	3,693	52.49
Henry Robert Brand	Liberal Party	3,625	51.53
Abel Smith	Conservative Party	3,396	48.27
Henry Edward Surtees	Conservative Party	3,356	47.70
Majority		40	0.57

Horsham
18 November 1868		760/799	95.12
John Aldridge	Conservative Party	380	50.00
Robert Henry Hurst	Liberal Party	380	50.00

Double return.

3 May 1869 Petition - John Aldridge failed to defend his seat and so was unseated.


Huddersfield
16 November 1868		11,242
Edward Aldam Leatham	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Huntingdon
16 November 1868		976
Thomas Baring	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 November 1873 Death of Thomas Baring.

20 December 1873		840/1,008	83.33
Sir John Burgess Karslake	Conservative Party	499	59.40
Arthur Arnold	Liberal Party	341	40.60
Majority		158	18.81

Huntingdonshire
20 November 1868		3,748
Edward Fellowes	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Lord Robert Montagu	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Hythe
18 November 1868		1,789/2,275	78.64
Baron Mayer Nathan de Rothschild	Liberal Party	1,268	70.88
Albert Nugent	Conservative Party	521	29.12
Majority		747	41.76

Inverness District of Burghs
17 November 1868		1,995
Æneas William Mackintosh	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Inverness-shire
19 November 1868		1,661
Donald Cameron	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Ipswich
20 November 1868		4,302/5,352	80.38
Hugh Edward Adair	Liberal Party	2,321	53.95
Henry Wyndham West	Liberal Party	2,195	51.02
John Chevallier Cobbold	Conservative Party	2,044	47.51
Majority		151	3.51

Isle of Wight
25 November 1868		2,471/3,807	64.91
Sir John Simeon, Bt	Liberal Party	1,353	54.76
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative Party	1,118	45.24
Majority		235	9.51
21 May 1870 Death of Sir John Simeon, Bt.

13 June 1870
Alexander Dundas Wishart Ross Baillie-Cochrane	Conservative Party	1,317	50.67
George Moffatt	Liberal Party	1,282	49.33
Majority		35	1.35

Kendal
16 November 1868		1,884
John Whitwell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Kerry County
20 November 1868		5,506
Rt Hon Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Henry Arthur Herbert	Liberal Party	Unopposed

December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Castlerosse on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.

7 January 1869
Rt Hon Valentine Augustus Browne, Viscount Castlerosse	Liberal Party	Unopposed

26 December 1871 Succession of Rt Hon Viscount Castlerosse to the Peerage - 4th Earl of Kenmare.

6 February 1872		3,635/5,450	66.70
Rowland Ponsonby Blennerhassett	Home Rule	2,237	61.54
James Arthur Dease	Liberal Party	1,398	38.46
Majority		839	23.08

Kidderminster
17 November 1868		2,064/2,323	88.85
Thomas Lea	Liberal Party	1,262	61.14
William Thomas Makins	Conservative Party	802	38.86
Majority		460	22.29

Kildare County
21 November 1868		2,999
Rt Hon William Henry Ford Cogan	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Lord Otho Augustus Fitzgerald	Liberal Party	Unopposed

December 1868 Resignation of Lord Otho Fitzgerald on appointment as Comptroller of the Household.

11 January 1869
Rt Hon Lord Otho Augustus Fitzgerald	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Kilkenny City
17 November 1868		740
Sir John Gray	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Kilkenny County
18 November 1868		5,159
Hon Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis	Liberal Party	Unopposed
George Leopold Bryan	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Kilmarnock District of Burghs
19 November 1868		5,039/6,531	77.16
Rt Hon Edward Pleydell Bouverie	Liberal Party	2,892	57.39
Edwin Chadwick	Liberal Party	1,148	22.78
Rev Robert Thompson	Independent Liberal	999	19.83
Majority		1,744	34.61

Kincardineshire
21 November 1868		1,731
James Dyce Nicol	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 November 1872 Death of James Nicol.

10 December 1872
Sir George Balfour	Liberal Party	Unopposed

King's County
23 November 1868		3,435
Sir Patrick O'Brien, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed
David Sherlock	Liberal Party	Unopposed

King's Lynn
18 November 1868		2,207/2,514	87.79
Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley	Conservative Party	1,265	74.37
Hon Robert Bourke	Conservative Party	1,125	66.14
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bt	Liberal Party	1,012	59.49
Majority		113	5.12
16 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.

23 October 1869 Succession of Rt Hon Baron Stanley to the Peerage - 15th Earl of Derby.

9 December 1869		2,083/2,514	82.86
Lord Claud John Hamilton	Conservative Party	1,051	50.46
Richard Young	Liberal Party	1,032	49.54
Majority		19	0.91

Kingston upon Hull
18 November 1868		12,992/17,146	75.77
Charles Morgan Norwood	Liberal Party	7,282	56.05
James Clay	Liberal Party	6,874	52.91
Henry John Atkinson	Conservative Party	6,383	49.13
Robert Baxter	Conservative Party	5,444	41.90
Majority		491	3.78
1869 Petition - withdrawn.

26 September 1873 Death of James Clay.

24 October 1873		13,467/20,947	64.29
Joseph Walker Pease	Conservative Party	6,873	51.04
Edward James Reed	Liberal Party	6,594	48.96
Majority		279	2.07

Kinsale
18 November 1868		172
Sir George Conway Colthurst, Bt	Liberal/Conservative	Unopposed

Kirkcaldy District of Burghs
19 November 1868		3,160
Roger Sinclair Aytoun	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Kirkcudbrightshire
21 November 1868		1,635/1,940	84.28
Wellwood Herries Maxwell	Liberal Party	932	57.00
James Hannay	Conservative Party	703	43.00
Majority		229	14.01

Knaresborough
17 November 1868		709/769	92.20
Alfred Illingworth	Liberal Party	362	51.06
Andrew Sherlock Lawson	Conservative Party	347	48.94
Majority		15	2.12

Lambeth
18 November 1868		21,845/33,377	65.45
James Clarke Lawrence	Liberal Party	15,051	82.14
William McArthur	Liberal Party	14,553	79.42
John Morgan Howard	Conservative Party	7,043	38.44
Majority		7,510	34.38

Launceston
16 November 1868		749
Henry Charles Lopes	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Leeds
17 November 1868		19,764/39,244	50.36
Edward Baines	Liberal Party	15,941	80.66
Robert Meek Carter	Liberal Party	15,105	76.43
William St James Wheelhouse	Conservative Party	9,437	47.75
Sir Andrew Fairbairn	Liberal Party	5,658	28.63
Hon Arthur Duncombe	Conservative Party	5,621	28.44
Majority		3,779	19.12

Leicester
18 November 1868		9,506/15,161	62.70
Peter Alfred Taylor	Liberal Party	7,148	75.19
John Dove Harris	Liberal Party	6,876	72.33
John Baker Greene	Conservative Party	2,494	26.24
Majority		4,382	46.10

Leith District of Burghs
18 November 1868		5,235/6,223	84.12
Robert Andrew Macfie	Liberal Party	2,916	55.70
William Miller	Liberal Party	2,319	44.30
Majority		597	11.40

Leitrim County
23 November 1868		2,673
William Richard Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Dr John Brady	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Leominster
17 November 1868		579/882	65.65
Richard Arkwright	Conservative Party	432	74.61
Dr Thomas Spinks	Liberal Party	147	25.39
Majority		285	49.22

Lewes
18 November 1868		1,188/1,350	88.00
Walter John Pelham, Baron Pelham	Liberal Party	601	50.59
William Langham Christie	Conservative Party	587	49.41
Majority		14	1.18

Lichfield
18 November 1868		999/1,320	75.68
Richard Dyott	Conservative Party	525	52.55
Hon Augustus Henry Archibald Anson	Liberal Party	474	47.45
Majority		51	5.11
28 January 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Limerick City
20 November 1868		1,364/2,033	67.09
George Gavin	Liberal Party	1,026	75.22
Francis William Russell	Liberal Party	794	58.21
Sir Peter Tait	Conservative Party	720	52.79
Richard Piggott	Conservative Party	187	13.71
Majority		74	5.43
19 January 1869 Petition - dismissed.

30 August 1871 Death of Francis Russell.

20 September 1871		2,193
Isaac Butt	Home Rule	Unopposed

Limerick County
18 November 1868		6,291
Rt Hon William Monsell	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Edward John Synan	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1871 Resignation of Rt Hon William Monsell on appointment as Postmaster-General.

28 January 1871
Rt Hon William Monsell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Lincoln
16 November 1868		4,243
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	Unopposed
John Hinde Palmer	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Linlithgowshire
23 November 1868		985/1,226	80.34
Peter McLagan	Liberal Party	600	60.91
John Pender	Liberal Party	385	39.09
Majority		215	21.83

Lisburn
17 November 1868		468
Edward Wingfield Verner	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 February 1873 Resignation of Edward Verner in order to contest Armagh County.

19 February 1873		568
Sir Richard Wallace, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Liskeard
16 November 1868		881
Sir Arthur William Buller	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 April 1869 Death of Sir Arthur Buller.

11 May 1869		653/881	74.12
Rt Hon Edward Horsman	Liberal Party	368	56.36
Sir Francis Lycett	Liberal Party	285	43.64
Majority		83	12.71

Liverpool
18 November 1868		31,671/39,645	79.89
Samuel Robert Graves	Conservative Party	16,766	52.94
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, Viscount Sandon	Conservative Party	16,222	51.22
William Rathbone	Conservative Party	15,337	48.43
William Nathaniel Massey	Liberal Party	15,017	47.42
Majority		320	1.01
18 January 1873 Death of Samuel Graves.

10 February 1873		35,492/52,912	67.08
John Torr	Conservative Party	18,702	52.69
William Sproston Caine	Liberal Party	16,790	47.31
Majority		1,912	5.39

London University
17 November 1868		186
Rt Hon Robert Lowe	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Lowe on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer.

21 December 1868
Rt Hon Robert Lowe	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Londonderry City
18 November 1868		1,364/1,483	91.98
Richard Dowse	Liberal Party	765	56.09
Lord Claud John Hamilton	Conservative Party	599	43.91
Majority		166	12.17
27 January 1869 Petition - dismissed.

14 February 1870 Resignation of Richard Dowse on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland.

15 February 1870
Richard Dowse	Liberal Party	693	53.68
Robert Baxter	Conservative Party	598	46.32
Majority		95	7.36
1872 Resignation of Richard Dowse on appointment as a Baron of the Exchequer (Ireland).

22 November 1872		1,219/1,622	75.15
Charles Edward Lewis	Conservative Party	606	49.71
Rt Hon Dr Christopher Palles	Liberal Party	522	42.82
Joseph Gillis Biggar	Home Rule	89	7.30
Bartholomew McCorkell	Conservative Party	2	0.16
Majority		84	6.89

Londonderry County
21 November 1868		5,582
Robert Peel Dawson	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Frederick William Heygate, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Longford County
24 November 1868		2,815
Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Myles William O'Reilly	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 December 1869 Elevation of Fulke Greville-Nugent to the Peerage - Baron Greville.

31 December 1869
Hon Reginald James Macartney Greville-Nugent	Liberal Party	1,578	79.34
John Martin	Home Rule	411	20.66
Majority		1,167	58.67
7 April 1870 Petition - election declared void.

16 May 1870
Hon George Frederick Greville-Nugent	Conservative Party	1,217	56.63
Edward Robert King-Harman	Home Rule	932	43.37
Majority		285	13.26

Louth County
24 November 1868		2,443
Rt Hon Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Matthew O'Reilly Dease	Liberal Party	Unopposed

16 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Chichester Fortescue on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland.

11 January 1869
Rt Hon Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Ludlow
18 November 1868		598/789	75.79
Hon George Herbert Windsor Windsor-Clive	Conservative Party	428	71.57
Sir William Yardley	Liberal Party	170	28.43
Majority		258	43.14

Lymington
18 November 1868		529/662	79.91
Lord George Charles Gordon-Lennox	Conservative Party	330	62.38
Daniel Pratt	Liberal Party	199	37.62
Majority		131	24.76

Macclesfield
17 November 1868		3,821/4,737	80.66
William Coare Brocklehurst	Liberal Party	2,812	73.59
David Chadwick	Liberal Party	2,509	65.66
William Meriton Eaton	Conservative Party	2,321	60.74
Majority		188	4.92

Maidstone
17 November 1868		2,948/3,420	86.20
William Lee	Liberal Party	1,569	53.22
James Whatman	Liberal Party	1,546	52.44
William Foster White	Conservative Party	1,412	47.90
George Parbury	Conservative Party	1,369	46.44
Majority		134	4.55
16 February 1870 Resignation of William Lee.

25 February 1870
Sir John Lubbock, Bt	Liberal Party	1,504	51.75
William Foster White	Conservative Party	1,402	48.25
Majority		102	3.51

Maldon
18 November 1868		1,161/1,397	83.11
Edward Hammond Bentall	Liberal Party	657	56.59
George Montagu Warren Sandford	Conservative Party	504	43.41
Majority		153	13.18

Mallow
17 November 1868		211
Edward Sullivan	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 December 1868 Resignation of Edward Sullivan on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland.

4 January 1869
Edward Sullivan	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1870 Resignation of Edward Sullivan on appointment as Master of the Rolls in Ireland.

3 February 1870
Henry Munster	Liberal Party	91	50.84
Lawrence Edward Knox	Conservative Party	88	49.16
Majority		3	1.68
18 April 1870 Petition - election declared void.

10 May 1870
George Waters	Liberal Party	93	52.25
Lawrence Edward Knox	Home Rule	85	47.75
Majority		8	4.49
1872 Resignation of George Waters on appointment as Chairman of Quarter Sessions at Waterford.

7 June 1872		120/228	52.63
William Felix Laurence Austin Munster	Liberal Party	91	75.83
John George MacCarthy	Home Rule	29	24.17
Majority		62	51.67

Malmesbury
17 November 1868		641/785	81.66
Walter Powell	Conservative Party	327	51.01
Henry Charles Howard, Viscount Andover	Liberal Party	314	48.99
Majority		13	2.03

Malton
16 November 1868		1,218
Hon Charles William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Manchester
18 November 1868		28,620/48,256	59.31
Hugh Birley	Conservative Party	15,486	54.11
Thomas Bazley	Liberal Party	14,192	49.59
Jacob Bright	Liberal Party	13,514	47.22
Joseph Hoare	Conservative Party	12,684	44.32
Ernest Charles Jones	Liberal Party	10,662	37.25
Mitchell Henry	Liberal Party	5,236	18.29
Majority		830	2.90

Marlborough
15 November 1868		616
Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Marylebone
18 November 1868		18,427/35,575	51.80
John Harvey Lewis	Liberal Party	9,782	53.09
Thomas Chambers	Liberal Party	9,444	51.25
Dr Humphrey Sandwith	Liberal Party	5,591	30.34
Daniel Grant	Liberal Party	4,058	22.02
Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, Bt	Conservative Party	3,989	21.65
Majority		3,853	20.91

Mayo County
23 November 1868		3,783
George Bingham, Baron Bingham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Henry Moore	Liberal Party	Unopposed

19 April 1870 Death of George Henry Moore.

12 May 1870
George Eakins Browne	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Meath County
30 November 1868		1,720/4,018	42.81
Matthew Elias Corbally	Liberal Party	1,696	98.60
Edward Francis McEvoy	Liberal Party	1,688	98.14
John Thomas Hinds	Liberal Party	88	5.12
Majority		1,600	93.02
25 November 1870 Death of Matthew Corbally.

17 January 1871		1,824/4,179	43.65
John Martin	Home Rule	1,140	62.50
Hon George John Plunkett	Conservative Party	684	37.50
Majority		456	25.00

Merionethshire
17 November 1868		3,185
David Williams	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 December 1869 Death of David Williams.

17 January 1870
Samuel Holland	Liberal Party	1,610	62.57
Charles John Tottenham	Conservative Party	963	37.43
Majority		647	25.15

Merthyr Tydvil
18 November 1868		12,449/14,577	85.40
Henry Richard	Liberal Party	11,683	93.85
Richard Fothergill	Liberal Party	7,439	59.76
Rt Hon Henry Austin Bruce	Liberal Party	5,776	46.40
Majority		1,663	13.36

Mid Cheshire
21 November 1868		5,512/7,158	77.00
Hon Wilbraham Egerton	Conservative Party	3,063	55.57
George Cornwall Legh	Conservative Party	3,056	55.44
Hon John Byrne Leicester Warren	Liberal Party	2,452	44.48
Majority		604	10.96
21 February 1873 Resignation of George Legh.

10 March 1873		5,626/7,801	72.12
Egerton Leigh	Conservative Party	3,508	62.35
George William Latham	Liberal Party	2,118	37.65
Majority		1,390	24.71

Mid Kent
23 November 1868		6,120/8,723	70.16
William Hart Dyke	Conservative Party	3,251	53.12
William Archer Amherst, Viscount Holmesdale	Conservative Party	3,248	53.07
Lord John William Nicholas Hervey	Liberal Party	2,872	46.93
Francis Somerville Head	Liberal Party	2,868	46.86
Majority		376	6.14

Mid Lincolnshire
18 November 1868		8,694
Weston Cracroft Amcotts	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Henry Chaplin	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Mid Somerset
26 November 1868		5,749/8,364	68.74
Richard Horner Paget	Conservative Party	3,692	64.22
Ralph Neville Grenville	Conservative Party	3,636	63.25
Francis Tagart	Liberal Party	2,151	37.42
Edward Augustus Freeman	Liberal Party	2,018	35.10
Majority		1,485	25.83

Mid Surrey
26 November 1868		7,574/10,565	71.69
Henry William Peek	Conservative Party	4,487	59.24
Hon William Brodrick	Conservative Party	4,412	58.25
Julian Goldsmid	Liberal Party	3,152	41.62
Charles Henry Robarts	Liberal Party	3,090	40.80
Thomas Marsh Nelson	Independent Liberal	7	0.09
Majority		1,260	16.64
29 August 1870 Succession of Hon William Brodrick to the Peerage - 8th Viscount Midleton.

17 October 1870
Sir Richard Baggallay	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Middlesbrough
16 November 1868		5,196
Henry William Ferdinand Bolckow	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Middlesex
21 November 1868		14,292/25,196	56.72
Lord George Francis Hamilton	Conservative Party	7,850	54.93
George Henry Charles Byng, Viscount Enfield	Liberal Party	6,487	45.39
Henry du Pre Labouchere	Liberal Party	6,397	44.76
Majority		90	0.63

Midhurst
18 November 1868		637/1,007	63.26
William Townley Mitford	Conservative Party	375	58.87
Daniel Adolphus Lange	Liberal Party	262	41.13
Majority		113	17.74

Monaghan County
25 November 1868		3,918/5,591	70.08
Charles Powell Leslie	Conservative Party	3,130	79.89
Sewallis Evelyn Shirley	Conservative Party	2,785	71.08
William Gray	Liberal Party	960	24.50
Majority		1,825	46.58
26 June 1871 Death of Charles Leslie.

22 July 1871
John Leslie	Conservative Party	2,521	62.26
Isaac Butt	Home Rule	1,528	37.74
Majority		993	24.52

Monmouth District of Boroughs
18 November 1868		3,067/3,771	81.33
Sir John William Ramsden, Bt	Liberal Party	1,618	52.76
Samuel Homfray	Conservative Party	1,449	47.24
Majority		169	5.51

Monmouthshire
26 November 1868		5,981/7,971	75.03
Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan	Conservative Party	3,761	62.88
Poulett George Henry Somerset	Conservative Party	3,525	58.94
Henry Morgan Clifford	Liberal Party	2,338	39.09
Majority		1,187	19.85
24 February 1871 Resignation of Poulett Somerset.

4 March 1871
Lord Henry Richard Charles Somerset	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Montgomery District of Boroughs
16 November 1868		2,559
Hon Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Montgomeryshire
19 November 1868		4,810
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Montrose District of Burghs
20 November 1868		4,226/6,337	66.69
William Edward Baxter	Liberal Party	3,199	75.70
William Macdonald Macdonald	Conservative Party	1,027	24.30
Majority		2,172	51.40

Morpeth
16 November 1868		2,006
Rt Hon Sir George Grey, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

New Radnor District of Boroughs
17 November 1868		841
Richard Green Price	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 February 1869 Resignation of Richard Green-Price.

25 February 1869		721/841	85.73
Rt Hon Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington	Liberal Party	546	75.73
George Henry Phillips	Conservative Party	175	24.27
Majority		371	51.46

New Ross
18 November 1868		258
Patrick McMahon	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Newark-on-Trent
18 November 1868		1,466/1,803	81.31
Grosvenor Hodgkinson	Liberal Party	1,089	74.28
Edward Denison	Liberal Party	1,017	69.37
Philip H Handley	Independent Liberal	826	56.34
Majority		191	13.03
26 January 1870 Death of Edward Denison.

1 April 1870
Samuel Boteler Bristowe	Liberal Party	827	53.98
William Campbell Sleigh	Conservative Party	653	42.62
Sir George Grey	Liberal Party	52	3.39
Majority		174	11.36

Newcastle upon Tyne
17 November 1868		9,591/18,557	51.68
Joseph Cowen	Liberal Party	7,057	73.58
Rt Hon Thomas Emerson Headlam	Liberal Party	6,674	69.59
Charles Frederic Hamond	Conservative Party	2,725	28.41
Majority		3,949	41.17
19 December 1873 Death of Sir Joseph Cowen.

17 January 1874		13,709/21,407	64.04
Joseph Cowen	Liberal Party	7,356	53.66
Charles Frederic Hamond	Conservative Party	6,353	46.34
Majority		1,003	7.32

Newcastle-under-Lyme
17 November 1868		2,340/2,849	82.13
Edmund Buckley	Conservative Party	1,423	60.81
William Shepherd Allen	Liberal Party	1,081	46.20
Henry Thomas Salmon	Liberal Party	744	31.79
Majority		337	14.40

Newport
16 November 1868		965
Charles Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 October 1870 Death of Charles Martin.

23 November 1870
Charles Cavendish Clifford	Liberal Party	437	55.46
Henry Martyn Kennard	Conservative Party	351	44.54
Majority		86	10.91

Newry
18 November 1868		764/796	95.98
William Kirk	Liberal Party	385	50.39
Francis Charles Needham, Viscount Newry	Conservative Party	379	49.61
Majority		6	0.79
20 December 1870 Death of William Kirk.

23 January 1871
Francis Charles Needham, Viscount Newry	Conservative Party	Unopposed

North Eastern Lancashire
18 November 1868		7,055/8,649	81.57
James Maden Holt	Conservative Party	3,612	51.20
John Pierce Chamberlain Starkie	Conservative Party	3,594	50.94
Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth	Liberal Party	3,463	49.09
William Fenton	Liberal Party	3,441	48.77
Majority		131	1.86

North Riding, Yorkshire
23 November 1868		8,440/19,205	43.95
Hon Octavius Duncombe	Conservative Party	7,689	91.10
Frederick Acclom Milbank	Liberal Party	7,429	88.02
Edward Stillingfleet Cayley	Conservative Party	1,721	20.39
Majority		5,708	67.63

Northallerton
17 November 1868		758/808	93.81
John Hutton	Conservative Party	386	50.92
Jasper Wilson Johns	Liberal Party	372	49.08
Majority		14	1.85
12 April 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Northampton
18 November 1868		4,727/6,621	71.39
Charles Gilpin	Liberal Party	2,691	56.93
Anthony Henley Henley, Baron Henley	Liberal Party	2,154	45.57
Charles George Mereweather	Conservative Party	1,634	34.57
William Edmonstone Lendrick	Conservative Party	1,396	29.53
Charles Bradlaugh	Liberal Party	1,086	22.97
Frederic Richard Lees	Liberal Party	492	10.41
Majority		520	11.00

Northern Ayrshire
24 November 1868		2,719/3,219	84.47
William Finnie	Liberal Party	1,397	51.38
Roger Montgomerie	Conservative Party	1,322	48.62
Majority		75	2.76

Northern Derbyshire
30 November 1868		5,468/6,231	87.75
Lord George Henry Cavendish	Liberal Party	2,903	53.09
Augustus Peter Arkwright	Conservative Party	2,698	49.34
William Jackson	Liberal Party	2,637	48.23
Majority		61	1.12
1869 Petition - dismissed.


Northern Devon
21 November 1868		7,642/9,260	82.53
Rt Hon Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bt	Conservative Party	3,967	51.91
Thomas Dyke Acland	Liberal Party	3,898	51.01
John Walrond Walrond	Conservative Party	3,520	46.06
Majority		378	4.95

Northern Durham
26 November 1868		8,566/10,576	80.99
George Elliot	Conservative Party	4,649	54.27
Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bt	Liberal Party	4,011	46.82
Isaac Lowthian Bell	Liberal Party	3,822	44.62
Majority		189	2.21

Northern Hampshire
16 November 1868		5,744
William Withey Bramston Beach	Conservative Party	Unopposed
George Sclater Booth	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Lanarkshire
21 November 1868		5,458
Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Northern Lancashire
17 November 1868		12,053/14,399	83.71
Hon Frederick Arthur Stanley	Conservative Party	6,832	56.68
Rt Hon John Wilson Patten	Conservative Party	6,681	55.43
Rt Hon Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington	Liberal Party	5,296	43.94
Majority		1,385	11.49

Northern Leicestershire
23 November 1868		4,074/6,348	64.18
Lord John James Robert Manners	Conservative Party	3,296	80.90
Samuel William Clowes	Conservative Party	3,092	75.90
Charles Hay Frewen	Independent Conservative	1,750	42.96
Lord George John Manners	Conservative Party	9	0.22
Majority		1,342	32.94

Northern Lincolnshire
16 November 1868		9,436
Sir Montagu John Cholmeley, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rowland Winn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 January 1874 Death of Sir Montagu Cholmeley, Bt.


Northern Norfolk
23 November 1868		4,753/6,432	73.90
Hon Frederick Walpole	Conservative Party	2,630	55.33
Sir Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, Bt	Conservative Party	2,563	53.92
Edmond Robert Wodehouse	Liberal Party	2,235	47.02
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon	Liberal Party	2,078	43.72
Majority		328	6.90
17 May 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Northern Northamptonshire
17 November 1868		5,310
Rt Hon George Ward Hunt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sackville George Stopford	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Northumberland
18 November 1868		3,612
Henry George Percy, Earl Percy	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Matthew White Ridley	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Northern Nottinghamshire
23 November 1868		5,205
Rt Hon John Evelyn Denison	Speaker of the House of Commons	Unopposed
Frederick Chatfield Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 February 1872 Elevation of Rt Hon John Denison to the Peerage - Viscount Ossington.

26 February 1872		4,104/5,448	75.33
Hon George Edmund Milnes Monckton-Arundell	Conservative Party	2,580	62.87
Robert Laycock	Liberal Party	1,524	37.13
Majority		1,056	25.73

Northern Shropshire
23 November 1868		5,915/7,611	77.72
John Ralph Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	3,602	60.90
George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, Viscount Newport	Conservative Party	3,403	57.53
Richard George Jebb	Liberal Party	2,412	40.78
Majority		991	16.75

Northern Staffordshire
16 November 1868		10,261
Rt Hon Charles Bowyer Adderley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Northern Warwickshire
18 November 1868		7,829/10,266	76.26
Charles Newdigate Newdegate	Conservative Party	4,547	58.08
William Bromley Davenport	Conservative Party	4,377	55.91
George Frederick Muntz	Liberal Party	3,411	43.57
Edward Fordham Flower	Liberal Party	3,322	42.43
Majority		966	12.34

Northern West Riding, Yorkshire
20 November 1868		16,918
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Sir Francis Crossley, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

5 January 1872 Death of Sir Francis Crossley, Bt.

3 February 1872		13,878/17,084	81.23
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	6,961	50.16
Isaac Holden	Liberal Party	6,917	49.84
Majority		44	0.32
8 August 1873 Resignation of Lord Frederick Cavendish on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

27 August 1873
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Northern Wiltshire
21 November 1868		5,077/6,857	74.04
Sir George Samuel Jenkinson, Bt	Conservative Party	2,769	54.54
Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce	Liberal Party	2,600	51.21
Joseph Trigge Schonberg	Liberal Party	2,016	39.71
Majority		584	11.50

Norwich
18 November 1868		9,958/13,296	74.89
Sir Henry Josias Stracey, Bt	Conservative Party	4,521	45.40
Sir William Russell, Bt	Liberal Party	4,509	45.28
Jacob Henry Tillett	Liberal Party	4,364	43.82
Majority		145	1.46
18 January 1869 Petition - Sir Henry Stracey, Bt unseated. The writ was then suspended until July 1870.

13 July 1870
Jacob Henry Tillett	Liberal Party	4,236	52.23
John Walter Huddleston	Conservative Party	3,874	47.77
Majority		362	4.46
11 January 1871 Petition - Jacob Tillett unseated.

22 February 1871		8,026/12,338	65.05
Jeremiah James Colman	Liberal Party	4,637	57.77
Sir Charles Legard, Bt	Conservative Party	3,389	42.23
Majority		1,248	15.55

Nottingham
18 November 1868		11,609/14,168	81.94
Sir Robert Juckes Clifton, Bt	Independent Liberal	5,285	45.53
Charles Ichabod Wright	Conservative Party	4,591	39.55
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	4,004	34.49
Peter William Clayden	Liberal Party	2,716	23.40
Ralph Bernal Osborne	Independent Liberal	2,031	17.50
Majority		587	5.06
30 May 1869 Death of Sir Robert Clifton, Bt.

16 June 1869		9,144/14,168	64.54
Charles Seely	Liberal Party	4,627	50.60
William Digby Seymour	Independent Liberal	4,517	49.40
Majority		110	1.20
29 July 1869 Petition - dismissed.

16 February 1870 Resignation of Ichabod Wright.

24 February 1870
Prof Hon Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert	Liberal Party	4,971	51.53
William Digby Seymour	Independent Liberal	4,675	48.47
Majority		296	3.07

Oldham
18 November 1868		12,231/13,454	90.91
John Tomlinson Hibbert	Liberal Party	6,140	50.20
John Platt	Liberal Party	6,122	50.05
John Morgan Cobbett	Conservative Party	6,116	50.00
Frederick Lowten Spinks	Conservative Party	6,084	49.74
Majority		6	0.05
16 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.

18 May 1872 Death of John Platt.

5 June 1872		14,262/16,063	88.79
John Morgan Cobbett	Conservative Party	7,278	51.03
Hon Edward Lyulph Stanley	Liberal Party	6,984	48.97
Majority		294	2.06

Orkney & Shetland
7 December 1868		1,161/1,486	78.13
Frederick Dundas	Liberal Party	715	61.58
Henry B Riddell	Conservative Party	446	38.42
Majority		269	23.17
26 October 1872 Death of Frederick Dundas.

11 January 1873		1,267/1,537	82.43
Samuel Laing	Liberal Party	646	50.99
Sir Peter Tait	Liberal Party	621	49.01
Majority		25	1.97

Oxford
8 November 1868		3,926/5,328	73.69
Rt Hon Edward Cardwell	Liberal Party	2,765	70.43
William George Granville Venables Vernon-Harcourt	Liberal Party	2,636	67.14
Dr James Parker Deane	Conservative Party	1,225	31.20
Majority		1,411	35.94
9 December 1868 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Cardwell on appointment as Secretary of State for War.

22 December 1868		5,328
Rt Hon Edward Cardwell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1873 Resignation of William Vernon-Harcourt on appointment as Solicitor-General.

6 December 1873
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon-Harcourt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Oxford University
18 November 1868		4,214
Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon John Robert Mowbray	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Oxfordshire
18 November 1868		7,663
Rt Hon Joseph Warner Henley	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Sidney North	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Cornwallis Cartwright	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Paisley
20 November 1868		2,918/3,264	89.40
Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing	Liberal Party	1,576	54.01
Archibald Campbell Campbell	Conservative Party	921	31.56
Archibald Kintrea	Liberal Party	421	14.43
Majority		655	22.45

Peeblesshire & Selkirkshire
25 November 1868		719/889	80.88
Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, Bt	Conservative Party	361	50.21
Sir John Digby Murray, Bt	Liberal Party	358	49.79
Majority		3	0.42

Pembroke District of Boroughs
18 November 1868		2,468/3,028	81.51
Thomas Charles Meyrick	Conservative Party	1,419	57.50
Sir Hugh Owen Owen, bt	Liberal Party	1,049	42.50
Majority		370	14.99
1868 Petition - withdrawn.


Pembrokeshire
21 November 1868		4,690
John Henry Scourfield	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Penryn & Falmouth
18 November 1868		1,312/1,808	72.57
Robert Nicholas Fowler	Conservative Party	732	55.79
Prof Edward Backhouse Eastwick	Conservative Party	683	52.06
Jerviose Smith	Liberal Party	611	46.57
Kirkham Daniel Hodgson	Liberal Party	597	45.50
Majority		72	5.49
24 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Perth
17 November 1868		2,801
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Perthshire
23 November 1868		3,813/4,876	78.20
Charles Stuart Parker	Liberal Party	2,046	53.66
Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bt	Conservative Party	1,767	46.34
Majority		279	7.32

Peterborough
18 November 1868		1,888/2,461	76.72
William Wells	Liberal Party	1,282	67.90
George Hammond Whalley	Liberal Party	1,122	59.43
Thomson Hankey	Liberal Party	834	44.17
William Green	Liberal Party	204	10.81
Henry Thomas Wrenfordsley	Conservative Party	167	8.85
Majority		288	15.25

Petersfield
17 November 1868		592/774	76.49
William Nicholson	Liberal Party	370	62.50
Frederick du Pr? Thornton	Conservative Party	222	37.50
Majority		148	25.00

Plymouth
17 November 1868		3,582/4,840	74.01
Sir Robert Porrett Collier	Liberal Party	2,086	73.75
Walter Morrison	Liberal Party	2,065	73.01
Richard Stuart Lane	Conservative Party	1,506	53.24
Majority		559	15.61
12 December 1868 Resignation of Sir Robert Collier on appointment as Attorney-General.

21 December 1868		4,840
Sir Robert Porrett Collier	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1870 Resignation of Sir Robert Collier on appointment as Recorder of Bristol.

15 August 1870
Sir Robert Porrett Collier	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1871 Resignation of Sir Robert Collier on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

22 November 1871
Edward Bates	Conservative Party	1,753	53.71
Alfred Rooker	Liberal Party	1,511	46.29
Majority		242	7.41

Pontefract
17 November 1868		1,697/1,910	88.85
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	913	53.80
Samuel Waterhouse	Conservative Party	900	53.03
Charles George Milnes Gaskell	Liberal Party	680	40.07
Majority		220	12.96
December 1868 Resignation of Hugh Childers on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty.

21 December 1868		1,910
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 August 1872 Resignation of Hugh Childers on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

17 August 1872		1,236/1,941	63.68
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers	Liberal Party	658	53.24
John Horace Savile, Viscount Pollington	Conservative Party	578	46.76
Majority		80	6.47
This was the first contest to be held under a secret ballot.


Poole
17 November 1868		1,186/1,256	94.43
Arthur Edward Guest	Conservative Party	623	52.53
Charles Waring	Liberal Party	563	47.47
Majority		60	5.06

Portarlington
20 December 1868		120/134	89.55
Lionel Seymour William Dawson-Damer	Conservative Party	69	57.50
Rt Hon James Anthony Lawson	Liberal Party	51	42.50
Majority		18	15.00

Portsmouth
18 November 1868		9,042/11,597	77.97
Sir James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, bt	Conservative Party	5,306	58.68
William Henry Stone	Liberal Party	3,785	41.86
Stephen Gaselee	Liberal Party	3,687	40.78
Majority		98	1.08

Preston
18 November 1868		10,454/10,763	97.13
Edward Hermon	Conservative Party	5,803	55.51
Sir Thomas George Fermor-Hesketh, Bt	Conservative Party	5,700	54.52
Joseph Francis Leese	Liberal Party	4,741	45.35
Rt Hon Lord Edward Howard	Liberal Party	4,663	44.60
Majority		959	9.17
20 August 1872 Death of Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Bt.

16 September 1872		8,366/10,214	81.91
John Holker	Conservative Party	4,542	54.29
James German	Liberal Party	3,824	45.71
Majority		718	8.58

Queen's County
23 November 1868		3,726
Rt Hon John Wilson Fitzpatrick	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Kenelm Thomas Digby	Liberal Party	Unopposed

10 December 1869 Elevation of Rt Hon John Fitzpatrick to the Peerage - Baron Castletown.

4 January 1870
Edmund Dease	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Radnorshire
19 November 1868		2,216
Hon Arthur Walsh	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Reading
17 November 1868		2,603/3,228	80.64
Sir Francis Henry Goldsmid, Bt	Liberal Party	1,629	62.58
George John Shaw-Lefevre	Liberal Party	1,618	62.16
Sir Robert Walter Carden	Conservative Party	979	37.61
Majority		639	24.55

Renfrewshire
19 November 1868		3,571
Archibald Alexander Speirs	Liberal Party	Unopposed

30 December 1868 Death of Archibald Speirs.

25 January 1869
Rt Hon Henry Austin Bruce	Liberal Party	Unopposed

23 August 1873 Elevation of Rt Hon Henry Bruce to the Peerage - Baron Aberdare of Duffryn.

13 September 1873		3,532/4,385	80.55
Archibald Campbell Campbell	Conservative Party	1,855	52.52
William Mure	Liberal Party	1,677	47.48
Majority		178	5.04

Richmond
17 November 1868		462/650	71.08
Sir Roundell Palmer	Liberal Party	375	81.17
William Henry Roberts	Liberal Party	87	18.83
Majority		288	62.34
15 October 1872 Resignation of Sir Roundell Palmer on appointment as Lord Chancellor and elevation to the Peerage - Baron Selborne.

7 November 1872		542/682	79.47
Lawrence Dundas	Liberal Party	314	57.93
Charles Edward Brunskill Cooke	Independent Liberal	228	42.07
Majority		86	15.87
6 May 1873 Succession of Lawrence Dundas to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Zetland.

27 May 1873
Hon John Charles Dundas	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Ripon
17 November 1868		962/1,132	84.98
Lord John Hay	Liberal Party	554	57.59
George Allanson Cayley	Conservative Party	408	42.41
Majority		146	15.18
18 December 1868 Resignation of Lord John Hay on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.

21 December 1868		1,132
Lord John Hay	Liberal Party	Unopposed

9 February 1871 Resignation of Lord John Hay.

15 February 1871		824/1,035	79.61
Sir Henry Knight Storks	Liberal Party	522	63.35
George Allanson Cayley	Conservative Party	302	36.65
Majority		220	26.70

Rochdale
17 November 1868		7,725/9,280	83.24
Thomas Bayley Potter	Liberal Party	4,455	57.67
William Whitworth Schofield	Conservative Party	3,270	42.33
Majority		1,185	15.34

Rochester
18 November 1868		2,085/2,569	81.16
Philip Wykeham Martin	Liberal Party	1,458	69.93
John Alexander Kinglake	Liberal Party	1,305	62.59
Alfred Smee	Conservative Party	703	33.72
Majority		602	28.87
9 July 1870 Death of John Kinglake.

19 July 1870
Julian Goldsmid	Liberal Party	987	64.22
Charles James Fox	Independent Conservative	550	35.78
Majority		437	28.43

Roscommon County
18 November 1868		3,814
Fitzstephen French	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Charles Owen O'Conor, The O'Conor Don	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 June 1873 Death of Fitzstephen French.

24 June 1873		3,809
Hon Charles French	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Ross & Cromarty
21 November 1868		1,564
Alexander Matheson	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Roxburghshire
26 November 1868		1,360/1,664	81.73
Sir William Scott, Bt	Liberal Party	750	55.15
Lord Schomberg Henry Kerr	Conservative Party	610	44.85
Majority		140	10.29
15 February 1870 Resignation of Sir William Scott, Bt.

2 March 1870
James Henry Robert Ker, Marquess of Bowmont	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Rutlandshire
19 November 1868		2,200
George Henry Finch	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Gerard James Noel	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Rye
18 November 1868		1,012/1,208	83.77
John Stewart Hardy	Conservative Party	513	50.69
William Jones-Loyd	Liberal Party	499	49.31
Majority		14	1.38

Salford
18 November 1868		12,326/15,862	77.71
Charles Edward Cawley	Conservative Party	6,312	51.21
William Thomas Charley	Conservative Party	6,181	50.15
John Cheetham	Liberal Party	6,141	49.82
Henry Rawson	Liberal Party	6,018	48.82
Majority		40	0.32
2 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Salisbury
20 November 1868		1,337/1,461	91.51
Dr John Alfred Lush	Liberal Party	748	55.95
Edward William Terreck Hamilton	Liberal Party	679	50.79
Granville Richard Ryder	Conservative Party	623	46.60
Majority		56	4.19
1869 Petition - dismissed.

28 July 1869 Resignation of Edward Hamilton.

5 August 1869		1,193/1,461	81.66
Alfred Seymour	Liberal Party	562	47.11
Granville Richard Ryder	Conservative Party	549	46.02
Matthew Henry Marsh	Liberal Party	82	6.87
Majority		13	1.09

Sandwich
18 November 1868		1,638/1,906	85.94
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen	Liberal Party	933	56.96
Henry Arthur Brassey	Liberal Party	923	56.35
Henry Worms	Conservative Party	710	43.35
Majority		213	13.00

Scarborough
17 November 1868		2,494/2,964	84.14
Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, bt	Liberal Party	1,826	73.22
John Dent Dent	Liberal Party	1,678	67.28
George John Cayley	Conservative Party	742	29.75
Majority		936	37.53
24 February 1869 Death of Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, bt.

12 March 1869
Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Shaftesbury
16 November 1868		1,311
George Grenfell Glyn	Liberal Party	Unopposed

24 July 1873 Succession of Hon George Glyn to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Wolverton.

30 August 1873		1,137/1,311	86.73
Vere Fane Benett-Stanford	Conservative Party	603	53.03
Henry Danby Seymour	Liberal Party	534	46.97
Majority		69	6.07

Sheffield
18 November 1868		20,924/29,955	69.85
George Hadfield	Liberal Party	14,793	70.70
Anthony John Mundella	Liberal Party	12,212	58.36
John Arthur Roebuck	Independent Liberal	9,571	45.74
Edwin Plumer Price	Conservative Party	5,272	25.20
Majority		2,641	12.62

Shoreham
16 November 1868		4,774
Stephen Cave	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Sir Percy Burrell, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Shrewsbury
17 November 1868		3,014/3,381	89.15
William James Clement	Liberal Party	1,840	61.05
James Figgins	Conservative Party	1,751	58.10
Robert Crawford	Liberal Party	685	22.73
Majority		1,066	35.37
1869 Petition - withdrawn.

1870 Petition - dismissed.

29 August 1870 Death of William Clement.

21 September 1870
Douglas Straight	Conservative Party	1,291	50.75
Charles Cecil Cotes	Liberal Party	1,253	49.25
Majority		38	1.49

Sligo
20 November 1868		470/520	90.38
Laurence Edward Knox	Conservative Party	241	51.28
John Woulf Flanagan	Liberal Party	229	48.72
Majority		12	2.55
21 March 1869 Petition - election declared void.

1 August 1870 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament.


Sligo County
2 December 1868		2,840/3,233	87.84
Denis Maurice O'Conor	Liberal Party	1,671	58.84
Sir Robert Gore-Booth, Bt	Conservative Party	1,208	42.54
Edward Henry Cooper	Conservative Party	1,129	39.75
Cornelius Alexander Keogh	Liberal Party	2	0.07
Majority		79	2.78

South Eastern Lancashire
23 November 1868		15,140/19,340	78.28
Hon Algernon Fulke Egerton	Conservative Party	8,290	54.76
John Snowdon Henry	Conservative Party	8,012	52.92
Rt Hon Frederick Peel	Liberal Party	7,024	46.39
Henry Yates Thompson	Liberal Party	6,953	45.92
Majority		988	6.53

South Shields
18 November 1868		4,859/6,208	78.27
James Cochran Stevenson	Liberal Party	2,582	53.14
Charles Mark Palmer	Liberal Party	2,277	46.86
Majority		305	6.28

South Western Lancashire
21 November 1868		14,880/21,261	69.99
Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative Party	7,729	51.94
Charles Turner	Conservative Party	7,676	51.59
Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal Party	7,415	49.83
Henry Riversdale Grenfell	Liberal Party	6,939	46.63
Majority		261	1.75

Southampton
18 November 1868		4,340/5,696	76.19
Rt Hon Russell Gurney	Conservative Party	2,393	55.14
Peter Merrick Hoare	Conservative Party	2,178	50.18
George Moffatt	Liberal Party	2,161	49.79
Frederick Augustus Maxse	Liberal Party	1,947	44.86
Majority		17	0.39
20 April 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Southern Ayrshire
25 November 1868		2,807/3,370	83.29
Sir David Wedderburn, Bt	Liberal Party	1,416	50.45
Claud Alexander	Conservative Party	1,391	49.55
Majority		25	0.89

Southern Derbyshire
21 November 1868		6,997/7,833	89.33
Rowland Smith	Conservative Party	3,594	51.36
Sir Thomas Gresley, Bt	Conservative Party	3,582	51.19
Thomas William Evans	Liberal Party	3,443	49.21
Charles Robert Colvile	Liberal Party	3,375	48.23
Majority		139	1.99
18 December 1868 Death of Sir Thomas Gresley, Bt.

16 January 1869		6,989/7,833	89.23
Henry Wilmot	Conservative Party	3,511	50.24
Thomas William Evans	Liberal Party	3,478	49.76
Majority		33	0.47

Southern Devon
30 November 1868		5,928/8,047	73.67
Sir Massey Lopes, bt	Conservative Party	3,234	54.55
Samuel Trehawke Kekewich	Conservative Party	3,233	54.54
John Russell, Viscount Amberley	Liberal Party	2,694	45.45
Majority		539	9.09
1 June 1873 Death of Samuel Kekewich.

17 June 1873
John Carpenter Garnier	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Durham
25 November 1868		7,632/9,352	81.61
Joseph Whitwell Pease	Liberal Party	4,319	56.59
Frederick Edward Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	4,024	52.73
Charles Freville Surtees	Conservative Party	3,714	48.66
Hon Gustavus Russell Hamilton-Russell	Conservative Party	3,206	42.01
Majority		310	4.06
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Southern Essex
16 November 1868		7,127
Richard Baker Wingfield Baker	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Andrew Johnston	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Southern Hampshire
26 November 1868		5,498/8,135	67.58
Rt Hon William Francis Cowper	Liberal Party	2,797	50.87
Lord Henry John Montagu-Douglas-Scott	Conservative Party	2,756	50.13
Clement Milward	Liberal Party	2,726	49.58
John Carpenter Garnier	Conservative Party	2,716	49.40
Majority		30	0.55
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Southern Lanarkshire
26 November 1868		2,435/2,871	84.81
John Glencairn Carter Hamilton	Liberal Party	1,328	54.54
Sir Norman Macdonald Lockhart, Bt	Conservative Party	1,107	45.46
Majority		221	9.08

Southern Leicestershire
26 November 1868		6,015/8,308	72.40
George Augustus Frederick Louis Howe, Viscount Curzon	Conservative Party	3,196	53.13
Albert Pell	Conservative Party	3,111	51.72
Thomas Tertius Paget	Liberal Party	2,861	47.56
Majority		250	4.16
12 May 1870 Succession of Viscount Curzon to the Peerage - 2nd Earl Howe.

13 June 1870
William Unwin Heygate	Conservative Party	3,292	56.01
Thomas Tertius Paget	Liberal Party	2,585	43.99
Majority		707	12.03

Southern Lincolnshire
25 November 1868		7,010/10,476	66.91
William Earle Welby	Conservative Party	4,514	64.39
Edmund Turnor	Conservative Party	4,078	58.17
George Hussey Packe	Liberal Party	2,714	38.72
John Taylor	Liberal Party	3	0.04
Majority		1,364	19.46

Southern Norfolk
21 November 1868		4,754/7,709	61.67
Clare Sewell Read	Conservative Party	3,097	65.15
Edward Howes	Conservative Party	3,053	64.22
Henry Lombard Hudson	Liberal Party	1,679	35.32
Majority		1,374	28.90
26 March 1871 Death of Edward Howes.

17 April 1871		5,415/7,719	70.15
Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Bt	Conservative Party	2,868	52.96
Robert Thornhagh Gurdon	Liberal Party	2,547	47.04
Majority		321	5.93

Southern Northamptonshire
25 November 1868		4,819/6,338	76.03
Sir Rainald Knightley, Bt	Conservative Party	2,522	52.33
Fairfax William Cartwright	Conservative Party	2,505	51.98
Lord Frederick John Fitzroy	Liberal Party	2,305	47.83
Majority		200	4.15

Southern Northumberland
20 November 1868		6,862
Wentworth Blackett Beaumont	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Henry George Liddell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Nottinghamshire
16 November 1868		4,846
William Hodgson Barrow	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Blackburne Thornton Hildyard	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Shropshire
25 November 1868		4,770/5,847	81.58
Hon Percy Egerton Herbert	Conservative Party	2,703	56.67
Edward Corbett	Conservative Party	2,514	52.70
Robert Jasper More	Liberal Party	2,161	45.30
Majority		353	7.40

Southern Warwickshire
21 November 1868		5,004/6,205	80.64
Henry Christopher Wise	Conservative Party	2,581	51.58
John Hardy	Conservative Party	2,501	49.98
Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, Bt	Liberal Party	2,472	49.40
Edward Hyde Villiers, Baron Hyde	Liberal Party	2,453	49.02
Majority		29	0.58
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Southern West Riding, Yorkshire
21 November 1868		15,805/19,908	79.39
William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton	Liberal Party	8,110	51.31
Henry Frederick Beaumont	Liberal Party	7,943	50.26
Walter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope	Conservative Party	7,935	50.21
Lewis Randle Starkey	Conservative Party	7,621	48.22
Majority		8	0.05
13 April 1869 Petition - dismissed.

28 June 1872 Resignation of Viscount Milton.

8 July 1872
Walter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Southern Wiltshire
16 November 1868		3,810
Lord Henry Frederick Thynne	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Thomas Fraser Grove	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Southwark
17 November 1868		8,463/17,703	47.81
John Locke	Liberal Party	6,027	71.22
Austen Henry Layard	Liberal Party	5,908	69.81
William James Richmond Cotton	Conservative Party	2,495	29.48
Majority		3,413	40.33
9 December 1868 Resignation of Austen Layard on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.

21 December 1868		17,703
Austen Henry Layard	Liberal Party	Unopposed

7 February 1870 Resignation of Austen Layard on appointment as United Kingdom Ambassador to Spain.

17 February 1870
Marcus Beresford	Conservative Party	4,686	38.94
George Odger	Liberal/Labour	4,382	36.41
Sir Sidney Hedley Waterlow	Liberal Party	2,966	24.65
Majority		304	2.53

St Andrews District of Burghs
17 November 1868		1,847
Edward Ellice	Liberal Party	Unopposed

St Ives
16 November 1868		1,398
Charles Magniac	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Stafford
10 November 1868		2,272/3,152	72.08
Henry Davis Pochin	Liberal Party	1,189	52.33
Walter Meller	Conservative Party	1,124	49.47
Richard Croft Chawner	Liberal Party	1,107	48.72
Majority		17	0.75
13 May 1869 Petition - election declared void.

7 June 1869		2,117/3,152	67.16
Thomas Salt	Conservative Party	1,206	56.97
Hon Reginald Arthur James Talbot	Conservative Party	1,130	53.38
Thomas William Evans	Liberal Party	954	45.06
Benjamin Whitworth	Liberal Party	943	44.54
Majority		176	8.31

Stalybridge
18 November 1868		4,483/5,338	83.98
James Sidebottom	Conservative Party	2,405	53.65
Nathaniel Buckley	Liberal Party	2,078	46.35
Majority		327	7.29
12 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.

14 February 1871 Death of James Sidebottom.

1 March 1871		4,231/4,918	86.03
Nathaniel Buckley	Liberal Party	2,198	51.95
Francis Sharp Powell	Conservative Party	2,033	48.05
Majority		165	3.90

Stamford
16 November 1868		1,094
Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Stirling District of Burghs
20 November 1868		3,883/4,372	88.82
Henry Campbell	Liberal Party	2,201	56.68
John Ramsay	Liberal Party	1,682	43.32
Majority		519	13.37

Stirlingshire
17 November 1868		2,751
John Elphinstone Erskine	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Stockport
17 November 1868		5,223/6,702	77.93
William Tipping	Conservative Party	2,714	51.96
John Benjamin Smith	Liberal Party	2,658	50.89
Sir Edward William Watkin	Liberal Party	2,698	51.66
William Ambrose	Conservative Party	2,475	47.39

1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Stockton-on-Tees
18 November 1868		3,343/4,492	74.42
Joseph Dodds	Liberal Party	2,476	74.07
Lord Ernest McDonnell Vane-Tempest	Conservative Party	867	25.93
Majority		1,609	48.13

Stoke-on-Trent
16 November 1868		16,199
George Melly	Liberal Party	Unopposed
William Sargeant Roden	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Stroud
18 November 1868		4,952/5,642	87.77
Sebastian Stewart Dickinson	Liberal Party	2,907	58.70
Henry Selfe Page Winterbotham	Liberal Party	2,805	56.64
John Edward Dorington	Conservative Party	2,096	42.33
Majority		709	14.32
13 December 1873 Death of Henry Winterbotham.

8 January 1874		5,243/5,942	88.24
John Edward Dorington	Conservative Party	2,817	53.73
Sir Henry Marshman Havelock, Bt	Liberal Party	2,426	46.27
Majority		391	7.46

Sunderland
18 November 1868		7,367/11,364	64.83
John Candlish	Liberal Party	6,237	84.66
Edward Temperley Gourley	Liberal Party	4,901	66.53
Thomas Charles Thompson	Liberal Party	3,596	48.81
Majority		1,305	17.71

Sutherland
19 November 1868		358
Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Swansea District of Boroughs
16 November 1868		7,543
Lewis Llewellyn Dillwyn	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Tamworth
17 November 1868		1,381/1,753	78.78
Sir Robert Peel, bt	Liberal Party	1,136	82.26
Sir William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer	Liberal Party	827	59.88
John Peel	Liberal Party	798	57.78
Majority		29	2.10
9 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.

23 March 1871 Elevation of Sir Henry Earle Bulwer to the Peerage - Baron Dalling and Bulwer.

28 March 1871
John Peel	Liberal Party	Unopposed

2 April 1872 Death of John Peel.

16 April 1872		1,269/1,747	72.64
Robert William Hanbury	Conservative Party	946	74.55
Sir Robert Spencer Robinson	Liberal Party	323	25.45
Majority		623	49.09

Taunton
18 November 1868		1,492/1,977	75.47
Alexander Charles Barclay	Liberal Party	1,105	74.06
Edward William Cox	Conservative Party	988	66.22
Henry James	Liberal Party	890	59.65
Majority		98	6.57
8 March 1869 Petition - election of Edward Cox declared void. Henry James was declared duly elected after a scrutiny. Two petitions against Barclay were withdrawn. A subsequent petition was lodged against Henry James but the Court ruled that a petitioner who had been seated on petition could not afterwards be petitioned against.

September 1873 Resignation of Henry James on appointment as Solicitor-General.

14 October 1873		1,711/1,913	89.44
Henry James	Liberal Party	899	52.54
Sir Alfred Frederic Adolphus Slade, Bt	Conservative Party	812	47.46
Majority		87	5.08
26 January 1874 Petition - dismissed.


Tavistock
16 November 1868		802
Arthur John Edward Russell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Tewkesbury
17 November 1868		634/745	85.10
William Edwin Price	Liberal Party	355	55.99
Sir Edmund Athony Harley Lechmere, Bt	Conservative Party	279	44.01
Majority		76	11.99

The Hartlepools
18 November 1868		3,097/3,922	78.96
Ralph Ward-Jackson	Conservative Party	1,550	50.05
Thomas Richardson	Liberal Party	1,547	49.95
Majority		3	0.10
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Thirsk
17 November 1868		806/902	89.36
Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bt	Conservative Party	416	51.61
Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone	Liberal Party	390	48.39
Majority		26	3.23
1869 Petition - withdrawn.


Tipperary County
23 November 1868		9,498
Charles Moore	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Charles William White	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 August 1869 Death of Charles Moore.

27 November 1869		2,171/9,498	22.86
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa	Independent Nationalist	1,131	52.10
Denis Caulfield Heron	Liberal Party	1,028	47.35
William R Collett	Conservative Party	12	0.55
Majority		103	4.74
10 February 1870 Disqualification of Jeremiah Rossa due to the fact that he was a convicted felon.

28 February 1870
Denis Caulfield Heron	Liberal Party	1,668	50.06
Charles Joseph Kickham	Independent Nationalist	1,664	49.94
Majority		4	0.12

Tiverton
16 November 1868		1,155
John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon George Denman	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1872 Resignation of Hon George Denman on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

6 November 1872		1,124/1,258	89.35
William Nathaniel Massey	Liberal Party	577	51.33
John Walrond Walrond	Conservative Party	547	48.67
Majority		30	2.67

Tower Hamlets
18 November 1868		17,592/32,546	54.05
Acton Smee Ayrton	Liberal Party	9,839	55.93
Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda	Liberal Party	7,849	44.62
Octavius Edward Coope	Conservative Party	7,446	42.33
Edmond Beales	Liberal Party	7,160	40.70
William Newton	Liberal/Labour	2,890	16.43
Majority		403	2.29
26 October 1869 Resignation of Acton Ayrton on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.

8 November 1869		32,546
Acton Smee Ayrton	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Tralee
17 November 1868		263
Daniel O'Donoghue, The O'Donoghue	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Truro
17 November 1868		1,276/1,435	88.92
Frederick Martin Williams	Conservative Party	731	80.33
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	Liberal Party	683	75.05
John Passmore Edwards	Liberal Party	406	44.62
Majority		277	21.71
16 December 1868 Resignation of Hon John Vivian on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

21 December 1868		1,435
Hon John Cranch Walker Vivian	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1871 Resignation of Hon John Vivian on appointment as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War.

13 September 1871		1,041/1,442	72.19
James Macnaghten Hogg	Conservative Party	605	58.12
John Edward Jenkins	Liberal Party	436	41.88
Majority		169	16.23

Tynemouth & North Shields
18 November 1868		1,808/2,601	69.51
Thomas Eustace Smith	Liberal Party	1,098	60.73
Henry John Trotter	Conservative Party	710	39.27
Majority		388	21.46

Tyrone County
24 November 1868		8,878
Rt Hon Henry Thomas Lowry Corry	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon Lord Claude Hamilton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 March 1873 Death of Rt Hon Henry Lowry Corry.

16 April 1873		6,242/8,643	72.22
Hon Henry William Lowry Corry	Conservative Party	3,139	50.29
John William Ellison Macartney	Conservative Party	3,103	49.71
Majority		36	0.58

Wakefield
19 November 1868		3,069/3,627	84.62
Somerset Archibald Beaumont	Liberal Party	1,557	50.73
Thomas Kemp Sanderson	Conservative Party	1,512	49.27
Majority		45	1.47

Wallingford
17 November 1868		811/942	86.09
Stanley Vickers	Conservative Party	453	55.86
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt	Liberal Party	358	44.14
Majority		95	11.71
2 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.

24 February 1872 Death of Stanley Vickers.

9 March 1872
Edward Wells	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Walsall
16 November 1868		6,047
Charles Forster	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Wareham
17 November 1868		683/894	76.40
John Hales Montagu Calcraft	Liberal Party	314	45.97
John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax	Conservative Party	301	44.07
Thomas Francis Fremantle	Conservative Party	68	9.96
Majority		13	1.90
1 December 1868 Death of John Calcraft.

23 December 1868		679/894	75.95
John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax	Conservative Party	374	55.08
William Montagu Calcraft	Liberal Party	305	44.92
Majority		69	10.16

Warrington
18 November 1868		3,941/4,470	88.17
Peter Rylands	Liberal Party	1,984	50.34
Gilbert Greenall	Conservative Party	1,957	49.66
Majority		27	0.69
4 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Warwick
17 November 1868		998/1,688	59.12
Arthur Wellesley Peel	Liberal Party	873	87.47
Edward Greaves	Conservative Party	863	86.47
William Randal Cremer	Liberal/Labour	260	26.05
Majority		603	60.42

Waterford City
20 November 1868		905/1,383	65.44
John Aloysius Blake	Liberal Party	796	87.96
James Delahunty	Liberal Party	583	64.42
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bt	Liberal Party	430	47.51
Majority		153	33.81
1869 Resignation of John Blake on appointment as Inspector of Irish Fisheries.

22 November 1869		958/1,383	69.27
Sir Henry Winston Barron, Bt	Liberal Party	487	50.84
Ralph Bernal Osborne	Liberal Party	471	49.16
Majority		16	1.67
31 January 1870 Petition - Sir Henry Barron, Bt unseated.

25 February 1870
Ralph Bernal Osborne	Liberal Party	483	50.42
Patrick Joseph Smyth	Independent Nationalist	475	49.58
Majority		8	0.84

Waterford County
19 November 1868		3,445
John Esmonde	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Edmond de la Poer	Liberal Party	Unopposed

24 June 1873 Resignation of Edmond de la Poer.

5 July 1873		3,407
Hon Henry Windsor Villiers-Stuart	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Wednesbury
18 November 1868		10,877/14,277	76.19
Alexander Brogden	Liberal Party	6,129	56.35
Thomas Eades Walker	Conservative Party	3,779	34.74
Edward Vaughan Hyde Kenealy	Independent	969	8.91
Majority		2,350	21.61

Wenlock
16 November 1868		3,445
Alexander Hargreaves Brown	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Rt Hon George Cecil Weld Weld-Forester	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Westbury
18 November 1868		957/1,046	91.49
John Lewis Phipps	Conservative Party	492	51.41
Abraham Laverton	Liberal Party	465	48.59
Majority		27	2.82
5 February 1869 Petition - election declared void on petition.

27 February 1869		987/1,046	94.36
Charles Paul Phipps	Conservative Party	499	50.56
Abraham Laverton	Liberal Party	488	49.44
Majority		11	1.11

Western Aberdeenshire
19 November 1868		4,081
William McCombie	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Western Cheshire
20 November 1868		8,894
Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
John Tollemache	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 February 1872 Resignation of John Tollemache.

17 February 1872
Wilbraham Frederick Tollemache	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Cornwall
19 November 1868		8,168
John St Aubyn	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Arthur Pendarves Vivian	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Western Cumberland
19 November 1868		5,676
Henry Lowther	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Percy Scawen Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed

4 March 1872 Succession of Henry Lowther to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Lonsdale.

26 March 1872
Josslyn Francis Pennington, Baron Muncaster	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Essex
19 November 1868		5,479
Lord Eustace Henry Brownlow Gascoyne-Cecil	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Henry John Selwyn-Ibbetson	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Gloucestershire
23 November 1868		9,318/11,463	81.29
Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote	Liberal Party	4,985	53.50
Samuel Stephens Marling	Liberal Party	4,862	52.18
Edward Arthur Somerset	Conservative Party	4,394	47.16
Majority		468	5.02

Western Kent
25 November 1868		6,669/8,828	75.54
Charles Henry Mills	Conservative Party	3,440	51.58
John Gilbert Talbot	Conservative Party	3,378	50.65
Sir John Lubbock, bt	Liberal Party	3,323	49.83
William Angerstein	Liberal Party	3,196	47.92
Majority		55	0.82

Western Norfolk
16 November 1868		7,062
Sir William Bagge, Bt	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon Thomas de Grey	Conservative Party	Unopposed

31 December 1870 Succession of Hon Thomas de Grey to the Peerage - 6th Baron Walsingham.

8 February 1871
George William Pierrepont Bentinck	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Somerset
28 November 1868		7,671
Hon Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

11 December 1873 Death of William Gore-Langton.

12 January 1874
Vaughan Hanning Lee	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Staffordshire
21 November 1868		7,111/9,942	71.52
Smith Child	Conservative Party	3,909	54.97
Hugo Francis Meynell-Ingram	Conservative Party	3,773	53.06
William Orme Foster	Liberal Party	3,295	46.34
Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts-Foley	Liberal Party	3,244	45.62
Majority		478	6.72
26 May 1871 Death of Hugo Meynell-Ingram.

13 June 1871
Francis Monckton	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Suffolk
18 November 1868		4,150/5,583	74.33
William Windsor Parker	Conservative Party	2,500	60.24
Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey	Conservative Party	2,389	57.57
Charles Lamport	Liberal Party	1,705	41.08
Majority		684	16.48

Western Surrey
30 November 1868		5,292/6,708	78.89
George Cubitt	Conservative Party	3,000	56.69
John Ivatt Briscoe	Liberal Party	2,826	53.40
Frederick Pennington	Liberal Party	1,757	33.20
Majority		1,069	20.20
16 August 1870 Death of John Briscoe.

8 September 1870
Lee Steere	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Sussex
19 November 1868		3,672
Hon Henry Wyndham	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Walter Barttelot Barttelot	Conservative Party	Unopposed

18 March 1869 Succession of Hon Henry Wyndham to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Leconfield.

17 April 1869
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Western Worcestershire
18 November 1868		6,311
Frederic Winn Knight	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Edward Dowdeswell	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Westmeath County
21 November 1868		3,884
William Pollard Urquhart	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent	Liberal Party	Unopposed

22 December 1868 Resignation of Hon William Greville-Nugent on appointment as Groom in Waiting.

7 January 1869		3,884
Hon Algernon William Fulke Greville-Nugent	Liberal Party	Unopposed

1 June 1871 Death of William Urquhart.

17 June 1871		3,616
Patrick James Smyth	Home Rule	Unopposed

Westminster
18 November 1868		14,082/18,879	74.59
William Henry Smith	Conservative Party	7,648	74.56
Hon Robert Wellesley Grosvenor	Liberal Party	6,584	64.18
John Stuart Mill	Liberal Party	6,284	61.26
Majority		300	2.13
19 February 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Westmorland
18 November 1868		5,240
Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective	Conservative Party	Unopposed
William Lowther	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 December 1870 Succession of the Earl of Bective to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Headfort.

21 February 1871
Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Wexford
17 November 1868		520
Richard Joseph Devereux	Liberal Party	Unopposed

12 January 1869 Petition - Richard Devereux unseated.

26 February 1869		520
Richard Joseph Devereux	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 April 1872 Resignation of Richard Devereux.

26 April 1872		372/535	69.53
William Archer Redmond	Home Rule	321	86.29
Walter Redmond	Home Rule	51	13.71
Majority		270	72.58

Wexford County
24 November 1868		6,204
John Talbot Power	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Matthew Peter D'Arcy	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
17 November 1868		952/1,868	50.96
Charles Joseph Theophilus Hambro	Conservative Party	750	78.78
Henry Edwards	Liberal Party	701	73.63
John Joseph Powell	Liberal Party	452	47.48
Majority		249	26.16

Whitby
18 November 1868		1,412/2,058	68.61
William Henry Gladstone	Liberal Party	894	63.31
William Cayley Worsley	Conservative Party	518	36.69
Majority		376	26.63
2 November 1869 Resignation of William Gladstone on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

18 November 1869		1,375/2,058	66.81
William Henry Gladstone	Liberal Party	779	56.65
William Cayley Worsley	Conservative Party	596	43.35
Majority		183	13.31

Whitehaven
17 November 1868		1,896/2,495	75.99
George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative Party	1,125	59.34
Anthony Benn Steward	Liberal Party	771	40.66
Majority		354	18.67

Wick District of Burghs
30 November 1868		1,486/1,673	88.82
George Loch	Liberal Party	851	57.27
Samuel Laing	Liberal Party	635	42.73
Majority		216	14.54
1869 Petition - withdrawn.

6 February 1872 Resignation of George Loch.

28 February 1872		1,202/1,439	83.53
John Pender	Liberal Party	704	58.57
Robert Reid	Independent Liberal	498	41.43
Majority		206	17.14

Wicklow County
24 November 1868		3,613
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Dick	Conservative Party	Unopposed
Hon William Henry Wentworth-Fitzwilliam	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Wigan
18 November 1868		4,090/4,939	82.81
Henry Woods	Liberal Party	2,219	54.25
John Lancaster	Liberal Party	2,166	52.96
Nathaniel Eckersley	Conservative Party	1,920	46.94
James Pearson	Conservative Party	1,875	45.84
Majority		246	6.01
6 March 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Wigtown District of Burghs
18 November 1868		848/966	87.78
George Young	Liberal Party	484	57.08
Robert Vans-Agnew	Conservative Party	364	42.92
Majority		120	14.15
1868 Resignation of George Young on appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland.

4 January 1869		966
George Young	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Wigtownshire
21 November 1868		1,371/1,517	90.38
Alan Plantagenet Stewart, Baron Garlies	Conservative Party	719	52.44
Sir Andrew Agnew, Bt	Liberal Party	652	47.56
Majority		67	4.89
2 January 1873 Succession of Baron Garlies to the Peerage - 10th Earl of Galloway.

24 February 1873		1,369/1,549	88.38
Robert Vans-Agnew	Conservative Party	713	52.08
John Hew North Henry Hamilton Dalrymple, Viscount Dalrymple	Liberal Party	656	47.92
Majority		57	4.16

Wilton
16 November 1868		931
Edmund Antrobus	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Winchester
17 November 1868		1,440/1,621	88.83
William Barrow Simonds	Conservative Party	830	57.64
John Bonham Carter	Liberal Party	690	47.92
Arthur Jervoise Scott	Liberal Party	529	36.74
Majority		161	11.18

Windsor
17 November 1868		1,598/1,777	89.93
Roger Eykyn	Liberal Party	803	50.25
Robert Richardson-Gardner	Conservative Party	795	49.75
Majority		8	0.50
12 January 1869 Petition - dismissed.


Wolverhampton
16 November 1868		15,772
Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers	Liberal Party	Unopposed
Thomas Matthias Weguelin	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Woodstock
17 November 1868		983/1,127	87.22
Henry Barnett	Conservative Party	502	51.07
Hon George Charles Brodrick	Liberal Party	481	48.93
Majority		21	2.14

Worcester
17 November 1868		4,898/5,542	88.38
William Laslett	Conservative Party	2,439	49.80
Alexander Clunes Sheriff	Liberal Party	2,063	42.12
Thomas Rowley Hill	Liberal Party	1,586	32.38
Sir Francis Lycett	Liberal Party	1,269	25.91
Majority		477	9.74

Wycombe
17 November 1868		1,201/1,338	89.76
Hon William Henry Peregrine Carington	Liberal Party	701	58.37
John Remington Mills	Conservative Party	500	41.63
Majority		201	16.74

York
18 November 1868		6,894/9,088	75.86
James Lowther	Conservative Party	3,735	54.18
Joshua Proctor Brown Westhead	Liberal Party	3,279	47.56
Dr John Hall Gladstone	Liberal Party	3,038	44.07
Majority		241	3.50
1869 Petition - withdrawn.

9 February 1871 Resignation of Joshua Westhead.

14 February 1871
George Leeman	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Youghal
23 November 1868		233/278	83.81
Christopher Weguelin	Liberal Party	127	54.51
Sir Joseph Neale McKenna	Liberal Party	106	45.49
Majority		21	9.01
20 April 1869 Petition - Christopher Weguelin unseated.

11 May 1869		249/278	89.57
Montague John Guest	Liberal Party	126	50.60
Charles Green	Conservative Party	123	49.40
Majority		3	1.20