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CON | 350 |
LIB | 239 |
HR | 60 |
LIB/LAB | 2 |
Ind LIB | 1 |
Aberdeen | |||
2 February 1874 | 6,634/14,585 | 45.49 | |
Liberal Party | 3,910 | 58.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,724 | 41.06 | |
Majority | 1,186 | 17.88 | |
Aberdeen & Glasgow Universities | |||
2 February 1874 | 4,776 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1874 Resignation of Edward Gordon on appointment as Lord Advocate. | |||
14 March 1874 | 4,776 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1876 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Gordon on appointment as a Lord of Appeal - Lord Gordon of Drumearn. | |||
14 November 1876 | 4,180/5,389 | 77.57 | |
Conservative Party | 2,392 | 57.22 | |
Liberal Party | 1,788 | 42.78 | |
Majority | 604 | 14.45 | |
Abingdon | |||
4 February 1874 | 772/860 | 89.77 | |
Liberal Party | 439 | 56.87 | |
Conservative Party | 333 | 43.13 | |
Majority | 106 | 13.73 | |
Andover | |||
31 January 1874 | 654/764 | 85.60 | |
Conservative Party | 395 | 60.40 | |
Liberal Party | 259 | 39.60 | |
Majority | 136 | 20.80 | |
Anglesea | |||
7 February 1874 | 2,429/3,173 | 76.55 | |
Liberal Party | 1,636 | 67.35 | |
Conservative Party | 793 | 32.65 | |
Majority | 843 | 34.71 | |
Antrim County | |||
13 February 1874 | 8,258/10,436 | 79.13 | |
Conservative Party | 4,356 | 52.75 | |
Conservative Party | 4,142 | 50.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,009 | 48.55 | |
Majority | 133 | 1.61 | |
Argyll | |||
9 February 1874 | 3,018 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 August 1878 Resignation of the Marquess of Lorne on appointment as Governor-General of Canada. | |||
31 August 1878 | 2,569/3,133 | 82.00 | |
Liberal Party | 1,462 | 56.91 | |
Conservative Party | 1,107 | 43.09 | |
Majority | 355 | 13.82 | |
Armagh City | |||
4 February 1874 | 539/596 | 90.44 | |
Conservative Party | 325 | 60.30 | |
Liberal Party | 214 | 39.70 | |
Majority | 111 | 20.59 | |
21 September 1875 Death of John Vance. | |||
18 October 1875 | 525/596 | 88.09 | |
Conservative Party | 278 | 52.95 | |
Conservative Party | 247 | 47.05 | |
Majority | 31 | 5.90 | |
Armagh County | |||
9 February 1874 | 5,171/7,044 | 73.41 | |
Conservative Party | 3,527 | 68.21 | |
Conservative Party | 3,469 | 67.09 | |
Liberal Party | 1,673 | 32.35 | |
Majority | 1,796 | 34.73 | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
4 February 1874 | 5,044/5,471 | 92.20 | |
Conservative Party | 2,612 | 51.78 | |
Liberal Party | 2,432 | 48.22 | |
Majority | 180 | 3.57 | |
Athlone | |||
5 February 1874 | 280/351 | 79.77 | |
Home Rule | 140 | 50.00 | |
Home Rule | 140 | 50.00 | |
24 April 1874 Petition - result amended to Sheil 153, Ennis 148. | |||
Aylesbury | |||
6 February 1874 | 2,265/4,064 | 55.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,761 | 77.75 | |
Conservative Party | 1,624 | 71.70 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,144 | 50.51 | |
Majority | 480 | 21.19 | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
9 February 1874 | 3,380/4,092 | 82.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,697 | 50.21 | |
Liberal Party | 1,683 | 49.79 | |
Majority | 14 | 0.41 | |
1874 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Banbury | |||
2 February 1874 | 1,436/1,906 | 75.34 | |
Liberal Party | 760 | 52.92 | |
Conservative Party | 676 | 47.08 | |
Majority | 84 | 5.85 | |
Bandon | |||
3 February 1874 | 355/371 | 95.69 | |
Liberal Party | 180 | 50.70 | |
Conservative Party | 175 | 49.30 | |
Majority | 5 | 1.41 | |
Banffshire | |||
5 February 1874 | 2,418 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Barnstaple | |||
31 January 1874 | 1,317/1,591 | 82.78 | |
Liberal Party | 757 | 57.48 | |
Liberal Party | 675 | 51.25 | |
Conservative Party | 622 | 47.23 | |
Conservative Party | 580 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 53 | 4.02 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
3 December 1879 Resignation of Samuel Waddy in order that he can contest Sheffield. | |||
12 February 1880 | 1,538/1,646 | 93.44 | |
Liberal Party | 817 | 53.12 | |
Conservative Party | 721 | 46.88 | |
Majority | 96 | 6.24 | |
Bath | |||
3 February 1874 | 4,828/5,454 | 88.52 | |
Liberal Party | 2,520 | 52.20 | |
Conservative Party | 2,397 | 49.65 | |
Liberal Party | 2,391 | 49.52 | |
Conservative Party | 2,348 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.12 | |
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
7 February 1874 | 1,546/2,048 | 75.49 | |
Liberal Party | 947 | 61.25 | |
Conservative Party | 344 | 22.25 | |
Liberal Party | 255 | 16.49 | |
Majority | 603 | 39.00 | |
Bedford | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,091/2,213 | 94.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,155 | 55.24 | |
Conservative Party | 1,010 | 48.30 | |
Liberal Party | 1,006 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.19 | |
Bedfordshire | |||
2 February 1874 | 6,874 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 April 1875 Resignation of Francis Bassett. | |||
28 April 1875 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Belfast | |||
5 February 1874 | 12,896/15,979 | 80.71 | |
Conservative Party | 8,412 | 65.23 | |
Conservative Party | 8,176 | 63.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,096 | 31.76 | |
Independent Conservative | 506 | 3.92 | |
Majority | 4,080 | 31.64 | |
1878 Resignation of William Johnston on appointment as Inspector of Fisheries in Ireland. | |||
2 April 1878 | 13,136/20,005 | 65.66 | |
Conservative Party | 8,241 | 62.74 | |
Independent Conservative | 4,895 | 37.26 | |
Majority | 3,346 | 25.47 | |
Berkshire | |||
2 February 1874 | 7,745 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 February 1875 Resignation of Richard Benyon. | |||
24 February 1875 | 4,603/7,721 | 59.62 | |
Conservative Party | 3,454 | 75.04 | |
Conservative Party | 1,149 | 24.96 | |
Majority | 2,305 | 50.08 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,216/1,313 | 92.61 | |
Liberal Party | 617 | 50.74 | |
Conservative Party | 533 | 43.83 | |
Liberal Party | 418 | 34.38 | |
Liberal Party | 330 | 27.14 | |
Majority | 115 | 9.46 | |
Berwickshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 1,422/1,652 | 86.08 | |
Conservative Party | 748 | 52.60 | |
Liberal Party | 674 | 47.40 | |
Majority | 74 | 5.20 | |
Bewdley | |||
31 January 1874 | 910/1,082 | 84.10 | |
Liberal Party | 504 | 55.38 | |
Conservative Party | 405 | 44.51 | |
Liberal Party | 1 | 0.11 | |
Majority | 99 | 10.88 | |
Birkenhead | |||
3 February 1874 | 5,272/7,458 | 70.69 | |
Conservative Party | 3,692 | 70.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,580 | 29.97 | |
Majority | 2,112 | 40.06 | |
29 October 1874 Death of John Laird. | |||
26 November 1874 | 5,895/7,458 | 79.04 | |
Conservative Party | 3,421 | 58.03 | |
Liberal Party | 2,474 | 41.97 | |
Majority | 947 | 16.06 | |
Birmingham | |||
30 January 1874 | 51,361 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 June 1876 Resignation of George Dixon. | |||
27 June 1876 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Blackburn | |||
5 February 1874 | 10,522/11,195 | 93.99 | |
Conservative Party | 5,532 | 52.58 | |
Liberal Party | 5,338 | 50.73 | |
Conservative Party | 5,323 | 50.59 | |
Liberal Party | 4,851 | 46.10 | |
Majority | 15 | 0.14 | |
5 September 1875 Death of Henry Feilden. | |||
2 October 1875 | 10,624/11,721 | 90.64 | |
Conservative Party | 5,792 | 54.52 | |
Liberal Party | 4,832 | 45.48 | |
Majority | 960 | 9.04 | |
Bodmin | |||
4 February 1874 | 807/959 | 84.15 | |
Liberal Party | 464 | 57.50 | |
Liberal Party | 230 | 28.50 | |
Conservative Party | 113 | 14.00 | |
Majority | 234 | 29.00 | |
Bolton | |||
5 February 1874 | 11,430/12,595 | 90.75 | |
Conservative Party | 5,987 | 52.38 | |
Liberal Party | 5,782 | 50.59 | |
Conservative Party | 5,650 | 49.43 | |
Liberal Party | 5,440 | 47.59 | |
Majority | 132 | 1.15 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Boston | |||
3 February 1874 | 4,594/2,651 | 173.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,572 | 68.44 | |
Liberal Party | 1,347 | 58.64 | |
Conservative Party | 996 | 43.36 | |
Conservative Party | 679 | 29.56 | |
Majority | 351 | 7.64 | |
8 June 1874 Petition - Thomas Parry unseated and John Malcolm declared elected. 353 votes had been struck off Parry's total before the process was halted. | |||
3 August 1878 Resignation of John Malcolm in order to contest Argyll. | |||
12 August 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bradford | |||
4 February 1874 | 19,341/24,331 | 79.49 | |
Liberal Party | 11,945 | 61.76 | |
Conservative Party | 10,223 | 52.86 | |
Liberal Party | 8,398 | 43.42 | |
Liberal/Labour | 8,115 | 41.96 | |
Majority | 1,825 | 9.44 | |
Brecknockshire | |||
6 February 1874 | 2,630/3,574 | 73.59 | |
Conservative Party | 1,594 | 60.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,036 | 39.39 | |
Majority | 558 | 21.22 | |
16 April 1875 Succession of Hon Godfrey Morgan to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Tredegar. | |||
22 May 1875 | 3,317/4,256 | 77.94 | |
Liberal Party | 1,710 | 51.55 | |
Conservative Party | 1,607 | 48.45 | |
Majority | 103 | 3.11 | |
Brecon | |||
2 February 1874 | 727/843 | 86.24 | |
Conservative Party | 374 | 51.44 | |
Liberal Party | 353 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 21 | 2.89 | |
Bridgnorth | |||
5 February 1874 | 976/1,267 | 77.03 | |
Liberal Party | 701 | 71.82 | |
Conservative Party | 275 | 28.18 | |
Majority | 426 | 43.65 | |
Bridport | |||
31 January 1874 | 1,045 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 March 1875 Death of Thomas Mitchell. | |||
31 March 1875 | 809/1,011 | 80.02 | |
Liberal Party | 620 | 76.64 | |
Conservative Party | 189 | 23.36 | |
Majority | 431 | 53.28 | |
Brighton | |||
5 February 1874 | 7,435/10,228 | 72.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,393 | 59.09 | |
Conservative Party | 3,995 | 53.73 | |
Liberal Party | 3,351 | 45.07 | |
Liberal Party | 3,130 | 42.10 | |
Majority | 644 | 8.66 | |
Bristol | |||
3 February 1874 | 16,899/22,867 | 73.90 | |
Liberal Party | 8,888 | 52.59 | |
Liberal Party | 8,732 | 51.67 | |
Conservative Party | 8,552 | 50.61 | |
Conservative Party | 7,626 | 45.13 | |
Majority | 180 | 1.07 | |
5 December 1878 Resignation of Kirkham Hodgson. | |||
16 December 1878 | 17,137/24,851 | 68.96 | |
Liberal Party | 9,342 | 54.51 | |
Conservative Party | 7,795 | 45.49 | |
Majority | 1,547 | 9.03 | |
Buckingham | |||
5 February 1874 | 980/1,118 | 87.66 | |
Conservative Party | 589 | 60.10 | |
Liberal Party | 391 | 39.90 | |
Majority | 198 | 20.20 | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 4,822/7,368 | 65.45 | |
Conservative Party | 3,004 | 62.30 | |
Conservative Party | 2,902 | 60.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,720 | 35.67 | |
Independent Conservative | 151 | 3.13 | |
Majority | 1,569 | 32.54 | |
21 February 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli on appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. | |||
17 March 1874 | 7,368 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 August 1876 Elevation of Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli to the Peerage - Earl of Beaconsfield. | |||
22 September 1876 | 5,264/7,273 | 72.38 | |
Conservative Party | 2,725 | 51.77 | |
Liberal Party | 2,539 | 48.23 | |
Majority | 186 | 3.53 | |
Burnley | |||
31 January 1874 | 5,555/6,607 | 84.08 | |
Liberal Party | 3,065 | 55.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,490 | 44.82 | |
Majority | 575 | 10.35 | |
19 January 1876 Death of Richard Shaw. | |||
11 February 1876 | 6,597/7,127 | 92.56 | |
Liberal Party | 3,520 | 53.36 | |
Conservative Party | 3,077 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 443 | 6.72 | |
Bury | |||
4 February 1874 | 5,516/6,236 | 88.45 | |
Liberal Party | 3,016 | 54.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,500 | 45.32 | |
Majority | 516 | 9.35 | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,627/1,919 | 84.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,004 | 61.71 | |
Conservative Party | 914 | 56.18 | |
Liberal Party | 707 | 43.45 | |
Liberal Party | 628 | 38.60 | |
Majority | 207 | 12.72 | |
Bute | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,113 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Caithness | |||
7 February 1874 | 891/1,126 | 79.13 | |
Liberal Party | 452 | 50.73 | |
Conservative Party | 439 | 49.27 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.46 | |
Calne | |||
30 January 1874 | 687 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridge | |||
3 February 1874 | 3,581/4,428 | 80.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,856 | 51.83 | |
Conservative Party | 1,794 | 50.10 | |
Liberal Party | 1,774 | 49.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,738 | 48.53 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.56 | |
Cambridge University | |||
4 February 1874 | 5,855 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 10,104 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 September 1874 Death of Lord George Manners. | |||
5 October 1874 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 December 1878 Death of Hon Eliot Yorke. | |||
30 January 1879 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
4 February 1874 | 2,351/3,103 | 75.77 | |
Conservative Party | 1,488 | 63.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,406 | 59.80 | |
Liberal Party | 934 | 39.73 | |
Liberal Party | 873 | 37.13 | |
Majority | 472 | 20.08 | |
25 February 1878 Resignation of Henry Butler-Johnstone. | |||
2 March 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 May 1879 Resignation of Lewis Majendie. | |||
8 May 1879 | 2,262/3,089 | 73.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1,159 | 51.24 | |
Liberal Party | 1,103 | 48.76 | |
Majority | 56 | 2.48 | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
13 February 1874 | 5,551/6,656 | 83.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,780 | 50.08 | |
Conservative Party | 2,771 | 49.92 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.16 | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,946 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiganshire | |||
12 February 1874 | 3,485/4,438 | 78.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,850 | 53.08 | |
Liberal Party | 1,635 | 46.92 | |
Majority | 215 | 6.17 | |
Carlisle | |||
4 February 1874 | 3,749/4,693 | 79.88 | |
Liberal Party | 2,154 | 57.46 | |
Liberal Party | 2,051 | 54.71 | |
Conservative Party | 1,741 | 46.44 | |
Conservative Party | 1,551 | 41.37 | |
Majority | 310 | 8.27 | |
Carlow | |||
31 January 1874 | 303 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Carlow County | |||
2 February 1874 | 2,180 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
7 February 1874 | 3,135/4,494 | 69.76 | |
Conservative Party | 1,654 | 52.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,481 | 47.24 | |
Majority | 173 | 5.52 | |
31 July 1876 Resignation of Charles Nevill. | |||
14 August 1876 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 May 1878 Resignation of Emile Cowell-Stepney. | |||
11 May 1878 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 5,890/8,161 | 72.17 | |
Conservative Party | 3,389 | 57.54 | |
Conservative Party | 3,261 | 55.37 | |
Liberal Party | 2,799 | 47.52 | |
Liberal Party | 2,331 | 39.58 | |
Majority | 462 | 7.84 | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
2 February 1874 | 3,833 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
12 February 1874 | 5,068/6,286 | 80.62 | |
Conservative Party | 2,750 | 54.26 | |
Liberal Party | 2,318 | 45.74 | |
Majority | 432 | 8.52 | |
Carrickfergus | |||
6 February 1874 | 1,080/1,370 | 78.83 | |
Conservative Party | 628 | 58.15 | |
Conservative Party | 452 | 41.85 | |
Majority | 176 | 16.30 | |
Cavan County | |||
17 February 1874 | 5,464/6,225 | 87.78 | |
Home Rule | 3,229 | 59.10 | |
Home Rule | 3,079 | 56.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,310 | 42.28 | |
Majority | 769 | 14.07 | |
Chatham | |||
31 January 1874 | 3,608/4,468 | 80.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,132 | 59.09 | |
Liberal Party | 1,476 | 40.91 | |
Majority | 656 | 18.18 | |
5 February 1875 Resignation of Sir George Elliot on appointment as Commissioner in Chief at Portsmouth. | |||
16 February 1875 | 4,131/4,935 | 83.71 | |
Conservative Party | 2,173 | 52.60 | |
Liberal Party | 1,958 | 47.40 | |
Majority | 215 | 5.20 | |
Chelsea | |||
6 February 1874 | 16,098/23,560 | 68.33 | |
Liberal Party | 7,217 | 44.83 | |
Conservative Party | 7,172 | 44.55 | |
Liberal Party | 6,701 | 41.63 | |
Liberal Party | 1,967 | 12.22 | |
Majority | 471 | 2.93 | |
Cheltenham | |||
4 February 1874 | 3,963/4,438 | 89.30 | |
Conservative Party | 2,121 | 53.52 | |
Liberal Party | 1,842 | 46.48 | |
Majority | 279 | 7.04 | |
Chester | |||
3 February 1874 | 4,486/6,268 | 71.57 | |
Conservative Party | 2,356 | 52.52 | |
Liberal Party | 2,134 | 47.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,125 | 47.37 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.20 | |
Chichester | |||
31 January 1874 | 1,240 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1874 Resignation of Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox on appointment as First Commissioner of Works. | |||
13 March 1874 | 1,240 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chippenham | |||
2 February 1874 | 834/979 | 85.19 | |
Conservative Party | 530 | 63.55 | |
Liberal Party | 304 | 36.45 | |
Majority | 226 | 27.10 | |
Christchurch | |||
5 February 1874 | 1,585/1,831 | 86.56 | |
Conservative Party | 978 | 61.70 | |
Liberal Party | 607 | 38.30 | |
Majority | 371 | 23.41 | |
Cirencester | |||
30 January 1874 | 1,101 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 February 1878 Succession of Allen Bathurst to the Peerage - 6th Earl Bathurst. | |||
13 March 1878 | 1,045/1,128 | 92.64 | |
Conservative Party | 698 | 66.79 | |
Liberal Party | 347 | 33.21 | |
Majority | 351 | 33.59 | |
City of London | |||
6 February 1874 | 15,327/22,626 | 67.74 | |
Conservative Party | 8,397 | 54.79 | |
Conservative Party | 8,330 | 54.35 | |
Conservative Party | 8,210 | 53.57 | |
Liberal Party | 6,787 | 44.28 | |
Liberal Party | 6,654 | 43.41 | |
Liberal Party | 6,490 | 42.34 | |
Majority | 133 | 0.87 | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
11 February 1874 | 1,411/1,896 | 74.42 | |
Liberal Party | 943 | 66.83 | |
Conservative Party | 468 | 33.17 | |
Majority | 475 | 33.66 | |
Clare County | |||
13 February 1874 | 4,070/5,960 | 68.29 | |
Home Rule | 3,095 | 76.04 | |
Home Rule | 2,565 | 63.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,240 | 30.47 | |
Majority | 1,325 | 32.56 | |
22 July 1877 Death of Rt Hon Sir Colman O'Loghlen, Bt. | |||
13 August 1877 | 3,649/5,427 | 67.24 | |
Home Rule | 1,721 | 47.16 | |
Home Rule | 1,149 | 31.49 | |
Conservative Party | 764 | 20.94 | |
Liberal/Conservative | 15 | 0.41 | |
Majority | 572 | 15.68 | |
1879 Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, Bt deemed to have resigned by accepting the office of Attorney-General of Victoria. | |||
5 May 1879 | 3,999/5,430 | 73.65 | |
Home Rule | 1,661 | 41.54 | |
Conservative Party | 1,531 | 38.28 | |
Liberal Party | 807 | 20.18 | |
Majority | 130 | 3.25 | |
Clitheroe | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,700/1,790 | 94.97 | |
Conservative Party | 896 | 52.71 | |
Liberal Party | 804 | 47.29 | |
Majority | 92 | 5.41 | |
Clonmel | |||
6 February 1874 | 369/443 | 83.30 | |
Home Rule | 220 | 59.62 | |
Liberal Party | 149 | 40.38 | |
Majority | 71 | 19.24 | |
Cockermouth | |||
4 February 1874 | 894/1,077 | 83.01 | |
Liberal Party | 506 | 56.60 | |
Conservative Party | 388 | 43.40 | |
Majority | 118 | 13.20 | |
3 April 1879 Death of Isaac Fletcher. | |||
18 April 1879 | 923/1,102 | 83.76 | |
Liberal Party | 557 | 60.35 | |
Conservative Party | 366 | 39.65 | |
Majority | 191 | 20.69 | |
Colchester | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,710/3,183 | 85.14 | |
Conservative Party | 1,515 | 55.90 | |
Conservative Party | 1,407 | 51.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,297 | 47.86 | |
Liberal Party | 1,218 | 44.94 | |
Majority | 110 | 4.06 | |
Coleraine | |||
6 February 1874 | 387/440 | 87.95 | |
Liberal Party | 227 | 58.66 | |
Conservative Party | 160 | 41.34 | |
Majority | 67 | 17.31 | |
Cork City | |||
7 February 1874 | 3,435/4,381 | 78.41 | |
Home Rule | 1,917 | 55.81 | |
Home Rule | 1,643 | 47.83 | |
Conservative Party | 1,191 | 34.67 | |
Conservative Party | 1,097 | 31.94 | |
Independent Nationalist | 511 | 14.88 | |
Majority | 452 | 13.16 | |
7 May 1876 Death of Joseph Ronayne. | |||
25 May 1876 | 3,288/4,401 | 74.71 | |
Conservative Party | 1,279 | 38.90 | |
Home Rule | 1,168 | 35.52 | |
Home Rule | 841 | 25.58 | |
Majority | 111 | 3.38 | |
Cork County | |||
5 February 1874 | 15,633 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
9 January 1879 Death of McCarthy Downing. | |||
17 February 1879 | 10,184/15,364 | 66.28 | |
Home Rule | 8,157 | 80.10 | |
Conservative Party | 2,027 | 19.90 | |
Majority | 6,130 | 60.19 | |
Coventry | |||
5 February 1874 | 7,456/8,027 | 92.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,823 | 51.27 | |
Liberal Party | 3,799 | 50.95 | |
Liberal Party | 3,662 | 49.11 | |
Conservative Party | 3,628 | 48.66 | |
Majority | 137 | 1.84 | |
Cricklade | |||
5 February 1874 | 4,800/6,325 | 75.89 | |
Conservative Party | 2,624 | 54.67 | |
Conservative Party | 2,231 | 46.48 | |
Liberal Party | 2,092 | 43.58 | |
Liberal Party | 1,578 | 32.88 | |
Liberal/Labour | 497 | 10.35 | |
Independent Liberal | 40 | 0.83 | |
Majority | 139 | 2.90 | |
Darlington | |||
4 February 1874 | 3,537/4,073 | 86.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,625 | 45.94 | |
Liberal Party | 1,607 | 45.43 | |
Conservative Party | 305 | 8.62 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.51 | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
6 February 1874 | 2,446/2,879 | 84.96 | |
Liberal Party | 1,238 | 50.61 | |
Conservative Party | 1,208 | 49.39 | |
Majority | 30 | 1.23 | |
Denbighshire | |||
5 February 1874 | 7,323 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Derby | |||
5 February 1874 | 8,901/11,316 | 78.66 | |
Liberal Party | 5,579 | 62.68 | |
Liberal Party | 4,938 | 55.48 | |
Conservative Party | 3,642 | 40.92 | |
Majority | 1,296 | 14.56 | |
Devizes | |||
3 February 1874 | 762/902 | 84.48 | |
Conservative Party | 396 | 51.97 | |
Conservative Party | 364 | 47.77 | |
Independent Conservative | 2 | 0.26 | |
Majority | 32 | 4.20 | |
Devonport | |||
4 February 1874 | 2,793/3,348 | 83.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,525 | 54.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,483 | 53.10 | |
Liberal Party | 1,327 | 47.51 | |
Liberal Party | 1,250 | 44.75 | |
Majority | 156 | 5.59 | |
Dewsbury | |||
4 February 1874 | 7,004/8,803 | 79.56 | |
Liberal Party | 3,706 | 52.91 | |
Liberal Party | 3,272 | 46.72 | |
Conservative Party | 26 | 0.37 | |
Majority | 434 | 6.20 | |
Donegal County | |||
11 February 1874 | 3,776/4,587 | 82.32 | |
Conservative Party | 2,102 | 55.67 | |
Conservative Party | 1,866 | 49.42 | |
Liberal Party | 1,826 | 48.36 | |
Liberal Party | 1,757 | 46.53 | |
Majority | 40 | 1.06 | |
10 August 1876 Death of Thomas Connolly. | |||
26 August 1876 | 3,851/4,597 | 83.77 | |
Conservative Party | 1,975 | 51.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,876 | 48.71 | |
Majority | 99 | 2.57 | |
8 November 1879 Death of William Wilson. | |||
15 December 1879 | 3,943/4,680 | 84.25 | |
Liberal Party | 2,313 | 58.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,630 | 41.34 | |
Majority | 683 | 17.32 | |
Dorchester | |||
3 February 1874 | 586/688 | 85.17 | |
Conservative Party | 353 | 60.24 | |
Liberal Party | 233 | 39.76 | |
Majority | 120 | 20.48 | |
Dorset | |||
6 February 1874 | 7,293 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 January 1876 Elevation of Henry Sturt to the Peerage - Baron Alington. | |||
5 February 1876 | 4,926/7,142 | 68.97 | |
Conservative Party | 3,060 | 62.12 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,866 | 37.88 | |
Majority | 1,194 | 24.24 | |
Dover | |||
5 February 1874 | 2,546/3,714 | 68.55 | |
Conservative Party | 1,595 | 62.65 | |
Conservative Party | 1,316 | 51.69 | |
Liberal Party | 1,118 | 43.91 | |
Liberal Party | 1,062 | 41.71 | |
Majority | 198 | 7.78 | |
Down County | |||
9 February 1874 | 14,526/11,797 | 123.13 | |
Conservative Party | 5,029 | 69.24 | |
Liberal Party | 4,814 | 66.28 | |
Conservative Party | 4,683 | 64.48 | |
Majority | 131 | 0.90 | |
28 April 1878 Death of James Crawford. | |||
17 May 1878 | 10,777/12,814 | 84.10 | |
Conservative Party | 6,076 | 56.38 | |
Liberal Party | 4,701 | 43.62 | |
Majority | 1,375 | 12.76 | |
Downpatrick | |||
2 February 1874 | 239 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Drogheda | |||
5 February 1874 | 558/768 | 72.66 | |
Home Rule | 284 | 50.90 | |
Liberal Party | 274 | 49.10 | |
Majority | 10 | 1.79 | |
15 February 1880 Death of Dr William O'Leary. | |||
2 March 1880 | 563/743 | 75.77 | |
Liberal Party | 382 | 67.85 | |
Home Rule | 181 | 32.15 | |
Majority | 201 | 35.70 | |
Droitwich | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,188/1,377 | 86.27 | |
Liberal Party | 787 | 66.25 | |
Conservative Party | 401 | 33.75 | |
Majority | 386 | 32.49 | |
Dublin City | |||
7 February 1874 | 6,252/12,067 | 51.81 | |
Conservative Party | 5,213 | 83.38 | |
Home Rule | 4,838 | 77.38 | |
Liberal Party | 1,937 | 30.98 | |
Home Rule | 515 | 8.24 | |
Majority | 2,901 | 46.40 | |
Dublin County | |||
2 February 1874 | 4,193 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 March 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon Thomas Taylor on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
18 March 1874 | 3,418/4,193 | 81.52 | |
Conservative Party | 2,183 | 63.87 | |
Home Rule | 1,235 | 36.13 | |
Majority | 948 | 27.74 | |
Dublin University | |||
2 February 1874 | 1,700 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 March 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon John Ball on appointment as Attorney General for Ireland. | |||
16 March 1874 | 1,700 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1875 Resignation of Rt Hon John Ball on appointment as Lord Chancellor. | |||
January 1875 Resignation of Hon David Plunket on appointment as Solicitor General for Ireland. | |||
21 January 1875 | 2,507/2,438 | 102.83 | |
Conservative Party | 1,210 | 48.26 | |
Conservative Party | 759 | 30.28 | |
Conservative Party | 538 | 21.46 | |
Majority | 451 | 17.99 | |
11 February 1875 | 2,438 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1877 Resignation of Edward Gibson on appointment as Attorney General for Ireland. | |||
13 February 1877 | 3,393 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
5 February 1874 | 9,330/14,593 | 63.93 | |
Liberal Party | 5,149 | 55.19 | |
Conservative Party | 4,181 | 44.81 | |
Majority | 968 | 10.38 | |
4 May 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
21 May 1874 | 10,496/14,593 | 71.92 | |
Liberal Party | 5,607 | 53.42 | |
Conservative Party | 4,889 | 46.58 | |
Majority | 718 | 6.84 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
5 February 1874 | 2,542/2,833 | 89.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,420 | 55.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,122 | 44.14 | |
Majority | 298 | 11.72 | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
10 February 1874 | 2,768/3,130 | 88.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,453 | 52.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,315 | 47.51 | |
Majority | 138 | 4.99 | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 1,937/2,265 | 85.52 | |
Conservative Party | 995 | 51.37 | |
Liberal Party | 942 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 53 | 2.74 | |
Dundalk | |||
6 February 1874 | 482/585 | 82.39 | |
Home Rule | 257 | 53.32 | |
Liberal Party | 225 | 46.68 | |
Majority | 32 | 6.64 | |
Dundee | |||
5 February 1874 | 10,211/17,814 | 57.32 | |
Liberal Party | 6,595 | 64.59 | |
Liberal Party | 6,018 | 58.94 | |
Liberal Party | 4,401 | 43.10 | |
Liberal Party | 2,231 | 21.85 | |
Conservative Party | 573 | 5.61 | |
Majority | 1,617 | 15.84 | |
Dungannon | |||
6 February 1874 | 230/252 | 91.27 | |
Liberal Party | 121 | 52.61 | |
Conservative Party | 109 | 47.39 | |
Majority | 12 | 5.22 | |
Dungarvan | |||
7 February 1874 | 246/308 | 79.87 | |
Home Rule | 131 | 53.25 | |
Liberal Party | 115 | 46.75 | |
Majority | 16 | 6.50 | |
10 January 1877 Death of John O'Keeffe. | |||
24 January 1877 | |||
Home Rule | 137 | 53.52 | |
Liberal Party | 119 | 46.48 | |
Majority | 18 | 7.03 | |
Durham | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,748/2,059 | 84.90 | |
Liberal Party | 924 | 52.86 | |
Liberal Party | 879 | 50.29 | |
Conservative Party | 846 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 33 | 1.89 | |
22 May 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
13 June 1874 | 1,671/2,059 | 81.16 | |
Liberal Party | 930 | 55.66 | |
Liberal Party | 918 | 54.94 | |
Conservative Party | 752 | 45.00 | |
Conservative Party | 742 | 44.40 | |
Majority | 166 | 9.93 | |
East Retford | |||
31 January 1874 | 7,768 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 February 1876 Death of Viscount Galway. | |||
25 February 1876 | 6,889/8,131 | 84.73 | |
Conservative Party | 3,538 | 51.36 | |
Liberal Party | 3,351 | 48.64 | |
Majority | 187 | 2.71 | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
18 February 1874 | 10,722 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Aberdeenshire | |||
9 February 1874 | 4,371 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 November 1875 Death of William Fordyce. | |||
24 December 1875 | 3,461/4,499 | 76.93 | |
Conservative Party | 1,903 | 54.98 | |
Liberal Party | 1,558 | 45.02 | |
Majority | 345 | 9.97 | |
Eastern Cheshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 6,492 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
14 February 1874 | 6,374/8,982 | 70.96 | |
Liberal Party | 3,395 | 53.26 | |
Conservative Party | 3,376 | 52.97 | |
Conservative Party | 3,099 | 48.62 | |
Liberal Party | 2,978 | 46.72 | |
Majority | 277 | 4.35 | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
10 February 1874 | 5,569/7,225 | 77.08 | |
Liberal Party | 2,943 | 52.85 | |
Conservative Party | 2,629 | 47.21 | |
Conservative Party | 2,622 | 47.08 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.13 | |
2 April 1876 Death of William Hodgson. | |||
28 April 1876 | 5,722/7,323 | 78.14 | |
Liberal Party | 2,939 | 51.36 | |
Conservative Party | 2,783 | 48.64 | |
Majority | 156 | 2.73 | |
11 April 1879 Death of Hon Charles Howard. | |||
25 April 1879 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Derbyshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 4,203/4,836 | 86.91 | |
Liberal Party | 2,206 | 52.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,116 | 50.34 | |
Conservative Party | 2,067 | 49.18 | |
Liberal Party | 2,017 | 47.99 | |
Majority | 49 | 1.17 | |
Eastern Devon | |||
5 February 1874 | 10,246 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Essex | |||
10 February 1874 | 6,453 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
11 February 1874 | 9,157 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 February 1874 Resignation of Sir Michael Hicks Beach Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
17 March 1874 | 9,157 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
12 February 1874 | 9,723/12,605 | 77.14 | |
Conservative Party | 5,424 | 55.79 | |
Conservative Party | 5,405 | 55.59 | |
Liberal Party | 4,308 | 44.31 | |
Majority | 1,097 | 11.28 | |
17 December 1874 Succession of Hon George Milles to the Peerage - 5th Baron Sondes. | |||
27 January 1875 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 July 1876 Resignation of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, Bt. | |||
26 July 1876 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
7 February 1874 | 8,435 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1878 Death of Richard Bright. | |||
20 March 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 March 1879 Resignation of Ralph Allen. | |||
19 March 1879 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Staffordshire | |||
10 February 1874 | 9,484 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
11 February 1874 | 7,030/9,484 | 74.12 | |
Conservative Party | 4,136 | 58.83 | |
Conservative Party | 3,896 | 55.42 | |
Liberal Party | 3,014 | 42.87 | |
Majority | 882 | 12.55 | |
4 March 1874 Resignation of Viscount Mahon on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
20 March 1874 | 9,484 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 December 1875 Succession of Viscount Mahon to the Peerage - 6th Earl Stanhope. | |||
24 February 1876 | 6,367/9,558 | 66.61 | |
Conservative Party | 3,659 | 57.47 | |
Liberal Party | 2,708 | 42.53 | |
Majority | 951 | 14.94 | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
7 February 1874 | 9,780/14,468 | 67.60 | |
Conservative Party | 5,673 | 58.01 | |
Conservative Party | 5,579 | 57.04 | |
Liberal Party | 4,292 | 43.89 | |
Liberal Party | 4,015 | 41.05 | |
Majority | 1,287 | 13.16 | |
Eastern Sussex | |||
11 February 1874 | 10,141 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 15,410/19,882 | 77.51 | |
Conservative Party | 8,240 | 53.47 | |
Conservative Party | 8,077 | 52.41 | |
Liberal Party | 7,285 | 47.27 | |
Liberal Party | 7,218 | 46.84 | |
Majority | 792 | 5.14 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
13 February 1874 | 7,487/11,039 | 67.82 | |
Conservative Party | 4,421 | 59.05 | |
Conservative Party | 4,159 | 55.55 | |
Liberal Party | 3,508 | 46.85 | |
Liberal Party | 2,831 | 37.81 | |
Conservative Party | 55 | 0.73 | |
Majority | 651 | 8.70 | |
Edinburgh | |||
4 February 1874 | 18,912/24,832 | 76.16 | |
Liberal Party | 11,431 | 60.44 | |
Liberal Party | 8,749 | 46.26 | |
Liberal Party | 6,218 | 32.88 | |
Conservative Party | 5,713 | 30.21 | |
Majority | 2,531 | 13.38 | |
Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | |||
31 January 1874 | 4,861 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburghshire | |||
9 February 1874 | 2,253/2,672 | 84.32 | |
Conservative Party | 1,194 | 53.00 | |
Liberal Party | 1,059 | 47.00 | |
Majority | 135 | 5.99 | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
5 February 1874 | 3,501 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 1,448/1,693 | 85.53 | |
Liberal Party | 829 | 57.25 | |
Conservative Party | 619 | 42.75 | |
Majority | 210 | 14.50 | |
7 August 1879 Succession of Viscount Macduff to the Peerage - 6th Earl Fife. | |||
18 September 1879 | 1,660/1,884 | 88.11 | |
Liberal Party | 959 | 57.77 | |
Conservative Party | 701 | 42.23 | |
Majority | 258 | 15.54 | |
Ennis | |||
5 February 1874 | 210/242 | 86.78 | |
Home Rule | 115 | 54.76 | |
Home Rule | 95 | 45.24 | |
Majority | 20 | 9.52 | |
10 July 1879 Death of William Stacpoole. | |||
26 July 1879 | |||
Home Rule | 83 | 38.97 | |
Liberal Party | 77 | 36.15 | |
Conservative Party | 53 | 24.88 | |
Majority | 6 | 2.82 | |
Enniskillen | |||
5 February 1874 | 364/385 | 94.55 | |
Conservative Party | 192 | 52.75 | |
Liberal Party | 172 | 47.25 | |
Majority | 20 | 5.49 | |
February 1876 Resignation of Viscount Crichton on appointment as Lord of the Treasury. | |||
15 February 1876 | 385 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Evesham | |||
3 February 1874 | 645/744 | 86.69 | |
Conservative Party | 346 | 53.64 | |
Liberal Party | 299 | 46.36 | |
Majority | 47 | 7.29 | |
Exeter | |||
5 February 1874 | 4,585/6,337 | 72.35 | |
Conservative Party | 2,523 | 55.03 | |
Conservative Party | 2,330 | 50.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,264 | 49.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,053 | 44.78 | |
Majority | 66 | 1.44 | |
Eye | |||
30 January 1874 | 1,163 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1874 Resignation of Viscount Barrington on appointment as Vice Chamberlain. | |||
19 March 1874 | 1,042/1,163 | 89.60 | |
Conservative Party | 656 | 62.96 | |
Liberal Party | 386 | 37.04 | |
Majority | 270 | 25.91 | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
13 February 1874 | 4,541/5,165 | 87.92 | |
Liberal Party | 2,583 | 56.88 | |
Conservative Party | 1,958 | 43.12 | |
Majority | 625 | 13.76 | |
March 1874 John Ramsay declared incapacitated to sit as he held a Government contract at the time of election. | |||
26 March 1874 | 5,165 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Fermanagh County | |||
14 February 1874 | 3,574/4,832 | 73.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,235 | 62.53 | |
Conservative Party | 2,205 | 61.70 | |
Liberal Party | 1,543 | 43.17 | |
Liberal Party | 1,101 | 30.81 | |
Majority | 662 | 18.52 | |
Fife | |||
11 February 1874 | 3,090/4,358 | 70.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,859 | 60.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,231 | 39.84 | |
Majority | 628 | 20.32 | |
Finsbury | |||
6 February 1874 | 30,754/36,804 | 83.56 | |
Liberal Party | 10,099 | 65.68 | |
Liberal Party | 9,713 | 63.17 | |
Conservative Party | 7,737 | 50.32 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,205 | 20.84 | |
Majority | 1,976 | 6.43 | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
6 February 1874 | 2,920/3,628 | 80.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,076 | 36.85 | |
Conservative Party | 1,072 | 36.71 | |
Liberal Party | 772 | 26.44 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.14 | |
19 June 1878 Death of Peter Eyton. | |||
5 July 1878 | 3,147/3,707 | 84.89 | |
Liberal Party | 1,636 | 51.99 | |
Conservative Party | 1,511 | 48.01 | |
Majority | 125 | 3.97 | |
Flintshire | |||
4 February 1874 | 3,907 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Forfarshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 3,619 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
5 February 1874 | 1,199/1,327 | 90.35 | |
Conservative Party | 642 | 53.54 | |
Liberal Party | 557 | 46.46 | |
Majority | 85 | 7.09 | |
1876 Resignation of Henry Lopes. | |||
24 November 1876 | 1,229/1,351 | 90.97 | |
Liberal Party | 661 | 53.78 | |
Conservative Party | 568 | 46.22 | |
Majority | 93 | 7.57 | |
Galway | |||
5 February 1874 | 887/1,625 | 54.58 | |
Home Rule | 761 | 85.79 | |
Home Rule | 606 | 68.32 | |
Home Rule | 449 | 50.62 | |
Majority | 157 | 17.70 | |
9 February 1874 Viscount St Lawrence had succeeded to the Peerage as 4th Earl of Howth on 4 February, and so was ineligible to sit in the House of Commons. | |||
25 March 1874 | |||
Home Rule | 379 | 51.42 | |
Liberal Party | 358 | 48.58 | |
Majority | 21 | 2.85 | |
22 May 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
2 July 1874 | |||
Home Rule | 726 | 71.60 | |
Liberal Party | 288 | 28.40 | |
Majority | 438 | 43.20 | |
Galway County | |||
19 February 1874 | 2,849/5,044 | 56.48 | |
Home Rule | 2,348 | 82.41 | |
Home Rule | 2,270 | 79.68 | |
Home Rule | 1,080 | 37.91 | |
Majority | 1,190 | 41.77 | |
Gateshead | |||
3 February 1874 | 5,658/9,782 | 57.84 | |
Liberal Party | 4,250 | 75.11 | |
Conservative Party | 1,396 | 24.67 | |
Independent Liberal | 12 | 0.21 | |
Majority | 2,854 | 50.44 | |
Glamorganshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 7,425/10,006 | 74.21 | |
Liberal Party | 4,100 | 55.22 | |
Liberal Party | 4,040 | 54.41 | |
Conservative Party | 3,355 | 45.19 | |
Majority | 685 | 9.23 | |
Glasgow | |||
4 February 1874 | 29,474/54,374 | 54.21 | |
Liberal Party | 18,455 | 62.61 | |
Liberal Party | 17,902 | 60.74 | |
Conservative Party | 14,134 | 47.95 | |
Conservative Party | 12,533 | 42.52 | |
Liberal Party | 7,453 | 25.29 | |
Liberal Party | 4,444 | 15.08 | |
Liberal Party | 169 | 0.57 | |
Majority | 1,601 | 5.43 | |
1 July 1879 Death of Alexander Whitelaw. | |||
16 July 1879 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Gloucester | |||
2 February 1874 | 4,029/4,838 | 83.28 | |
Conservative Party | 2,132 | 52.92 | |
Liberal Party | 2,070 | 51.38 | |
Liberal Party | 1,990 | 49.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,865 | 46.29 | |
Majority | 80 | 1.99 | |
Grantham | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,942/2,199 | 88.31 | |
Liberal Party | 1,055 | 54.33 | |
Conservative Party | 965 | 49.69 | |
Liberal Party | 899 | 46.29 | |
Majority | 66 | 3.40 | |
Gravesend | |||
5 February 1874 | 2,497/2,856 | 87.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,355 | 54.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,142 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 213 | 8.53 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
4 February 1874 | 2,927/5,091 | 57.49 | |
Conservative Party | 1,534 | 52.41 | |
Liberal Party | 1,393 | 47.59 | |
Majority | 141 | 4.82 | |
18 July 1877 Death of John Chapman. | |||
3 August 1877 | 3,111/5,235 | 59.43 | |
Liberal Party | 1,699 | 54.61 | |
Conservative Party | 1,315 | 42.27 | |
Liberal Party | 97 | 3.12 | |
Majority | 384 | 12.34 | |
Great Marlow | |||
31 January 1874 | 856 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Greenock | |||
7 February 1874 | 6,330 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 January 1878 Resignation of James Grieve. | |||
25 January 1878 | 6,063/7,446 | 81.43 | |
Liberal Party | 2,183 | 36.01 | |
Conservative Party | 2,124 | 35.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,648 | 27.18 | |
Liberal Party | 108 | 1.78 | |
Majority | 59 | 0.97 | |
Greenwich | |||
3 February 1874 | 11,489/17,599 | 65.28 | |
Conservative Party | 6,193 | 53.90 | |
Liberal Party | 5,968 | 51.95 | |
Conservative Party | 5,561 | 48.40 | |
Liberal Party | 5,255 | 45.74 | |
Majority | 407 | 3.54 | |
Guildford | |||
31 January 1874 | 1,103/1,306 | 84.46 | |
Conservative Party | 673 | 61.02 | |
Liberal Party | 430 | 38.98 | |
Majority | 243 | 22.03 | |
Hackney | |||
5 February 1874 | 13,241/40,870 | 32.40 | |
Liberal Party | 6,968 | 52.62 | |
Liberal Party | 6,893 | 52.06 | |
Conservative Party | 6,310 | 47.66 | |
Majority | 583 | 4.40 | |
16 April 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
25 April 1874 | 19,685/40,870 | 48.16 | |
Liberal Party | 10,906 | 71.81 | |
Liberal Party | 10,476 | 68.98 | |
Conservative Party | 8,994 | 59.22 | |
Majority | 1,482 | 7.53 | |
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,753 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 July 1878 Resignation of Sir Henry Ferguson Davie, bt. | |||
3 August 1878 | 1,532/1,840 | 83.26 | |
Liberal Party | 881 | 57.51 | |
Conservative Party | 651 | 42.49 | |
Majority | 230 | 15.01 | |
29 December 1878 Succession of Lord William Hay to the Peerage - 10th Marquess of Tweeddale. | |||
26 February 1879 | 1,644/1,846 | 89.06 | |
Liberal Party | 921 | 56.02 | |
Conservative Party | 723 | 43.98 | |
Majority | 198 | 12.04 | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
4 February 1874 | 924 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Halifax | |||
3 February 1874 | 9,445/11,282 | 83.72 | |
Liberal Party | 5,563 | 58.90 | |
Liberal Party | 5,473 | 57.95 | |
Conservative Party | 3,927 | 41.58 | |
Majority | 1,546 | 16.37 | |
12 February 1877 Resignation of John Crossley. | |||
21 February 1877 | 9,374/11,737 | 79.87 | |
Liberal Party | 5,750 | 61.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,624 | 38.66 | |
Majority | 2,126 | 22.68 | |
Harwich | |||
30 January 1874 | 712 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hastings | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,703/3,082 | 87.70 | |
Liberal Party | 1,721 | 63.67 | |
Liberal Party | 1,495 | 55.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,244 | 46.02 | |
Conservative Party | 945 | 34.96 | |
Majority | 251 | 9.29 | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,357 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 June 1874 Election declared void on petition. | |||
12 June 1874 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hawick District of Burghs | |||
5 February 1874 | 3,729 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Helston | |||
5 February 1874 | 893/1,040 | 85.87 | |
Liberal Party | 473 | 52.97 | |
Conservative Party | 420 | 47.03 | |
Majority | 53 | 5.94 | |
Hereford | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,852/2,340 | 79.15 | |
Conservative Party | 978 | 52.81 | |
Liberal Party | 921 | 49.73 | |
Conservative Party | 903 | 48.76 | |
Liberal Party | 902 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.97 | |
8 March 1878 Resignation of Evan Pateshall. | |||
14 March 1878 | 2,176/2,631 | 82.71 | |
Conservative Party | 1,110 | 51.01 | |
Liberal Party | 1,066 | 48.99 | |
Majority | 44 | 2.02 | |
Herefordshire | |||
3 February 1874 | 8,977 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertford | |||
30 January 1874 | 1,041 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertfordshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 7,468/9,809 | 76.13 | |
Conservative Party | 4,499 | 60.24 | |
Conservative Party | 4,498 | 60.23 | |
Liberal Party | 2,974 | 39.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,964 | 39.69 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.13 | |
Horsham | |||
4 February 1874 | 830/955 | 86.91 | |
Conservative Party | 520 | 62.65 | |
Liberal Party | 310 | 37.35 | |
Majority | 210 | 25.30 | |
1875 Resignation of Sir William Fitzgerald on appointment as Chief Charity Commissioner. | |||
17 December 1875 | 866/992 | 87.30 | |
Liberal Party | 437 | 50.46 | |
Conservative Party | 424 | 48.96 | |
Independent Liberal | 5 | 0.58 | |
Majority | 13 | 1.50 | |
16 February 1876 Petition - election declared void. | |||
29 February 1876 | 902/1,007 | 89.57 | |
Liberal Party | 478 | 52.99 | |
Conservative Party | 424 | 47.01 | |
Majority | 54 | 5.99 | |
Huddersfield | |||
4 February 1874 | 10,653/11,917 | 89.39 | |
Liberal Party | 5,668 | 53.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,985 | 46.79 | |
Majority | 683 | 6.41 | |
Huntingdon | |||
30 January 1874 | 1,049 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 February 1874 Resignation of Sir John Karslake on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
16 March 1874 | 1,049 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 February 1876 Resignation of Sir John Karslake. | |||
16 February 1876 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 2,757/3,592 | 76.75 | |
Conservative Party | 1,648 | 59.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,482 | 53.75 | |
Liberal Party | 1,192 | 43.24 | |
Majority | 290 | 10.52 | |
4 June 1877 Death of Sir Henry Pelly, Bt. | |||
30 June 1877 | 2,878/3,748 | 76.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,468 | 51.01 | |
Liberal Party | 1,410 | 48.99 | |
Majority | 58 | 2.02 | |
Hythe | |||
5 February 1874 | 1,647/2,445 | 67.36 | |
Liberal Party | 1,347 | 81.79 | |
Conservative Party | 300 | 18.21 | |
Majority | 1,047 | 63.57 | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
9 February 1874 | 2,029/2,419 | 83.88 | |
Liberal Party | 1,134 | 55.89 | |
Liberal Party | 879 | 43.32 | |
Conservative Party | 16 | 0.79 | |
Majority | 255 | 12.57 | |
Inverness-shire | |||
5 February 1874 | 1,724 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 March 1874 Resignation of Donald Cameron on appointment as Parliamentary Groom in Waiting. | |||
19 March 1874 | 1,724 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ipswich | |||
5 February 1874 | 5,357/6,619 | 80.93 | |
Conservative Party | 3,059 | 57.10 | |
Conservative Party | 2,827 | 52.77 | |
Liberal Party | 2,506 | 46.78 | |
Liberal Party | 2,322 | 43.35 | |
Majority | 321 | 5.99 | |
10 December 1875 Death of John Cobbold. | |||
1 January 1876 | 3,820/6,789 | 56.27 | |
Conservative Party | 2,213 | 57.93 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,607 | 42.07 | |
Majority | 606 | 15.86 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
12 February 1874 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,614 | 50.14 | |
Liberal Party | 1,605 | 49.86 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.28 | |
1874 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Kendal | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,531/1,859 | 82.36 | |
Liberal Party | 1,061 | 69.30 | |
Conservative Party | 470 | 30.70 | |
Majority | 591 | 38.60 | |
Kerry County | |||
2 February 1874 | 5,484 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Kidderminster | |||
31 January 1874 | 2,828/3,394 | 83.32 | |
Conservative Party | 1,509 | 53.36 | |
Liberal Party | 1,319 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 190 | 6.72 | |
17 July 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
1 August 1874 | 2,969/3,394 | 87.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,651 | 55.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,318 | 44.39 | |
Majority | 333 | 11.22 | |
Kildare County | |||
13 February 1874 | 1,607/2,904 | 55.34 | |
Home Rule | 1,256 | 78.16 | |
Liberal Party | 964 | 59.99 | |
Liberal Party | 727 | 45.24 | |
Home Rule | 226 | 14.06 | |
Majority | 237 | 14.75 | |
Kilkenny City | |||
2 February 1874 | 620 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
9 April 1875 Death of Sir John Gray. | |||
29 April 1875 | 544/690 | 78.84 | |
Liberal Party | 307 | 56.43 | |
Home Rule | 125 | 22.98 | |
Home Rule | 112 | 20.59 | |
Majority | 182 | 33.46 | |
18 February 1880 Resignation of Benjamin Whitworth in order to contest Drogheda. | |||
27 February 1880 | 675 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Kilkenny County | |||
7 February 1874 | 3,522/5,030 | 70.02 | |
Home Rule | 2,603 | 73.91 | |
Home Rule | 2,139 | 60.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,151 | 32.68 | |
Majority | 988 | 28.05 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
6 February 1874 | 6,335/8,020 | 78.99 | |
Liberal Party | 3,316 | 52.34 | |
Liberal Party | 3,019 | 47.66 | |
Majority | 297 | 4.69 | |
Kincardineshire | |||
6 February 1874 | 1,474/1,767 | 83.42 | |
Liberal Party | 941 | 63.84 | |
Conservative Party | 533 | 36.16 | |
Majority | 408 | 27.68 | |
King's County | |||
12 February 1874 | 2,057/3,372 | 61.00 | |
Home Rule | 2,009 | 97.67 | |
Home Rule | 1,261 | 61.30 | |
Home Rule | 758 | 36.85 | |
Home Rule | 82 | 3.99 | |
Majority | 503 | 24.45 | |
King's Lynn | |||
31 January 1874 | 2,075/2,450 | 84.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,163 | 56.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,093 | 52.67 | |
Liberal Party | 999 | 48.14 | |
Liberal Party | 895 | 43.13 | |
Majority | 94 | 4.53 | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
4 February 1874 | 16,424/22,026 | 74.57 | |
Liberal Party | 8,886 | 70.69 | |
Liberal Party | 8,549 | 68.01 | |
Conservative Party | 7,706 | 61.30 | |
Majority | 843 | 5.13 | |
Kinsale | |||
3 February 1874 | 154/189 | 81.48 | |
Home Rule | 107 | 69.48 | |
Conservative Party | 47 | 30.52 | |
Majority | 60 | 38.96 | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
9 February 1874 | 3,195/3,766 | 84.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,967 | 61.56 | |
Conservative Party | 1,228 | 38.44 | |
Majority | 739 | 23.13 | |
30 March 1875 Death of Robert Reid. | |||
23 April 1875 | 2,982/3,811 | 78.25 | |
Liberal Party | 1,811 | 60.73 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,171 | 39.27 | |
Majority | 640 | 21.46 | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
10 February 1874 | 1,666/1,996 | 83.47 | |
Liberal Party | 835 | 50.12 | |
Conservative Party | 831 | 49.88 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.24 | |
Knaresborough | |||
3 February 1874 | 706/770 | 91.69 | |
Conservative Party | 397 | 56.23 | |
Liberal Party | 309 | 43.77 | |
Majority | 88 | 12.46 | |
Lambeth | |||
6 February 1874 | 23,183/40,103 | 57.81 | |
Liberal Party | 12,175 | 69.25 | |
Liberal Party | 11,788 | 67.05 | |
Conservative Party | 11,201 | 63.71 | |
Majority | 587 | 2.53 | |
Launceston | |||
2 February 1874 | 683/790 | 86.46 | |
Conservative Party | 467 | 68.37 | |
Liberal Party | 216 | 31.63 | |
Majority | 251 | 36.75 | |
1874 Petition - James Deakin unseated. | |||
3 July 1874 | 651/790 | 82.41 | |
Conservative Party | 417 | 64.06 | |
Liberal Party | 233 | 35.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1 | 0.15 | |
Majority | 184 | 28.26 | |
23 February 1877 Resignation of James Deakin. | |||
3 March 1877 | 666/826 | 80.63 | |
Conservative Party | 392 | 58.86 | |
Liberal Party | 274 | 41.14 | |
Majority | 118 | 17.72 | |
Leeds | |||
6 February 1874 | 25,094/45,991 | 54.56 | |
Liberal Party | 15,390 | 61.33 | |
Conservative Party | 14,864 | 59.23 | |
Conservative Party | 13,194 | 52.58 | |
Liberal Party | 11,850 | 47.22 | |
Liberal Party | 5,954 | 23.73 | |
Majority | 1,344 | 5.36 | |
4 August 1876 Resignation of Robert Carter. | |||
15 August 1876 | 30,446/48,313 | 63.02 | |
Liberal Party | 16,672 | 54.76 | |
Conservative Party | 13,774 | 45.24 | |
Majority | 2,898 | 9.52 | |
Leicester | |||
4 February 1874 | 12,961/17,069 | 75.93 | |
Liberal Party | 7,408 | 57.16 | |
Liberal Party | 7,283 | 56.19 | |
Conservative Party | 5,615 | 43.32 | |
Majority | 1,668 | 12.87 | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
6 February 1874 | 6,434/8,248 | 78.01 | |
Liberal Party | 4,489 | 69.77 | |
Liberal Party | 1,945 | 30.23 | |
Majority | 2,544 | 39.54 | |
17 January 1878 Resignation of Donald Macgregor. | |||
29 January 1878 | 6,717/9,739 | 68.97 | |
Liberal Party | 4,929 | 73.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,788 | 26.62 | |
Majority | 3,141 | 46.76 | |
Leitrim County | |||
9 February 1874 | 3,465/2,563 | 135.19 | |
Home Rule | 1,313 | 75.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,097 | 63.32 | |
Home Rule | 1,055 | 60.89 | |
Majority | 42 | 2.42 | |
15 June 1876 Succession of William Ormsby-Gore to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Harlech. | |||
17 July 1876 | |||
Home Rule | 1,276 | 58.86 | |
Conservative Party | 885 | 40.82 | |
Home Rule | 7 | 0.32 | |
Majority | 391 | 18.04 | |
Leominster | |||
30 January 1874 | 905 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 February 1876 Resignation of Richard Arkwright. | |||
16 February 1876 | 783/927 | 84.47 | |
Liberal Party | 434 | 55.43 | |
Conservative Party | 349 | 44.57 | |
Majority | 85 | 10.86 | |
Lewes | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,272/1,430 | 88.95 | |
Conservative Party | 772 | 60.69 | |
Liberal Party | 500 | 39.31 | |
Majority | 272 | 21.38 | |
Lichfield | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,011/1,374 | 73.58 | |
Conservative Party | 571 | 56.48 | |
Liberal Party | 440 | 43.52 | |
Majority | 131 | 12.96 | |
Limerick City | |||
6 February 1874 | 1,704/2,002 | 85.11 | |
Home Rule | 856 | 50.23 | |
Home Rule | 848 | 49.77 | |
Conservative Party | 587 | 34.45 | |
Liberal Party | 291 | 17.08 | |
Home Rule | 243 | 14.26 | |
Majority | 261 | 15.32 | |
5 May 1879 Death of Isaac Butt. | |||
26 May 1879 | 1,518/1,930 | 78.65 | |
Home Rule | 860 | 56.65 | |
Conservative Party | 658 | 43.35 | |
Majority | 202 | 13.31 | |
Limerick County | |||
11 February 1874 | 3,686/6,300 | 58.51 | |
Home Rule | 3,521 | 95.52 | |
Home Rule | 2,856 | 77.48 | |
Home Rule | 995 | 26.99 | |
Majority | 1,861 | 50.49 | |
Lincoln | |||
3 February 1874 | 3,953/4,689 | 84.30 | |
Conservative Party | 2,107 | 53.30 | |
Liberal Party | 1,907 | 48.24 | |
Liberal Party | 1,784 | 45.13 | |
Majority | 123 | 3.11 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 1,198 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lisburn | |||
2 February 1874 | 605 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liskeard | |||
5 February 1874 | 663/811 | 81.75 | |
Liberal Party | 334 | 50.38 | |
Liberal Party | 329 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.75 | |
30 November 1876 Death of Rt Hon Edward Horsman. | |||
22 December 1876 | 664/777 | 85.46 | |
Liberal Party | 383 | 57.68 | |
Liberal Party | 281 | 42.32 | |
Majority | 102 | 15.36 | |
Liverpool | |||
6 February 1874 | 38,673/54,952 | 70.38 | |
Conservative Party | 20,206 | 52.25 | |
Conservative Party | 19,763 | 51.10 | |
Liberal Party | 16,706 | 43.20 | |
Liberal Party | 15,801 | 40.86 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,435 | 6.30 | |
Majority | 905 | 2.34 | |
1874 Resignation of Viscount Sandon on appointment as Vice President of the Council on Education. | |||
14 March 1874 | 54,952 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 January 1880 Death of John Torr. | |||
6 February 1880 | 49,991/63,946 | 78.18 | |
Conservative Party | 26,106 | 52.22 | |
Liberal Party | 23,885 | 47.78 | |
Majority | 2,221 | 4.44 | |
London University | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,560 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry City | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,462/1,738 | 84.12 | |
Conservative Party | 747 | 51.09 | |
Home Rule | 715 | 48.91 | |
Majority | 32 | 2.19 | |
Londonderry County | |||
13 February 1874 | 4,419/5,620 | 78.63 | |
Liberal Party | 2,988 | 67.62 | |
Liberal Party | 2,701 | 61.12 | |
Conservative Party | 1,747 | 39.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,402 | 31.73 | |
Majority | 954 | 21.59 | |
4 December 1878 Death of Prof Richard Smyth. | |||
23 December 1878 | |||
Liberal Party | 2,479 | 56.90 | |
Conservative Party | 1,878 | 43.10 | |
Majority | 601 | 13.79 | |
Longford County | |||
11 February 1874 | 2,018/2,753 | 73.30 | |
Home Rule | 1,811 | 89.74 | |
Home Rule | 1,740 | 86.22 | |
Liberal/Conservative | 472 | 23.39 | |
Conservative Party | 26 | 1.29 | |
Majority | 1,268 | 62.83 | |
6 February 1879 Death of Myles O'Reilly. | |||
5 April 1879 | 2,640 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Louth County | |||
13 February 1874 | 1,834/2,334 | 78.58 | |
Home Rule | 1,250 | 68.16 | |
Home Rule | 1,202 | 65.54 | |
Liberal Party | 608 | 33.15 | |
Liberal Party | 265 | 14.45 | |
Majority | 594 | 32.39 | |
1874 Philip Callan elects to sit for Dundalk. | |||
9 April 1874 | |||
Home Rule | 997 | 66.29 | |
Home Rule | 507 | 33.71 | |
Majority | 490 | 32.58 | |
Ludlow | |||
30 January 1874 | 840 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lymington | |||
5 February 1874 | 607/714 | 85.01 | |
Conservative Party | 449 | 73.97 | |
Liberal Party | 158 | 26.03 | |
Majority | 291 | 47.94 | |
Macclesfield | |||
2 February 1874 | 5,483/6,224 | 88.09 | |
Liberal Party | 3,173 | 57.87 | |
Liberal Party | 2,792 | 50.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,750 | 50.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,250 | 41.04 | |
Majority | 42 | 0.77 | |
Maidstone | |||
31 January 1874 | 2,914/3,517 | 82.85 | |
Liberal Party | 1,558 | 53.47 | |
Liberal Party | 1,491 | 51.17 | |
Conservative Party | 1,414 | 48.52 | |
Conservative Party | 1,365 | 46.84 | |
Majority | 77 | 2.64 | |
Maldon | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,151/1,522 | 75.62 | |
Conservative Party | 632 | 54.91 | |
Liberal Party | 519 | 45.09 | |
Majority | 113 | 9.82 | |
5 December 1878 Resignation of George Sandford. | |||
12 December 1878 | 1,201/1,534 | 78.29 | |
Liberal Party | 671 | 55.87 | |
Conservative Party | 530 | 44.13 | |
Majority | 141 | 11.74 | |
Mallow | |||
4 February 1874 | 215/274 | 78.47 | |
Home Rule | 86 | 40.00 | |
Liberal Party | 64 | 29.77 | |
Conservative Party | 56 | 26.05 | |
Home Rule | 9 | 4.19 | |
Majority | 22 | 10.23 | |
Malmesbury | |||
30 January 1874 | 1,053 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Malton | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,077/1,218 | 88.42 | |
Liberal Party | 603 | 55.99 | |
Conservative Party | 474 | 44.01 | |
Majority | 129 | 11.98 | |
Manchester | |||
5 February 1874 | 38,843/60,222 | 64.50 | |
Conservative Party | 19,984 | 51.45 | |
Conservative Party | 19,649 | 50.59 | |
Liberal Party | 19,325 | 49.75 | |
Liberal Party | 18,727 | 48.21 | |
Majority | 598 | 1.54 | |
22 January 1876 Death of William Callender. | |||
19 February 1876 | 43,755/62,074 | 70.49 | |
Liberal Party | 22,770 | 52.04 | |
Conservative Party | 20,985 | 47.96 | |
Majority | 1,785 | 4.08 | |
Marlborough | |||
30 January 1874 | 659 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 January 1878 Succession of Lord Ernest Brudenell-Bruce to the Peerage - 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury. | |||
31 January 1878 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Marylebone | |||
5 February 1874 | 18,063/30,740 | 58.76 | |
Conservative Party | 9,849 | 54.53 | |
Liberal Party | 8,251 | 45.68 | |
Liberal Party | 7,822 | 43.30 | |
Liberal Party | 294 | 1.63 | |
Majority | 429 | 2.38 | |
Mayo County | |||
7 February 1874 | 3,608 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
5 May 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
1 June 1874 | 1,964/3,503 | 56.07 | |
Home Rule | 1,330 | 67.72 | |
Home Rule | 1,319 | 67.16 | |
Home Rule | 1,272 | 64.77 | |
Majority | 47 | 2.39 | |
Meath County | |||
9 February 1874 | 2,705/4,139 | 65.35 | |
Home Rule | 1,716 | 63.44 | |
Home Rule | 1,709 | 63.18 | |
Conservative Party | 992 | 36.67 | |
Majority | 717 | 26.51 | |
29 March 1875 Death of John Martin. | |||
21 April 1875 | |||
Home Rule | 1,771 | 63.00 | |
Conservative Party | 902 | 32.09 | |
Home Rule | 138 | 4.91 | |
Majority | 869 | 30.91 | |
Merionethshire | |||
2 February 1874 | 3,335 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
4 February 1874 | 9,713/15,429 | 62.95 | |
Liberal Party | 7,606 | 78.31 | |
Liberal Party | 6,908 | 71.12 | |
Liberal/Labour | 4,912 | 50.57 | |
Majority | 1,996 | 20.55 | |
Mid Cheshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 8,050 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 July 1876 Death of Egerton Leigh. | |||
18 July 1876 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Kent | |||
7 February 1874 | 6,582/8,905 | 73.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,710 | 56.37 | |
Conservative Party | 3,542 | 53.81 | |
Liberal Party | 2,956 | 44.91 | |
Majority | 586 | 8.90 | |
Mid Lincolnshire | |||
2 February 1874 | 8,549 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Somerset | |||
7 February 1874 | 8,571 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 March 1878 Resignation of Ralph Grenville. | |||
19 March 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Surrey | |||
9 February 1874 | 14,645 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1874 Resignation of Sir Richard Baggallay on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
16 March 1874 | 14,645 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1875 Resignation of Sir Richard Baggallay on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Appeal. | |||
24 November 1875 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Middlesbrough | |||
2 February 1874 | 6,254/8,862 | 70.57 | |
Liberal Party | 3,717 | 59.43 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,541 | 24.64 | |
Conservative Party | 996 | 15.93 | |
Majority | 2,176 | 34.79 | |
18 June 1878 Death of Henry Bolckow. | |||
5 July 1878 | 7,722/11,824 | 65.31 | |
Liberal Party | 5,307 | 68.73 | |
Conservative Party | 2,415 | 31.27 | |
Majority | 2,892 | 37.45 | |
Middlesex | |||
14 February 1874 | 15,513/25,071 | 61.88 | |
Conservative Party | 10,343 | 66.67 | |
Conservative Party | 9,867 | 63.60 | |
Liberal Party | 5,623 | 36.25 | |
Liberal Party | 5,192 | 33.47 | |
Majority | 4,244 | 27.36 | |
4 April 1878 Resignation of Lord George Hamilton on appointment as Vice-President of the Board of Education. | |||
12 April 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Midhurst | |||
3 February 1874 | 775/1,009 | 76.81 | |
Conservative Party | 530 | 68.39 | |
Conservative Party | 185 | 23.87 | |
Liberal Party | 60 | 7.74 | |
Majority | 345 | 44.52 | |
2 August 1874 Succession of Charles Perceval to the Peerage - 7th Earl of Egmont. | |||
23 September 1874 | 1,009 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Monaghan County | |||
13 February 1874 | 4,554/5,621 | 81.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,487 | 54.61 | |
Conservative Party | 2,417 | 53.07 | |
Home Rule | 2,105 | 46.22 | |
Majority | 312 | 6.85 | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
4 February 1874 | 3,537/4,702 | 75.22 | |
Conservative Party | 2,090 | 59.09 | |
Liberal Party | 1,447 | 40.91 | |
Majority | 643 | 18.18 | |
Monmouthshire | |||
2 February 1874 | 7,630 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 March 1874 Appointment of Lord Henry Somerset as Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household. | |||
17 March 1874 | 7,630 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,839 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 April 1877 Succession of Hon Charles Hanbury-Tracy to the Peerage - 4th Baron Sudeley. | |||
17 May 1877 | 2,565/2,914 | 88.02 | |
Liberal Party | 1,447 | 56.41 | |
Conservative Party | 1,118 | 43.59 | |
Majority | 329 | 12.83 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
3 February 1874 | 4,810 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
7 February 1874 | 5,208/7,891 | 66.00 | |
Liberal Party | 3,333 | 64.00 | |
Conservative Party | 1,875 | 36.00 | |
Majority | 1,458 | 28.00 | |
Morpeth | |||
6 February 1874 | 3,917/4,912 | 79.74 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,332 | 85.07 | |
Conservative Party | 585 | 14.93 | |
Majority | 2,747 | 70.13 | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
6 February 1874 | 774/968 | 79.96 | |
Liberal Party | 612 | 79.07 | |
Conservative Party | 162 | 20.93 | |
Majority | 450 | 58.14 | |
New Ross | |||
6 February 1874 | 203/225 | 90.22 | |
Home Rule | 122 | 60.10 | |
Conservative Party | 81 | 39.90 | |
Majority | 41 | 20.20 | |
3 December 1878 Death of John Dunbar. | |||
17 December 1878 | 186/219 | 84.93 | |
Conservative Party | 96 | 51.61 | |
Home Rule | 90 | 48.39 | |
Majority | 6 | 3.23 | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,761/1,974 | 89.21 | |
Liberal Party | 973 | 55.25 | |
Liberal Party | 912 | 51.79 | |
Conservative Party | 824 | 46.79 | |
Conservative Party | 813 | 46.17 | |
Majority | 88 | 5.00 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
4 February 1874 | 13,615/21,407 | 63.60 | |
Liberal Party | 8,464 | 62.17 | |
Conservative Party | 6,479 | 47.59 | |
Liberal Party | 5,807 | 42.65 | |
Majority | 672 | 4.94 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
4 February 1874 | 2,221/2,999 | 74.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,173 | 52.81 | |
Liberal Party | 1,116 | 50.25 | |
Conservative Party | 1,037 | 46.69 | |
Majority | 79 | 3.56 | |
15 August 1878 Resignation of Sir Edmund Buckley, Bt. | |||
26 August 1878 | 2,320/3,396 | 68.32 | |
Liberal Party | 1,330 | 57.33 | |
Conservative Party | 990 | 42.67 | |
Majority | 340 | 14.66 | |
Newport | |||
4 February 1874 | 997/1,166 | 85.51 | |
Liberal Party | 522 | 52.36 | |
Conservative Party | 475 | 47.64 | |
Majority | 47 | 4.71 | |
Newry | |||
4 February 1874 | 914/1,011 | 90.41 | |
Liberal Party | 459 | 50.22 | |
Conservative Party | 455 | 49.78 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.44 | |
North Eastern Lancashire | |||
9 February 1874 | 8,882/10,250 | 86.65 | |
Conservative Party | 4,578 | 51.54 | |
Conservative Party | 4,468 | 50.30 | |
Liberal Party | 4,401 | 49.55 | |
Liberal Party | 4,297 | 48.38 | |
Majority | 67 | 0.75 | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
18 February 1874 | 19,558 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northallerton | |||
4 February 1874 | 765/829 | 92.28 | |
Conservative Party | 387 | 50.59 | |
Liberal Party | 378 | 49.41 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.18 | |
Northampton | |||
5 February 1874 | 5,312/6,829 | 77.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,690 | 50.64 | |
Liberal Party | 2,310 | 43.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,175 | 40.95 | |
Liberal Party | 1,796 | 33.81 | |
Liberal Party | 1,653 | 31.12 | |
Majority | 135 | 2.54 | |
8 September 1874 Death of Charles Gilpin. | |||
7 October 1874 | 5,773/6,829 | 84.54 | |
Conservative Party | 2,171 | 37.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,836 | 31.80 | |
Liberal Party | 1,766 | 30.59 | |
Majority | 335 | 5.80 | |
Northern Ayrshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 2,864/3,407 | 84.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,563 | 54.57 | |
Liberal Party | 1,301 | 45.43 | |
Majority | 262 | 9.15 | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
16 February 1874 | 6,594 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Devon | |||
5 February 1874 | 9,829 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 February 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
18 March 1874 | 9,829 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Durham | |||
10 February 1874 | 8,102/10,760 | 75.30 | |
Liberal Party | 4,364 | 53.86 | |
Liberal Party | 4,327 | 53.41 | |
Conservative Party | 4,011 | 49.51 | |
Conservative Party | 3,501 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 316 | 3.90 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
1 June 1874 Petition - election declared void on account of riot. | |||
22 June 1874 | 8,434/10,760 | 78.38 | |
Liberal Party | 4,256 | 50.46 | |
Conservative Party | 4,254 | 50.44 | |
Liberal Party | 4,104 | 48.66 | |
Majority | 150 | 1.78 | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
2 February 1874 | 6,033 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
March 1874 Resignation of George Sclater Booth on appointment as President of the Local Government Board. | |||
14 March 1874 | 6,033 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lanarkshire | |||
16 February 1874 | 7,217 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
13 February 1874 | 14,690 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 March 1874 Elevation of Rt Hon John Wilson Patten to the Peerage - Baron Winmarleigh. | |||
26 March 1874 | 14,690 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 April 1878 Resignation of Hon Frederick Stanley on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
8 April 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
9 February 1874 | 4,770/5,968 | 79.93 | |
Conservative Party | 2,978 | 62.43 | |
Conservative Party | 2,568 | 53.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,997 | 41.87 | |
Majority | 571 | 11.97 | |
1874 Resignation of Lord John Manners on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||
20 March 1874 | 5,968 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lincolnshire | |||
31 January 1874 | 10,117 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1874 Resignation of Rowland Winn on appointment as Lord to the Treasury. | |||
16 March 1874 | 10,117 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Norfolk | |||
12 February 1874 | 6,325 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 April 1876 Death of Hon Frederick Walpole. | |||
24 April 1876 | 4,494/6,231 | 72.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,302 | 51.22 | |
Liberal Party | 2,192 | 48.78 | |
Majority | 110 | 2.45 | |
22 December 1878 Death of James Duff. | |||
23 January 1879 | 4,994/6,474 | 77.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,742 | 54.91 | |
Liberal Party | 2,252 | 45.09 | |
Majority | 490 | 9.81 | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
4 February 1874 | 5,215 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon George Hunt on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
18 March 1874 | 5,215 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 July 1877 Death of Rt Hon George Hunt. | |||
15 August 1877 | 3,736/5,033 | 74.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,261 | 60.52 | |
Liberal Party | 1,475 | 39.48 | |
Majority | 786 | 21.04 | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
11 February 1874 | 3,480 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 March 1874 Resignation of Earl Percy on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household. | |||
17 March 1874 | 3,480 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 6,297 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
3 February 1874 | 7,557 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 January 1876 Elevation of John Ormsby-Gore to the Peerage - Baron Harlech. | |||
3 February 1876 | 5,437/7,342 | 74.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,737 | 50.34 | |
Conservative Party | 2,700 | 49.66 | |
Majority | 37 | 0.68 | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
10 February 1874 | 10,104 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 February 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Adderley on appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
23 March 1874 | 10,104 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 April 1878 Elevation of Sir Charles Adderley to the Peerage - Baron Norton. | |||
24 April 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 7,686/10,200 | 75.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,672 | 60.79 | |
Conservative Party | 4,322 | 56.23 | |
Liberal Party | 3,189 | 41.49 | |
Majority | 1,133 | 14.74 | |
Northern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
12 February 1874 | 16,412/20,130 | 81.53 | |
Liberal Party | 8,681 | 52.89 | |
Liberal Party | 8,598 | 52.39 | |
Conservative Party | 7,820 | 47.65 | |
Conservative Party | 7,725 | 47.07 | |
Majority | 778 | 4.74 | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
12 February 1874 | 5,520/7,152 | 77.18 | |
Conservative Party | 3,195 | 57.88 | |
Conservative Party | 3,129 | 56.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,358 | 42.72 | |
Majority | 771 | 13.97 | |
Norwich | |||
5 February 1874 | 11,514/15,166 | 75.92 | |
Liberal Party | 6,138 | 53.31 | |
Conservative Party | 5,823 | 50.57 | |
Liberal Party | 5,776 | 50.17 | |
Conservative Party | 5,290 | 45.94 | |
Majority | 47 | 0.41 | |
1875 Resignation of John Huddleston on appointment as a judge. | |||
6 March 1875 | 10,956/14,953 | 73.27 | |
Liberal Party | 5,877 | 53.64 | |
Conservative Party | 5,079 | 46.36 | |
Majority | 798 | 7.28 | |
8 May 1875 Petition - election declared void and writ suspended. | |||
Nottingham | |||
4 February 1874 | 10,581/16,154 | 65.50 | |
Conservative Party | 5,268 | 49.79 | |
Conservative Party | 4,790 | 45.27 | |
Liberal Party | 3,732 | 35.27 | |
Liberal Party | 3,545 | 33.50 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,752 | 26.01 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,074 | 10.15 | |
Majority | 1,058 | 10.00 | |
Oldham | |||
6 February 1874 | 16,940/18,560 | 91.27 | |
Conservative Party | 8,582 | 50.66 | |
Conservative Party | 8,541 | 50.42 | |
Liberal Party | 8,397 | 49.57 | |
Liberal Party | 8,360 | 49.35 | |
Majority | 144 | 0.85 | |
13 February 1877 Death of John Cobbett. | |||
1 March 1877 | 18,373/20,249 | 90.74 | |
Liberal Party | 9,542 | 51.93 | |
Conservative Party | 8,831 | 48.07 | |
Majority | 711 | 3.87 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
13 February 1874 | 1,618 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford | |||
3 February 1874 | 6,811/5,680 | 119.91 | |
Liberal Party | 2,332 | 68.48 | |
Liberal Party | 2,281 | 66.98 | |
Conservative Party | 2,198 | 64.54 | |
Majority | 83 | 2.44 | |
6 March 1874 Elevation of Rt Hon Edward Cardwell to the Peerage - Viscount Cardwell. | |||
16 March 1874 | 4,646/5,680 | 81.80 | |
Conservative Party | 2,554 | 54.97 | |
Liberal Party | 2,092 | 45.03 | |
Majority | 462 | 9.94 | |
Oxford University | |||
31 January 1874 | 4,571 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 February 1874 Resignation of Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
14 March 1874 | 4,571 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 May 1878 Elevation of Rt Hon Gathorne Hardy to the Peerage - Viscount Cranbrook. | |||
17 May 1878 | 3,676/5,026 | 73.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,687 | 73.10 | |
Liberal Party | 989 | 26.90 | |
Majority | 1,698 | 46.19 | |
Oxfordshire | |||
3 February 1874 | 7,554 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 January 1878 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Henley. | |||
5 February 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paisley | |||
7 February 1874 | 5,083 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Peeblesshire & Selkirkshire | |||
6 February 1874 | 1,026 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
12 February 1874 | 2,649/3,146 | 84.20 | |
Liberal Party | 1,339 | 50.55 | |
Conservative Party | 1,310 | 49.45 | |
Majority | 29 | 1.09 | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
3 February 1874 | 4,621 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 June 1876 Death of Sir John Scourfield, Bt. | |||
28 June 1876 | 3,490/4,541 | 76.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,882 | 53.93 | |
Liberal Party | 1,608 | 46.07 | |
Majority | 274 | 7.85 | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,512/1,860 | 81.29 | |
Liberal Party | 851 | 56.28 | |
Liberal Party | 784 | 51.85 | |
Conservative Party | 743 | 49.14 | |
Conservative Party | 646 | 42.72 | |
Majority | 41 | 2.71 | |
Perth | |||
4 February 1874 | 2,588/3,863 | 66.99 | |
Liberal Party | 1,648 | 63.68 | |
Conservative Party | 940 | 36.32 | |
Majority | 708 | 27.36 | |
7 January 1878 Succession of Hon Arthur Kinnaird to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Kinnaird. | |||
29 January 1878 | 3,061/4,224 | 72.47 | |
Liberal Party | 2,206 | 72.07 | |
Conservative Party | 855 | 27.93 | |
Majority | 1,351 | 44.14 | |
Perthshire | |||
12 February 1874 | 4,614/5,505 | 83.81 | |
Conservative Party | 2,554 | 55.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,060 | 44.65 | |
Majority | 494 | 10.71 | |
15 January 1878 Death of Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bt. | |||
4 February 1878 | 4,694/5,613 | 83.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,439 | 51.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,255 | 48.04 | |
Majority | 184 | 3.92 | |
Peterborough | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,264/3,056 | 74.08 | |
Liberal Party | 1,135 | 50.13 | |
Liberal Party | 1,105 | 48.81 | |
Conservative Party | 666 | 29.42 | |
Liberal/Labour | 562 | 24.82 | |
Liberal Party | 323 | 14.27 | |
Liberal Party | 71 | 3.14 | |
Majority | 439 | 19.39 | |
7 October 1878 Death of George Whalley. | |||
29 October 1878 | 2,692/3,340 | 80.60 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,360 | 50.52 | |
Conservative Party | 671 | 24.93 | |
Liberal Party | 653 | 24.26 | |
Liberal/Labour | 8 | 0.30 | |
Majority | 689 | 25.59 | |
Petersfield | |||
3 February 1874 | 733/870 | 84.25 | |
Conservative Party | 372 | 50.75 | |
Liberal Party | 361 | 49.25 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.50 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Plymouth | |||
3 February 1874 | 3,730/4,728 | 78.89 | |
Conservative Party | 2,045 | 54.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,000 | 53.63 | |
Liberal Party | 1,714 | 45.96 | |
Liberal Party | 1,700 | 45.58 | |
Majority | 286 | 7.67 | |
Pontefract | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,719/2,038 | 84.35 | |
Liberal Party | 934 | 54.33 | |
Conservative Party | 861 | 50.09 | |
Conservative Party | 709 | 41.24 | |
Majority | 152 | 8.84 | |
Poole | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,285/1,526 | 84.21 | |
Liberal Party | 705 | 54.86 | |
Conservative Party | 580 | 45.14 | |
Majority | 125 | 9.73 | |
1874 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
13 May 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
26 May 1874 | 1,253/1,526 | 82.11 | |
Liberal Party | 631 | 50.36 | |
Conservative Party | 622 | 49.64 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.72 | |
Portarlington | |||
3 February 1874 | 128/136 | 94.12 | |
Conservative Party | 76 | 59.38 | |
Home Rule | 52 | 40.62 | |
Majority | 24 | 18.75 | |
Portsmouth | |||
4 February 1874 | 21,038/14,931 | 140.90 | |
Conservative Party | 5,927 | 56.35 | |
Conservative Party | 5,879 | 55.89 | |
Liberal Party | 4,644 | 44.15 | |
Liberal Party | 4,588 | 43.62 | |
Majority | 1,235 | 5.87 | |
4 March 1874 Resignation of Sir James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, bt on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
16 March 1874 | 14,931 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Preston | |||
3 February 1874 | 9,618/12,073 | 79.67 | |
Conservative Party | 6,512 | 67.71 | |
Conservative Party | 5,211 | 54.18 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,756 | 39.05 | |
Majority | 1,455 | 15.13 | |
1874 Resignation of John Holker on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
24 April 1874 | 12,073 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Queen's County | |||
9 February 1874 | 2,676/3,593 | 74.48 | |
Home Rule | 1,726 | 64.50 | |
Home Rule | 1,639 | 61.25 | |
Liberal Party | 993 | 37.11 | |
Majority | 646 | 24.14 | |
Radnorshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 1,821/2,431 | 74.91 | |
Conservative Party | 889 | 48.82 | |
Liberal Party | 832 | 45.69 | |
Liberal Party | 100 | 5.49 | |
Majority | 57 | 3.13 | |
Reading | |||
3 February 1874 | 3,434/4,118 | 83.39 | |
Liberal Party | 1,794 | 52.24 | |
Liberal Party | 1,791 | 52.15 | |
Conservative Party | 1,652 | 48.11 | |
Conservative Party | 1,631 | 47.50 | |
Majority | 139 | 4.05 | |
2 May 1878 Death of Sir Francis Goldsmid, Bt. | |||
18 May 1878 | 3,788/4,721 | 80.24 | |
Liberal Party | 2,223 | 58.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,565 | 41.31 | |
Majority | 658 | 17.37 | |
Renfrewshire | |||
5 February 1874 | 3,894/4,572 | 85.17 | |
Liberal Party | 1,991 | 51.13 | |
Conservative Party | 1,903 | 48.87 | |
Majority | 88 | 2.26 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Richmond | |||
2 February 1874 | 572/706 | 81.02 | |
Liberal Party | 313 | 54.72 | |
Independent Liberal | 259 | 45.28 | |
Majority | 54 | 9.44 | |
Ripon | |||
30 January 1874 | 1,025 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rochdale | |||
4 February 1874 | 8,496/10,352 | 82.07 | |
Liberal Party | 4,498 | 52.94 | |
Conservative Party | 3,998 | 47.06 | |
Majority | 500 | 5.89 | |
Rochester | |||
31 January 1874 | 2,010/2,676 | 75.11 | |
Liberal Party | 1,206 | 60.00 | |
Liberal Party | 1,144 | 56.92 | |
Conservative Party | 835 | 41.54 | |
Majority | 309 | 15.37 | |
31 May 1878 Death of Philip Martin. | |||
14 June 1878 | 2,288/2,832 | 80.79 | |
Liberal Party | 1,284 | 56.12 | |
Conservative Party | 1,004 | 43.88 | |
Majority | 280 | 12.24 | |
Roscommon County | |||
3 February 1874 | 3,710 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
7 February 1874 | 1,559 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Roxburghshire | |||
14 February 1874 | 1,551/1,813 | 85.55 | |
Conservative Party | 789 | 50.87 | |
Liberal Party | 762 | 49.13 | |
Majority | 27 | 1.74 | |
Rutlandshire | |||
5 February 1874 | 1,950 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 August 1876 Resignation of Hon Gerard Noel on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings. | |||
17 August 1876 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,136/1,287 | 88.27 | |
Conservative Party | 597 | 52.55 | |
Liberal Party | 539 | 47.45 | |
Majority | 58 | 5.11 | |
Salford | |||
5 February 1874 | 13,763/19,177 | 71.77 | |
Conservative Party | 7,003 | 50.88 | |
Conservative Party | 6,987 | 50.77 | |
Liberal Party | 6,827 | 49.60 | |
Liberal Party | 6,709 | 48.75 | |
Majority | 160 | 1.16 | |
9 April 1877 Death of Charles Cawley. | |||
19 April 1877 | 17,014/22,041 | 77.19 | |
Conservative Party | 8,642 | 50.79 | |
Liberal Party | 8,372 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 270 | 1.59 | |
Salisbury | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,589/1,829 | 86.88 | |
Conservative Party | 835 | 52.55 | |
Liberal Party | 800 | 50.35 | |
Conservative Party | 783 | 49.28 | |
Liberal Party | 759 | 47.77 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.07 | |
Sandwich | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,708/2,046 | 83.48 | |
Liberal Party | 1,035 | 60.60 | |
Liberal Party | 1,006 | 58.90 | |
Conservative Party | 764 | 44.73 | |
Conservative Party | 611 | 35.77 | |
Majority | 242 | 14.17 | |
Scarborough | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,617/3,631 | 72.07 | |
Conservative Party | 1,280 | 48.91 | |
Liberal Party | 1,103 | 42.15 | |
Liberal Party | 799 | 30.53 | |
Liberal Party | 772 | 29.50 | |
Majority | 304 | 11.62 | |
Shaftesbury | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,153/1,286 | 89.66 | |
Conservative Party | 591 | 51.26 | |
Liberal Party | 562 | 48.74 | |
Majority | 29 | 2.52 | |
Sheffield | |||
4 February 1874 | 19,363/36,701 | 52.76 | |
Independent Liberal | 14,193 | 73.30 | |
Liberal Party | 12,858 | 66.40 | |
Liberal Party | 11,053 | 57.08 | |
Liberal Party | 621 | 3.21 | |
Majority | 1,805 | 9.32 | |
30 November 1879 Death of John Roebuck. | |||
21 December 1879 | 27,646/39,270 | 70.40 | |
Liberal Party | 14,062 | 50.86 | |
Conservative Party | 13,584 | 49.14 | |
Majority | 478 | 1.73 | |
Shoreham | |||
5 February 1874 | 3,367/4,998 | 67.37 | |
Conservative Party | 2,527 | 75.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,414 | 71.70 | |
Liberal Party | 896 | 26.61 | |
Majority | 1,518 | 45.08 | |
7 March 1874 Resignation of Stephen Cave on appointment as Judge-Advocate General and Paymaster-General. | |||
13 March 1874 | 4,998 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 July 1876 Death of Sir Percy Burrell, Bt. | |||
5 August 1876 | 3,546/5,129 | 69.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,152 | 60.69 | |
Liberal Party | 1,394 | 39.31 | |
Majority | 758 | 21.38 | |
Shrewsbury | |||
3 February 1874 | 2,975/3,620 | 82.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,672 | 56.20 | |
Liberal Party | 1,561 | 52.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,388 | 46.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,328 | 44.64 | |
Majority | 173 | 5.82 | |
Sligo County | |||
2 February 1874 | 3,539 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 December 1876 Death of Sir Robert Gore-Booth, Bt. | |||
12 January 1877 | 3,414 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
South Eastern Lancashire | |||
11 February 1874 | 16,560/21,427 | 77.29 | |
Conservative Party | 9,187 | 55.48 | |
Conservative Party | 9,015 | 54.44 | |
Liberal Party | 7,464 | 45.07 | |
Liberal Party | 7,453 | 45.01 | |
Majority | 1,551 | 9.37 | |
South Shields | |||
31 January 1874 | 8,870 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
South Western Lancashire | |||
13 February 1874 | 22,729 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 February 1874 Resignation of Richard Cross on appointment as Home Secretary. | |||
19 March 1874 | 22,729 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 October 1875 Death of Charles Turner. | |||
6 November 1875 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southampton | |||
5 February 1874 | 4,853/6,537 | 74.24 | |
Liberal Party | 2,724 | 56.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,534 | 52.22 | |
Liberal Party | 2,345 | 48.32 | |
Conservative Party | 2,103 | 43.33 | |
Majority | 189 | 3.89 | |
31 May 1878 Death of Rt Hon Russell Gurney. | |||
17 June 1878 | 4,856/7,021 | 69.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,552 | 52.55 | |
Liberal Party | 2,304 | 47.45 | |
Majority | 248 | 5.11 | |
Southern Ayrshire | |||
6 February 1874 | 3,547 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 7,526/8,179 | 92.02 | |
Conservative Party | 3,934 | 52.27 | |
Liberal Party | 3,773 | 50.13 | |
Conservative Party | 3,572 | 47.46 | |
Majority | 201 | 2.67 | |
Southern Devon | |||
5 February 1874 | 8,350 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1874 Resignation of Sir Massey Lopes, bt on appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
19 March 1874 | 8,350 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Durham | |||
12 February 1874 | 8,514/10,159 | 83.81 | |
Liberal Party | 4,792 | 56.28 | |
Liberal Party | 4,461 | 52.40 | |
Conservative Party | 3,887 | 45.65 | |
Majority | 574 | 6.74 | |
1874 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Southern Essex | |||
9 February 1874 | 6,319/8,713 | 72.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,646 | 57.70 | |
Conservative Party | 3,528 | 55.83 | |
Liberal Party | 2,735 | 43.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,728 | 43.17 | |
Majority | 793 | 12.55 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
10 February 1874 | 6,542/9,578 | 68.30 | |
Conservative Party | 3,878 | 59.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,946 | 45.03 | |
Liberal Party | 2,382 | 36.41 | |
Majority | 564 | 8.62 | |
Southern Lanarkshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 2,673/3,214 | 83.17 | |
Conservative Party | 1,347 | 50.39 | |
Liberal Party | 1,326 | 49.61 | |
Majority | 21 | 0.79 | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
14 February 1874 | 6,309/8,489 | 74.32 | |
Conservative Party | 3,583 | 56.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,269 | 51.81 | |
Liberal Party | 2,883 | 45.70 | |
Majority | 386 | 6.12 | |
Southern Lincolnshire | |||
5 February 1874 | 11,020 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Norfolk | |||
11 February 1874 | 5,777/7,667 | 75.35 | |
Conservative Party | 3,146 | 54.46 | |
Conservative Party | 3,010 | 52.10 | |
Liberal Party | 2,699 | 46.72 | |
Majority | 311 | 5.38 | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
4 February 1874 | 6,029 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
11 February 1874 | 6,698 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 March 1878 Succession of Baron Eslington to the Peerage - 2nd Earl of Ravensworth. | |||
18 April 1878 | 5,824/7,415 | 78.54 | |
Conservative Party | 2,912 | 100.00 | |
Liberal Party | 2,912 | 100.00 | |
A double return was made. | |||
May 1878 Petition - after a recount, the figures were found to be Ridley - 2,909; Grey - 2,903. Edward Ridley was declared elected and petitions against both candidates were withdrawn. | |||
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 4,978 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
2 February 1874 | 5,710 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 October 1876 Death of Hon Sir Percy Herbert. | |||
3 November 1876 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 August 1877 Resignation of Edward Corbett. | |||
10 August 1877 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
13 February 1874 | 4,987/6,340 | 78.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,832 | 56.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,801 | 56.17 | |
Liberal Party | 2,170 | 43.51 | |
Majority | 631 | 12.65 | |
1879 Resignation of Earl of Yarmouth on appointment as Comptroller of H M Household. | |||
21 February 1879 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
11 February 1874 | 17,879/22,358 | 79.97 | |
Conservative Party | 9,705 | 54.28 | |
Conservative Party | 9,639 | 53.91 | |
Liberal Party | 8,265 | 46.23 | |
Liberal Party | 8,148 | 45.57 | |
Majority | 1,374 | 7.68 | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 3,094/3,938 | 78.57 | |
Conservative Party | 2,115 | 68.36 | |
Conservative Party | 1,977 | 63.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,048 | 33.87 | |
Majority | 929 | 30.03 | |
1875 Resignation of Lord Henry Thynne on appointment as Treasurer of H M Household. | |||
4 January 1876 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southwark | |||
6 February 1874 | 11,975/20,419 | 58.65 | |
Liberal Party | 5,901 | 49.28 | |
Conservative Party | 5,716 | 47.73 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,496 | 29.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,121 | 26.06 | |
Majority | 2,220 | 18.54 | |
28 January 1880 Death of John Locke. | |||
14 February 1880 | 15,312/23,472 | 65.24 | |
Conservative Party | 7,683 | 50.18 | |
Liberal Party | 6,830 | 44.61 | |
Liberal/Labour | 799 | 5.22 | |
Majority | 853 | 5.57 | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
4 February 1874 | 2,108 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
St Ives | |||
4 February 1874 | 1,183/1,430 | 82.73 | |
Conservative Party | 751 | 63.48 | |
Liberal Party | 432 | 36.52 | |
Majority | 319 | 26.97 | |
4 December 1874 Death of Edward Davenport. | |||
30 December 1874 | 1,169/1,430 | 81.75 | |
Conservative Party | 617 | 52.78 | |
Liberal Party | 552 | 47.22 | |
Majority | 65 | 5.56 | |
18 February 1875 Petition - election declared void. | |||
8 March 1875 | 1,208/1,410 | 85.67 | |
Conservative Party | 658 | 54.47 | |
Liberal Party | 550 | 45.53 | |
Majority | 108 | 8.94 | |
Stafford | |||
4 February 1874 | 4,271/3,440 | 124.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,238 | 57.97 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,183 | 55.40 | |
Conservative Party | 947 | 44.35 | |
Liberal Party | 903 | 42.29 | |
Majority | 236 | 11.05 | |
Stalybridge | |||
4 February 1874 | 4,598/5,129 | 89.65 | |
Conservative Party | 2,378 | 51.72 | |
Liberal Party | 2,220 | 48.28 | |
Majority | 158 | 3.44 | |
Stamford | |||
5 February 1874 | 968/1,183 | 81.83 | |
Conservative Party | 557 | 57.54 | |
Liberal Party | 411 | 42.46 | |
Majority | 146 | 15.08 | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
February 1874 | 4,779 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirlingshire | |||
6 February 1874 | 2,298/2,837 | 81.00 | |
Conservative Party | 1,171 | 50.96 | |
Liberal Party | 1,127 | 49.04 | |
Majority | 44 | 1.91 | |
Stockport | |||
4 February 1874 | 6,972/7,814 | 89.22 | |
Liberal Party | 3,628 | 52.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,538 | 50.75 | |
Conservative Party | 3,406 | 48.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,372 | 48.36 | |
Majority | 132 | 1.89 | |
1874 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Stockton-on-Tees | |||
2 February 1874 | 4,648/5,961 | 77.97 | |
Liberal Party | 3,223 | 69.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,425 | 30.66 | |
Majority | 1,798 | 38.68 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
5 February 1874 | 17,413/19,129 | 91.03 | |
Liberal Party | 6,700 | 38.48 | |
Conservative Party | 6,180 | 35.49 | |
Liberal Party | 5,369 | 30.83 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,198 | 29.85 | |
Majority | 811 | 4.66 | |
5 February 1875 Resignation of George Melly. | |||
18 February 1875 | 14,169/19,548 | 72.48 | |
Independent | 6,110 | 43.12 | |
Liberal/Labour | 4,158 | 29.35 | |
Conservative Party | 3,901 | 27.53 | |
Majority | 1,952 | 13.78 | |
Stroud | |||
4 February 1874 | 5,411/5,942 | 91.06 | |
Liberal Party | 2,798 | 51.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,794 | 51.64 | |
Conservative Party | 2,763 | 51.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,467 | 45.59 | |
Majority | 31 | 0.57 | |
30 April 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
18 May 1874 | 5,389/5,942 | 90.69 | |
Conservative Party | 2,796 | 51.88 | |
Liberal Party | 2,722 | 50.51 | |
Liberal Party | 2,677 | 49.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,582 | 47.91 | |
Majority | 45 | 0.84 | |
8 July 1874 Petition - John Dorington unseated on petition. Petition against Alfred Stanton dismissed. | |||
27 July 1874 | 5,308/5,942 | 89.33 | |
Liberal Party | 2,695 | 50.77 | |
Conservative Party | 2,613 | 49.23 | |
Majority | 82 | 1.54 | |
10 December 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
22 February 1875 | 5,360/6,046 | 88.65 | |
Liberal Party | 2,783 | 51.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,577 | 48.08 | |
Majority | 206 | 3.84 | |
Sunderland | |||
4 February 1874 | 9,827/14,008 | 70.15 | |
Liberal Party | 6,172 | 62.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5,920 | 60.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,781 | 38.48 | |
Majority | 2,139 | 21.77 | |
Sutherland | |||
2 February 1874 | 324 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
6 February 1874 | 7,923/12,476 | 63.51 | |
Liberal Party | 5,215 | 65.82 | |
Conservative Party | 2,708 | 34.18 | |
Majority | 2,507 | 31.64 | |
Tamworth | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,416/1,850 | 76.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,089 | 76.91 | |
Conservative Party | 1,086 | 76.69 | |
Liberal/Labour | 448 | 31.64 | |
Liberal Party | 209 | 14.76 | |
Majority | 638 | 45.06 | |
16 April 1878 Resignation of Robert Hanbury in order to contest Northern Staffordshire. | |||
25 April 1878 | 1,793/2,096 | 85.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,186 | 66.15 | |
Conservative Party | 607 | 33.85 | |
Majority | 579 | 32.29 | |
Taunton | |||
31 January 1874 | 1,999 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tavistock | |||
4 February 1874 | 635/805 | 78.88 | |
Liberal Party | 362 | 57.01 | |
Liberal Party | 273 | 42.99 | |
Majority | 89 | 14.02 | |
Tewkesbury | |||
31 January 1874 | 673/730 | 92.19 | |
Liberal Party | 350 | 52.01 | |
Conservative Party | 323 | 47.99 | |
Majority | 27 | 4.01 | |
The Hartlepools | |||
4 February 1874 | 3,698/4,524 | 81.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,308 | 62.41 | |
Conservative Party | 1,390 | 37.59 | |
Majority | 918 | 24.82 | |
20 July 1875 Resignation of Thomas Richardson. | |||
29 July 1875 | 3,685/4,820 | 76.45 | |
Liberal Party | 1,962 | 53.24 | |
Conservative Party | 1,464 | 39.73 | |
Independent Liberal | 259 | 7.03 | |
Majority | 498 | 13.51 | |
Thirsk | |||
4 February 1874 | 819/935 | 87.59 | |
Conservative Party | 410 | 50.06 | |
Liberal Party | 409 | 49.94 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.12 | |
Tipperary County | |||
11 February 1874 | 4,594/9,500 | 48.36 | |
Home Rule | 3,623 | 78.86 | |
Home Rule | 2,835 | 61.71 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1,788 | 38.92 | |
Home Rule | 705 | 15.35 | |
Independent Nationalist | 635 | 13.82 | |
Liberal Party | 281 | 6.12 | |
Majority | 1,047 | 45.58 | |
6 February 1875 Resignation of Hon Charles White. | |||
16 February 1875 | 10,315 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
18 February 1875 Disqualification of John Mitchel due to the fact that he was a convicted felon. | |||
11 March 1875 | 3,860/10,315 | 37.42 | |
Independent Nationalist | 3,114 | 80.67 | |
Conservative Party | 746 | 19.33 | |
Majority | 2,368 | 61.35 | |
20 March 1875 Death of John Mitchel. | |||
27 May 1875 Stephen Moore was declared elected due to the ineligibility of John Mitchel at the time of the by-election. | |||
20 April 1877 Death of Hon William O'Callaghan. | |||
15 May 1877 | 5,196/9,297 | 55.89 | |
Home Rule | 3,852 | 74.13 | |
Home Rule | 1,344 | 25.87 | |
Majority | 2,508 | 48.27 | |
Tiverton | |||
31 January 1874 | 1,258/1,294 | 97.22 | |
Liberal Party | 677 | 53.82 | |
Liberal Party | 629 | 50.00 | |
Conservative Party | 605 | 48.09 | |
Majority | 24 | 1.91 | |
Tower Hamlets | |||
6 February 1874 | 15,786/32,987 | 47.86 | |
Conservative Party | 7,228 | 45.79 | |
Liberal Party | 5,900 | 37.37 | |
Liberal Party | 5,022 | 31.81 | |
Liberal Party | 3,202 | 20.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,992 | 18.95 | |
Majority | 878 | 5.56 | |
Tralee | |||
4 February 1874 | 282/366 | 77.05 | |
Liberal Party | 142 | 50.35 | |
Home Rule | 140 | 49.65 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.71 | |
Truro | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,271/1,582 | 80.34 | |
Conservative Party | 798 | 62.79 | |
Conservative Party | 723 | 56.88 | |
Liberal Party | 565 | 44.45 | |
Liberal Party | 455 | 35.80 | |
Majority | 158 | 12.43 | |
3 September 1878 Death of Sir Frederick Williams, Bt. | |||
26 September 1878 | 1,267/1,578 | 80.29 | |
Conservative Party | 656 | 51.78 | |
Liberal Party | 611 | 48.22 | |
Majority | 45 | 3.55 | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
30 January 1874 | 4,898 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tyrone County | |||
11 February 1874 | 5,317/8,883 | 59.86 | |
Conservative Party | 4,710 | 88.58 | |
Conservative Party | 3,171 | 59.64 | |
Conservative Party | 2,752 | 51.76 | |
Majority | 419 | 7.88 | |
Wakefield | |||
2 February 1874 | 3,379/3,889 | 86.89 | |
Conservative Party | 1,779 | 52.65 | |
Liberal Party | 1,600 | 47.35 | |
Majority | 179 | 5.30 | |
27 April 1874 Petition - election declared void. | |||
6 May 1874 | 3,441/3,889 | 88.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,814 | 52.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,627 | 47.28 | |
Majority | 187 | 5.43 | |
Wallingford | |||
31 January 1874 | 1,012/1,141 | 88.69 | |
Conservative Party | 575 | 56.82 | |
Liberal Party | 437 | 43.18 | |
Majority | 138 | 13.64 | |
Walsall | |||
4 February 1874 | 5,095/8,684 | 58.67 | |
Liberal Party | 3,364 | 66.03 | |
Conservative Party | 1,731 | 33.97 | |
Majority | 1,633 | 32.05 | |
Wareham | |||
4 February 1874 | 838/953 | 87.93 | |
Conservative Party | 502 | 59.90 | |
Liberal Party | 310 | 36.99 | |
Independent Conservative | 26 | 3.10 | |
Majority | 192 | 22.91 | |
Warrington | |||
2 February 1874 | 4,582/5,022 | 91.24 | |
Conservative Party | 2,381 | 51.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,201 | 48.04 | |
Majority | 180 | 3.93 | |
Warwick | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,571/1,664 | 94.41 | |
Conservative Party | 836 | 53.21 | |
Liberal Party | 783 | 49.84 | |
Conservative Party | 740 | 47.10 | |
Liberal/Labour | 180 | 11.46 | |
Majority | 43 | 2.74 | |
Waterford City | |||
5 February 1874 | 1,208/1,378 | 87.66 | |
Home Rule | 526 | 55.63 | |
Home Rule | 480 | 50.77 | |
Conservative Party | 365 | 38.60 | |
Home Rule | 360 | 38.08 | |
Liberal Party | 160 | 16.92 | |
Majority | 115 | 19.04 | |
Waterford County | |||
13 February 1874 | 3,157/3,317 | 95.18 | |
Conservative Party | 1,767 | 55.97 | |
Home Rule | 1,390 | 44.03 | |
Home Rule | 446 | 14.13 | |
Majority | 944 | 29.90 | |
9 December 1876 Death of Sir John Esmonde, Bt. | |||
20 January 1877 | 2,333/3,276 | 71.21 | |
Home Rule | 1,799 | 77.11 | |
Liberal Party | 534 | 22.89 | |
Majority | 1,265 | 54.22 | |
Wednesbury | |||
5 February 1874 | 13,343/20,357 | 65.55 | |
Liberal Party | 7,530 | 56.43 | |
Conservative Party | 5,813 | 43.57 | |
Majority | 1,717 | 12.87 | |
Wenlock | |||
9 February 1874 | 4,129/3,541 | 116.61 | |
Conservative Party | 1,708 | 82.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,575 | 76.29 | |
Conservative Party | 846 | 40.98 | |
Majority | 729 | 17.66 | |
10 October 1874 Succession of Rt Hon George Weld-Forester to the Peerage - 3rd Baron Forester. | |||
16 November 1874 | 3,121/3,541 | 88.14 | |
Conservative Party | 1,720 | 55.11 | |
Liberal Party | 1,401 | 44.89 | |
Majority | 319 | 10.22 | |
Westbury | |||
2 February 1874 | 1,058/1,123 | 94.21 | |
Liberal Party | 540 | 51.04 | |
Conservative Party | 518 | 48.96 | |
Majority | 22 | 2.08 | |
Western Aberdeenshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 2,727/3,954 | 68.97 | |
Liberal Party | 2,401 | 88.05 | |
Conservative Party | 326 | 11.95 | |
Majority | 2,075 | 76.09 | |
24 April 1876 Resignation of William McCombie. | |||
12 May 1876 | 3,156/3,899 | 80.94 | |
Liberal Party | 2,343 | 74.24 | |
Conservative Party | 813 | 25.76 | |
Majority | 1,530 | 48.48 | |
Western Cheshire | |||
February 1874 | 10,169 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cornwall | |||
14 February 1874 | 7,494 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cumberland | |||
7 February 1874 | 4,305/6,034 | 71.35 | |
Conservative Party | 2,532 | 58.82 | |
Conservative Party | 2,520 | 58.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,786 | 41.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,771 | 41.14 | |
Majority | 734 | 17.05 | |
Western Essex | |||
10 February 1874 | 5,889 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
9 February 1874 | 8,884/11,632 | 76.38 | |
Conservative Party | 4,553 | 51.25 | |
Liberal Party | 4,344 | 48.90 | |
Liberal Party | 4,317 | 48.59 | |
Majority | 27 | 0.30 | |
Western Kent | |||
9 February 1874 | 8,630/11,973 | 72.08 | |
Conservative Party | 5,295 | 61.36 | |
Conservative Party | 5,227 | 60.57 | |
Liberal Party | 3,391 | 39.29 | |
Liberal Party | 3,346 | 38.77 | |
Majority | 1,836 | 21.27 | |
4 May 1878 Resignation of John Talbot in order to contest Oxford University. | |||
15 May 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Norfolk | |||
12 February 1874 | 6,647 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 February 1880 Death of Sir William Bagge, Bt. | |||
8 March 1880 | 6,471 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Somerset | |||
7 February 1874 | 7,774 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Staffordshire | |||
10 February 1874 | 10,365 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Suffolk | |||
12 February 1874 | 5,949 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
28 May 1875 Death of Lord Augustus Hervey. | |||
17 June 1875 | 3,841/5,811 | 66.10 | |
Conservative Party | 2,780 | 72.38 | |
Liberal Party | 1,061 | 27.62 | |
Majority | 1,719 | 44.75 | |
4 September 1875 Death of Fuller Maitland Wilson. | |||
4 October 1875 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
9 February 1874 | 7,314 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Sussex | |||
11 February 1874 | 3,865 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
10 February 1874 | 4,272/6,177 | 69.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,910 | 68.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,554 | 59.78 | |
Liberal Party | 1,540 | 36.05 | |
Majority | 1,014 | 23.74 | |
28 June 1876 Resignation of William Dowdeswell. | |||
8 July 1876 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmeath County | |||
12 February 1874 | 2,548/3,559 | 71.59 | |
Home Rule | 2,202 | 86.42 | |
Home Rule | 2,164 | 84.93 | |
Liberal Party | 401 | 15.74 | |
Liberal Party | 328 | 12.87 | |
Majority | 1,763 | 69.19 | |
Westminster | |||
6 February 1874 | 13,118/19,845 | 66.10 | |
Conservative Party | 9,371 | 71.44 | |
Conservative Party | 8,681 | 66.18 | |
Liberal Party | 4,749 | 36.20 | |
Liberal Party | 3,435 | 26.19 | |
Majority | 3,932 | 29.97 | |
August 1877 Resignation of William Smith on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
11 August 1877 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmorland | |||
5 February 1874 | 5,177 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wexford | |||
5 February 1874 | 396/501 | 79.04 | |
Home Rule | 323 | 81.57 | |
Liberal Party | 73 | 18.43 | |
Majority | 250 | 63.13 | |
Wexford County | |||
17 February 1874 | 5,652/6,184 | 91.40 | |
Home Rule | 3,407 | 60.28 | |
Home Rule | 2,784 | 49.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,332 | 23.57 | |
Conservative Party | 1,224 | 21.66 | |
Majority | 1,452 | 25.69 | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,422/1,467 | 96.93 | |
Liberal Party | 944 | 66.39 | |
Conservative Party | 504 | 35.44 | |
Conservative Party | 452 | 31.79 | |
Majority | 52 | 3.66 | |
Whitby | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,627/2,069 | 78.64 | |
Liberal Party | 873 | 53.66 | |
Conservative Party | 754 | 46.34 | |
Majority | 119 | 7.31 | |
Whitehaven | |||
30 January 1874 | 2,431 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 November 1875 Resignation of George Cavendish-Bentinck on appointment as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
18 December 1875 | 1,816/2,599 | 69.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,503 | 82.76 | |
Liberal Party | 313 | 17.24 | |
Majority | 1,190 | 65.53 | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
13 February 1874 | 1,587/1,793 | 88.51 | |
Liberal Party | 857 | 54.00 | |
Liberal Party | 730 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 127 | 8.00 | |
Wicklow County | |||
7 February 1874 | 2,201/3,579 | 61.50 | |
Home Rule | 1,511 | 68.65 | |
Conservative Party | 1,411 | 64.11 | |
Liberal Party | 927 | 42.12 | |
Home Rule | 553 | 25.12 | |
Majority | 484 | 21.99 | |
Wigan | |||
3 February 1874 | 4,470/5,062 | 88.31 | |
Conservative Party | 2,493 | 55.77 | |
Conservative Party | 2,401 | 53.71 | |
Liberal Party | 1,883 | 42.13 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,134 | 25.37 | |
Liberal Party | 1,029 | 23.02 | |
Majority | 518 | 11.59 | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
10 February 1874 | 1,042/1,176 | 88.61 | |
Conservative Party | 522 | 50.10 | |
Liberal Party | 520 | 49.90 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.19 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
28 May 1874 Petition - election declared void after scrutiny revised totals to Young: 515, Stewart 514. However, George Young had been appointed a Senator of the College of Justice shortly before the petition's result was announced, and he was deemed to have vacated the seat. | |||
15 June 1874 | 1,042/1,176 | 88.61 | |
Conservative Party | 525 | 50.38 | |
Liberal Party | 517 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.77 | |
Wigtownshire | |||
7 February 1874 | 1,653 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wilton | |||
February 1874 | 1,040 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
8 February 1877 Resignation of Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bt. | |||
21 February 1877 | 938/1,087 | 86.29 | |
Conservative Party | 751 | 80.06 | |
Liberal Party | 187 | 19.94 | |
Majority | 564 | 60.13 | |
Winchester | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,528/1,793 | 85.22 | |
Conservative Party | 949 | 62.11 | |
Conservative Party | 793 | 51.90 | |
Liberal Party | 657 | 43.00 | |
Majority | 136 | 8.90 | |
Windsor | |||
3 February 1874 | 1,682/1,951 | 86.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,064 | 63.26 | |
Liberal Party | 618 | 36.74 | |
Majority | 446 | 26.52 | |
1874 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Wolverhampton | |||
6 February 1874 | 13,825/23,257 | 59.44 | |
Liberal Party | 10,358 | 74.92 | |
Liberal Party | 10,036 | 72.59 | |
Conservative Party | 3,628 | 26.24 | |
Majority | 6,408 | 46.35 | |
Woodstock | |||
3 February 1874 | 973/1,071 | 90.85 | |
Conservative Party | 569 | 58.48 | |
Liberal Party | 404 | 41.52 | |
Majority | 165 | 16.96 | |
Worcester | |||
3 February 1874 | 4,039/5,578 | 72.41 | |
Liberal Party | 2,284 | 56.55 | |
Liberal Party | 2,164 | 53.58 | |
Conservative Party | 1,958 | 48.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,672 | 41.40 | |
Majority | 206 | 5.10 | |
17 March 1878 Death of Alexander Sheriff. | |||
28 March 1878 | 4,764/6,290 | 75.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,609 | 54.76 | |
Liberal Party | 2,155 | 45.24 | |
Majority | 454 | 9.53 | |
Wycombe | |||
5 February 1874 | 1,387/1,599 | 86.74 | |
Liberal Party | 953 | 68.71 | |
Liberal/Labour | 415 | 29.92 | |
Conservative Party | 19 | 1.37 | |
Majority | 538 | 38.79 | |
York | |||
3 February 1874 | 6,981/9,744 | 71.64 | |
Liberal Party | 3,880 | 55.58 | |
Conservative Party | 3,371 | 48.29 | |
Conservative Party | 2,830 | 40.54 | |
Majority | 541 | 7.75 | |
15 February 1878 Resignation of James Lowther on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
20 February 1878 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Youghal | |||
4 February 1874 | 230/276 | 83.33 | |
Home Rule | 124 | 53.91 | |
Conservative Party | 106 | 46.09 | |
Majority | 18 | 7.83 |