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LIB | 348 |
CON | 238 |
HR | 53 |
HR (P) | 9 |
LIB/LAB | 3 |
Ind LIB | 1 |
Aberdeen | |||
1 April 1880 | 10,644/14,184 | 75.04 | |
Liberal Party | 7,505 | 70.51 | |
Conservative Party | 3,139 | 29.49 | |
Majority | 4,366 | 41.02 | |
Aberdeen & Glasgow Universities | |||
20 April 1880 | 4,659/5,969 | 78.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,520 | 54.09 | |
Liberal Party | 2,139 | 45.91 | |
Majority | 381 | 8.18 | |
Abingdon | |||
31 March 1880 | 814/890 | 91.46 | |
Liberal Party | 428 | 52.58 | |
Conservative Party | 386 | 47.42 | |
Majority | 42 | 5.16 | |
Andover | |||
31 March 1880 | 769/833 | 92.32 | |
Liberal Party | 405 | 52.67 | |
Conservative Party | 364 | 47.33 | |
Majority | 41 | 5.33 | |
Anglesea | |||
3 April 1880 | 2,479/3,171 | 78.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,394 | 56.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1,085 | 43.77 | |
Majority | 309 | 12.46 | |
Antrim County | |||
7 April 1880 | 9,730/11,701 | 83.16 | |
Conservative Party | 5,124 | 52.66 | |
Conservative Party | 4,936 | 50.73 | |
Liberal Party | 4,789 | 49.22 | |
Liberal Party | 4,610 | 47.38 | |
Majority | 147 | 1.51 | |
4 May 1885 Death of James Chaine. | |||
21 May 1885 | |||
Liberal Party | 3,971 | 50.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,832 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 139 | 1.78 | |
Argyll | |||
8 April 1880 | 2,648/3,299 | 80.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,457 | 55.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,191 | 44.98 | |
Majority | 266 | 10.05 | |
Armagh City | |||
31 March 1880 | 657 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Armagh County | |||
10 April 1880 | 4,724/6,937 | 68.10 | |
Liberal Party | 2,738 | 57.96 | |
Conservative Party | 2,654 | 56.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,275 | 48.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,781 | 37.70 | |
Majority | 379 | 8.02 | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,552/5,901 | 94.09 | |
Liberal Party | 2,966 | 53.42 | |
Conservative Party | 2,586 | 46.58 | |
Majority | 380 | 6.84 | |
Athlone | |||
3 April 1880 | 325/360 | 90.28 | |
Liberal Party | 163 | 50.15 | |
Home Rule | 162 | 49.85 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.31 | |
28 May 1884 Death of Sir John Ennis, Bt. | |||
12 June 1884 | 365 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Aylesbury | |||
2 April 1880 | 2,771/4,228 | 65.54 | |
Liberal Party | 2,111 | 76.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,919 | 69.25 | |
Conservative Party | 1,511 | 54.53 | |
Majority | 408 | 14.72 | |
29 June 1885 Elevation of Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Rothschild. | |||
17 July 1885 | 3,769/4,473 | 84.26 | |
Liberal Party | 2,353 | 62.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,416 | 37.57 | |
Majority | 937 | 24.86 | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
7 April 1880 | 3,723/4,297 | 86.64 | |
Liberal Party | 2,303 | 61.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,420 | 38.14 | |
Majority | 883 | 23.72 | |
Banbury | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,601/1,848 | 86.63 | |
Liberal Party | 1,018 | 63.59 | |
Conservative Party | 583 | 36.41 | |
Majority | 435 | 27.17 | |
Bandon | |||
2 April 1880 | 385/430 | 89.53 | |
Conservative Party | 200 | 51.95 | |
Liberal Party | 185 | 48.05 | |
Majority | 15 | 3.90 | |
20 May 1880 Resignation of Percy Bernard. | |||
25 June 1880 | 389/430 | 90.47 | |
Liberal Party | 217 | 55.78 | |
Conservative Party | 172 | 44.22 | |
Majority | 45 | 11.57 | |
Banffshire | |||
2 April 1880 | 2,649 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
June 1882 Resignation of Robert Duff on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
19 June 1882 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Barnstaple | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,194/1,646 | 72.54 | |
Conservative Party | 855 | 71.61 | |
Liberal Party | 811 | 67.92 | |
Liberal Party | 720 | 60.30 | |
Majority | 91 | 7.62 | |
Bath | |||
1 April 1880 | 5,006/5,534 | 90.46 | |
Liberal Party | 2,712 | 54.17 | |
Liberal Party | 2,700 | 53.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,359 | 47.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,241 | 44.77 | |
Majority | 341 | 6.81 | |
5 May 1880 Resignation of Sir Arthur Hayter, Bt on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
7 May 1880 | 5,534 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Beaumaris District of Boroughs | |||
2 April 1880 | 2,581 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
31 March 1880 | 3,956/2,603 | 151.98 | |
Liberal Party | 1,470 | 74.32 | |
Liberal Party | 1,433 | 72.45 | |
Conservative Party | 1,053 | 53.24 | |
Majority | 380 | 9.61 | |
Bedfordshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 5,643/7,133 | 79.11 | |
Liberal Party | 3,148 | 55.79 | |
Liberal Party | 3,083 | 54.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,500 | 44.30 | |
Majority | 583 | 10.33 | |
Belfast | |||
1 April 1880 | 19,149/21,188 | 90.38 | |
Conservative Party | 8,132 | 42.47 | |
Conservative Party | 7,683 | 40.12 | |
Independent Conservative | 6,119 | 31.95 | |
Liberal Party | 5,122 | 26.75 | |
Majority | 1,564 | 8.17 | |
Berkshire | |||
10 April 1880 | 5,028/8,061 | 62.37 | |
Conservative Party | 3,294 | 65.51 | |
Conservative Party | 3,272 | 65.08 | |
Liberal Party | 1,794 | 35.68 | |
Liberal Party | 1,696 | 33.73 | |
Majority | 98 | 1.95 | |
23 July 1885 Elevation of Robert Loyd-Lindsay to the Peerage - Baron Wantage. | |||
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,155/1,443 | 80.04 | |
Liberal Party | 687 | 59.48 | |
Liberal Party | 614 | 53.16 | |
Conservative Party | 552 | 47.79 | |
Conservative Party | 457 | 39.57 | |
Majority | 62 | 5.37 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
30 June 1880 Succession of Hon Henry Strutt to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Belper. | |||
19 July 1880 | 1,166/1,443 | 80.80 | |
Conservative Party | 584 | 50.09 | |
Liberal Party | 582 | 49.91 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.17 | |
12 October 1881 Elevation of Sir Dudley Marjoribanks to the Peerage - Baron Tweedmouth. | |||
26 October 1881 | 1,575/1,989 | 79.19 | |
Liberal Party | 1,046 | 66.41 | |
Conservative Party | 529 | 33.59 | |
Majority | 517 | 32.83 | |
Berwickshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 1,610/1,830 | 87.98 | |
Liberal Party | 939 | 58.32 | |
Conservative Party | 671 | 41.68 | |
Majority | 268 | 16.65 | |
Bewdley | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,128/1,228 | 91.86 | |
Liberal Party | 598 | 53.01 | |
Conservative Party | 530 | 46.99 | |
Majority | 68 | 6.03 | |
29 June 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
12 July 1880 | 1,102/1,228 | 89.74 | |
Liberal Party | 611 | 55.44 | |
Conservative Party | 491 | 44.56 | |
Majority | 120 | 10.89 | |
Birkenhead | |||
3 April 1880 | 7,683/9,127 | 84.18 | |
Conservative Party | 4,025 | 52.39 | |
Liberal Party | 3,658 | 47.61 | |
Majority | 367 | 4.78 | |
Birmingham | |||
31 March 1880 | 47,295/63,398 | 74.60 | |
Liberal Party | 22,969 | 48.57 | |
Liberal Party | 20,079 | 42.45 | |
Liberal Party | 19,544 | 41.32 | |
Conservative Party | 15,735 | 33.27 | |
Conservative Party | 14,308 | 30.25 | |
Majority | 3,809 | 8.05 | |
28 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon John Bright on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
3 May 1880 Resignation of Joseph Chamberlain on appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
7 May 1880 | 63,398 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Blackburn | |||
31 March 1880 | 12,202/13,062 | 93.42 | |
Liberal Party | 6,349 | 52.03 | |
Conservative Party | 6,207 | 50.87 | |
Conservative Party | 6,088 | 49.89 | |
Liberal Party | 5,760 | 47.21 | |
Majority | 119 | 0.98 | |
Bodmin | |||
31 March 1880 | 793/903 | 87.82 | |
Liberal Party | 418 | 52.71 | |
Liberal Party | 375 | 47.29 | |
Majority | 43 | 5.42 | |
Bolton | |||
31 March 1880 | 13,296/13,956 | 95.27 | |
Liberal Party | 6,964 | 52.38 | |
Liberal Party | 6,673 | 50.19 | |
Conservative Party | 6,540 | 49.19 | |
Conservative Party | 6,415 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 133 | 1.00 | |
Boston | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,656/3,094 | 85.84 | |
Conservative Party | 1,412 | 53.16 | |
Liberal Party | 1,367 | 51.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,350 | 50.83 | |
Liberal Party | 1,182 | 44.50 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.64 | |
3 August 1880 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended. | |||
Bradford | |||
1 April 1880 | 23,263/27,049 | 86.00 | |
Liberal Party | 14,245 | 61.23 | |
Liberal Party | 12,922 | 55.55 | |
Conservative Party | 9,018 | 38.77 | |
Majority | 3,904 | 16.78 | |
30 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Forster on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
7 May 1880 | 27,049 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brecknockshire | |||
6 April 1880 | 3,360/4,195 | 80.10 | |
Liberal Party | 1,810 | 53.87 | |
Conservative Party | 1,550 | 46.13 | |
Majority | 260 | 7.74 | |
Brecon | |||
1 April 1880 | 817/880 | 92.84 | |
Liberal Party | 438 | 53.61 | |
Conservative Party | 379 | 46.39 | |
Majority | 59 | 7.22 | |
Bridgnorth | |||
2 April 1880 | 962/1,224 | 78.59 | |
Conservative Party | 641 | 66.63 | |
Liberal Party | 321 | 33.37 | |
Majority | 320 | 33.26 | |
Bridport | |||
1 April 1880 | 947/1,085 | 87.28 | |
Conservative Party | 478 | 50.48 | |
Liberal Party | 469 | 49.52 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.95 | |
Brighton | |||
3 April 1880 | 9,610/12,454 | 77.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,913 | 51.12 | |
Liberal Party | 4,904 | 51.03 | |
Conservative Party | 4,739 | 49.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,664 | 48.53 | |
Majority | 165 | 1.72 | |
20 February 1884 Resignation of William Marriott. | |||
1 March 1884 | 9,499/13,340 | 71.21 | |
Conservative Party | 5,478 | 57.67 | |
Liberal Party | 4,021 | 42.33 | |
Majority | 1,457 | 15.34 | |
July 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon William Marriott on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General. | |||
10 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bristol | |||
2 April 1880 | 17,135/23,229 | 73.77 | |
Liberal Party | 10,704 | 62.47 | |
Liberal Party | 10,070 | 58.77 | |
Conservative Party | 9,395 | 54.83 | |
Independent Liberal | 4,100 | 23.93 | |
Majority | 675 | 3.94 | |
Buckingham | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,048/1,149 | 91.21 | |
Liberal Party | 528 | 50.38 | |
Conservative Party | 520 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.76 | |
Buckinghamshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 5,746/8,114 | 70.82 | |
Conservative Party | 2,956 | 51.44 | |
Conservative Party | 2,790 | 48.56 | |
Liberal Party | 2,790 | 48.56 | |
Independent Conservative | 796 | 13.85 | |
Majority | 1,994 | 34.70 | |
Burnley | |||
31 March 1880 | 7,160/7,614 | 94.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,943 | 55.07 | |
Conservative Party | 3,217 | 44.93 | |
Majority | 726 | 10.14 | |
Bury | |||
April 1880 | 6,835 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,960/2,122 | 92.37 | |
Liberal Party | 1,110 | 56.63 | |
Conservative Party | 850 | 43.37 | |
Conservative Party | 803 | 40.97 | |
Majority | 47 | 2.40 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Bute | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,119/1,311 | 85.35 | |
Liberal Party | 568 | 50.76 | |
Conservative Party | 551 | 49.24 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.52 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
22 June 1880 Disqualification of Thomas Russell who, at the time of his election, held a Government contract. | |||
6 July 1880 | 1,125/1,311 | 85.81 | |
Conservative Party | 585 | 52.00 | |
Liberal Party | 540 | 48.00 | |
Majority | 45 | 4.00 | |
29 June 1885 Resignation of Charles Dalrymple on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
2 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Caithness | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,055/1,263 | 83.53 | |
Liberal Party | 686 | 65.02 | |
Conservative Party | 369 | 34.98 | |
Majority | 317 | 30.05 | |
Calne | |||
31 March 1880 | 634/795 | 79.75 | |
Liberal Party | 518 | 81.70 | |
Conservative Party | 116 | 18.30 | |
Majority | 402 | 63.41 | |
Cambridge | |||
31 March 1880 | 4,309/4,806 | 89.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,386 | 55.37 | |
Liberal Party | 2,326 | 53.98 | |
Conservative Party | 2,003 | 46.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,902 | 44.14 | |
Majority | 323 | 7.50 | |
Cambridge University | |||
April 1880 | 6,161 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1882 Resignation of Rt Hon Spencer Walpole. | |||
28 November 1882 | |||
Conservative Party | 3,491 | 72.85 | |
Liberal Party | 1,301 | 27.15 | |
Majority | 2,190 | 45.70 | |
Cambridgeshire | |||
April 1880 | 10,023 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 August 1881 Resignation of Benjamin Rodwell. | |||
7 September 1881 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1884 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Brand to the Peerage - Viscount Hampden. | |||
21 March 1884 | 6,727/10,003 | 67.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,815 | 56.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,912 | 43.29 | |
Majority | 903 | 13.42 | |
Canterbury | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,702/3,671 | 73.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,467 | 54.29 | |
Conservative Party | 1,425 | 52.74 | |
Liberal Party | 1,294 | 47.89 | |
Liberal Party | 1,218 | 45.08 | |
Majority | 131 | 4.85 | |
16 June 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
6 April 1880 | 7,214/8,350 | 86.40 | |
Liberal Party | 3,831 | 53.11 | |
Conservative Party | 3,383 | 46.89 | |
Majority | 448 | 6.21 | |
Cardigan District of Boroughs | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,280 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiganshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 4,011/4,882 | 82.16 | |
Liberal Party | 2,406 | 59.99 | |
Conservative Party | 1,605 | 40.01 | |
Majority | 801 | 19.97 | |
Carlisle | |||
1 April 1880 | 4,770/5,550 | 85.95 | |
Liberal Party | 2,802 | 58.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,691 | 56.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,968 | 41.26 | |
Majority | 723 | 15.16 | |
Carlow | |||
1 April 1880 | 284/302 | 94.04 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 149 | 52.46 | |
Conservative Party | 135 | 47.54 | |
Majority | 14 | 4.93 | |
Carlow County | |||
10 April 1880 | 1,857/2,212 | 83.95 | |
Home Rule | 1,224 | 65.91 | |
Home Rule | 1,143 | 61.55 | |
Conservative Party | 714 | 38.45 | |
Conservative Party | 633 | 34.09 | |
Majority | 429 | 23.10 | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
3 April 1880 | 3,760/5,369 | 70.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,935 | 51.46 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,825 | 48.54 | |
Majority | 110 | 2.93 | |
December 1881 Resignation of Benjamin Williams on appointment as a County Court Judge. | |||
7 January 1882 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthenshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 7,131/8,593 | 82.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,101 | 57.51 | |
Conservative Party | 3,030 | 42.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,712 | 38.03 | |
Majority | 318 | 4.46 | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
10 April 1880 | 4,157 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 March 1882 Death of William Hughes. | |||
30 March 1882 | 2,633/4,223 | 62.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,037 | 77.36 | |
Independent Liberal | 596 | 22.64 | |
Majority | 1,441 | 54.73 | |
Carnarvonshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 5,509/6,652 | 82.82 | |
Liberal Party | 3,303 | 59.96 | |
Conservative Party | 2,206 | 40.04 | |
Majority | 1,097 | 19.91 | |
1880 Resignation of Charles Williams on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. | |||
2 December 1880 | 5,331/6,652 | 80.14 | |
Liberal Party | 3,180 | 59.65 | |
Conservative Party | 2,151 | 40.35 | |
Majority | 1,029 | 19.30 | |
Carrickfergus | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,145/1,414 | 80.98 | |
Conservative Party | 591 | 51.62 | |
Conservative Party | 554 | 48.38 | |
Majority | 37 | 3.23 | |
Cavan County | |||
10 April 1880 | 5,330/6,096 | 87.43 | |
Home Rule | 3,097 | 58.11 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 3,061 | 57.43 | |
Conservative Party | 2,233 | 41.89 | |
Majority | 828 | 15.53 | |
Chatham | |||
31 March 1880 | 4,897/5,548 | 88.27 | |
Conservative Party | 2,499 | 51.03 | |
Liberal Party | 2,398 | 48.97 | |
Majority | 101 | 2.06 | |
2 July 1885 Resignation of John Gorst on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
11 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chelsea | |||
2 April 1880 | 21,803/30,951 | 70.44 | |
Liberal Party | 12,406 | 56.90 | |
Liberal Party | 12,046 | 55.25 | |
Conservative Party | 9,666 | 44.33 | |
Conservative Party | 9,488 | 43.52 | |
Majority | 2,380 | 21.83 | |
1882 Resignation of Sir Charles Dilke, Bt on appointment as President of the Local Government Board. | |||
8 December 1882 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cheltenham | |||
31 March 1880 | 4,615/5,018 | 91.97 | |
Liberal Party | 2,318 | 50.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,297 | 49.77 | |
Majority | 21 | 0.46 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Chester | |||
1 April 1880 | 5,192/7,611 | 68.22 | |
Liberal Party | 3,204 | 61.71 | |
Liberal Party | 3,147 | 60.61 | |
Conservative Party | 2,056 | 39.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,961 | 37.77 | |
Independent | 16 | 0.31 | |
Majority | 1,091 | 21.01 | |
3 May 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon John George Dodson on appointment as President of the Board of Local Government. | |||
7 May 1880 | 7,611 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
17 July 1880 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended until 1885. | |||
17 July 1880 Rt Hon John Dodson was unseated as his election at the General Election in April 1880 had been declared void. | |||
Chichester | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,069/1,279 | 83.58 | |
Conservative Party | 602 | 56.31 | |
Liberal Party | 467 | 43.69 | |
Majority | 135 | 12.63 | |
Chippenham | |||
31 March 1880 | 933/1,031 | 90.49 | |
Conservative Party | 478 | 51.23 | |
Liberal Party | 455 | 48.77 | |
Majority | 23 | 2.47 | |
Christchurch | |||
2 April 1880 | 2,302/2,555 | 90.10 | |
Liberal Party | 1,185 | 51.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,117 | 48.52 | |
Majority | 68 | 2.95 | |
Cirencester | |||
April 1880 | 1,145 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
City of London | |||
1 April 1880 | 16,129/24,024 | 67.14 | |
Conservative Party | 10,326 | 64.02 | |
Conservative Party | 10,274 | 63.70 | |
Conservative Party | 10,256 | 63.59 | |
Liberal Party | 5,950 | 36.89 | |
Liberal Party | 5,837 | 36.19 | |
Liberal Party | 5,743 | 35.61 | |
Majority | 113 | 0.70 | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,618/2,084 | 77.64 | |
Liberal Party | 1,150 | 71.08 | |
Conservative Party | 468 | 28.92 | |
Majority | 682 | 42.15 | |
3 May 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Adam on appointment as First Commissioner of Works. | |||
13 May 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
November 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Adam on appointment as Governor of Madras. | |||
29 November 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clare County | |||
7 April 1880 | 4,195/5,443 | 77.07 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 3,283 | 78.26 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 3,133 | 74.68 | |
Conservative Party | 912 | 21.74 | |
Majority | 2,221 | 52.94 | |
Clitheroe | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,960/2,068 | 94.78 | |
Liberal Party | 1,078 | 55.00 | |
Conservative Party | 882 | 45.00 | |
Majority | 196 | 10.00 | |
Clonmel | |||
2 April 1880 | 333/430 | 77.44 | |
Home Rule | 244 | 73.27 | |
Conservative Party | 89 | 26.73 | |
Majority | 155 | 46.55 | |
Cockermouth | |||
1 April 1880 | 962/1,094 | 87.93 | |
Liberal Party | 582 | 60.50 | |
Conservative Party | 380 | 39.50 | |
Majority | 202 | 21.00 | |
Colchester | |||
31 March 1880 | 3,283/3,713 | 88.42 | |
Liberal Party | 1,738 | 52.94 | |
Liberal Party | 1,650 | 50.26 | |
Conservative Party | 1,648 | 50.20 | |
Conservative Party | 1,529 | 46.57 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.06 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Coleraine | |||
3 April 1880 | 415/472 | 87.92 | |
Conservative Party | 222 | 53.49 | |
Liberal Party | 193 | 46.51 | |
Majority | 29 | 6.99 | |
Cork City | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,882/4,680 | 61.58 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 1,923 | 66.72 | |
Home Rule | 1,505 | 52.22 | |
Conservative Party | 1,337 | 46.39 | |
Liberal Party | 999 | 34.66 | |
Majority | 168 | 5.83 | |
11 February 1884 Resignation of John Daly. | |||
23 February 1884 | 3,278/5,045 | 64.98 | |
Home Rule | 2,125 | 64.83 | |
Conservative Party | 1,153 | 35.17 | |
Majority | 972 | 29.65 | |
Cork County | |||
15 April 1880 | 6,184/14,745 | 41.94 | |
Home Rule | 5,354 | 86.58 | |
Home Rule | 3,584 | 57.96 | |
Home Rule | 3,430 | 55.47 | |
Majority | 154 | 2.49 | |
Coventry | |||
31 March 1880 | 8,006/9,208 | 86.95 | |
Liberal Party | 4,184 | 52.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,105 | 51.27 | |
Conservative Party | 4,008 | 50.06 | |
Conservative Party | 3,715 | 46.40 | |
Majority | 97 | 1.21 | |
1881 Resignation of Sir Henry Jackson, Bt. | |||
12 March 1881 | 7,579/8,263 | 91.72 | |
Conservative Party | 4,011 | 52.92 | |
Liberal Party | 3,568 | 47.08 | |
Majority | 443 | 5.85 | |
Cricklade | |||
2 April 1880 | 6,791/7,473 | 90.87 | |
Liberal Party | 4,350 | 64.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,441 | 35.94 | |
Conservative Party | 1,748 | 25.74 | |
Majority | 693 | 10.20 | |
Darlington | |||
2 April 1880 | 4,103/4,966 | 82.62 | |
Liberal Party | 2,772 | 67.56 | |
Liberal Party | 1,331 | 32.44 | |
Majority | 1,441 | 35.12 | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,833/3,071 | 92.25 | |
Liberal Party | 1,424 | 50.26 | |
Conservative Party | 1,409 | 49.74 | |
Majority | 15 | 0.53 | |
Denbighshire | |||
6 April 1880 | 7,469 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
May 1880 Appointment of George Morgan as Judge-Advocate General. | |||
14 May 1880 | 7,469 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 May 1885 Death of Sir Watkin Wynn, bt. | |||
27 May 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Derby | |||
3 April 1880 | 11,594/13,006 | 89.14 | |
Liberal Party | 8,864 | 76.45 | |
Liberal Party | 7,758 | 66.91 | |
Conservative Party | 2,730 | 23.55 | |
Majority | 5,028 | 43.37 | |
20 May 1880 Resignation of Samuel Plimsoll. | |||
25 May 1880 | 13,006 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 June 1883 Resignation of Michael Bass. | |||
11 June 1883 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Devizes | |||
31 March 1880 | 834/913 | 91.35 | |
Conservative Party | 446 | 53.48 | |
Liberal Party | 388 | 46.52 | |
Majority | 58 | 6.95 | |
Devonport | |||
31 March 1880 | 3,242/3,790 | 85.54 | |
Conservative Party | 1,753 | 54.07 | |
Conservative Party | 1,746 | 53.86 | |
Liberal Party | 1,509 | 46.55 | |
Liberal Party | 1,476 | 45.53 | |
Majority | 237 | 7.31 | |
Dewsbury | |||
1 April 1880 | 8,439/9,960 | 84.73 | |
Liberal Party | 3,599 | 42.65 | |
Liberal Party | 3,254 | 38.56 | |
Conservative Party | 1,586 | 18.79 | |
Majority | 345 | 4.09 | |
Donegal County | |||
8 April 1880 | 4,228/4,612 | 91.67 | |
Liberal Party | 2,274 | 53.78 | |
Liberal Party | 2,015 | 47.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,954 | 46.22 | |
Majority | 61 | 1.44 | |
Dorchester | |||
2 April 1880 | 706/817 | 86.41 | |
Conservative Party | 374 | 52.97 | |
Liberal Party | 332 | 47.03 | |
Majority | 42 | 5.95 | |
Dorset | |||
April 1880 | 7,522 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dover | |||
3 April 1880 | 3,274/4,239 | 77.24 | |
Conservative Party | 1,734 | 52.96 | |
Conservative Party | 1,701 | 51.95 | |
Liberal Party | 1,607 | 49.08 | |
Liberal Party | 1,506 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 94 | 2.87 | |
Down County | |||
8 April 1880 | 17,051/13,236 | 128.82 | |
Conservative Party | 5,873 | 68.89 | |
Conservative Party | 5,599 | 65.67 | |
Liberal Party | 5,579 | 65.44 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.12 | |
5 November 1884 Succession of Viscount Castlereagh to the Peerage - 6th Marquess of Londonderry. | |||
27 November 1884 | 8,385/12,412 | 67.56 | |
Conservative Party | 4,387 | 52.32 | |
Liberal Party | 3,998 | 47.68 | |
Majority | 389 | 4.64 | |
27 June 1885 Resignation of Lord Arthur Hill on appointment as Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
8 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 5,097 | 52.05 | |
Liberal Party | 4,696 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 401 | 4.09 | |
Downpatrick | |||
3 April 1880 | 275/304 | 90.46 | |
Conservative Party | 176 | 64.00 | |
Liberal Party | 99 | 36.00 | |
Majority | 77 | 28.00 | |
Drogheda | |||
31 March 1880 | 743 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Droitwich | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,210/1,408 | 85.94 | |
Liberal Party | 857 | 70.83 | |
Conservative Party | 348 | 28.76 | |
Liberal Party | 5 | 0.41 | |
Majority | 509 | 42.07 | |
Dublin City | |||
6 April 1880 | 10,958/13,599 | 80.58 | |
Home Rule | 5,763 | 52.59 | |
Liberal Party | 5,647 | 51.53 | |
Conservative Party | 5,446 | 49.70 | |
Conservative Party | 5,059 | 46.17 | |
Majority | 201 | 1.83 | |
Dublin County | |||
31 March 1880 | 4,725 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 February 1883 Death of Rt Hon Thomas Taylor. | |||
27 February 1883 | 3,955/5,008 | 78.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,514 | 63.57 | |
Home Rule | 1,428 | 36.11 | |
Conservative Party | 13 | 0.33 | |
Majority | 1,086 | 27.46 | |
Dublin University | |||
30 March 1880 | 3,539 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1885 Resignation of Rt Hon David Plunket on appointment as Chief Commissioner of Works. | |||
June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Gibson prior to his elevation to the Peerage - Baron Ashbourne. | |||
30 June 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
31 March 1880 | 11,111/15,000 | 74.07 | |
Liberal Party | 6,948 | 62.53 | |
Conservative Party | 4,163 | 37.47 | |
Majority | 2,785 | 25.07 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,626/2,931 | 89.59 | |
Liberal Party | 1,700 | 64.74 | |
Conservative Party | 872 | 33.21 | |
Conservative Party | 54 | 2.06 | |
Majority | 828 | 31.53 | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 3,082/3,379 | 91.21 | |
Liberal Party | 1,577 | 51.17 | |
Conservative Party | 1,505 | 48.83 | |
Majority | 72 | 2.34 | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,657/2,976 | 89.28 | |
Conservative Party | 1,333 | 50.17 | |
Liberal Party | 1,324 | 49.83 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.34 | |
Dundalk | |||
2 April 1880 | 486/563 | 86.32 | |
Liberal Party | 263 | 54.12 | |
Home Rule | 214 | 44.03 | |
Conservative Party | 9 | 1.85 | |
Majority | 49 | 10.08 | |
Dundee | |||
2 April 1880 | 14,161/14,566 | 97.22 | |
Liberal Party | 9,168 | 64.74 | |
Liberal Party | 6,750 | 47.67 | |
Conservative Party | 4,993 | 35.26 | |
Majority | 1,757 | 12.41 | |
Dungannon | |||
2 April 1880 | 260/283 | 91.87 | |
Liberal Party | 132 | 50.77 | |
Conservative Party | 128 | 49.23 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.54 | |
10 June 1880 Petition - Thomas Dickson unseated and a new writ issued. | |||
25 June 1880 | 260/282 | 92.20 | |
Liberal Party | 132 | 50.77 | |
Conservative Party | 128 | 49.23 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.54 | |
Dungarvan | |||
3 April 1880 | 226/273 | 82.78 | |
Home Rule | 139 | 61.50 | |
Liberal Party | 87 | 38.50 | |
Majority | 52 | 23.01 | |
Durham | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,295/2,352 | 97.58 | |
Liberal Party | 1,237 | 53.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,152 | 50.20 | |
Conservative Party | 1,058 | 46.10 | |
Majority | 94 | 4.10 | |
1880 Resignation of Farrer Herschell on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
8 May 1880 | 2,352 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Retford | |||
1 April 1880 | 7,132/8,278 | 86.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,333 | 60.75 | |
Liberal Party | 4,134 | 57.96 | |
Conservative Party | 3,021 | 42.36 | |
Conservative Party | 2,776 | 38.92 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 15.61 | |
East Riding, Yorkshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 8,434/10,414 | 80.99 | |
Conservative Party | 4,927 | 58.42 | |
Conservative Party | 4,527 | 53.68 | |
Liberal Party | 3,707 | 43.95 | |
Majority | 820 | 19.45 | |
Eastern Aberdeenshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 4,788 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cheshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 10,713/6,849 | 156.42 | |
Conservative Party | 3,424 | 63.92 | |
Conservative Party | 3,310 | 61.79 | |
Liberal Party | 2,032 | 37.94 | |
Liberal Party | 1,947 | 36.35 | |
Majority | 1,278 | 11.93 | |
Eastern Cornwall | |||
9 April 1880 | 6,669/9,150 | 72.89 | |
Liberal Party | 4,018 | 60.25 | |
Liberal Party | 3,883 | 58.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,033 | 45.48 | |
Conservative Party | 2,403 | 36.03 | |
Majority | 850 | 12.75 | |
9 March 1882 Succession of Hon Thomas Agar-Robartes to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Robartes. | |||
31 March 1882 | 7,239/9,484 | 76.33 | |
Liberal Party | 3,720 | 51.39 | |
Conservative Party | 3,519 | 48.61 | |
Majority | 201 | 2.78 | |
Eastern Cumberland | |||
5 April 1880 | 6,244/7,798 | 80.07 | |
Conservative Party | 3,161 | 50.62 | |
Liberal Party | 3,083 | 49.38 | |
Liberal Party | 3,039 | 48.67 | |
Majority | 44 | 0.70 | |
13 February 1881 Death of Sir Richard Musgrave, Bt. | |||
26 February 1881 | 6,112/7,928 | 77.09 | |
Liberal Party | 3,071 | 50.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,041 | 49.75 | |
Majority | 30 | 0.49 | |
Eastern Derbyshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 5,531/6,173 | 89.60 | |
Liberal Party | 3,119 | 56.39 | |
Liberal Party | 3,063 | 55.38 | |
Conservative Party | 2,577 | 46.59 | |
Conservative Party | 2,303 | 41.64 | |
Majority | 486 | 8.79 | |
Eastern Devon | |||
10 April 1880 | 12,445/10,416 | 119.48 | |
Conservative Party | 4,501 | 72.33 | |
Conservative Party | 4,457 | 71.63 | |
Liberal Party | 3,487 | 56.04 | |
Majority | 970 | 7.79 | |
29 June 1885 Resignation of William Walrond on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
4 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Essex | |||
6 April 1880 | 5,060/6,380 | 79.31 | |
Conservative Party | 2,691 | 53.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,561 | 50.61 | |
Liberal Party | 2,369 | 46.82 | |
Majority | 192 | 3.79 | |
14 August 1883 Resignation of Sir Samuel Ruggles-Brise. | |||
25 August 1883 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Gloucestershire | |||
April 1880 | 8,579 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kent | |||
9 April 1880 | 10,500/13,169 | 79.73 | |
Conservative Party | 5,541 | 52.77 | |
Conservative Party | 5,473 | 52.12 | |
Liberal Party | 4,959 | 47.23 | |
Majority | 514 | 4.90 | |
August 1885 Resignation of Edward Leigh Pemberton on appointment as Permanent Under Secretary of the Home Department. | |||
Eastern Somerset | |||
3 April 1880 | 8,360 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Staffordshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 8,142/10,799 | 75.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,809 | 59.06 | |
Liberal Party | 4,617 | 56.71 | |
Conservative Party | 3,552 | 43.63 | |
Conservative Party | 3,306 | 40.60 | |
Majority | 1,065 | 13.08 | |
Eastern Suffolk | |||
8 April 1880 | 7,433/9,635 | 77.15 | |
Conservative Party | 4,239 | 57.03 | |
Conservative Party | 3,618 | 48.67 | |
Liberal Party | 3,504 | 47.14 | |
Majority | 114 | 1.53 | |
Eastern Surrey | |||
8 April 1880 | 14,008/18,969 | 73.85 | |
Conservative Party | 8,104 | 57.85 | |
Conservative Party | 8,006 | 57.15 | |
Liberal Party | 5,978 | 42.68 | |
Liberal Party | 5,928 | 42.32 | |
Majority | 2,028 | 14.48 | |
Eastern Sussex | |||
10 April 1880 | 7,384/10,214 | 72.29 | |
Conservative Party | 4,526 | 61.29 | |
Conservative Party | 4,396 | 59.53 | |
Liberal Party | 2,982 | 40.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,863 | 38.77 | |
Majority | 1,414 | 19.15 | |
Eastern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
5 April 1880 | 17,711/21,640 | 81.84 | |
Liberal Party | 9,518 | 53.74 | |
Liberal Party | 9,406 | 53.11 | |
Conservative Party | 8,341 | 47.10 | |
Conservative Party | 8,157 | 46.06 | |
Majority | 1,065 | 6.01 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
13 April 1880 | 9,194/12,000 | 76.62 | |
Liberal Party | 4,879 | 53.07 | |
Liberal Party | 4,833 | 52.57 | |
Conservative Party | 4,417 | 48.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,258 | 46.31 | |
Majority | 416 | 4.52 | |
Edinburgh | |||
1 April 1880 | 22,952/28,524 | 80.47 | |
Liberal Party | 17,807 | 77.58 | |
Liberal Party | 17,301 | 75.38 | |
Conservative Party | 5,651 | 24.62 | |
Majority | 11,650 | 50.76 | |
18 January 1881 Resignation of Duncan McLaren. | |||
27 January 1881 | 15,330/28,644 | 53.52 | |
Liberal Party | 11,390 | 74.30 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,940 | 25.70 | |
Majority | 7,450 | 48.60 | |
August 1881 Resignation of Rt Hon John McLaren on appointment as a Lord of Session - Lord McLaren. | |||
23 August 1881 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 October 1882 Resignation of James Cowan. | |||
3 November 1882 | 16,173/29,252 | 55.29 | |
Liberal Party | 8,455 | 52.28 | |
Independent Liberal | 7,718 | 47.72 | |
Majority | 737 | 4.56 | |
Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | |||
16 April 1880 | 4,970/5,966 | 83.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,522 | 50.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,448 | 49.26 | |
Majority | 74 | 1.49 | |
Edinburghshire | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,947/3,260 | 90.40 | |
Liberal Party | 1,579 | 53.58 | |
Conservative Party | 1,368 | 46.42 | |
Majority | 211 | 7.16 | |
28 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon William Gladstone on appointment as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. | |||
10 May 1880 | 3,260 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
9 April 1880 | 2,886/3,806 | 75.83 | |
Liberal Party | 2,092 | 72.49 | |
Conservative Party | 794 | 27.51 | |
Majority | 1,298 | 44.98 | |
1881 Resignation of Alexander Asher on appointment as Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
June 1881 Resignation of Rt Hon Mountstuart Grant Duff on appointment as Governor of Madras. | |||
13 July 1881 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 August 1881 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
April 1880 | 1,891 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ennis | |||
2 April 1880 | 219/247 | 88.66 | |
Home Rule | 124 | 56.62 | |
Liberal Party | 95 | 43.38 | |
Majority | 29 | 13.24 | |
15 September 1882 Resignation of James Finigan. | |||
14 November 1882 | 231/263 | 87.83 | |
Home Rule | 136 | 58.87 | |
Conservative Party | 95 | 41.13 | |
Majority | 41 | 17.75 | |
Enniskillen | |||
2 April 1880 | 376/416 | 90.38 | |
Conservative Party | 198 | 52.66 | |
Liberal Party | 178 | 47.34 | |
Majority | 20 | 5.32 | |
Evesham | |||
31 March 1880 | 755/827 | 91.29 | |
Liberal Party | 382 | 50.60 | |
Conservative Party | 373 | 49.40 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.19 | |
8 June 1880 Petition - Daniel Ratcliff unseated. | |||
9 July 1880 | 754/827 | 91.17 | |
Liberal Party | 378 | 50.13 | |
Conservative Party | 376 | 49.87 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.27 | |
6 January 1881 Petition - Frederick Lehmann unseated and Frederick Dixon-Hartland declared elected. | |||
Exeter | |||
31 March 1880 | 5,628/7,361 | 76.46 | |
Liberal Party | 3,038 | 53.98 | |
Conservative Party | 2,590 | 46.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,545 | 45.22 | |
Majority | 45 | 0.80 | |
Eye | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,018/1,083 | 94.00 | |
Conservative Party | 540 | 53.05 | |
Liberal Party | 478 | 46.95 | |
Majority | 62 | 6.09 | |
June 1885 Resignation of Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett on appointment as Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 473 | 58.47 | |
Liberal Party | 336 | 41.53 | |
Majority | 137 | 16.93 | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
8 April 1880 | 4,410/5,333 | 82.69 | |
Liberal Party | 3,270 | 74.15 | |
Conservative Party | 1,140 | 25.85 | |
Majority | 2,130 | 48.30 | |
Fermanagh County | |||
10 April 1880 | 4,314/4,778 | 90.29 | |
Conservative Party | 2,479 | 57.46 | |
Conservative Party | 2,443 | 56.63 | |
Liberal Party | 1,855 | 43.00 | |
Majority | 588 | 13.63 | |
Fife | |||
10 April 1880 | 3,794/4,767 | 79.59 | |
Liberal Party | 2,421 | 63.81 | |
Conservative Party | 1,373 | 36.19 | |
Majority | 1,048 | 27.62 | |
Finsbury | |||
2 April 1880 | 28,928/44,955 | 64.35 | |
Liberal Party | 16,128 | 55.75 | |
Liberal Party | 15,247 | 52.71 | |
Conservative Party | 12,800 | 44.25 | |
Majority | 2,447 | 8.46 | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
3 April 1880 | 3,507/3,794 | 92.44 | |
Liberal Party | 2,039 | 58.14 | |
Conservative Party | 1,468 | 41.86 | |
Majority | 571 | 16.28 | |
Flintshire | |||
April 1880 | 4,794 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Forfarshire | |||
April 1880 | 3,634 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Frome | |||
April 1880 | 1,383 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Galway | |||
3 April 1880 | 1,471/1,205 | 122.07 | |
Home Rule | 503 | 68.39 | |
Home Rule | 487 | 66.21 | |
Home Rule | 481 | 65.40 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.41 | |
Galway County | |||
April 1880 | 4,902 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Gateshead | |||
3 April 1880 | 7,319/11,551 | 63.36 | |
Liberal Party | 5,749 | 78.55 | |
Conservative Party | 1,570 | 21.45 | |
Majority | 4,179 | 57.10 | |
Glamorganshire | |||
April 1880 | 12,811 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Glasgow | |||
2 April 1880 | 35,025/57,920 | 60.47 | |
Liberal Party | 24,016 | 68.57 | |
Liberal Party | 23,658 | 67.55 | |
Liberal Party | 23,360 | 66.70 | |
Conservative Party | 11,622 | 33.18 | |
Conservative Party | 11,071 | 31.61 | |
Majority | 11,738 | 33.51 | |
6 March 1885 Resignation of George Anderson. | |||
11 March 1885 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Gloucester | |||
31 March 1880 | 4,840/5,583 | 86.69 | |
Liberal Party | 2,797 | 57.79 | |
Liberal Party | 2,680 | 55.37 | |
Conservative Party | 2,304 | 47.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,898 | 39.21 | |
Majority | 376 | 7.77 | |
9 June 1880 Petition - Thomas Robinson unseated. The writ for the by-election was never moved. | |||
March 1881 The House of Commons suspended representation of this borough. | |||
Grantham | |||
31 March 1880 | 2,192/2,390 | 91.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,329 | 60.63 | |
Liberal Party | 1,304 | 59.49 | |
Conservative Party | 915 | 41.74 | |
Conservative Party | 835 | 38.09 | |
Majority | 389 | 17.75 | |
Gravesend | |||
2 April 1880 | 2,966/3,286 | 90.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,544 | 52.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,422 | 47.94 | |
Majority | 122 | 4.11 | |
12 June 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
1 July 1880 | 2,788/3,286 | 84.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,504 | 53.95 | |
Conservative Party | 1,284 | 46.05 | |
Majority | 220 | 7.89 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
31 March 1880 | 5,056/6,562 | 77.05 | |
Liberal Party | 3,054 | 60.40 | |
Conservative Party | 2,002 | 39.60 | |
Majority | 1,052 | 20.81 | |
Great Marlow | |||
2 April 1880 | 860/941 | 91.39 | |
Conservative Party | 505 | 58.72 | |
Liberal Party | 355 | 41.28 | |
Majority | 150 | 17.44 | |
Greenock | |||
2 April 1880 | 5,513/7,203 | 76.54 | |
Liberal Party | 3,351 | 60.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,162 | 39.22 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 21.57 | |
14 November 1884 Resignation of James Stewart. | |||
26 November 1884 | |||
Liberal Party | 3,548 | 59.48 | |
Conservative Party | 2,417 | 40.52 | |
Majority | 1,131 | 18.96 | |
Greenwich | |||
1 April 1880 | 17,388/22,161 | 78.46 | |
Conservative Party | 9,243 | 53.16 | |
Conservative Party | 9,240 | 53.14 | |
Liberal Party | 8,152 | 46.88 | |
Liberal Party | 8,141 | 46.82 | |
Majority | 1,088 | 6.26 | |
Guildford | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,276/1,406 | 90.75 | |
Conservative Party | 705 | 55.25 | |
Liberal Party | 571 | 44.75 | |
Majority | 134 | 10.50 | |
Hackney | |||
31 March 1880 | 28,688/43,773 | 65.54 | |
Liberal Party | 18,366 | 64.02 | |
Liberal Party | 16,997 | 59.25 | |
Conservative Party | 10,322 | 35.98 | |
Majority | 6,675 | 23.27 | |
3 May 1880 Resignation of Prof Henry Fawcett on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||
5 May 1880 Resignation of John Holms on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
7 May 1880 | 43,773 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 November 1884 Death of Rt Hon Prof Henry Fawcett. | |||
19 November 1884 | 23,083/48,076 | 48.01 | |
Liberal Party | 14,540 | 62.99 | |
Conservative Party | 8,543 | 37.01 | |
Majority | 5,997 | 25.98 | |
Haddington District of Burghs | |||
7 April 1880 | 1,626/1,896 | 85.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,019 | 62.67 | |
Conservative Party | 607 | 37.33 | |
Majority | 412 | 25.34 | |
11 August 1882 Resignation of Sir David Wedderburn, Bt. | |||
22 August 1882 | 1,377/1,839 | 74.88 | |
Liberal Party | 833 | 60.49 | |
Conservative Party | 544 | 39.51 | |
Majority | 289 | 20.99 | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
April 1880 | 894/1,040 | 85.96 | |
Conservative Party | 469 | 52.46 | |
Liberal Party | 425 | 47.54 | |
Majority | 44 | 4.92 | |
1 January 1883 Succession of Baron Elcho to the Peerage - 10th Earl of Wemyss and 6th Earl of March. | |||
5 February 1883 | 892/1,071 | 83.29 | |
Conservative Party | 492 | 55.16 | |
Liberal Party | 400 | 44.84 | |
Majority | 92 | 10.31 | |
Halifax | |||
31 March 1880 | 9,844/11,728 | 83.94 | |
Liberal Party | 6,392 | 64.93 | |
Liberal Party | 6,364 | 64.65 | |
Conservative Party | 3,452 | 35.07 | |
Majority | 2,912 | 29.58 | |
15 August 1882 Resignation of John Hutchinson. | |||
19 August 1882 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Harwich | |||
1 April 1880 | 678/759 | 89.33 | |
Conservative Party | 368 | 54.28 | |
Liberal Party | 310 | 45.72 | |
Majority | 58 | 8.55 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Hastings | |||
1 April 1880 | 3,711/3,905 | 95.03 | |
Conservative Party | 1,873 | 50.47 | |
Liberal Party | 1,838 | 49.53 | |
Liberal Party | 1,702 | 45.86 | |
Majority | 136 | 3.66 | |
May 1880 Resignation of Thomas Brassey on appointment as a Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
8 May 1880 | 3,905 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 June 1883 Resignation of Charles Murray. | |||
29 June 1883 | 4,238/4,743 | 89.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,138 | 50.45 | |
Conservative Party | 2,100 | 49.55 | |
Majority | 38 | 0.90 | |
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,208/1,543 | 78.29 | |
Liberal Party | 686 | 56.79 | |
Conservative Party | 522 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 164 | 13.58 | |
May 1880 Appointment of Baron Kensington as Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
12 May 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hawick District of Burghs | |||
12 April 1880 | 4,071/4,920 | 82.74 | |
Liberal Party | 3,518 | 86.42 | |
Conservative Party | 553 | 13.58 | |
Majority | 2,965 | 72.83 | |
9 May 1882 Resignation of George Trevelyan on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
17 May 1882 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Helston | |||
3 April 1880 | 895/1,063 | 84.20 | |
Conservative Party | 466 | 52.07 | |
Liberal Party | 429 | 47.93 | |
Majority | 37 | 4.13 | |
Hereford | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,483/2,837 | 87.52 | |
Liberal Party | 1,505 | 60.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,321 | 53.20 | |
Conservative Party | 1,099 | 44.26 | |
Conservative Party | 1,041 | 41.93 | |
Majority | 222 | 8.94 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Herefordshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,550/8,222 | 67.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,107 | 55.98 | |
Liberal Party | 2,769 | 49.89 | |
Liberal Party | 2,726 | 49.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,527 | 45.53 | |
Majority | 199 | 3.59 | |
Hertford | |||
1 April 1880 | 964/1,081 | 89.18 | |
Conservative Party | 564 | 58.51 | |
Liberal Party | 400 | 41.49 | |
Majority | 164 | 17.01 | |
1885 Resignation of Arthur Balfour on appointment as President of the Board of Local Government. | |||
29 June 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hertfordshire | |||
April 1880 | 10,050 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Horsham | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,109/1,214 | 91.35 | |
Conservative Party | 605 | 54.55 | |
Liberal Party | 504 | 45.45 | |
Majority | 101 | 9.11 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
8 July 1885 Resignation of Sir Henry Fletcher, Bt on appointment as a Parliamentary Groom in Waiting. | |||
16 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Huddersfield | |||
3 April 1880 | 11,494/13,386 | 85.87 | |
Liberal Party | 7,008 | 60.97 | |
Conservative Party | 4,486 | 39.03 | |
Majority | 2,522 | 21.94 | |
Huntingdon | |||
April 1880 | 1,052 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 March 1884 Succession of Viscount Hinchingbrooke to the Peerage - 8th Earl of Sandwich. | |||
21 March 1884 | 901/1,658 | 54.34 | |
Conservative Party | 455 | 50.50 | |
Liberal Party | 446 | 49.50 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.00 | |
Huntingdonshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 3,403/3,955 | 86.04 | |
Conservative Party | 1,786 | 52.48 | |
Liberal Party | 1,617 | 47.52 | |
Conservative Party | 1,596 | 46.90 | |
Majority | 21 | 0.62 | |
Hythe | |||
April 1880 | 2,893 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
April 1880 | 2,990 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Inverness-shire | |||
10 April 1880 | 1,587/1,851 | 85.74 | |
Conservative Party | 808 | 50.91 | |
Liberal Party | 779 | 49.09 | |
Majority | 29 | 1.83 | |
Ipswich | |||
1 April 1880 | 6,110/7,406 | 82.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,142 | 51.42 | |
Liberal Party | 3,074 | 50.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,025 | 49.51 | |
Conservative Party | 2,979 | 48.76 | |
Majority | 49 | 0.80 | |
21 November 1883 Death of Thomas Cobbold. | |||
12 December 1883 | 6,082/7,914 | 76.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3,266 | 53.70 | |
Conservative Party | 2,816 | 46.30 | |
Majority | 450 | 7.40 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
9 April 1880 | 3,959/4,954 | 79.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,986 | 50.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,973 | 49.84 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.33 | |
Kendal | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,659/1,917 | 86.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,118 | 67.39 | |
Conservative Party | 541 | 32.61 | |
Majority | 577 | 34.78 | |
28 November 1880 Death of John Whitwell. | |||
16 December 1880 | 1,606/1,917 | 83.78 | |
Liberal Party | 953 | 59.34 | |
Conservative Party | 653 | 40.66 | |
Majority | 300 | 18.68 | |
Kerry County | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,326 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Kidderminster | |||
31 March 1880 | 3,267/3,606 | 90.60 | |
Liberal Party | 1,795 | 54.94 | |
Conservative Party | 1,472 | 45.06 | |
Majority | 323 | 9.89 | |
1 May 1880 Resignation of John Brinton. He had discovered that his election agent had been reported for bribery at a previous municipal election and decided to resign and seek re-election in order to avoid a petition being brought against him. | |||
7 May 1880 | 3,606 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kildare County | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,929/2,793 | 69.07 | |
Home Rule | 1,245 | 64.54 | |
Home Rule | 1,004 | 52.05 | |
Liberal Party | 684 | 35.46 | |
Liberal Party | 295 | 15.29 | |
Majority | 320 | 16.59 | |
Kilkenny City | |||
3 April 1880 | 522/675 | 77.33 | |
Home Rule | 318 | 60.92 | |
Home Rule | 204 | 39.08 | |
Majority | 114 | 21.84 | |
Kilkenny County | |||
12 April 1880 | 3,620/4,907 | 73.77 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 2,707 | 74.78 | |
Home Rule | 2,694 | 74.42 | |
Conservative Party | 913 | 25.22 | |
Majority | 1,781 | 49.20 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
8 April 1880 | 6,709/7,700 | 87.13 | |
Liberal Party | 3,320 | 49.49 | |
Conservative Party | 2,005 | 29.89 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,384 | 20.63 | |
Majority | 1,315 | 19.60 | |
Kincardineshire | |||
April 1880 | 1,537/1,838 | 83.62 | |
Liberal Party | 1,037 | 67.47 | |
Conservative Party | 500 | 32.53 | |
Majority | 537 | 34.94 | |
King's County | |||
10 April 1880 | 2,694/3,208 | 83.98 | |
Home Rule | 1,893 | 70.27 | |
Home Rule | 1,742 | 64.66 | |
Conservative Party | 301 | 11.17 | |
Majority | 1,441 | 53.49 | |
King's Lynn | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,443/2,779 | 87.91 | |
Liberal Party | 1,286 | 52.64 | |
Conservative Party | 1,257 | 51.45 | |
Conservative Party | 1,192 | 48.79 | |
Liberal Party | 1,151 | 47.11 | |
Majority | 65 | 2.66 | |
Kingston upon Hull | |||
1 April 1880 | 18,371/26,193 | 70.14 | |
Liberal Party | 12,071 | 65.71 | |
Liberal Party | 11,837 | 64.43 | |
Conservative Party | 6,767 | 36.84 | |
Conservative Party | 6,067 | 33.02 | |
Majority | 5,070 | 27.60 | |
Kinsale | |||
3 April 1880 | 154/194 | 79.38 | |
Home Rule | 112 | 72.73 | |
Conservative Party | 42 | 27.27 | |
Majority | 70 | 45.45 | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
8 April 1880 | 2,822/4,465 | 63.20 | |
Liberal Party | 2,763 | 97.91 | |
Conservative Party | 59 | 2.09 | |
Majority | 2,704 | 95.82 | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 1,943/2,204 | 88.16 | |
Liberal Party | 982 | 50.54 | |
Conservative Party | 961 | 49.46 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.08 | |
Knaresborough | |||
1 April 1880 | 688/762 | 90.29 | |
Liberal Party | 357 | 51.89 | |
Conservative Party | 331 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 26 | 3.78 | |
23 July 1880 Pettion - election declared void. | |||
12 May 1881 | 707/758 | 93.27 | |
Conservative Party | 374 | 52.90 | |
Liberal Party | 333 | 47.10 | |
Majority | 41 | 5.80 | |
26 November 1884 Death of Thomas Collins. | |||
9 December 1884 | 586/651 | 90.02 | |
Conservative Party | 319 | 54.44 | |
Liberal Party | 267 | 45.56 | |
Majority | 52 | 8.87 | |
Lambeth | |||
2 April 1880 | 36,016/50,541 | 71.26 | |
Liberal Party | 19,315 | 70.24 | |
Liberal Party | 18,983 | 69.03 | |
Conservative Party | 16,701 | 60.73 | |
Majority | 2,282 | 6.34 | |
Launceston | |||
31 March 1880 | 773/842 | 91.81 | |
Conservative Party | 439 | 56.79 | |
Liberal Party | 334 | 43.21 | |
Majority | 105 | 13.58 | |
28 June 1885 Elevation of Sir Hardinge Giffard to the Peerage - Baron Halsbury. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 417 | 52.72 | |
Liberal Party | 374 | 47.28 | |
Majority | 43 | 5.44 | |
Leeds | |||
1 April 1880 | 36,783/49,000 | 75.07 | |
Liberal Party | 24,622 | 100.41 | |
Liberal Party | 23,647 | 96.43 | |
Conservative Party | 13,331 | 54.36 | |
Conservative Party | 11,965 | 48.79 | |
Majority | 1,366 | 3.71 | |
1880 Rt Hon William Gladstone elects to sit for Edinburghshire. | |||
8 May 1880 | 49,000 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
August 1881 Resignation of Herbert Gladstone on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury. | |||
23 August 1881 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leicester | |||
1 April 1880 | 14,560/18,808 | 77.41 | |
Liberal Party | 10,675 | 73.32 | |
Liberal Party | 10,438 | 71.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,186 | 28.75 | |
Conservative Party | 3,820 | 26.24 | |
Majority | 6,252 | 42.94 | |
20 June 1884 Resignation of Peter Taylor. | |||
26 June 1884 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
April 1880 | 10,333 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leitrim County | |||
8 April 1880 | 2,087/2,383 | 87.58 | |
Conservative Party | 1,038 | 49.74 | |
Home Rule | 837 | 40.11 | |
Home Rule | 668 | 32.01 | |
Home Rule | 593 | 28.41 | |
Majority | 169 | 8.10 | |
Leominster | |||
31 March 1880 | 812/900 | 90.22 | |
Conservative Party | 457 | 56.28 | |
Liberal Party | 355 | 43.72 | |
Majority | 102 | 12.56 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Lewes | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,297/1,459 | 88.90 | |
Conservative Party | 717 | 55.28 | |
Liberal Party | 580 | 44.72 | |
Majority | 137 | 10.56 | |
Lichfield | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,090/1,374 | 79.33 | |
Conservative Party | 553 | 50.73 | |
Liberal Party | 537 | 49.27 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.47 | |
5 July 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
15 July 1880 | 1,122/1,374 | 81.66 | |
Conservative Party | 578 | 51.52 | |
Liberal Party | 544 | 48.48 | |
Majority | 34 | 3.03 | |
Limerick City | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,729/1,934 | 89.40 | |
Home Rule | 1,120 | 82.20 | |
Home Rule | 985 | 72.29 | |
Conservative Party | 620 | 45.50 | |
Majority | 365 | 21.11 | |
1883 Resignation of Richard O'Shaughnessy on appointment as Registrar of Sessions Clerks. | |||
19 November 1883 | |||
Home Rule | 922 | 66.09 | |
Conservative Party | 473 | 33.91 | |
Majority | 449 | 32.19 | |
Limerick County | |||
April 1880 | 6,072 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Lincoln | |||
31 March 1880 | 5,591/6,402 | 87.33 | |
Liberal Party | 3,401 | 78.01 | |
Liberal Party | 3,128 | 71.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,190 | 50.24 | |
Majority | 938 | 16.78 | |
2 June 1884 Death of John Hinde Palmer. | |||
14 June 1884 | 5,497/6,769 | 81.21 | |
Liberal Party | 3,234 | 58.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,263 | 41.17 | |
Majority | 971 | 17.66 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,003/1,232 | 81.41 | |
Liberal Party | 747 | 74.48 | |
Conservative Party | 256 | 25.52 | |
Majority | 491 | 48.95 | |
Lisburn | |||
April 1880 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liskeard | |||
2 April 1880 | 671/736 | 91.17 | |
Liberal Party | 370 | 55.14 | |
Liberal Party | 301 | 44.86 | |
Majority | 69 | 10.28 | |
Liverpool | |||
31 March 1880 | 63,946 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 July 1880 Succession of Baron Ramsay to the Peerage - 13th Earl of Dalhousie. | |||
6 August 1880 | 40,137/63,946 | 62.77 | |
Conservative Party | 21,019 | 52.37 | |
Liberal Party | 19,118 | 47.63 | |
Majority | 1,901 | 4.74 | |
18 November 1882 Succession of Rt Hon Viscount Sandon to the Peerage - 3rd Earl of Harrowby. | |||
11 December 1882 | 36,087/62,039 | 58.17 | |
Liberal Party | 18,198 | 50.43 | |
Conservative Party | 17,889 | 49.57 | |
Majority | 309 | 0.86 | |
London University | |||
5 April 1880 | 1,549/1,947 | 79.56 | |
Liberal Party | 1,014 | 65.46 | |
Conservative Party | 535 | 34.54 | |
Majority | 479 | 30.92 | |
25 May 1880 Elevation of Rt Hon Robert Lowe to the Peerage - Viscount Sherbrooke. | |||
2 June 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry City | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,840/2,005 | 91.77 | |
Conservative Party | 964 | 52.39 | |
Liberal Party | 876 | 47.61 | |
Majority | 88 | 4.78 | |
Londonderry County | |||
9 April 1880 | 5,069/5,843 | 86.75 | |
Liberal Party | 3,011 | 59.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,922 | 57.64 | |
Conservative Party | 2,107 | 41.57 | |
Majority | 815 | 16.08 | |
10 May 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon Hugh Law on appointment as Attorney-General for Ireland. | |||
20 May 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
November 1881 Resignation of Rt Hon Hugh Law on appointment as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. | |||
10 December 1881 | 4,755/5,896 | 80.65 | |
Liberal Party | 2,701 | 56.80 | |
Conservative Party | 2,054 | 43.20 | |
Majority | 647 | 13.61 | |
1883 Resignation of Rt Hon Andrew Porter on appointment as Master of the Rolls in Ireland. | |||
10 January 1884 | 5,798 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Longford County | |||
April 1880 | 2,626 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Louth County | |||
10 April 1880 | 1,570/2,168 | 72.42 | |
Home Rule | 902 | 74.55 | |
Home Rule | 830 | 68.60 | |
Home Rule | 688 | 56.86 | |
Majority | 142 | 9.04 | |
18 May 1880 Resignation of Alexander Sullivan. | |||
28 May 1880 | |||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
19 June 1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Ludlow | |||
1 April 1880 | 868/989 | 87.77 | |
Conservative Party | 525 | 60.48 | |
Liberal Party | 343 | 39.52 | |
Majority | 182 | 20.97 | |
Lymington | |||
3 April 1880 | 671/778 | 86.25 | |
Conservative Party | 432 | 64.38 | |
Liberal Party | 239 | 35.62 | |
Majority | 193 | 28.76 | |
Macclesfield | |||
1 April 1880 | 5,278/5,304 | 99.51 | |
Liberal Party | 2,946 | 55.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,744 | 51.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,678 | 50.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,188 | 41.46 | |
Majority | 66 | 1.25 | |
1880 Petition - election declared void and writ suspended pending a Royal Commission. | |||
September 1880 A Royal Commission was appointed to investigate alleged irregularities. | |||
March 1881 The Royal Commission's report confirms corruption within the constituency. | |||
25 June 1885 The Borough of Macclesfield was disenfranchised. | |||
Maidstone | |||
31 March 1880 | 3,573/3,878 | 92.14 | |
Conservative Party | 1,965 | 55.00 | |
Conservative Party | 1,832 | 51.27 | |
Liberal Party | 1,725 | 48.28 | |
Liberal Party | 1,624 | 45.45 | |
Majority | 107 | 2.99 | |
Maldon | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,330/1,564 | 85.04 | |
Liberal Party | 679 | 51.05 | |
Conservative Party | 651 | 48.95 | |
Majority | 28 | 2.11 | |
Mallow | |||
2 April 1880 | 261/290 | 90.00 | |
Liberal Party | 189 | 72.41 | |
Conservative Party | 72 | 27.59 | |
Majority | 117 | 44.83 | |
May 1880 Resignation of William Johnson on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | |||
17 May 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | 201 | 79.45 | |
Home Rule | 52 | 20.55 | |
Majority | 149 | 58.89 | |
1883 Resignation of Rt Hon William Johnson on appointment as a judge. | |||
25 January 1883 | |||
Home Rule | 161 | 64.40 | |
Liberal Party | 89 | 35.60 | |
Majority | 72 | 28.80 | |
Malmesbury | |||
5 April 1880 | 912/1,079 | 84.52 | |
Conservative Party | 602 | 66.01 | |
Liberal Party | 310 | 33.99 | |
Majority | 292 | 32.02 | |
7 March 1882 | 926/1,066 | 86.87 | |
Conservative Party | 491 | 53.02 | |
Liberal Party | 435 | 46.98 | |
Majority | 56 | 6.05 | |
10 December 1891 Walter Powell was blown out into the English Channel in a balloon. He was never seen again. | |||
Malton | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,254/1,379 | 90.94 | |
Liberal Party | 809 | 64.51 | |
Conservative Party | 445 | 35.49 | |
Majority | 364 | 29.03 | |
Manchester | |||
1 April 1880 | 45,305/61,234 | 73.99 | |
Liberal Party | 24,959 | 55.09 | |
Liberal Party | 24,789 | 54.72 | |
Conservative Party | 20,594 | 45.46 | |
Conservative Party | 20,268 | 44.74 | |
Majority | 326 | 0.72 | |
9 September 1883 Death of Hugh Birley. | |||
4 October 1883 | 24,404/52,831 | 46.19 | |
Conservative Party | 18,188 | 74.53 | |
Liberal Party | 6,216 | 25.47 | |
Majority | 11,972 | 49.06 | |
Marlborough | |||
2 April 1880 | 572/668 | 85.63 | |
Liberal Party | 333 | 58.22 | |
Conservative Party | 239 | 41.78 | |
Majority | 94 | 16.43 | |
3 May 1880 Resignation of Lord Charles Brudenell-Bruce on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household. | |||
8 May 1880 | 668 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Marylebone | |||
2 April 1880 | 25,964/35,535 | 73.07 | |
Liberal Party | 14,147 | 54.49 | |
Liberal Party | 14,003 | 53.93 | |
Conservative Party | 11,890 | 45.79 | |
Conservative Party | 11,888 | 45.79 | |
Majority | 2,113 | 8.14 | |
Mayo County | |||
13 April 1880 | 2,273/3,221 | 70.57 | |
Home Rule | 1,645 | 72.37 | |
Home Rule | 1,565 | 68.85 | |
Home Rule | 628 | 27.63 | |
Majority | 937 | 41.22 | |
1880 Charles Parnell elects to sit for Cork City. | |||
24 May 1880 | |||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Meath County | |||
12 April 1880 | 2,797/3,877 | 72.14 | |
Home Rule | 2,283 | 81.62 | |
Home Rule | 2,253 | 80.55 | |
Conservative Party | 514 | 18.38 | |
Majority | 1,739 | 62.17 | |
1880 Charles Parnell elects to sit for Cork City. | |||
20 May 1880 | |||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
3 February 1882 Resignation of Alexander Sullivan. | |||
22 February 1882 | 3,711 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
28 February 1882 Disqualification of Michael Davitt. He was a convicted felon. | |||
14 April 1882 | 3,711 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
30 July 1883 Resignation of Robert Metge. | |||
21 February 1884 | 3,660 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Merionethshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 2,934/3,571 | 82.16 | |
Liberal Party | 1,860 | 63.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,074 | 36.61 | |
Majority | 786 | 26.79 | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
2 April 1880 | 12,478/14,259 | 87.51 | |
Liberal Party | 8,033 | 64.38 | |
Liberal Party | 7,526 | 60.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,445 | 35.62 | |
Majority | 3,081 | 24.69 | |
Mid Cheshire | |||
13 April 1880 | 7,095/8,963 | 79.16 | |
Conservative Party | 3,868 | 54.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,700 | 52.15 | |
Liberal Party | 3,374 | 47.55 | |
Liberal Party | 3,247 | 45.76 | |
Majority | 326 | 4.59 | |
21 February 1883 Succession of Hon Wilbraham Egerton to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Egerton of Tatton. | |||
16 March 1883 | 7,806/9,915 | 78.73 | |
Conservative Party | 4,214 | 53.98 | |
Liberal Party | 3,592 | 46.02 | |
Majority | 622 | 7.97 | |
Mid Kent | |||
7 April 1880 | 7,089/8,763 | 80.90 | |
Conservative Party | 4,056 | 57.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,788 | 53.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,318 | 46.80 | |
Liberal Party | 3,020 | 42.60 | |
Majority | 470 | 6.63 | |
7 May 1884 Resignation of Sir Edmund Filmer, Bt. | |||
14 May 1884 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
25 June 1885 Resignation of Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary for Ireland. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Lincolnshire | |||
2 April 1880 | 8,822 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 June 1885 Resignation of Henry Chaplin on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
24 June 1885 Resignation of Hon Edward Stanhope on appointment as Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Somerset | |||
2 April 1880 | 8,470 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
19 February 1885 Resignation of William Gore-Langton. | |||
4 March 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Surrey | |||
6 April 1880 | 14,138/20,433 | 69.19 | |
Conservative Party | 8,475 | 59.94 | |
Conservative Party | 8,303 | 58.73 | |
Liberal Party | 5,770 | 40.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5,727 | 40.51 | |
Majority | 2,533 | 17.92 | |
7 May 1884 Resignation of Sir Henry Peek, Bt. | |||
23 June 1884 | 12,594/26,804 | 46.99 | |
Conservative Party | 7,645 | 60.70 | |
Liberal Party | 4,949 | 39.30 | |
Majority | 2,696 | 21.41 | |
Middlesbrough | |||
1 April 1880 | 7,312/10,641 | 68.72 | |
Liberal Party | 4,515 | 61.75 | |
Conservative Party | 1,626 | 22.24 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,171 | 16.01 | |
Majority | 2,889 | 39.51 | |
Middlesex | |||
5 April 1880 | 21,492/30,707 | 69.99 | |
Conservative Party | 12,904 | 60.04 | |
Conservative Party | 12,328 | 57.36 | |
Liberal Party | 8,876 | 41.30 | |
Majority | 3,452 | 16.06 | |
24 June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord George Hamilton on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
3 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Midhurst | |||
1 April 1880 | 784/1,042 | 75.24 | |
Conservative Party | 501 | 63.90 | |
Liberal Party | 283 | 36.10 | |
Majority | 218 | 27.81 | |
Monaghan County | |||
9 April 1880 | 4,790/5,496 | 87.15 | |
Liberal Party | 2,239 | 58.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,008 | 52.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,734 | 45.36 | |
Conservative Party | 1,664 | 43.53 | |
Majority | 274 | 5.72 | |
1883 Resignation of John Givan on appointment as Crown Solicitor for Kildare and Meath. | |||
30 June 1883 | 4,661/5,281 | 88.26 | |
Home Rule | 2,376 | 50.98 | |
Conservative Party | 2,011 | 43.15 | |
Liberal Party | 274 | 5.88 | |
Majority | 365 | 7.83 | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
6 April 1880 | 4,455/5,026 | 88.64 | |
Liberal Party | 2,258 | 50.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,197 | 49.32 | |
Majority | 61 | 1.37 | |
Monmouthshire | |||
5 April 1880 | 12,769/8,518 | 149.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,529 | 55.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,294 | 51.59 | |
Liberal Party | 3,019 | 47.29 | |
Liberal Party | 2,927 | 45.85 | |
Majority | 275 | 2.15 | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,783/3,120 | 89.20 | |
Liberal Party | 1,572 | 56.49 | |
Conservative Party | 1,211 | 43.51 | |
Majority | 361 | 12.97 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 4,273/5,291 | 80.76 | |
Liberal Party | 2,232 | 52.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,041 | 47.77 | |
Majority | 191 | 4.47 | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
April 1880 | 8,343 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Morpeth | |||
April 1880 | 5,458 | ||
Liberal/Labour | Unopposed |   | |
New Radnor District of Boroughs | |||
April 1880 | 945 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
May 1880 The Rt Hon Marquess of Hartington elects to sit for North Eastern Lancashire. | |||
17 May 1880 | 848/945 | 89.74 | |
Liberal Party | 458 | 54.01 | |
Conservative Party | 390 | 45.99 | |
Majority | 68 | 8.02 | |
23 October 1884 Resignation of Samuel Williams. | |||
30 October 1884 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
New Ross | |||
2 April 1880 | 242/267 | 90.64 | |
Liberal Party | 165 | 68.18 | |
Conservative Party | 77 | 31.82 | |
Majority | 88 | 36.36 | |
22 January 1881 Resignation of Joseph Foley. He died around this date, and some records have the reason for the by-election as his death. | |||
31 January 1881 | 261 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Newark-on-Trent | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,017/2,297 | 87.81 | |
Liberal Party | 1,073 | 53.21 | |
Conservative Party | 993 | 49.24 | |
Conservative Party | 985 | 48.85 | |
Liberal Party | 982 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.40 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
3 April 1880 | 17,037/23,800 | 71.58 | |
Liberal Party | 11,766 | 69.06 | |
Liberal Party | 10,404 | 61.07 | |
Conservative Party | 5,271 | 30.94 | |
Majority | 5,133 | 30.13 | |
16 February 1883 Resignation of Ashton Dilke. | |||
24 February 1883 | 16,630/26,305 | 63.22 | |
Liberal Party | 9,443 | 56.78 | |
Conservative Party | 7,187 | 43.22 | |
Majority | 2,256 | 13.57 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,736/3,235 | 84.57 | |
Conservative Party | 1,484 | 54.24 | |
Liberal Party | 1,252 | 45.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,175 | 42.95 | |
Majority | 77 | 2.81 | |
Newport | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,178/1,362 | 86.49 | |
Liberal Party | 618 | 52.46 | |
Conservative Party | 560 | 47.54 | |
Majority | 58 | 4.92 | |
Newry | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,144/1,201 | 95.25 | |
Conservative Party | 587 | 51.31 | |
Liberal Party | 557 | 48.69 | |
Majority | 30 | 2.62 | |
North Eastern Lancashire | |||
9 April 1880 | 11,806/12,991 | 90.88 | |
Liberal Party | 6,682 | 56.60 | |
Liberal Party | 6,513 | 55.17 | |
Conservative Party | 5,231 | 44.31 | |
Conservative Party | 5,185 | 43.92 | |
Majority | 1,282 | 10.86 | |
28 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon Marquess of Hartington on appointment as Secretary of State for India. | |||
15 May 1880 | 12,991 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
North Riding, Yorkshire | |||
2 April 1880 | 20,484 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 December 1881 Death of Viscount Helmsley. | |||
26 January 1882 | 15,884/20,047 | 79.23 | |
Conservative Party | 8,135 | 51.22 | |
Liberal Party | 7,749 | 48.78 | |
Majority | 386 | 2.43 | |
Northallerton | |||
1 April 1880 | 866/912 | 94.96 | |
Conservative Party | 483 | 55.77 | |
Liberal Party | 383 | 44.23 | |
Majority | 100 | 11.55 | |
Northampton | |||
2 April 1880 | 6,982/8,189 | 85.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,158 | 59.55 | |
Liberal Party | 3,827 | 54.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,152 | 45.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,826 | 40.48 | |
Majority | 675 | 9.67 | |
23 June 1880 Charles Bradlaugh was detained by the Serjeant at Arms for his refusal to take the oath of allegiance. | |||
March 1881 Charles Bradlaugh was unseated after voting in the House of Commons before taking the Oath of Allegiance. | |||
12 April 1881 | 6,742/8,185 | 82.37 | |
Liberal Party | 3,437 | 50.98 | |
Conservative Party | 3,305 | 49.02 | |
Majority | 132 | 1.96 | |
22 February 1882 Expulsion of Charles Bradlaugh. | |||
4 March 1882 | 7,484/8,361 | 89.51 | |
Liberal Party | 3,796 | 50.72 | |
Conservative Party | 3,688 | 49.28 | |
Majority | 108 | 1.44 | |
12 February 1884 Expulsion of Charles Bradlaugh. | |||
21 February 1884 | 7,696/8,886 | 86.61 | |
Liberal Party | 4,032 | 52.39 | |
Conservative Party | 3,664 | 47.61 | |
Majority | 368 | 4.78 | |
Northern Ayrshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 3,217/3,642 | 88.33 | |
Conservative Party | 1,636 | 50.85 | |
Liberal Party | 1,581 | 49.15 | |
Majority | 55 | 1.71 | |
Northern Derbyshire | |||
10 April 1880 | 6,127/6,985 | 87.72 | |
Liberal Party | 3,416 | 55.75 | |
Liberal Party | 3,183 | 51.95 | |
Conservative Party | 2,936 | 47.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,718 | 44.36 | |
Majority | 247 | 4.03 | |
Northern Devon | |||
3 April 1880 | 9,496 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
July 1885 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt to the Peerage - Earl of Iddesleigh. | |||
2 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Durham | |||
9 April 1880 | 11,325/13,165 | 86.02 | |
Liberal Party | 6,233 | 72.37 | |
Liberal Party | 5,901 | 68.51 | |
Conservative Party | 5,092 | 59.12 | |
Majority | 809 | 7.14 | |
15 August 1881 Death of John Joicey. | |||
2 September 1881 | 10,444/13,233 | 78.92 | |
Conservative Party | 5,548 | 53.12 | |
Liberal Party | 4,896 | 46.88 | |
Majority | 652 | 6.24 | |
Northern Hampshire | |||
April 1880 | 5,783 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lanarkshire | |||
6 April 1880 | 10,324 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lancashire | |||
12 April 1880 | 14,672/17,057 | 86.02 | |
Conservative Party | 8,172 | 55.70 | |
Conservative Party | 7,505 | 51.15 | |
Liberal Party | 6,500 | 44.30 | |
Majority | 1,005 | 6.85 | |
24 June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon Frederick Stanley on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leicestershire | |||
13 April 1880 | 5,864/6,619 | 88.59 | |
Conservative Party | 3,213 | 54.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,991 | 51.01 | |
Liberal Party | 2,651 | 45.21 | |
Majority | 340 | 5.80 | |
31 May 1883 Death of Edwyn Burnaby. | |||
16 June 1883 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1885 Resignation of Lord John Manners on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Lincolnshire | |||
13 April 1880 | 8,066/10,639 | 75.82 | |
Liberal Party | 4,159 | 69.47 | |
Conservative Party | 3,949 | 65.97 | |
Conservative Party | 3,865 | 64.56 | |
Majority | 84 | 1.04 | |
14 August 1881 Death of Robert Laycock. | |||
1 September 1881 | 7,929/11,061 | 71.68 | |
Conservative Party | 4,200 | 52.97 | |
Liberal Party | 3,729 | 47.03 | |
Majority | 471 | 5.94 | |
6 July 1885 Elevation of Rowland Winn to the Peerage - Baron St Oswald. | |||
10 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 4,052 | 58.52 | |
Liberal Party | 2,872 | 41.48 | |
Majority | 1,180 | 17.04 | |
Northern Norfolk | |||
3 April 1880 | 6,519 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
10 April 1880 | 4,830/5,833 | 82.80 | |
Liberal Party | 2,425 | 50.21 | |
Conservative Party | 2,405 | 49.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,316 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 89 | 1.84 | |
Northern Northumberland | |||
7 April 1880 | 3,591/4,376 | 82.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,163 | 60.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,001 | 55.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,509 | 42.02 | |
Majority | 492 | 13.70 | |
Northern Nottinghamshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 5,470/6,699 | 81.65 | |
Liberal Party | 2,814 | 51.44 | |
Conservative Party | 2,745 | 50.18 | |
Liberal Party | 2,735 | 50.00 | |
Conservative Party | 2,646 | 48.37 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.18 | |
Northern Shropshire | |||
April 1880 | 7,729 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Staffordshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 8,870/10,974 | 80.83 | |
Liberal Party | 4,821 | 54.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,333 | 48.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,764 | 42.44 | |
Majority | 569 | 6.41 | |
Northern Warwickshire | |||
April 1880 | 11,789 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 June 1884 Death of William Bromley Davenport. | |||
3 July 1884 | |||
Conservative Party | 5,282 | 59.89 | |
Liberal Party | 3,538 | 40.11 | |
Majority | 1,744 | 19.77 | |
Northern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 17,893/21,840 | 81.93 | |
Liberal Party | 10,818 | 60.46 | |
Liberal Party | 10,732 | 59.98 | |
Conservative Party | 7,140 | 39.90 | |
Conservative Party | 7,096 | 39.66 | |
Majority | 3,592 | 20.07 | |
6 May 1882 Resignation of Lord Frederick Cavendish on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Within hours of taking the oath, he was assassinated in Dublin. | |||
20 May 1882 | 17,757/22,138 | 80.21 | |
Liberal Party | 9,892 | 55.71 | |
Conservative Party | 7,865 | 44.29 | |
Majority | 2,027 | 11.42 | |
Northern Wiltshire | |||
10 April 1880 | 5,747/7,249 | 79.28 | |
Conservative Party | 3,090 | 53.77 | |
Conservative Party | 2,836 | 49.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,784 | 48.44 | |
Majority | 52 | 0.90 | |
Norwich | |||
31 March 1880 | 11,668/15,349 | 76.02 | |
Liberal Party | 6,549 | 56.13 | |
Liberal Party | 6,512 | 55.81 | |
Conservative Party | 5,242 | 44.93 | |
Conservative Party | 5,032 | 43.13 | |
Majority | 1,270 | 10.88 | |
Nottingham | |||
1 April 1880 | 13,591/18,699 | 72.68 | |
Liberal Party | 8,499 | 62.53 | |
Liberal Party | 8,055 | 59.27 | |
Conservative Party | 5,575 | 41.02 | |
Conservative Party | 5,052 | 37.17 | |
Majority | 2,480 | 18.25 | |
15 April 1880 Petition - withdrawn following the death of John Wright. | |||
15 April 1880 Death of John Wright. | |||
8 May 1880 | 18,699 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oldham | |||
31 March 1880 | 19,307/21,084 | 91.57 | |
Liberal Party | 10,630 | 55.06 | |
Liberal Party | 10,409 | 53.91 | |
Conservative Party | 8,982 | 46.52 | |
Conservative Party | 8,593 | 44.51 | |
Majority | 1,427 | 7.39 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
28 April 1880 | 1,474/1,704 | 86.50 | |
Liberal Party | 896 | 60.79 | |
Conservative Party | 578 | 39.21 | |
Majority | 318 | 21.57 | |
Oxford | |||
1 April 1880 | 8,099/6,163 | 131.41 | |
Liberal Party | 2,771 | 68.43 | |
Liberal Party | 2,669 | 65.91 | |
Conservative Party | 2,659 | 65.66 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.12 | |
23 April 1880 Resignation of Sir William Vernon-Harcourt on appointment as Home Secretary. | |||
8 May 1880 | 5,416/6,163 | 87.88 | |
Conservative Party | 2,735 | 50.50 | |
Liberal Party | 2,681 | 49.50 | |
Majority | 54 | 1.00 | |
4 August 1880 Petition - election declared void, writ suspended. | |||
September 1881 Resignation of Joseph Chitty on appointment as Master of the Rolls. Because the writ for the other by-election was suspended, no writ was moved to fill this vacancy. | |||
Oxford University | |||
April 1880 | 5,033 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxfordshire | |||
April 1880 | 7,495 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paisley | |||
April 1880 | 4,979 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 January 1884 Resignation of William Holms. | |||
15 February 1884 | 4,855/5,688 | 85.36 | |
Liberal Party | 3,049 | 62.80 | |
Conservative Party | 1,806 | 37.20 | |
Majority | 1,243 | 25.60 | |
Peeblesshire & Selkirkshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 1,000/1,136 | 88.03 | |
Liberal Party | 516 | 51.60 | |
Conservative Party | 484 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 32 | 3.20 | |
Pembroke District of Boroughs | |||
5 April 1880 | 2,891/3,338 | 86.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,462 | 50.57 | |
Conservative Party | 1,429 | 49.43 | |
Majority | 33 | 1.14 | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 3,922/5,052 | 77.63 | |
Liberal Party | 2,185 | 55.71 | |
Conservative Party | 1,737 | 44.29 | |
Majority | 448 | 11.42 | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
31 March 1880 | 3,894/2,202 | 176.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,176 | 60.40 | |
Liberal Party | 1,071 | 55.01 | |
Conservative Party | 882 | 45.30 | |
Conservative Party | 765 | 39.29 | |
Majority | 189 | 9.71 | |
Perth | |||
1 April 1880 | 3,089/4,000 | 77.22 | |
Liberal Party | 2,315 | 74.94 | |
Conservative Party | 774 | 25.06 | |
Majority | 1,541 | 49.89 | |
Perthshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,236/5,918 | 88.48 | |
Liberal Party | 2,764 | 52.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,472 | 47.21 | |
Majority | 292 | 5.58 | |
Peterborough | |||
31 March 1880 | 2,350/3,393 | 69.26 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,615 | 68.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,257 | 53.49 | |
Conservative Party | 987 | 42.00 | |
Liberal Party | 841 | 35.79 | |
Majority | 270 | 11.49 | |
13 June 1883 Resignation of George Whalley. | |||
23 June 1883 | 2,544/3,589 | 70.88 | |
Liberal Party | 1,438 | 56.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,106 | 43.47 | |
Majority | 332 | 13.05 | |
Petersfield | |||
1 April 1880 | 726/801 | 90.64 | |
Liberal Party | 406 | 55.92 | |
Conservative Party | 320 | 44.08 | |
Majority | 86 | 11.85 | |
April 1885 William Nicholson announced his seccession from the Liberal party and his intention to contest the next General Election as a Liberal-Conservative. He was subsequently adopted by the local Conservative association. | |||
Plymouth | |||
31 March 1880 | 4,817/5,552 | 86.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,442 | 50.70 | |
Liberal Party | 2,406 | 49.95 | |
Liberal Party | 2,402 | 49.87 | |
Conservative Party | 2,384 | 49.49 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.08 | |
25 June 1880 Petition - election of Edward Bates declared void. | |||
10 July 1880 | 4,754/5,552 | 85.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,449 | 51.51 | |
Liberal Party | 2,305 | 48.49 | |
Majority | 144 | 3.03 | |
Pontefract | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,857/2,429 | 76.45 | |
Liberal Party | 1,154 | 62.14 | |
Liberal Party | 1,029 | 55.41 | |
Conservative Party | 904 | 48.68 | |
Conservative Party | 627 | 33.76 | |
Majority | 125 | 6.73 | |
28 April 1880 Resignation of Rt Hon Hugh Childers on appointment as Secretary of State for the War Department. | |||
8 May 1880 | 2,429 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Poole | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,702/1,911 | 89.06 | |
Conservative Party | 854 | 50.18 | |
Liberal Party | 848 | 49.82 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.35 | |
31 March 1884 Death of Charles Schreiber. | |||
19 April 1884 | 1,692/1,983 | 85.33 | |
Conservative Party | 877 | 51.83 | |
Liberal Party | 815 | 48.17 | |
Majority | 62 | 3.66 | |
Portarlington | |||
2 April 1880 | 136/147 | 92.52 | |
Conservative Party | 118 | 86.76 | |
Liberal Party | 18 | 13.24 | |
Majority | 100 | 73.53 | |
22 January 1883 Succession of Hon Bernard Fitzpatrick to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Castletown. | |||
28 February 1883 | 127/138 | 92.03 | |
Conservative Party | 70 | 55.12 | |
Liberal Party | 57 | 44.88 | |
Majority | 13 | 10.24 | |
Portsmouth | |||
1 April 1880 | 12,670/16,463 | 76.96 | |
Conservative Party | 6,683 | 52.75 | |
Conservative Party | 6,593 | 52.04 | |
Liberal Party | 6,040 | 47.67 | |
Liberal Party | 6,023 | 47.54 | |
Majority | 553 | 4.36 | |
Preston | |||
31 March 1880 | 11,594/12,108 | 95.75 | |
Conservative Party | 6,239 | 53.81 | |
Conservative Party | 5,641 | 48.65 | |
Liberal Party | 5,355 | 46.19 | |
Majority | 286 | 2.47 | |
6 May 1881 Death of Edward Hermon. | |||
23 May 1881 | 10,344/11,748 | 88.05 | |
Conservative Party | 6,004 | 58.04 | |
Liberal Party | 4,340 | 41.96 | |
Majority | 1,664 | 16.09 | |
1882 Resignation of Sir John Holker on appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal. | |||
4 February 1882 | 10,257/12,978 | 79.03 | |
Conservative Party | 6,045 | 58.94 | |
Liberal/Labour | 4,212 | 41.06 | |
Majority | 1,833 | 17.87 | |
16 November 1882 Resignation of Henry Raikes in order to contest Cambridge University. | |||
25 November 1882 | 10,518/12,978 | 81.04 | |
Conservative Party | 6,351 | 60.38 | |
Conservative Party | 4,167 | 39.62 | |
Majority | 2,184 | 20.76 | |
Queen's County | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,585/3,190 | 81.03 | |
Home Rule | 1,686 | 65.22 | |
Home Rule | 1,545 | 59.77 | |
Conservative Party | 899 | 34.78 | |
Home Rule | 109 | 4.22 | |
Majority | 646 | 24.99 | |
Radnorshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 1,937/2,434 | 79.58 | |
Liberal Party | 1,137 | 58.70 | |
Conservative Party | 800 | 41.30 | |
Majority | 337 | 17.40 | |
Reading | |||
1 April 1880 | 4,580/5,107 | 89.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,513 | 54.87 | |
Liberal Party | 2,286 | 49.91 | |
Conservative Party | 2,067 | 45.13 | |
Majority | 219 | 4.78 | |
29 November 1880 Resignation of George Shaw-Lefevre on appointment as First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings. | |||
15 December 1880 | 5,107 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Renfrewshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,156/6,038 | 85.39 | |
Liberal Party | 2,815 | 54.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,341 | 45.40 | |
Majority | 474 | 9.19 | |
9 November 1880 Death of William Mure. | |||
30 November 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Richmond | |||
31 March 1880 | 590/696 | 84.77 | |
Liberal Party | 447 | 75.76 | |
Conservative Party | 143 | 24.24 | |
Majority | 304 | 51.53 | |
Ripon | |||
31 March 1880 | 953/1,087 | 87.67 | |
Liberal Party | 591 | 62.01 | |
Conservative Party | 362 | 37.99 | |
Majority | 229 | 24.03 | |
Rochdale | |||
31 March 1880 | 9,330/11,172 | 83.51 | |
Liberal Party | 5,614 | 60.17 | |
Conservative Party | 3,716 | 39.83 | |
Majority | 1,898 | 20.34 | |
Rochester | |||
31 March 1880 | 2,748/3,026 | 90.81 | |
Liberal Party | 1,497 | 54.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,393 | 50.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,312 | 47.74 | |
Liberal Party | 1,294 | 47.09 | |
Majority | 81 | 2.95 | |
Roscommon County | |||
5 April 1880 | 2,552/3,602 | 70.85 | |
Home Rule | 1,585 | 62.11 | |
Home Rule | 1,479 | 57.95 | |
Home Rule | 1,107 | 43.38 | |
Home Rule | 933 | 36.56 | |
Majority | 372 | 14.58 | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,664 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 August 1884 Resignation of Sir Alexander Matheson. | |||
22 August 1884 | 1,299/1,721 | 75.48 | |
Liberal Party | 717 | 55.20 | |
Conservative Party | 334 | 25.71 | |
Crofter | 248 | 19.09 | |
Majority | 383 | 29.48 | |
Roxburghshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 1,708/1,978 | 86.35 | |
Liberal Party | 859 | 50.29 | |
Conservative Party | 849 | 49.71 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.59 | |
Rutlandshire | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,736 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 August 1883 Resignation of Hon Gerard Noel. | |||
1 September 1883 | 1,054/1,768 | 59.62 | |
Conservative Party | 860 | 81.59 | |
Liberal Party | 194 | 18.41 | |
Majority | 666 | 63.19 | |
Rye | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,244/1,389 | 89.56 | |
Liberal Party | 626 | 50.32 | |
Conservative Party | 618 | 49.68 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.64 | |
Salford | |||
1 April 1880 | 19,464/23,334 | 83.41 | |
Liberal Party | 11,116 | 57.11 | |
Liberal Party | 11,110 | 57.08 | |
Conservative Party | 8,400 | 43.16 | |
Conservative Party | 8,302 | 42.65 | |
Majority | 2,710 | 13.92 | |
Salisbury | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,794/1,969 | 91.11 | |
Liberal Party | 961 | 53.57 | |
Liberal Party | 958 | 53.40 | |
Conservative Party | 841 | 46.88 | |
Conservative Party | 828 | 46.15 | |
Majority | 117 | 6.52 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
1882 Resignation of William Grenfell on appointment as a Groom in Waiting to Her Majesty. | |||
21 November 1882 | 1,807/2,061 | 87.68 | |
Conservative Party | 955 | 52.85 | |
Liberal Party | 852 | 47.15 | |
Majority | 103 | 5.70 | |
1883 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Sandwich | |||
April 1880 | 2,115 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 May 1880 Resignation of Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen prior to his elevation to the House of Lords - Baron Brabourne. | |||
19 May 1880 | 1,850/2,115 | 87.47 | |
Conservative Party | 1,145 | 61.89 | |
Liberal Party | 705 | 38.11 | |
Majority | 440 | 23.78 | |
10 August 1880 Petition - election declared void and writ suspended. | |||
26 June 1885 A Royal Commission was appointed which found proof of extensive bribery and, as a result, the borough lost its right to return a Member of Parliament. | |||
Scarborough | |||
2 April 1880 | 3,683/4,302 | 85.61 | |
Liberal Party | 2,157 | 58.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,065 | 56.07 | |
Conservative Party | 1,581 | 42.93 | |
Conservative Party | 1,562 | 42.41 | |
Majority | 484 | 13.14 | |
23 July 1880 Resignation of Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, bt. | |||
31 July 1880 | 3,434/4,302 | 79.82 | |
Liberal Party | 1,828 | 53.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1,606 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 222 | 6.46 | |
24 October 1884 Resignation of John Dodson. | |||
November 1884 Resignation of William Caine on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
5 November 1884 | 3,501/4,167 | 84.02 | |
Liberal Party | 1,895 | 54.13 | |
Conservative Party | 1,606 | 45.87 | |
Majority | 289 | 8.25 | |
28 November 1884 | 3,471/4,167 | 83.30 | |
Liberal Party | 1,832 | 52.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,639 | 47.22 | |
Majority | 193 | 5.56 | |
Shaftesbury | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,270/1,388 | 91.50 | |
Liberal Party | 652 | 51.34 | |
Conservative Party | 618 | 48.66 | |
Majority | 34 | 2.68 | |
Sheffield | |||
1 April 1880 | 33,048/42,794 | 77.23 | |
Liberal Party | 17,217 | 52.10 | |
Conservative Party | 16,546 | 50.07 | |
Liberal Party | 16,506 | 49.95 | |
Majority | 40 | 0.12 | |
3 May 1880 Resignation of Anthony Mundella on appointment as Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education. | |||
8 May 1880 | 42,794 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shoreham | |||
3 April 1880 | 4,379/5,480 | 79.91 | |
Conservative Party | 2,445 | 55.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,195 | 50.13 | |
Liberal Party | 2,059 | 47.02 | |
Majority | 136 | 3.11 | |
Shrewsbury | |||
1 April 1880 | 3,510/3,846 | 91.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,945 | 55.41 | |
Liberal Party | 1,884 | 53.68 | |
Conservative Party | 1,622 | 46.21 | |
Conservative Party | 1,568 | 44.67 | |
Majority | 262 | 7.46 | |
5 May 1880 Resignation of Charles Cotes on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
10 May 1880 | 3,846 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sligo County | |||
7 April 1880 | 2,205/3,256 | 67.72 | |
Home Rule | 1,591 | 72.15 | |
Home Rule | 1,531 | 69.43 | |
Home Rule | 1,267 | 57.46 | |
Majority | 264 | 11.97 | |
26 July 1883 Death of Denis O'Conor. | |||
18 August 1883 | 2,528/3,174 | 79.65 | |
Home Rule | 1,545 | 61.12 | |
Conservative Party | 983 | 38.88 | |
Majority | 562 | 22.23 | |
South Eastern Lancashire | |||
7 April 1880 | 21,796/26,037 | 83.71 | |
Liberal Party | 11,313 | 51.90 | |
Liberal Party | 11,291 | 51.80 | |
Conservative Party | 10,569 | 48.49 | |
Conservative Party | 10,419 | 47.80 | |
Majority | 722 | 3.31 | |
South Shields | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,921/9,893 | 59.85 | |
Liberal Party | 4,435 | 74.90 | |
Conservative Party | 1,486 | 25.10 | |
Majority | 2,949 | 49.81 | |
South Western Lancashire | |||
7 April 1880 | 20,599/26,054 | 79.06 | |
Conservative Party | 11,420 | 55.44 | |
Conservative Party | 10,905 | 52.94 | |
Liberal Party | 9,666 | 46.92 | |
Liberal Party | 9,207 | 44.70 | |
Majority | 1,239 | 6.01 | |
24 June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Richard Cross on appointment as Home Secretary. | |||
1 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southampton | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,974/7,394 | 80.80 | |
Liberal Party | 3,051 | 51.07 | |
Liberal Party | 3,023 | 50.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,972 | 49.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,902 | 48.58 | |
Majority | 51 | 0.85 | |
1883 Resignation of Charles Parker Butt on appointment as a Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. | |||
7 April 1883 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Ayrshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 3,413/3,865 | 88.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,830 | 53.62 | |
Liberal Party | 1,583 | 46.38 | |
Majority | 247 | 7.24 | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
April 1880 | 8,934 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Devon | |||
April 1880 | 7,982 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 August 1884 Resignation of John Garnier. | |||
14 August 1884 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Durham | |||
7 April 1880 | 9,974/11,592 | 86.04 | |
Liberal Party | 5,930 | 59.45 | |
Liberal Party | 5,912 | 59.27 | |
Conservative Party | 4,044 | 40.55 | |
Majority | 1,868 | 18.73 | |
Southern Essex | |||
5 April 1880 | 9,019/11,950 | 75.47 | |
Conservative Party | 4,841 | 53.68 | |
Conservative Party | 4,726 | 52.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,324 | 47.94 | |
Liberal Party | 4,147 | 45.98 | |
Majority | 402 | 4.46 | |
Southern Hampshire | |||
2 April 1880 | 10,162 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 June 1884 Resignation of Lord Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott. | |||
20 June 1884 | 6,981/10,296 | 67.80 | |
Conservative Party | 4,209 | 60.29 | |
Liberal Party | 2,772 | 39.71 | |
Majority | 1,437 | 20.58 | |
Southern Lanarkshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 3,238/3,666 | 88.33 | |
Liberal Party | 1,808 | 55.84 | |
Conservative Party | 1,430 | 44.16 | |
Majority | 378 | 11.67 | |
Southern Leicestershire | |||
8 April 1880 | 6,860/9,022 | 76.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,685 | 53.72 | |
Conservative Party | 3,453 | 50.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,175 | 46.28 | |
Majority | 278 | 4.05 | |
Southern Lincolnshire | |||
15 April 1880 | 7,987/10,710 | 74.58 | |
Conservative Party | 4,518 | 56.57 | |
Conservative Party | 4,290 | 53.71 | |
Liberal Party | 3,583 | 44.86 | |
Majority | 707 | 8.85 | |
20 February 1884 Resignation of Sir William Welby-Gregory, Bt. | |||
28 February 1884 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Norfolk | |||
7 April 1880 | 5,823/7,412 | 78.56 | |
Conservative Party | 2,917 | 50.09 | |
Liberal Party | 2,906 | 49.91 | |
Conservative Party | 2,905 | 49.89 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.02 | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
April 1880 | 6,093 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 February 1881 Death of Fairfax Cartwright. | |||
15 February 1881 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northumberland | |||
10 April 1880 | 7,417/8,800 | 84.28 | |
Liberal Party | 3,896 | 52.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,694 | 49.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,622 | 48.83 | |
Majority | 72 | 0.97 | |
Southern Nottinghamshire | |||
10 April 1880 | 3,804/4,879 | 77.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,491 | 65.48 | |
Conservative Party | 2,227 | 58.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,445 | 37.99 | |
Majority | 782 | 20.56 | |
Southern Shropshire | |||
10 April 1880 | 4,245/5,690 | 74.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,491 | 58.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,216 | 52.20 | |
Liberal Party | 2,149 | 50.62 | |
Liberal Party | 1,634 | 38.49 | |
Majority | 67 | 1.58 | |
Southern Warwickshire | |||
7 April 1880 | 5,123/6,429 | 79.69 | |
Conservative Party | 2,644 | 68.67 | |
Liberal Party | 2,550 | 66.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,507 | 65.11 | |
Majority | 43 | 0.84 | |
15 September 1884 Death of Hon Gilbert Leigh. | |||
10 November 1884 | 5,014/6,590 | 76.08 | |
Conservative Party | 3,095 | 61.73 | |
Liberal Party | 1,919 | 38.27 | |
Majority | 1,176 | 23.45 | |
Southern West Riding, Yorkshire | |||
10 April 1880 | 21,489/26,329 | 81.62 | |
Liberal Party | 11,385 | 52.98 | |
Liberal Party | 11,181 | 52.03 | |
Conservative Party | 10,391 | 48.35 | |
Conservative Party | 10,020 | 46.63 | |
Majority | 790 | 3.68 | |
Southern Wiltshire | |||
April 1880 | 3,789 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1885 Resignation of Viscount Folkestone on appointment as Treasurer of H M Household. | |||
3 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southwark | |||
2 April 1880 | 17,526/23,472 | 74.67 | |
Liberal Party | 9,693 | 55.31 | |
Liberal Party | 9,521 | 54.33 | |
Conservative Party | 8,163 | 46.58 | |
Conservative Party | 7,674 | 43.79 | |
Majority | 1,358 | 7.75 | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,150/2,542 | 84.58 | |
Liberal Party | 1,258 | 58.51 | |
Liberal Party | 892 | 41.49 | |
Majority | 366 | 17.02 | |
St Ives | |||
5 April 1880 | 926/1,135 | 81.59 | |
Liberal Party | 487 | 52.59 | |
Conservative Party | 439 | 47.41 | |
Majority | 48 | 5.18 | |
25 March 1881 Death of Sir Charles Reed. | |||
13 April 1881 | 822/1,012 | 81.23 | |
Conservative Party | 462 | 56.20 | |
Liberal Party | 360 | 43.80 | |
Majority | 102 | 12.41 | |
Stafford | |||
2 April 1880 | 2,611/3,699 | 70.59 | |
Liberal Party | 1,498 | 57.37 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,345 | 51.51 | |
Conservative Party | 1,230 | 47.11 | |
Conservative Party | 1,149 | 44.01 | |
Majority | 115 | 4.40 | |
31 October 1881 Death of Alexander Macdonald. | |||
21 November 1881 | 2,667/3,344 | 79.75 | |
Conservative Party | 1,482 | 55.57 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,185 | 44.43 | |
Majority | 297 | 11.14 | |
Stalybridge | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,248/5,606 | 93.61 | |
Liberal Party | 2,706 | 51.56 | |
Conservative Party | 2,542 | 48.44 | |
Majority | 164 | 3.12 | |
Stamford | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,152/1,140 | 101.05 | |
Liberal Party | 601 | 52.17 | |
Conservative Party | 551 | 47.83 | |
Majority | 50 | 4.34 | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
7 April 1880 | 3,038/4,806 | 63.21 | |
Liberal Party | 2,906 | 95.66 | |
Conservative Party | 132 | 4.34 | |
Majority | 2,774 | 91.31 | |
23 October 1884 Resignation of Henry Campbell-Bannerman on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
31 October 1884 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirlingshire | |||
3 April 1880 | 2,852/3,328 | 85.70 | |
Liberal Party | 1,606 | 56.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,246 | 43.69 | |
Majority | 360 | 12.62 | |
Stockport | |||
31 March 1880 | 7,947/8,353 | 95.14 | |
Liberal Party | 4,232 | 53.25 | |
Liberal Party | 4,103 | 51.63 | |
Conservative Party | 3,873 | 48.74 | |
Conservative Party | 3,685 | 46.37 | |
Majority | 230 | 2.89 | |
Stockton-on-Tees | |||
3 April 1880 | 6,443/8,333 | 77.32 | |
Liberal Party | 4,991 | 77.46 | |
Conservative Party | 1,452 | 22.54 | |
Majority | 3,539 | 54.93 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
2 April 1880 | 14,863/19,976 | 74.40 | |
Liberal Party | 12,130 | 81.61 | |
Liberal/Labour | 11,379 | 76.56 | |
Conservative Party | 5,126 | 34.49 | |
Independent | 1,091 | 7.34 | |
Majority | 6,253 | 42.07 | |
Stroud | |||
1 April 1880 | 5,856/6,376 | 91.84 | |
Liberal Party | 3,098 | 52.90 | |
Liberal Party | 3,081 | 52.61 | |
Conservative Party | 2,810 | 47.98 | |
Conservative Party | 2,722 | 46.48 | |
Majority | 271 | 4.63 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
Sunderland | |||
31 March 1880 | 11,901/15,021 | 79.23 | |
Liberal Party | 7,639 | 64.19 | |
Liberal Party | 6,995 | 58.78 | |
Conservative Party | 4,262 | 35.81 | |
Majority | 2,733 | 22.96 | |
5 April 1881 Resignation of Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, Bt. | |||
12 April 1881 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sutherland | |||
April 1880 | 326 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea District of Boroughs | |||
April 1880 | 13,631 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tamworth | |||
1 April 1880 | 2,329/2,368 | 98.35 | |
Liberal Party | 1,409 | 60.50 | |
Liberal Party | 1,074 | 46.11 | |
Conservative Party | 920 | 39.50 | |
Majority | 154 | 6.61 | |
Taunton | |||
31 March 1880 | 2,012/2,225 | 90.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,084 | 53.88 | |
Liberal Party | 1,000 | 49.70 | |
Conservative Party | 971 | 48.26 | |
Liberal Party | 968 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 29 | 1.44 | |
3 May 1880 Resignation of Sir Henry James on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
8 May 1880 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 February 1882 Death of Sir William Palliser. | |||
17 February 1882 | 2,061/2,362 | 87.26 | |
Conservative Party | 1,144 | 55.51 | |
Liberal Party | 917 | 44.49 | |
Majority | 227 | 11.01 | |
Tavistock | |||
April 1880 | 847 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tewkesbury | |||
31 March 1880 | 691/733 | 94.27 | |
Liberal Party | 350 | 50.65 | |
Conservative Party | 341 | 49.35 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.30 | |
29 June 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
12 July 1880 | 678/733 | 92.50 | |
Liberal Party | 380 | 56.05 | |
Conservative Party | 298 | 43.95 | |
Majority | 82 | 12.09 | |
The Hartlepools | |||
3 April 1880 | 5,279/6,681 | 79.02 | |
Liberal Party | 1,965 | 37.22 | |
Liberal Party | 1,717 | 32.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,597 | 30.25 | |
Majority | 248 | 4.70 | |
Thirsk | |||
3 April 1880 | 917/1,014 | 90.43 | |
Conservative Party | 485 | 52.89 | |
Liberal Party | 422 | 46.02 | |
Conservative Party | 10 | 1.09 | |
Majority | 63 | 6.87 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Tipperary County | |||
6 April 1880 | 9,134 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
6 March 1883 Resignation of John Dillon. | |||
20 March 1883 | 8,730 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
1884 Resignation of Patrick Smyth on appointment to the Irish Loan Fund board. | |||
9 January 1885 | |||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Tiverton | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,229/1,320 | 93.11 | |
Liberal Party | 743 | 60.46 | |
Liberal Party | 699 | 56.88 | |
Conservative Party | 590 | 48.01 | |
Majority | 109 | 8.87 | |
25 October 1881 Death of William Massey. | |||
15 November 1881 | 1,158/1,405 | 82.42 | |
Liberal Party | 705 | 60.88 | |
Conservative Party | 453 | 39.12 | |
Majority | 252 | 21.76 | |
Tower Hamlets | |||
2 April 1880 | 28,025/41,042 | 68.28 | |
Liberal Party | 12,020 | 42.89 | |
Conservative Party | 11,720 | 41.82 | |
Liberal Party | 10,384 | 37.05 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,103 | 18.21 | |
Majority | 1,336 | 4.77 | |
Tralee | |||
1 April 1880 | 320/355 | 90.14 | |
Home Rule | 187 | 58.44 | |
Conservative Party | 133 | 41.56 | |
Majority | 54 | 16.88 | |
Truro | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,158/1,542 | 75.10 | |
Conservative Party | 781 | 67.44 | |
Liberal Party | 754 | 65.11 | |
Conservative Party | 181 | 15.63 | |
Majority | 573 | 49.48 | |
Tynemouth & North Shields | |||
3 April 1880 | 4,241/5,736 | 73.94 | |
Liberal Party | 2,844 | 67.06 | |
Conservative Party | 1,397 | 32.94 | |
Majority | 1,447 | 34.12 | |
Tyrone County | |||
8 April 1880 | 7,161/8,762 | 81.73 | |
Conservative Party | 3,829 | 53.47 | |
Liberal Party | 3,511 | 49.03 | |
Conservative Party | 3,470 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.57 | |
1881 Resignation of Edward Litton on appointment as Land Commissioner. | |||
7 September 1881 | 7,159/8,674 | 82.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,168 | 44.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,084 | 43.08 | |
Home Rule | 907 | 12.67 | |
Majority | 84 | 1.17 | |
Wakefield | |||
1 April 1880 | 3,990/4,430 | 90.07 | |
Liberal Party | 2,194 | 54.99 | |
Conservative Party | 1,796 | 45.01 | |
Majority | 398 | 9.97 | |
18 June 1885 Death of Robert Mackie. | |||
4 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 1,918 | 53.59 | |
Liberal Party | 1,661 | 46.41 | |
Majority | 257 | 7.18 | |
Wallingford | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,123/1,226 | 91.60 | |
Liberal Party | 582 | 51.83 | |
Conservative Party | 541 | 48.17 | |
Majority | 41 | 3.65 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
19 June 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
1 July 1880 | 1,115/1,226 | 90.95 | |
Liberal Party | 567 | 50.85 | |
Conservative Party | 548 | 49.15 | |
Majority | 19 | 1.70 | |
Walsall | |||
April 1880 | 9,537 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wareham | |||
2 April 1880 | 867/987 | 87.84 | |
Liberal Party | 451 | 52.02 | |
Conservative Party | 416 | 47.98 | |
Majority | 35 | 4.04 | |
Warrington | |||
2 April 1880 | 5,475/5,919 | 92.50 | |
Liberal Party | 3,002 | 54.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,473 | 45.17 | |
Majority | 529 | 9.66 | |
Warwick | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,703/1,758 | 96.87 | |
Liberal Party | 981 | 57.60 | |
Conservative Party | 768 | 45.10 | |
Conservative Party | 676 | 39.69 | |
Majority | 92 | 5.40 | |
Waterford City | |||
5 April 1880 | 788/1,449 | 54.38 | |
Home Rule | 661 | 83.88 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 494 | 62.69 | |
Home Rule | 420 | 53.30 | |
Majority | 74 | 18.78 | |
Waterford County | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,558/3,135 | 81.59 | |
Liberal Party | 1,751 | 68.45 | |
Home Rule | 1,625 | 63.53 | |
Conservative Party | 870 | 34.01 | |
Majority | 755 | 29.52 | |
8 August 1884 Resignation of John Blake. | |||
21 August 1884 | 3,060 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Wednesbury | |||
April 1880 | 7,119/20,035 | 35.53 | |
Liberal Party | 6,912 | 97.09 | |
Conservative Party | 207 | 2.91 | |
Majority | 6,705 | 94.18 | |
Wenlock | |||
1 April 1880 | 3,244/3,481 | 93.19 | |
Liberal Party | 2,058 | 63.44 | |
Conservative Party | 1,358 | 41.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,013 | 31.23 | |
Majority | 345 | 10.64 | |
Westbury | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,064/1,125 | 94.58 | |
Conservative Party | 559 | 52.54 | |
Liberal Party | 505 | 47.46 | |
Majority | 54 | 5.08 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Western Aberdeenshire | |||
6 April 1880 | 3,432/4,155 | 82.60 | |
Liberal Party | 2,390 | 69.64 | |
Conservative Party | 1,042 | 30.36 | |
Majority | 1,348 | 39.28 | |
Western Cheshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 8,602/11,097 | 77.52 | |
Conservative Party | 4,771 | 55.46 | |
Conservative Party | 4,635 | 53.88 | |
Liberal Party | 4,008 | 46.59 | |
Liberal Party | 3,784 | 43.99 | |
Majority | 627 | 7.29 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
5 April 1881 Death of Sir Philip Egerton, Bt. | |||
22 April 1881 | 9,218/12,270 | 75.13 | |
Conservative Party | 4,800 | 52.07 | |
Liberal Party | 4,418 | 47.93 | |
Majority | 382 | 4.14 | |
Western Cornwall | |||
2 April 1880 | 6,987 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cumberland | |||
7 April 1880 | 5,864/7,496 | 78.23 | |
Liberal Party | 3,178 | 54.20 | |
Conservative Party | 2,686 | 45.80 | |
Conservative Party | 2,624 | 44.75 | |
Majority | 62 | 1.06 | |
Western Essex | |||
8 April 1880 | 4,436/5,732 | 77.39 | |
Conservative Party | 2,664 | 60.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,397 | 54.04 | |
Liberal Party | 1,772 | 39.95 | |
Majority | 625 | 14.09 | |
Western Gloucestershire | |||
9 April 1880 | 9,956/12,162 | 81.86 | |
Liberal Party | 5,316 | 53.39 | |
Liberal Party | 5,164 | 51.87 | |
Conservative Party | 4,640 | 46.61 | |
Majority | 524 | 5.26 | |
1885 Resignation of Robert Kingscote on appointment as Commissioner of Woods and Forests. | |||
10 March 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 4,837 | 52.22 | |
Liberal Party | 4,426 | 47.78 | |
Majority | 411 | 4.44 | |
Western Kent | |||
5 April 1880 | 11,270/14,873 | 75.77 | |
Conservative Party | 6,413 | 56.90 | |
Conservative Party | 5,986 | 53.11 | |
Liberal Party | 4,857 | 43.10 | |
Independent Conservative | 977 | 8.67 | |
Majority | 1,129 | 10.02 | |
1885 Resignation of Viscount Lewisham on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain. | |||
4 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Norfolk | |||
10 April 1880 | 4,556/6,471 | 70.41 | |
Conservative Party | 3,671 | 80.58 | |
Conservative Party | 2,433 | 53.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,304 | 50.57 | |
Majority | 129 | 2.83 | |
12 February 1884 Resignation of George Bentinck. | |||
20 February 1884 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Somerset | |||
7 April 1880 | 6,128/8,291 | 73.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,186 | 51.99 | |
Conservative Party | 3,136 | 51.17 | |
Liberal Party | 2,967 | 48.42 | |
Majority | 169 | 2.76 | |
18 April 1882 Resignation of Vaughan Vaughan-Lee. | |||
26 April 1882 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
16 November 1883 Resignation of Mordaunt Bisset. | |||
18 February 1884 | 6,752/9,431 | 71.59 | |
Conservative Party | 3,757 | 55.64 | |
Liberal Party | 2,995 | 44.36 | |
Majority | 762 | 11.29 | |
Western Staffordshire | |||
9 April 1880 | 7,499/11,288 | 66.43 | |
Conservative Party | 4,123 | 54.98 | |
Conservative Party | 3,967 | 52.90 | |
Liberal Party | 3,564 | 47.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,344 | 44.59 | |
Majority | 403 | 5.37 | |
Western Suffolk | |||
1 April 1880 | 5,700 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Surrey | |||
2 April 1880 | 7,779 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Sussex | |||
April 1880 | 3,886 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Worcestershire | |||
5 April 1880 | 4,175/6,962 | 59.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,975 | 71.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,913 | 69.77 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,231 | 29.49 | |
Majority | 1,682 | 40.29 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Westmeath County | |||
8 April 1880 | 1,761/3,381 | 52.09 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 1,631 | 96.48 | |
Home Rule (Parnellite) | 1,609 | 95.18 | |
Home Rule | 141 | 8.34 | |
Majority | 1,468 | 83.36 | |
16 February 1883 Resignation of Henry Gill. | |||
24 February 1883 | 3,395 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Westminster | |||
31 March 1880 | 15,515/21,081 | 73.60 | |
Conservative Party | 9,093 | 58.61 | |
Conservative Party | 8,930 | 57.56 | |
Liberal Party | 6,564 | 42.31 | |
Liberal Party | 6,443 | 41.53 | |
Majority | 2,366 | 15.25 | |
6 February 1882 Resignation of Sir Charles Russell, Bt. | |||
10 February 1882 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 June 1885 Resignation of Rt Hon William Smith on appointment as Secretary of State for the War Department. | |||
29 June 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westmorland | |||
8 April 1880 | 7,126/5,442 | 130.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,641 | 74.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,522 | 70.78 | |
Liberal Party | 1,963 | 55.09 | |
Majority | 559 | 15.69 | |
Wexford | |||
2 April 1880 | 387/479 | 80.79 | |
Home Rule | 292 | 75.45 | |
Liberal Party | 95 | 24.55 | |
Majority | 197 | 50.90 | |
November 1880 Death of William Redmond. | |||
24 November 1880 | 479 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
16 June 1883 Resignation of Timothy Healy in order to contest Monaghan County. | |||
17 July 1883 | 433/522 | 82.95 | |
Home Rule | 307 | 70.90 | |
Liberal Party | 126 | 29.10 | |
Majority | 181 | 41.80 | |
Wexford County | |||
10 April 1880 | 4,281/5,773 | 74.16 | |
Home Rule | 3,075 | 71.83 | |
Home Rule | 2,879 | 67.25 | |
Conservative Party | 847 | 19.79 | |
Home Rule | 457 | 10.68 | |
Majority | 2,032 | 47.47 | |
1883 Resignation of Garrett Byrne. | |||
13 June 1883 | 5,367 | ||
Home Rule | Unopposed |   | |
Weymouth & Melcombe Regis | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,308/1,612 | 81.14 | |
Liberal Party | 1,156 | 88.38 | |
Conservative Party | 807 | 61.70 | |
Liberal Party | 653 | 49.92 | |
Majority | 154 | 11.77 | |
Whitby | |||
1 April 1880 | 1,771/2,163 | 81.88 | |
Liberal Party | 1,072 | 60.53 | |
Conservative Party | 699 | 39.47 | |
Majority | 373 | 21.06 | |
Whitehaven | |||
2 April 1880 | 2,276/2,622 | 86.80 | |
Conservative Party | 1,204 | 52.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,072 | 47.10 | |
Majority | 132 | 5.80 | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,754 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wicklow County | |||
6 April 1880 | 2,362/3,312 | 71.32 | |
Home Rule | 1,433 | 60.67 | |
Home Rule | 1,240 | 52.50 | |
Conservative Party | 1,233 | 52.20 | |
Conservative Party | 451 | 19.09 | |
Liberal Party | 366 | 15.50 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.30 | |
Wigan | |||
1 April 1880 | 5,696/6,120 | 93.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,946 | 51.72 | |
Conservative Party | 2,913 | 51.14 | |
Liberal Party | 2,880 | 50.56 | |
Liberal Party | 2,653 | 46.58 | |
Majority | 33 | 0.58 | |
13 December 1880 Succession of Baron Lindsay to the Peerage - 26th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. | |||
20 January 1881 | 5,541/5,937 | 93.33 | |
Conservative Party | 3,005 | 54.23 | |
Liberal Party | 2,536 | 45.77 | |
Majority | 469 | 8.46 | |
1 April 1881 Petition - election declared void. The writ was suspended until 1882. | |||
4 December 1882 | 5,110/6,097 | 83.81 | |
Conservative Party | 2,867 | 56.11 | |
Liberal Party | 2,243 | 43.89 | |
Majority | 624 | 12.21 | |
3 December 1883 Death of Thomas Knowles. | |||
21 December 1883 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wigtown District of Burghs | |||
6 April 1880 | 1,288/1,391 | 92.60 | |
Liberal Party | 650 | 50.47 | |
Conservative Party | 638 | 49.53 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.93 | |
May 1880 Resignation of John McLaren on appointment as Lord Advocate. | |||
20 May 1880 | 1,289/1,391 | 92.67 | |
Conservative Party | 656 | 50.89 | |
Liberal Party | 633 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 23 | 1.78 | |
14 July 1880 Petition - election declared void. | |||
2 August 1880 | 1,256/1,391 | 90.29 | |
Conservative Party | 636 | 50.64 | |
Liberal Party | 620 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.27 | |
Wigtownshire | |||
8 April 1880 | 1,490/1,657 | 89.92 | |
Conservative Party | 768 | 51.54 | |
Liberal Party | 722 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 46 | 3.09 | |
Wilton | |||
2 April 1880 | 1,216/1,401 | 86.80 | |
Conservative Party | 819 | 67.35 | |
Liberal/Labour | 397 | 32.65 | |
Majority | 422 | 34.70 | |
1880 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
29 June 1885 Resignation of Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
2 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,787/2,011 | 88.86 | |
Liberal Party | 979 | 54.78 | |
Conservative Party | 808 | 45.22 | |
Conservative Party | 773 | 43.26 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.96 | |
Windsor | |||
31 March 1880 | 1,819/2,122 | 85.72 | |
Conservative Party | 995 | 54.70 | |
Liberal Party | 824 | 45.30 | |
Majority | 171 | 9.40 | |
Wolverhampton | |||
31 March 1880 | 17,776/22,821 | 77.89 | |
Liberal Party | 12,197 | 68.61 | |
Liberal Party | 11,606 | 65.29 | |
Conservative Party | 5,874 | 33.04 | |
Majority | 5,732 | 32.25 | |
Woodstock | |||
1 April 1880 | 964/1,060 | 90.94 | |
Conservative Party | 512 | 53.11 | |
Liberal Party | 452 | 46.89 | |
Majority | 60 | 6.22 | |
24 June 1885 Resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill as Secretary of State for India. | |||
6 July 1885 | |||
Conservative Party | 532 | 56.78 | |
Liberal Party | 405 | 43.22 | |
Majority | 127 | 13.55 | |
Worcester | |||
1 April 1880 | 5,218/6,422 | 81.25 | |
Liberal Party | 2,716 | 52.05 | |
Liberal Party | 2,511 | 48.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,502 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.17 | |
1880 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Wycombe | |||
April 1880 | 1,865 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 May 1880 Resignation of Hon William Carington on appointment as a Groom in Waiting to Her Majesty. | |||
26 May 1880 | 1,865 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1 March 1883 Resignation of Hon William Carington. | |||
12 March 1883 | 1,662/2,062 | 80.60 | |
Liberal Party | 1,105 | 66.49 | |
Conservative Party | 557 | 33.51 | |
Majority | 548 | 32.97 | |
York | |||
2 April 1880 | 8,465/10,971 | 77.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,505 | 53.22 | |
Liberal Party | 4,413 | 52.13 | |
Conservative Party | 3,959 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 454 | 5.36 | |
2 November 1883 Death of Joseph Leeman. | |||
23 November 1883 | 7,875/11,395 | 69.11 | |
Conservative Party | 3,948 | 50.13 | |
Liberal Party | 3,927 | 49.87 | |
Majority | 21 | 0.27 | |
Youghal | |||
6 April 1880 | 253/289 | 87.54 | |
Home Rule | 133 | 52.57 | |
Conservative Party | 120 | 47.43 | |
Majority | 13 | 5.14 |