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Summary | |
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LIB | 309 |
CON | 247 |
N | 86 |
Ind LIB | 11 |
LIB/LAB | 10 |
Ind LIB/Crofter | 4 |
Ind CON | 2 |
Ind LIB/LAB | 1 |
Aberdeen & Glasgow Universities | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,918 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Aberdeen North | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,865/8,256 | 71.04 | |
Liberal Party | 4,794 | 81.74 | |
Conservative Party | 894 | 15.24 | |
Independent Liberal | 177 | 3.02 | |
Majority | 3,900 | 66.50 | |
Aberdeen South | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,003/7,813 | 76.83 | |
Liberal Party | 4,548 | 75.76 | |
Conservative Party | 1,455 | 24.24 | |
Majority | 3,093 | 51.52 | |
Abingdon | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,231/8,791 | 82.25 | |
Conservative Party | 4,245 | 58.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,986 | 41.29 | |
Majority | 1,259 | 17.41 | |
Accrington | |||
28 November 1885 | 10,162/10,797 | 94.12 | |
Liberal Party | 5,320 | 52.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,842 | 47.65 | |
Majority | 478 | 4.70 | |
Altrincham | |||
27 November 1885 | 8,844/10,497 | 84.25 | |
Conservative Party | 4,798 | 54.25 | |
Liberal Party | 4,046 | 45.75 | |
Majority | 752 | 8.50 | |
8 March 1886 Death of John Brooks. | |||
26 March 1886 | 8,433/10,497 | 80.34 | |
Conservative Party | 4,508 | 53.46 | |
Liberal Party | 3,925 | 46.54 | |
Majority | 583 | 6.91 | |
Andover | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,667/9,175 | 83.56 | |
Conservative Party | 4,559 | 59.46 | |
Liberal Party | 3,108 | 40.54 | |
Majority | 1,451 | 18.93 | |
Anglesey | |||
30 November 1885 | 7,874/9,777 | 80.54 | |
Liberal Party | 4,412 | 56.03 | |
Conservative Party | 3,462 | 43.97 | |
Majority | 950 | 12.07 | |
Appleby | |||
4 December 1885 | 5,378/6,673 | 80.59 | |
Conservative Party | 2,694 | 50.09 | |
Liberal Party | 2,684 | 49.91 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.19 | |
Arfon | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,400/9,136 | 81.00 | |
Liberal Party | 4,562 | 61.65 | |
Conservative Party | 2,838 | 38.35 | |
Majority | 1,724 | 23.30 | |
Argyll | |||
5 December 1885 | 6,866/10,011 | 68.58 | |
Independent Liberal / Crofter | 3,340 | 48.65 | |
Independent | 2,856 | 41.60 | |
Liberal Party | 670 | 9.76 | |
Majority | 484 | 7.05 | |
William McKinnon claimed both Liberal and Conservative support, and said that he would sit on the Liberal benches if elected. However, there were allegations that he was a Conservative hiding behind a Liberal label. | |||
Ashburton | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,615/9,300 | 81.88 | |
Liberal Party | 4,433 | 58.21 | |
Conservative Party | 3,182 | 41.79 | |
Majority | 1,251 | 16.43 | |
Ashford | |||
4 December 1885 | 10,915/13,389 | 81.52 | |
Conservative Party | 6,020 | 55.15 | |
Liberal Party | 4,895 | 44.85 | |
Majority | 1,125 | 10.31 | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,257/6,553 | 95.48 | |
Conservative Party | 3,153 | 50.39 | |
Liberal Party | 3,104 | 49.61 | |
Majority | 49 | 0.78 | |
2 February 1886 Petition - lapsed on the death of Hugh Mason a few hours after the recount was completed. The original figures were Addison 3164; Mason 3118. | |||
Aston Manor | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,329/8,571 | 85.51 | |
Liberal Party | 4,241 | 57.87 | |
Conservative Party | 3,088 | 42.13 | |
Majority | 1,153 | 15.73 | |
Aylesbury | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,396/10,535 | 79.70 | |
Liberal Party | 5,476 | 65.22 | |
Conservative Party | 2,624 | 31.25 | |
Independent Liberal | 296 | 3.53 | |
Majority | 2,852 | 33.97 | |
5 March 1886 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
28 November 1885 | 4,578/5,449 | 84.02 | |
Liberal Party | 2,460 | 53.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,118 | 46.26 | |
Majority | 342 | 7.47 | |
1886 Richard Campbell joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Banbury | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,380/8,478 | 87.05 | |
Liberal Party | 4,436 | 60.11 | |
Conservative Party | 2,944 | 39.89 | |
Majority | 1,492 | 20.22 | |
Banffshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,748/7,013 | 81.96 | |
Liberal Party | 3,740 | 65.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,008 | 34.93 | |
Majority | 1,732 | 30.13 | |
7 February 1886 Appointment of Robert Duff as the Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
13 February 1886 | 7,013 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Barkston Ash | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,294/8,411 | 86.72 | |
Conservative Party | 4,600 | 63.07 | |
Liberal Party | 2,694 | 36.93 | |
Majority | 1,906 | 26.13 | |
Barnard Castle | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,419/9,991 | 84.27 | |
Liberal Party | 5,962 | 70.82 | |
Conservative Party | 2,457 | 29.18 | |
Majority | 3,505 | 41.63 | |
Barnsley | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,427/11,034 | 85.44 | |
Liberal Party | 6,705 | 71.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,722 | 28.87 | |
Majority | 3,983 | 42.25 | |
Barnstaple | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,311/10,189 | 81.57 | |
Liberal Party | 4,577 | 55.07 | |
Conservative Party | 3,734 | 44.93 | |
Majority | 843 | 10.14 | |
Barrow-in-Furness | |||
24 November 1885 | 5,570/6,063 | 91.87 | |
Liberal Party | 2,958 | 53.11 | |
Conservative Party | 2,612 | 46.89 | |
Majority | 346 | 6.21 | |
23 March 1886 Petition - election declared void. | |||
6 April 1886 | 5,298/6,063 | 87.38 | |
Liberal Party | 3,109 | 58.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,174 | 41.03 | |
Independent Liberal | 15 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 935 | 17.65 | |
William Martin-Edmunds withdrew in favour of William Caine. | |||
Basingstoke | |||
28 November 1885 | 6,205/7,720 | 80.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,892 | 62.72 | |
Liberal Party | 2,313 | 37.28 | |
Majority | 1,579 | 25.45 | |
Bassetlaw | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,439/9,479 | 89.03 | |
Conservative Party | 4,367 | 51.75 | |
Liberal Party | 4,072 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 295 | 3.50 | |
April 1886 William Beckett Denison changes his name to William Beckett Beckett. | |||
Bath | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,099/6,637 | 91.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,208 | 52.60 | |
Liberal Party | 2,990 | 49.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,971 | 48.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,953 | 48.42 | |
Majority | 19 | 0.31 | |
Battersea | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,806/10,019 | 77.91 | |
Liberal Party | 4,259 | 54.56 | |
Conservative Party | 3,547 | 45.44 | |
Majority | 712 | 9.12 | |
24 February 1886 Resignation of Octavius Morgan. Morgan's firm held a Government contract at the time of the General Election and doubts arose as to whether or not he was disqualified from membership of the House of Commons. He decided that, in the circumstances, it would be best to resign his seat and seek re-election. | |||
1 March 1886 | 10,019 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bedford | |||
25 November 1885 | 2,874/3,134 | 91.70 | |
Liberal Party | 1,588 | 55.25 | |
Conservative Party | 1,286 | 44.75 | |
Majority | 302 | 10.51 | |
Belfast East | |||
27 November 1885 | 6,832/8,666 | 78.84 | |
Independent Conservative | 3,033 | 44.39 | |
Conservative Party | 2,929 | 42.87 | |
Liberal Party | 870 | 12.73 | |
Majority | 104 | 1.52 | |
Belfast North | |||
27 November 1885 | 5,245/6,831 | 76.78 | |
Conservative Party | 3,915 | 74.64 | |
Independent | 1,330 | 25.36 | |
Majority | 2,585 | 49.29 | |
Belfast South | |||
27 November 1885 | 5,471/6,740 | 81.17 | |
Independent Conservative | 3,610 | 65.98 | |
Liberal Party | 990 | 18.10 | |
Independent Conservative | 871 | 15.92 | |
Majority | 2,620 | 47.89 | |
Belfast West | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,523/8,131 | 92.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,780 | 50.25 | |
Nationalist | 3,743 | 49.75 | |
Majority | 37 | 0.49 | |
Bermondsey | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,855/9,433 | 72.67 | |
Liberal Party | 3,469 | 50.61 | |
Conservative Party | 3,386 | 49.39 | |
Majority | 83 | 1.21 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,542/9,691 | 88.14 | |
Liberal Party | 4,929 | 57.70 | |
Conservative Party | 3,613 | 42.30 | |
Majority | 1,316 | 15.41 | |
Berwickshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 4,983/5,984 | 83.27 | |
Liberal Party | 3,758 | 75.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,225 | 24.58 | |
Majority | 2,533 | 50.83 | |
5 February 1886 Appointment of Hon Edward Marjoribanks as the Comptroller of HM Household. | |||
13 February 1886 | 5,984 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bethnal Green North East | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,939/7,102 | 69.54 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,095 | 62.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,844 | 37.34 | |
Majority | 1,251 | 25.33 | |
Bethnal Green South West | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,288/8,265 | 63.98 | |
Liberal Party | 3,088 | 58.40 | |
Conservative Party | 2,200 | 41.60 | |
Majority | 888 | 16.79 | |
Bewdley | |||
30 November 1885 | 7,540/9,833 | 76.68 | |
Conservative Party | 4,525 | 60.01 | |
Liberal Party | 3,015 | 39.99 | |
Majority | 1,510 | 20.03 | |
Biggleswade | |||
28 November 1885 | 10,459/13,347 | 78.36 | |
Liberal Party | 6,037 | 57.72 | |
Conservative Party | 4,422 | 42.28 | |
Majority | 1,615 | 15.44 | |
Birkenhead | |||
25 November 1885 | 10,293/12,115 | 84.96 | |
Conservative Party | 5,733 | 55.70 | |
Liberal Party | 4,560 | 44.30 | |
Majority | 1,173 | 11.40 | |
Birmingham Bordesley | |||
24 November 1885 | 9,381/11,178 | 83.92 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,362 | 57.16 | |
Conservative Party | 4,019 | 42.84 | |
Majority | 1,343 | 14.32 | |
Birmingham Central | |||
24 November 1885 | 9,205/10,923 | 84.27 | |
Liberal Party | 4,989 | 54.20 | |
Conservative Party | 4,216 | 45.80 | |
Majority | 773 | 8.40 | |
Birmingham East | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,302/9,382 | 77.83 | |
Liberal Party | 4,277 | 58.57 | |
Conservative Party | 3,025 | 41.43 | |
Majority | 1,252 | 17.15 | |
Birmingham Edgbaston | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,005/8,693 | 80.58 | |
Liberal Party | 4,098 | 58.50 | |
Conservative Party | 2,907 | 41.50 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 17.00 | |
Birmingham North | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,740/9,427 | 82.10 | |
Liberal Party | 4,179 | 53.99 | |
Conservative Party | 3,561 | 46.01 | |
Majority | 618 | 7.98 | |
Birmingham South | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,410/10,643 | 79.02 | |
Liberal Party | 5,099 | 60.63 | |
Conservative Party | 3,311 | 39.37 | |
Majority | 1,788 | 21.26 | |
Birmingham West | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,074/10,329 | 78.17 | |
Liberal Party | 5,419 | 67.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,655 | 32.88 | |
Majority | 2,764 | 34.23 | |
3 February 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain on appointment as President of the Local Government Board. | |||
9 February 1886 | 10,329 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Birr | |||
2 December 1885 | 4,168/5,236 | 79.60 | |
Nationalist | 3,408 | 81.77 | |
Conservative Party | 760 | 18.23 | |
Majority | 2,648 | 63.53 | |
Bishop Auckland | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,187/9,858 | 83.05 | |
Liberal Party | 5,907 | 72.15 | |
Conservative Party | 2,280 | 27.85 | |
Majority | 3,627 | 44.30 | |
Blackburn | |||
24 November 1885 | 15,656/16,329 | 95.88 | |
Conservative Party | 9,168 | 58.56 | |
Conservative Party | 8,425 | 53.81 | |
Liberal Party | 6,740 | 43.05 | |
Liberal Party | 5,341 | 34.11 | |
Majority | 1,685 | 10.76 | |
Blackpool | |||
24 November 1885 | 11,903 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bodmin | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,355/9,158 | 80.31 | |
Liberal Party | 4,254 | 57.84 | |
Conservative Party | 3,101 | 42.16 | |
Majority | 1,153 | 15.68 | |
Bolton | |||
25 November 1885 | 15,069/16,063 | 93.81 | |
Conservative Party | 7,933 | 52.64 | |
Conservative Party | 7,655 | 50.80 | |
Liberal Party | 6,725 | 44.63 | |
Liberal Party | 6,228 | 41.33 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,191 | 7.90 | |
Majority | 930 | 6.17 | |
Bootle | |||
2 December 1885 | 10,648/14,663 | 72.62 | |
Conservative Party | 6,715 | 63.06 | |
Liberal Party | 3,933 | 36.94 | |
Majority | 2,782 | 26.13 | |
Boston | |||
25 November 1885 | 2,291/2,718 | 84.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,295 | 56.53 | |
Conservative Party | 996 | 43.47 | |
Majority | 299 | 13.05 | |
Bosworth | |||
9 December 1885 | 8,699/9,919 | 87.70 | |
Liberal Party | 5,648 | 64.93 | |
Conservative Party | 3,051 | 35.07 | |
Majority | 2,597 | 29.85 | |
Bow & Bromley | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,157/8,887 | 69.28 | |
Liberal Party | 3,419 | 55.53 | |
Conservative Party | 2,738 | 44.47 | |
Majority | 681 | 11.06 | |
Bradford Central | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,007/11,297 | 79.73 | |
Liberal Party | 5,275 | 58.57 | |
Conservative Party | 3,732 | 41.43 | |
Majority | 1,543 | 17.13 | |
8 April 1886 Death of Rt Hon William Forster. | |||
21 April 1886 | 8,034/11,297 | 71.12 | |
Liberal Party | 4,407 | 54.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,627 | 45.15 | |
Majority | 780 | 9.71 | |
Bradford East | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,080/10,270 | 88.41 | |
Liberal Party | 4,713 | 51.91 | |
Conservative Party | 4,367 | 48.09 | |
Majority | 346 | 3.81 | |
Bradford West | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,096/8,988 | 90.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,688 | 57.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,408 | 42.09 | |
Majority | 1,280 | 15.81 | |
Breconshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,066/9,520 | 84.73 | |
Liberal Party | 4,784 | 59.31 | |
Conservative Party | 3,282 | 40.69 | |
Majority | 1,502 | 18.62 | |
Brentford | |||
1 December 1885 | 5,830/7,971 | 73.14 | |
Conservative Party | 3,563 | 61.11 | |
Liberal Party | 2,267 | 38.89 | |
Majority | 1,296 | 22.23 | |
Bridgwater | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,770/9,861 | 78.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,935 | 50.64 | |
Liberal Party | 3,835 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 100 | 1.29 | |
Brigg | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,649/10,323 | 83.78 | |
Liberal Party | 5,643 | 65.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,006 | 34.76 | |
Majority | 2,637 | 30.49 | |
Brighton | |||
25 November 1885 | 12,021/14,848 | 80.96 | |
Conservative Party | 7,047 | 58.62 | |
Conservative Party | 7,019 | 58.39 | |
Liberal Party | 4,899 | 40.75 | |
Liberal Party | 4,865 | 40.47 | |
Majority | 2,120 | 17.64 | |
Bristol East | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,030/9,506 | 73.95 | |
Liberal Party | 4,647 | 66.10 | |
Conservative Party | 2,383 | 33.90 | |
Majority | 2,264 | 32.20 | |
Bristol North | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,156/9,002 | 79.49 | |
Liberal Party | 4,110 | 57.43 | |
Conservative Party | 3,046 | 42.57 | |
Majority | 1,064 | 14.87 | |
Bristol South | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,338/10,384 | 80.30 | |
Liberal Party | 4,217 | 50.58 | |
Conservative Party | 4,121 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 96 | 1.15 | |
Bristol West | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,339/7,657 | 82.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,876 | 61.15 | |
Liberal Party | 2,463 | 38.85 | |
Majority | 1,413 | 22.29 | |
Brixton | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,189/7,963 | 77.72 | |
Conservative Party | 3,427 | 55.37 | |
Liberal Party | 2,762 | 44.63 | |
Majority | 665 | 10.74 | |
Buckingham | |||
5 December 1885 | 9,468/11,307 | 83.74 | |
Liberal Party | 5,462 | 57.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,006 | 42.31 | |
Majority | 1,456 | 15.38 | |
Buckrose | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,866/9,113 | 86.32 | |
Conservative Party | 4,081 | 51.88 | |
Liberal Party | 3,785 | 48.12 | |
Majority | 296 | 3.76 | |
Burnley | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,065/9,638 | 94.05 | |
Liberal Party | 4,866 | 53.68 | |
Conservative Party | 4,199 | 46.32 | |
Majority | 667 | 7.36 | |
Burton | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,938/9,463 | 83.88 | |
Liberal Party | 5,395 | 67.96 | |
Conservative Party | 2,543 | 32.04 | |
Majority | 2,852 | 35.93 | |
Bury | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,763/8,214 | 94.51 | |
Liberal Party | 3,976 | 51.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,787 | 48.78 | |
Majority | 189 | 2.43 | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
24 November 1885 | 2,078/2,292 | 90.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,122 | 53.99 | |
Liberal Party | 956 | 46.01 | |
Majority | 166 | 7.99 | |
Bute | |||
28 November 1885 | 2,464/2,943 | 83.72 | |
Conservative Party | 1,374 | 55.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,090 | 44.24 | |
Majority | 284 | 11.53 | |
Caithness | |||
10 December 1885 | 3,328/4,320 | 77.04 | |
Independent Liberal / Crofter | 2,110 | 63.40 | |
Liberal Party | 1,218 | 36.60 | |
Majority | 892 | 26.80 | |
Camberwell North | |||
28 November 1885 | 6,112/8,603 | 71.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,137 | 51.33 | |
Conservative Party | 2,975 | 48.67 | |
Majority | 162 | 2.65 | |
Camborne | |||
5 December 1885 | 5,503/7,139 | 77.08 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,926 | 53.17 | |
Liberal Party | 2,577 | 46.83 | |
Majority | 349 | 6.34 | |
Cambridge | |||
24 November 1885 | 5,585/6,189 | 90.24 | |
Conservative Party | 2,846 | 50.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,739 | 49.04 | |
Majority | 107 | 1.92 | |
Cambridge University | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,482 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
25 November 1885 | 2,629/3,107 | 84.62 | |
Conservative Party | 1,804 | 68.62 | |
Liberal Party | 825 | 31.38 | |
Majority | 979 | 37.24 | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
28 November 1885 | 10,998/12,605 | 87.25 | |
Liberal Party | 5,569 | 50.64 | |
Conservative Party | 5,429 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 140 | 1.27 | |
13 February 1886 Appointment of Sir Edward Reed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
27 February 1886 | 10,553/12,605 | 83.72 | |
Liberal Party | 5,708 | 54.09 | |
Conservative Party | 4,845 | 45.91 | |
Majority | 863 | 8.18 | |
Cardiganshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,611/12,308 | 78.09 | |
Liberal Party | 5,967 | 62.09 | |
Conservative Party | 3,644 | 37.91 | |
Majority | 2,323 | 24.17 | |
Carlisle | |||
23 November 1885 | 5,726 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Carlow | |||
4 December 1885 | 5,552/6,891 | 80.57 | |
Nationalist | 4,801 | 86.47 | |
Conservative Party | 751 | 13.53 | |
Majority | 4,050 | 72.95 | |
January 1886 Edward Dwyer Gray elects to sit for Dublin St Stephen's Green. | |||
29 January 1886 | 6,981 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
30 November 1885 | 4,165/5,399 | 77.14 | |
Liberal Party | 2,884 | 69.24 | |
Conservative Party | 1,281 | 30.76 | |
Majority | 1,603 | 38.49 | |
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
2 December 1885 | 3,781/4,488 | 84.25 | |
Liberal Party | 1,923 | 50.86 | |
Conservative Party | 1,858 | 49.14 | |
Majority | 65 | 1.72 | |
Chatham | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,006/6,988 | 85.95 | |
Conservative Party | 3,396 | 56.54 | |
Liberal Party | 2,610 | 43.46 | |
Majority | 786 | 13.09 | |
Chelmsford | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,400/9,277 | 79.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,321 | 58.39 | |
Liberal Party | 3,079 | 41.61 | |
Majority | 1,242 | 16.78 | |
Chelsea | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,407/11,104 | 75.71 | |
Liberal Party | 4,291 | 51.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,116 | 48.96 | |
Majority | 175 | 2.08 | |
Cheltenham | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,204/6,464 | 95.98 | |
Conservative Party | 3,504 | 56.48 | |
Liberal Party | 2,700 | 43.52 | |
Majority | 804 | 12.96 | |
Chertsey | |||
7 December 1885 | 7,100/9,220 | 77.01 | |
Conservative Party | 4,540 | 63.94 | |
Liberal Party | 2,560 | 36.06 | |
Majority | 1,980 | 27.89 | |
Chester | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,180/6,296 | 82.27 | |
Liberal Party | 2,740 | 52.90 | |
Conservative Party | 2,440 | 47.10 | |
Majority | 300 | 5.79 | |
Chester-le-Street | |||
28 November 1885 | 10,033/11,830 | 84.81 | |
Liberal Party | 4,409 | 43.94 | |
Independent Liberal | 3,606 | 35.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,018 | 20.11 | |
Majority | 803 | 8.00 | |
Chesterfield | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,451/8,616 | 86.48 | |
Liberal Party | 3,408 | 45.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,136 | 28.67 | |
Ind LIB/LAB | 1,907 | 25.59 | |
Majority | 1,272 | 17.07 | |
Chesterton | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,407/10,465 | 80.33 | |
Conservative Party | 4,246 | 50.51 | |
Liberal Party | 4,161 | 49.49 | |
Majority | 85 | 1.01 | |
Chichester | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,230/8,502 | 85.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,760 | 65.84 | |
Liberal Party | 2,470 | 34.16 | |
Majority | 2,290 | 31.67 | |
Chippenham | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,454/8,853 | 84.20 | |
Liberal Party | 3,880 | 52.05 | |
Conservative Party | 3,574 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 306 | 4.11 | |
Chorley | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,675/9,881 | 87.79 | |
Conservative Party | 5,867 | 67.63 | |
Liberal Party | 2,808 | 32.37 | |
Majority | 3,059 | 35.26 | |
Christchurch | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,190/4,626 | 90.58 | |
Conservative Party | 2,184 | 52.12 | |
Liberal Party | 2,006 | 47.88 | |
Majority | 178 | 4.25 | |
Cirencester | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,819/10,157 | 86.83 | |
Liberal Party | 4,782 | 54.22 | |
Conservative Party | 4,037 | 45.78 | |
Majority | 745 | 8.45 | |
City of London | |||
26 November 1885 | 20,002/29,152 | 68.61 | |
Conservative Party | 12,827 | 64.13 | |
Conservative Party | 8,802 | 44.01 | |
Liberal Party | 5,817 | 29.08 | |
Independent Conservative | 5,563 | 27.81 | |
Majority | 2,985 | 14.92 | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,930 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 February 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon John Balfour as Lord Advocate. | |||
13 February 1886 | 6,930 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clapham | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,626/9,454 | 80.66 | |
Liberal Party | 3,976 | 52.14 | |
Conservative Party | 3,650 | 47.86 | |
Majority | 326 | 4.27 | |
Cleveland | |||
4 December 1885 | 9,793/11,788 | 83.08 | |
Liberal Party | 6,948 | 70.95 | |
Conservative Party | 2,845 | 29.05 | |
Majority | 4,103 | 41.90 | |
Clitheroe | |||
5 December 1885 | 11,283/12,698 | 88.86 | |
Liberal Party | 6,821 | 60.45 | |
Conservative Party | 4,462 | 39.55 | |
Majority | 2,359 | 20.91 | |
16 April 1886 Resignation of Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
19 April 1886 | 12,698 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cockermouth | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,680/9,538 | 80.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,845 | 50.07 | |
Liberal Party | 3,835 | 49.93 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.13 | |
Colchester | |||
24 November 1885 | 3,922/4,241 | 92.48 | |
Conservative Party | 2,044 | 52.12 | |
Liberal Party | 1,878 | 47.88 | |
Majority | 166 | 4.23 | |
Colne Valley | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,939/10,881 | 91.34 | |
Liberal Party | 5,398 | 54.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,541 | 45.69 | |
Majority | 857 | 8.62 | |
Connemara | |||
27 November 1885 | 5,842 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Cork City | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,059/14,569 | 55.32 | |
Nationalist | 6,716 | 83.34 | |
Nationalist | 6,536 | 81.10 | |
Conservative Party | 1,464 | 18.17 | |
Conservative Party | 1,401 | 17.38 | |
Majority | 5,072 | 62.94 | |
Coventry | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,905/9,736 | 91.46 | |
Conservative Party | 4,577 | 51.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,328 | 48.60 | |
Majority | 249 | 2.80 | |
Crewe | |||
30 November 1885 | 9,370/10,815 | 86.64 | |
Liberal Party | 5,089 | 54.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,281 | 45.69 | |
Majority | 808 | 8.62 | |
Cricklade | |||
7 December 1885 | 7,311/9,031 | 80.95 | |
Liberal Party | 4,541 | 62.11 | |
Conservative Party | 2,770 | 37.89 | |
Majority | 1,771 | 24.22 | |
Croydon | |||
24 November 1885 | 9,799/12,619 | 77.65 | |
Conservative Party | 5,484 | 55.96 | |
Liberal Party | 4,315 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 1,169 | 11.93 | |
January 1886 Resignation of William Grantham on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. | |||
27 January 1886 | 9,663/12,619 | 76.58 | |
Conservative Party | 5,205 | 53.87 | |
Liberal Party | 4,458 | 46.13 | |
Majority | 747 | 7.73 | |
Darlington | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,398/5,907 | 91.38 | |
Liberal Party | 3,302 | 61.17 | |
Conservative Party | 2,096 | 38.83 | |
Majority | 1,206 | 22.34 | |
Dartford | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,494/11,173 | 76.02 | |
Conservative Party | 4,488 | 52.84 | |
Liberal Party | 4,006 | 47.16 | |
Majority | 482 | 5.67 | |
Darwen | |||
3 December 1885 | 11,751/12,629 | 93.05 | |
Conservative Party | 5,878 | 50.02 | |
Liberal Party | 5,873 | 49.98 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.04 | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
28 November 1885 | 3,216/3,407 | 94.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,761 | 54.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,455 | 45.24 | |
Majority | 306 | 9.51 | |
Deptford | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,487/9,371 | 79.90 | |
Conservative Party | 3,927 | 52.45 | |
Liberal Party | 3,560 | 47.55 | |
Majority | 367 | 4.90 | |
Derby | |||
25 November 1885 | 12,868/14,925 | 86.22 | |
Liberal Party | 7,813 | 60.72 | |
Liberal Party | 7,630 | 59.29 | |
Conservative Party | 4,943 | 38.41 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,251 | 9.72 | |
Majority | 2,687 | 20.88 | |
3 February 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Vernon-Harcourt on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
9 February 1886 | 14,925 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Devizes | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,601/9,387 | 80.97 | |
Conservative Party | 3,849 | 50.64 | |
Liberal Party | 3,752 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 97 | 1.28 | |
Devonport | |||
24 November 1885 | 5,646/6,546 | 86.25 | |
Conservative Party | 2,968 | 52.57 | |
Conservative Party | 2,944 | 52.14 | |
Liberal Party | 2,653 | 46.99 | |
Liberal Party | 2,635 | 46.67 | |
Majority | 291 | 5.15 | |
Dewsbury | |||
25 November 1885 | 9,788/11,439 | 85.57 | |
Liberal Party | 6,124 | 62.57 | |
Conservative Party | 3,664 | 37.43 | |
Majority | 2,460 | 25.13 | |
Doncaster | |||
28 November 1885 | 10,380/13,157 | 78.89 | |
Liberal Party | 5,680 | 54.72 | |
Conservative Party | 4,700 | 45.28 | |
Majority | 980 | 9.44 | |
Dover | |||
24 November 1885 | 3,484/4,885 | 71.32 | |
Conservative Party | 2,066 | 59.30 | |
Liberal Party | 1,418 | 40.70 | |
Majority | 648 | 18.60 | |
Droitwich | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,484 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin College Green | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,066/10,797 | 74.71 | |
Nationalist | 6,548 | 81.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,518 | 18.82 | |
Majority | 5,030 | 62.36 | |
Dublin Harbour | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,345/11,282 | 73.97 | |
Nationalist | 6,717 | 80.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,628 | 19.51 | |
Majority | 5,089 | 60.98 | |
Dublin St Patrick's | |||
1 December 1885 | 6,492/8,994 | 72.18 | |
Nationalist | 5,330 | 82.10 | |
Conservative Party | 1,162 | 17.90 | |
Majority | 4,168 | 64.20 | |
Dublin St Stephen's Green | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,611/10,184 | 84.55 | |
Nationalist | 5,277 | 61.28 | |
Conservative Party | 3,334 | 38.72 | |
Majority | 1,943 | 22.56 | |
Dublin University | |||
24 November 1885 | 4,155 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
26 November 1885 | 11,588/14,918 | 77.68 | |
Liberal Party | 6,377 | 55.03 | |
Conservative Party | 5,211 | 44.97 | |
Majority | 1,166 | 10.06 | |
Dulwich | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,118/8,963 | 79.42 | |
Conservative Party | 4,406 | 61.90 | |
Liberal Party | 2,712 | 38.10 | |
Majority | 1,694 | 23.80 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
28 November 1885 | 2,909/3,147 | 92.44 | |
Liberal Party | 1,546 | 53.15 | |
Conservative Party | 1,363 | 46.85 | |
Majority | 183 | 6.29 | |
1886 Ernest Noel joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Dumfriesshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,423/9,489 | 88.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,857 | 57.66 | |
Conservative Party | 3,566 | 42.34 | |
Majority | 1,291 | 15.33 | |
1886 Sir Robert Jardine, Bt joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Dunbartonshire | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,871/10,063 | 88.15 | |
Conservative Party | 4,514 | 50.88 | |
Liberal Party | 4,357 | 49.12 | |
Majority | 157 | 1.77 | |
Dundee | |||
25 November 1885 | 14,623/17,420 | 83.94 | |
Liberal Party | 8,261 | 56.49 | |
Liberal Party | 7,187 | 49.15 | |
Independent Liberal | 6,279 | 42.94 | |
Conservative Party | 5,149 | 35.21 | |
Majority | 908 | 6.21 | |
Durham | |||
25 November 1885 | 2,107/2,302 | 91.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,114 | 52.87 | |
Liberal Party | 993 | 47.13 | |
Majority | 121 | 5.74 | |
Ealing | |||
7 December 1885 | 7,044/9,283 | 75.88 | |
Conservative Party | 4,353 | 61.80 | |
Liberal Party | 2,691 | 38.20 | |
Majority | 1,662 | 23.59 | |
East Grinstead | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,109/7,660 | 79.75 | |
Conservative Party | 3,530 | 57.78 | |
Liberal Party | 2,579 | 42.22 | |
Majority | 951 | 15.57 | |
Eastbourne | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,058/8,504 | 83.00 | |
Conservative Party | 3,561 | 50.45 | |
Liberal Party | 3,497 | 49.55 | |
Majority | 64 | 0.91 | |
Eastern Aberdeenshire | |||
4 December 1885 | 9,664/12,522 | 77.18 | |
Liberal Party | 6,509 | 67.35 | |
Conservative Party | 3,155 | 32.65 | |
Majority | 3,354 | 34.71 | |
Eastern Antrim | |||
5 December 1885 | 6,285/8,773 | 71.64 | |
Conservative Party | 4,180 | 66.51 | |
Liberal Party | 2,105 | 33.49 | |
Majority | 2,075 | 33.02 | |
Eastern Carmarthenshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 6,609/8,669 | 76.24 | |
Liberal Party | 4,487 | 67.89 | |
Conservative Party | 2,122 | 32.11 | |
Majority | 2,365 | 35.78 | |
Eastern Cavan | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,920 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Clare | |||
30 November 1885 | 6,513/10,128 | 64.31 | |
Nationalist | 6,224 | 95.56 | |
Conservative Party | 289 | 4.44 | |
Majority | 5,935 | 91.13 | |
Eastern Cork | |||
3 December 1885 | 4,580/6,934 | 66.05 | |
Nationalist | 4,314 | 94.19 | |
Independent | 266 | 5.81 | |
Majority | 4,048 | 88.38 | |
Eastern Denbighshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,269/8,297 | 87.61 | |
Liberal Party | 3,831 | 52.70 | |
Conservative Party | 3,438 | 47.30 | |
Majority | 393 | 5.41 | |
Eastern Donegal | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,081/7,340 | 96.47 | |
Nationalist | 4,089 | 57.75 | |
Liberal Party | 2,992 | 42.25 | |
Majority | 1,097 | 15.49 | |
Eastern Dorset | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,389/9,758 | 85.97 | |
Liberal Party | 4,543 | 54.15 | |
Conservative Party | 3,846 | 45.85 | |
Majority | 697 | 8.31 | |
Eastern Down | |||
30 November 1885 | 9,805 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Fife | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,110/9,233 | 77.01 | |
Liberal Party | 4,533 | 63.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,577 | 36.24 | |
Majority | 1,956 | 27.51 | |
Eastern Galway | |||
7 December 1885 | 5,218/8,083 | 64.56 | |
Nationalist | 4,866 | 93.25 | |
Liberal Party | 352 | 6.75 | |
Majority | 4,514 | 86.51 | |
Eastern Glamorganshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,972/8,544 | 81.60 | |
Liberal Party | 4,886 | 70.08 | |
Conservative Party | 2,086 | 29.92 | |
Majority | 2,800 | 40.16 | |
Eastern Kerry | |||
3 December 1885 | 3,199/5,971 | 53.58 | |
Nationalist | 3,169 | 99.06 | |
Conservative Party | 30 | 0.94 | |
Majority | 3,139 | 98.12 | |
Eastern Limerick | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,474 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Mayo | |||
27 November 1885 | 8,149 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,122/11,161 | 81.73 | |
Conservative Party | 4,682 | 51.33 | |
Liberal Party | 4,440 | 48.67 | |
Majority | 242 | 2.65 | |
Eastern Northamptonshire | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,773/9,741 | 90.06 | |
Liberal Party | 5,414 | 61.71 | |
Conservative Party | 3,359 | 38.29 | |
Majority | 2,055 | 23.42 | |
Eastern Perthshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 6,643/7,851 | 84.61 | |
Liberal Party | 4,222 | 63.56 | |
Conservative Party | 2,421 | 36.44 | |
Majority | 1,801 | 27.11 | |
Eastern Renfrewshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 6,786/8,295 | 81.81 | |
Liberal Party | 3,642 | 53.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,144 | 46.33 | |
Majority | 498 | 7.34 | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,012/9,314 | 86.02 | |
Liberal Party | 4,732 | 59.06 | |
Conservative Party | 3,280 | 40.94 | |
Majority | 1,452 | 18.12 | |
Eastern Tipperary | |||
2 December 1885 | 4,256/6,899 | 61.69 | |
Nationalist | 4,064 | 95.49 | |
Conservative Party | 192 | 4.51 | |
Majority | 3,872 | 90.98 | |
Eastern Tyrone | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,280/7,946 | 91.62 | |
Nationalist | 3,919 | 53.83 | |
Conservative Party | 3,361 | 46.17 | |
Majority | 558 | 7.66 | |
Eastern Waterford | |||
5 December 1885 | 3,605/5,678 | 63.49 | |
Nationalist | 3,291 | 91.29 | |
Loyalist | 314 | 8.71 | |
Majority | 2,977 | 82.58 | |
Eastern Wicklow | |||
30 November 1885 | 4,385/5,569 | 78.74 | |
Nationalist | 3,385 | 77.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,000 | 22.81 | |
Majority | 2,385 | 54.39 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,879/8,187 | 84.02 | |
Liberal Party | 3,685 | 53.57 | |
Conservative Party | 3,194 | 46.43 | |
Majority | 491 | 7.14 | |
Eccles | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,871/9,781 | 90.70 | |
Conservative Party | 4,559 | 51.39 | |
Liberal Party | 4,312 | 48.61 | |
Majority | 247 | 2.78 | |
Eddisbury | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,449/10,436 | 80.96 | |
Conservative Party | 4,285 | 50.72 | |
Liberal Party | 4,164 | 49.28 | |
Majority | 121 | 1.43 | |
Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | |||
18 December 1885 | 5,293/6,860 | 77.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,840 | 53.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,453 | 46.34 | |
Majority | 387 | 7.31 | |
Edinburgh Central | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,989/8,269 | 84.52 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,930 | 41.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,683 | 24.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,606 | 22.98 | |
Independent Liberal | 770 | 11.02 | |
Majority | 1,247 | 17.84 | |
1886 John Wilson joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Edinburgh East | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,266/7,639 | 82.03 | |
Independent Liberal | 4,337 | 69.21 | |
Liberal Party | 1,929 | 30.79 | |
Majority | 2,408 | 38.43 | |
1886 Rt Hon George Goschen joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Edinburgh South | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,147/8,754 | 81.64 | |
Independent Liberal | 4,273 | 59.79 | |
Liberal Party | 2,874 | 40.21 | |
Majority | 1,399 | 19.57 | |
23 December 1885 Death of Sir George Harrison. | |||
29 January 1886 | 5,759/8,754 | 65.79 | |
Liberal Party | 4,029 | 69.96 | |
Conservative Party | 1,730 | 30.04 | |
Majority | 2,299 | 39.92 | |
3 February 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon Hugh Childers as Home Secretary. | |||
9 February 1886 | 8,754 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburgh West | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,425/7,565 | 84.93 | |
Liberal Party | 3,800 | 59.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,625 | 40.86 | |
Majority | 1,175 | 18.29 | |
1886 Thomas Buchanan joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Edinburghshire | |||
27 November 1885 | 11,127/12,924 | 86.10 | |
Liberal Party | 7,879 | 70.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,248 | 29.19 | |
Majority | 4,631 | 41.62 | |
3 February 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon William Gladstone as Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Lord Privy Seal. | |||
10 February 1886 | 12,924 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Egremont | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,443/9,694 | 76.78 | |
Conservative Party | 3,990 | 53.61 | |
Liberal Party | 3,453 | 46.39 | |
Majority | 537 | 7.21 | |
Eifion | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,108/8,966 | 79.28 | |
Liberal Party | 4,535 | 63.80 | |
Conservative Party | 2,573 | 36.20 | |
Majority | 1,962 | 27.60 | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
26 November 1885 | 4,259 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 February 1886 Appointment of Alexander Asher as Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
18 February 1886 | 4,259 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 4,603/5,796 | 79.42 | |
Liberal Party | 1,612 | 35.02 | |
Conservative Party | 1,556 | 33.80 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,435 | 31.18 | |
Majority | 56 | 1.22 | |
1886 Sir George Grant, Bt joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Elland | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,973/11,851 | 84.15 | |
Liberal Party | 6,516 | 65.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,457 | 34.66 | |
Majority | 3,059 | 30.67 | |
Enfield | |||
27 November 1885 | 6,328/8,621 | 73.40 | |
Conservative Party | 3,644 | 57.59 | |
Liberal Party | 2,684 | 42.41 | |
Majority | 960 | 15.17 | |
Epping | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,574/9,239 | 81.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,659 | 61.51 | |
Liberal Party | 2,915 | 38.49 | |
Majority | 1,744 | 23.03 | |
Epsom | |||
1 December 1885 | 6,989/9,009 | 77.58 | |
Conservative Party | 4,621 | 66.12 | |
Liberal Party | 2,368 | 33.88 | |
Majority | 2,253 | 32.24 | |
Eskdale | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,912/10,000 | 79.12 | |
Liberal Party | 4,749 | 60.02 | |
Conservative Party | 3,163 | 39.98 | |
Majority | 1,586 | 20.05 | |
Evesham | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,928/9,522 | 83.26 | |
Conservative Party | 4,080 | 51.46 | |
Liberal Party | 3,848 | 48.54 | |
Majority | 232 | 2.93 | |
Exeter | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,389/6,963 | 91.76 | |
Conservative Party | 3,315 | 51.89 | |
Liberal Party | 3,074 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 241 | 3.77 | |
Eye | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,716/10,993 | 79.29 | |
Liberal Party | 5,356 | 61.45 | |
Conservative Party | 3,360 | 38.55 | |
Majority | 1,996 | 22.90 | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
5 December 1885 | 6,136/7,142 | 85.91 | |
Liberal Party | 3,104 | 50.59 | |
Conservative Party | 2,204 | 35.92 | |
Independent Liberal | 814 | 13.27 | |
Independent Liberal | 14 | 0.23 | |
Majority | 900 | 14.67 | |
John Roskill was the nominee of the Hamilton Liberal Association who were not prepared to accept John Ramsay as their candidate. Prior to polling day Roskill agreed to arbitration by the Scottish Liberal Association and when they found that Ramsay had the most support in the constituency Roskill then withdrew. Galloway Weir did not agree to take part in the arbitration and continued his campaign. | |||
1886 John Ramsay joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Fareham | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,695/12,250 | 79.14 | |
Conservative Party | 5,177 | 53.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,518 | 46.60 | |
Majority | 659 | 6.80 | |
Faversham | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,190/11,370 | 80.83 | |
Conservative Party | 5,067 | 55.14 | |
Liberal Party | 4,123 | 44.86 | |
Majority | 944 | 10.27 | |
Finsbury Central | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,175/7,462 | 69.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,861 | 55.29 | |
Conservative Party | 2,314 | 44.71 | |
Majority | 547 | 10.57 | |
Finsbury East | |||
26 November 1885 | 4,090/6,105 | 66.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,055 | 50.24 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,035 | 49.76 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.49 | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
28 November 1885 | 3,548/3,773 | 94.04 | |
Liberal Party | 1,835 | 51.72 | |
Conservative Party | 1,713 | 48.28 | |
Majority | 122 | 3.44 | |
Flintshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,890/10,081 | 78.27 | |
Liberal Party | 4,758 | 60.30 | |
Conservative Party | 3,132 | 39.70 | |
Majority | 1,626 | 20.61 | |
17 February 1886 Resignation of Lord Richard Grosvenor. | |||
2 March 1886 | 6,986/10,081 | 69.30 | |
Liberal Party | 4,248 | 60.81 | |
Conservative Party | 2,738 | 39.19 | |
Majority | 1,510 | 21.61 | |
Forest-of-Dean | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,564/9,458 | 79.97 | |
Liberal Party | 5,143 | 67.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,421 | 32.01 | |
Majority | 2,722 | 35.99 | |
Forfarshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,008/11,232 | 71.30 | |
Liberal Party | 6,157 | 76.89 | |
Conservative Party | 1,851 | 23.11 | |
Majority | 4,306 | 53.77 | |
1886 James Barclay joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Frome | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,707/10,498 | 82.94 | |
Liberal Party | 4,735 | 54.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,972 | 45.62 | |
Majority | 763 | 8.76 | |
Fulham | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,232/6,499 | 80.50 | |
Conservative Party | 2,642 | 50.50 | |
Liberal Party | 2,590 | 49.50 | |
Majority | 52 | 0.99 | |
Gainsborough | |||
8 December 1885 | 8,805/11,107 | 79.27 | |
Liberal Party | 4,955 | 56.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,850 | 43.73 | |
Majority | 1,105 | 12.55 | |
Galway | |||
26 November 1885 | 1,499/2,265 | 66.18 | |
Nationalist | 1,335 | 89.06 | |
Loyalist | 164 | 10.94 | |
Majority | 1,171 | 78.12 | |
25 January 1886 Thomas O'Connor elects to sit for Liverpool Scotland. | |||
11 February 1886 | 996/2,265 | 43.97 | |
Nationalist | 942 | 94.58 | |
Nationalist | 54 | 5.42 | |
Majority | 888 | 89.16 | |
8 June 1886 Resignation of William O'Shea. | |||
Gateshead | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,780/13,206 | 66.48 | |
Liberal Party | 5,756 | 65.56 | |
Conservative Party | 3,024 | 34.44 | |
Majority | 2,732 | 31.12 | |
Glasgow Blackfriars & Hutchesontown | |||
27 November 1885 | 8,052/9,725 | 82.80 | |
Liberal Party | 3,759 | 46.68 | |
Conservative Party | 3,137 | 38.96 | |
Scottish Land Restoration League | 1,156 | 14.36 | |
Majority | 622 | 7.72 | |
Shaw Maxwell sought election for the Scottish Land Restoration League. | |||
Glasgow Bridgeton | |||
27 November 1885 | 8,057/10,058 | 80.11 | |
Liberal Party | 3,601 | 44.69 | |
Conservative Party | 3,478 | 43.17 | |
Scottish Land Restoration League | 978 | 12.14 | |
Majority | 123 | 1.53 | |
William Forsyth sought election for the Scottish Land Restoration League. | |||
Glasgow Camlachie | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,107/9,220 | 77.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,047 | 56.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,883 | 40.57 | |
Independent Liberal | 177 | 2.49 | |
Majority | 1,164 | 16.38 | |
Glasgow Central | |||
27 November 1885 | 10,625/13,208 | 80.44 | |
Liberal Party | 5,846 | 55.02 | |
Conservative Party | 4,779 | 44.98 | |
Majority | 1,067 | 10.04 | |
Glasgow College | |||
27 November 1885 | 9,801/11,934 | 82.13 | |
Liberal Party | 5,662 | 57.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,139 | 42.23 | |
Majority | 1,523 | 15.54 | |
Glasgow St Rollox | |||
27 November 1885 | 9,774/11,926 | 81.96 | |
Liberal Party | 4,950 | 50.64 | |
Conservative Party | 4,824 | 49.36 | |
Majority | 126 | 1.29 | |
Glasgow Tradeston | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,680/9,222 | 83.28 | |
Liberal Party | 4,354 | 56.69 | |
Conservative Party | 3,240 | 42.19 | |
Scottish Land Restoration League | 86 | 1.12 | |
Majority | 1,114 | 14.51 | |
Wallace Greaves sought election for the Scottish Land Restoration League. | |||
Gloucester | |||
24 November 1885 | 3,948/4,547 | 86.83 | |
Liberal Party | 2,222 | 56.28 | |
Conservative Party | 1,726 | 43.72 | |
Majority | 496 | 12.56 | |
Gorton | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,752/10,334 | 84.69 | |
Liberal Party | 5,300 | 60.56 | |
Conservative Party | 3,452 | 39.44 | |
Majority | 1,848 | 21.12 | |
Govan | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,210/8,998 | 80.13 | |
Conservative Party | 3,677 | 51.00 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,522 | 48.85 | |
Independent Liberal | 11 | 0.15 | |
Majority | 155 | 2.15 | |
David Hoey had agreed to arbitration by the Scottish Liberal Association who found that Bennet Burleigh had the most support in the constituency. Hoey then withdrew from the contest. | |||
Gower | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,663/10,560 | 72.57 | |
Liberal Party | 5,560 | 72.56 | |
Conservative Party | 2,103 | 27.44 | |
Majority | 3,457 | 45.11 | |
Grantham | |||
24 November 1885 | 2,508/2,883 | 86.99 | |
Liberal Party | 1,377 | 54.90 | |
Conservative Party | 1,131 | 45.10 | |
Majority | 246 | 9.81 | |
22 February 1886 Resignation of John Mellor on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General. | |||
24 February 1886 | 2,883 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Gravesend | |||
25 November 1885 | 3,766/4,200 | 89.67 | |
Conservative Party | 1,916 | 50.88 | |
Liberal Party | 1,850 | 49.12 | |
Majority | 66 | 1.75 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,608/8,659 | 76.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,711 | 56.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,897 | 43.84 | |
Majority | 814 | 12.32 | |
7 February 1886 Resignation of Edward Heneage on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
13 February 1886 | 5,720/8,659 | 66.06 | |
Liberal Party | 3,390 | 59.27 | |
Conservative Party | 2,330 | 40.73 | |
Majority | 1,060 | 18.53 | |
Great Yarmouth | |||
24 November 1885 | 5,127/6,949 | 73.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,661 | 51.90 | |
Liberal Party | 2,466 | 48.10 | |
Majority | 195 | 3.80 | |
Greenock | |||
27 November 1885 | 6,076/7,131 | 85.21 | |
Liberal Party | 3,057 | 50.31 | |
Conservative Party | 2,954 | 48.62 | |
Scottish Land Restoration League | 65 | 1.07 | |
Majority | 103 | 1.70 | |
Greenwich | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,278/8,632 | 72.73 | |
Conservative Party | 3,317 | 52.84 | |
Liberal Party | 2,961 | 47.16 | |
Majority | 356 | 5.67 | |
Guildford | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,235/9,951 | 82.76 | |
Conservative Party | 4,485 | 54.46 | |
Liberal Party | 3,750 | 45.54 | |
Majority | 735 | 8.93 | |
Hackney Central | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,689/7,381 | 77.08 | |
Conservative Party | 2,941 | 51.70 | |
Liberal Party | 2,748 | 48.30 | |
Majority | 193 | 3.39 | |
Hackney North | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,238/8,058 | 77.41 | |
Conservative Party | 3,327 | 53.33 | |
Liberal Party | 2,911 | 46.67 | |
Majority | 416 | 6.67 | |
Hackney South | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,146/8,684 | 70.77 | |
Liberal Party | 3,544 | 57.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,602 | 42.34 | |
Majority | 942 | 15.33 | |
3 February 1886 Resignation of Charles Russell on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
11 February 1886 | 5,170/8,684 | 59.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,174 | 61.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,979 | 38.28 | |
Independent Liberal | 17 | 0.33 | |
Majority | 1,195 | 23.11 | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 5,418/6,487 | 83.52 | |
Liberal Party | 3,473 | 64.10 | |
Conservative Party | 1,945 | 35.90 | |
Majority | 1,528 | 28.20 | |
Haggerston | |||
25 November 1885 | 3,995/6,752 | 59.17 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,736 | 68.49 | |
Conservative Party | 1,259 | 31.51 | |
Majority | 1,477 | 36.97 | |
Halifax | |||
26 November 1885 | 10,144/12,269 | 82.68 | |
Liberal Party | 6,269 | 61.80 | |
Liberal Party | 6,053 | 59.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,988 | 39.31 | |
Majority | 2,065 | 20.36 | |
April 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon James Stansfield on appointment as President of the Board of Local Government. | |||
3 April 1886 | 12,269 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hallamshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 10,905/13,176 | 82.76 | |
Liberal Party | 6,454 | 59.18 | |
Conservative Party | 4,451 | 40.82 | |
Majority | 2,003 | 18.37 | |
Hammersmith | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,359/9,611 | 76.57 | |
Conservative Party | 4,264 | 57.94 | |
Liberal Party | 3,095 | 42.06 | |
Majority | 1,169 | 15.89 | |
Hampstead | |||
26 November 1885 | 4,722/5,981 | 78.95 | |
Conservative Party | 2,785 | 58.98 | |
Liberal Party | 1,910 | 40.45 | |
Social Democratic Foundation | 27 | 0.57 | |
Majority | 875 | 18.53 | |
Handsworth | |||
8 December 1885 | 11,164/14,908 | 74.89 | |
Liberal Party | 7,057 | 63.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,107 | 36.79 | |
Majority | 2,950 | 26.42 | |
Hanley | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,875/10,970 | 80.90 | |
Liberal Party | 6,136 | 69.14 | |
Conservative Party | 2,739 | 30.86 | |
Majority | 3,397 | 38.28 | |
Harborough | |||
4 December 1885 | 10,838/12,476 | 86.87 | |
Liberal Party | 5,502 | 50.77 | |
Conservative Party | 5,336 | 49.23 | |
Majority | 166 | 1.53 | |
Harrow | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,455/10,438 | 71.42 | |
Conservative Party | 4,214 | 56.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,241 | 43.47 | |
Majority | 973 | 13.05 | |
Harwich | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,408/10,141 | 82.91 | |
Conservative Party | 4,584 | 54.52 | |
Liberal Party | 3,824 | 45.48 | |
Majority | 760 | 9.04 | |
Hastings | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,262/5,672 | 92.77 | |
Liberal Party | 2,712 | 51.54 | |
Conservative Party | 2,550 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 162 | 3.08 | |
Hawick District of Burghs | |||
24 November 1885 | 5,679 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 February 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon George Trevelyan on appointment as Secretary for Scotland. | |||
10 February 1886 | 5,679 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Henley | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,036/8,555 | 82.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,778 | 53.70 | |
Liberal Party | 3,258 | 46.30 | |
Majority | 520 | 7.39 | |
Hereford | |||
24 November 1885 | 2,656/3,002 | 88.47 | |
Liberal Party | 1,360 | 51.20 | |
Conservative Party | 1,296 | 48.80 | |
Majority | 64 | 2.41 | |
Hertford | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,335/8,840 | 82.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,263 | 58.12 | |
Liberal Party | 3,072 | 41.88 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 16.24 | |
Hexham | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,856/10,237 | 86.51 | |
Liberal Party | 5,193 | 58.64 | |
Conservative Party | 3,663 | 41.36 | |
Majority | 1,530 | 17.28 | |
Heywood | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,493/9,269 | 91.63 | |
Liberal Party | 4,538 | 53.43 | |
Conservative Party | 3,955 | 46.57 | |
Majority | 583 | 6.86 | |
High Peak | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,389/9,414 | 89.11 | |
Conservative Party | 4,199 | 50.05 | |
Liberal Party | 4,190 | 49.95 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.11 | |
Hitchin | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,288/8,996 | 81.01 | |
Conservative Party | 4,419 | 60.63 | |
Liberal Party | 2,869 | 39.37 | |
Majority | 1,550 | 21.27 | |
Holborn | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,520/9,802 | 66.52 | |
Conservative Party | 4,047 | 62.07 | |
Liberal Party | 2,473 | 37.93 | |
Majority | 1,574 | 24.14 | |
Holderness | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,703/9,143 | 84.25 | |
Conservative Party | 4,166 | 54.08 | |
Liberal Party | 3,537 | 45.92 | |
Majority | 629 | 8.17 | |
Holmfirth | |||
5 December 1885 | 9,372/10,770 | 87.02 | |
Liberal Party | 6,208 | 66.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,164 | 33.76 | |
Majority | 3,044 | 32.48 | |
Honiton | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,497/9,012 | 83.19 | |
Conservative Party | 4,540 | 60.56 | |
Liberal Party | 2,957 | 39.44 | |
Majority | 1,583 | 21.12 | |
Horncastle | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,783/9,941 | 88.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,824 | 54.92 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,959 | 45.08 | |
Majority | 865 | 9.85 | |
Hornsey | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,918/10,648 | 74.36 | |
Conservative Party | 4,619 | 58.34 | |
Liberal Party | 3,299 | 41.66 | |
Majority | 1,320 | 16.67 | |
Horsham | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,950/8,582 | 80.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,483 | 64.50 | |
Liberal Party | 2,467 | 35.50 | |
Majority | 2,016 | 29.01 | |
Houghton-le-Spring | |||
28 November 1885 | 11,278/12,992 | 86.81 | |
Liberal/Labour | 6,511 | 57.73 | |
Conservative Party | 4,767 | 42.27 | |
Majority | 1,744 | 15.46 | |
Howdenshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,859/9,502 | 82.71 | |
Conservative Party | 4,525 | 57.58 | |
Liberal Party | 3,334 | 42.42 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 15.15 | |
Hoxton | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,131/8,494 | 60.41 | |
Liberal Party | 3,084 | 60.11 | |
Conservative Party | 2,047 | 39.89 | |
Majority | 1,037 | 20.21 | |
Huddersfield | |||
26 November 1885 | 13,154/14,991 | 87.75 | |
Liberal Party | 6,960 | 52.91 | |
Conservative Party | 6,194 | 47.09 | |
Majority | 766 | 5.82 | |
Huntingdon | |||
28 November 1885 | 4,562/5,655 | 80.67 | |
Liberal Party | 2,354 | 51.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,208 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 146 | 3.20 | |
Hyde | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,536/9,328 | 91.51 | |
Liberal Party | 4,546 | 53.26 | |
Conservative Party | 3,990 | 46.74 | |
Majority | 556 | 6.51 | |
Hythe | |||
24 November 1885 | 3,045/3,737 | 81.48 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,248 | 73.83 | |
Liberal Party | 797 | 26.17 | |
Majority | 1,451 | 47.65 | |
Ilkeston | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,573/10,660 | 89.80 | |
Liberal Party | 5,780 | 60.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,793 | 39.62 | |
Majority | 1,987 | 20.76 | |
Ince | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,996/9,157 | 87.32 | |
Conservative Party | 4,271 | 53.41 | |
Liberal Party | 3,725 | 46.59 | |
Majority | 546 | 6.83 | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
30 November 1885 | 3,255/3,556 | 91.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,709 | 52.50 | |
Independent Liberal / Crofter | 1,546 | 47.50 | |
Majority | 163 | 5.01 | |
Robert Finlay was the nominee of the Free Church Constitutional Party. | |||
Inverness-shire | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,483/9,330 | 80.20 | |
Independent Liberal / Crofter | 3,555 | 47.51 | |
Conservative Party | 2,031 | 27.14 | |
Liberal Party | 1,897 | 25.35 | |
Majority | 1,524 | 20.37 | |
1886 Charles Fraser-Mackintosh joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Ipswich | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,623/8,760 | 87.02 | |
Liberal Party | 3,795 | 49.78 | |
Liberal Party | 3,777 | 49.55 | |
Conservative Party | 3,717 | 48.76 | |
Conservative Party | 3,649 | 47.87 | |
Majority | 60 | 0.79 | |
1 April 1886 Petition - election declared void. | |||
14 April 1886 | 7,371/8,867 | 83.13 | |
Conservative Party | 3,687 | 50.02 | |
Conservative Party | 3,662 | 49.68 | |
Liberal Party | 3,635 | 49.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,627 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 27 | 0.37 | |
Isle of Thanet | |||
1 December 1885 | 6,051/7,941 | 76.20 | |
Conservative Party | 3,381 | 55.88 | |
Liberal Party | 2,670 | 44.12 | |
Majority | 711 | 11.75 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
28 November 1885 | 10,554/11,993 | 88.00 | |
Conservative Party | 5,495 | 52.07 | |
Liberal Party | 5,059 | 47.93 | |
Majority | 436 | 4.13 | |
Islington East | |||
28 November 1885 | 6,558/8,092 | 81.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,296 | 50.26 | |
Conservative Party | 3,262 | 49.74 | |
Majority | 34 | 0.52 | |
Islington North | |||
28 November 1885 | 6,517/7,774 | 83.83 | |
Conservative Party | 3,545 | 54.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,972 | 45.60 | |
Majority | 573 | 8.79 | |
Islington South | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,552/7,024 | 79.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,050 | 54.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,502 | 45.06 | |
Majority | 548 | 9.87 | |
Islington West | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,726/7,276 | 78.70 | |
Liberal Party | 3,470 | 60.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,256 | 39.40 | |
Majority | 1,214 | 21.20 | |
Jarrow | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,433/12,897 | 57.63 | |
Liberal Party | 5,702 | 76.71 | |
Ind LIB/LAB | 1,731 | 23.29 | |
Majority | 3,971 | 53.42 | |
James Johnston was the nominee of the Jarrow Radical and Labour Representation League. | |||
Keighley | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,462/10,072 | 84.02 | |
Liberal Party | 5,644 | 66.70 | |
Conservative Party | 2,818 | 33.30 | |
Majority | 2,826 | 33.40 | |
Kendal | |||
2 December 1885 | 5,117/6,149 | 83.22 | |
Conservative Party | 2,690 | 52.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,427 | 47.43 | |
Majority | 263 | 5.14 | |
Kennington | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,374/8,313 | 76.68 | |
Conservative Party | 3,351 | 52.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,991 | 46.93 | |
Social Democratic Foundation | 32 | 0.50 | |
Majority | 360 | 5.65 | |
7 April 1886 Petition - dismissed. | |||
Kensington North | |||
27 November 1885 | 6,630/8,297 | 79.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,619 | 54.59 | |
Liberal Party | 3,011 | 45.41 | |
Majority | 608 | 9.17 | |
Kensington South | |||
27 November 1885 | 6,740/8,859 | 76.08 | |
Conservative Party | 4,602 | 68.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,138 | 31.72 | |
Majority | 2,464 | 36.56 | |
Kidderminster | |||
24 November 1885 | 4,186/4,506 | 92.90 | |
Liberal Party | 2,172 | 51.89 | |
Conservative Party | 2,014 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 158 | 3.77 | |
Kilkenny City | |||
24 November 1885 | 1,899 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,075/10,475 | 86.63 | |
Conservative Party | 3,645 | 40.17 | |
Liberal Party | 3,513 | 38.71 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,862 | 20.52 | |
Independent Conservative | 55 | 0.61 | |
Majority | 132 | 1.45 | |
Viscount Dalrymple was the nominee of the Church Defence Association. He opposed disestablishment of the Church of Scotland. | |||
John Storr was first adopted but later repudiated by the local Conservative Association. He did not, however, retire and was active on polling day. | |||
Kincardineshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 4,427/5,580 | 79.34 | |
Liberal Party | 3,160 | 71.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,267 | 28.62 | |
Majority | 1,893 | 42.76 | |
King's Lynn | |||
25 November 1885 | 2,774/3,094 | 89.66 | |
Conservative Party | 1,472 | 53.06 | |
Liberal Party | 1,302 | 46.94 | |
Majority | 170 | 6.13 | |
Kingston | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,121/11,086 | 73.25 | |
Conservative Party | 4,915 | 60.52 | |
Liberal Party | 3,206 | 39.48 | |
Majority | 1,709 | 21.04 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull Central | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,955/11,627 | 77.02 | |
Conservative Party | 4,193 | 46.82 | |
Liberal Party | 4,027 | 44.97 | |
Ind LIB/LAB | 735 | 8.21 | |
Majority | 166 | 1.85 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull East | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,585/8,053 | 81.77 | |
Liberal Party | 3,625 | 55.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,960 | 44.95 | |
Majority | 665 | 10.10 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull West | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,944/11,517 | 77.66 | |
Liberal Party | 5,247 | 58.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,697 | 41.33 | |
Majority | 1,550 | 17.33 | |
Kingswinford | |||
5 December 1885 | 9,691/12,272 | 78.97 | |
Conservative Party | 5,161 | 53.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,530 | 46.74 | |
Majority | 631 | 6.51 | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
27 November 1885 | 4,430/5,282 | 83.87 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,180 | 49.21 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,504 | 33.95 | |
Conservative Party | 746 | 16.84 | |
Majority | 676 | 15.26 | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 5,018/5,720 | 87.73 | |
Conservative Party | 2,526 | 50.34 | |
Liberal Party | 2,492 | 49.66 | |
Majority | 34 | 0.68 | |
Knutsford | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,082/9,314 | 86.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,663 | 57.70 | |
Liberal Party | 3,419 | 42.30 | |
Majority | 1,244 | 15.39 | |
Lambeth North | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,562/7,939 | 70.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,524 | 45.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,346 | 42.18 | |
Independent Liberal | 692 | 12.44 | |
Majority | 178 | 3.20 | |
Lancaster | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,917/8,961 | 88.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,387 | 55.41 | |
Liberal Party | 3,530 | 44.59 | |
Majority | 857 | 10.82 | |
Launceston | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,277/9,297 | 78.27 | |
Liberal Party | 4,690 | 64.45 | |
Conservative Party | 2,587 | 35.55 | |
Majority | 2,103 | 28.90 | |
Leeds Central | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,864/11,135 | 79.60 | |
Conservative Party | 4,589 | 51.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,275 | 48.23 | |
Majority | 314 | 3.54 | |
Leeds East | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,353/8,831 | 83.26 | |
Conservative Party | 3,849 | 52.35 | |
Liberal Party | 3,504 | 47.65 | |
Majority | 345 | 4.69 | |
Leeds North | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,731/10,128 | 86.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,494 | 51.47 | |
Liberal Party | 4,237 | 48.53 | |
Majority | 257 | 2.94 | |
Leeds South | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,077/10,931 | 73.89 | |
Liberal Party | 5,208 | 64.48 | |
Conservative Party | 2,869 | 35.52 | |
Majority | 2,339 | 28.96 | |
5 February 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon Sir Lyon Playfair as the Vice-President of the Commission of Council on Education. | |||
12 February 1886 | 10,931 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds West | |||
25 November 1885 | 9,934/12,058 | 82.39 | |
Liberal Party | 6,130 | 61.71 | |
Conservative Party | 3,804 | 38.29 | |
Majority | 2,326 | 23.41 | |
Leek | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,288/10,234 | 80.98 | |
Liberal Party | 4,225 | 50.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,063 | 49.02 | |
Majority | 162 | 1.95 | |
Leicester | |||
26 November 1885 | 18,104/21,671 | 83.54 | |
Liberal Party | 11,480 | 63.41 | |
Liberal Party | 11,121 | 61.43 | |
Conservative Party | 6,751 | 37.29 | |
Majority | 4,370 | 24.14 | |
Leigh | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,896/8,572 | 92.11 | |
Liberal Party | 4,621 | 58.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,275 | 41.48 | |
Majority | 1,346 | 17.05 | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,840/11,779 | 75.05 | |
Liberal Party | 6,355 | 71.89 | |
Conservative Party | 2,485 | 28.11 | |
Majority | 3,870 | 43.78 | |
Leix | |||
3 December 1885 | 4,257/5,472 | 77.80 | |
Nationalist | 3,750 | 88.09 | |
Conservative Party | 507 | 11.91 | |
Majority | 3,243 | 76.18 | |
Leominster | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,621/9,314 | 81.82 | |
Liberal Party | 3,871 | 50.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,750 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 121 | 1.59 | |
Lewes | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,493/10,586 | 80.23 | |
Conservative Party | 5,312 | 62.55 | |
Liberal Party | 3,181 | 37.45 | |
Majority | 2,131 | 25.09 | |
Lewisham | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,263/9,280 | 78.27 | |
Conservative Party | 4,244 | 58.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,019 | 41.57 | |
Majority | 1,225 | 16.87 | |
Lichfield | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,139/8,842 | 80.74 | |
Liberal Party | 4,126 | 57.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,013 | 42.20 | |
Majority | 1,113 | 15.59 | |
Limehouse | |||
26 November 1885 | 4,242/5,954 | 71.25 | |
Conservative Party | 2,566 | 60.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,676 | 39.51 | |
Majority | 890 | 20.98 | |
Limerick City | |||
27 November 1885 | 3,733/5,973 | 62.50 | |
Nationalist | 3,098 | 82.99 | |
Conservative Party | 635 | 17.01 | |
Majority | 2,463 | 65.98 | |
Lincoln | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,427/7,444 | 86.34 | |
Liberal Party | 3,726 | 57.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,701 | 42.03 | |
Majority | 1,025 | 15.95 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 5,407/6,808 | 79.42 | |
Liberal Party | 3,801 | 70.30 | |
Conservative Party | 1,606 | 29.70 | |
Majority | 2,195 | 40.60 | |
Liverpool Abercromby | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,771/9,137 | 74.11 | |
Conservative Party | 3,789 | 55.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,982 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 807 | 11.92 | |
Liverpool East Toxteth | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,206/8,003 | 77.55 | |
Conservative Party | 3,598 | 57.98 | |
Liberal Party | 2,608 | 42.02 | |
Majority | 990 | 15.95 | |
Liverpool Everton | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,598/9,439 | 69.90 | |
Conservative Party | 4,535 | 68.73 | |
Liberal Party | 2,063 | 31.27 | |
Majority | 2,472 | 37.47 | |
Liverpool Exchange | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,909/8,171 | 72.32 | |
Conservative Party | 2,964 | 50.16 | |
Liberal Party | 2,909 | 49.23 | |
Liberal Party | 36 | 0.61 | |
Majority | 55 | 0.93 | |
Thomas Stephens retired after nomination in favour of William O'Shea who had originally announced his intention of contesting the seat as an Irish Nationalist candidate. O'Shea subsequently gained the support of the Liberal Party. | |||
Liverpool Kirkdale | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,137/8,346 | 73.53 | |
Conservative Party | 3,391 | 55.26 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,981 | 32.28 | |
Nationalist | 765 | 12.47 | |
Majority | 1,410 | 22.98 | |
Liverpool Scotland | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,198/7,076 | 59.33 | |
Nationalist | 2,724 | 64.89 | |
Independent Conservative | 1,474 | 35.11 | |
Majority | 1,250 | 29.78 | |
Liverpool Walton | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,992/7,683 | 77.99 | |
Conservative Party | 3,492 | 58.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,500 | 41.72 | |
Majority | 992 | 16.56 | |
Liverpool West Derby | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,281/8,873 | 82.06 | |
Conservative Party | 4,213 | 57.86 | |
Liberal Party | 3,068 | 42.14 | |
Majority | 1,145 | 15.73 | |
Liverpool West Toxteth | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,525/7,684 | 71.90 | |
Conservative Party | 3,754 | 67.95 | |
Liberal Party | 1,771 | 32.05 | |
Majority | 1,983 | 35.89 | |
London University | |||
24 November 1885 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Londonderry City | |||
27 November 1885 | 3,616/3,879 | 93.22 | |
Conservative Party | 1,824 | 50.44 | |
Nationalist | 1,792 | 49.56 | |
Majority | 32 | 0.88 | |
Loughborough | |||
7 December 1885 | 8,426/9,313 | 90.48 | |
Liberal Party | 4,733 | 56.17 | |
Conservative Party | 3,693 | 43.83 | |
Majority | 1,040 | 12.34 | |
Louth | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,395/10,252 | 81.89 | |
Liberal Party | 4,801 | 57.19 | |
Conservative Party | 3,594 | 42.81 | |
Majority | 1,207 | 14.38 | |
Lowestoft | |||
9 December 1885 | 8,067/10,956 | 73.63 | |
Liberal Party | 4,324 | 53.60 | |
Conservative Party | 3,743 | 46.40 | |
Majority | 581 | 7.20 | |
Ludlow | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,720/10,735 | 81.23 | |
Liberal Party | 4,642 | 53.23 | |
Conservative Party | 4,078 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 564 | 6.47 | |
Luton | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,951/12,135 | 82.00 | |
Liberal Party | 6,080 | 61.10 | |
Conservative Party | 3,871 | 38.90 | |
Majority | 2,209 | 22.20 | |
5 February 1886 Resignation of Cyril Flower on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
13 February 1886 | 12,106 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Macclesfield | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,157/7,211 | 85.38 | |
Liberal Party | 3,311 | 53.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,846 | 46.22 | |
Majority | 465 | 7.55 | |
Maidstone | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,023/4,273 | 94.15 | |
Conservative Party | 2,184 | 54.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,839 | 45.71 | |
Majority | 345 | 8.58 | |
Maldon | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,387/9,869 | 84.98 | |
Liberal Party | 4,509 | 53.76 | |
Conservative Party | 3,878 | 46.24 | |
Majority | 631 | 7.52 | |
Manchester East | |||
26 November 1885 | 8,248/9,779 | 84.34 | |
Conservative Party | 4,536 | 55.00 | |
Liberal Party | 3,712 | 45.00 | |
Majority | 824 | 9.99 | |
Manchester North | |||
26 November 1885 | 7,211/8,703 | 82.86 | |
Conservative Party | 4,093 | 56.76 | |
Liberal Party | 3,118 | 43.24 | |
Majority | 975 | 13.52 | |
Manchester North East | |||
26 November 1885 | 7,234/8,579 | 84.32 | |
Conservative Party | 4,341 | 60.01 | |
Liberal Party | 2,893 | 39.99 | |
Majority | 1,448 | 20.02 | |
Manchester North West | |||
26 November 1885 | 10,945/12,685 | 86.28 | |
Conservative Party | 5,834 | 53.30 | |
Liberal Party | 5,111 | 46.70 | |
Majority | 723 | 6.61 | |
Manchester South | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,912/8,534 | 80.99 | |
Liberal Party | 3,791 | 54.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,121 | 45.15 | |
Majority | 670 | 9.69 | |
Manchester South West | |||
26 November 1885 | 7,291/8,890 | 82.01 | |
Conservative Party | 3,929 | 53.89 | |
Liberal Party | 3,362 | 46.11 | |
Majority | 567 | 7.78 | |
Mansfield | |||
8 December 1885 | 8,425/9,862 | 85.43 | |
Liberal Party | 6,120 | 72.64 | |
Conservative Party | 2,305 | 27.36 | |
Majority | 3,815 | 45.28 | |
Marylebone East | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,316/6,884 | 77.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,130 | 58.88 | |
Liberal Party | 2,186 | 41.12 | |
Majority | 944 | 17.76 | |
Marylebone West | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,490/7,566 | 72.56 | |
Conservative Party | 3,093 | 56.34 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,595 | 29.05 | |
Liberal Party | 701 | 12.77 | |
Independent | 101 | 1.84 | |
Majority | 1,498 | 27.29 | |
Rev Joseph Diggle wished to test the eligibility of Church of England clergy standing as parliamentary candidates. His nomination paper was accepted by the Returning Officer but he would have been disqualified from sitting in the House of Commons had he been elected. | |||
Medway | |||
3 December 1885 | 11,330/13,482 | 84.04 | |
Conservative Party | 6,212 | 54.83 | |
Liberal Party | 5,118 | 45.17 | |
Majority | 1,094 | 9.66 | |
Melton | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,018/10,190 | 88.50 | |
Conservative Party | 5,150 | 57.11 | |
Liberal Party | 3,868 | 42.89 | |
Majority | 1,282 | 14.22 | |
Merionethshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,900/9,333 | 84.65 | |
Liberal Party | 3,784 | 47.90 | |
Conservative Party | 2,209 | 27.96 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,907 | 24.14 | |
Majority | 1,575 | 19.94 | |
1886 Henry Robertson joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
23 November 1885 | 15,196 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Antrim | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,545/8,307 | 78.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,832 | 58.55 | |
Liberal Party | 2,713 | 41.45 | |
Majority | 1,119 | 17.10 | |
Mid Armagh | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,845/8,169 | 83.79 | |
Conservative Party | 4,178 | 61.04 | |
Nationalist | 2,667 | 38.96 | |
Majority | 1,511 | 22.07 | |
11 January 1886 Death of John McKane. | |||
1 February 1886 | 6,904/8,169 | 84.51 | |
Conservative Party | 3,930 | 56.92 | |
Liberal Party | 2,974 | 43.08 | |
Majority | 956 | 13.85 | |
Mid Cork | |||
3 December 1885 | 5,139/7,409 | 69.36 | |
Nationalist | 5,033 | 97.94 | |
Loyalist | 106 | 2.06 | |
Majority | 4,927 | 95.87 | |
Mid Derbyshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,514/9,571 | 88.96 | |
Liberal Party | 5,447 | 63.98 | |
Conservative Party | 3,067 | 36.02 | |
Majority | 2,380 | 27.95 | |
Mid Durham | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,044/11,145 | 81.15 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,799 | 64.12 | |
Conservative Party | 3,245 | 35.88 | |
Majority | 2,554 | 28.24 | |
Mid Glamorganshire | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,979 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Lanarkshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,367/8,939 | 82.41 | |
Liberal Party | 2,875 | 39.03 | |
Conservative Party | 2,579 | 35.01 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,913 | 25.97 | |
Majority | 296 | 4.02 | |
Mid Norfolk | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,147/9,992 | 81.54 | |
Liberal Party | 5,275 | 64.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,872 | 35.25 | |
Majority | 2,403 | 29.50 | |
Mid Northamptonshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,793/11,306 | 86.62 | |
Liberal Party | 5,446 | 55.61 | |
Conservative Party | 4,347 | 44.39 | |
Majority | 1,099 | 11.22 | |
7 February 1886 Resignation of Hon Charles Spencer on appointment as Parliamentary Groom-in-Waiting. | |||
12 February 1886 | 11,306 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Tipperary | |||
8 December 1885 | 4,059/6,517 | 62.28 | |
Nationalist | 3,804 | 93.72 | |
Conservative Party | 255 | 6.28 | |
Majority | 3,549 | 87.44 | |
Mid Tyrone | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,956/8,083 | 86.06 | |
Nationalist | 4,299 | 61.80 | |
Conservative Party | 2,657 | 38.20 | |
Majority | 1,642 | 23.61 | |
Middlesbrough | |||
26 November 1885 | 10,996/13,864 | 79.31 | |
Liberal Party | 6,961 | 63.30 | |
Conservative Party | 4,035 | 36.70 | |
Majority | 2,926 | 26.61 | |
Middleton | |||
2 December 1885 | 10,767/11,748 | 91.65 | |
Liberal Party | 5,882 | 54.63 | |
Conservative Party | 4,885 | 45.37 | |
Majority | 997 | 9.26 | |
Mile End | |||
26 November 1885 | 3,953/5,804 | 68.11 | |
Conservative Party | 2,091 | 52.90 | |
Liberal Party | 1,442 | 36.48 | |
Independent Liberal | 420 | 10.62 | |
Majority | 649 | 16.42 | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,853/6,485 | 90.25 | |
Liberal Party | 2,932 | 50.09 | |
Conservative Party | 2,921 | 49.91 | |
Majority | 11 | 0.19 | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
28 November 1885 | 2,735/2,999 | 91.20 | |
Conservative Party | 1,409 | 51.52 | |
Liberal Party | 1,326 | 48.48 | |
Majority | 83 | 3.03 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,433/8,870 | 83.80 | |
Liberal Party | 4,044 | 54.41 | |
Conservative Party | 3,389 | 45.59 | |
Majority | 655 | 8.81 | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,074/8,967 | 78.89 | |
Liberal Party | 3,532 | 49.93 | |
Independent Liberal | 2,779 | 39.28 | |
Conservative Party | 763 | 10.79 | |
Majority | 753 | 10.64 | |
Morley | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,861/11,467 | 85.99 | |
Liberal Party | 6,684 | 67.78 | |
Conservative Party | 3,177 | 32.22 | |
Majority | 3,507 | 35.56 | |
Morpeth | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,846 | ||
Liberal/Labour | Unopposed |   | |
New Forest | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,792/9,431 | 82.62 | |
Conservative Party | 4,281 | 54.94 | |
Liberal Party | 3,511 | 45.06 | |
Majority | 770 | 9.88 | |
Newark | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,812/10,214 | 86.27 | |
Conservative Party | 5,283 | 59.95 | |
Liberal Party | 3,529 | 40.05 | |
Majority | 1,754 | 19.90 | |
Newbury | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,060/10,377 | 87.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,631 | 51.11 | |
Liberal Party | 4,429 | 48.89 | |
Majority | 202 | 2.23 | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
30 November 1885 | 22,137/30,314 | 73.03 | |
Independent Liberal | 10,489 | 47.38 | |
Liberal Party | 10,129 | 45.76 | |
Conservative Party | 9,500 | 42.91 | |
Majority | 629 | 2.84 | |
Joseph Cowen lost the support of the local Liberal Association during the campaign and, on the eve of the poll, the Association urged their members to vote only for John Morley. | |||
6 February 1886 Resignation of John Morley on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
12 February 1886 | 19,559/30,314 | 64.52 | |
Liberal Party | 11,110 | 56.80 | |
Conservative Party | 8,449 | 43.20 | |
Majority | 2,661 | 13.60 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,879/7,837 | 87.78 | |
Liberal Party | 4,031 | 58.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,848 | 41.40 | |
Majority | 1,183 | 17.20 | |
Newington West | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,014/6,377 | 78.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,419 | 48.24 | |
Liberal Party | 1,774 | 35.38 | |
Independent Liberal | 821 | 16.37 | |
Majority | 645 | 12.86 | |
Newmarket | |||
5 December 1885 | 6,891/8,936 | 77.12 | |
Liberal Party | 3,931 | 57.05 | |
Conservative Party | 2,960 | 42.95 | |
Majority | 971 | 14.09 | |
Newport (Shropshire) | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,027/10,636 | 84.87 | |
Liberal Party | 4,694 | 52.00 | |
Conservative Party | 4,333 | 48.00 | |
Majority | 361 | 4.00 | |
Newry | |||
24 November 1885 | 2,163 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Newton | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,445/9,344 | 90.38 | |
Conservative Party | 4,414 | 52.27 | |
Liberal Party | 4,031 | 47.73 | |
Majority | 383 | 4.54 | |
Normanton | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,321/11,479 | 81.20 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,615 | 60.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,706 | 39.76 | |
Majority | 1,909 | 20.48 | |
North Eastern Cork | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,175 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
North Eastern Derbyshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,535/9,207 | 81.84 | |
Liberal Party | 4,999 | 66.34 | |
Conservative Party | 2,536 | 33.66 | |
Majority | 2,463 | 32.69 | |
North Eastern Lanarkshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,969/10,814 | 82.94 | |
Liberal Party | 4,564 | 50.89 | |
Conservative Party | 4,405 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 159 | 1.77 | |
North Lonsdale | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,110/9,219 | 87.97 | |
Conservative Party | 4,166 | 51.37 | |
Liberal Party | 3,944 | 48.63 | |
Majority | 222 | 2.74 | |
North Western Durham | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,166/9,543 | 85.57 | |
Liberal Party | 5,081 | 62.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,085 | 37.78 | |
Majority | 1,996 | 24.44 | |
North Western Lanarkshire | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,987/9,373 | 85.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,545 | 56.90 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,442 | 43.10 | |
Majority | 1,103 | 13.81 | |
North Western Norfolk | |||
9 December 1885 | 8,282/10,444 | 79.30 | |
Liberal/Labour | 4,461 | 53.86 | |
Conservative Party | 3,821 | 46.14 | |
Majority | 640 | 7.73 | |
North Western Staffordshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 10,477/13,222 | 79.24 | |
Liberal Party | 5,757 | 54.95 | |
Conservative Party | 4,720 | 45.05 | |
Majority | 1,037 | 9.90 | |
5 February 1886 Resignation of George Leveson-Gower on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
12 February 1886 | 13,222 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northampton | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,561/9,582 | 89.34 | |
Liberal Party | 4,845 | 56.59 | |
Liberal Party | 4,315 | 50.40 | |
Conservative Party | 3,890 | 45.44 | |
Majority | 425 | 4.96 | |
Northern Antrim | |||
30 November 1885 | 7,297/8,948 | 81.55 | |
Conservative Party | 3,233 | 44.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,149 | 29.45 | |
Independent | 1,915 | 26.24 | |
Majority | 1,084 | 14.86 | |
Northern Armagh | |||
1 December 1885 | 6,565/7,947 | 82.61 | |
Conservative Party | 4,192 | 63.85 | |
Liberal Party | 2,373 | 36.15 | |
Majority | 1,819 | 27.71 | |
Northern Ayrshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 10,440/12,465 | 83.75 | |
Liberal Party | 5,700 | 54.60 | |
Conservative Party | 4,740 | 45.40 | |
Majority | 960 | 9.20 | |
1886 Hon Hugh Elliot joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Northern Cork | |||
8 December 1885 | 5,084/7,827 | 64.95 | |
Nationalist | 4,982 | 97.99 | |
Independent | 102 | 2.01 | |
Majority | 4,880 | 95.99 | |
Northern Donegal | |||
2 December 1885 | 5,549/6,932 | 80.05 | |
Nationalist | 4,597 | 82.84 | |
Loyalist | 952 | 17.16 | |
Majority | 3,645 | 65.69 | |
Northern Dorset | |||
9 December 1885 | 7,551/8,522 | 88.61 | |
Liberal Party | 4,520 | 59.86 | |
Conservative Party | 3,031 | 40.14 | |
Majority | 1,489 | 19.72 | |
Northern Down | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,156/9,277 | 77.14 | |
Conservative Party | 4,315 | 60.30 | |
Liberal Party | 2,841 | 39.70 | |
Majority | 1,474 | 20.60 | |
Northern Dublin County | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,012/12,329 | 73.10 | |
Nationalist | 7,560 | 83.89 | |
Conservative Party | 1,452 | 16.11 | |
Majority | 6,108 | 67.78 | |
Northern Fermanagh | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,077/6,687 | 90.88 | |
Nationalist | 3,255 | 53.56 | |
Conservative Party | 2,822 | 46.44 | |
Majority | 433 | 7.13 | |
Northern Galway | |||
27 November 1885 | 5,919 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Kerry | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,972 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Kildare | |||
30 November 1885 | 3,635/5,108 | 71.16 | |
Nationalist | 3,168 | 87.15 | |
Conservative Party | 467 | 12.85 | |
Majority | 2,701 | 74.31 | |
Northern Kilkenny | |||
4 December 1885 | 4,258/5,647 | 75.40 | |
Nationalist | 4,084 | 95.91 | |
Conservative Party | 174 | 4.09 | |
Majority | 3,910 | 91.83 | |
Northern Leitrim | |||
5 December 1885 | 5,227/6,473 | 80.75 | |
Nationalist | 4,686 | 89.65 | |
Conservative Party | 541 | 10.35 | |
Majority | 4,145 | 79.30 | |
Northern Londonderry | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,197/11,189 | 73.26 | |
Conservative Party | 5,180 | 63.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,017 | 36.81 | |
Majority | 2,163 | 26.39 | |
Northern Longford | |||
3 December 1885 | 2,712/3,714 | 73.02 | |
Nationalist | 2,549 | 93.99 | |
Conservative Party | 163 | 6.01 | |
Majority | 2,386 | 87.98 | |
Northern Louth | |||
3 December 1885 | 4,032/5,935 | 67.94 | |
Nationalist | 2,581 | 64.01 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1,451 | 35.99 | |
Majority | 1,130 | 28.03 | |
Northern Mayo | |||
26 November 1885 | 7,413 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Meath | |||
27 November 1885 | 6,652 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Monaghan | |||
30 November 1885 | 6,740/7,525 | 89.57 | |
Nationalist | 4,055 | 60.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,685 | 39.84 | |
Majority | 1,370 | 20.33 | |
21 January 1886 Timothy Healy elects to sit for Southern Londonderry. | |||
10 February 1886 | 6,566/7,525 | 87.26 | |
Nationalist | 4,015 | 61.15 | |
Conservative Party | 2,551 | 38.85 | |
Majority | 1,464 | 22.30 | |
Northern Monmouthshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,929/10,705 | 83.41 | |
Liberal Party | 5,693 | 63.76 | |
Conservative Party | 3,236 | 36.24 | |
Majority | 2,457 | 27.52 | |
Northern Norfolk | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,370/9,742 | 85.92 | |
Liberal Party | 5,028 | 60.07 | |
Conservative Party | 3,342 | 39.93 | |
Majority | 1,686 | 20.14 | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
9 December 1885 | 8,763/9,741 | 89.96 | |
Conservative Party | 4,467 | 50.98 | |
Liberal Party | 4,296 | 49.02 | |
Majority | 171 | 1.95 | |
Northern Roscommon | |||
9 December 1885 | 6,468/8,682 | 74.50 | |
Nationalist | 4,664 | 72.11 | |
Nationalist | 1,438 | 22.23 | |
Conservative Party | 366 | 5.66 | |
Majority | 3,226 | 49.88 | |
Northern Sligo | |||
2 December 1885 | 5,988/7,869 | 76.10 | |
Nationalist | 5,216 | 87.11 | |
Conservative Party | 772 | 12.89 | |
Majority | 4,444 | 74.22 | |
Northern Somerset | |||
9 December 1885 | 7,661/10,209 | 75.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,170 | 54.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,491 | 45.57 | |
Majority | 679 | 8.86 | |
Northern Tipperary | |||
10 December 1885 | 5,041/7,500 | 67.21 | |
Nationalist | 4,789 | 95.00 | |
Conservative Party | 252 | 5.00 | |
Majority | 4,537 | 90.00 | |
Northern Tyrone | |||
30 November 1885 | 6,267/6,810 | 92.03 | |
Conservative Party | 3,345 | 53.37 | |
Nationalist | 2,922 | 46.63 | |
Majority | 423 | 6.75 | |
Northern Westmeath | |||
9 December 1885 | 3,903/5,507 | 70.87 | |
Nationalist | 3,648 | 93.47 | |
Liberal Party | 255 | 6.53 | |
Majority | 3,393 | 86.93 | |
Northern Wexford | |||
7 December 1885 | 7,448/9,768 | 76.25 | |
Nationalist | 6,531 | 87.69 | |
Conservative Party | 917 | 12.31 | |
Majority | 5,614 | 75.38 | |
Northern Worcestershire | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,929/10,573 | 74.99 | |
Liberal Party | 5,774 | 72.82 | |
Conservative Party | 2,155 | 27.18 | |
Majority | 3,619 | 45.64 | |
Northwich | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,018/10,577 | 85.26 | |
Liberal Party | 5,023 | 55.70 | |
Conservative Party | 3,995 | 44.30 | |
Majority | 1,028 | 11.40 | |
Norwich | |||
25 November 1885 | 13,572/15,323 | 88.57 | |
Conservative Party | 7,279 | 53.63 | |
Liberal Party | 6,666 | 49.12 | |
Liberal Party | 6,251 | 46.06 | |
Majority | 415 | 3.06 | |
27 March 1886 Petition - Harry Bullard unseated. | |||
7 April 1886 | 15,323 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Norwood | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,059/7,501 | 80.78 | |
Conservative Party | 3,496 | 57.70 | |
Liberal Party | 2,563 | 42.30 | |
Majority | 933 | 15.40 | |
Nottingham East | |||
27 November 1885 | 9,487/12,749 | 74.41 | |
Liberal Party | 5,239 | 55.22 | |
Conservative Party | 4,248 | 44.78 | |
Majority | 991 | 10.45 | |
Nottingham South | |||
27 November 1885 | 9,603/12,751 | 75.31 | |
Liberal Party | 4,983 | 51.89 | |
Conservative Party | 4,620 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 363 | 3.78 | |
Nottingham West | |||
27 November 1885 | 11,034/14,929 | 73.91 | |
Liberal Party | 6,669 | 60.44 | |
Conservative Party | 3,767 | 34.14 | |
Social Democratic Foundation | 598 | 5.42 | |
Majority | 2,902 | 26.30 | |
Nuneaton | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,614/10,061 | 85.62 | |
Liberal Party | 4,445 | 51.60 | |
Conservative Party | 4,169 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 276 | 3.20 | |
Oldham | |||
25 November 1885 | 24,016/25,600 | 93.81 | |
Liberal Party | 12,259 | 51.05 | |
Conservative Party | 11,992 | 49.93 | |
Liberal Party | 11,847 | 49.33 | |
Conservative Party | 11,491 | 47.85 | |
Majority | 145 | 0.60 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
18 December 1885 | 5,292/7,394 | 71.57 | |
Liberal Party | 3,352 | 63.34 | |
Conservative Party | 1,940 | 36.66 | |
Majority | 1,412 | 26.68 | |
Ormskirk | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,476/8,714 | 85.79 | |
Conservative Party | 5,133 | 68.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,343 | 31.34 | |
Majority | 2,790 | 37.32 | |
Osgoldcross | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,206/10,322 | 79.50 | |
Liberal Party | 5,153 | 62.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,053 | 37.20 | |
Majority | 2,100 | 25.59 | |
Ossory | |||
5 December 1885 | 4,252/5,617 | 75.70 | |
Nationalist | 3,959 | 93.11 | |
Conservative Party | 293 | 6.89 | |
Majority | 3,666 | 86.22 | |
26 January 1886 Arthur O'Connor elects to sit for Eastern Donegal. | |||
12 February 1886 | 5,617 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Oswestry | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,525/10,083 | 84.55 | |
Conservative Party | 4,753 | 55.75 | |
Liberal Party | 3,772 | 44.25 | |
Majority | 981 | 11.51 | |
Otley | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,693/9,883 | 87.96 | |
Liberal Party | 5,050 | 58.09 | |
Conservative Party | 3,643 | 41.91 | |
Majority | 1,407 | 16.19 | |
Oxford | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,106/6,764 | 90.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,212 | 52.60 | |
Liberal Party | 2,894 | 47.40 | |
Majority | 318 | 5.21 | |
Oxford University | |||
24 November 1885 | 5,575 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paddington North | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,279/5,345 | 80.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,482 | 58.00 | |
Liberal Party | 1,797 | 42.00 | |
Majority | 685 | 16.01 | |
Paddington South | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,046/5,193 | 77.91 | |
Conservative Party | 2,731 | 67.50 | |
Liberal Party | 1,025 | 25.33 | |
Independent Liberal | 290 | 7.17 | |
Majority | 1,706 | 42.17 | |
Paisley | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,913/6,794 | 87.03 | |
Liberal Party | 3,390 | 57.33 | |
Conservative Party | 2,523 | 42.67 | |
Majority | 867 | 14.66 | |
Partick | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,235/8,945 | 80.88 | |
Liberal Party | 3,776 | 52.19 | |
Conservative Party | 3,385 | 46.79 | |
Scottish Land Restoration League | 74 | 1.02 | |
Majority | 391 | 5.40 | |
Peckham | |||
28 November 1885 | 6,871/9,713 | 70.74 | |
Conservative Party | 3,362 | 48.93 | |
Liberal Party | 2,929 | 42.63 | |
Independent Liberal | 580 | 8.44 | |
Majority | 433 | 6.30 | |
Peeblesshire & Selkirkshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 2,784/3,250 | 85.66 | |
Liberal Party | 1,746 | 62.72 | |
Conservative Party | 1,038 | 37.28 | |
Majority | 708 | 25.43 | |
Pembroke & Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
30 November 1885 | 4,568/5,474 | 83.45 | |
Liberal Party | 2,418 | 52.93 | |
Conservative Party | 2,150 | 47.07 | |
Majority | 268 | 5.87 | |
Pembrokeshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,737/10,883 | 80.28 | |
Liberal Party | 4,999 | 57.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,738 | 42.78 | |
Majority | 1,261 | 14.43 | |
Penrith | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,369/9,123 | 80.77 | |
Liberal Party | 3,921 | 53.21 | |
Conservative Party | 3,448 | 46.79 | |
Majority | 473 | 6.42 | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
26 November 1885 | 2,239/2,562 | 87.39 | |
Liberal Party | 1,170 | 52.26 | |
Conservative Party | 1,069 | 47.74 | |
Majority | 101 | 4.51 | |
Perth | |||
24 November 1885 | 3,718/4,369 | 85.10 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,652 | 44.43 | |
Conservative Party | 1,099 | 29.56 | |
Liberal Party | 967 | 26.01 | |
Majority | 553 | 14.87 | |
Peterborough | |||
24 November 1885 | 3,448/3,882 | 88.82 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,853 | 53.74 | |
Liberal Party | 1,595 | 46.26 | |
Majority | 258 | 7.48 | |
Hon William Fitzwilliam had the support of the local Conservative Association and the adopted Conservative candidate withdrew in his favour. | |||
Petersfield | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,846/8,202 | 83.47 | |
Liberal Party | 3,414 | 49.87 | |
Conservative Party | 3,253 | 47.52 | |
Independent Conservative | 179 | 2.61 | |
Majority | 161 | 2.35 | |
Plymouth | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,389/10,130 | 82.81 | |
Conservative Party | 4,354 | 51.90 | |
Conservative Party | 4,240 | 50.54 | |
Liberal Party | 4,132 | 49.25 | |
Liberal Party | 3,968 | 47.30 | |
Majority | 108 | 1.29 | |
Pontefract | |||
25 November 1885 | 2,186/2,465 | 88.68 | |
Conservative Party | 1,111 | 50.82 | |
Liberal Party | 1,075 | 49.18 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.65 | |
Poplar | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,203/9,041 | 68.61 | |
Liberal Party | 4,090 | 65.94 | |
Conservative Party | 2,113 | 34.06 | |
Majority | 1,977 | 31.87 | |
Portsmouth | |||
26 November 1885 | 16,068/20,279 | 79.23 | |
Liberal Party | 8,367 | 52.07 | |
Liberal Party | 8,214 | 51.12 | |
Conservative Party | 7,650 | 47.61 | |
Conservative Party | 7,595 | 47.27 | |
Majority | 564 | 3.51 | |
Preston | |||
24 November 1885 | 13,550/14,876 | 91.09 | |
Conservative Party | 8,459 | 62.43 | |
Conservative Party | 7,971 | 58.83 | |
Liberal Party | 5,491 | 40.52 | |
Majority | 2,480 | 18.30 | |
Prestwich | |||
4 December 1885 | 10,100/11,156 | 90.53 | |
Liberal Party | 5,414 | 53.60 | |
Conservative Party | 4,686 | 46.40 | |
Majority | 728 | 7.21 | |
Pudsey | |||
1 December 1885 | 10,402/11,989 | 86.76 | |
Liberal Party | 6,363 | 61.17 | |
Conservative Party | 4,039 | 38.83 | |
Majority | 2,324 | 22.34 | |
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,671/10,433 | 92.70 | |
Liberal Party | 5,092 | 52.65 | |
Conservative Party | 4,579 | 47.35 | |
Majority | 513 | 5.30 | |
Radnorshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 3,693/4,539 | 81.36 | |
Conservative Party | 1,880 | 50.91 | |
Liberal Party | 1,813 | 49.09 | |
Majority | 67 | 1.81 | |
Ramsey | |||
3 December 1885 | 5,185/5,919 | 87.60 | |
Conservative Party | 2,775 | 53.52 | |
Liberal Party | 2,410 | 46.48 | |
Majority | 365 | 7.04 | |
Reading | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,907/7,515 | 91.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,518 | 50.93 | |
Liberal Party | 3,389 | 49.07 | |
Majority | 129 | 1.87 | |
Reigate | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,488/9,500 | 78.82 | |
Conservative Party | 4,726 | 63.11 | |
Liberal Party | 2,762 | 36.89 | |
Majority | 1,964 | 26.23 | |
Rhondda | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,851/8,210 | 83.45 | |
Ind LIB/LAB | 3,859 | 56.33 | |
Liberal Party | 2,992 | 43.67 | |
Majority | 867 | 12.66 | |
Richmond | |||
5 December 1885 | 9,189/11,237 | 81.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,869 | 52.99 | |
Conservative Party | 4,320 | 47.01 | |
Majority | 549 | 5.97 | |
Ripon | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,805/9,049 | 86.25 | |
Liberal Party | 3,985 | 51.06 | |
Conservative Party | 3,820 | 48.94 | |
Majority | 165 | 2.11 | |
Rochdale | |||
26 November 1885 | 9,969/10,808 | 92.24 | |
Liberal Party | 5,552 | 55.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,417 | 44.31 | |
Majority | 1,135 | 11.39 | |
Rochester | |||
24 November 1885 | 3,013/3,304 | 91.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,627 | 54.00 | |
Liberal Party | 1,386 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 241 | 8.00 | |
Romford | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,676/12,591 | 68.91 | |
Liberal Party | 4,370 | 50.37 | |
Conservative Party | 4,306 | 49.63 | |
Majority | 64 | 0.74 | |
Ross | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,058/10,380 | 77.63 | |
Liberal Party | 4,415 | 54.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,643 | 45.21 | |
Majority | 772 | 9.58 | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,867/9,978 | 78.84 | |
Independent Liberal / Crofter | 4,942 | 62.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,925 | 37.18 | |
Majority | 2,017 | 25.64 | |
Rossendale | |||
27 November 1885 | 10,288/11,450 | 89.85 | |
Liberal Party | 6,060 | 58.90 | |
Conservative Party | 4,228 | 41.10 | |
Majority | 1,832 | 17.81 | |
Rotherham | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,559/10,730 | 79.77 | |
Liberal Party | 6,301 | 73.62 | |
Conservative Party | 2,258 | 26.38 | |
Majority | 4,043 | 47.24 | |
Rotherhithe | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,127/8,455 | 72.47 | |
Conservative Party | 3,327 | 54.30 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,800 | 45.70 | |
Majority | 527 | 8.60 | |
Roxburghshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,373/6,180 | 86.94 | |
Liberal Party | 3,419 | 63.63 | |
Conservative Party | 1,954 | 36.37 | |
Majority | 1,465 | 27.27 | |
Rugby | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,410/9,700 | 86.70 | |
Liberal Party | 4,877 | 57.99 | |
Conservative Party | 3,533 | 42.01 | |
Majority | 1,344 | 15.98 | |
Rushcliffe | |||
30 November 1885 | 9,252/11,132 | 83.11 | |
Liberal Party | 5,944 | 64.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,308 | 35.75 | |
Majority | 2,636 | 28.49 | |
Rutlandshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 3,476/4,166 | 83.44 | |
Conservative Party | 2,366 | 68.07 | |
Liberal Party | 1,110 | 31.93 | |
Majority | 1,256 | 36.13 | |
Rye | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,829/10,304 | 85.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,526 | 51.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,303 | 48.74 | |
Majority | 223 | 2.53 | |
Saffron Walden | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,761/9,306 | 83.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,755 | 61.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,006 | 38.73 | |
Majority | 1,749 | 22.54 | |
Salford North | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,862/7,728 | 88.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,519 | 51.28 | |
Liberal Party | 3,343 | 48.72 | |
Majority | 176 | 2.56 | |
Salford South | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,467/8,717 | 85.66 | |
Liberal Party | 3,761 | 50.37 | |
Conservative Party | 3,706 | 49.63 | |
Majority | 55 | 0.74 | |
Salford West | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,236/8,197 | 88.28 | |
Liberal Party | 3,755 | 51.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,481 | 48.11 | |
Majority | 274 | 3.79 | |
Salisbury | |||
26 November 1885 | 2,248/2,336 | 96.23 | |
Liberal Party | 1,144 | 50.89 | |
Conservative Party | 1,104 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 40 | 1.78 | |
Scarborough | |||
27 November 1885 | 4,233/4,666 | 90.72 | |
Conservative Party | 2,185 | 51.62 | |
Liberal Party | 2,048 | 48.38 | |
Majority | 137 | 3.24 | |
Sevenoaks | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,607/11,090 | 77.61 | |
Conservative Party | 4,651 | 54.04 | |
Liberal Party | 3,956 | 45.96 | |
Majority | 695 | 8.07 | |
Sheffield Attercliffe | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,524/9,751 | 87.42 | |
Liberal Party | 4,891 | 57.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,633 | 42.62 | |
Majority | 1,258 | 14.76 | |
Sheffield Brightside | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,998/9,298 | 86.02 | |
Liberal Party | 4,616 | 57.71 | |
Conservative Party | 3,382 | 42.29 | |
Majority | 1,234 | 15.43 | |
3 February 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Anthony Mundella on appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
9 February 1886 | 9,298 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sheffield Central | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,257/9,923 | 83.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,633 | 56.11 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,484 | 42.19 | |
Independent Liberal | 140 | 1.70 | |
Majority | 1,149 | 13.92 | |
Sheffield Ecclesall | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,663/8,904 | 86.06 | |
Conservative Party | 4,171 | 54.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,492 | 45.57 | |
Majority | 679 | 8.86 | |
Sheffield Hallam | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,919/7,846 | 88.19 | |
Conservative Party | 3,764 | 54.40 | |
Liberal Party | 3,155 | 45.60 | |
Majority | 609 | 8.80 | |
Shipley | |||
2 December 1885 | 11,847/14,067 | 84.22 | |
Liberal Party | 7,022 | 59.27 | |
Conservative Party | 4,825 | 40.73 | |
Majority | 2,197 | 18.54 | |
Shrewsbury | |||
27 November 1885 | 3,756/4,131 | 90.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,244 | 59.74 | |
Liberal Party | 1,512 | 40.26 | |
Majority | 732 | 19.49 | |
Skipton | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,328/10,796 | 86.40 | |
Liberal Party | 5,059 | 54.23 | |
Conservative Party | 4,269 | 45.77 | |
Majority | 790 | 8.47 | |
Sleaford | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,221/9,863 | 83.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,761 | 57.91 | |
Liberal Party | 3,460 | 42.09 | |
Majority | 1,301 | 15.83 | |
South Eastern Cork | |||
3 December 1885 | 5,281/8,007 | 65.95 | |
Nationalist | 4,620 | 87.48 | |
Conservative Party | 661 | 12.52 | |
Majority | 3,959 | 74.97 | |
South Eastern Durham | |||
9 December 1885 | 10,457/13,176 | 79.36 | |
Liberal Party | 5,603 | 53.58 | |
Conservative Party | 4,854 | 46.42 | |
Majority | 749 | 7.16 | |
South Eastern Essex | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,207/9,367 | 76.94 | |
Conservative Party | 3,707 | 51.44 | |
Liberal Party | 3,500 | 48.56 | |
Majority | 207 | 2.87 | |
South Molton | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,849/9,343 | 84.01 | |
Liberal Party | 4,925 | 62.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,924 | 37.25 | |
Majority | 2,001 | 25.49 | |
South Shields | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,192/11,928 | 60.30 | |
Liberal Party | 4,064 | 56.51 | |
Conservative Party | 3,128 | 43.49 | |
Majority | 936 | 13.01 | |
South Western Norfolk | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,872/9,391 | 83.82 | |
Conservative Party | 4,096 | 52.03 | |
Liberal Party | 3,776 | 47.97 | |
Majority | 320 | 4.07 | |
Southampton | |||
25 November 1885 | 10,101/12,061 | 83.75 | |
Conservative Party | 5,595 | 55.39 | |
Conservative Party | 5,307 | 52.54 | |
Liberal Party | 4,566 | 45.20 | |
Liberal Party | 4,555 | 45.09 | |
Majority | 741 | 7.34 | |
Southern Antrim | |||
8 December 1885 | 8,727/10,884 | 80.18 | |
Conservative Party | 5,047 | 57.83 | |
Liberal Party | 3,680 | 42.17 | |
Majority | 1,367 | 15.66 | |
Southern Armagh | |||
27 November 1885 | 8,192 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Ayrshire | |||
5 December 1885 | 13,303/15,109 | 88.05 | |
Liberal Party | 7,357 | 55.30 | |
Conservative Party | 5,946 | 44.70 | |
Majority | 1,411 | 10.61 | |
Southern Cork | |||
10 December 1885 | 5,018/7,299 | 68.75 | |
Nationalist | 4,823 | 96.11 | |
Conservative Party | 195 | 3.89 | |
Majority | 4,628 | 92.23 | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 10,280/11,575 | 88.81 | |
Liberal Party | 6,186 | 60.18 | |
Conservative Party | 4,094 | 39.82 | |
Majority | 2,092 | 20.35 | |
Southern Donegal | |||
9 December 1885 | 6,424/7,854 | 81.79 | |
Nationalist | 5,055 | 78.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,369 | 21.31 | |
Majority | 3,686 | 57.38 | |
Southern Dorset | |||
1 December 1885 | 6,223/7,316 | 85.06 | |
Liberal Party | 3,128 | 50.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,095 | 49.73 | |
Majority | 33 | 0.53 | |
Southern Down | |||
9 December 1885 | 8,738/10,335 | 84.55 | |
Nationalist | 4,995 | 57.16 | |
Conservative Party | 3,743 | 42.84 | |
Majority | 1,252 | 14.33 | |
Southern Dublin County | |||
30 November 1885 | 8,850/11,314 | 78.22 | |
Nationalist | 5,114 | 57.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,736 | 42.21 | |
Majority | 1,378 | 15.57 | |
Southern Fermanagh | |||
5 December 1885 | 5,755/6,855 | 83.95 | |
Nationalist | 3,574 | 62.10 | |
Conservative Party | 2,181 | 37.90 | |
Majority | 1,393 | 24.21 | |
Southern Galway | |||
27 November 1885 | 7,220 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Glamorganshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,296/8,806 | 82.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3,945 | 54.07 | |
Conservative Party | 3,351 | 45.93 | |
Majority | 594 | 8.14 | |
Southern Kerry | |||
5 December 1885 | 2,875/4,529 | 63.48 | |
Nationalist | 2,742 | 95.37 | |
Loyalist | 133 | 4.63 | |
Majority | 2,609 | 90.75 | |
Southern Kildare | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,070 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Kilkenny | |||
4 December 1885 | 4,310/5,924 | 72.75 | |
Nationalist | 4,088 | 94.85 | |
Conservative Party | 222 | 5.15 | |
Majority | 3,866 | 89.70 | |
Southern Lanarkshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,828/8,981 | 87.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,583 | 58.55 | |
Conservative Party | 3,245 | 41.45 | |
Majority | 1,338 | 17.09 | |
Southern Leitrim | |||
9 December 1885 | 5,014/6,270 | 79.97 | |
Nationalist | 4,525 | 90.25 | |
Conservative Party | 489 | 9.75 | |
Majority | 4,036 | 80.49 | |
Southern Londonderry | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,880/10,790 | 82.30 | |
Nationalist | 4,723 | 53.19 | |
Conservative Party | 2,341 | 26.36 | |
Liberal Party | 1,816 | 20.45 | |
Majority | 2,382 | 26.82 | |
Southern Longford | |||
5 December 1885 | 3,367/4,426 | 76.07 | |
Nationalist | 3,046 | 90.47 | |
Liberal Party | 321 | 9.53 | |
Majority | 2,725 | 80.93 | |
Southern Louth | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,796 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Mayo | |||
8 December 1885 | 5,028/7,980 | 63.01 | |
Nationalist | 4,953 | 98.51 | |
Conservative Party | 75 | 1.49 | |
Majority | 4,878 | 97.02 | |
Southern Meath | |||
26 November 1885 | 6,324 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Monaghan | |||
9 December 1885 | 5,698/7,474 | 76.24 | |
Nationalist | 4,735 | 83.10 | |
Conservative Party | 963 | 16.90 | |
Majority | 3,772 | 66.20 | |
Southern Monmouthshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 9,183/11,069 | 82.96 | |
Conservative Party | 4,890 | 53.25 | |
Liberal Party | 4,293 | 46.75 | |
Majority | 597 | 6.50 | |
Southern Norfolk | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,118/10,141 | 80.05 | |
Liberal Party | 4,530 | 55.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,588 | 44.20 | |
Majority | 942 | 11.60 | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,086/9,636 | 83.91 | |
Conservative Party | 4,074 | 50.38 | |
Liberal Party | 4,012 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 62 | 0.77 | |
Southern Roscommon | |||
5 December 1885 | 6,371/9,351 | 68.13 | |
Nationalist | 6,033 | 94.69 | |
Conservative Party | 338 | 5.31 | |
Majority | 5,695 | 89.39 | |
Southern Sligo | |||
4 December 1885 | 5,692/7,693 | 73.99 | |
Nationalist | 5,151 | 90.50 | |
Conservative Party | 541 | 9.50 | |
Majority | 4,610 | 80.99 | |
Southern Somerset | |||
9 December 1885 | 7,802/9,349 | 83.45 | |
Liberal Party | 4,534 | 58.11 | |
Conservative Party | 3,268 | 41.89 | |
Majority | 1,266 | 16.23 | |
19 February 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Kilcoursie on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household. | |||
24 February 1886 | 9,349 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Tipperary | |||
4 December 1885 | 3,694/5,841 | 63.24 | |
Nationalist | 3,572 | 96.70 | |
Conservative Party | 122 | 3.30 | |
Majority | 3,450 | 93.39 | |
Southern Tyrone | |||
7 December 1885 | 6,817/7,725 | 88.25 | |
Nationalist | 3,435 | 50.39 | |
Conservative Party | 3,382 | 49.61 | |
Majority | 53 | 0.78 | |
Southern Westmeath | |||
4 December 1885 | 3,818/5,419 | 70.46 | |
Nationalist | 3,618 | 94.76 | |
Loyalist | 200 | 5.24 | |
Majority | 3,418 | 89.52 | |
Southern Wexford | |||
25 November 1885 | 9,577 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southport | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,322/8,437 | 86.78 | |
Liberal Party | 3,741 | 51.09 | |
Conservative Party | 3,581 | 48.91 | |
Majority | 160 | 2.19 | |
Southwark West | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,462/7,776 | 70.24 | |
Liberal Party | 2,851 | 52.20 | |
Conservative Party | 2,611 | 47.80 | |
Majority | 240 | 4.39 | |
Sowerby | |||
8 December 1885 | 9,387/11,364 | 82.60 | |
Liberal Party | 6,427 | 68.47 | |
Conservative Party | 2,960 | 31.53 | |
Majority | 3,467 | 36.93 | |
Spalding | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,238/11,597 | 79.66 | |
Conservative Party | 4,658 | 50.42 | |
Liberal Party | 4,580 | 49.58 | |
Majority | 78 | 0.84 | |
Spen Valley | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,608/9,645 | 89.25 | |
Liberal Party | 5,826 | 67.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,782 | 32.32 | |
Majority | 3,044 | 35.36 | |
St Albans | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,145/8,741 | 81.74 | |
Conservative Party | 4,108 | 57.49 | |
Liberal Party | 3,037 | 42.51 | |
Majority | 1,071 | 14.99 | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
7 December 1885 | 2,512/2,837 | 88.54 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,257 | 50.04 | |
Liberal Party | 1,255 | 49.96 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.16 | |
The seat was originally tied with 1,256 votes for both candidates. As the Returning Office was not an elector in the constituency he was unable to give a casting vote, and declared both candidates elected. | |||
16 February 1886 Petition - the judges awarded the seat to Sir Robert Anstruther, Bt following a scrutiny of the ballot papers. | |||
St Augustine's | |||
5 December 1885 | 9,424/12,157 | 77.52 | |
Conservative Party | 5,842 | 61.99 | |
Liberal Party | 3,582 | 38.01 | |
Majority | 2,260 | 23.98 | |
St Austell | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,647/8,860 | 75.02 | |
Liberal Party | 4,464 | 67.16 | |
Conservative Party | 2,183 | 32.84 | |
Majority | 2,281 | 34.32 | |
St George | |||
26 November 1885 | 2,924/4,317 | 67.73 | |
Conservative Party | 1,744 | 59.64 | |
Liberal Party | 1,180 | 40.36 | |
Majority | 564 | 19.29 | |
St George Hanover Square | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,759/10,500 | 73.90 | |
Conservative Party | 5,256 | 67.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,503 | 32.26 | |
Majority | 2,753 | 35.48 | |
St Helens | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,443/8,291 | 89.77 | |
Conservative Party | 3,750 | 50.38 | |
Liberal Party | 3,693 | 49.62 | |
Majority | 57 | 0.77 | |
St Ives | |||
7 December 1885 | 5,889/7,606 | 77.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,313 | 56.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,576 | 43.74 | |
Majority | 737 | 12.51 | |
St Pancras East | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,586/5,913 | 77.56 | |
Liberal Party | 2,416 | 52.68 | |
Conservative Party | 2,170 | 47.32 | |
Majority | 246 | 5.36 | |
St Pancras North | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,295/5,450 | 78.81 | |
Liberal Party | 2,380 | 55.41 | |
Conservative Party | 1,915 | 44.59 | |
Majority | 465 | 10.83 | |
St Pancras South | |||
25 November 1885 | 4,228/5,357 | 78.92 | |
Liberal Party | 2,225 | 52.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,003 | 47.37 | |
Majority | 222 | 5.25 | |
St Pancras West | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,439/7,103 | 76.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,954 | 54.31 | |
Conservative Party | 2,485 | 45.69 | |
Majority | 469 | 8.62 | |
Stafford | |||
25 November 1885 | 3,017/3,264 | 92.43 | |
Liberal Party | 1,532 | 50.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,485 | 49.22 | |
Majority | 47 | 1.56 | |
Stalybridge | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,119/6,424 | 95.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,169 | 51.79 | |
Liberal Party | 2,950 | 48.21 | |
Majority | 219 | 3.58 | |
Stamford | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,221/9,741 | 84.40 | |
Conservative Party | 4,647 | 56.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,574 | 43.47 | |
Majority | 1,073 | 13.05 | |
Stepney | |||
26 November 1885 | 4,080/6,925 | 58.92 | |
Liberal Party | 2,045 | 50.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,035 | 49.88 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.25 | |
12 April 1886 Petition - dismissed. The original figures were Durant 2141; Isaacson 2119. After a recount the figures were revised to Durant 2052; Isaacson 2051. A scrutiny of ballot papers led to an increased majority for John Durant. | |||
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
24 November 1885 | 5,228 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 February 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Campbell-Bannerman on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
10 February 1886 | 5,228 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Stirlingshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 10,392/12,486 | 83.23 | |
Liberal Party | 6,454 | 62.11 | |
Conservative Party | 3,938 | 37.89 | |
Majority | 2,516 | 24.21 | |
Stockport | |||
26 November 1885 | 9,031/9,560 | 94.47 | |
Conservative Party | 4,855 | 53.76 | |
Conservative Party | 4,498 | 49.81 | |
Liberal Party | 4,486 | 49.67 | |
Liberal Party | 4,132 | 45.75 | |
Majority | 12 | 0.13 | |
Stockton-on-Tees | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,370/8,761 | 84.12 | |
Liberal Party | 4,237 | 57.49 | |
Conservative Party | 3,133 | 42.51 | |
Majority | 1,104 | 14.98 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,590/9,213 | 82.38 | |
Liberal Party | 4,790 | 63.11 | |
Conservative Party | 2,800 | 36.89 | |
Majority | 1,990 | 26.22 | |
Stowmarket | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,081/10,587 | 76.33 | |
Liberal Party | 4,606 | 57.00 | |
Conservative Party | 3,475 | 43.00 | |
Majority | 1,131 | 14.00 | |
Strand | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,131/11,264 | 72.19 | |
Conservative Party | 5,645 | 69.43 | |
Liberal Party | 2,486 | 30.57 | |
Majority | 3,159 | 38.85 | |
Stratford-on-Avon | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,377/9,631 | 86.98 | |
Liberal Party | 4,639 | 55.38 | |
Conservative Party | 3,738 | 44.62 | |
Majority | 901 | 10.76 | |
Stretford | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,542/11,140 | 85.66 | |
Liberal Party | 4,866 | 51.00 | |
Conservative Party | 4,676 | 49.00 | |
Majority | 190 | 1.99 | |
Stroud | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,979/10,371 | 86.58 | |
Liberal Party | 4,646 | 51.74 | |
Conservative Party | 4,333 | 48.26 | |
Majority | 313 | 3.49 | |
Sudbury | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,374/10,522 | 79.59 | |
Liberal Party | 4,913 | 58.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,461 | 41.33 | |
Majority | 1,452 | 17.34 | |
Sunderland | |||
25 November 1885 | 14,416/18,078 | 79.74 | |
Liberal Party | 8,295 | 57.54 | |
Liberal Party | 7,759 | 53.82 | |
Conservative Party | 6,703 | 46.50 | |
Majority | 1,056 | 7.33 | |
Sutherland | |||
28 November 1885 | 2,754/3,185 | 86.47 | |
Liberal Party | 1,701 | 61.76 | |
Independent Liberal / Crofter | 1,053 | 38.24 | |
Majority | 648 | 23.53 | |
Swansea District | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,920 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1886 Sir Henry Vivian, Bt joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Swansea Town | |||
27 November 1885 | 6,180/7,597 | 81.35 | |
Liberal Party | 3,660 | 59.22 | |
Conservative Party | 2,520 | 40.78 | |
Majority | 1,140 | 18.45 | |
Tamworth | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,196/10,048 | 81.57 | |
Conservative Party | 4,338 | 52.93 | |
Liberal Party | 3,858 | 47.07 | |
Majority | 480 | 5.86 | |
Taunton | |||
24 November 1885 | 2,339/2,541 | 92.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,361 | 58.19 | |
Liberal Party | 978 | 41.81 | |
Majority | 383 | 16.37 | |
Tavistock | |||
7 December 1885 | 8,562/10,851 | 78.91 | |
Liberal Party | 5,390 | 62.95 | |
Conservative Party | 3,172 | 37.05 | |
Majority | 2,218 | 25.91 | |
Tewkesbury | |||
5 December 1885 | 9,150/11,665 | 78.44 | |
Conservative Party | 4,666 | 50.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,484 | 49.01 | |
Majority | 182 | 1.99 | |
The Hartlepools | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,298/8,500 | 74.09 | |
Liberal Party | 3,669 | 58.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,629 | 41.74 | |
Majority | 1,040 | 16.51 | |
Thirsk & Malton | |||
4 December 1885 | 10,469/12,637 | 82.84 | |
Conservative Party | 5,966 | 56.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,503 | 43.01 | |
Majority | 1,463 | 13.97 | |
Thornbury | |||
4 December 1885 | 9,523/11,333 | 84.03 | |
Liberal Party | 4,834 | 50.76 | |
Conservative Party | 4,689 | 49.24 | |
Majority | 145 | 1.52 | |
Tiverton | |||
28 November 1885 | 8,023/9,349 | 85.82 | |
Conservative Party | 4,563 | 56.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,460 | 43.13 | |
Majority | 1,103 | 13.75 | |
Torquay | |||
30 November 1885 | 6,670/7,738 | 86.20 | |
Liberal Party | 3,509 | 52.61 | |
Conservative Party | 3,161 | 47.39 | |
Majority | 348 | 5.22 | |
Totnes | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,641/9,188 | 83.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,389 | 57.44 | |
Conservative Party | 3,252 | 42.56 | |
Majority | 1,137 | 14.88 | |
Tottenham | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,147/10,887 | 74.83 | |
Conservative Party | 4,441 | 54.51 | |
Liberal Party | 3,706 | 45.49 | |
Majority | 735 | 9.02 | |
Truro | |||
4 December 1885 | 6,699/8,825 | 75.91 | |
Liberal Party | 3,816 | 56.96 | |
Conservative Party | 2,883 | 43.04 | |
Majority | 933 | 13.93 | |
Tullamore | |||
5 December 1885 | 4,023/5,162 | 77.93 | |
Nationalist | 3,700 | 91.97 | |
Liberal Party | 323 | 8.03 | |
Majority | 3,377 | 83.94 | |
Tunbridge | |||
1 December 1885 | 8,743/10,703 | 81.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,533 | 51.85 | |
Liberal Party | 4,210 | 48.15 | |
Majority | 323 | 3.69 | |
Tynemouth | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,296/6,869 | 77.10 | |
Conservative Party | 3,027 | 57.16 | |
Liberal Party | 2,269 | 42.84 | |
Majority | 758 | 14.31 | |
Tyneside | |||
5 December 1885 | 9,222/11,852 | 77.81 | |
Liberal Party | 5,782 | 62.70 | |
Conservative Party | 3,440 | 37.30 | |
Majority | 2,342 | 25.40 | |
Uxbridge | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,708/9,902 | 77.84 | |
Conservative Party | 5,093 | 66.07 | |
Liberal Party | 2,615 | 33.93 | |
Majority | 2,478 | 32.15 | |
Wakefield | |||
26 November 1885 | 4,423/4,801 | 92.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,374 | 53.67 | |
Liberal Party | 2,049 | 46.33 | |
Majority | 325 | 7.35 | |
Walsall | |||
25 November 1885 | 8,547/10,742 | 79.57 | |
Liberal Party | 5,112 | 59.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,435 | 40.19 | |
Majority | 1,677 | 19.62 | |
Walthamstow | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,425/11,233 | 75.00 | |
Liberal Party | 4,300 | 51.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,125 | 48.96 | |
Majority | 175 | 2.08 | |
Walworth | |||
28 November 1885 | 3,947/5,998 | 65.81 | |
Conservative Party | 1,885 | 47.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,816 | 46.01 | |
Independent Liberal | 246 | 6.23 | |
Majority | 69 | 1.75 | |
Wandsworth | |||
25 November 1885 | 7,742/10,088 | 76.74 | |
Conservative Party | 4,459 | 57.59 | |
Liberal Party | 3,283 | 42.41 | |
Majority | 1,176 | 15.19 | |
Wansbeck | |||
9 December 1885 | 8,541/10,392 | 82.19 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,838 | 68.35 | |
Conservative Party | 2,703 | 31.65 | |
Majority | 3,135 | 36.71 | |
Warrington | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,244/7,730 | 93.71 | |
Conservative Party | 4,010 | 55.36 | |
Liberal Party | 3,234 | 44.64 | |
Majority | 776 | 10.71 | |
Warwick & Leamington | |||
24 November 1885 | 4,916/5,486 | 89.61 | |
Liberal Party | 2,644 | 53.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,272 | 46.22 | |
Majority | 372 | 7.57 | |
Waterford City | |||
27 November 1885 | 2,696/3,946 | 68.32 | |
Nationalist | 2,420 | 89.76 | |
Conservative Party | 276 | 10.24 | |
Majority | 2,144 | 79.53 | |
Watford | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,744/10,029 | 77.22 | |
Conservative Party | 4,032 | 52.07 | |
Liberal Party | 3,712 | 47.93 | |
Majority | 320 | 4.13 | |
Wednesbury | |||
27 November 1885 | 9,061/10,808 | 83.84 | |
Conservative Party | 4,628 | 51.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,433 | 48.92 | |
Majority | 195 | 2.15 | |
Wellington (Shropshire) | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,372/8,961 | 82.27 | |
Liberal Party | 4,801 | 65.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,571 | 34.88 | |
Majority | 2,230 | 30.25 | |
Wellington (Somerset) | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,059/9,537 | 84.50 | |
Liberal Party | 4,299 | 53.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,760 | 46.66 | |
Majority | 539 | 6.69 | |
Wells | |||
5 December 1885 | 7,535/9,501 | 79.31 | |
Conservative Party | 4,200 | 55.74 | |
Liberal Party | 3,335 | 44.26 | |
Majority | 865 | 11.48 | |
West Bromwich | |||
26 November 1885 | 7,159/8,749 | 81.83 | |
Liberal Party | 3,988 | 55.71 | |
Conservative Party | 3,171 | 44.29 | |
Majority | 817 | 11.41 | |
West Ham North | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,719/10,026 | 76.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,219 | 54.66 | |
Conservative Party | 3,500 | 45.34 | |
Majority | 719 | 9.31 | |
West Ham South | |||
28 November 1885 | 6,072/8,942 | 67.90 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,527 | 58.09 | |
Conservative Party | 2,545 | 41.91 | |
Majority | 982 | 16.17 | |
Westbury | |||
5 December 1885 | 8,972/10,566 | 84.91 | |
Liberal Party | 5,333 | 59.44 | |
Conservative Party | 3,639 | 40.56 | |
Majority | 1,694 | 18.88 | |
Western Aberdeenshire | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,788/10,144 | 76.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,248 | 54.55 | |
Conservative Party | 2,010 | 25.81 | |
Scot Farmers Alliance | 1,530 | 19.65 | |
Majority | 2,238 | 28.74 | |
Quintin Kerr was the nominee of the Scottish Farmers Alliance and the Aberdeen Radical Association. | |||
Western Carmarthenshire | |||
3 December 1885 | 7,510/9,969 | 75.33 | |
Liberal Party | 4,568 | 60.83 | |
Conservative Party | 2,942 | 39.17 | |
Majority | 1,626 | 21.65 | |
Western Cavan | |||
9 December 1885 | 8,204/10,109 | 81.16 | |
Nationalist | 6,425 | 78.32 | |
Conservative Party | 1,779 | 21.68 | |
Majority | 4,646 | 56.63 | |
Western Clare | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,052/9,813 | 71.86 | |
Nationalist | 6,763 | 95.90 | |
Conservative Party | 289 | 4.10 | |
Majority | 6,474 | 91.80 | |
Western Cork | |||
10 December 1885 | 4,293/6,124 | 70.10 | |
Nationalist | 3,920 | 91.31 | |
Conservative Party | 373 | 8.69 | |
Majority | 3,547 | 82.62 | |
Western Denbighshire | |||
9 December 1885 | 7,578/8,899 | 85.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,586 | 60.52 | |
Conservative Party | 2,992 | 39.48 | |
Majority | 1,594 | 21.03 | |
1886 William West joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Western Derbyshire | |||
9 December 1885 | 9,158/10,310 | 88.83 | |
Liberal Party | 5,020 | 54.82 | |
Conservative Party | 4,138 | 45.18 | |
Majority | 882 | 9.63 | |
Western Donegal | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,377 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Dorset | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,873/7,914 | 86.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,507 | 51.03 | |
Liberal Party | 3,366 | 48.97 | |
Majority | 141 | 2.05 | |
Western Down | |||
27 November 1885 | 9,695 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Fife | |||
24 November 1885 | 8,429 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Kerry | |||
2 December 1885 | 2,869/5,668 | 50.62 | |
Nationalist | 2,607 | 90.87 | |
Conservative Party | 262 | 9.13 | |
Majority | 2,345 | 81.74 | |
Western Limerick | |||
1 December 1885 | 7,827 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Mayo | |||
1 December 1885 | 4,921/8,009 | 61.44 | |
Nationalist | 4,790 | 97.34 | |
Conservative Party | 131 | 2.66 | |
Majority | 4,659 | 94.68 | |
Western Monmouthshire | |||
4 December 1885 | 8,071/9,770 | 82.61 | |
Liberal Party | 6,730 | 83.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,341 | 16.62 | |
Majority | 5,389 | 66.77 | |
Western Perthshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 7,076/8,284 | 85.42 | |
Liberal Party | 3,786 | 53.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,290 | 46.50 | |
Majority | 496 | 7.01 | |
Western Renfrewshire | |||
2 December 1885 | 6,598/7,746 | 85.18 | |
Conservative Party | 3,618 | 54.83 | |
Liberal Party | 2,980 | 45.17 | |
Majority | 638 | 9.67 | |
Western Staffordshire | |||
8 December 1885 | 8,926/10,636 | 83.92 | |
Liberal Party | 4,820 | 54.00 | |
Conservative Party | 4,106 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 714 | 8.00 | |
Western Waterford | |||
2 December 1885 | 4,123/6,025 | 68.43 | |
Nationalist | 3,764 | 91.29 | |
Conservative Party | 359 | 8.71 | |
Majority | 3,405 | 82.59 | |
Western Wicklow | |||
5 December 1885 | 4,592/5,226 | 87.87 | |
Nationalist | 3,721 | 81.03 | |
Conservative Party | 871 | 18.97 | |
Majority | 2,850 | 62.06 | |
Westhoughton | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,752/10,625 | 91.78 | |
Conservative Party | 6,011 | 61.64 | |
Liberal Party | 3,741 | 38.36 | |
Majority | 2,270 | 23.28 | |
Westminster | |||
26 November 1885 | 5,727/7,670 | 74.67 | |
Conservative Party | 3,991 | 69.69 | |
Liberal Party | 1,736 | 30.31 | |
Majority | 2,255 | 39.37 | |
Whitby | |||
2 December 1885 | 9,758/11,350 | 85.97 | |
Conservative Party | 5,049 | 51.74 | |
Liberal Party | 4,709 | 48.26 | |
Majority | 340 | 3.48 | |
April 1886 Ernest Denison changes his name to Ernest William Beckett. | |||
Whitechapel | |||
26 November 1885 | 4,325/6,140 | 70.44 | |
Liberal Party | 2,353 | 54.40 | |
Conservative Party | 1,972 | 45.60 | |
Majority | 381 | 8.81 | |
Whitehaven | |||
24 November 1885 | 2,461/2,687 | 91.59 | |
Conservative Party | 1,336 | 54.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,125 | 45.71 | |
Majority | 211 | 8.57 | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
5 December 1885 | 1,781/2,015 | 88.39 | |
Independent Liberal | 913 | 51.26 | |
Liberal Party | 868 | 48.74 | |
Majority | 45 | 2.53 | |
John Cameron sought election for the Wick Radical Workingmen's Association. | |||
Widnes | |||
3 December 1885 | 6,977/8,223 | 84.85 | |
Conservative Party | 4,327 | 62.02 | |
Liberal Party | 2,650 | 37.98 | |
Majority | 1,677 | 24.04 | |
Wigan | |||
25 November 1885 | 6,358/6,988 | 90.98 | |
Conservative Party | 3,637 | 57.20 | |
Liberal Party | 2,721 | 42.80 | |
Majority | 916 | 14.41 | |
Wigtownshire | |||
28 November 1885 | 5,329/6,004 | 88.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,704 | 50.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,625 | 49.26 | |
Majority | 79 | 1.48 | |
Wilton | |||
2 December 1885 | 7,480/8,675 | 86.22 | |
Liberal Party | 4,151 | 55.49 | |
Conservative Party | 3,329 | 44.51 | |
Majority | 822 | 10.99 | |
Wimbledon | |||
3 December 1885 | 9,934/14,086 | 70.52 | |
Conservative Party | 6,189 | 62.30 | |
Liberal Party | 3,745 | 37.70 | |
Majority | 2,444 | 24.60 | |
Winchester | |||
25 November 1885 | 2,135/2,326 | 91.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,153 | 54.00 | |
Liberal Party | 982 | 46.00 | |
Majority | 171 | 8.01 | |
Windsor | |||
24 November 1885 | 2,397/2,612 | 91.77 | |
Conservative Party | 1,431 | 59.70 | |
Liberal Party | 966 | 40.30 | |
Majority | 465 | 19.40 | |
Wirral | |||
2 December 1885 | 8,017/9,772 | 82.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,756 | 59.32 | |
Liberal Party | 3,261 | 40.68 | |
Majority | 1,495 | 18.65 | |
Wisbech | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,515/9,532 | 78.84 | |
Liberal Party | 3,919 | 52.15 | |
Conservative Party | 3,596 | 47.85 | |
Majority | 323 | 4.30 | |
Wokingham | |||
4 December 1885 | 7,773/9,258 | 83.96 | |
Conservative Party | 4,710 | 60.59 | |
Liberal Party | 3,063 | 39.41 | |
Majority | 1,647 | 21.19 | |
Wolverhampton East | |||
24 November 1885 | 6,583/7,917 | 83.15 | |
Liberal Party | 3,935 | 59.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,648 | 40.22 | |
Majority | 1,287 | 19.55 | |
Wolverhampton South | |||
23 November 1885 | 8,636 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wolverhampton West | |||
24 November 1885 | 7,291/8,391 | 86.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,722 | 51.05 | |
Liberal Party | 3,569 | 48.95 | |
Majority | 153 | 2.10 | |
Woodbridge | |||
7 December 1885 | 9,788/12,126 | 80.72 | |
Liberal Party | 4,978 | 50.86 | |
Conservative Party | 4,810 | 49.14 | |
Majority | 168 | 1.72 | |
Woodstock | |||
3 December 1885 | 8,465/10,012 | 84.55 | |
Liberal Party | 4,327 | 51.12 | |
Conservative Party | 4,138 | 48.88 | |
Majority | 189 | 2.23 | |
Woolwich | |||
27 November 1885 | 8,327/9,769 | 85.24 | |
Conservative Party | 4,758 | 57.14 | |
Liberal Party | 3,569 | 42.86 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 14.28 | |
Worcester | |||
25 November 1885 | 5,864/6,714 | 87.34 | |
Conservative Party | 2,974 | 50.72 | |
Liberal Party | 2,890 | 49.28 | |
Majority | 84 | 1.43 | |
Wycombe | |||
28 November 1885 | 9,331/11,269 | 82.80 | |
Conservative Party | 5,092 | 54.57 | |
Liberal Party | 4,239 | 45.43 | |
Majority | 853 | 9.14 | |
York | |||
25 November 1885 | 9,849/12,415 | 79.33 | |
Liberal Party | 5,353 | 54.35 | |
Liberal Party | 5,260 | 53.41 | |
Conservative Party | 4,590 | 46.60 | |
Conservative Party | 4,377 | 44.44 | |
Majority | 670 | 6.80 |