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Summary | |
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CON | 299 |
LIB | 180 |
N | 85 |
LIB U | 74 |
U | 17 |
LIB/LAB | 10 |
LIB/Crofter | 3 |
Speaker | 1 |
LIB U/Crofter | 1 |
Aberdeen & Glasgow Universities | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,918 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Aberdeen North | |||
1 July 1886 | 8,256 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Aberdeen South | |||
1 July 1886 | 7,813 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Abingdon | |||
9 July 1886 | 5,809/8,791 | 66.08 | |
Conservative Party | 3,899 | 67.12 | |
Liberal Party | 1,910 | 32.88 | |
Majority | 1,989 | 34.24 | |
Accrington | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,722/10,797 | 90.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,971 | 51.13 | |
Liberal Party | 4,751 | 48.87 | |
Majority | 220 | 2.26 | |
Altrincham | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,497 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Andover | |||
3 July 1886 | 9,175 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Anglesey | |||
12 July 1886 | 7,147/9,777 | 73.10 | |
Liberal Party | 3,727 | 52.15 | |
Conservative Party | 3,420 | 47.85 | |
Majority | 307 | 4.30 | |
Appleby | |||
14 July 1886 | 5,310/6,022 | 88.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,748 | 51.75 | |
Liberal Party | 2,562 | 48.25 | |
Majority | 186 | 3.50 | |
Arfon | |||
13 July 1886 | 7,022/9,136 | 76.86 | |
Liberal Party | 4,072 | 57.99 | |
Conservative Party | 2,950 | 42.01 | |
Majority | 1,122 | 15.98 | |
Argyll | |||
16 July 1886 | 6,703/10,011 | 66.96 | |
Conservative Party | 3,658 | 54.57 | |
Liberal Party / Crofter | 3,045 | 45.43 | |
Majority | 613 | 9.15 | |
Ashburton | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,420/9,300 | 69.03 | |
Liberal Party | 3,413 | 53.16 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,007 | 46.84 | |
Majority | 406 | 6.32 | |
Ashford | |||
3 July 1886 | 13,389 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ashton-under-Lyne | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,099/6,553 | 93.07 | |
Conservative Party | 3,050 | 50.01 | |
Liberal Party | 3,049 | 49.99 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.02 | |
The vote was tied and John Addison was elected on the casting vote of the Returning Officer. | |||
Aston Manor | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,208/8,571 | 72.43 | |
Conservative Party | 3,495 | 56.30 | |
Liberal Party | 2,713 | 43.70 | |
Majority | 782 | 12.60 | |
28 February 1891 Death of George Kynoch. | |||
20 March 1891 | 7,642/9,950 | 76.80 | |
Conservative Party | 5,310 | 69.48 | |
Liberal Party | 2,332 | 30.52 | |
Majority | 2,978 | 38.97 | |
Aylesbury | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,403/10,535 | 60.78 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,723 | 73.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,680 | 26.24 | |
Majority | 3,043 | 47.52 | |
Ayr District of Burghs | |||
10 July 1886 | 4,171/5,449 | 76.55 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,673 | 64.09 | |
Liberal Party | 1,498 | 35.91 | |
Majority | 1,175 | 28.17 | |
27 May 1888 Death of Richard Campbell. | |||
15 June 1888 | 4,589/5,458 | 84.08 | |
Liberal Party | 2,321 | 50.58 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,268 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 53 | 1.15 | |
12 March 1890 Resignation of Rev John Sinclair. | |||
25 March 1890 | 5,090/5,798 | 87.79 | |
Conservative Party | 2,610 | 51.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,480 | 48.72 | |
Majority | 130 | 2.55 | |
Banbury | |||
13 July 1886 | 6,861/8,478 | 80.93 | |
Liberal Party | 3,677 | 53.59 | |
Conservative Party | 3,184 | 46.41 | |
Majority | 493 | 7.19 | |
Banffshire | |||
8 July 1886 | 3,977/7,013 | 56.71 | |
Liberal Party | 2,583 | 64.95 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,394 | 35.05 | |
Majority | 1,189 | 29.90 | |
Barkston Ash | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,411 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Barnard Castle | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,991 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Barnsley | |||
13 July 1886 | 8,342/11,034 | 75.60 | |
Liberal Party | 5,425 | 65.03 | |
Conservative Party | 2,917 | 34.97 | |
Majority | 2,508 | 30.06 | |
25 February 1889 Resignation of Courtney Kenny. | |||
11 March 1889 | 10,013/12,593 | 79.51 | |
Liberal Party | 6,232 | 62.24 | |
Conservative Party | 3,781 | 37.76 | |
Majority | 2,451 | 24.48 | |
Barnstaple | |||
12 July 1886 | 7,182/10,189 | 70.49 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,222 | 58.79 | |
Liberal Party | 2,960 | 41.21 | |
Majority | 1,262 | 17.57 | |
Barrow-in-Furness | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,094/6,063 | 84.02 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,212 | 63.05 | |
Liberal Party | 1,882 | 36.95 | |
Majority | 1,330 | 26.11 | |
24 June 1890 William Caine seeks re-election after leaving the Liberal Unionist party. | |||
2 July 1890 | 5,086/6,034 | 84.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,944 | 38.22 | |
Conservative Party | 1,862 | 36.61 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,280 | 25.17 | |
Majority | 82 | 1.61 | |
Basingstoke | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,720 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 July 1887 Resignation of Rt Hon George Sclater-Booth. He was elevated to the Peerage two days later - Baron Basing. | |||
18 July 1887 | 5,584/8,021 | 69.62 | |
Conservative Party | 3,158 | 56.55 | |
Liberal Party | 2,426 | 43.45 | |
Majority | 732 | 13.11 | |
Bassetlaw | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,479 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 November 1890 Death of William Beckett Beckett. | |||
15 December 1890 | 8,034/10,268 | 78.24 | |
Conservative Party | 4,381 | 54.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,653 | 45.47 | |
Majority | 728 | 9.06 | |
Bath | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,870/6,637 | 88.44 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,309 | 56.37 | |
Conservative Party | 3,244 | 55.26 | |
Liberal Party | 2,588 | 44.09 | |
Liberal Party | 2,529 | 43.08 | |
Majority | 656 | 11.18 | |
Battersea | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,180/10,019 | 71.66 | |
Liberal Party | 3,683 | 51.30 | |
Conservative Party | 3,497 | 48.70 | |
Majority | 186 | 2.59 | |
Bedford | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,775/3,134 | 88.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,399 | 50.41 | |
Conservative Party | 1,376 | 49.59 | |
Majority | 23 | 0.83 | |
Belfast East | |||
7 July 1886 | 6,294/8,666 | 72.63 | |
Unionist | 5,055 | 80.31 | |
Liberal Party | 1,239 | 19.69 | |
Majority | 3,816 | 60.63 | |
26 February 1892 Edward de Cobain expelled from the House of Commons. He absconded to the United States of America after a warrant for his arrest on charges of commission of acts of gross indecency was issued. He was convicted on 21 March 1893. | |||
9 March 1892 | 7,353/11,339 | 64.85 | |
Unionist | 4,746 | 64.55 | |
Independent Unionist | 2,607 | 35.45 | |
Majority | 2,139 | 29.09 | |
Belfast North | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,254/6,831 | 76.91 | |
Unionist | 4,522 | 86.07 | |
Nationalist | 732 | 13.93 | |
Majority | 3,790 | 72.14 | |
1 August 1889 Death of Sir William Ewart, Bt. | |||
12 August 1889 | 6,949 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Belfast South | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,199/6,740 | 77.14 | |
Unionist | 4,542 | 87.36 | |
Nationalist | 657 | 12.64 | |
Majority | 3,885 | 74.73 | |
Belfast West | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,561/8,131 | 92.99 | |
Nationalist | 3,832 | 50.68 | |
Conservative Party | 3,729 | 49.32 | |
Majority | 103 | 1.36 | |
Bermondsey | |||
5 July 1886 | 6,354/9,433 | 67.36 | |
Conservative Party | 3,356 | 52.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,998 | 47.18 | |
Majority | 358 | 5.63 | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,538/9,691 | 77.78 | |
Liberal Party | 4,131 | 54.80 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,407 | 45.20 | |
Majority | 724 | 9.60 | |
Berwickshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 3,955/5,984 | 66.09 | |
Liberal Party | 2,778 | 70.24 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,177 | 29.76 | |
Majority | 1,601 | 40.48 | |
Bethnal Green North East | |||
5 July 1886 | 4,184/7,102 | 58.91 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,278 | 54.45 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,906 | 45.55 | |
Majority | 372 | 8.89 | |
Bethnal Green South West | |||
5 July 1886 | 4,551/8,265 | 55.06 | |
Liberal Party | 2,550 | 56.03 | |
Conservative Party | 2,001 | 43.97 | |
Majority | 549 | 12.06 | |
Bewdley | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,833 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Biggleswade | |||
10 July 1886 | 9,224/13,322 | 69.24 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,853 | 52.61 | |
Liberal Party | 4,371 | 47.39 | |
Majority | 482 | 5.23 | |
Birkenhead | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,341/12,115 | 77.10 | |
Conservative Party | 5,255 | 56.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,086 | 43.74 | |
Majority | 1,169 | 12.51 | |
Birmingham Bordesley | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,515/11,178 | 49.34 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,475 | 81.14 | |
Liberal Party | 1,040 | 18.86 | |
Majority | 3,435 | 62.28 | |
Birmingham Central | |||
1 July 1886 | 10,923 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
27 March 1889 Death of Rt Hon John Bright. | |||
15 April 1889 | 8,182/11,851 | 69.04 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,621 | 68.70 | |
Liberal Party | 2,561 | 31.30 | |
Majority | 3,060 | 37.40 | |
Birmingham East | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,893/9,382 | 62.81 | |
Conservative Party | 3,341 | 56.69 | |
Liberal Party | 2,552 | 43.31 | |
Majority | 789 | 13.39 | |
3 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Matthews on appointment as Secretary of State for the Home Department. | |||
11 August 1886 | 9,382 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Birmingham Edgbaston | |||
1 July 1886 | 8,693 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Birmingham North | |||
1 July 1886 | 9,427 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Birmingham South | |||
1 July 1886 | 10,643 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Birmingham West | |||
1 July 1886 | 10,329 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Birr | |||
13 July 1886 | 3,977/5,236 | 75.95 | |
Nationalist | 3,266 | 82.12 | |
Conservative Party | 711 | 17.88 | |
Majority | 2,555 | 64.24 | |
Bishop Auckland | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,858 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Blackburn | |||
1 July 1886 | 16,329 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Blackpool | |||
2 July 1886 | 11,903 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 August 1886 Elevation to the Peerage of Rt Hon Sir Frederick Stanley - Baron Stanley of Preston - and appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
20 August 1886 | 8,776/11,903 | 73.73 | |
Conservative Party | 6,263 | 71.37 | |
Liberal Party | 2,513 | 28.63 | |
Majority | 3,750 | 42.73 | |
Bodmin | |||
10 July 1886 | 5,864/9,158 | 64.03 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,763 | 64.17 | |
Liberal Party | 2,101 | 35.83 | |
Majority | 1,662 | 28.34 | |
Bolton | |||
2 July 1886 | 14,167/16,063 | 88.20 | |
Conservative Party | 7,780 | 54.92 | |
Conservative Party | 7,668 | 54.13 | |
Liberal Party | 6,452 | 45.54 | |
Liberal Party | 6,314 | 44.57 | |
Majority | 1,216 | 8.58 | |
Bootle | |||
5 July 1886 | 14,663 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Boston | |||
3 July 1886 | 2,336/2,718 | 85.95 | |
Conservative Party | 1,192 | 51.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,144 | 48.97 | |
Majority | 48 | 2.05 | |
Bosworth | |||
16 July 1886 | 8,172/9,919 | 82.39 | |
Liberal Party | 4,732 | 57.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,440 | 42.09 | |
Majority | 1,292 | 15.81 | |
Bow & Bromley | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,363/8,887 | 60.35 | |
Conservative Party | 2,967 | 55.32 | |
Liberal Party | 2,396 | 44.68 | |
Majority | 571 | 10.65 | |
Bradford Central | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,361/11,297 | 74.01 | |
Liberal Party | 4,410 | 52.74 | |
Conservative Party | 3,951 | 47.26 | |
Majority | 459 | 5.49 | |
Bradford East | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,742/10,887 | 80.30 | |
Conservative Party | 4,519 | 51.69 | |
Liberal Party | 4,223 | 48.31 | |
Majority | 296 | 3.39 | |
Bradford West | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,598/9,424 | 70.01 | |
Liberal Party | 3,975 | 60.25 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,623 | 39.75 | |
Majority | 1,352 | 20.49 | |
Breconshire | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,520 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brentford | |||
8 July 1886 | 4,452/7,971 | 55.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,043 | 68.35 | |
Liberal Party | 1,409 | 31.65 | |
Majority | 1,634 | 36.70 | |
27 November 1886 Death of Octavius Coope. | |||
23 December 1886 | 3,888/7,971 | 48.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,572 | 66.15 | |
Liberal Party | 1,316 | 33.85 | |
Majority | 1,256 | 32.30 | |
Bridgwater | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,861 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brigg | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,609/10,323 | 73.71 | |
Liberal Party | 3,887 | 51.08 | |
Conservative Party | 3,722 | 48.92 | |
Majority | 165 | 2.17 | |
Brighton | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,577/14,848 | 57.77 | |
Conservative Party | 5,963 | 69.52 | |
Conservative Party | 5,875 | 68.50 | |
Liberal Party | 2,633 | 30.70 | |
Majority | 3,242 | 37.80 | |
9 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon William Marriott on appointment as Judge-Advocate-General. | |||
11 August 1886 | 14,848 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 November 1886 Death of David Smith. | |||
29 November 1886 | 14,848 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 October 1889 Death of Dr William Robertson. | |||
25 October 1889 | 11,757/15,307 | 76.81 | |
Conservative Party | 7,132 | 60.66 | |
Liberal Party | 4,625 | 39.34 | |
Majority | 2,507 | 21.32 | |
Bristol East | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,608/9,506 | 58.99 | |
Liberal Party | 3,672 | 65.48 | |
Conservative Party | 1,936 | 34.52 | |
Majority | 1,736 | 30.96 | |
23 April 1890 Death of Handel Cossham. | |||
9 May 1890 | 7,277/10,310 | 70.58 | |
Liberal Party | 4,775 | 65.62 | |
Conservative Party | 1,900 | 26.11 | |
Independent Labour | 602 | 8.27 | |
Majority | 2,875 | 39.51 | |
Bristol North | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,324/9,002 | 70.25 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,587 | 56.72 | |
Liberal Party | 2,737 | 43.28 | |
Majority | 850 | 13.44 | |
Bristol South | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,870/10,384 | 75.79 | |
Conservative Party | 4,447 | 56.51 | |
Liberal Party | 3,423 | 43.49 | |
Majority | 1,024 | 13.01 | |
Bristol West | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,620/7,657 | 73.40 | |
Conservative Party | 3,819 | 67.95 | |
Liberal Party | 1,801 | 32.05 | |
Majority | 2,018 | 35.91 | |
5 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt on appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
11 August 1886 | 7,657 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
February 1888 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Bt on appointment as President of the Board of Trade. | |||
20 February 1888 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Brixton | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,186/7,963 | 65.13 | |
Conservative Party | 3,300 | 63.63 | |
Liberal Party | 1,886 | 36.37 | |
Majority | 1,414 | 27.27 | |
12 July 1887 Resignation of Ernest Baggallay on appointment as a Metropolitan Police Magistrate. | |||
19 July 1887 | 5,876/8,455 | 69.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,307 | 56.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,569 | 43.72 | |
Majority | 738 | 12.56 | |
Buckingham | |||
14 July 1886 | 8,849/11,307 | 78.26 | |
Conservative Party | 4,460 | 50.40 | |
Liberal Party | 4,389 | 49.60 | |
Majority | 71 | 0.80 | |
28 August 1889 Succession of Hon Egerton Hubbard to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Addington. | |||
11 October 1889 | 9,502/12,565 | 75.62 | |
Liberal Party | 4,855 | 51.09 | |
Conservative Party | 4,647 | 48.91 | |
Majority | 208 | 2.19 | |
6 May 1891 Edward Verney was convicted at the Central Criminal Court of conspiring to procure a girl under 21 years of age for an immoral purpose. He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. | |||
12 May 1891 Edward Verney was expelled from the House of Commons. | |||
28 May 1891 | 9,645/11,407 | 84.55 | |
Liberal Party | 5,013 | 51.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,632 | 48.02 | |
Majority | 381 | 3.95 | |
Buckrose | |||
14 July 1886 | 7,483/9,113 | 82.11 | |
Liberal Party | 3,742 | 50.01 | |
Conservative Party | 3,741 | 49.99 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.01 | |
11 December 1886 Petition - As a result of a scrutiny the judges announced that the seat was awarded to Christopher Sykes with a majority of 11. The actual voting figures after the scrutiny were never specified. | |||
Burnley | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,375/9,638 | 86.90 | |
Liberal Party | 4,209 | 50.26 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,166 | 49.74 | |
Majority | 43 | 0.51 | |
8 February 1887 Death of Peter Rylands. | |||
19 February 1887 | 9,507/10,020 | 94.88 | |
Liberal Party | 5,026 | 52.87 | |
Conservative Party | 4,481 | 47.13 | |
Majority | 545 | 5.73 | |
22 February 1889 Resignation of John Slagg. | |||
27 February 1889 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Burton | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,463 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 August 1886 Resignation of Sir Michael Bass, Bt prior to his elevation to the Peerage - 1st Baron Burton - on 13 August 1886. | |||
20 August 1886 | 7,111/9,463 | 75.15 | |
Liberal Party | 4,792 | 67.39 | |
Conservative Party | 2,319 | 32.61 | |
Majority | 2,473 | 34.78 | |
Bury | |||
1 July 1886 | 8,214 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Bury St Edmunds | |||
2 July 1886 | 1,935/2,292 | 84.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,135 | 58.66 | |
Liberal Party | 800 | 41.34 | |
Majority | 335 | 17.31 | |
Bute | |||
14 July 1886 | 2,183/2,943 | 74.18 | |
Conservative Party | 1,364 | 62.48 | |
Liberal Party | 819 | 37.52 | |
Majority | 545 | 24.97 | |
1886 Appointment of James Robertson as Solicitor-General for Scotland. | |||
12 August 1886 | 2,943 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 September 1891 Resignation of James Robertson on appointment as Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session. | |||
9 October 1891 | 2,325/3,159 | 73.60 | |
Conservative Party | 1,335 | 57.42 | |
Liberal Party | 990 | 42.58 | |
Majority | 345 | 14.84 | |
Caithness | |||
14 July 1886 | 2,618/4,320 | 60.60 | |
Liberal Party / Crofter | 2,034 | 77.69 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 584 | 22.31 | |
Majority | 1,450 | 55.39 | |
1888 Dr Gavin Clark becomes Honorary Vice-President of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party in its formation. | |||
Camberwell North | |||
8 July 1886 | 5,315/8,603 | 61.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,717 | 51.12 | |
Liberal Party | 2,352 | 44.25 | |
Ind LU | 246 | 4.63 | |
Majority | 365 | 6.87 | |
Camborne | |||
14 July 1886 | 5,125/7,139 | 71.79 | |
Liberal Party | 3,156 | 61.58 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,969 | 38.42 | |
Majority | 1,187 | 23.16 | |
Cambridge | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,416/6,189 | 87.51 | |
Conservative Party | 2,937 | 54.23 | |
Liberal Party | 2,479 | 45.77 | |
Majority | 458 | 8.46 | |
Cambridge University | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,482 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Raikes on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||
13 August 1886 | 6,482 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 October 1887 Death of Rt Hon Alexander Beresford-Hope. | |||
17 November 1887 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
24 August 1891 Death of Rt Hon Henry Raikes. | |||
9 October 1891 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Canterbury | |||
1 July 1886 | 3,107 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cardiff District of Boroughs | |||
7 July 1886 | 10,272/12,605 | 81.49 | |
Liberal Party | 5,307 | 51.66 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,965 | 48.34 | |
Majority | 342 | 3.33 | |
Cardiganshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,495/12,308 | 69.02 | |
Liberal Party | 4,252 | 50.05 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,243 | 49.95 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.11 | |
Carlisle | |||
2 July 1886 | 4,603/5,726 | 80.39 | |
Liberal Party | 2,448 | 53.18 | |
Conservative Party | 2,155 | 46.82 | |
Majority | 293 | 6.37 | |
Carlow | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,891 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
22 May 1887 Death of John Blake. | |||
24 August 1887 | 7,643 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
15 June 1891 Death of James Patrick Mahon, self-titled as The O'Gorman Mahon. | |||
7 July 1891 | 5,294/7,016 | 75.46 | |
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | 3,755 | 70.93 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | 1,539 | 29.07 | |
Majority | 2,216 | 41.86 | |
Carmarthen District of Boroughs | |||
7 July 1886 | 4,018/5,399 | 74.42 | |
Liberal Party | 2,120 | 52.76 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,898 | 47.24 | |
Majority | 222 | 5.53 | |
1891 Sir Emile Algernon Cowell-Stepney joins the Liberal Unionists. | |||
Carnarvon District of Boroughs | |||
7 July 1886 | 3,504/4,476 | 78.28 | |
Conservative Party | 1,820 | 51.94 | |
Liberal Party | 1,684 | 48.06 | |
Majority | 136 | 3.88 | |
19 March 1890 Death of Edward Swetenham. | |||
10 April 1890 | 3,908/4,366 | 89.51 | |
Liberal Party | 1,963 | 50.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1,945 | 49.77 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.46 | |
Chatham | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,609/6,988 | 80.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,187 | 56.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,422 | 43.18 | |
Majority | 765 | 13.64 | |
Chelmsford | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,277 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
5 April 1892 Death of William Beadel. | |||
30 April 1892 | 9,333 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chelsea | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,432/11,104 | 75.94 | |
Conservative Party | 4,304 | 51.04 | |
Liberal Party | 4,128 | 48.96 | |
Majority | 176 | 2.09 | |
Cheltenham | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,583/6,464 | 86.37 | |
Conservative Party | 3,323 | 59.52 | |
Liberal Party | 2,260 | 40.48 | |
Majority | 1,063 | 19.04 | |
Chertsey | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,220 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 February 1892 Death of Frederick Hankey. | |||
3 March 1892 | 7,340/10,239 | 71.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,589 | 62.52 | |
Liberal Party | 2,751 | 37.48 | |
Majority | 1,838 | 25.04 | |
Chester | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,032/6,296 | 79.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,549 | 50.66 | |
Liberal Party | 2,483 | 49.34 | |
Majority | 66 | 1.31 | |
Chester-le-Street | |||
3 July 1886 | 11,830 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chesterfield | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,020/8,616 | 81.48 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,567 | 50.81 | |
Liberal Party | 3,453 | 49.19 | |
Majority | 114 | 1.62 | |
Chesterton | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,520/10,465 | 71.86 | |
Conservative Party | 4,248 | 56.49 | |
Liberal Party | 3,272 | 43.51 | |
Majority | 976 | 12.98 | |
Chichester | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,502 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 March 1888 Resignation of the Earl of March. | |||
14 March 1888 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1891 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household. | |||
9 December 1891 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Chippenham | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,777/8,853 | 76.55 | |
Conservative Party | 3,657 | 53.96 | |
Liberal Party | 3,120 | 46.04 | |
Majority | 537 | 7.92 | |
Chorley | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,881 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Christchurch | |||
7 July 1886 | 3,905/4,626 | 84.41 | |
Conservative Party | 2,072 | 53.06 | |
Liberal Party | 1,833 | 46.94 | |
Majority | 239 | 6.12 | |
Cirencester | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,157 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
City of London | |||
1 July 1886 | 29,152 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
22 July 1887 Elevation of Rt Hon John Hubbard to the Peerage - Baron Addington. | |||
27 July 1887 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 April 1891 Death of Thomas Baring. | |||
18 April 1891 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
22 May 1891 Death of Sir Robert Fowler, Bt. | |||
3 June 1891 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clackmannanshire & Kinross-shire | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,003/6,930 | 72.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,159 | 63.14 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,844 | 36.86 | |
Majority | 1,315 | 26.28 | |
Clapham | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,163/9,454 | 75.77 | |
Conservative Party | 3,816 | 53.27 | |
Liberal Party | 3,347 | 46.73 | |
Majority | 469 | 6.55 | |
Cleveland | |||
3 July 1886 | 11,788 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Clitheroe | |||
5 July 1886 | 12,698 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Cockermouth | |||
15 July 1886 | 7,256/9,538 | 76.07 | |
Liberal Party | 4,130 | 56.92 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,126 | 43.08 | |
Majority | 1,004 | 13.84 | |
Colchester | |||
1 July 1886 | 3,697/4,241 | 87.17 | |
Conservative Party | 1,996 | 53.99 | |
Liberal Party | 1,701 | 46.01 | |
Majority | 295 | 7.98 | |
6 December 1888 Death of Henry Trotter. | |||
18 December 1888 | 3,813/4,417 | 86.33 | |
Conservative Party | 2,126 | 55.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,687 | 44.24 | |
Majority | 439 | 11.51 | |
Colne Valley | |||
6 July 1886 | 10,881 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Connemara | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,842 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Cork City | |||
2 July 1886 | 14,569 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
6 October 1891 Death of Charles Stewart Parnell. | |||
6 November 1891 | 6,987/10,276 | 67.99 | |
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | 3,669 | 52.51 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | 2,157 | 30.87 | |
Unionist | 1,161 | 16.62 | |
Majority | 1,512 | 21.64 | |
Coventry | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,997/9,736 | 82.14 | |
Conservative Party | 4,201 | 52.53 | |
Liberal Party | 3,796 | 47.47 | |
Majority | 405 | 5.06 | |
4 July 1887 Resignation of Henry Eaton. | |||
9 July 1887 | 8,442/9,867 | 85.56 | |
Liberal Party | 4,229 | 50.09 | |
Conservative Party | 4,213 | 49.91 | |
Majority | 16 | 0.19 | |
Crewe | |||
12 July 1886 | 8,735/10,815 | 80.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,690 | 53.69 | |
Conservative Party | 4,045 | 46.31 | |
Majority | 645 | 7.38 | |
Cricklade | |||
13 July 1886 | 6,331/9,031 | 70.10 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,401 | 53.72 | |
Liberal Party | 1,683 | 26.58 | |
Independent Liberal | 1,247 | 19.70 | |
Majority | 1,718 | 27.14 | |
Croydon | |||
1 July 1886 | 12,619 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 August 1886 Resignation of Hon Sidney Herbert on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
11 August 1886 | 12,619 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Darlington | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,183/5,907 | 87.74 | |
Liberal Party | 2,620 | 50.55 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,563 | 49.45 | |
Majority | 57 | 1.10 | |
Dartford | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,163/11,173 | 64.11 | |
Conservative Party | 4,198 | 58.61 | |
Liberal Party | 2,965 | 41.39 | |
Majority | 1,233 | 17.21 | |
25 January 1887 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir William Dyke, Bt on appointment as Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education. | |||
2 February 1887 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Darwen | |||
8 July 1886 | 11,444/12,629 | 90.62 | |
Conservative Party | 6,085 | 53.17 | |
Liberal Party | 5,359 | 46.83 | |
Majority | 726 | 6.34 | |
Denbigh District of Boroughs | |||
10 July 1886 | 3,103/3,414 | 90.89 | |
Conservative Party | 1,657 | 53.40 | |
Liberal Party | 1,446 | 46.60 | |
Majority | 211 | 6.80 | |
Deptford | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,737/9,371 | 71.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,682 | 54.65 | |
Liberal Party | 3,055 | 45.35 | |
Majority | 627 | 9.31 | |
18 February 1888 Resignation of William Evelyn. | |||
29 February 1888 | 8,415/10,473 | 80.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,345 | 51.63 | |
Liberal Party | 4,070 | 48.37 | |
Majority | 275 | 3.27 | |
Derby | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,758/14,925 | 72.08 | |
Liberal Party | 6,571 | 61.08 | |
Liberal Party | 6,431 | 59.78 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,346 | 40.40 | |
Majority | 2,085 | 19.38 | |
Devizes | |||
7 July 1886 | 6,520/9,357 | 69.68 | |
Conservative Party | 4,123 | 63.24 | |
Liberal Party | 2,397 | 36.76 | |
Majority | 1,726 | 26.47 | |
Devonport | |||
3 July 1886 | 4,936/6,546 | 75.40 | |
Conservative Party | 2,954 | 59.85 | |
Conservative Party | 2,943 | 59.62 | |
Liberal Party | 1,963 | 39.77 | |
Liberal Party | 1,918 | 38.86 | |
Majority | 980 | 19.85 | |
Dewsbury | |||
3 July 1886 | 7,877/11,439 | 68.86 | |
Liberal Party | 5,118 | 64.97 | |
Conservative Party | 2,759 | 35.03 | |
Majority | 2,359 | 29.95 | |
8 November 1888 Resignation of John Simon. | |||
16 November 1888 | 10,040/11,767 | 85.32 | |
Liberal Party | 6,071 | 60.47 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,969 | 39.53 | |
Majority | 2,102 | 20.94 | |
Doncaster | |||
15 July 1886 | 9,852/13,157 | 74.88 | |
Liberal Party | 5,060 | 51.36 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,792 | 48.64 | |
Majority | 268 | 2.72 | |
9 February 1888 Resignation of Walter Shirley. | |||
23 February 1888 | 11,057/13,252 | 83.44 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,634 | 50.95 | |
Liberal Party | 5,423 | 49.05 | |
Majority | 211 | 1.91 | |
Dover | |||
1 July 1886 | 4,885 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 July 1889 Death of Alexander Dickson. | |||
12 July 1889 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Droitwich | |||
13 July 1886 | 6,792/9,484 | 71.62 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,031 | 59.35 | |
Liberal Party | 2,761 | 40.65 | |
Majority | 1,270 | 18.70 | |
Dublin College Green | |||
1 July 1886 | 10,797 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin Harbour | |||
1 July 1886 | 11,282 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin St Patrick's | |||
1 July 1886 | 8,994 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Dublin St Stephen's Green | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,573/10,184 | 74.36 | |
Nationalist | 5,008 | 66.13 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,565 | 33.87 | |
Majority | 2,443 | 32.26 | |
27 March 1888 Death of Edmund Dwyer Gray. | |||
12 May 1888 | 7,651/10,530 | 72.66 | |
Liberal Party | 4,819 | 62.99 | |
Unionist | 2,832 | 37.01 | |
Majority | 1,987 | 25.97 | |
Dublin University | |||
8 July 1886 | 1,916/4,155 | 46.11 | |
Unionist | 1,865 | 97.34 | |
Unionist | 1,855 | 96.82 | |
Nationalist | 56 | 2.92 | |
Nationalist | 55 | 2.87 | |
Majority | 1,799 | 93.89 | |
August 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon Hugh Holmes as Attorney-General. | |||
5 August 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon David Plunket as the First Commissioner of Works. | |||
13 August 1886 | 4,155 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
1887 Resignation of Rt Hon Hugh Holmes on his appointment as a judge. | |||
12 July 1887 | 2,088/4,092 | 51.03 | |
Unionist | 1,376 | 65.90 | |
Unionist | 712 | 34.10 | |
Majority | 664 | 31.80 | |
January 1888 Appointment of Dodgson Madden as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | |||
3 February 1888 | 4,094 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Dudley | |||
6 July 1886 | 11,020/14,918 | 73.87 | |
Conservative Party | 6,475 | 58.76 | |
Liberal Party | 4,545 | 41.24 | |
Majority | 1,930 | 17.51 | |
Dulwich | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,963 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1887 Resignation of John Howard on appointment as a County Court Judge. | |||
1 December 1887 | 6,630/8,972 | 73.90 | |
Conservative Party | 4,021 | 60.65 | |
Liberal Party | 2,609 | 39.35 | |
Majority | 1,412 | 21.30 | |
Dumfries District of Burghs | |||
8 July 1886 | 2,764/3,147 | 87.83 | |
Liberal Party | 1,547 | 55.97 | |
Conservative Party | 1,217 | 44.03 | |
Majority | 330 | 11.94 | |
Dumfriesshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,358/9,489 | 77.54 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,106 | 55.80 | |
Liberal Party | 3,252 | 44.20 | |
Majority | 854 | 11.61 | |
Dunbartonshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,466/10,063 | 84.13 | |
Conservative Party | 4,249 | 50.19 | |
Liberal Party | 4,217 | 49.81 | |
Majority | 32 | 0.38 | |
Dundee | |||
3 July 1886 | 11,893/17,420 | 68.27 | |
Liberal Party | 8,236 | 69.25 | |
Liberal Party | 8,216 | 69.08 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,545 | 29.81 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,346 | 28.13 | |
Majority | 4,671 | 39.28 | |
7 February 1888 Resignation of Charles Lacaita. | |||
16 February 1888 | 12,073/16,613 | 72.67 | |
Liberal Party | 7,856 | 65.07 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,217 | 34.93 | |
Majority | 3,639 | 30.14 | |
3 September 1889 Death of Joseph Firth. | |||
25 September 1889 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Durham | |||
6 July 1886 | 1,984/2,302 | 86.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,129 | 56.91 | |
Liberal Party | 855 | 43.09 | |
Majority | 274 | 13.81 | |
Ealing | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,283 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord George Hamilton on appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
12 August 1886 | 9,283 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
East Grinstead | |||
13 July 1886 | 5,166/7,660 | 67.44 | |
Conservative Party | 3,289 | 63.67 | |
Liberal Party | 1,877 | 36.33 | |
Majority | 1,412 | 27.33 | |
Eastbourne | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,261/8,504 | 73.62 | |
Conservative Party | 3,760 | 60.05 | |
Liberal Party | 2,501 | 39.95 | |
Majority | 1,259 | 20.11 | |
Eastern Aberdeenshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,496/12,522 | 59.86 | |
Liberal Party | 4,952 | 66.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,544 | 33.94 | |
Majority | 2,408 | 32.12 | |
Eastern Antrim | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,773 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Carmarthenshire | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,669 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
12 July 1890 Death of David Pugh. | |||
8 August 1890 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cavan | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,920 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Clare | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,128 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Cork | |||
5 July 1886 | 6,934 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Denbighshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,046/8,297 | 84.92 | |
Liberal Party | 3,536 | 50.18 | |
Conservative Party | 3,510 | 49.82 | |
Majority | 26 | 0.37 | |
Eastern Donegal | |||
8 July 1886 | 6,523/7,840 | 83.20 | |
Nationalist | 3,972 | 60.89 | |
Unionist | 2,551 | 39.11 | |
Majority | 1,421 | 21.78 | |
Eastern Dorset | |||
15 July 1886 | 7,979/9,758 | 81.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,317 | 54.10 | |
Liberal Party | 3,662 | 45.90 | |
Majority | 655 | 8.21 | |
5 November 1891 Death of George Bond. | |||
27 November 1891 | 8,495/10,175 | 83.49 | |
Conservative Party | 4,421 | 52.04 | |
Liberal Party | 4,074 | 47.96 | |
Majority | 347 | 4.08 | |
Eastern Down | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,654/9,805 | 78.06 | |
Unionist | 5,093 | 66.54 | |
Nationalist | 2,561 | 33.46 | |
Majority | 2,532 | 33.08 | |
17 March 1890 Resignation of Richard Ker. | |||
25 March 1890 | 9,303 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Fife | |||
8 July 1886 | 5,352/9,233 | 57.97 | |
Liberal Party | 2,863 | 53.49 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,489 | 46.51 | |
Majority | 374 | 6.99 | |
Eastern Galway | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,083 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
13 April 1890 Death of Matthew Harris. | |||
14 May 1890 | 8,191 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Glamorganshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,544 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Kerry | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,971 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Limerick | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,474 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Mayo | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,149 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Norfolk | |||
9 July 1886 | 8,578/11,161 | 76.86 | |
Conservative Party | 4,578 | 53.37 | |
Liberal Party | 4,000 | 46.63 | |
Majority | 578 | 6.74 | |
Eastern Northamptonshire | |||
12 July 1886 | 7,440/9,691 | 76.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,428 | 59.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,012 | 40.48 | |
Majority | 1,416 | 19.03 | |
Eastern Perthshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 5,699/7,851 | 72.59 | |
Liberal Party | 3,504 | 61.48 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,195 | 38.52 | |
Majority | 1,309 | 22.97 | |
25 January 1889 Death of Robert Menzies. | |||
19 February 1889 | 6,294/7,790 | 80.80 | |
Liberal Party | 4,005 | 63.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,289 | 36.37 | |
Majority | 1,716 | 27.26 | |
Eastern Renfrewshire | |||
14 July 1886 | 6,244/8,295 | 75.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,806 | 60.95 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,438 | 39.05 | |
Majority | 1,368 | 21.91 | |
Eastern Somerset | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,314 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Tipperary | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,899 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Tyrone | |||
16 July 1886 | 7,218/7,946 | 90.84 | |
Nationalist | 3,843 | 53.24 | |
LU | 3,375 | 46.76 | |
Majority | 468 | 6.48 | |
Eastern Waterford | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,678 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Eastern Wicklow | |||
9 July 1886 | 4,085/5,569 | 73.35 | |
Nationalist | 3,101 | 75.91 | |
Unionist | 984 | 24.09 | |
Majority | 2,117 | 51.82 | |
Eastern Worcestershire | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,187 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 March 1892 George Hastings was expelled from the House of Commons. | |||
11 March 1892 George Hastings was convicted at the Central Criminal Court and sentenced to 5 years for fraudulent conversion. | |||
30 March 1892 | 9,827 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eccles | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,262/9,781 | 84.47 | |
Conservative Party | 4,277 | 51.77 | |
Liberal Party | 3,985 | 48.23 | |
Majority | 292 | 3.53 | |
25 September 1890 Death of Hon Alfred Egerton. | |||
22 October 1890 | 9,597/11,136 | 86.18 | |
Liberal Party | 4,901 | 51.07 | |
Conservative Party | 4,696 | 48.93 | |
Majority | 205 | 2.14 | |
Eddisbury | |||
16 July 1886 | 8,035/10,436 | 76.99 | |
Conservative Party | 4,357 | 54.23 | |
Liberal Party | 3,678 | 45.77 | |
Majority | 679 | 8.45 | |
Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,860 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon John Macdonald on appointment as Lord Advocate. | |||
18 August 1886 | 6,860 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1888 Resignation of Rt Hon John Macdonald on appointment as Lord Justice Clerk - Lord Kingsburgh. | |||
6 November 1888 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1890 Resignation of Moir Stormonth Darling on appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Stormonth-Darling. | |||
12 November 1890 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Edinburgh Central | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,996/8,269 | 72.51 | |
Liberal Party | 3,760 | 62.71 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,236 | 37.29 | |
Majority | 1,524 | 25.42 | |
Edinburgh East | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,947/7,639 | 77.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3,694 | 62.12 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,253 | 37.88 | |
Majority | 1,441 | 24.23 | |
Edinburgh South | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,969/8,754 | 68.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,778 | 63.29 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,191 | 36.71 | |
Majority | 1,587 | 26.59 | |
Edinburgh West | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,476/7,565 | 72.39 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,083 | 56.30 | |
Liberal Party | 2,393 | 43.70 | |
Majority | 690 | 12.60 | |
9 February 1888 Thomas Buchanan seeks re-election on his joining the Liberal Party. | |||
18 February 1888 | 6,542/7,749 | 84.42 | |
Liberal Party | 3,294 | 50.35 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,248 | 49.65 | |
Majority | 46 | 0.70 | |
Edinburghshire | |||
2 July 1886 | 12,924 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Egremont | |||
14 July 1886 | 7,002/9,043 | 77.43 | |
Conservative Party | 3,583 | 51.17 | |
Liberal Party | 3,419 | 48.83 | |
Majority | 164 | 2.34 | |
Eifion | |||
10 July 1886 | 5,511/8,978 | 61.38 | |
Liberal Party | 4,244 | 77.01 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,267 | 22.99 | |
Majority | 2,977 | 54.02 | |
Elgin District of Burghs | |||
3 July 1886 | 4,259 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Elginshire & Nairnshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 3,863/5,796 | 66.65 | |
Liberal Party | 1,991 | 51.54 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,872 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 119 | 3.08 | |
25 August 1889 Death of Charles Anderson. | |||
8 October 1889 | 4,617/5,844 | 79.00 | |
Liberal Party | 2,573 | 55.73 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,044 | 44.27 | |
Majority | 529 | 11.46 | |
Elland | |||
2 July 1886 | 11,851 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Enfield | |||
6 July 1886 | 4,354/8,621 | 50.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,287 | 75.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,067 | 24.51 | |
Majority | 2,220 | 50.99 | |
1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Folkestone on appointment as Treasurer of HM Household. | |||
12 August 1886 | 8,621 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
11 March 1889 Succession of Rt Hon Viscount Folkestone to the Peerage - 5th Earl of Radnor. | |||
30 March 1889 | 8,736/10,993 | 79.47 | |
Conservative Party | 5,124 | 58.65 | |
Liberal Party | 3,612 | 41.35 | |
Majority | 1,512 | 17.31 | |
Epping | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,239 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
15 June 1892 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Selwyn-Ibbetson, Bt to the Peerage - Baron Rookwood. | |||
Epsom | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,009 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Eskdale | |||
16 July 1886 | 7,338/10,000 | 73.38 | |
Liberal Party | 4,112 | 56.04 | |
Conservative Party | 3,226 | 43.96 | |
Majority | 886 | 12.07 | |
Evesham | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,518/9,522 | 68.45 | |
Conservative Party | 4,127 | 63.32 | |
Liberal Party | 2,391 | 36.68 | |
Majority | 1,736 | 26.63 | |
Exeter | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,101/6,963 | 87.62 | |
Conservative Party | 3,222 | 52.81 | |
Liberal Party | 2,879 | 47.19 | |
Majority | 343 | 5.62 | |
Eye | |||
16 July 1886 | 7,482/10,993 | 68.06 | |
Liberal Party | 4,544 | 60.73 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,938 | 39.27 | |
Majority | 1,606 | 21.46 | |
Falkirk District of Burghs | |||
9 July 1886 | 5,405/7,142 | 75.68 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,712 | 50.18 | |
Liberal Party | 2,693 | 49.82 | |
Majority | 19 | 0.35 | |
Fareham | |||
5 July 1886 | 12,162 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Faversham | |||
2 July 1886 | 11,370 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Finsbury Central | |||
5 July 1886 | 4,485/7,462 | 60.10 | |
Conservative Party | 2,245 | 50.06 | |
Liberal Party | 2,240 | 49.94 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.11 | |
Finsbury East | |||
5 July 1886 | 3,885/6,105 | 63.64 | |
Liberal/Labour | 1,973 | 50.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,912 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 61 | 1.57 | |
Flint District of Boroughs | |||
7 July 1886 | 3,230/3,773 | 85.61 | |
Liberal Party | 1,827 | 56.56 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,403 | 43.44 | |
Majority | 424 | 13.13 | |
Flintshire | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,081 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Forest-of-Dean | |||
17 July 1886 | 6,237/9,458 | 65.94 | |
Liberal Party | 3,822 | 61.28 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,415 | 38.72 | |
Majority | 1,407 | 22.56 | |
15 July 1887 Resignation of Thomas Blake. | |||
29 July 1887 | 7,022/10,032 | 70.00 | |
Liberal Party | 4,286 | 61.04 | |
Conservative Party | 2,736 | 38.96 | |
Majority | 1,550 | 22.07 | |
Forfarshire | |||
9 July 1886 | 7,271/11,232 | 64.73 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,839 | 52.80 | |
Liberal Party | 3,432 | 47.20 | |
Majority | 407 | 5.60 | |
Frome | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,993/10,498 | 76.14 | |
Conservative Party | 4,348 | 54.40 | |
Liberal Party | 3,645 | 45.60 | |
Majority | 703 | 8.80 | |
Fulham | |||
6 July 1886 | 4,804/6,499 | 73.92 | |
Conservative Party | 2,557 | 53.23 | |
Liberal Party | 2,247 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 310 | 6.45 | |
Gainsborough | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,161/11,107 | 73.48 | |
Conservative Party | 4,123 | 50.52 | |
Liberal Party | 4,038 | 49.48 | |
Majority | 85 | 1.04 | |
Galway | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,265 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Gateshead | |||
1 July 1886 | 13,206 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Glasgow Blackfriars & Hutchesontown | |||
5 July 1886 | 7,538/9,725 | 77.51 | |
Liberal Party | 4,201 | 55.73 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,337 | 44.27 | |
Majority | 864 | 11.46 | |
Glasgow Bridgeton | |||
5 July 1886 | 7,931/10,058 | 78.85 | |
Liberal Party | 4,364 | 55.02 | |
Conservative Party | 3,567 | 44.98 | |
Majority | 797 | 10.05 | |
24 July 1887 Resignation of Edward Russell. | |||
2 August 1887 | 7,907/10,095 | 78.33 | |
Liberal Party | 4,654 | 58.86 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,253 | 41.14 | |
Majority | 1,401 | 17.72 | |
Glasgow Camlachie | |||
5 July 1886 | 6,775/9,220 | 73.48 | |
Liberal Party | 3,467 | 51.17 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,308 | 48.83 | |
Majority | 159 | 2.35 | |
1889 The local Liberal Association passed a motion of no confidence in Hugh Watt (due to a difference of views on a number of major issues between him and the Association) and asked him to resign. He informed the Association that he intended to stand in the next General Election. They then adopted Robert Cunninghame Graham as their prospective parliamentary candidate. | |||
February 1892 Robert Cunninghame Graham's continued criticism of Liberal policy and leadership finally led to his deselection as the local Liberal Association's prospective parliamentary candidate and the adoption of John McCulloch in his place. | |||
Glasgow Central | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,203/13,208 | 77.25 | |
Conservative Party | 5,780 | 56.65 | |
Liberal Party | 4,423 | 43.35 | |
Majority | 1,357 | 13.30 | |
Glasgow College | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,105/11,934 | 76.29 | |
Liberal Party | 4,880 | 53.60 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,225 | 46.40 | |
Majority | 655 | 7.19 | |
Glasgow St Rollox | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,457/11,926 | 79.30 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,788 | 50.63 | |
Liberal Party | 4,669 | 49.37 | |
Majority | 119 | 1.26 | |
Glasgow Tradeston | |||
5 July 1886 | 7,052/9,222 | 76.47 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,878 | 54.99 | |
Liberal Party | 3,174 | 45.01 | |
Majority | 704 | 9.98 | |
Gloucester | |||
2 July 1886 | 3,621/4,547 | 79.63 | |
Liberal Party | 1,908 | 52.69 | |
Conservative Party | 1,713 | 47.31 | |
Majority | 195 | 5.39 | |
Gorton | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,727/10,334 | 84.45 | |
Liberal Party | 4,592 | 52.62 | |
Conservative Party | 4,135 | 47.38 | |
Majority | 457 | 5.24 | |
2 March 1889 Death of Richard Peacock. | |||
22 March 1889 | 9,464/10,674 | 88.66 | |
Liberal Party | 5,155 | 54.47 | |
Conservative Party | 4,309 | 45.53 | |
Majority | 846 | 8.94 | |
Govan | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,786/8,998 | 75.42 | |
Conservative Party | 3,574 | 52.67 | |
Liberal Party | 3,212 | 47.33 | |
Majority | 362 | 5.33 | |
18 December 1888 Death of William Pearce. | |||
18 January 1889 | 7,769/9,240 | 84.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,420 | 56.89 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,349 | 43.11 | |
Majority | 1,071 | 13.79 | |
Gower | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,560 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1888 Death of Frank Yeo. | |||
27 March 1888 | 7,322/10,896 | 67.20 | |
Liberal Party | 3,964 | 54.14 | |
Conservative Party | 3,358 | 45.86 | |
Majority | 606 | 8.28 | |
Grantham | |||
3 July 1886 | 2,358/2,883 | 81.79 | |
Conservative Party | 1,197 | 50.76 | |
Liberal Party | 1,161 | 49.24 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.53 | |
Gravesend | |||
2 July 1886 | 3,368/4,200 | 80.19 | |
Conservative Party | 1,938 | 57.54 | |
Liberal Party | 1,430 | 42.46 | |
Majority | 508 | 15.08 | |
Great Grimsby | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,631/8,659 | 65.03 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,982 | 52.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,649 | 47.04 | |
Majority | 333 | 5.91 | |
Great Yarmouth | |||
2 July 1886 | 4,988/6,949 | 71.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,977 | 59.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,011 | 40.32 | |
Majority | 966 | 19.37 | |
Greenock | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,113/7,131 | 71.70 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,905 | 56.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,208 | 43.18 | |
Majority | 697 | 13.63 | |
Greenwich | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,791/8,632 | 67.09 | |
Conservative Party | 3,240 | 55.95 | |
Liberal Party | 2,551 | 44.05 | |
Majority | 689 | 11.90 | |
Guildford | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,978 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hackney Central | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,008/7,381 | 67.85 | |
Conservative Party | 3,047 | 60.84 | |
Liberal Party | 1,961 | 39.16 | |
Majority | 1,086 | 21.69 | |
Hackney North | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,199/8,058 | 64.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,351 | 64.45 | |
Liberal Party | 1,848 | 35.55 | |
Majority | 1,503 | 28.91 | |
22 April 1892 Death of Sir Lewis Pelly. | |||
11 May 1892 | 7,951/10,060 | 79.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,460 | 56.09 | |
Liberal Party | 3,491 | 43.91 | |
Majority | 969 | 12.19 | |
Hackney South | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,500/8,684 | 63.33 | |
Liberal Party | 2,800 | 50.91 | |
Conservative Party | 2,700 | 49.09 | |
Majority | 100 | 1.82 | |
Haddingtonshire | |||
9 July 1886 | 4,391/6,487 | 67.69 | |
Liberal Party | 2,677 | 60.97 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,714 | 39.03 | |
Majority | 963 | 21.93 | |
Haggerston | |||
5 July 1886 | 3,731/6,737 | 55.38 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,054 | 55.05 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,677 | 44.95 | |
Majority | 377 | 10.10 | |
Halifax | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,055/12,269 | 73.80 | |
Liberal Party | 5,427 | 59.93 | |
Liberal Party | 5,381 | 59.43 | |
Conservative Party | 3,612 | 39.89 | |
Majority | 1,769 | 19.54 | |
Hallamshire | |||
5 July 1886 | 13,176 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hammersmith | |||
5 July 1886 | 6,353/9,611 | 66.10 | |
Conservative Party | 3,991 | 62.82 | |
Liberal Party | 2,362 | 37.18 | |
Majority | 1,629 | 25.64 | |
Hampstead | |||
5 July 1886 | 3,652/5,981 | 61.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,707 | 74.12 | |
Liberal Party | 945 | 25.88 | |
Majority | 1,762 | 48.25 | |
3 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Holland, Bt on appointment as the Vice-President of the Committee of Council of Education. | |||
11 August 1886 | 5,981 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
23 February 1888 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Henry Holland, Bt to the Peerage - 1st Viscount Knutsford. | |||
28 February 1888 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Handsworth | |||
3 July 1886 | 14,908 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hanley | |||
2 July 1886 | 10,970 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Harborough | |||
10 July 1886 | 10,278/12,476 | 82.38 | |
Conservative Party | 5,708 | 55.54 | |
Liberal Party | 4,570 | 44.46 | |
Majority | 1,138 | 11.07 | |
11 April 1891 Death of Thomas Tapling. | |||
8 May 1891 | 11,475/13,291 | 86.34 | |
Liberal Party | 5,982 | 52.13 | |
Conservative Party | 5,493 | 47.87 | |
Majority | 489 | 4.26 | |
Harrow | |||
6 July 1886 | 10,438 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Harwich | |||
17 July 1886 | 6,945/10,141 | 68.48 | |
Conservative Party | 4,623 | 66.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,322 | 33.43 | |
Majority | 2,301 | 33.13 | |
Hastings | |||
2 July 1886 | 4,995/5,672 | 88.06 | |
Conservative Party | 2,765 | 55.36 | |
Liberal Party | 2,230 | 44.64 | |
Majority | 535 | 10.71 | |
Hawick District of Burghs | |||
10 July 1886 | 5,016/5,679 | 88.33 | |
Liberal Party | 2,523 | 50.30 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,493 | 49.70 | |
Majority | 30 | 0.60 | |
Henley | |||
15 July 1886 | 6,274/8,555 | 73.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,674 | 58.56 | |
Liberal Party | 2,600 | 41.44 | |
Majority | 1,074 | 17.12 | |
Hereford | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,537/3,002 | 84.51 | |
Conservative Party | 1,401 | 55.22 | |
Liberal Party | 1,136 | 44.78 | |
Majority | 265 | 10.45 | |
Hertford | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,840 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hexham | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,397/10,237 | 72.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,177 | 56.47 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,220 | 43.53 | |
Majority | 957 | 12.94 | |
Heywood | |||
12 July 1886 | 7,968/9,269 | 85.96 | |
Liberal Party | 4,206 | 52.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,762 | 47.21 | |
Majority | 444 | 5.57 | |
High Peak | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,163/9,414 | 86.71 | |
Conservative Party | 4,162 | 50.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,001 | 49.01 | |
Majority | 161 | 1.97 | |
Hitchin | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,996 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Holborn | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,601/9,802 | 57.14 | |
Conservative Party | 3,651 | 65.18 | |
Liberal Party | 1,950 | 34.82 | |
Majority | 1,701 | 30.37 | |
16 November 1888 Death of Francis Duncan. | |||
29 November 1888 | 7,831/11,383 | 68.80 | |
Conservative Party | 4,398 | 56.16 | |
Liberal Party | 3,433 | 43.84 | |
Majority | 965 | 12.32 | |
Holderness | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,143 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Holmfirth | |||
14 July 1886 | 8,102/10,770 | 75.23 | |
Liberal Party | 5,322 | 65.69 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,780 | 34.31 | |
Majority | 2,542 | 31.37 | |
Honiton | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,012 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Horncastle | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,941 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
3 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Edward Stanhope on appointment as Secretary of State for the Colonies. | |||
12 August 1886 | 9,941 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hornsey | |||
2 July 1886 | 10,648 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 July 1887 Resignation of Sir James McGarel-Hogg, Bt. He was elevated to the Peerage the following day - Baron Magheramorne. | |||
19 July 1887 | 6,964/10,814 | 64.40 | |
Conservative Party | 4,476 | 64.27 | |
Liberal Party | 2,488 | 35.73 | |
Majority | 1,988 | 28.55 | |
Horsham | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,582 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Houghton-le-Spring | |||
14 July 1886 | 10,929/12,992 | 84.12 | |
Conservative Party | 5,870 | 53.71 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,059 | 46.29 | |
Majority | 811 | 7.42 | |
Howdenshire | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,502 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Hoxton | |||
5 July 1886 | 4,403/8,469 | 51.99 | |
Liberal Party | 2,324 | 52.78 | |
Conservative Party | 2,079 | 47.22 | |
Majority | 245 | 5.56 | |
Huddersfield | |||
3 July 1886 | 12,236/14,991 | 81.62 | |
Liberal Party | 6,210 | 50.75 | |
Conservative Party | 6,026 | 49.25 | |
Majority | 184 | 1.50 | |
Huntingdon | |||
14 July 1886 | 4,443/5,655 | 78.57 | |
Conservative Party | 2,302 | 51.81 | |
Liberal Party | 2,141 | 48.19 | |
Majority | 161 | 3.62 | |
Hyde | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,213/9,328 | 88.05 | |
Conservative Party | 4,328 | 52.70 | |
Liberal Party | 3,885 | 47.30 | |
Majority | 443 | 5.39 | |
Hythe | |||
1 July 1886 | 3,737 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
1888 The Earl of Radnor alleged that Sir E Watkin, Bt, an MP who was very much independent and eccentric, had left the Liberal Unionist party in 1888. | |||
Ilkeston | |||
8 July 1886 | 8,414/10,660 | 78.93 | |
Liberal Party | 4,621 | 54.92 | |
Conservative Party | 3,793 | 45.08 | |
Majority | 828 | 9.84 | |
7 March 1887 Death of Thomas Watson. | |||
24 March 1887 | 9,692/10,948 | 88.53 | |
Liberal Party | 5,512 | 56.87 | |
Conservative Party | 4,180 | 43.13 | |
Majority | 1,332 | 13.74 | |
Ince | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,536/9,157 | 82.30 | |
Conservative Party | 4,308 | 57.17 | |
Liberal Party | 3,228 | 42.83 | |
Majority | 1,080 | 14.33 | |
Inverness District of Burghs | |||
9 July 1886 | 2,965/3,556 | 83.38 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,619 | 54.60 | |
Liberal Party | 1,346 | 45.40 | |
Majority | 273 | 9.21 | |
Inverness-shire | |||
3 July 1886 | 9,330 | ||
LIB U/Crofter | Unopposed |   | |
Ipswich | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,252/8,867 | 81.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,846 | 53.03 | |
Conservative Party | 3,838 | 52.92 | |
Liberal Party | 3,386 | 46.69 | |
Liberal Party | 3,334 | 45.97 | |
Majority | 452 | 6.23 | |
Isle of Thanet | |||
9 July 1886 | 4,710/7,941 | 59.31 | |
Conservative Party | 3,399 | 72.17 | |
Liberal Party | 1,311 | 27.83 | |
Majority | 2,088 | 44.33 | |
10 June 1888 Death of Rt Hon Edward King-Harman. | |||
29 June 1888 | 6,436/8,228 | 78.22 | |
Conservative Party | 3,547 | 55.11 | |
Liberal Party | 2,889 | 44.89 | |
Majority | 658 | 10.22 | |
Isle of Wight | |||
9 July 1886 | 9,284/11,943 | 77.74 | |
Conservative Party | 5,271 | 56.78 | |
Liberal Party | 4,013 | 43.22 | |
Majority | 1,258 | 13.55 | |
5 August 1886 Resignation of Sir Richard Webster on appointment as Attorney-General. | |||
12 August 1886 | 11,943 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Islington East | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,068/8,092 | 74.99 | |
Conservative Party | 3,732 | 61.50 | |
Liberal Party | 2,336 | 38.50 | |
Majority | 1,396 | 23.01 | |
Islington North | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,432/7,774 | 69.87 | |
Conservative Party | 3,456 | 63.62 | |
Liberal Party | 1,976 | 36.38 | |
Majority | 1,480 | 27.25 | |
Islington South | |||
6 July 1886 | 4,982/7,024 | 70.93 | |
Conservative Party | 2,774 | 55.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,208 | 44.32 | |
Majority | 566 | 11.36 | |
Islington West | |||
6 July 1886 | 4,294/7,276 | 59.02 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,793 | 65.04 | |
Liberal Party | 1,501 | 34.96 | |
Majority | 1,292 | 30.09 | |
Jarrow | |||
6 July 1886 | 12,897 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Keighley | |||
2 July 1886 | 10,072 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kendal | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,149 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kennington | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,014/8,313 | 72.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,222 | 53.57 | |
Liberal Party | 2,792 | 46.43 | |
Majority | 430 | 7.15 | |
27 February 1889 Resignation of Robert Gent-Davis. | |||
15 March 1889 | 7,508/8,920 | 84.17 | |
Liberal Party | 4,069 | 54.20 | |
Conservative Party | 3,439 | 45.80 | |
Majority | 630 | 8.39 | |
Kensington North | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,837/8,297 | 70.35 | |
Conservative Party | 3,394 | 58.15 | |
Liberal Party | 2,443 | 41.85 | |
Majority | 951 | 16.29 | |
Kensington South | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,178/8,859 | 58.45 | |
Conservative Party | 4,156 | 80.26 | |
Liberal Party | 1,022 | 19.74 | |
Majority | 3,134 | 60.53 | |
Kidderminster | |||
3 July 1886 | 3,877/4,506 | 86.04 | |
Conservative Party | 2,081 | 53.68 | |
Liberal Party | 1,796 | 46.32 | |
Majority | 285 | 7.35 | |
Kilkenny City | |||
2 July 1886 | 1,899 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,444/10,475 | 80.61 | |
Liberal Party | 4,664 | 55.23 | |
Conservative Party | 3,780 | 44.77 | |
Majority | 884 | 10.47 | |
Kincardineshire | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,580 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
King's Lynn | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,563/3,094 | 82.84 | |
Conservative Party | 1,417 | 55.29 | |
Liberal Party | 1,146 | 44.71 | |
Majority | 271 | 10.57 | |
1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Robert Bourke on appointment as Governor of Madras. | |||
25 August 1886 | 2,591/3,094 | 83.74 | |
Conservative Party | 1,423 | 54.92 | |
Liberal Party | 1,168 | 45.08 | |
Majority | 255 | 9.84 | |
Kingston | |||
3 July 1886 | 11,086 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kingston-upon-Hull Central | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,829/11,627 | 75.94 | |
Conservative Party | 4,968 | 56.27 | |
Liberal Party | 3,861 | 43.73 | |
Majority | 1,107 | 12.54 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull East | |||
5 July 1886 | 6,241/8,053 | 77.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,139 | 50.30 | |
Liberal Party | 3,102 | 49.70 | |
Majority | 37 | 0.59 | |
Kingston-upon-Hull West | |||
5 July 1886 | 7,668/11,517 | 66.58 | |
Liberal Party | 4,623 | 60.29 | |
Conservative Party | 3,045 | 39.71 | |
Majority | 1,578 | 20.58 | |
Kingswinford | |||
3 July 1886 | 12,272 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | |||
9 July 1886 | 2,925/5,282 | 55.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,014 | 68.85 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 911 | 31.15 | |
Majority | 1,103 | 37.71 | |
18 February 1892 Death of Sir George Campbell. | |||
11 March 1892 | 4,098/5,274 | 77.70 | |
Liberal Party | 2,567 | 62.64 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,531 | 37.36 | |
Majority | 1,036 | 25.28 | |
Kirkcudbrightshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 4,877/5,720 | 85.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,471 | 50.67 | |
Liberal Party | 2,406 | 49.33 | |
Majority | 65 | 1.33 | |
Knutsford | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,314 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lambeth North | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,034/7,939 | 63.41 | |
Conservative Party | 2,723 | 54.09 | |
Liberal Party | 2,311 | 45.91 | |
Majority | 412 | 8.18 | |
Lancaster | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,577/8,961 | 84.56 | |
Liberal Party | 3,886 | 51.29 | |
Conservative Party | 3,691 | 48.71 | |
Majority | 195 | 2.57 | |
Launceston | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,297 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds Central | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,437/11,135 | 75.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,225 | 50.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,212 | 49.92 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.15 | |
Leeds East | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,750/8,831 | 76.44 | |
Liberal Party | 3,930 | 58.22 | |
Conservative Party | 2,820 | 41.78 | |
Majority | 1,110 | 16.44 | |
Leeds North | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,983/10,128 | 78.82 | |
Conservative Party | 4,301 | 53.88 | |
Liberal Party | 3,682 | 46.12 | |
Majority | 619 | 7.75 | |
9 November 1891 Appointment of Rt Hon William Jackson as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. | |||
23 November 1891 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Leeds South | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,589/10,931 | 69.43 | |
Liberal Party | 4,665 | 61.47 | |
Conservative Party | 2,924 | 38.53 | |
Majority | 1,741 | 22.94 | |
Leeds West | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,196/12,058 | 67.97 | |
Liberal Party | 5,226 | 63.76 | |
Conservative Party | 2,970 | 36.24 | |
Majority | 2,256 | 27.53 | |
Leek | |||
13 July 1886 | 7,993/10,234 | 78.10 | |
Conservative Party | 4,324 | 54.10 | |
Liberal Party | 3,669 | 45.90 | |
Majority | 655 | 8.19 | |
1890 Harry Tichborne Davenport changes his name by Royal Licence to Harry Tichborne Hinckes. | |||
Leicester | |||
6 July 1886 | 15,456/21,671 | 71.32 | |
Liberal Party | 9,914 | 64.14 | |
Liberal Party | 9,681 | 62.64 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,686 | 36.79 | |
Majority | 3,995 | 25.85 | |
Leigh | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,431/8,572 | 86.69 | |
Liberal Party | 4,297 | 57.83 | |
Conservative Party | 3,134 | 42.17 | |
Majority | 1,163 | 15.65 | |
Leith District of Burghs | |||
2 July 1886 | 11,779 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
1886 Rt Hon William Gladstone elects to sit for Edinburghshire. | |||
20 August 1886 | 7,234/11,779 | 61.41 | |
Liberal Party | 4,204 | 58.11 | |
Ind LIB U | 1,528 | 21.12 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,499 | 20.72 | |
Ind LIB U | 3 | 0.04 | |
Majority | 2,676 | 36.99 | |
Henry Munster retired after nomination in favour of Donald Macgregor. | |||
Donald Macgregor was supported by the local Conservative Association. | |||
Leix | |||
15 July 1886 | 3,934/5,472 | 71.89 | |
Nationalist | 3,528 | 89.68 | |
Unionist | 406 | 10.32 | |
Majority | 3,122 | 79.36 | |
Leominster | |||
7 July 1886 | 6,681/9,314 | 71.73 | |
Conservative Party | 4,287 | 64.17 | |
Liberal Party | 2,394 | 35.83 | |
Majority | 1,893 | 28.33 | |
Lewes | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,586 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Lewisham | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,527/9,280 | 59.56 | |
Conservative Party | 3,839 | 69.46 | |
Liberal Party | 1,688 | 30.54 | |
Majority | 2,151 | 38.92 | |
5 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Viscount Lewisham on appointment as Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household. | |||
11 August 1886 | 9,280 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 August 1891 Succession of Rt Hon Viscount Lewisham to the Peerage - 6th Earl of Dartmouth. | |||
26 August 1891 | 7,477/11,650 | 64.18 | |
Conservative Party | 4,585 | 61.32 | |
Liberal Party | 2,892 | 38.68 | |
Majority | 1,693 | 22.64 | |
Lichfield | |||
16 July 1886 | 6,163/8,842 | 69.70 | |
Liberal Party | 3,398 | 55.14 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,765 | 44.86 | |
Majority | 633 | 10.27 | |
Limehouse | |||
6 July 1886 | 3,658/5,954 | 61.44 | |
Conservative Party | 2,230 | 60.96 | |
Liberal Party | 1,428 | 39.04 | |
Majority | 802 | 21.92 | |
Limerick City | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,973 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
6 April 1888 Resignation of Henry Gill. | |||
17 April 1888 | 4,908 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Lincoln | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,010/7,444 | 80.74 | |
Conservative Party | 3,159 | 52.56 | |
Liberal Party | 2,851 | 47.44 | |
Majority | 308 | 5.12 | |
Linlithgowshire | |||
8 July 1886 | 4,353/6,808 | 63.94 | |
Liberal Party | 2,543 | 58.42 | |
Conservative Party | 1,810 | 41.58 | |
Majority | 733 | 16.84 | |
Liverpool Abercromby | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,427/9,137 | 70.34 | |
Conservative Party | 3,583 | 55.75 | |
Liberal Party | 2,844 | 44.25 | |
Majority | 739 | 11.50 | |
Liverpool East Toxteth | |||
30 June 1886 | 8,003 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liverpool Everton | |||
30 June 1886 | 9,439 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 January 1892 Death of Edward Whitley. | |||
15 February 1892 | 9,179 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liverpool Exchange | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,670/8,171 | 69.39 | |
Liberal Party | 2,920 | 51.50 | |
Conservative Party | 2,750 | 48.50 | |
Majority | 170 | 3.00 | |
30 December 1886 Death of David Duncan. | |||
26 January 1887 | 6,427/7,911 | 81.24 | |
Liberal Party | 3,217 | 50.05 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,210 | 49.95 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.11 | |
Liverpool Kirkdale | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,256/8,346 | 62.98 | |
Conservative Party | 3,084 | 58.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,172 | 41.32 | |
Majority | 912 | 17.35 | |
Liverpool Scotland | |||
2 July 1886 | 4,342/7,076 | 61.36 | |
Nationalist | 2,911 | 67.04 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,431 | 32.96 | |
Majority | 1,480 | 34.09 | |
Liverpool Walton | |||
2 July 1886 | 4,553/7,683 | 59.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,872 | 63.08 | |
Liberal Party | 1,681 | 36.92 | |
Majority | 1,191 | 26.16 | |
1886 Resignation of John Gibson on appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland. | |||
11 August 1886 | 7,683 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1888 Resignation of John Gibson on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, Ireland. | |||
3 February 1888 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liverpool West Derby | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,848/8,873 | 65.91 | |
Conservative Party | 3,604 | 61.63 | |
Liberal Party | 2,244 | 38.37 | |
Majority | 1,360 | 23.26 | |
4 August 1888 Resignation of Lord Claud Hamilton. | |||
10 August 1888 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liverpool West Toxteth | |||
30 June 1886 | 7,684 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
London University | |||
8 July 1886 | 1,830/2,579 | 70.96 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,314 | 71.80 | |
Liberal Party | 516 | 28.20 | |
Majority | 798 | 43.61 | |
Londonderry City | |||
6 July 1886 | 3,559/3,879 | 91.75 | |
Unionist | 1,781 | 50.04 | |
Nationalist | 1,778 | 49.96 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.08 | |
25 October 1886 Charles Lewis was unseated on petition, and Justin McCarthy was declared elected in his place. | |||
Loughborough | |||
14 July 1886 | 8,015/9,313 | 86.06 | |
Conservative Party | 4,075 | 50.84 | |
Liberal Party | 3,940 | 49.16 | |
Majority | 135 | 1.68 | |
Louth | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,252 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Francis Otter fell suddenly ill on nomination day. The local Liberal Association were unable to find another candidate before the close of nominations, meaning that Arthur Heath was returned unopposed. | |||
Lowestoft | |||
6 July 1886 | 10,956 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Ludlow | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,735 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Luton | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,877/12,106 | 65.07 | |
Liberal Party | 4,275 | 54.27 | |
Conservative Party | 3,602 | 45.73 | |
Majority | 673 | 8.54 | |
Macclesfield | |||
15 July 1886 | 6,039/7,211 | 83.75 | |
Conservative Party | 3,283 | 54.36 | |
Liberal Party | 2,756 | 45.64 | |
Majority | 527 | 8.73 | |
Maidstone | |||
2 July 1886 | 3,520/4,273 | 82.38 | |
Conservative Party | 1,917 | 54.46 | |
Liberal Party | 1,603 | 45.54 | |
Majority | 314 | 8.92 | |
3 December 1888 Death of Alexander Ross. | |||
14 December 1888 | 3,915/4,519 | 86.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,050 | 52.36 | |
Liberal Party | 1,865 | 47.64 | |
Majority | 185 | 4.73 | |
Maldon | |||
9 July 1886 | 7,829/9,869 | 79.33 | |
Conservative Party | 4,143 | 52.92 | |
Liberal Party | 3,686 | 47.08 | |
Majority | 457 | 5.84 | |
Manchester East | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,676/9,779 | 78.49 | |
Conservative Party | 4,160 | 54.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,516 | 45.81 | |
Majority | 644 | 8.39 | |
5 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Arthur Balfour on appointment as Secretary for Scotland. | |||
11 August 1886 | 9,779 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Manchester North | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,856/8,703 | 78.78 | |
Liberal Party | 3,476 | 50.70 | |
Conservative Party | 3,380 | 49.30 | |
Majority | 96 | 1.40 | |
Manchester North East | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,033/8,579 | 81.98 | |
Conservative Party | 3,680 | 52.32 | |
Liberal Party | 3,353 | 47.68 | |
Majority | 327 | 4.65 | |
22 September 1891 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir James Fergusson, Bt on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||
8 October 1891 | 7,966/9,288 | 85.77 | |
Conservative Party | 4,058 | 50.94 | |
Liberal Party | 3,908 | 49.06 | |
Majority | 150 | 1.88 | |
Manchester North West | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,942/12,685 | 78.38 | |
Conservative Party | 5,489 | 55.21 | |
Liberal Party | 4,453 | 44.79 | |
Majority | 1,036 | 10.42 | |
Manchester South | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,479/8,534 | 75.92 | |
Liberal Party | 3,407 | 52.59 | |
Conservative Party | 3,072 | 47.41 | |
Majority | 335 | 5.17 | |
Manchester South West | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,029/8,890 | 79.07 | |
Liberal Party | 3,570 | 50.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,459 | 49.21 | |
Majority | 111 | 1.58 | |
Mansfield | |||
13 July 1886 | 7,708/9,862 | 78.16 | |
Liberal Party | 4,876 | 63.26 | |
Conservative Party | 2,832 | 36.74 | |
Majority | 2,044 | 26.52 | |
Marylebone East | |||
5 July 1886 | 4,717/6,884 | 68.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,101 | 65.74 | |
Liberal Party | 1,616 | 34.26 | |
Majority | 1,485 | 31.48 | |
9 August 1886 Resignation of Lord Charles Beresford on appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. | |||
11 August 1886 | 6,884 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 July 1889 Resignation of Lord Charles Beresford. | |||
19 July 1889 | 4,665/6,930 | 67.32 | |
Conservative Party | 2,579 | 55.28 | |
Liberal Party | 2,086 | 44.72 | |
Majority | 493 | 10.57 | |
Marylebone West | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,006/7,566 | 66.16 | |
Conservative Party | 3,064 | 61.21 | |
Liberal Party | 1,942 | 38.79 | |
Majority | 1,122 | 22.41 | |
Medway | |||
3 July 1886 | 13,482 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Melton | |||
2 July 1886 | 10,190 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord John Manners on appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. | |||
13 August 1886 | 10,190 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
4 March 1888 Succession of Rt Hon Lord John Manners to the Peerage - 7th Duke of Rutland. | |||
21 March 1888 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Merionethshire | |||
15 July 1886 | 6,987/9,333 | 74.86 | |
Liberal Party | 4,127 | 59.07 | |
Conservative Party | 2,860 | 40.93 | |
Majority | 1,267 | 18.13 | |
Merthyr Tydvil | |||
1 July 1886 | 15,196 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 March 1888 Resignation of Charles James. | |||
14 March 1888 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
20 August 1888 Death of Henry Richard. | |||
26 October 1888 | 12,105/15,411 | 78.55 | |
Independent Liberal | 7,149 | 59.06 | |
Liberal Party | 4,956 | 40.94 | |
Majority | 2,193 | 18.12 | |
Mid Antrim | |||
12 July 1886 | 5,564/8,307 | 66.98 | |
Unionist | 4,631 | 83.23 | |
Liberal Party | 933 | 16.77 | |
Majority | 3,698 | 66.46 | |
Mid Armagh | |||
8 July 1886 | 6,682/8,169 | 81.80 | |
Unionist | 4,160 | 62.26 | |
Nationalist | 2,522 | 37.74 | |
Majority | 1,638 | 24.51 | |
28 November 1891 Death of Sir James Corry, Bt. | |||
17 December 1891 | 7,716 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Cork | |||
5 July 1886 | 7,409 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Derbyshire | |||
13 July 1886 | 8,275/9,571 | 86.46 | |
Liberal Party | 4,569 | 55.21 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,706 | 44.79 | |
Majority | 863 | 10.43 | |
Mid Durham | |||
6 July 1886 | 11,145 | ||
Liberal/Labour | Unopposed |   | |
1 July 1890 Death of William Crawford. | |||
17 July 1890 | 8,844/11,362 | 77.84 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,469 | 61.84 | |
Conservative Party | 3,375 | 38.16 | |
Majority | 2,094 | 23.68 | |
Mid Glamorganshire | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,979 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 July 1886 Christopher Talbot had voted against the Second Reading of the Home Rule Bill because of the exclusion of the Irish MPs, but promised in his election address to support Gladstone in the future. | |||
17 January 1890 Death of Christopher Talbot. | |||
20 February 1890 | |||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Lanarkshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 6,688/8,939 | 74.82 | |
Liberal Party | 3,779 | 56.50 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,909 | 43.50 | |
Majority | 870 | 13.01 | |
16 April 1888 Resignation of Stephen Mason. | |||
27 April 1888 | 7,381/9,143 | 80.73 | |
Liberal Party | 3,847 | 52.12 | |
Conservative Party | 2,917 | 39.52 | |
Independent Labour | 617 | 8.36 | |
Majority | 930 | 12.60 | |
James Keir Hardie was a member of the Liberal Party at the time of the by-election. He was supported by a number of organisations including the Highland Land League, Glasgow Trades Council, Scottish Home Rule Association and the Scottish Land Restoration League. | |||
Mid Norfolk | |||
16 July 1886 | 5,657/9,992 | 56.62 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,032 | 53.60 | |
Liberal Party | 2,625 | 46.40 | |
Majority | 407 | 7.19 | |
Mid Northamptonshire | |||
14 July 1886 | 8,818/11,306 | 77.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,887 | 55.42 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,931 | 44.58 | |
Majority | 956 | 10.84 | |
Mid Tipperary | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,517 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
17 February 1890 Resignation of Thomas Mayne. | |||
15 July 1890 | 7,276 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Mid Tyrone | |||
14 July 1886 | 6,620/8,083 | 81.90 | |
Nationalist | 4,145 | 62.61 | |
Unionist | 2,475 | 37.39 | |
Majority | 1,670 | 25.23 | |
Middlesbrough | |||
2 July 1886 | 13,864 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Middleton | |||
9 July 1886 | 9,934/11,748 | 84.56 | |
Conservative Party | 5,126 | 51.60 | |
Liberal Party | 4,808 | 48.40 | |
Majority | 318 | 3.20 | |
Mile End | |||
6 July 1886 | 3,391/5,804 | 58.43 | |
Conservative Party | 2,110 | 62.22 | |
Liberal Party | 1,281 | 37.78 | |
Majority | 829 | 24.45 | |
Monmouth District of Boroughs | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,601/6,485 | 86.37 | |
Conservative Party | 3,033 | 54.15 | |
Liberal Party | 2,568 | 45.85 | |
Majority | 465 | 8.30 | |
Montgomery District of Boroughs | |||
7 July 1886 | 2,675/2,999 | 89.20 | |
Liberal Party | 1,424 | 53.23 | |
Conservative Party | 1,251 | 46.77 | |
Majority | 173 | 6.47 | |
Montgomeryshire | |||
14 July 1886 | 7,019/8,870 | 79.13 | |
Liberal Party | 3,799 | 54.12 | |
Conservative Party | 3,220 | 45.88 | |
Majority | 579 | 8.25 | |
Montrose District of Burghs | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,445/8,967 | 60.72 | |
Liberal Party | 3,357 | 61.65 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,088 | 38.35 | |
Majority | 1,269 | 23.31 | |
Morley | |||
6 July 1886 | 11,467 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Morpeth | |||
1 July 1886 | 6,846 | ||
Liberal/Labour | Unopposed |   | |
New Forest | |||
3 July 1886 | 9,431 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Newark | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,214 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Newbury | |||
6 July 1886 | 10,453 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Newcastle upon Tyne | |||
6 July 1886 | 20,404/30,314 | 67.31 | |
Liberal Party | 10,681 | 52.35 | |
Liberal Party | 10,172 | 49.85 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 9,657 | 47.33 | |
Conservative Party | 9,580 | 46.95 | |
Majority | 515 | 2.52 | |
Newcastle-under-Lyme | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,648/7,837 | 72.07 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,896 | 51.27 | |
Liberal Party | 2,752 | 48.73 | |
Majority | 144 | 2.55 | |
Newington West | |||
7 July 1886 | 4,512/6,377 | 70.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,447 | 54.23 | |
Liberal Party | 2,065 | 45.77 | |
Majority | 382 | 8.47 | |
Newmarket | |||
15 July 1886 | 6,808/8,936 | 76.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,405 | 50.01 | |
Conservative Party | 3,105 | 45.61 | |
Ind LIB U | 298 | 4.38 | |
Majority | 300 | 4.41 | |
Newport (Shropshire) | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,344/10,636 | 69.05 | |
Conservative Party | 4,460 | 60.73 | |
Liberal Party | 2,884 | 39.27 | |
Majority | 1,576 | 21.46 | |
Newry | |||
6 July 1886 | 1,899/2,163 | 87.79 | |
Nationalist | 1,183 | 62.30 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 716 | 37.70 | |
Majority | 467 | 24.59 | |
Newton | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,788/9,344 | 83.35 | |
Conservative Party | 4,302 | 55.24 | |
Liberal Party | 3,486 | 44.76 | |
Majority | 816 | 10.48 | |
3 August 1886 Elevation to the Peerage of Rt Hon Sir Richard Cross - Viscount Cross - on his appointment as Secretary of State for India. | |||
16 August 1886 | 7,417/9,344 | 79.38 | |
Conservative Party | 4,062 | 54.77 | |
Liberal Party | 3,355 | 45.23 | |
Majority | 707 | 9.53 | |
Normanton | |||
9 July 1886 | 7,448/11,479 | 64.88 | |
Liberal/Labour | 3,724 | 50.00 | |
Conservative Party | 3,724 | 50.00 | |
North Eastern Cork | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,175 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
25 September 1886 Resignation of Edmund Leamy. | |||
16 May 1887 | 8,812 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
North Eastern Derbyshire | |||
17 July 1886 | 7,037/9,207 | 76.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,879 | 55.12 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,158 | 44.88 | |
Majority | 721 | 10.25 | |
North Eastern Lanarkshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,259/10,814 | 76.37 | |
Liberal Party | 4,269 | 51.69 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,990 | 48.31 | |
Majority | 279 | 3.38 | |
North Lonsdale | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,326/9,219 | 79.47 | |
Conservative Party | 4,063 | 55.46 | |
Liberal Party | 3,263 | 44.54 | |
Majority | 800 | 10.92 | |
North Western Durham | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,543 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
North Western Lanarkshire | |||
9 July 1886 | 7,728/9,373 | 82.45 | |
Liberal/Labour | 4,030 | 52.15 | |
Conservative Party | 3,698 | 47.85 | |
Majority | 332 | 4.30 | |
1888 Robert Cunninghame Graham become Honorary President of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party upon its formation. | |||
North Western Norfolk | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,148/10,444 | 78.02 | |
Conservative Party | 4,084 | 50.12 | |
Liberal/Labour | 4,064 | 49.88 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.25 | |
July 1886 Petition - withdrawn. | |||
North Western Staffordshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 9,711/13,222 | 73.45 | |
Conservative Party | 5,252 | 54.08 | |
Liberal Party | 4,459 | 45.92 | |
Majority | 793 | 8.17 | |
Northampton | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,343/9,582 | 87.07 | |
Liberal Party | 4,570 | 54.78 | |
Liberal Party | 4,353 | 52.18 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,850 | 46.15 | |
Conservative Party | 3,456 | 41.42 | |
Majority | 503 | 6.03 | |
30 January 1891 Death of Charles Bradlaugh. | |||
12 February 1891 | 9,159/10,895 | 84.07 | |
Liberal Party | 5,436 | 59.35 | |
Conservative Party | 3,723 | 40.65 | |
Majority | 1,713 | 18.70 | |
Northern Antrim | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,339/8,948 | 70.84 | |
Unionist | 4,429 | 69.87 | |
Liberal Party | 1,910 | 30.13 | |
Majority | 2,519 | 39.74 | |
31 January 1887 Rt Hon Edward MacNaghten appointed a Lord of Appeal. | |||
11 February 1887 | 6,808/9,505 | 71.63 | |
Unionist | 3,858 | 56.67 | |
Liberal Party | 2,526 | 37.10 | |
Independent Unionist | 424 | 6.23 | |
Majority | 1,332 | 19.57 | |
Northern Armagh | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,247/7,947 | 78.61 | |
Unionist | 4,570 | 73.16 | |
Nationalist | 1,677 | 26.84 | |
Majority | 2,893 | 46.31 | |
Northern Ayrshire | |||
3 July 1886 | 12,465 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Cork | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,827 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Donegal | |||
12 July 1886 | 5,177/6,932 | 74.68 | |
Nationalist | 4,263 | 82.34 | |
Unionist | 914 | 17.66 | |
Majority | 3,349 | 64.69 | |
12 June 1890 Resignation of James O'Doherty. | |||
25 June 1890 | 7,198 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Dorset | |||
17 July 1886 | 6,907/8,522 | 81.05 | |
Liberal Party | 3,571 | 51.70 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,336 | 48.30 | |
Majority | 235 | 3.40 | |
Northern Down | |||
15 July 1886 | 5,923/9,277 | 63.85 | |
Unionist | 4,959 | 83.72 | |
Nationalist | 964 | 16.28 | |
Majority | 3,995 | 67.45 | |
Northern Dublin County | |||
8 July 1886 | 12,329 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Fermanagh | |||
14 July 1886 | 5,990/6,687 | 89.58 | |
Nationalist | 3,128 | 52.22 | |
Unionist | 2,862 | 47.78 | |
Majority | 266 | 4.44 | |
Northern Galway | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,919 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Kerry | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,972 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Kildare | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,108 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Kilkenny | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,647 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
21 September 1890 Death of Edward Marum. | |||
22 December 1890 | 3,889/5,675 | 68.53 | |
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | 2,527 | 64.98 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | 1,362 | 35.02 | |
Majority | 1,165 | 29.96 | |
7 October 1891 Death of Sir John Pope-Hennessy. | |||
29 October 1891 | 5,373 | ||
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Leitrim | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,473 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Londonderry | |||
5 July 1886 | 11,189 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Longford | |||
8 July 1886 | 3,714 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
10 January 1887 Justin McCarthy elects to sit for Londonderry City. | |||
5 February 1887 | 4,375 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Louth | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,935 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Mayo | |||
5 July 1886 | 7,413 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Meath | |||
7 July 1886 | 6,652 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Monaghan | |||
17 July 1886 | 6,453/7,525 | 85.75 | |
Nationalist | 3,962 | 61.40 | |
Unionist | 2,491 | 38.60 | |
Majority | 1,471 | 22.80 | |
Northern Monmouthshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,973/10,705 | 74.48 | |
Liberal Party | 4,688 | 58.80 | |
Conservative Party | 3,285 | 41.20 | |
Majority | 1,403 | 17.60 | |
Northern Norfolk | |||
12 July 1886 | 7,408/9,742 | 76.04 | |
Liberal Party | 4,084 | 55.13 | |
Conservative Party | 3,324 | 44.87 | |
Majority | 760 | 10.26 | |
Northern Northamptonshire | |||
3 July 1886 | 9,741 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
13 August 1886 Resignation of Lord Burghley on appointment as Parliamentary Groom-in-Waiting. | |||
16 August 1886 | 9,741 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Roscommon | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,682 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Sligo | |||
3 July 1886 | 7,869 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
12 March 1891 Death of Peter McDonald. | |||
2 April 1891 | 5,754/8,476 | 67.89 | |
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | 3,261 | 56.67 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | 2,493 | 43.33 | |
Majority | 768 | 13.35 | |
Northern Somerset | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,339/10,209 | 62.09 | |
Conservative Party | 4,252 | 67.08 | |
Liberal Party | 2,087 | 32.92 | |
Majority | 2,165 | 34.15 | |
Northern Tipperary | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,500 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Tyrone | |||
12 July 1886 | 6,086/6,810 | 89.37 | |
Unionist | 3,219 | 52.89 | |
Liberal Party | 2,867 | 47.11 | |
Majority | 352 | 5.78 | |
Northern Westmeath | |||
8 July 1886 | 5,507 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Wexford | |||
5 July 1886 | 9,768 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
22 October 1891 Resignation of John Redmond. | |||
11 March 1892 | 9,890 | ||
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Northern Worcestershire | |||
7 July 1886 | 10,573 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Northwich | |||
14 July 1886 | 8,374/10,577 | 79.17 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,416 | 52.73 | |
Liberal Party | 3,958 | 47.27 | |
Majority | 458 | 5.47 | |
25 July 1887 Death of Robert Verdin. | |||
13 August 1887 | 9,095/10,868 | 83.69 | |
Liberal Party | 5,112 | 56.21 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,983 | 43.79 | |
Majority | 1,129 | 12.41 | |
Norwich | |||
2 July 1886 | 12,342/15,323 | 80.55 | |
Liberal Party | 6,295 | 51.00 | |
Conservative Party | 6,156 | 49.88 | |
Liberal Party | 6,119 | 49.58 | |
Conservative Party | 5,564 | 45.08 | |
Majority | 37 | 0.30 | |
Norwood | |||
6 July 1886 | 4,940/7,501 | 65.86 | |
Conservative Party | 3,334 | 67.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,606 | 32.51 | |
Majority | 1,728 | 34.98 | |
6 June 1892 Death of Thomas Bristowe. | |||
Nottingham East | |||
3 July 1886 | 9,002/12,749 | 70.61 | |
Liberal Party | 4,584 | 50.92 | |
Conservative Party | 4,418 | 49.08 | |
Majority | 166 | 1.84 | |
Nottingham South | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,903/12,751 | 69.82 | |
Conservative Party | 4,586 | 51.51 | |
Liberal Party | 4,317 | 48.49 | |
Majority | 269 | 3.02 | |
Nottingham West | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,067/14,929 | 67.43 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,458 | 54.22 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,609 | 45.78 | |
Majority | 849 | 8.43 | |
Nuneaton | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,234/10,061 | 81.84 | |
Conservative Party | 4,626 | 56.18 | |
Liberal Party | 3,608 | 43.82 | |
Majority | 1,018 | 12.36 | |
Oldham | |||
3 July 1886 | 22,608/25,600 | 88.31 | |
Conservative Party | 11,606 | 51.34 | |
Conservative Party | 11,484 | 50.80 | |
Liberal Party | 10,921 | 48.31 | |
Liberal Party | 10,891 | 48.17 | |
Majority | 563 | 2.49 | |
Orkney & Shetland | |||
30 July 1886 | 3,735/7,394 | 50.51 | |
Liberal Party | 2,353 | 63.00 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,382 | 37.00 | |
Majority | 971 | 26.00 | |
Ormskirk | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,714 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Osgoldcross | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,018/10,322 | 67.99 | |
Liberal Party | 4,008 | 57.11 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,010 | 42.89 | |
Majority | 998 | 14.22 | |
Ossory | |||
9 July 1886 | 5,617 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Oswestry | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,083 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Otley | |||
14 July 1886 | 7,606/9,883 | 76.96 | |
Liberal Party | 4,245 | 55.81 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,361 | 44.19 | |
Majority | 884 | 11.62 | |
Oxford | |||
1 July 1886 | 6,764 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Oxford University | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,575 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paddington North | |||
2 July 1886 | 3,689/5,345 | 69.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,300 | 62.35 | |
Liberal Party | 1,389 | 37.65 | |
Majority | 911 | 24.70 | |
25 June 1887 Death of Lionel Cohen. | |||
8 July 1887 | 4,042/5,628 | 71.82 | |
Conservative Party | 2,230 | 55.17 | |
Liberal Party | 1,812 | 44.83 | |
Majority | 418 | 10.34 | |
Paddington South | |||
2 July 1886 | 3,345/5,193 | 64.41 | |
Conservative Party | 2,576 | 77.01 | |
Liberal Party | 769 | 22.99 | |
Majority | 1,807 | 54.02 | |
3 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon Lord Randolph Churchill on appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. | |||
11 August 1886 | 5,193 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Paisley | |||
8 July 1886 | 5,548/6,794 | 81.66 | |
Liberal Party | 3,057 | 55.10 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,491 | 44.90 | |
Majority | 566 | 10.20 | |
13 May 1891 Death of William Barbour. | |||
1 June 1891 | 6,952/8,107 | 85.75 | |
Liberal Party | 4,145 | 59.62 | |
Conservative Party | 2,807 | 40.38 | |
Majority | 1,338 | 19.25 | |
Partick | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,689/8,945 | 74.78 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,745 | 55.99 | |
Liberal Party | 2,944 | 44.01 | |
Majority | 801 | 11.97 | |
16 January 1890 Death of Alexander Sellar. | |||
11 February 1890 | 8,077/9,429 | 85.66 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,148 | 51.36 | |
Liberal Party | 3,929 | 48.64 | |
Majority | 219 | 2.71 | |
Peckham | |||
7 July 1886 | 6,127/9,713 | 63.08 | |
Conservative Party | 3,439 | 56.13 | |
Liberal Party | 2,688 | 43.87 | |
Majority | 751 | 12.26 | |
Peeblesshire & Selkirkshire | |||
14 July 1886 | 2,700/3,250 | 83.08 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,375 | 50.93 | |
Liberal Party | 1,325 | 49.07 | |
Majority | 50 | 1.85 | |
Pembroke & Haverfordwest District of Boroughs | |||
8 July 1886 | 4,338/5,474 | 79.25 | |
Conservative Party | 2,305 | 53.14 | |
Liberal Party | 2,033 | 46.86 | |
Majority | 272 | 6.27 | |
29 May 1892 Death of Richard Mayne. | |||
Pembrokeshire | |||
13 July 1886 | 8,082/10,883 | 74.26 | |
Liberal Party | 4,099 | 50.72 | |
Conservative Party | 3,983 | 49.28 | |
Majority | 116 | 1.44 | |
Penrith | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,708/9,123 | 73.53 | |
Conservative Party | 3,676 | 54.80 | |
Liberal Party | 3,032 | 45.20 | |
Majority | 644 | 9.60 | |
Penryn & Falmouth | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,087/2,562 | 81.46 | |
Conservative Party | 1,089 | 52.18 | |
Liberal Party | 998 | 47.82 | |
Majority | 91 | 4.36 | |
Perth | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,693/4,369 | 61.64 | |
Liberal Party | 1,573 | 58.41 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,120 | 41.59 | |
Majority | 453 | 16.82 | |
Peterborough | |||
5 July 1886 | 3,271/3,882 | 84.26 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,780 | 54.42 | |
Liberal Party | 1,491 | 45.58 | |
Majority | 289 | 8.84 | |
11 September 1889 Death of Hon William Fitzwilliam. | |||
7 October 1889 | 3,535/4,056 | 87.15 | |
Liberal Party | 1,893 | 53.55 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,642 | 46.45 | |
Majority | 251 | 7.10 | |
Petersfield | |||
13 July 1886 | 6,265/8,202 | 76.38 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,188 | 50.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,077 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 111 | 1.77 | |
Plymouth | |||
3 July 1886 | 7,400/10,130 | 73.05 | |
Conservative Party | 4,157 | 56.18 | |
Conservative Party | 4,133 | 55.85 | |
Liberal Party | 3,255 | 43.99 | |
Liberal Party | 3,175 | 42.91 | |
Majority | 878 | 23.73 | |
1886 Resignation of Edward Clarke on appointment as Solicitor-General. | |||
11 August 1886 | 10,130 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Pontefract | |||
3 July 1886 | 2,103/2,465 | 85.31 | |
Conservative Party | 1,156 | 54.97 | |
Liberal Party | 947 | 45.03 | |
Majority | 209 | 9.94 | |
Poplar | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,730/9,041 | 63.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,903 | 50.66 | |
Conservative Party | 2,827 | 49.34 | |
Majority | 76 | 1.33 | |
Portsmouth | |||
6 July 1886 | 15,722/20,279 | 77.53 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 8,482 | 53.95 | |
Conservative Party | 8,325 | 52.95 | |
Liberal Party | 7,196 | 45.77 | |
Liberal Party | 7,069 | 44.96 | |
Majority | 1,129 | 7.18 | |
Preston | |||
2 July 1886 | 12,473/14,876 | 83.85 | |
Conservative Party | 7,497 | 60.11 | |
Conservative Party | 7,296 | 58.49 | |
Liberal Party | 4,982 | 39.94 | |
Liberal/Labour | 4,771 | 38.25 | |
Majority | 2,314 | 37.10 | |
Prestwich | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,547/11,156 | 85.58 | |
Conservative Party | 4,843 | 50.73 | |
Liberal Party | 4,704 | 49.27 | |
Majority | 139 | 1.46 | |
Pudsey | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,243/11,989 | 77.10 | |
Liberal Party | 5,207 | 56.33 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,036 | 43.67 | |
Majority | 1,171 | 12.67 | |
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth | |||
10 July 1886 | 9,254/10,433 | 88.70 | |
Liberal Party | 4,695 | 50.73 | |
Conservative Party | 4,559 | 49.27 | |
Majority | 136 | 1.47 | |
Radnorshire | |||
9 July 1886 | 3,578/4,539 | 78.83 | |
Conservative Party | 1,910 | 53.38 | |
Liberal Party | 1,668 | 46.62 | |
Majority | 242 | 6.76 | |
Ramsey | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,919 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 August 1887 Succession of William Fellowes to the Peerage - Baron de Ramsey. | |||
30 August 1887 | 5,114/6,057 | 84.43 | |
Conservative Party | 2,700 | 52.80 | |
Liberal Party | 2,414 | 47.20 | |
Majority | 286 | 5.59 | |
Reading | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,640/7,515 | 88.36 | |
Conservative Party | 3,378 | 50.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,262 | 49.13 | |
Majority | 116 | 1.75 | |
Reigate | |||
8 July 1886 | 9,500 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rhondda | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,210 | ||
Liberal/Labour | Unopposed |   | |
Richmond | |||
15 July 1886 | 8,669/11,237 | 77.15 | |
Conservative Party | 4,810 | 55.49 | |
Liberal Party | 3,859 | 44.51 | |
Majority | 951 | 10.97 | |
Ripon | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,238/9,049 | 79.99 | |
Conservative Party | 4,113 | 56.83 | |
Liberal Party | 3,125 | 43.17 | |
Majority | 988 | 13.65 | |
Rochdale | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,219/10,808 | 76.05 | |
Liberal Party | 4,738 | 57.65 | |
Conservative Party | 3,481 | 42.35 | |
Majority | 1,257 | 15.29 | |
Rochester | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,955/3,304 | 89.44 | |
Conservative Party | 1,602 | 54.21 | |
Liberal Party | 1,353 | 45.79 | |
Majority | 249 | 8.43 | |
6 April 1889 Resignation of Francis Hughes-Hallett. | |||
16 April 1889 | 3,235/3,550 | 91.13 | |
Liberal Party | 1,655 | 51.16 | |
Conservative Party | 1,580 | 48.84 | |
Majority | 75 | 2.32 | |
Romford | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,445/12,591 | 59.13 | |
Conservative Party | 4,233 | 56.86 | |
Liberal Party | 1,755 | 23.57 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,457 | 19.57 | |
Majority | 2,478 | 33.28 | |
Ross | |||
12 July 1886 | 5,638/10,380 | 54.32 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,968 | 70.38 | |
Liberal Party | 1,670 | 29.62 | |
Majority | 2,298 | 40.76 | |
Ross & Cromarty | |||
15 July 1886 | 5,460/9,978 | 54.72 | |
Liberal Party / Crofter | 4,263 | 78.08 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,197 | 21.92 | |
Majority | 3,066 | 56.15 | |
Rossendale | |||
10 July 1886 | 9,348/11,450 | 81.64 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,399 | 57.76 | |
Liberal Party | 3,949 | 42.24 | |
Majority | 1,450 | 15.51 | |
21 December 1891 Succession of the Rt Hon Marquess of Hartington to the Peerage - 8th Duke of Devonshire. | |||
23 January 1892 | 10,907/11,679 | 93.39 | |
Liberal Party | 6,066 | 55.62 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,841 | 44.38 | |
Majority | 1,225 | 11.23 | |
Rotherham | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,225/10,730 | 67.33 | |
Liberal Party | 5,155 | 71.35 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,070 | 28.65 | |
Majority | 3,085 | 42.70 | |
Rotherhithe | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,317/8,455 | 62.89 | |
Conservative Party | 3,202 | 60.22 | |
Liberal Party | 2,115 | 39.78 | |
Majority | 1,087 | 20.44 | |
Roxburghshire | |||
14 July 1886 | 4,712/6,180 | 76.25 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,570 | 54.54 | |
Liberal Party | 2,142 | 45.46 | |
Majority | 428 | 9.08 | |
Rugby | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,534/9,700 | 77.67 | |
Liberal Party | 4,006 | 53.17 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,528 | 46.83 | |
Majority | 478 | 6.34 | |
Rushcliffe | |||
14 July 1886 | 8,121/11,132 | 72.95 | |
Liberal Party | 4,784 | 58.91 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,337 | 41.09 | |
Majority | 1,447 | 17.82 | |
Rutlandshire | |||
2 July 1886 | 4,166 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Rye | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,686/10,304 | 74.59 | |
Conservative Party | 4,592 | 59.74 | |
Liberal Party | 3,094 | 40.26 | |
Majority | 1,498 | 19.49 | |
Saffron Walden | |||
14 July 1886 | 7,378/9,306 | 79.28 | |
Liberal Party | 4,059 | 55.01 | |
Conservative Party | 3,319 | 44.99 | |
Majority | 740 | 10.03 | |
Salford North | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,495/7,728 | 84.05 | |
Conservative Party | 3,326 | 51.21 | |
Liberal Party | 3,169 | 48.79 | |
Majority | 157 | 2.42 | |
Salford South | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,104/8,717 | 81.50 | |
Conservative Party | 3,615 | 50.89 | |
Liberal Party | 3,489 | 49.11 | |
Majority | 126 | 1.77 | |
Salford West | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,682/8,197 | 81.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,399 | 50.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,283 | 49.13 | |
Majority | 116 | 1.74 | |
Salisbury | |||
3 July 1886 | 2,169/2,336 | 92.85 | |
Conservative Party | 1,259 | 58.05 | |
Liberal Party | 910 | 41.95 | |
Majority | 349 | 16.09 | |
Scarborough | |||
3 July 1886 | 4,142/4,666 | 88.77 | |
Liberal Party | 2,122 | 51.23 | |
Conservative Party | 2,020 | 48.77 | |
Majority | 102 | 2.46 | |
Sevenoaks | |||
2 July 1886 | 11,098 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sheffield Attercliffe | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,323/9,751 | 75.10 | |
Liberal Party | 4,365 | 59.61 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,958 | 40.39 | |
Majority | 1,407 | 19.21 | |
Sheffield Brightside | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,678/9,298 | 82.58 | |
Liberal Party | 4,280 | 55.74 | |
Conservative Party | 3,398 | 44.26 | |
Majority | 882 | 11.49 | |
Sheffield Central | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,848/9,923 | 79.09 | |
Conservative Party | 4,522 | 57.62 | |
Liberal Party | 3,326 | 42.38 | |
Majority | 1,196 | 15.24 | |
Sheffield Ecclesall | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,618/8,904 | 74.33 | |
Conservative Party | 3,930 | 59.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,688 | 40.62 | |
Majority | 1,242 | 18.77 | |
9 August 1886 Resignation of Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty. | |||
11 August 1886 | 8,904 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sheffield Hallam | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,193/7,846 | 78.93 | |
Conservative Party | 3,581 | 57.82 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,612 | 42.18 | |
Majority | 969 | 15.65 | |
Shipley | |||
3 July 1886 | 14,067 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Shrewsbury | |||
2 July 1886 | 3,095/4,131 | 74.92 | |
Conservative Party | 1,826 | 59.00 | |
Liberal Party | 1,269 | 41.00 | |
Majority | 557 | 18.00 | |
Skipton | |||
13 July 1886 | 8,712/10,796 | 80.70 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,423 | 50.77 | |
Liberal Party | 4,289 | 49.23 | |
Majority | 134 | 1.54 | |
Sleaford | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,863 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
9 September 1889 Resignation of Rt Hon Henry Chaplin on appointment as President of the Board of Agriculture. | |||
26 September 1889 | 7,464/9,528 | 78.34 | |
Conservative Party | 4,386 | 58.76 | |
Liberal Party | 3,078 | 41.24 | |
Majority | 1,308 | 17.52 | |
South Eastern Cork | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,007 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
11 March 1889 Resignation of John Hooper. | |||
3 June 1889 | 10,184 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
South Eastern Durham | |||
9 July 1886 | 9,029/13,176 | 68.53 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,984 | 55.20 | |
Liberal Party | 4,045 | 44.80 | |
Majority | 939 | 10.40 | |
South Eastern Essex | |||
15 July 1886 | 6,674/9,367 | 71.25 | |
Conservative Party | 3,758 | 56.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,916 | 43.69 | |
Majority | 842 | 12.62 | |
South Molton | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,393/9,343 | 68.43 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,041 | 63.21 | |
Liberal Party | 2,352 | 36.79 | |
Majority | 1,689 | 26.42 | |
4 October 1891 Succession of Viscount Lymington to the Peerage - 6th Earl of Portsmouth. | |||
13 November 1891 | 7,232/8,712 | 83.01 | |
Liberal Party | 4,222 | 58.38 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,010 | 41.62 | |
Majority | 1,212 | 16.76 | |
South Shields | |||
1 July 1886 | 11,928 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
South Western Norfolk | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,391 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southampton | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,181/12,061 | 76.12 | |
Conservative Party | 5,023 | 54.71 | |
Conservative Party | 4,726 | 51.48 | |
Liberal Party | 4,384 | 47.75 | |
Liberal Party | 4,029 | 43.88 | |
Majority | 342 | 3.73 | |
15 May 1888 Resignation of Sir John Commerell. | |||
23 May 1888 | 9,417/12,596 | 74.76 | |
Liberal Party | 5,151 | 54.70 | |
Conservative Party | 4,266 | 45.30 | |
Majority | 885 | 9.40 | |
Southern Antrim | |||
8 July 1886 | 10,884 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Armagh | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,192 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Ayrshire | |||
14 July 1886 | 12,241/15,109 | 81.02 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 6,123 | 50.02 | |
Liberal Party | 6,118 | 49.98 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.04 | |
Southern Cork | |||
9 July 1886 | 7,299 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Derbyshire | |||
15 July 1886 | 9,051/11,575 | 78.19 | |
Liberal Party | 5,102 | 56.37 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,949 | 43.63 | |
Majority | 1,153 | 12.74 | |
16 February 1892 Death of Henry Wardle. | |||
4 March 1892 | 10,356/14,152 | 73.18 | |
Liberal Party | 5,803 | 56.04 | |
Conservative Party | 4,553 | 43.96 | |
Majority | 1,250 | 12.07 | |
Southern Donegal | |||
19 July 1886 | 6,304/7,854 | 80.26 | |
Nationalist | 4,905 | 77.81 | |
Unionist | 1,399 | 22.19 | |
Majority | 3,506 | 55.62 | |
1 January 1887 Death of Bernard Kelly. | |||
2 February 1887 | 5,537/7,837 | 70.65 | |
Nationalist | 4,604 | 83.15 | |
LU | 933 | 16.85 | |
Majority | 3,671 | 66.30 | |
Southern Dorset | |||
13 July 1886 | 5,963/7,316 | 81.51 | |
Conservative Party | 3,477 | 58.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,486 | 41.69 | |
Majority | 991 | 16.62 | |
11 April 1891 Death of Charles Hambro. | |||
7 May 1891 | 6,516/7,757 | 84.00 | |
Conservative Party | 3,278 | 50.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,238 | 49.69 | |
Majority | 40 | 0.61 | |
Southern Down | |||
13 July 1886 | 8,602/10,335 | 83.23 | |
Nationalist | 4,786 | 55.64 | |
LU | 3,816 | 44.36 | |
Majority | 970 | 11.28 | |
Southern Dublin County | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,276/11,314 | 73.15 | |
Nationalist | 5,022 | 60.68 | |
LU | 3,254 | 39.32 | |
Majority | 1,768 | 21.36 | |
Southern Fermanagh | |||
16 July 1886 | 5,873/6,855 | 85.67 | |
Nationalist | 3,553 | 60.50 | |
Unionist | 2,320 | 39.50 | |
Majority | 1,233 | 20.99 | |
Southern Galway | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,220 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Glamorganshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 5,674/8,806 | 64.43 | |
Liberal Party | 3,497 | 61.63 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,177 | 38.37 | |
Majority | 1,320 | 23.26 | |
Southern Kerry | |||
8 July 1886 | 4,529 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
8 September 1887 Resignation of John O'Connor. | |||
27 September 1887 | 4,267 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Kildare | |||
6 July 1886 | 5,070 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Kilkenny | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,924 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Lanarkshire | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,136/8,981 | 79.46 | |
Conservative Party | 3,577 | 50.13 | |
Liberal Party | 3,559 | 49.87 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.25 | |
Southern Leitrim | |||
8 July 1886 | 6,270 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Londonderry | |||
10 July 1886 | 9,366/10,790 | 86.80 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,737 | 50.58 | |
Nationalist | 4,629 | 49.42 | |
Majority | 108 | 1.15 | |
Southern Longford | |||
7 July 1886 | 4,426 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
April 1888 Resignation of Laurence Connolly. | |||
30 June 1888 | 4,590 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Louth | |||
9 July 1886 | 5,796 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Mayo | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,980 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Meath | |||
8 July 1886 | 6,324 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Monaghan | |||
14 July 1886 | 5,724/7,474 | 76.59 | |
Nationalist | 4,715 | 82.37 | |
Unionist | 1,009 | 17.63 | |
Majority | 3,706 | 64.74 | |
Southern Monmouthshire | |||
8 July 1886 | 8,185/11,069 | 73.95 | |
Conservative Party | 5,235 | 63.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,950 | 36.04 | |
Majority | 2,285 | 27.92 | |
Southern Norfolk | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,141 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Northamptonshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,690/9,636 | 79.80 | |
Conservative Party | 4,003 | 52.05 | |
Liberal Party | 3,687 | 47.95 | |
Majority | 316 | 4.11 | |
Southern Roscommon | |||
9 July 1886 | 9,351 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Sligo | |||
8 July 1886 | 7,693 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
27 January 1887 Thomas Sexton elects to sit for Belfast West. | |||
7 February 1887 | 8,209 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
14 June 1888 Resignation of Edward Kennedy. | |||
6 July 1888 | 8,447 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Somerset | |||
14 July 1886 | 7,251/9,349 | 77.56 | |
Liberal Party | 3,739 | 51.57 | |
Conservative Party | 3,512 | 48.43 | |
Majority | 227 | 3.13 | |
15 December 1887 Rt Hon Viscount Kilcoursie succeeds to the Irish Peerage - 9th Earl Cavan. | |||
Southern Tipperary | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,841 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Tyrone | |||
19 July 1886 | 6,863/7,720 | 88.90 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,481 | 50.72 | |
Nationalist | 3,382 | 49.28 | |
Majority | 99 | 1.44 | |
Southern Westmeath | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,419 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southern Wexford | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,577 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Southport | |||
7 July 1886 | 6,985/8,437 | 82.79 | |
Conservative Party | 3,723 | 53.30 | |
Liberal Party | 3,262 | 46.70 | |
Majority | 461 | 6.60 | |
Southwark West | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,019/7,776 | 64.54 | |
Liberal Party | 2,566 | 51.13 | |
Conservative Party | 2,453 | 48.87 | |
Majority | 113 | 2.25 | |
7 February 1888 Resignation of Arthur Cohen. | |||
17 February 1888 | 6,082/8,296 | 73.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,638 | 59.82 | |
Conservative Party | 2,444 | 40.18 | |
Majority | 1,194 | 19.63 | |
Sowerby | |||
7 July 1886 | 11,364 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Spalding | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,834/11,597 | 76.17 | |
Conservative Party | 4,561 | 51.63 | |
Liberal Party | 4,273 | 48.37 | |
Majority | 288 | 3.26 | |
9 June 1887 Succession of Hon Murray Finch-Hatton to the Peerage - 12th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham. | |||
1 July 1887 | 9,473/12,188 | 77.72 | |
Liberal Party | 5,110 | 53.94 | |
Conservative Party | 4,363 | 46.06 | |
Majority | 747 | 7.89 | |
Spen Valley | |||
13 July 1886 | 6,742/9,645 | 69.90 | |
Liberal Party | 4,542 | 67.37 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,200 | 32.63 | |
Majority | 2,342 | 34.74 | |
St Albans | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,741 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
St Andrews District of Burghs | |||
12 July 1886 | 1,848/2,837 | 65.14 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,132 | 61.26 | |
Liberal Party | 716 | 38.74 | |
Majority | 416 | 22.51 | |
Sir Thomas Brassey retired after nomination. | |||
St Augustine's | |||
2 July 1886 | 12,157 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
St Austell | |||
5 July 1886 | 8,860 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 April 1887 Resignation of William Borlase. | |||
18 May 1887 | 6,869/8,883 | 77.33 | |
Liberal Party | 3,540 | 51.54 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,329 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 211 | 3.07 | |
St George | |||
6 July 1886 | 2,637/4,317 | 61.08 | |
Conservative Party | 1,561 | 59.20 | |
Liberal Party | 1,076 | 40.80 | |
Majority | 485 | 18.39 | |
1886 Resignation of Charles Ritchie on appointment as President of the Board of Local Government. | |||
12 August 1886 | 2,435/4,317 | 56.40 | |
Conservative Party | 1,546 | 63.49 | |
Liberal Party | 889 | 36.51 | |
Majority | 657 | 26.98 | |
St George Hanover Square | |||
1 July 1886 | 10,050 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
31 January 1887 Resignation of Lord Algernon Percy. | |||
9 February 1887 | 7,247/11,079 | 65.41 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 5,702 | 78.68 | |
Liberal Party | 1,545 | 21.32 | |
Majority | 4,157 | 57.36 | |
St Helens | |||
2 July 1886 | 7,025/8,291 | 84.73 | |
Conservative Party | 3,621 | 51.54 | |
Liberal Party | 3,404 | 48.46 | |
Majority | 217 | 3.09 | |
St Ives | |||
15 July 1886 | 4,283/7,606 | 56.31 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,395 | 79.27 | |
Liberal Party | 888 | 20.73 | |
Majority | 2,507 | 58.53 | |
4 July 1887 Elevation of Sir John St Aubyn, Bt to the Peerage - Baron St Aubyn. | |||
9 July 1887 | |||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
St Pancras East | |||
5 July 1886 | 4,153/5,913 | 70.24 | |
Conservative Party | 2,327 | 56.03 | |
Liberal Party | 1,826 | 43.97 | |
Majority | 501 | 12.06 | |
St Pancras North | |||
5 July 1886 | 3,887/5,450 | 71.32 | |
Conservative Party | 2,074 | 53.36 | |
Liberal Party | 1,813 | 46.64 | |
Majority | 261 | 6.71 | |
15 February 1890 Succession of Hon Charles Cochrane-Baillie to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Lamington. | |||
4 March 1890 | 5,235/6,332 | 82.68 | |
Liberal Party | 2,657 | 50.75 | |
Conservative Party | 2,549 | 48.69 | |
Independent | 29 | 0.55 | |
Majority | 108 | 2.06 | |
St Pancras South | |||
5 July 1886 | 2,812/5,357 | 52.49 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,915 | 68.10 | |
Liberal Party | 897 | 31.90 | |
Majority | 1,018 | 36.20 | |
St Pancras West | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,070/7,103 | 71.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,567 | 50.63 | |
Conservative Party | 2,503 | 49.37 | |
Majority | 64 | 1.26 | |
Stafford | |||
3 July 1886 | 2,963/3,264 | 90.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,528 | 51.57 | |
Liberal Party | 1,435 | 48.43 | |
Majority | 93 | 3.14 | |
Stalybridge | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,858/6,424 | 91.19 | |
Conservative Party | 3,220 | 54.97 | |
Liberal Party | 2,638 | 45.03 | |
Majority | 582 | 9.94 | |
Stamford | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,741 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1890 Resignation of John Lawrance on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. | |||
7 March 1890 | 8,190/10,526 | 77.81 | |
Conservative Party | 4,236 | 51.72 | |
Liberal Party | 3,954 | 48.28 | |
Majority | 282 | 3.44 | |
Stepney | |||
6 July 1886 | 3,972/6,925 | 57.36 | |
Conservative Party | 2,237 | 56.32 | |
Liberal Party | 1,735 | 43.68 | |
Majority | 502 | 12.64 | |
Stirling District of Burghs | |||
8 July 1886 | 3,911/5,228 | 74.81 | |
Liberal Party | 2,440 | 62.39 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,471 | 37.61 | |
Majority | 969 | 24.78 | |
Stirlingshire | |||
13 July 1886 | 9,436/12,486 | 75.57 | |
Liberal Party | 5,067 | 53.70 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,369 | 46.30 | |
Majority | 698 | 7.40 | |
Stockport | |||
2 July 1886 | 8,711/9,560 | 91.12 | |
Conservative Party | 4,702 | 53.98 | |
Conservative Party | 4,495 | 51.60 | |
Liberal Party | 4,184 | 48.03 | |
Liberal Party | 3,938 | 45.21 | |
Majority | 311 | 3.57 | |
Stockton-on-Tees | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,642/8,761 | 75.81 | |
Liberal Party | 3,822 | 57.54 | |
Conservative Party | 2,820 | 42.46 | |
Majority | 1,002 | 15.09 | |
14 December 1888 Resignation of Joseph Dodds. | |||
21 December 1888 | 7,383/9,094 | 81.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,889 | 52.68 | |
Conservative Party | 3,494 | 47.32 | |
Majority | 395 | 5.35 | |
Stoke-on-Trent | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,348/9,213 | 58.05 | |
Liberal Party | 3,255 | 60.86 | |
Conservative Party | 2,093 | 39.14 | |
Majority | 1,162 | 21.73 | |
4 March 1890 Resignation of William Bright. | |||
14 March 1890 | 7,083/9,649 | 73.41 | |
Liberal Party | 4,157 | 58.69 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,926 | 41.31 | |
Majority | 1,231 | 17.38 | |
Stowmarket | |||
10 July 1886 | 7,269/10,587 | 68.66 | |
Conservative Party | 3,906 | 53.74 | |
Liberal Party | 3,363 | 46.26 | |
Majority | 543 | 7.47 | |
5 April 1891 Death of Edward Greene. | |||
5 May 1891 | 8,478/11,375 | 74.53 | |
Liberal Party | 4,346 | 51.26 | |
Conservative Party | 4,132 | 48.74 | |
Majority | 214 | 2.52 | |
Strand | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,542/11,264 | 58.08 | |
Conservative Party | 5,034 | 76.95 | |
Liberal Party | 1,508 | 23.05 | |
Majority | 3,526 | 53.90 | |
3 August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon William Smith on appointment as Secretary of State for War. | |||
11 August 1886 | 11,264 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
7 May 1891 Resignation of Rt Hon William Smith on appointment as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. | |||
12 May 1891 | |||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 October 1891 Death of Rt Hon William Smith. | |||
27 October 1891 | 6,898/11,081 | 62.25 | |
Conservative Party | 4,952 | 71.79 | |
Liberal Party | 1,946 | 28.21 | |
Majority | 3,006 | 43.58 | |
Stratford-on-Avon | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,177/9,631 | 74.52 | |
Conservative Party | 3,833 | 53.41 | |
Liberal Party | 3,344 | 46.59 | |
Majority | 489 | 6.81 | |
Stretford | |||
8 July 1886 | 8,761/11,140 | 78.64 | |
Conservative Party | 4,750 | 54.22 | |
Liberal Party | 4,011 | 45.78 | |
Majority | 739 | 8.44 | |
Stroud | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,531/10,371 | 82.26 | |
Conservative Party | 4,620 | 54.16 | |
Liberal Party | 3,911 | 45.84 | |
Majority | 709 | 8.31 | |
Sudbury | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,522 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Sunderland | |||
2 July 1886 | 12,863/18,078 | 71.15 | |
Liberal Party | 6,971 | 54.19 | |
Liberal Party | 6,840 | 53.18 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 6,027 | 46.86 | |
Majority | 813 | 6.32 | |
Sutherland | |||
10 July 1886 | 2,046/3,185 | 64.24 | |
Liberal Party / Crofter | 1,463 | 71.51 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 583 | 28.49 | |
Majority | 880 | 43.01 | |
Swansea District | |||
1 July 1886 | 8,920 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Swansea Town | |||
5 July 1886 | 4,780/7,597 | 62.92 | |
Liberal Party | 3,040 | 63.60 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,740 | 36.40 | |
Majority | 1,300 | 27.20 | |
19 June 1892 Death of Lewis Dillwyn just after dissolution of Parliament. | |||
Tamworth | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,048 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Taunton | |||
1 July 1886 | 2,541 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
2 April 1887 Succession of Hon Samuel Allsopp to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Hindlip. | |||
23 April 1887 | 2,316/2,591 | 89.39 | |
Conservative Party | 1,426 | 61.57 | |
Liberal Party | 890 | 38.43 | |
Majority | 536 | 23.14 | |
Tavistock | |||
8 July 1886 | 6,639/10,851 | 61.18 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,917 | 59.00 | |
Liberal Party | 2,722 | 41.00 | |
Majority | 1,195 | 18.00 | |
Tewkesbury | |||
2 July 1886 | 11,665 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
The Hartlepools | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,850/8,500 | 68.82 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,381 | 57.79 | |
Liberal Party | 2,469 | 42.21 | |
Majority | 912 | 15.59 | |
29 December 1890 Death of Thomas Richardson. | |||
21 January 1891 | 8,908/10,378 | 85.84 | |
Liberal Party | 4,603 | 51.67 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,305 | 48.33 | |
Majority | 298 | 3.35 | |
Thirsk & Malton | |||
2 July 1886 | 12,637 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Thornbury | |||
14 July 1886 | 8,989/11,333 | 79.32 | |
Conservative Party | 4,935 | 54.90 | |
Liberal Party | 4,054 | 45.10 | |
Majority | 881 | 9.80 | |
22 February 1889 Hon John Plunkett succeeds to the Irish Peerage - 17th Baron Dunsany. | |||
Tiverton | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,349 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
1886 Resignation of William Walrond on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
12 August 1886 | 9,349 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Torquay | |||
13 July 1886 | 6,190/7,738 | 79.99 | |
Conservative Party | 3,135 | 50.65 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,055 | 49.35 | |
Majority | 80 | 1.29 | |
Totnes | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,793/9,188 | 63.05 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,652 | 80.30 | |
Liberal Party | 1,141 | 19.70 | |
Majority | 3,511 | 60.61 | |
Tottenham | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,003/10,887 | 55.14 | |
Conservative Party | 3,941 | 65.65 | |
Liberal Party | 2,062 | 34.35 | |
Majority | 1,879 | 31.30 | |
Truro | |||
13 July 1886 | 5,068/8,825 | 57.43 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,522 | 69.49 | |
Liberal Party | 1,546 | 30.51 | |
Majority | 1,976 | 38.99 | |
Tullamore | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,162 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Tunbridge | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,703 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Tynemouth | |||
3 July 1886 | 5,072/6,869 | 73.84 | |
Conservative Party | 2,795 | 55.11 | |
Liberal Party | 2,277 | 44.89 | |
Majority | 518 | 10.21 | |
Tyneside | |||
10 July 1886 | 8,102/11,852 | 68.36 | |
Liberal Party | 4,112 | 50.75 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,990 | 49.25 | |
Majority | 122 | 1.51 | |
Uxbridge | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,902 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wakefield | |||
2 July 1886 | 4,199/4,801 | 87.46 | |
Conservative Party | 2,253 | 53.66 | |
Liberal Party | 1,946 | 46.34 | |
Majority | 307 | 7.31 | |
Walsall | |||
1 July 1886 | 10,742 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 July 1891 Death of Sir Charles Forster, Bt. | |||
12 August 1891 | 9,259/11,712 | 79.06 | |
Liberal Party | 4,899 | 52.91 | |
Conservative Party | 4,360 | 47.09 | |
Majority | 539 | 5.82 | |
Walthamstow | |||
13 July 1886 | 7,100/11,233 | 63.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,461 | 62.83 | |
Liberal Party | 2,639 | 37.17 | |
Majority | 1,822 | 25.66 | |
Walworth | |||
7 July 1886 | 3,731/5,598 | 66.65 | |
Conservative Party | 1,983 | 53.15 | |
Liberal Party | 1,748 | 46.85 | |
Majority | 235 | 6.30 | |
Wandsworth | |||
2 July 1886 | 10,088 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wansbeck | |||
15 July 1886 | 6,945/10,392 | 66.83 | |
Liberal/Labour | 5,235 | 75.38 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,710 | 24.62 | |
Majority | 3,525 | 50.76 | |
Warrington | |||
2 July 1886 | 6,933/7,730 | 89.69 | |
Conservative Party | 3,717 | 53.61 | |
Liberal Party | 3,216 | 46.39 | |
Majority | 501 | 7.23 | |
Warwick & Leamington | |||
1 July 1886 | 5,486 | ||
Speaker of the House of Commons | |||
Waterford City | |||
2 July 1886 | 3,946 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
25 November 1891 Death of Richard Power. | |||
23 December 1891 | 3,004/4,046 | 74.25 | |
Parnellite Nationalist | 1,775 | 59.09 | |
Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | 1,229 | 40.91 | |
Majority | 546 | 18.18 | |
Watford | |||
3 July 1886 | 10,029 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wednesbury | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,104/10,808 | 84.23 | |
Liberal Party | 4,883 | 53.64 | |
Conservative Party | 4,221 | 46.36 | |
Majority | 662 | 7.27 | |
Wellington (Shropshire) | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,961 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wellington (Somerset) | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,337/9,537 | 76.93 | |
Conservative Party | 4,117 | 56.11 | |
Liberal Party | 3,220 | 43.89 | |
Majority | 897 | 12.23 | |
Wells | |||
3 July 1886 | 9,501 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
West Bromwich | |||
5 July 1886 | 6,751/8,749 | 77.16 | |
Conservative Party | 3,660 | 54.21 | |
Liberal Party | 3,091 | 45.79 | |
Majority | 569 | 8.43 | |
West Ham North | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,113/10,026 | 70.95 | |
Conservative Party | 3,920 | 55.11 | |
Liberal Party | 3,193 | 44.89 | |
Majority | 727 | 10.22 | |
West Ham South | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,250/8,942 | 58.71 | |
Conservative Party | 2,778 | 52.91 | |
Liberal/Labour | 2,472 | 47.09 | |
Majority | 306 | 5.83 | |
Westbury | |||
17 July 1886 | 8,333/10,566 | 78.87 | |
Liberal Party | 4,663 | 55.96 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,670 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 993 | 11.92 | |
Western Aberdeenshire | |||
7 July 1886 | 5,511/10,144 | 54.33 | |
Liberal Party | 3,854 | 69.93 | |
Conservative Party | 1,657 | 30.07 | |
Majority | 2,197 | 39.87 | |
Western Carmarthenshire | |||
16 July 1886 | 6,047/9,969 | 60.66 | |
Liberal Party | 4,131 | 68.31 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 1,916 | 31.69 | |
Majority | 2,215 | 36.63 | |
26 June 1889 Death of Walter Powell. | |||
18 July 1889 | 6,785/9,379 | 72.34 | |
Liberal Party | 4,252 | 62.67 | |
Conservative Party | 2,533 | 37.33 | |
Majority | 1,719 | 25.34 | |
Western Cavan | |||
8 July 1886 | 10,109 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
19 February 1890 Death of Joseph Biggar. | |||
26 March 1890 | 11,496 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Clare | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,813 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Cork | |||
9 July 1886 | 6,124 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Denbighshire | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,899 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Derbyshire | |||
2 July 1886 | 10,310 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
18 May 1891 Death of Lord Edward Cavendish. | |||
2 June 1891 | |||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Donegal | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,377 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
19 May 1890 Resignation of Patrick O'Hea. | |||
30 May 1890 | 5,536 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Dorset | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,139/7,914 | 77.57 | |
Conservative Party | 3,672 | 59.81 | |
Liberal Party | 2,467 | 40.19 | |
Majority | 1,205 | 19.63 | |
Western Down | |||
16 July 1886 | 7,788/9,695 | 80.33 | |
Unionist | 6,589 | 84.60 | |
Nationalist | 1,199 | 15.40 | |
Majority | 5,390 | 69.21 | |
5 August 1886 Appointment of Rt Hon Lord Arthur Hill as Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household. | |||
13 August 1886 | 9,695 | ||
Unionist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Fife | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,429 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
21 June 1889 Resignation of Hon Robert Preston Bruce. | |||
5 July 1889 | 6,309/8,812 | 71.60 | |
Liberal Party | 3,551 | 56.28 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 2,758 | 43.72 | |
Majority | 793 | 12.57 | |
Western Kerry | |||
5 July 1886 | 5,668 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Limerick | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,827 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Mayo | |||
3 July 1886 | 8,009 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Monmouthshire | |||
6 July 1886 | 9,770 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Perthshire | |||
8 July 1886 | 5,598/8,284 | 67.58 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,269 | 58.40 | |
Liberal Party | 2,329 | 41.60 | |
Majority | 940 | 16.79 | |
Western Renfrewshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,315/7,746 | 81.53 | |
Conservative Party | 3,434 | 54.38 | |
Liberal Party | 2,881 | 45.62 | |
Majority | 553 | 8.76 | |
Western Staffordshire | |||
5 July 1886 | 10,636 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Western Waterford | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,025 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
14 November 1888 Death of Jasper Pyne. | |||
24 February 1890 | 6,353 | ||
Nationalist | Unopposed |   | |
Western Wicklow | |||
13 July 1886 | 4,387/5,226 | 83.95 | |
Nationalist | 3,531 | 80.49 | |
Unionist | 856 | 19.51 | |
Majority | 2,675 | 60.98 | |
Westhoughton | |||
2 July 1886 | 10,625 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Westminster | |||
1 July 1886 | 7,670 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Whitby | |||
16 July 1886 | 9,018/11,350 | 79.45 | |
Conservative Party | 5,078 | 56.31 | |
Liberal Party | 3,940 | 43.69 | |
Majority | 1,138 | 12.62 | |
Whitechapel | |||
6 July 1886 | 3,771/6,140 | 61.42 | |
Liberal Party | 2,179 | 57.78 | |
Conservative Party | 1,592 | 42.22 | |
Majority | 587 | 15.57 | |
Whitehaven | |||
2 July 1886 | 2,326/2,687 | 86.56 | |
Conservative Party | 1,216 | 52.28 | |
Liberal Party | 1,110 | 47.72 | |
Majority | 106 | 4.56 | |
9 April 1891 Death of Rt Hon George Cavendish-Bentinck. | |||
24 April 1891 | 2,443/2,713 | 90.05 | |
Conservative Party | 1,338 | 54.77 | |
Liberal Party | 1,105 | 45.23 | |
Majority | 233 | 9.54 | |
Wick District of Burghs | |||
12 July 1886 | 1,596/2,015 | 79.21 | |
Liberal Party | 910 | 57.02 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 686 | 42.98 | |
Majority | 224 | 14.04 | |
Widnes | |||
10 July 1886 | 6,646/8,223 | 80.82 | |
Conservative Party | 3,719 | 55.96 | |
Liberal Party | 2,927 | 44.04 | |
Majority | 792 | 11.92 | |
Wigan | |||
3 July 1886 | 6,151/6,988 | 88.02 | |
Conservative Party | 3,371 | 54.80 | |
Liberal Party | 2,780 | 45.20 | |
Majority | 591 | 9.61 | |
Wigtownshire | |||
10 July 1886 | 4,639/6,004 | 77.27 | |
Conservative Party | 2,920 | 62.94 | |
Liberal Party | 1,719 | 37.06 | |
Majority | 1,201 | 25.89 | |
9 August 1886 Resignation of Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bt on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. | |||
12 August 1886 | 6,004 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wilton | |||
6 July 1886 | 8,675 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wimbledon | |||
2 July 1886 | 14,086 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Winchester | |||
3 July 1886 | 1,902/2,326 | 81.77 | |
Conservative Party | 1,119 | 58.83 | |
Liberal Party | 783 | 41.17 | |
Majority | 336 | 17.67 | |
4 December 1887 Death of Arthur Tottenham. | |||
5 January 1888 | 2,213/2,455 | 90.14 | |
Conservative Party | 1,364 | 61.64 | |
Liberal Party | 849 | 38.36 | |
Majority | 515 | 23.27 | |
Windsor | |||
1 July 1886 | 2,612 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
26 March 1890 Resignation of Robert Richardson-Gardner. | |||
2 April 1890 | 2,494/2,755 | 90.53 | |
Conservative Party | 1,522 | 61.03 | |
Liberal Party | 972 | 38.97 | |
Majority | 550 | 22.05 | |
Wirral | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,772 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
10 July 1890 Edward Cotton assumes the additional surname of Jodrell. | |||
Wisbech | |||
7 July 1886 | 7,251/9,532 | 76.07 | |
Conservative Party | 4,169 | 57.50 | |
Liberal Party | 3,082 | 42.50 | |
Majority | 1,087 | 14.99 | |
4 July 1891 Resignation of Charles Selwyn. | |||
23 July 1891 | 7,698/11,725 | 65.65 | |
Liberal Party | 3,979 | 51.69 | |
Conservative Party | 3,719 | 48.31 | |
Majority | 260 | 3.38 | |
Wokingham | |||
7 July 1886 | 9,258 | ||
Conservative Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wolverhampton East | |||
6 July 1886 | 6,381/7,917 | 80.60 | |
Liberal Party | 3,752 | 58.80 | |
Conservative Party | 2,629 | 41.20 | |
Majority | 1,123 | 17.60 | |
Wolverhampton South | |||
1 July 1886 | 8,636 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
Wolverhampton West | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,289/8,391 | 86.87 | |
Liberal Party | 3,706 | 50.84 | |
Conservative Party | 3,583 | 49.16 | |
Majority | 123 | 1.69 | |
Woodbridge | |||
8 July 1886 | 9,395/12,126 | 77.48 | |
Conservative Party | 4,854 | 51.67 | |
Liberal Party | 4,541 | 48.33 | |
Majority | 313 | 3.33 | |
Woodstock | |||
6 July 1886 | 10,012 | ||
Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed |   | |
1891 Resignation of Francis Maclean on appointment as a Master in Lunacy. | |||
21 April 1891 | 8,208/9,725 | 84.40 | |
Conservative Party | 4,448 | 54.19 | |
Liberal Party | 3,760 | 45.81 | |
Majority | 688 | 8.38 | |
Woolwich | |||
6 July 1886 | 7,458/9,769 | 76.34 | |
Conservative Party | 4,647 | 62.31 | |
Liberal Party | 2,811 | 37.69 | |
Majority | 1,836 | 24.62 | |
Worcester | |||
2 July 1886 | 5,641/6,714 | 84.02 | |
Conservative Party | 2,892 | 51.27 | |
Liberal Party | 2,749 | 48.73 | |
Majority | 143 | 2.54 | |
Wycombe | |||
7 July 1886 | 8,157/11,269 | 72.38 | |
Conservative Party | 4,620 | 56.64 | |
Liberal Party | 3,537 | 43.36 | |
Majority | 1,083 | 13.28 | |
York | |||
2 July 1886 | 9,213/12,415 | 74.21 | |
Liberal Party | 4,816 | 52.27 | |
Liberal Party | 4,810 | 52.21 | |
Conservative Party | 4,352 | 47.24 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,295 | 46.62 | |
Majority | 458 | 4.97 |