Berkshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Berkshire |
1265–1885 | |
Seats | Two until 1832; Three from 1832 to 1885 |
Replaced by | Abingdon, Newbury, Windsor and Wokingham |
Berkshire was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. The county returned two knights of the shire until 1832 and three between 1832 and 1885.
This county constituency consisted of the historic county of Berkshire, in south-eastern England to the west of modern Greater London. Its northern boundary was the River Thames. See Historic counties of England for a map and other details. The Great Reform Act made some minor changes to the parliamentary boundaries of the county, transferring parts of five parishes to neighbouring counties while annexing parts of four other parishes which had previously been in Wiltshire.
The county, up to 1885, also contained the borough constituencies of Abingdon (1 seat from 1558), New Windsor (2 seats 1302–1868, 1 seat from 1868), Reading (2 seats from 1295) and Wallingford (2 seats 1295–1832, 1 seat from 1832). Although these boroughs elected MPs in their own right, they were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election.
As in other county constituencies the franchise between 1430 and 1832 was defined by the Forty Shilling Freeholder Act, which gave the right to vote to every man who possessed freehold property within the county valued at £2 or more per year for the purpose of land tax; it was not necessary for the freeholder to occupy his land, nor even in later years to be resident in the county at all.
At the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, Berkshire had a population of about 145,000, but only 3,726 votes were cast at the election of 1818, the highest recorded vote in the county before 1832, even though each voter could cast two votes. Although local landowners could never control a county the size of Berkshire in the way they could own a pocket borough, titled magnates still exercised considerable influence over deferential county voters: in the early 19th century Lord Craven and Lord Braybrooke were considered the "patrons" of the Berkshire constituency and could usually persuade the voters to support their favoured candidates.
The place of election for the county was the then county town of Abingdon. In 1880, according to the report in The Times (of London), the ballot boxes were taken to Reading for the count and declaration of the result, instead of these taking place at Abingdon as had happened previously. Before the Reform Act it was normal for voters to expect the candidates for whom they voted to meet their expenses in travelling to the poll and to provide food, liquor and lodgings when they arrived, making the cost of a contested election in some counties prohibitive, but this was less of a factor in a comparatively small county like Berkshire, and contested elections were not uncommon. Nevertheless, potential candidates preferred to canvass support beforehand and usually did not insist on a vote being taken unless they were confident of winning. There were contests in Berkshire at 11 of the 29 general elections between 1701 and 1832, but in the other 18 the candidates were returned unopposed.
Under the Great Reform Act of 1832, the county franchise was extended to occupiers of land worth £50 or more, as well as the forty-shilling freeholders, and Berkshire was given a third MP. Under the new rules, 5,582 electors were registered and entitled to vote at the general election of 1832.
The constituency was abolished in 1885, and the county was divided into three single-member constituencies: the Northern or Abingdon Division; the Southern or Newbury Division; and the Eastern or Wokingham Division. The Abingdon Division absorbed the abolished parliamentary boroughs of Abingdon and Wallingford, whilst the parliamentary boroughs of Reading and New Windsor were retained, each with 1 MP.
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Some of the members elected during this period have been identified, but this list does not include Parliaments where no member has been identified. The year given is that of the first meeting of the Parliament, with the month added where there was more than one Parliament in the year. If a second year is given this is a date of dissolution. Early Parliaments usually only sat for a few days or weeks, so dissolutions in the same year as the first meeting are not recorded in this list. If a specific date of election is known this is shown in italic brackets. The Roman numerals in brackets, following some names, are used to distinguish different MPs of the same name in 'The House of Commons' 1509-1558 and 1558-1603.
Parliament | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member | Fifth member |
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1653 | Samuel Dunch | Vincent Goddard | Thomas Wood | Three seats only | |
1654 | George Purefoy | Edmund Dunch | Sir Robert Pye | John Dunch | John Southby |
1656 | William Trumball | Edmund Dunch | William Hide | John Dunch | John Southby |
1659 | John Dunch | Sir Robert Pye | Restored to two seats only |
election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | Third member | Third party | |||
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1832 | Robert Throckmorton | Whig [9] | Robert Palmer | Tory [9] | John Walter | Whig [9] | |||
1834 | Conservative [9] | ||||||||
1835 | Philip Pusey | Conservative [9] | |||||||
1837 | The Viscount Barrington | Conservative [9] | |||||||
1846 | Peelite [10] [11] | ||||||||
1852 | George Henry Vansittart | Conservative | |||||||
1857 | Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie | Whig [12] [13] | |||||||
1859 | Leicester Viney Vernon | Conservative | John Walter | Liberal | Liberal | ||||
1860 by-election | Richard Benyon | Conservative | |||||||
1865 | Robert Loyd-Lindsay | Conservative | Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Baronet | Conservative | |||||
1868 | John Walter | Liberal | |||||||
1876 by-election | Philip Wroughton | Conservative | |||||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
In multi-member elections the bloc voting system was used. Voters could cast a vote for one or two (or three in three-member elections 1832–1868) candidates, as they chose. The leading candidates with the largest number of votes were elected. In 1868 the limited vote was introduced, which restricted an individual elector to using one or two votes, in elections to fill three seats.
In by-elections, to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.
After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In three-member elections, when the exact number of participating voters is unknown, this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by three (to 1868) and two thereafter. To the extent that electors did not use all their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout.
Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.
Candidates for whom no party has been identified are classified as Non Partisan. The candidate might have been associated with a party or faction in Parliament or consider himself to belong to a particular political tradition. Political parties before the 19th century were not as cohesive or organised as they later became. Contemporary commentators (even the reputed leaders of parties or factions) in the 18th century did not necessarily agree who the party supporters were. The traditional parties, which had arisen in the late 17th century, became increasingly irrelevant to politics in the 18th century (particularly after 1760), although for some contests in some constituencies party labels were still used. It was only towards the end of the century that party labels began to acquire some meaning again, although this process was by no means complete for several more generations.
Sources: The results are based on the History of Parliament Trust's volumes on the House of Commons in various periods for 1660–1820, Stooks Smith from 1820 until 1832 and Craig from 1832. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information this is indicated in a note. See references below for further details of these sources.
1660s – 1670s – 1680s – 1690s – 1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Robert Pye | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Powle | {{{votes}}} | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | John Southby | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | John Lovelace | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Powle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Richard Neville (the elder) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Humphrey Forster | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | The Earl of Stirling | Returned | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Barker | Returned | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Humphrey Forster | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Barker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | William Barker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Southby | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | William Barker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Southby | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Humphrey Forster | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Southby | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | The Earl of Stirling | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Lord Norreys | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry Winchcombe | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Winchcombe | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Humphrey Forster | 822 | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | 793 | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Lord Norreys | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Robert Pye | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,615+ | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Humphrey Forster | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Humphrey Forster | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Humphrey Forster | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stonhouse | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stonhouse | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Humphrey Forster | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | John Stonhouse | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Humphrey Forster | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stonhouse | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stonhouse | 1,977 | 40.46 | N/A | |
Tory | Henry St John | 1,877 | 38.42 | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Neville (the younger) | 1,032 | 21.12 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,886 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Packer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stonhouse | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Packer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stonhouse | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Packer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Stonhouse | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Packer | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Grey | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Packer | 1,620 | 36.02 | N/A | |
Tory | John Stonhouse | 1,558 | 34.65 | N/A | |
Whig | The Viscount Fane | 1,319 | 29.33 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Winchcombe Packer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | William Archer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Winchcombe Packer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Archer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Peniston Powney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Winchcombe Packer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Peniston Powney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Pye | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Peniston Powney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry Pye | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Peniston Powney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry Pye | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Arthur Vansittart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Pye | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Arthur Vansittart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Thomas Craven | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Arthur Vansittart | 1,519 | 42.89 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Thomas Craven | 1,389 | 39.22 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | John Stone | 634 | 17.90 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | John Elwes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | John Elwes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Christopher Griffith | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Winchcombe Henry Hartley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | John Elwes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Winchcombe Henry Hartley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | George Vansittart | 678 | 40.94 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry James Pye | 677 | 40.88 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Winchcombe Henry Hartley | 301 | 18.18 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | George Vansittart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Winchcombe Henry Hartley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Dundas | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vansittart | 1,332 | 37.95 | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Dundas | 1,322 | 37.95 | N/A | |
Whig | Edward Loveden Loveden | 846 | 24.10 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vansittart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Dundas | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vansittart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Dundas | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Vansittart | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Dundas | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Dundas | 1,717 | 44.99 | N/A | |
Tory | Richard Griffin | 1,574 | 41.25 | N/A | |
Radical | William Hallett | 525 | 13.76 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Griffin | 1,224 | 40.56 | −0.69 | |
Whig | Charles Dundas | 1,154 | 38.24 | −6.75 | |
Radical | William Hallett | 640 | 21.21 | +7.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Dundas | 1,084 | 47.73 | +9.49 | |
Whig | Richard Griffin | 1,055 | 46.46 | +5.90 | |
Whig | William Hallett | 132 | 5.81 | −15.40 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Dundas | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Palmer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Robert Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Dundas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Robert Throckmorton | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Palmer | 1,210 | 55.2 | ||
Whig | William Hallett | 984 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 226 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,194 | c. 73.1 | |||
Registered electors | c. 3,000 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Palmer | 2,942 | 27.7 | ||
Whig | Robert Throckmorton | 2,774 | 26.1 | ||
Whig | John Walter | 2,479 | 23.3 | ||
Tory | Philip Pusey | 2,440 | 22.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,863 | 87.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,582 | ||||
Majority | 168 | 1.6 | |||
Tory win (new seat) | |||||
Majority | 39 | 0.4 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Philip Pusey | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Walter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,632 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Palmer | 2,556 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | The Viscount Barrington | 2,360 | 27.7 | ||
Conservative | Philip Pusey | 2,312 | 27.1 | ||
Whig | Sir East George Clayton-East, 1st Baronet | 1,302 | 15.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,010 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,707 | ||||
Registered electors | 5,599 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Barrington | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Philip Pusey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,685 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Barrington | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Palmer | Unopposed | |||
Peelite | Philip Pusey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,241 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Peelite gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Henry Vansittart | 1,741 | 33.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Palmer | 1,705 | 32.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Barrington | 1,636 | 31.2 | N/A | |
Peelite | John Walter [16] [17] [18] | 155 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,481 | 28.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,746 (est) | 34.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,129 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Peelite | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Palmer | 1,802 | 29.2 | −3.4 | |
Whig | Philip Pleydell-Bouverie | 1,524 | 24.7 | New | |
Conservative | George Henry Vansittart | 1,494 | 24.2 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Leicester Viney Vernon | 1,360 | 22.0 | −9.2 | |
Turnout | 3,090 (est) | 63.3 (est) | +29.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,884 | ||||
Majority | 278 | 4.5 | −23.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
Majority | 30 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +21.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Leicester Viney Vernon | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Walter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,791 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Benyon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Loyd-Lindsay | 2,227 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Benyon | 2,192 | 18.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Russell | 2,117 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Walter | 1,813 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Viscount Uffington | 1,809 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Philip Pleydell-Bouverie | 1,583 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 304 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,914 (est) | 77.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,066 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Loyd-Lindsay | 3,231 | 27.9 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Benyon | 3,171 | 27.3 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | John Walter | 2,747 | 23.7 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Auberon Herbert | 2,450 | 21.1 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 424 | 3.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,800 (est) | 75.8 (est) | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,647 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Fellowes Benyon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Loyd-Lindsay | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Walter | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,745 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Wroughton | 3,454 | 75.0 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | Christopher Darby Griffith [19] | 1,149 | 25.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,305 | 50.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,603 | 59.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,721 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Loyd-Lindsay | 3,294 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Philip Wroughton | 3,272 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Walter | 1,794 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Rogers [20] | 1,696 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,478 | 14.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,028 (est) | 62.4 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,061 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
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