Brighton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Brighton
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County 1832–1888: Sussex
1888–1950: East Sussex
Major settlements Brighton
1832–1950
SeatsTwo
Created from Sussex
Replaced by Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion and Hove

Brighton was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until it was divided into single-member seats from the 1950 United Kingdom general election. Covering the seaside towns of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, it elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the block vote system of election.

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History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. The constituency was based on the south coast seaside resort town of Brighton.

When it was proposed to enfranchise Brighton a Tory observed in Parliament that it would represent merely "toffy (sic), lemonade and jelly shops". Charles Seymour suggests he "obviously feared the Whig proclivities of the numerous tradespeople established there". [1]

The first representatives of the constituency were of radical opinions. Isaac Newton Wigney (MP 1832–1839 and 1841–1842) was described as being of "Whig opinions inclining to radicalism, in favour of the ballot, and pledged himself to resign his seat whenever his constituents called upon him so to do". His colleague, the Nonconformist preacher and attorney George Faithfull (MP 1832–1835), went much further. He advocated "the immediate abolition of slavery, of all unmerited pensions and sinecures, the standing army, all useless expense, the Corn Laws, and every other monopoly. He said that if the extent of suffrage at that time was not found efficient he would vote for universal suffrage: and if triennial Parliaments did not succeed, would vote for having them annually; he was an advocate of the ballot". [2]

Seymour provides figures for the voting qualification of Brighton electors, following the Reform Act 1867. The town was one of six boroughs in England where the £10 occupiers, enfranchised in 1832, were much more numerous than the householders who received the vote under the 1867 Act. There were 7,590 £10 occupiers and only 944 householders on the electoral register. [1]

Members of Parliament for the constituency, after the first two, were of more conventional views; but most elections were won by the Liberal Party until 1884. In 1884 the Liberal MP, William Marriott, broke with his party as he disagreed with Prime Minister Gladstone's foreign and Egyptian policy. Marriott resigned his seat and was re-elected as a Conservative. From that time onwards the Liberal Party never won an election in the constituency, except for a by-election in 1905 and both seats in the landslide victory of 1906. Apart from those few years of liberal strength, Brighton became a safe Conservative constituency.

The 1931 election of Sir Cooper Rawson holds the record for the largest majority ever received at a general election (62,253), as well as the most votes received by an individual (75,205). [3]

Boundaries

The constituency was defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as comprising the "respective Parishes of Brighthelmstone and Hove". [4] The act named the parliamentary borough as "Brighthelmstone", but the name "Brighton" was invariably used. [5]

The two parishes were adjacent coastal resorts in the historic county of Sussex in South East England. Brighton obtained a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1854, while Hove formed a local board of health in 1858, becoming a borough forty years later. These changes in local government made no changes to the boundaries of the constituency. [6] Under the Representation of the People Act 1867 the constituency was enlarged to include the Preston area which fell inside Brighton's municipal boundaries. [6]

These boundaries were used until the 1918 general election when seats were redefined in terms of the local government areas then in existence. The parliamentary borough was defined as consisting of the County Borough of Brighton and the Municipal Borough of Hove. The constituency was enlarged to include Aldrington which lay with Hove's borough boundaries. [6]

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the remaining multi-member constituencies were abolished and replaced with single-member ones from the 1950 election. The County Borough of Brighton was divided into Brighton Kemptown and Brighton Pavilion. The Municipal Borough of Hove, which had also been included in the old Brighton seat was combined with Portslade by Sea Urban District to form the new Hove constituency. [6]

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Isaac Wigney Radical [7] [8] [9] George Faithfull Radical [7] [10]
1835 George Pechell
(from 1849 Sir George Brook-Pechell, Bt) 		Whig [11] [8] [12] [7] [10]
1837 Sir Adolphus Dalrymple Conservative [7] [10]
1841 Isaac Wigney Radical [7] [8] [9]
1842 Lord Alfred Hervey Conservative [7] [10]
1857 William Coningham Radical [8] [13] [14]
1860 Liberal James White Liberal
1864 Henry Moor Conservative
1865 Henry Fawcett Liberal
1874 James Lloyd Ashbury Conservative Charles Cameron Shute Conservative
1880 John Robert Hollond Liberal Rt Hon. Sir William Thackeray Marriott 1 Liberal
1884 Conservative
1885 David Smith Conservative
1886 Sir William Tindal Robertson Conservative
1889 Gerald Loder Conservative
1893 Bruce Vernon-Wentworth Conservative
1905 (5 April 1905) Ernest Villiers Liberal
1906 Aurelian Ridsdale Liberal
1910 Rt Hon. George Tryon Conservative Hon. Walter Rice Conservative
1911 John Gordon Conservative
1914 Charles Thomas-Stanford Conservative
1918 Coalition Conservative Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative Cooper Rawson Conservative
1940 Lord Erskine 2 Conservative
1941 Anthony Marlowe Conservative
1944 William Teeling Conservative
1950 constituency divided – see Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion and Hove

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Elections

1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s – See also – Notes – Further reading – References

Elections in the 1940s

1945 general election: Brighton [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Teeling 49,339 30.8 −7.4
Conservative Anthony Marlowe 49,026 30.6 −7.4
Labour Joseph Taylor Huddart [17] 31,07419.4+7.3
Labour GH Barnard30,84419.2+7.5
Majority17,95211.2−14.7
Turnout 160,28364.3+2.6
Registered electors 124,714
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
1944 Brighton by-election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Teeling 14,594 53.6 −22.6
National IndependentBruce Dutton Briant12,63546.4New
Majority1,9597.2−18.7
Turnout 27,22922.1−39.6
Registered electors 123,310
Conservative hold
1941 Brighton by-election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Marlowe Unopposed
Conservative hold
1940 Brighton by-election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Erskine Unopposed
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Brighton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Tryon 60,913 38.2 −4.5
Conservative Cooper Rawson 60,724 38.0 −4.6
Labour Alban Gordon 19,28712.1+4.7
Labour Lewis Cohen 18,74311.7+4.4
Majority41,43725.9−9.3
Turnout 159,66761.7−6.6
Registered electors 129,356
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1931: Brighton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cooper Rawson 75,205 42.7 +13.6
Conservative George Tryon 74,993 42.6 +13.6
Labour Lewis Cohen 12,9527.4−4.8
Labour Co-op Rosalind Moore [18] 12,8787.3−4.4
Majority62,04135.2+18.4
Turnout 176,02868.3+3.2
Registered electors 128,779
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1920s

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Cyril Dallow
General election 1929: Brighton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cooper Rawson 46,515 29.1 −13.2
Unionist George Tryon 46,287 29.0 −13.5
Labour Laurence S Cheshire [19] 19,49412.2−3.0
Labour William McLaine18,77011.7N/A
Liberal Cyril Berkeley Dallow14,7709.3New
Liberal John Brudenell-Bruce 13,8168.7New
Majority26,79316.8−10.3
Turnout 159,65265.1+9.9
Registered electors 122,641
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
General election 1924: Brighton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Tryon 39,387 42.5 +15.7
Unionist Cooper Rawson 39,253 42.3 +15.8
Labour Alban Gordon 14,07215.2+6.7
Majority25,18127.1+16.1
Turnout 92,71255.2−13.0
Registered electors 83,980
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
General election 1923: Brighton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Tryon 30,137 26.8 −5.2
Unionist Cooper Rawson 29,759 26.5 −3.5
Liberal Walter Runciman 17,46215.5−9.2
Liberal Henry Lunn 16,56714.7N/A
Labour Alban Gordon 9,5458.5New
Labour Herbert Carden9,0408.0New
Majority12,29711.0+5.7
Turnout 112,51068.2+12.8
Registered electors 82,475
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
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Fry
General election 1922: Brighton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Tryon 28,549 32.0 −7.7
Unionist Cooper Rawson 26,844 30.0 −9.2
Liberal C. B. Fry 22,05924.7N/A
Ind. Unionist Harry Wheater [20] 11,91313.3New
Majority4,7855.3−23.1
Turnout 89,36555.4+5.1
Registered electors 80,674
Unionist hold
Unionist hold

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Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Brighton [16] [note 1] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist George Tryon 32,95839.7+8.9
C Unionist Charles Thomas-Stanford 32,56139.2+8.4
Labour Thomas Lewis8,97110.8New
Labour George William Alfred Canter8,51410.3New
Majority23,59028.4+16.8
Turnout 83,00450.3−31.6
Registered electors 82,449
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
1914 Brighton by-election [22] [note 2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Charles Thomas-Stanford Unopposed
Unionist hold
1911 Brighton by-election [22] [note 3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Gordon Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election December 1910: Brighton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Tryon 10,780 30.8 +0.4
Conservative Walter Rice 10,757 30.8 +0.5
Liberal Alfred Morris [23] 6,72319.2−0.5
Liberal Morres Nickalls [24] 6,69919.2−0.4
Majority4,03411.6+1.0
Turnout 4,03481.9-7.4
Registered electors 21,427
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election January 1910: Brighton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Tryon 11,625 30.4 +6.6
Conservative Walter Rice 11,567 30.3 +6.5
Liberal George Evatt [25] 7,50619.7−6.7
Liberal Morres Nickalls [26] 7,47219.6−6.4
Majority4,15310.8N/A
Majority4,06110.6N/A
Turnout 38,17089.3+6.8
Registered electors 21,427
Conservative gain from Liberal
Conservative gain from Liberal

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Elections in the 1900s

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Ridsdale
General election 1906: Brighton [22] [note 4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ernest Villiers 9,062 26.4 N/A
Liberal Aurelian Ridsdale 8,919 26.0 N/A
Conservative George Tryon 8,18823.8−17.1
Conservative John Gordon 8,17623.8−10.8
Majority7312.2N/A
Majority8862.6N/A
Turnout 34,34582.5+20.3
Registered electors 20,976
Liberal gain from Conservative
Liberal gain from Conservative
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Villiers
1905 Brighton by-election [22] [note 5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ernest Villiers 8,209 52.6 New
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,39247.4−28.1
Majority8175.2N/A
Turnout 15,60176.3+14.1
Registered electors 20,439
Liberal gain from Conservative
General election 1900: Brighton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,858 40.9 +2.4
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth 6,626 34.6 −2.0
Independent Protestant John Kensit 4,69324.5New
Majority1,93310.1-1.6
Turnout 19,17762.2-12.2
Registered electors 18,634
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Brighton [22] [note 6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,878 38.5 +0.2
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth 7,490 36.6 +1.6
Liberal Joseph Ewart [7] 5,08224.9−1.8
Majority2,40811.7+3.4
Turnout 20,45074.4-1.8
Registered electors 17,083
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 14 December 1893 [22] [note 7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1892: Brighton [22] [note 8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,807 38.3 −2.9
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 7,134 35.0 −5.6
Liberal Frederick William Maude5,44826.7+8.5
Majority1,6868.3-14.1
Turnout 20,38976.2+18.4
Registered electors 16,883
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1880s

1889 Brighton by-election [22] [note 9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,132 60.7 −21.1
Liberal Robert Peel 4,62539.3+21.1
Majority2,50721.4−1.0
Turnout 11,75776.8+19.0
Registered electors 15,307
Conservative hold Swing −21.1
By-election, 29 November 1886 [22] [note 10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Tindal Robertson Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 11 August 1886 [22] [note 11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1886: Brighton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Smith 5,963 41.2 +11.7
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 5,875 40.6 +11.1
Liberal William Hall [27] 2,63318.2−22.8
Majority3,24222.4+13.5
Turnout 8,57757.8-23.2
Registered electors 14,848
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1885: Brighton [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 7,047 29.5 +4.8
Conservative David Smith 7,019 29.5 +5.2
Liberal John Webb Probyn4,89920.6−4.9
Liberal John Robert Hollond 4,86520.4−5.2
Majority2,1829.1N/A
Majority2,1208.9N/A
Turnout 12,02181.0+3.8 (est)
Registered electors 14,848
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.2
By-election, 10 Jul 1885: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott Unopposed
Conservative gain from Liberal
By-election, 3 Mar 1884: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 5,478 57.7 +8.7
Liberal Robert Romer 4,02142.3−8.8
Majority1,45715.4N/A
Turnout 9,49971.2−6.0 (est)
Registered electors 13,340
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.8
General election 1880: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Robert Hollond 4,913 25.6 +3.1
Liberal William Thackeray Marriott 4,904 25.5 +4.4
Conservative James Lloyd Ashbury 4,73924.7−4.8
Conservative Edward Field [29] 4,66424.3−2.6
Majority2491.3N/A
Majority1650.8N/A
Turnout 9,610 (est)77.2 (est)+4.5
Registered electors 12,454
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.0
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.5

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Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Lloyd Ashbury 4,393 29.5 +3.0
Conservative Charles Cameron Shute 3,995 26.9 +15.7
Liberal James White 3,35122.5−7.9
Liberal Henry Fawcett 3,13021.1−6.9
Majority1,2639.4N/A
Majority6444.4N/A
Turnout 7,435 (est)72.7 (est)+9.2
Registered electors 10,228
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +11.3

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Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James White 3,342 30.4 −8.6
Liberal Henry Fawcett 3,081 28.0 −5.9
Conservative James Lloyd Ashbury 2,91726.5+12.9
Conservative Henry Moor 1,23211.2−2.4
Liberal William Coningham 4323.9N/A
Majority1641.5−5.3
Turnout 5,502 (est)63.5 (est)−20.1
Registered electors 10,228
Liberal hold Swing −10.8
Liberal hold Swing −1.8
General election 1865: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James White 3,065 39.0 −1.3
Liberal Henry Fawcett 2,665 33.9 −2.7
Conservative Henry Moor 2,13427.1+4.0
Majority5316.8−6.7
Turnout 4,999 (est)83.6 (est)+0.8
Registered electors 5,978
Liberal hold Swing −1.7
Liberal hold Swing −2.4
By-election, 16 Feb 1864: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Moor 1,663 39.3 +16.2
Liberal Henry Fawcett 1,46834.7N/A
Liberal Julian Goldsmid 77518.3N/A
Liberal Francis Kuper Dumas [30] 2465.8N/A
Independent Edward Harper [31] 821.9New
Majority1954.6N/A
Turnout 4,23477.9−4.9
Registered electors 5,434
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
By-election, 16 Jul 1860: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James White 1,588 47.0 +6.7
Conservative Henry Moor 1,24236.8+13.7
Liberal Frederick Goldsmid [32] 54816.2-20.4
Majority34610.2−3.3
Turnout 3,37870.6−12.2
Registered electors 4,786
Liberal hold Swing

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Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Brooke-Pechell 2,322 40.3 −3.0
Liberal William Coningham 2,106 36.6 +0.5
Conservative Allan MacNab 1,32723.1+2.6
Majority77913.5−2.1
Turnout 3,541 (est)82.8 (est)+2.3
Registered electors 4,277
Liberal hold Swing −2.2
Liberal hold Swing −0.4
General election 1857: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Brooke-Pechell 2,278 43.3 +1.9
Radical William Coningham 1,900 36.1 +8.3
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,08020.5−10.3
Turnout 3,169 (est)80.5 (est)−2.2
Registered electors 3,936
Majority3787.2−3.4
Whig hold Swing +3.5
Majority82015.6N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +6.7
By-election, 4 January 1853: Brighton [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Hervey Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Brighton [28] [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Brooke-Pechell 1,924 41.4 −1.1
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,431 30.8 −2.7
Radical John Salusbury-Trelawny [34] [35] 1,17325.2+13.2
Radical John Ffooks [36] [37] 1192.6−9.4
Turnout 3,039 (est)82.7 (est)+16.1
Registered electors 3,675
Majority49310.6+1.6
Whig hold Swing −1.5
Majority2585.6−3.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.3

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Elections in the 1840s

General election, 30 July 1847: Brighton (2 seats) [38] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Pechell 1,571 42.5 +2.1
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,239 33.5 +9.1
Radical William Coningham 88624.0−12.6
Turnout 1,848 (est)66.6 (est)−18.7
Registered electors 2,776
Majority3329.0+3.2
Whig hold Swing −1.2
Majority3539.5N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +7.7
By-election, 6 May 1842: Brighton [39] [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,277 66.1 +41.7
Radical Summers Harford 64033.1−1.5
Chartist Charles Brooker160.8+0.3
Majority63733.0N/A
Turnout 1,93376.3−9.0
Registered electors 2,533
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +21.6
General election, 1 July 1841: Brighton (2 seats) [40] [28] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Pechell 1,443 40.4 +2.9
Radical Isaac Wigney 1,235 34.6 +0.5
Conservative Adolphus Dalrymple 87224.4−4.0
Chartist Charles Brooker190.5New
Turnout 2,05085.3+2.0
Registered electors 2,403
Majority2085.8−3.3
Whig hold Swing +2.5
Majority36310.2N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +1.3

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Elections in the 1830s

General election, 26 July 1837: Brighton (2 seats) [41] [28] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Pechell 1,083 37.5 −2.0
Conservative Adolphus Dalrymple 819 28.4 +8.6
Radical Isaac Wigney 80127.8+6.3
Radical George Faithfull 1836.3−12.9
Turnout 1,64083.3−6.7
Registered electors 1,968
Majority2649.1−11.2
Whig hold Swing +0.7
Majority180.6N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +6.0
General election, 8 & 9 January 1835: Brighton (2 seats) [42] [28] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Pechell 961 39.5 +1.3
Radical Isaac Wigney 523 21.5 −11.7
Conservative Adolphus Dalrymple 48319.8+18.6
Radical George Faithfull 46719.2−8.2
Turnout 1,38290.0+3.0
Registered electors 1,535
Majority49420.3N/A
Whig gain from Radical Swing +5.6
Majority401.7-2.4
Radical hold Swing −10.5
General election, 12 December 1832: Brighton (2 seats) [43] [28] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Isaac Wigney 873 33.2
Radical George Faithfull 722 27.4
Whig George Pechell 61323.3
Whig William Crawford 39114.9
Tory Adolphus Dalrymple 321.2
Majority1094.1
Turnout 1,43487.0
Registered electors 1,649
Radical win (new seat)
Radical win (new seat)

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Results compared to the 1910 general election, not the later by-elections
  2. ↑ Held due to Gordon's resignation
  3. ↑ Held due to Rice's elevation to the House of Lords
  4. ↑ Compared to the 1900 general election, not the 1905 by-election
  5. ↑ Held due to Loder's appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
  6. ↑ Results compared to the 1892 general election, not the later by-election
  7. ↑ Held due to Marriott's resignation
  8. ↑ Results compared to the 1886 general election, not the later by-elections
  9. ↑ Held due to Robertson's death
  10. ↑ Held due to Smith's death
  11. ↑ Held due to Marriott's appointment as Judge-Advocate-General

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Boston was a parliamentary borough in Lincolnshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1547 until 1885, and then one member from 1885 until 1918, when the constituency was abolished.

Liskeard was a parliamentary borough in Cornwall, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885. The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Flint Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Denbigh District of Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Denbigh in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons.

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