Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William McCullagh Torrens | 13,159 | 39.8 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Andrew Lusk | 12,503 | 37.8 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Frederick O'Malley [15] [16] | 6,137 | 18.6 | +14.8 | |
Liberal | William Cox | 1,238 | 3.7 | −18.7 | |
Majority | 6,366 | 19.2 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 19,587 (est) | 58.3 (est) | +12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 33,601 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William McCullagh Torrens | 8,480 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Andrew Lusk | 7,959 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Cox | 5,100 | 22.4 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | William Phillips [17] | 866 | 3.8 | New | |
Independent Liberal | Philip William Perfitt [18] | 316 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 2,859 | 12.6 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,794 (est) | 46.3 (est) | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 25,461 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Cox | 4,884 | 50.2 | +28.8 | |
Liberal | John Remington Mills [19] | 4,848 | 49.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 0.4 | −16.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,732 | 43.1 | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 22,556 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 8,538 | 40.1 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Morton Peto | 8,174 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Cox | 4,556 | 21.4 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 3,618 | 17.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,634 (est) | 48.4 (est) | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 21,951 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 6,922 | 39.9 | −1.3 | |
Whig | William Cox | 4,110 | 23.7 | New | |
Radical | John Humffreys Parry | 3,954 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Whig | Joseph Haythorne Reed | 2,378 | 13.7 | New | |
Turnout | 8,682 (est) | 42.1 (est) | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 20,626 | ||||
Majority | 2,812 | 16.2 | −12.6 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 156 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Challis | 7,504 | 46.3 | N/A | |
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 6,678 | 41.2 | N/A | |
Radical | James Wyld [21] | 2,010 | 12.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,668 | 28.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,096 (est) | 40.4 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 20,025 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Wakley | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 15,921 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Wakley | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 12,974 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Wakley | 4,957 | 40.2 | +12.2 | |
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 4,895 | 39.7 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Dudley Montague Perceval [22] | 2,470 | 20.0 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 2,425 | 19.7 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,489 | 61.1 | +2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,264 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Radical hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 4,497 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Radical | Thomas Wakley | 3,359 | 28.0 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Spankie | 2,332 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry William Hobhouse [23] | 1,817 | 15.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,027 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,003 (est) | 58.3 (est) | −12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,299 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Thomas Slingsby Duncombe | 2,514 | 45.7 | N/A | |
Tory | Henry Pownall | 1,915 | 34.8 | New | |
Radical | Thomas Wakley | 695 | 12.6 | −4.8 | |
Whig | Charles Babbage | 379 | 6.9 | −11.8 | |
Majority | 599 | 10.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,503 | 59.2 | −12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,294 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grant | 4,278 | 34.6 | ||
Whig | Robert Spankie | 2,842 | 23.0 | ||
Whig | Charles Babbage | 2,311 | 18.7 | ||
Radical | Thomas Wakley | 2,151 | 17.4 | ||
Radical | Christopher Temple | 787 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 531 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 7,344 | 71.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,309 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
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