Lyme Regis | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1868 | |
Seats | two (1295–1832); one (1832–1868) |
Replaced by | Dorset |
Lyme Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1868, when the borough was abolished.
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | William Pinney | Whig [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |
1842 [n 7] | Thomas Hussey | Conservative | |
1847 | Sir Thomas Abdy | Whig [13] [14] | |
1852 | William Pinney | Whig [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1865 | John Wright Treeby | Conservative | |
1868 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Thomas Fane | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Henry Sutton Fane | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Thomas Fane | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Henry Sutton Fane | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Pinney | 79 | 43.2 | ||
Tory | John Fane | 60 | 32.8 | ||
Whig | John Melville | 44 | 24.0 | ||
Majority | 19 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 183 | 82.2 | |||
Registered electors | 222 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Pinney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 250 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Pinney | 121 | 58.2 | ||
Conservative | Renn Hampden | 87 | 41.8 | ||
Majority | 34 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 208 | 85.6 | |||
Registered electors | 243 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Pinney | 123 | 52.8 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Thomas Hussey | 110 | 47.2 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 13 | 5.6 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 233 | 84.1 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 277 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.4 | |||
Pinney was unseated on petition on 31 May 1842, and Hussey was declared elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Abdy | 146 | 50.5 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Fitzroy Kelly [17] | 143 | 49.5 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 3 | 1.0 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 289 | 88.7 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 326 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Pinney | 145 | 53.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Phipps Hornby [18] | 126 | 46.5 | −3.0 | |
Majority | 19 | 7.0 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 271 | 87.7 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 309 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Pinney | 144 | 73.1 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Hesketh | 53 | 26.9 | −19.6 | |
Majority | 91 | 46.2 | +39.2 | ||
Turnout | 197 | 74.9 | −12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 263 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +19.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Pinney | 116 | 50.2 | −22.9 | |
Conservative | John Wright Treeby | 115 | 49.8 | +22.9 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.4 | −45.8 | ||
Turnout | 231 | 87.5 | +12.6 | ||
Registered electors | 264 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −22.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Wright Treeby | 116 | 52.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | John Clarke Hawkshaw [19] [ full citation needed ] | 107 | 48.0 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 9 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 223 | 89.2 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 250 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.2 | |||
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