Newark (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newark
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Newark (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
East Midlands - Newark constituency.svg
Boundary of Newark in the East Midlands
Local government in England Nottinghamshire
Electorate 76,478 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Newark-on-Trent, Southwell, Bingham
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of Parliament Robert Jenrick (Conservative)
SeatsOne
1673–1885
SeatsTwo
Type of constituency Borough constituency

Newark is a constituency [n 1] in Nottinghamshire, England. It is represented by Robert Jenrick of the Conservative Party, who won the seat in a by-election on 5 June 2014, following the resignation of Patrick Mercer in April 2014. [n 2]

Contents

Boundaries

Historic

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Newark, and the Rural Districts of Bingham, Newark, and Southwell.

1950–1955: The Municipal Borough of Newark, the Urban District of Mansfield Woodhouse, and the Rural Districts of Newark and Southwell. [2]

1955–1983: The Municipal Borough of Newark, and the Rural Districts of Newark and Southwell. [3]

1983–2010: The District of Newark wards of Beacon, Bridge, Bullpit Pinfold, Castle, Caunton, Collingham, Devon, Elston, Farndon, Magnus, Meering, Milton Lowfield, Muskham, Southwell East, Southwell West, Sutton on Trent, Trent, and Winthorpe, and the District of Bassetlaw wards of East Markham, East Retford East, East Retford North, East Retford West, Elkesley, Trent, and Tuxford.

2010–2024: The District of Newark and Sherwood wards of Balderton North, Balderton West, Beacon, Bridge, Castle, Caunton, Collingham and Meering, Devon, Farndon, Lowdham, Magnus, Muskham, Southwell East, Southwell North, Southwell West, Sutton-on-Trent, Trent, and Winthorpe, the District of Bassetlaw wards of East Markham, Rampton, Tuxford, and Trent, and the Borough of Rushcliffe wards of Bingham East, Bingham West, Cranmer, Oak, and Thoroton.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was defined as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The constituency saw minor boundary changes, primarily due to the redrawing of local authority ward boundaries.

1 Following a further local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023, [5] [6] the parts in the Borough of Rushcliffe now comprise the following wards from the 2024 general election:

The constituency covers large parts of the Newark and Sherwood district which encompasses the east of Nottinghamshire, as such includes the towns of Newark-on-Trent and Southwell, and the villages of Collingham and Sutton-on-Trent. It also covers parts of the Bassetlaw and Rushcliffe areas including Markham Moor and Bingham.

History

Newark was the last borough to be added to the Unreformed House of Commons which took place in 1673, prior to the Reform Act 1832. It returned two representatives to Parliament from 1673 until 1885.

Newark petitioned for enfranchisement as a parliamentary borough in the 1660s, in recognition of the town's royalist sympathies during the English Civil War. It was eventually enfranchised by a royal charter in early 1673, which gave the rights of election to the mayor and aldermen. However, the freemen of the town contested this, and held a separate election in which they selected a different member to the aldermen. The dispute in Parliament lasted until 1677, when the charter was withdrawn and a new one issued, causing a fresh election in which all inhabitants paying scot and lot could vote. In 1685, a third charter was issued, giving the right of election to all forty-shilling freeholders. [8] The borough constituency existed until 1885, when it was replaced by a county division of the same name under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

The future Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, began his political career as Member of Parliament for Newark from 1832 to 1845. More recently, the Labour Party held Newark (on substantially different boundaries to the present ones) from 1950 until 1979, when it was taken by the Conservatives' Richard Alexander. Alexander lost his seat during Labour's landslide victory at the 1997 general election. The victorious Labour candidate, Fiona Jones, was convicted of electoral fraud and expelled from the House of Commons in 1999 over misrepresented election expenses. The conviction was later overturned upon appeal and she returned to Parliament. However, Jones lost her seat at the 2001 general election to Patrick Mercer of the Conservatives, who held it until 2014.

Mercer held the position of Shadow Minister for Homeland Security from June 2003 until March 2007, when he was forced to resign following racially contentious comments made to The Times . [9]

The Newark constituency in 2010 lost the town of Retford to the Bassetlaw constituency (although Newark still has a smaller part of the Bassetlaw district), but gained land in and around Bingham from the Rushcliffe constituency, thus making it much safer Conservative territory.

Following an investigation by Commons authorities finding that Mr Mercer had engaged in paid lobbying, not properly reported the income or declared his interest, and repeatedly seriously denigrated other members, Patrick Mercer stepped down as MP for Newark on 30 April 2014. [10]

Robert Jenrick was elected in the subsequent by-election, in the Conservative Party's largest by-election majority for four decades. He was appointed on 24 July 2019 as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Constituency profile

Many towns are historic in architecture [11] with many well-preserved listed buildings [12] whereas much of the council housing in the constituency has been privately acquired under the right to buy. [13] Nonetheless, there is a minority of social housing but the proportion is lower than the national average across the three districts. [14]

Labour held the seat for one term following their 1997 landslide victory, but subsequent major boundary changes have brought in more rural areas and made the seat into one of the most strongly Conservative voting in the UK, with it now being the only Conservative seat in Nottinghamshire after the 2024 General Election result.

Members of Parliament

MPs before 1885

ElectionMember [15] Party [16] [17] Member [15] Party
1673 Henry Savile Sir Paul Neile
1677 Sir Richard Rothwell
Feb 1679 Robert Leke Sir Robert Markham
Aug 1679 Sir Richard Rothwell
1685 Henry Savile Philip Darcy
1689 William Savile Nicholas Saunderson
1693 Sir Francis Molyneux, 4th Baronet
1695 Sir George Markham, 3rd Baronet
1698 James Saunderson
1700 John Rayner
Jan 1701 Sir George Markham, 3rd Baronet
Nov 1701Sir Matthew Jenison James Saunderson
1705 John Digby
1708 Richard Sutton
1710 Sir Thomas Willoughby, 2nd Baronet Richard Newdigate
1712 Richard Sutton
1715 Conyers Darcy
1722 James Pelham
1738 by-election Lord William Manners
1741 Job Staunton Charlton
1754 John Manners
1761 Thomas Thoroton
1768 John Shelley
1774 George Manners-Sutton Henry Clinton Tory [17]
1780 Lord George Manners-Sutton Tory [17]
1783 by-election John Manners-Sutton Tory [17]
1784 Constantine Phipps Tory [17]
1790 William Crosbie Tory [17]
1796 Thomas Manners-Sutton Tory [17] Mark Wood Tory [17]
1802 Sir Charles Pole
1805 by-election Henry Willoughby Tory [17]
1806 Sir Stapleton Cotton, Bt Tory [17]
1814 by-election George Hay Dawkins-Pennant
1818 Sir William Henry Clinton Tory [17]
1829 by-election Michael Thomas Sadler Tory [17]
Feb 1831 by-election William Farnworth Handley Tory [17]
May 1831 Thomas Wilde Whig [17] [18] [19]
1832 William Ewart Gladstone Tory [17]
1834 Conservative [17] Conservative [17]
1835 Thomas Wilde Whig [17] [18] [19]
1841 Lord John Manners Conservative [17]
1846 by-election John Stuart Conservative
1847 John Manners-Sutton Conservative
1852 Granville Harcourt-Vernon Peelite [20] [21]
1857 Earl of Lincoln Peelite [22] [23] John Handley Peelite [22] [23]
1859 Grosvenor Hodgkinson Liberal Liberal
1865 Lord Arthur Pelham-Clinton Liberal
1868 Edward Denison Liberal
1870 by-election Samuel Bristowe Liberal
1874 Thomas Earp Liberal
1880 William Newzam Nicholson Conservative
1885 Representation reduced to one member

MPs since 1885

ElectionMember [15] Party
1885 Charles Pierrepont Conservative
1895 Harold Finch-Hatton Conservative
1898 by-election Charles Pierrepont Conservative
1900 by-election Charles Welby Conservative
1906 John Starkey Conservative
1922 William Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative
1943 by-election Sidney Shephard Conservative
1950 George Deer Labour
1964 Ted Bishop Labour
1979 Richard Alexander Conservative
1997 Fiona Jones Labour
2001 Patrick Mercer Conservative
2013 Independent
2014 by-election Robert Jenrick Conservative

Elections

Election results for Newark NewarkGraph.svg
Election results for Newark

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Newark [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jenrick 20,968 39.2 −23.9
Labour Saj Ahmad17,39632.5+8.6
Reform UK Robert Palmer8,28015.5+15.2
Liberal Democrats David Watts3,0265.7−3.9
Green Michael Ackroyd2,3454.4+1.3
Ind. Network Adrian Amer8091.5N/A
Independent Lyn Galbraith3290.6N/A
English Democrat Matthew Darrington1560.3N/A
Workers Party Collan Siddique1500.3N/A
Majority3,5726.7Decrease2.svg 33.1
Turnout 53,45967.0Decrease2.svg 5.2
Registered electors 80,028
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg 16.6

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Newark [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jenrick 34,660 63.3 Increase2.svg0.6
Labour James Baggaley12,84423.5Decrease2.svg6.2
Liberal Democrats David Watts5,3089.7Increase2.svg4.6
Green Jay Henderson1,9503.6New
Majority21,81639.8Increase2.svg6.8
Turnout 54,76272.2Decrease2.svg0.7
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.4
General election 2017: Newark [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jenrick 34,493 62.7 Increase2.svg5.7
Labour Chantal Lee16,34429.7Increase2.svg8.0
Liberal Democrats David Watts2,7865.1Increase2.svg0.5
UKIP Xandra Arundel1,4192.6Decrease2.svg9.4
Majority18,14933.0Decrease2.svg2.3
Turnout 55,04272.9Increase2.svg2.0
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.2
General election 2015: Newark [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jenrick 29,834 57.0 +3.1
Labour Michael Payne 11,36021.7−0.6
UKIP Brian Mapletoft6,29412.0+8.2
Liberal Democrats David Dobbie [28] 2,3854.6−15.4
Green Elayne Forster1,7923.4N/A
Consensus – The Community PartyHelen Tyrer6371.2New
Majority18,47435.3+3.7
Turnout 52,30270.9−0.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
By-Election 2014: Newark [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Jenrick 17,431 45.0 −8.9
UKIP Roger Helmer 10,02825.9+22.1
Labour Michael Payne 6,84217.7−4.6
Independent Paul Baggaley1,8914.9New
Green David Kirwan1,0572.7New
Liberal Democrats David Watts1,0042.6−17.4
Monster Raving Loony Nick The Flying Brick1680.4New
Independent Andy Hayes1170.3New
Bus-Pass Elvis David Bishop870.2New
Common Good Dick Rodgers640.2New
Patriotic Socialist PartyLee Woods180.1New
Majority7,40319.1−12.5
Turnout 38,70752.79−18.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: Newark [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Mercer 27,590 53.9 +3.4
Labour Ian Campbell11,43822.3−6.0
Liberal Democrats Pauline Jenkins10,24620.0+1.6
UKIP Tom Irvine1,9543.8+1.0
Majority16,15231.6+9.4
Turnout 51,22871.4+8.0
Conservative hold Swing +4.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Newark [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Mercer 21,946 48.0 +1.5
Labour Jason Reece15,48233.9−3.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart Thompstone7,27615.9+2.7
UKIP Charlotte Creasy9922.2New
Majority6,46414.1+5.1
Turnout 45,69663.2−0.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 2001: Newark [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Mercer 20,983 46.5 +7.1
Labour Fiona Jones 16,91037.5−7.7
Liberal Democrats David Harding-Price5,97013.2+1.7
Independent Donald Haxby8221.8New
Socialist Alliance Ian Thomson4621.0New
Majority4,0739.0N/A
Turnout 45,14763.5−11.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Newark [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Jones 23,496 45.2 +9.4
Conservative Richard Alexander 20,48039.4−11.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Harris5,96011.5−1.5
Referendum Graham Creedy2,0353.9New
Majority3,0165.8N/A
Turnout 51,97174.5−7.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1992: Newark [35] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Alexander 28,494 50.4 −3.1
Labour David Barton20,26535.8+8.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Harris7,34213.0−5.8
Green Patricia Wood4350.8New
Majority8,22914.6−11.2
Turnout 56,53682.2+4.6
Conservative hold Swing −5.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Newark [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Alexander 28,070 53.5 −0.3
Labour David Barton14,52727.7+3.1
SDP George Emerson9,83318.8−1.8
Majority13,54325.8−3.4
Turnout 52,43077.6+1.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Newark [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Alexander 26,334 53.8
Labour John McGuiggan12,05124.6
SDP Stuart Thompstone10,07620.6
Ecology Patricia Hewis4631.0New
Majority14,28329.2
Turnout 48,92476.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Alexander 27,711 45.9 +8.4
Labour Edward Bishop 25,96043.0−4.9
Liberal J. Baker6,77311.2−3.4
Majority1,7512.9N/A
Turnout 60,44479.9+2.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election October 1974: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Bishop 26,598 47.9 −5.9
Conservative David H. Cargill20,82737.5−8.7
Liberal I. G. M. Jones8,11614.6New
Majority5,77110.4+2.8
Turnout 55,54177.9−5.1
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Bishop 31,586 53.8 −12,4
Conservative David H. Cargill27,08946.2−6.6
Majority4,4977.6+5.2
Turnout 58,67583.0+7.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Bishop 26,455 51.2 −5.5
Conservative Donald G. Allen25,23548.8+5.5
Majority1,2202.4−11.0
Turnout 51,69076.0−5.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Bishop 27,402 56.72
Conservative Peter Jenkin-Jones20,91343.28
Majority6,48913.44
Turnout 48,31581.09
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Bishop 26,171 54.36
Conservative Peter Jenkin-Jones21,97545.64
Majority4,1968.72
Turnout 48,14683.15
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Deer 24,072 51.91
Conservative Peter Jenkin-Jones22,30048.09
Majority1,7723.82
Turnout 46,37284.94
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Deer 23,057 52.43
Conservative Ronald H. Watson20,91647.57
Majority2,1414.86
Turnout 43,97383.51
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Deer 30,476 57.19
Conservative Ronald H. Watson22,81742.81
Majority7,65914.38
Turnout 53,29385.47
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Deer 28,959 54.20
Conservative Sidney Shephard 21,52240.28
Liberal Ernest Harold Pickering 2,9505.52
Majority7,43713.92N/A
Turnout 53,43188.08
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Newark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sidney Shephard 18,580 45.09
Labour Hugh Champion de Crespigny 17,44842.35
Liberal Harold Francis Calladine5,17512.56New
Majority1,1322.74
Turnout 41,20373.11
Conservative hold Swing
1943 Newark by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sidney Shephard 20,120 61.17
Independent Alan Dawrant7,11021.62New
Common Wealth Edward Moeran 3,1899.70New
Independent Liberal John Thomas Pepper2,4737.52New
Majority13,01039.55
Turnout 32,892
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Newark [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Cavendish-Bentinck 21,793 62.41
Labour Archibald Ward Sharman13,12737.59
Majority8,66624.82
Turnout 34,92069.92
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Newark [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Cavendish-Bentinck 25,445 70.13
Labour John Rotherford Bellerby 10,84029.87
Majority14,60540.26
Turnout 36,28575.93
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Newark [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Cavendish-Bentinck 15,707 45.5 −15.0
Liberal James Haslam10,76831.2+13.5
Labour William Richard Grosvenor Haywood8,06023.3+1.5
Majority4,93914.3−24.4
Turnout 34,53577.0+2.8
Unionist hold Swing -14.3
General election 1924: Newark [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Cavendish-Bentinck 14,129 60.5 +4.6
Labour H. Varley5,07621.8New
Liberal James Haslam4,12417.7−26.4
Majority9,05338.7+26.9
Turnout 23,32974.2+1.8
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Newark [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Cavendish-Bentinck 12,357 55.9 −8.9
Liberal Lawrence Priestley9,74144.1New
Majority2,61611.8−17.8
Turnout 22,09872.4−7.5
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1922: Newark [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Cavendish-Bentinck 15,423 64.8 N/A
Labour Henry Nixon 8,37835.2New
Majority7,04529.6N/A
Turnout 23,80179.9N/A
Unionist hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Newark [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist John Starkey Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election December 1910: Newark [40] [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Starkey 5,049 54.0 −0.3
Liberal Robert Burley Wallis4,30746.0+0.3
Majority7428.0−0.6
Turnout 9,35682.7−6.7
Conservative hold Swing -0.3
General election January 1910: Newark [40] [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Starkey 5,497 54.3 +2.5
Liberal Robert Burley Wallis4,61845.7−2.5
Majority8798.6+5.0
Turnout 10,11589.4+4.6
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Newark [40] [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Starkey 4,772 51.8 N/A
Liberal Alexis Moreton Mandeville4,44448.2New
Majority3283.6N/A
Turnout 9,21684.8N/A
Registered electors 10,863
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1900: Newark [40] [42] [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Welby Unopposed
Conservative hold
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Stanger
1900 Newark by-election [44] [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Welby 5,162 64.3 N/A
Liberal Henry Yorke Stanger 2,87135.7New
Majority2,29128.6N/A
Turnout 8,03377.9N/A
Registered electors 10,310
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

By-election, 11 May 1898: Newark [45] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Pierrepont Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1895: Newark [45] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harold Finch-Hatton Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1892: Newark [45] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Pierrepont Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

Earp Thomas Earp, MP.jpg
Earp
General election 1886: Newark [44] [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Pierrepont Unopposed
Conservative hold
Earp Thomas Earp, MP.jpg
Earp
General election 1885: Newark (1 seat) [44] [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Pierrepont 5,283 60.0 +11.0
Liberal Thomas Earp 3,52940.0−10.9
Majority1,76420.0+19.7
Turnout 8,81286.3−1.5 (est)
Registered electors 10,214
Conservative hold Swing +11.0
General election 1880: Newark (2 seats) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Earp 1,073 26.6 −1.0
Conservative William Nicholson 993 24.6 +1.2
Conservative Murray Finch-Hatton 98524.4+1.3
Liberal Samuel Bristowe 98224.3−1.6
Turnout 2,017 (est)87.8 (est)−1.4
Registered electors 2,297
Majority802.0−0.5
Liberal hold Swing −1.2
Majority110.3N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Newark (2 seats) [46] [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Earp 973 27.6 −9.5
Liberal Samuel Bristowe 912 25.9 −8.8
Conservative Edward Field 82423.4N/A
Conservative Henry Eyre 81323.1N/A
Majority882.5−4.0
Turnout 1,761 (est)89.2 (est)+7.9
Registered electors 1,974
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
By-election, 1 Apr 1870: Newark (1 seat) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Bristowe 827 54.0 +17.8
Conservative William Campbell Sleigh 65342.6New
Independent Liberal George Grey [48] 523.4−24.8
Majority17411.4+4.9
Turnout 1,53285.0+3.7
Registered electors 1,803
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Newark (2 seats) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Grosvenor Hodgkinson 1,089 37.1 N/A
Liberal Edward Denison 1,017 34.7 N/A
Independent Liberal Philip Handley [49] [50] 82628.2New
Majority1916.5N/A
Turnout 1,466 (est)81.3 (est)N/A
Registered electors 1,803
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Newark (2 seats) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Grosvenor Hodgkinson Unopposed
Liberal Arthur Pelham-Clinton Unopposed
Registered electors 710
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Newark (2 seats) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Grosvenor Hodgkinson 489 36.5 N/A
Liberal John Handley 435 32.5 N/A
Conservative Henry Pelham-Clinton [51] 41631.0N/A
Majority191.5N/A
Turnout 670 (est)87.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors 763
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Newark (2 seats) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite John Handley Unopposed
Peelite Henry Pelham-Clinton Unopposed
Registered electors 763
Peelite hold
Peelite gain from Conservative
General election 1852: Newark (2 seats) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite Granville Harcourt-Vernon 545 39.3 N/A
Conservative John Manners-Sutton 479 34.6 −5.2
Radical Marcus Mereweather Turner [52] [20] 36226.1N/A
Turnout 693 (est)79.9 (est)−1.3
Registered electors 867
Majority664.7N/A
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Majority1178.5+5.7
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Newark (2 seats) [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners-Sutton 614 39.8 +1.8
Conservative John Stuart 487 31.5 N/A
Conservative George Hussey Packe [53] 44328.7N/A
Majority442.8−11.4
Turnout 772 (est)81.2 (est)−8.8
Registered electors 951
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
By-election, 29 January 1846: Newark [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stuart Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 14 September 1841: Newark [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ewart Gladstone Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Newark (2 seats) [46] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Ewart Gladstone 633 38.2 N/A
Conservative John Manners 630 38.0 N/A
Whig Thomas Hobhouse [54] 39423.8N/A
Majority23614.2N/A
Turnout 1,00490.0N/A
Registered electors 1,116
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
By-election, 25 January 1840: Newark [46] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Wilde 541 50.4 N/A
Conservative Frederic Thesiger 53249.6N/A
Majority90.8N/A
Turnout 1,07395.0N/A
Registered electors 1,130
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Newark (2 seats) [46] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Ewart Gladstone Unopposed
Whig Thomas Wilde Unopposed
Registered electors 1,221
Conservative hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: Newark (2 seats) [46] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Ewart Gladstone Unopposed
Whig Thomas Wilde Unopposed
Registered electors 1,273
Conservative hold
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1832: Newark (2 seats) [46] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory William Ewart Gladstone 887 36.8 +4.0
Tory William Farnworth Handley 798 33.1 +3.3
Whig Thomas Wilde 72630.1−7.3
Majority733.0N/A
Turnout 1,51996.4c. +8.6
Registered electors 1,575
Tory hold Swing +3.8
Tory gain from Whig Swing +3.5
General election 1831: Newark (2 seats) [17] [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Thomas Wilde 849 37.4 +7.4
Tory William Farnworth Handley 746 32.8 −2.9
Tory Roger Gresley 67829.8−4.5
Majority1717.6N/A
Turnout 1,492c. 87.8c. +7.7
Registered electors c. 1,700
Whig gain from Tory Swing +7.4
Tory hold Swing −3.3
By-election, 21 February 1831: Newark [17] [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory William Farnworth Handley 833 60.3 −9.7
Whig Thomas Wilde 54739.6+9.6
Radical Charles Wilkins20.1N/A
Majority28620.7+16.4
Turnout 1,382c. 81.3c. +1.2
Registered electors c. 1,700
Tory hold Swing −9.7
General election 1830: Newark (2 seats) [17] [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Henry Willoughby (MP) 775 35.7
Tory Michael Thomas Sadler 746 34.3
Whig Thomas Wilde 65230.0
Majority944.3
Turnout 1,361c. 80.1
Registered electors c. 1,700
Tory hold Swing
Tory hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election at least every five years.

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