Stamford | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Lincolnshire |
Replaced by | Stamford |
Seats | two (until 1868), one (1868-1885) |
Stamford (or South Kesteven) division of Lincolnshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Stamford |
Replaced by | Rutland and Stamford |
Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1868 when this was reduced to one.
The parliamentary borough was based upon the town of Stamford in the Parts of Kesteven (a traditional sub-division of the county of Lincolnshire).
When the borough constituency was abolished in 1885, the Stamford (or South Kesteven) division of Lincolnshire was created. This included the town of Stamford and surrounding territory. The county division was a considerably larger constituency than the borough one had been.
From the 1885 general election until the dissolution before the 1918 election the constituency was surrounded by to the north Sleaford; to the east Spalding; to the south east Wisbech; to the south North Northamptonshire; to the south west Rutland; to the west Melton and to the north west Newark. The constituency of Grantham was an enclave wholly surrounded by Stamford.
The Victoria County History of the County of Lincoln includes some information about the representation of Stamford in early times.
Stamford, on the other hand, which had sent Nicholas de Burton and Clement de Melton to the Parliament of 1295, only exercised what its burghers probably regarded as an onerous privilege once in the reign of Edward II when in 1322 it elected Eustace Malherbe and Hugh de Thurleby.
A further paragraph relates the position before and after the borough began to send representatives regularly in 1467.
Stamford for some 150 years after the reign of Edward II apparently forbore to exercise its onerous privilege of returning members. In the seventeenth century it was afflicted with the usual controversy prevalent in small communities as to where the right of election lay, and the Committee of Privileges reported in 1661 'That the right of election was in such freemen only as paid scot and lot'.
Sedgwick explained in The House of Commons 1715-1754 that before 1727 the Bertie and Cecil families each nominated one member. From 1727 the Cecil interest controlled both seats. An attempt was made by Savile Cust in 1734 to establish an electoral interest in the borough, [1] but when this failed the Cecils were left with a secure pocket borough.
Namier and Brooke in The House of Commons 1754-1790 confirmed that before the Reform Act 1832 the right of election was in the inhabitants of the parliamentary borough paying scot and lot, a local tax. They estimated the number of voters at about 500 (unchanged from Sedgwick's estimate for the earlier part of the century). In 1754–1790, despite the comparatively large electorate, the constituency was under the control of the Earl of Exeter (the head of the senior branch of the House of Cecil) and elections were uncontested formalities.
The Reform Act replaced the scot and lot franchise with an occupation franchise, which slightly reduced the size of the electorate. This was because the value of the property occupation of which conferred a vote, was higher than that for houses upon which scot and lot became payable.
The area was strongly Tory or Conservative in politics. From 1801 until 1918 it only twice elected an MP from other parties (a Whig in 1831 and a Liberal in 1880). Elections before the 1874 United Kingdom general election were usually uncontested.
The borough had some distinguished representatives in the 19th century. It returned two of the three members of the triumvirate which attempted to lead the protectionist Tories in the House of Commons. The Marquess of Granby had little to commend himself as a political leader, apart from the social prestige of being the heir to the Duke of Rutland. He was briefly sole leader in 1848 before the triumvirate was created in the following year and continued until his resignation in 1851. John Charles Herries had at least held senior ministerial office. Both the Stamford MPs were easily eclipsed by the rising star of their colleague Benjamin Disraeli.
A more significant historical figure was Lord Robert Cecil (Viscount Cranborne 1865–1868) who represented the borough between 1853 and 1868. As the Marquess of Salisbury he was the leading figure in the Conservative Party from the death of Disraeli in 1881 until he retired as Prime Minister in 1902.
Another leading Conservative with connections to the borough was Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt the party leader in the House of Commons 1876-1885 (from 1881 at the same time as Salisbury was leader in the House of Lords). Northcote was a Stamford MP from 1858 to 1866.
Under the Reform Act 1867 the borough electorate was expanded, but it lost one seat in Parliament from the 1868 United Kingdom general election.
The Representation of the People Act 1884 further expanded the electorate. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the borough constituency but created an expanded county division of the same name. These changes took effect with the 1885 United Kingdom general election.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the electorate was again expanded, but the Stamford area was combined with the county of Rutland in a new Rutland and Stamford constituency.
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Election | Member | Party | ||||
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1868 | Sir John Dalrymple-Hay, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1880 | Marston Clarke Buszard | Liberal | ||||
1885: Borough constituency abolished. Name transferred to county division | ||||||
1885 | John Lawrance | Conservative | ||||
1890 by-election | Henry Cust | Conservative | ||||
1895 | William Younger | Conservative | ||||
1906 | Lord John Joicey-Cecil | Conservative | ||||
1910 | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | Conservative | ||||
1918 | constituency abolished |
Notes
The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).
Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Namier and Brooke 1754–1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and Craig from the 1832 United Kingdom general election. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
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Dates of Parliaments 1660-1715
Summoned | Elected | Opened | Dismissed |
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16 March 1660 | 1660 | 25 April 1660 | 29 December 1660 |
18 February 1661 | 1661 | 8 May 1661 | 24 January 1679 |
25 January 1679 | 1679 | 6 March 1679 | 12 July 1679 |
24 July 1679 | 1679–1680 | 21 October 1680 | 18 January 1681 |
20 January 1681 | 1681 | 21 March 1681 | 28 March 1681 |
14 February 1685 | 1685 | 19 May 1685 | 2 July 1687 |
29 December 1688 | 1688–1689 | 22 January 1689 | 6 February 1690 |
6 February 1690 | 1690 | 20 March 1690 | 11 October 1695 |
12 October 1695 | 1695 | 22 November 1695 | 6 July 1698 |
13 July 1698 | 1698 | 24 August 1698 | 19 December 1700 |
26 December 1700 | 1700–1701 | 6 February 1701 | 11 November 1701 |
3 November 1701 | 1701 | 30 December 1701 | 2 July 1702 |
2 July 1702 | 1702 | 20 August 1702 | 5 April 1705 |
1705 | 7 May-6 June 1705 | 14 June 1705 | see Note |
1707 | see Note | 23 October 1707 | 3 April 1708 |
1708 | 30 April-7 July 1708 | 8 July 1708 | 21 September 1710 |
1710 | 2 October-16 November 1710 | 25 November 1710 | 8 August 1713 |
1713 | 22 August-12 November 1713 | 12 November 1713 | 15 January 1715 |
Note:-
1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Charles Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Charles Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | Brownlow Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Charles Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | William Noel | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | William Noel | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Robert Shirley | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Charles Bertie | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | William Noel | 339 | 32.60 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Proby | 316 | 30.38 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Savile Cust | 205 | 19.71 | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Thomas Fonnereau | 180 | 17.31 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,040 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | William Noel | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | William Noel | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Proby | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Brownlow Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Proby | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Robert Barbor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | John Harvey-Thursby | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Robert Barbor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | John Chaplin | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | George Bridges Brudenell | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | George René Aufrère | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Bridges Brudenell | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | George René Aufrère | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Henry Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Henry Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Henry Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Proby | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Howard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Proby | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | John Leland | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s – 1900s – 1910s |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Albemarle Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory gain from Nonpartisan |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | John Leland | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Albemarle Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Leland | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Albemarle Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Leland | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Albemarle Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Evan Foulkes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Charles Chaplin | 306 | 68.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Jephson Oddy | 142 | 31.7 | New | |
Majority | 154 | 36.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 448 | N/A | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Evan Foulkes | 360 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Tory | John Henniker-Major | 354 | 35.9 | N/A | |
Whig | Gerard Noel | 272 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 82 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 986 (626 voted) | N/A | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Note (1812): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for two days
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Lord Thomas Cecil | 328 | 49.1 | ||
Tory | William Henry Percy | 324 | 48.5 | ||
Whig | Joseph Clayton Jennyns | 12 | 1.8 | ||
Whig | Thomas Best | 4 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 312 | 46.7 | |||
Turnout | 668 (336 voted) | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Note (1818): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for one day
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Lord Thomas Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Henry Percy | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Lord Thomas Cecil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Thomas Chaplin | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Thomas Cecil | 467 | 41.8 | ||
Tory | Thomas Chaplin | 335 | 30.0 | ||
Whig | Charles Tennyson | 314 | 28.1 | ||
Majority | 21 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 667 | c. 86.6 | |||
Registered electors | c. 770 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Note (1830): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for four days
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Thomas Cecil | 390 | 37.2 | −4.6 | |
Whig | Charles Tennyson | 356 | 34.0 | +5.9 | |
Tory | Thomas Chaplin | 302 | 28.8 | −1.2 | |
Turnout | 666 | c. 86.5 | c. −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | c. 770 | ||||
Majority | 34 | 3.2 | +1.3 | ||
Tory hold | Swing | −3.8 | |||
Majority | 54 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Tory |
Note (1831): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Thomas Chaplin | 526 | 40.9 | +12.1 | |
Tory | George Finch | 463 | 36.0 | −1.2 | |
Whig | Arthur Francis Gregory [11] | 296 | 23.0 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 167 | 13.0 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 766 | 90.0 | c. +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 851 | ||||
Tory hold | Swing | +7.5 | |||
Tory gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Chaplin | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 755 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Thomas Chaplin | 201 | 50.0 | ||
Conservative | Charles Manners | 200 | 49.8 | ||
Whig | Hercules Langford Rowley | 1 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 200 | 49.6 | |||
Turnout | 201 | 29.4 | |||
Registered electors | 684 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Note (1837): Rowley retired before the poll.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | George Clerk | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Clerk | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Manners | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 661 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Clerk | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Manners | 349 | 40.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Charles Herries | 288 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Rolt | 236 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 52 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 524 | 85.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 616 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Note (1847): Stooks Smith has a registered electorate figure of 613, but Craig's figure of 616 is used to calculate turnout.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Charles Herries | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Charles Herries | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Frederic Thesiger | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 566 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Frederic Thesiger | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 529 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Inglis | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 539 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Stafford Northcote | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 512 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dalrymple-Hay | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Dalrymple-Hay | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Chetwynd-Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Unwin Heygate | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dalrymple-Hay | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,094 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dalrymple-Hay | 557 | 57.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Marston Clarke Buszard | 411 | 42.3 | New | |
Majority | 146 | 15.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 968 | 81.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,183 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marston Clarke Buszard | 601 | 52.2 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | John Dalrymple-Hay | 551 | 47.8 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 50 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,152 | 91.8 | +10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lawrance | 4,647 | 56.9 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Joseph Stevens Cudlip | 3,514 | 43.1 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 1,133 | 13.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,161 | 83.8 | −8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,741 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Lawrance | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Lawrance resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Queen's Bench division of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Cust | 4,236 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arthur Priestley | 3,954 | 48.3 | New | |
Majority | 282 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,190 | 77.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,526 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cust | 4,150 | 50.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arthur Priestley | 4,026 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 124 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,176 | 84.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,733 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Younger | 4,203 | 52.4 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Arthur Priestley | 3,814 | 47.6 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 389 | 4.8 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,017 | 83.0 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,657 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Younger | 4,292 | 55.8 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Lewis Haslam | 3,395 | 44.2 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 897 | 11.6 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,687 | 80.6 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,534 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Joicey-Cecil | 4,559 | 53.2 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | F. Percy Rawson | 4,018 | 46.9 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 541 | 6.3 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,577 | 87.7 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,782 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 4,666 | 52.0 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | George Henry Parkin | 4,310 | 48.0 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 356 | 4.0 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,976 | 89.3 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby | 4,545 | 51.9 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | George Henry Parkin | 4,206 | 48.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 339 | 3.8 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,751 | 87.0 | −2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
General Election 1914–15:
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Inverness-shire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1918.
Cambridge University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.
Oxford University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950. The last two members to represent Oxford University when it was abolished were A. P. Herbert and Arthur Salter.
Abingdon 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. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983.
The City of London was a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.
Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter.
Wallingford 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.
Bristol was a two-member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England, Great Britain (1707–1800), and the United Kingdom. The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885.
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire. Since 1983, Rutland has formed part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton Mowbray from Leicestershire.
Andover was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1295 to 1307, and again from 1586, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, represented by two Members of Parliament until 1868, and by one member from 1868 to 1885. The name was then transferred to a county constituency electing one MP from 1885 until 1918.
Portsmouth was a borough constituency based upon the borough of Portsmouth in Hampshire. It returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the Parliaments of England, Great Britain and from 1801 the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
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.
Nottinghamshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as Knights of the Shire.
Oxfordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1832 this was increased to three Members of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1885, being split into three single member divisions.
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.
Brecon was a parliamentary constituency in 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 1885 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.