Buckinghamshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1265–1885
Seatstwo
Replaced byAylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe

Buckinghamshire is a former 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 1885.

Its most prominent member was Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This county constituency consisted of the historic county of Buckinghamshire, in south-eastern England to the north-west of the modern Greater London region. Its southern boundary was the River Thames. See History of Buckinghamshire for maps of the historic county and details about it.

The county returned two knights of the shire until 1832 and three 1832–1885. The place of election for the county was at the county town of Aylesbury. Aylesbury replaced Buckingham as the county town in 1529.

The county, up to 1885, also contained the borough constituencies of Amersham (originally enfranchised with 2 seats from 1300, revived 1625, disenfranchised 1832), Aylesbury (originally enfranchised with 2 seats from 1302, revived 1554), Buckingham (2 seats from 1529, 1 seat from 1868), Chipping Wycombe (2 seats from 1300, 1 seat from 1868), Great Marlow (2 seats 1625–1868, 1 seat from 1868) and Wendover (2 seats 1625–1832, disenfranchised 1832).

In 1885 the county was split into three single-member county divisions. These were Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe.

Aylesbury, Buckingham, Chipping Wycombe and Great Marlow were disenfranchised as borough constituencies. There were no remaining Parliamentary boroughs in the county from 1885.

Members of Parliament

Preliminary note: The English civil year started on 25 March until 1752 (Scotland having changed to 1 January in 1600). The year used in the lists of Parliaments in this article have been converted to the new style where necessary. Old style dates would be a year earlier than the new style for days between 1 January and 24 March. No attempt has been made to compensate for the eleven days which did not occur in September 1752 in both England and Scotland as well as other British controlled territories (when the day after 2 September was 14 September), so as to bring the British Empire fully in line with the Gregorian calendar.

Constituency created (1265): See Simon de Montfort's Parliament for further details. Knights of the shire are known to have been summoned to most Parliaments from 1290 (19th Parliament of King Edward I of England) and to every one from 1320 (19th Parliament of King Edward II of England).

Knights of the shire 1290–1660

Knights of the shire 1660–1832

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1660 Thomas Tyrrell Sir William Bowyer, 1st Bt.
August 1660 William Tyringham
1679 Hon. Thomas WhartonWhig John Hampden
1681 Richard HampdenWhig
1685 Viscount BrackleyWhig
1689 Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt.
1690 Richard HampdenWhig
1695 Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Bt.
February 1696 The Viscount NewhavenTory
December 1696 Henry Neale
1698 Goodwin WhartonWhig
1701 Robert Dormer
1702 The Viscount NewhavenTory
1704 Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt.Whig
1705 Robert Dormer
1706 William Egerton
1708 Sir Edmund Denton, 1st Bt. Richard Hampden
1710 The Viscount FermanaghTory
1713 John Fleetwood
1715 Richard Hampden
1722 Montague Garrard Drake Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt.
1727 Sir William Stanhope Richard Hampden (died 1728)
1729 Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt.
1741 Richard GrenvilleWhig Richard Lowndes
1747 Sir William Stanhope
1768 The Earl VerneyWhig[1]
1774 George GrenvilleWhig[1]
1779 Thomas GrenvilleWhig[1]
1784 William GrenvilleTory[1] Sir John Aubrey, 6th Bt.Tory[1]
June 1790 The Earl VerneyWhig[1]
December 1790 James GrenvilleWhig[1]
1791 Marquess of TitchfieldWhig[1]
1797 Earl TempleTory[1]
1810 William Selby LowndesWhig[1]
1813 Thomas Grenville
1818 Marquess of ChandosTory[1]
1820 Robert SmithWhig[1]
1831 John SmithWhig[1]
1832 Third member added

Knights of the shire 1832–1885

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond partyThird memberThird party
1832 Richard Temple-GrenvilleTory[1] John SmithWhig[1] Sir George Dashwood, 5th Bt.Whig[1]
1834 Conservative[1]
1835 Sir William Young, 4th BtConservative[1] James Backwell PraedConservative[1]
1837 by-election George Simon HarcourtConservative[1]
1839 by-election Caledon Du PréConservative[1]
1841 Charles Scott-MurrayConservative[1]
1842 by-election Hon. William FitzMauriceConservative[1]
1845 by-election Christopher TowerConservative
1847 Hon. Charles CavendishWhig[2][3][4] Benjamin DisraeliConservative
1857 William CavendishWhig[5][6][7]
1859 Liberal
1863 by-election Robert HarveyConservative
1868 Nathaniel LambertLiberal
1874 Sir Robert Harvey, BtConservative
1876 by-election Hon. Thomas FremantleConservative
1880 Rupert CaringtonLiberal
1885 Constituency divided. See Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe

Elections

In multi-member elections the bloc voting system was used. Voters could cast a vote for one or two (or three in three-member elections 1832–1868) candidates, as they chose. The leading candidates with the largest number of votes were elected. In 1868 the limited vote was introduced, which restricted an individual elector to using one or two votes, in elections to fill three seats.

In by-elections, to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.

After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In three-member elections, when the exact number of participating voters is unknown, this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by three (to 1868) and two thereafter. To the extent that electors did not use all their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout.

Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.

Candidates for whom no party has been identified are classified as Non Partisan. The candidate might have been associated with a party or faction in Parliament or consider himself to belong to a particular political tradition. Political parties before the 19th century were not as cohesive or organised as they later became. Contemporary commentators (even the reputed leaders of parties or factions) in the 18th century did not necessarily agree who the party supporters were. The traditional parties, which had arisen in the late 17th century, became increasingly irrelevant to politics in the 18th century (particularly after 1760), although for some contests in some constituencies party labels were still used. It was only towards the end of the century that party labels began to acquire some meaning again, although this process was by no means complete for several more generations.'

Sources: The results for elections 1660-1790 were taken from the History of Parliament Trust publications. The results are based on Stooks Smith from 1790 until the 1832 United Kingdom general election and Craig from 1832. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information after 1832 this is indicated in a note.

1660-70s – 1680-90s – 1700-10s – 1720-30s – 1740-50s – 1760-70s – 1780-90s – 1800-10s – 1820-30s – 1840-50s – 1860-80s

Elections in the 1660-70s

General election 11 April 1660: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Bowyer Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Thomas Tyrrell Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Appointment of Tyrrell as a Judge
By-election 22 August 1660: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Tyringham Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
General election 1661: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Bowyer 1,499 27.58 N/A
Non Partisan William Tyringham 1,379 25.37 N/A
Non Partisan Richard Hampden 1,315 24.20 N/A
Non Partisan R. Winwood 1,242 22.85 N/A
General election 5 February 1679: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Thomas Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A

Elections in the 1680-90s

General election 1680: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Thomas Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 2 February 1681: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Thomas Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 10 April 1685: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Egerton 2,430 44.66 N/A
Whig Thomas Wharton 1,804 33.16 N/A
Non Partisan T. Hackett 1,207 22.18 N/A
General election 10 January 1689: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Thomas Lee Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Thomas Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 19 February 1690: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Thomas Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 30 October 1695: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Richard Atkins Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Thomas Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
By-election 24 February 1696: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Cheyne Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory gain from Whig Swing N/A
  • Note (February 1696): The William Cheyne succeeded his father as the 2nd Viscount Newhaven, an Irish peerage, in 1698.
  • Death of Atkins
By-election 31 December 1696: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Henry Neale Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
General election 27 August 1698: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Cheyne Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Goodwin Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A

Elections in the 1700-10s

General election February 1701: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Cheyne Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Goodwin Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 10 December 1701: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Robert Dormer Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Goodwin Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 22 July 1702: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Cheyne Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Goodwin Wharton Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Death of Wharton
By-election 8 November 1704: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Temple Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig gain from Nonpartisan Swing N/A
General election 24 May 1705: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Robert Dormer Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Richard Temple Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Appointment of Dormer as a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
By-election 27 February 1706: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Egerton Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
General election 18 May 1708: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Edmund Denton Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Richard Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1708): Possible classification - Hampden (W)
General election 4 October 1710: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Edmund Denton Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory John Verney Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 2 September 1713: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory John Verney Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan John Fleetwood Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1713): Possible classification - Fleetwood (T)
General election 2 February 1715: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Fleetwood Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Richard Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1715): Possible classification - Fleetwood (T), Hampden (W)
  • Appointment of Hampden as a Teller of the Exchequer
By-election 4 July 1716: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Richard Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1716): Possible classification - Hampden (W)
  • Appointment of Hampden as Treasurer of the Navy
By-election 9 April 1717: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Richard Hampden Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1717): Possible classification - Hampden (W)

Elections in the 1720-30s

General election 4 April 1722: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Montague Garrard Drake 2,441 37.21 N/A
Non Partisan Thomas Lee 2,415 36.81 N/A
Non Partisan Fleetwood Dormer 1,704 25.98 N/A
  • Note (1722): Possible classification - Drake (T), Lee & Dormer (W)
General election 16 August 1727: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Hon. William Stanhope 2,310 39.39 N/A
Non Partisan Richard Hampden 1,903 32.45 N/A
Non Partisan William Gore 1,651 28.16 N/A
  • Note (1727): Possible classification - Stanhope & Hampden (W), Gore (T)
  • Death of Hampden
By-election 29 January 1729: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Thomas Lee Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1729): Possible classification - Lee (W)
General election 1734: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Stanhope 2,414 43.96 N/A
Non Partisan Thomas Lee 1,763 32.11 N/A
Non Partisan Richard Lowndes 1,314 23.93 N/A
  • Note (1734): Possible classification - Stanhope & Lee (W), Lowndes (T)

Elections in the 1740-50s

General election 6 May 1741: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Richard Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1741): Possible classification - Lowndes (T)
General election 6 July 1747: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Richard Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Hon. William Stanhope Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1747): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)
General election 17 April 1754: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Richard Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan William Stanhope Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1754): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)

Elections in the 1760-70s

General election 4 April 1761: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Richard Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Hon. William Stanhope Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1761): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)
General election 28 March 1768: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Richard Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Ralph Verney Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1768): Possible classification - Lowndes (T)
General election 19 October 1774: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Ralph Verney Unopposed N/A N/A
By-election 25 October 1779: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1780-90s

General election 13 September 1780: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Ralph Verney Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 21 April 1784: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Grenville 2,261 39.55 N/A
Non Partisan John Aubrey 1,740 30.44 N/A
Whig Ralph Verney 1,716 30.02 N/A
  • Note (1784): Poll 13 days. 3,548 voted. Possible classification for Aubrey (T). (Source: Stooks Smith)
  • An alternative interpretation is that Aubrey was a supporter of Pitt (who called himself a Whig, although retrospectively usually classified as a Tory). Aubrey had very clearly identified himself with the opposition to the Fox-North coalition. (Source: Davis)
  • Appointment of Grenville as Secretary of State for the Home Department
By-election 19 June 1789: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 22 June 1790: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Bentinck Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Ralph Verney Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Death of Verney
By-election 27 December 1790: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan James Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Nonpartisan gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 1 June 1796: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan James Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory William Bentinck Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Resignation of Grenville
By-election 30 June 1797: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Earl Temple Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1800-10s

General election July 1802: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Earl Temple Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory William Bentinck Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1802): Identifying a definitive party label for Temple and Titchfield is difficult. Stooks Smith considered Temple a Tory and Titchfield a Whig, but he may not be reliable for Bucks candidates allegiances before about 1818. Both knights of the shire were members of traditional Whig families and were closely related to one or more Whig Prime Ministers. Temple was a member of the Grenville family, which had supported their cousin William Pitt the Younger during his first premiership 1783-1801. Former Bucks MP (and uncle of Earl Temple) William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville had become closer to Charles James Fox and his faction of opposition Whigs since leaving office with Pitt in 1801. This may have affected the political position of his relatives like Earl Temple. Titchfield was the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland who had been the Whig Prime Minister of the Fox-North Coalition, in office before Pitt. However Portland had split his Whig faction and broken with the pre-eminent opposition Whig leader in the House of Commons, Charles James Fox, over the attitude to be taken to the French Revolution. Portland joined Pitt's cabinet in 1794. Pitt called himself a Whig, although his followers came from both traditional Whig and Tory families. Titchfield, when he was first elected for the county in 1791, had been brought forward as a candidate by the Buckinghamshire Independent Club. This club had supported the late Earl Verney, and were definitely a Whig organisation. At that time Titchfield's father was the leader of the largest Whig faction in opposition to Pitt's Ministry. However Davis does imply that Titchfield himself was a Tory, which is how he has been classified in this article. In the absence of a clear indication of whether Temple considered himself a Whig or Tory at this stage of his career, he has been classified as a Non Partisan member for this article.
General election 1806: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Earl Temple Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory William Bentinck Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1806): As for 1802 save that following Pitt's death William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, who had not joined Pitt's second Ministry in 1804, become Prime Minister of the Ministry of All the Talents in 1806. This may have led the Grenvilles, in retrospect, to continue to be regarded as Whig when Pitt and other groups of his supporters came to be called Tory after Pitt's death.
General election 11 May 1807: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Earl Temple Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory William Bentinck Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Note (1807): As before save that in 1807 the Duke of Portland had formed a Tory administration (although he claimed to be the Whig Prime Minister of a Tory Ministry). In retrospect Portland has been regarded as a Tory at the time of his second Ministry.
  • Succession of Titchfield as 4th Duke of Portland
By-election 3 January 1810: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Selby Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
Nonpartisan gain from Tory
  • Note (1810): Possible party for Selby Lowndes is Whig (source: Stooks Smith), but given his conservative religious views and support for Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth's anti-dissenter policy it may be best to regard him as a member of a traditional Whig family who was moving towards being a nineteenth century Tory. He has been classified as Non Partisan for the purpose of this article.
General election 1812: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Selby Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Earl Temple Unopposed N/A N/A
By-election 6 March 1813: Buckinghamshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Thomas Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold
  • Note (1813): Grenville was the uncle of the 2nd Marquess of Buckingham (formerly Earl Temple MP). The same factors noted for Temple lead to Thomas Grenville being classified as Non Partisan for the purpose of this article. Stooks Smith however classifies him as Tory and he was of the same generation as his brother William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville classified by Stooks Smith as a Tory and in this article as a Whig.
General election 22 June 1818: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan William Selby Lowndes Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory Earl Temple Unopposed N/A N/A

Elections in the 1820-30s

General election 13 March 1820: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Smith Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory Richard Temple-Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 1826: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Richard Temple-Grenville Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Robert Smith Unopposed N/A N/A
General election 1830: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)[1][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Richard Temple-Grenville Unopposed
Whig Robert Smith Unopposed
Registered electors c. 4,000
Tory hold
Whig hold
General election 9 May 1831: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)[1][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Richard Temple-Grenville 1,594 42.2
Whig John Smith (Buckinghamshire MP) 1,284 34.0
Whig Pascoe Grenfell 901 23.8
Turnout 2,593 c. 64.8
Registered electors c. 4,000
Majority 310 8.2
Tory hold
Majority 383 10.2
Whig hold
  • Note (1831): Chandos 1,287 plumpers, 287 split with Smith, 18 split with Grenfell; Smith 191 plumpers, 806 split with Grenfell; Grenfell 2 plumpers. Total voters 2,593. (Source: Davis). Poll: 4 days.[1]
General election 17 December 1832: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Richard Temple-Grenville 2,856 33.8 +12.7
Whig John Smith (Buckinghamshire MP) 2,402 28.5 −5.5
Whig George Dashwood 1,647 19.5 −4.3
Tory Charles Scott-Murray 1,536 18.2 −2.9
Turnout 4,189 78.9 +14.1
Registered electors 5,306
Majority 454 5.3 −2.9
Tory hold Swing +8.8
Majority 866 10.3 +0.1
Whig hold Swing −5.2
Whig win (new seat)
General election 10 January 1835: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Temple-Grenville 3,094 28.9 +11.6
Conservative William Young 2,394 22.4 +5.1
Conservative James Backwell Praed 2,179 20.4 +3.1
Whig George Dashwood 1,672 15.6 −12.9
Whig John Lee 1,365 12.8 −6.7
Majority 507 4.8 −0.5
Turnout 3,946 73.5 −5.4
Registered electors 5,371
Conservative hold Swing +9.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +5.8
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +4.8
  • Death of Praed
By-election, 20 February 1837: Buckinghamshire[1][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Simon Harcourt 2,233 69.5 −2.2
Whig George Dashwood 982 30.5 +2.1
Majority 1,251 39.0 +34.2
Turnout 3,215 55.8 −17.7
Registered electors 5,760
Conservative hold Swing −2.2
General election 1837: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Temple-Grenville 2,993 28.8 −0.1
Conservative George Simon Harcourt 2,704 26.0 +3.6
Conservative William Young 2,633 25.3 +4.9
Whig George Robert Smith 2,071 19.9 −8.5
Majority 562 5.4 +0.6
Turnout 4,464 77.5 +4.0
Registered electors 5,760
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
Conservative hold Swing +3.2
Conservative hold Swing +3.9
  • Succession of Chandos as 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
By-election, 18 February 1839: Buckinghamshire[1][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Caledon Du Pré Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840-50s

General election 5 July 1841: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[1][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Young 2,578 29.8 +4.5
Conservative Caledon Du Pré 2,572 29.8 +1.0
Conservative Charles Scott-Murray 2,547 29.5 +3.5
Whig John Lee 495 5.7 −14.2
Radical Henry Morgan Vane 450 5.2 N/A
Majority 2,052 23.7 +18.3
Turnout 3,071 49.9 −27.6
Registered electors 6,156
Conservative hold Swing +4.6
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.2
  • Death of Young
By-election, 15 July 1842: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Fitzmaurice Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 21 February 1845: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Tower Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 4 August 1847: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Cavendish Unopposed
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative Caledon Du Pré Unopposed
Registered electors 5,798
Whig gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election 12 March 1852: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caledon Du Pré 2,000 33.2 N/A
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli 1,973 32.7 N/A
Whig Charles Cavendish 1,403 23.3 N/A
Radical John Lee[10] 656 10.9 N/A
Majority 570 9.4 N/A
Turnout 3,016 (est) 53.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 5,659
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Cavendish Unopposed
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative Caledon Du Pré Unopposed
Registered electors 5,353
Whig hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election 28 December 1857: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Cavendish 1,617 52.7 N/A
Conservative Charles Baillie-Hamilton 1,454 47.3 N/A
Majority 163 5.4 N/A
Turnout 3,071 57.4 N/A
Registered electors 5,353
Whig hold Swing N/A
By-election 8 March 1858: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Cavendish Unopposed
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative Caledon Du Pré Unopposed
Registered electors 5,343
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860-80s

By-election 29 December 1863: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Harvey 2,311 88.1 N/A
Liberal John Lee 313 11.9 N/A
Majority 1,998 76.2 N/A
Turnout 2,624 45.0 N/A
Registered electors 5,836
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1865: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative Caledon Du Pré Unopposed
Conservative Robert Harvey Unopposed
Registered electors 6,126
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal
By-election 13 July 1866: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 19 November 1868: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative Caledon Du Pré Unopposed
Liberal Nathaniel Lambert Unopposed
Registered electors 7,894
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 14 February 1874: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli 2,999 38.6 N/A
Conservative Robert Harvey 2,902 37.3 N/A
Liberal Nathaniel Lambert 1,720 22.1 N/A
Ind. Conservative William Talley[11] 151 1.9 New
Turnout 4,822 (est) 65.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 7,368
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority 1,182 15.2 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority 1,569 20.2 N/A
By-election 17 March 1874: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election 22 September 1876: Buckinghamshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Fremantle 2,725 51.8 −24.1
Liberal Rupert Carington 2,539 48.2 +26.1
Majority 186 3.5 −11.7
Turnout 5,264 72.4 +7.0
Registered electors 7,273
Conservative hold Swing −25.1
General election 10 April 1880: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Harvey 2,956 31.7 −5.6
Conservative Thomas Fremantle 2,790 29.9 −8.7
Liberal Rupert Carington 2,790 29.9 +7.8
Ind. Conservative Frederick Charsley[12] 796 8.5 N/A
Turnout 5,746 (est) 70.8 (est) +5.4
Registered electors 8,114
Conservative hold Swing −4.8
Conservative hold Swing −6.3
Majority 0 0.0 −15.2
Liberal hold Swing +11.1
Majority 1,994 21.4 +1.2
  • Constituency divided in the 1885 redistribution

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Fisher, David R. (1986). Thorne, R. (ed.). "CAVENDISH, Charles Compton (1793–1863), of Latimers, nr. Chesham, Bucks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Spencer, Howard; Salmon, Philip. Fisher, D. R. (ed.). "CAVENDISH, Charles Compton (1793–1863), of Latimers, nr. Chesham, Bucks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 355–356. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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