Liskeard | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | two (1295–1832); one (1832–1885) |
Replaced by | Bodmin |
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.
History
The parliamentary borough was based upon the community of Liskeard in the south-eastern part of Cornwall.
Sedgwick estimated the electorate at 30 in 1740. Namier and Brooke considered it was about 50 in the 1754–1790 period. The right of election before 1832 was in the freemen of the borough. This constituency was under the patronage of the Eliot family, which acquired the predominant interest by 1722.
There were no contested elections between at least 1715 and 1802. In the early 19th century the Whigs attempted to expand the electorate to include householders. During the 1802 general election, 48 householders claimed the right to vote but their ballots were rejected by the Mayor (see the note to the 1802 election result below). The Eliot family continued to control the borough in the Tory interest, for another thirty years.
The Reform Act 1832 augmented the freemen voters (who retained their ancient right votes), with the beneficiaries of a new householder franchise. The number of voters registered in 1832 was 218. The political effect of the change was that a Whig was elected unopposed to the one remaining seat in 1832, whereas the two Tory candidates had been elected unopposed at the previous seven general elections. Only Whig or Liberal candidates were returned from 1832 until the constituency was abolished.
The Reform Act 1867 preserved the borough constituency but slightly expanded the electorate (from 434 in 1865 to 881 in 1868). Liskeard was one of the smallest boroughs to retain individual representation in the 1868–1885 period. However the constituency was finally abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the borough became part of the Bodmin or South East division of Cornwall.
Members of Parliament
1295–1629
- Constituency created (1295)
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
---|---|---|---|
1355 | John Hamely[1] | ||
1386 | John Bodilly | Stephen Bant[2] | |
1388 (Feb) | Simon Lowys | John Helligan[2] | |
1388 (Sep) | Simon Lowys | Walter Bloyowe[2] | |
1390 (Jan) | Simon Lowys | John Cokeworthy I[2] | |
1390 (Nov) | |||
1391 | Robert Brewys | John Goly[2] | |
1393 | Simon Lowys | Robert Combe[2] | |
1394 | |||
1395 | Ralph Cokeworthy | Ralph Trenewith II[2] | |
1397 (Jan) | Simon Lowys | John Tregoose[2] | |
1397 (Sep) | John Gryk | Robert Syteston[2] | |
1399 | Walter Gosham | Thomas Forster[2] | |
1401 | |||
1402 | Simon Lowys | John Price[2] | |
1404 (Jan) | |||
1404 (Oct) | |||
1406 | John Treffridowe | Williard Hamond[2] | |
1407 | William Aston | Thomas Gybbe[2] | |
1410 | Simon (Lowys) | John Clink (MP for Liskeard)[2] | |
1411 | Simon Lowys | John Penrose[2] | |
1413 (Feb) | |||
1413 (May) | Simon Lowys | Walter Lowys[2] | |
1414 (Apr) | |||
1414 (Nov) | Simon Lowys | William Bodrugan[2] | |
1415 | |||
1416 (Mar) | Oto Trenewith | John Trewoofe[2] | |
1416 (Oct) | |||
1417 | John But | Robert Treage[2] | |
1419 | Philip Motty | John Calwe[2] | |
1420 | John Fursdon | John Cork[2] | |
1421 (May) | Nicholas Aysshton | Richard Tredinney[2] | |
1421 (Dec) | John Trelawny III | Robert Trenerth[2] | |
1510–1523 | No names known[3] | ||
1529 | James Trewynnard | Henry Pyne[3] | |
1536 | ? | ||
1539 | ? | ||
1542 | ? | ||
1545 | John Roscarrock | Richard Halfacre[3] | |
1547 | Robert Becket | Ambrose Gilberd[3] | |
First Parliament of 1553 | John Trelawny | John Gayer | |
Second Parliament of 1553 | William Morice | Thomas Roscarrock | |
First Parliament of 1554 | James Kemp | Francis Roscarrock | |
Second Parliament of 1554 | John Connock | John Pethbridge | |
Parliament of 1555 | John Cruys | William Lower (MP for Liskeard) | |
Parliament of 1558 | William Coryton | John Gayer | |
Parliament of 1559 | George Bromley | Renald Muschamp | |
Parliament of 1563–1567 | Reginald Mohun | ||
Parliament of 1571 | John Connock | Basil Johnson | |
Parliament of 1572–1581 | Henry Macwilliam | Paul Wentworth | |
Parliament of 1584–1585 | Peter Edgcumbe | Edward Denny | |
Parliament of 1586–1587 | Richard Edgecumbe | Jonathan Trelawny | |
Parliament of 1588–1589 | John Jackson | ||
Parliament of 1593 | George Wray | ||
Parliament of 1597–1598 | Henry Neville | Edward Trelawny | |
Parliament of 1601 | Thomas Edmunds | Sampson Lennard | |
Parliament of 1604–1611 | Sir William Killigrew | Reginald Nicholas | |
Addled Parliament (1614) | Richard Connock | John Glanville | |
Parliament of 1621–1622 | Sir Edward Coke | Nicholas Hele | |
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | William Wrey (later 2nd Wrey Baronet)[4] | ||
Useless Parliament (1625) | William Coryton | ||
Parliament of 1625–1626 | Sir Francis Steward | Joseph Jane | |
Parliament of 1628–1629 | John Harris | ||
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 |
1640–1832
1832–1885
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | Charles Buller | Radical[6][7][8][9][10] | |
1849 | Richard Crowder | Radical[11][12] | |
1854 | Ralph Grey | Whig[13][14] | |
1859 | Ralph Bernal Osborne | Liberal | |
1865 | Sir Arthur Buller | Liberal | |
1869 | Edward Horsman | Liberal | |
1876 | Leonard Courtney | Liberal | |
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Election results
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790 and Stooks Smith 1790–1832. From 1832 the principal source was Craig, with additional or different information from Stooks Smith included. Candidates classified by Craig as Liberal before 1859, are labeled as Whig or Radical (following Stooks Smith) or Liberal if their exact allegiance is uncertain. Similarly candidates classified by Craig as Conservative but by Stooks Smith as Tory are listed below as Tory.
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 for a party, in one or both successive contested elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual candidates percentage vote.
Note on party allegiance of candidates: A party label is only used when the source used quotes one. Other candidates are labelled Non Partisan, but may have associated themselves with a tendency or faction in Parliament.
Elections before 1715
Dates of Parliaments 1660–1715
Summoned | Elected | Opened | Dismissed |
---|---|---|---|
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:-
- The MPs of the Parliament of England (elected 1705) and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.
Index to Election results 1715–1799
1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s |
Index to Election results 1800–1885
1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s |
Elections in the 1710s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | John Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Philip Rashleigh | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Elections in the 1720s
- Trelawny became a Baronet in 1721
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Lansdell | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
- Death of Eliot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Cope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Elections in the 1730s
- Seat vacated on Clutterbuck being appointed a Lord of the Admiralty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Thomas Clutterbuck | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Dennis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1740s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Richard Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | George Lee | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Elections in the 1750s
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Trelawny as Assay-Master of Tin for the Duchy of Cornwall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Charles Trelawny | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edmund Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Philip Stanhope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Nugent to an office
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1760s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Anthony Champion | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Elections in the 1770s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward Gibbon | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Gibbon to an office
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Philip Stephens | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1780s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Wilbraham Tollemache | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | Samuel Salt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of E.J. Eliot as Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1790s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of E.J. Eliot as a Commissioner for India
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Edward James Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan | John Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
- Death of E.J. Eliot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | Murrough O'Brien | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Inchiquin was a peer of Ireland
Elections in the 1800s
- Resignation of Inchiquin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nonpartisan | George Murray | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan hold | |||||
- Note (1800): Stooks Smith recorded that William Huskisson was returned unopposed at this by-election, but this appears to be an error.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Eliot | 27 | 48.21 | N/A | |
Tory | William Eliot | 27 | 48.21 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Sheridan | 1 | 1.79 | N/A | |
Whig | William Ogilvie | 1 | 1.79 | N/A | |
Turnout | 56 | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1802): 48 householders claimed the right to vote. The ballots they tendered were rejected by the Mayor. 44 wanted to vote for Sheridan and Ogilvie, 3 for the Eliots and 1 for John Eliot and Sheridan.
- Succession of John Eliot as the 2nd Lord Eliot
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Huskisson | 21 | 87.50 | -8.92 | |
Whig | Thomas Sheridan | 3 | 12.50 | +8.92 | |
Majority | 18 | 75.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24 | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Huskisson | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Nicholas Tomlinson | 6 | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Alexander Nowell | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | 56 | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1806): Stooks Smith does not give the votes for the elected candidates.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | James Hamilton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Elections in the 1810s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Charles Philip Yorke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Elections in the 1820s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Henry Pringle | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Edward Eliot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 51 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
- Electorate expanded and constituency reduced to one seat, by the Reform Act 1832
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 218 | ||||
Radical gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | 114 | 64.0 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | 64 | 36.0 | ||
Majority | 50 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 178 | 82.4 | |||
Registered electors | 216 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
- Note (1835): Stooks Smith recorded 211 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | 113 | 54.3 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | 95 | 45.7 | +9.7 | |
Majority | 18 | 8.6 | −19.4 | ||
Turnout | 208 | 83.9 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 248 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | −9.7 | |||
- Note (1837): Stooks Smith recorded 250 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 296 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
- Note (1841): Stooks Smith recorded 285 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Buller as Judge-Advocate General
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | 170 | 59.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Curteis | 117 | 40.8 | New | |
Majority | 53 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 287 | 82.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 349 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Note (1847): Stooks Smith recorded 333 registered electors, but the turnout is calculated on Craig's figure above
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Buller as President of the Poor Law Board
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Charles Buller | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold | |||||
- Death of Buller
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Richard Crowder | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Richard Crowder | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 343 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Crowder as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ralph Grey | 138 | 51.5 | New | |
Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny[17][18][19] | 119 | 44.4 | N/A | |
Whig | Joseph Haythorne Reed | 11 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 19 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 268 | 76.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 352 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Ralph Grey | 174 | 58.4 | N/A | |
Peelite | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon[20][21] | 124 | 41.6 | New | |
Majority | 50 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 298 | 79.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 373 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ralph Grey | 164 | 50.6 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | William Pole-Carew | 160 | 49.4 | +7.8 | |
Majority | 4 | 1.2 | −15.6 | ||
Turnout | 324 | 82.0 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 395 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −7.8 | |||
- The Whig Party is regarded as having merged into a new Liberal Party, which was formed at a meeting of the supporters of Lord Palmerston on 6 July 1859; although Whigs and Radicals had been informally referred to collectively as Liberals for decades.
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Grey as a Collector of Customs
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
- Resignation of Osborne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 434 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
- Electorate expanded by the Reform Act 1867
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur William Buller | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 881 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
- Death of Buller
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Horsman | 368 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Francis Lycett | 285 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 83 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 653 | 74.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 881 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Horsman | 334 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 329 | 49.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 5 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 663 | 81.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 811 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Horsman
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 388 | 58.0 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | John Burton Sterling[22] | 281 | 42.0 | New | |
Majority | 107 | 16.0 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 669 | 86.1 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 777 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leonard Courtney | 370 | 55.1 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie | 301 | 44.9 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 69 | 10.2 | +9.4 | ||
Turnout | 671 | 91.2 | +9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 736 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
- Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884, but the constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 with effect from the 1885 United Kingdom general election.
Notes and references
Notes
References
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- ↑ Turner, Michael J. (2004). "Correcting the Chartists". In Black, Jeremy (ed.). Independent Radicalism in Early Victorian Britain. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 0-275-97386-7.
- ↑ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 155.
- ↑ "Foreign Intelligence". Hereford Journal. 13 December 1848. p. 2 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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