Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)
Bristol | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | Bristol East Bristol North Bristol South Bristol West |
Bristol was a two-member constituency, used to elect members to the
Boundaries
The historic port city of Bristol is located in what is now the South West Region of England. It straddles the border between the historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the later part of the 19th and the 20th centuries.
The
From the 1885 United Kingdom general election the city was divided into four single member seats. These were Bristol East, Bristol North, Bristol South and Bristol West.
Members of Parliament
The use of Roman numerals in the list below denotes different politicians of the same name, not that the individuals concerned would have used the Roman numerals as part of their name.
Non Partisan denotes that the politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party (not necessarily that he was not). Whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century, the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics.
Notes:-
- 1 By 4 February 1536 David Broke had been elected vice Thomas Jubbes deceased. He was probably re-elected in the 1536 general election and certainly was at the 1539 and 1542 elections..
- 2 A Peer of Ireland. He was created a Peer of England, as 1st Baron Butler, in 1666.
- 3 Died 16 October 1677.
- 4 Died 11 October 1685.
- 5 Died 30 September 1739.
- 6 Died 20 October 1742.
- 7 Died 24 January 1756.
- 8 Created a Peer of Ireland, as 1st Viscount Clare, in 1767.
- 9 Died 30 December 1780.
- 10 A Peer of Ireland, as 1st Baron Sheffield, created in 1781.
- 11 Adopted a new surname of Bathurst, in 1804.
- 12 Resigned.
- 13 Died 10 March 1870.
- 14 Election declared void on petition.
Elections
During the existence of this constituency, Bristol was a city with the status of being a county of itself. That meant that the city was not subject to the administration of the officials of the geographic counties in which it was situated. In electoral terms it meant that the voters for the
Bristol was a fairly partisan constituency in the eighteenth century with two rival clubs - the
The
Namier and Brooke, in The House of Commons 1754-1790, estimated the electorate of Bristol to number about 5,000.[13] When registration of electors was introduced in 1832 the city had 10,315 names on the electoral register.
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 Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s |
Elections in the 1710s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
William Daines | 1,936 | 24.87 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Joseph Earle | 1,879 | 24.14 | N/A | |
Tory | Philip Freke | 1,991 | 25.58 | N/A | |
Tory | Thomas Edwards | 1,978 | 25.41 | N/A |
- Note (1715): Although the Whig candidates received fewer votes than the Tory ones, the Returning Officer declared them elected and the House of Commons did not hear the petitions against the return; so Daines and Earle continued to sit throughout the Parliament.
Elections in the 1720s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Joseph Earle | 2,141 | 37.22 | +13.08 | |
Whig
|
Abraham Elton | 1,869 | 32.49 | N/A | |
Tory | William Hart | 1,743 | 30.30 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
John Scrope | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig
|
Abraham Elton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1727): William Hart (Tory) was a candidate, but he did not go to a poll after Mr Elton paid him £1,000 to cover his election expenses.
- Elton became the 2nd Baronet, upon the death of his father (the MP of the same name elected in 1722) in 1728.
Elections in the 1730s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Abraham Elton | 2,428 | 38.15 | N/A | |
Tory | Thomas Coster | 2,071 | 32.54 | N/A | |
Whig
|
John Scrope | 1,866 | 29.32 | N/A |
- Death of Coster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Edward Southwell
|
2,651 | 54.61 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry Combe | 2,203 | 45.39 | N/A | |
Majority | 448 | 9.23 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Tory
|
Swing | N/A |
- Note (1759): Southwell was an Opposition Whig
Elections in the 1740s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Abraham Elton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig
|
Edward Southwell
|
Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Elton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Hoblyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig
|
Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Edward Southwell
|
Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Hoblyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1750s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Robert Nugent | 2,592 | 37.04 | N/A | |
Tory | Richard Beckford | 2,245 | 32.09 | N/A | |
Tory | John Philipps | 2,160 | 30.87 | N/A |
- Note (1754): Nugent 2,601; Philips 2,165. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Death of Beckford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Jarrit Smith
|
2,418 | 50.75 | N/A | |
Whig
|
John Spencer | 2,347 | 49.25 | N/A | |
Majority | 71 | 1.49 | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated by appointment of Craggs-Nugent as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Robert Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig hold
|
Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1760s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Robert Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Jarrit Smith
|
Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Seat vacated by appointment of Craggs-Nugent as First Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Robert Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig hold
|
Swing | N/A |
- Creation of Craggs-Nugent as the 1st Viscount Clare, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1767
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Robert Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Matthew Brickdale | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Seat vacated by appointment of Viscount Clare as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Robert Nugent | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig hold
|
Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1770s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Henry Cruger | 3,565 | 39.56 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Edmund Burke | 2,707 | 30.04 | N/A | |
Tory | Matthew Brickdale | 2,456 | 27.26 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Robert Nugent | 283 | 3.14 | N/A |
- Note (1774): 5,384 voted. Lord Clare resigned on the second day when Mr. Burke was first proposed. Mr. Burke was at the time in Malton, for which place he had been returned when the deputation arrived to invite him to Bristol, where he arrived on the sixth day's poll. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1780s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Matthew Brickdale | 2,771 | 37.62 | +10.36 | |
Tory | Henry Lippincott
|
2,518 | 34.18 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Henry Cruger | 1,271 | 17.25 | −22.31 | |
Whig
|
Samuel Peach | 788 | 10.70 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Edmund Burke | 18 | 0.24 | −29.80 |
- Note (1780): Lippincott 3,518; Burke 0. Mr. Rich. Combe, late member of Aldeburgh, was a Candidate, but died the day before the commencement of the poll. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Death of Lippincott
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Daubeny | 3,143 | 53.15 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Henry Cruger | 2,771 | 46.85 | N/A | |
Majority | 372 | 6.29 | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Matthew Brickdale | 3,458 | 35.05 | −2.57 | |
Whig
|
Henry Cruger | 3,052 | 30.93 | +13.68 | |
Tory | George Daubeny | 2,984 | 30.24 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Samuel Peach | 373 | 3.73 | −6.97 |
- Note (1784): 6,094 voted. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1790s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Somerset | 544 | 49.54 | N/A | |
Whig
|
John Baker-Holroyd
|
537 | 48.91 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | -. Lewis | 12 | 1.09 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Cunningham | 5 | 0.46 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Bragge | 364 | 44.83 | −4.71 | |
Whig
|
John Baker-Holroyd
|
340 | 41.87 | −7.04 | |
Whig
|
Benjamin Hobhouse | 108 | 13.30 | N/A |
- Note (1796): Poll 1 day. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1800s
- Members of the last Parliament of Great Britain, continued in office for the first Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Bragge | Co-opted | N/A | N/A | |
Whig
|
John Baker-Holroyd
|
Co-opted | N/A | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Treasurer of the Navy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Bragge | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Bragge | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig
|
Evan Baillie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1802): Sir Frederick Eden was a candidate, but retired before the election. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Secretary at War
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Bragge | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
- Bragge changed his surname to Bathurst in 1804
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Bathurst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig
|
Evan Baillie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Bathurst | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig
|
Evan Baillie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1810s
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Bathurst as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 June 1812
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Hart Davis | 1,907 | 89.03 | N/A | |
Radical | Henry Hunt | 235 | 10.97 | N/A | |
Radical | William Cobbett | 0 | 0.00 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,672 | 78.06 | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
- Note (1812 by-election): Poll 13 days; 2,142 electors voted. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Hart Davis | 2,910 | 39.24 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Edward Protheroe | 2,435 | 32.84 | N/A | |
Whig
|
Samuel Romilly | 1,615 | 21.78 | N/A | |
Radical | Henry Hunt | 455 | 6.14 | N/A |
- Note (1812): Poll 10 days; 4,389 electors cast 7,415 votes. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Hart Davis | 3,377 | 46.13 | +6.89 | |
Whig
|
Edward Protheroe | 2,259 | 30.86 | −1.98 | |
Whig
|
Hugh Duncan Baillie | 1,684 | 23.01 | +23.01 |
- Note (1818): Poll 5 days; 4,121 electors cast 7,320 votes. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1820s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
Henry Bright | 2,975 | 50.45 | +50.45 | |
Tory | Richard Hart Davis | 2,795 | 47.40 | +1.27 | |
Whig
|
Hugh Duncan Baillie | 127 | 2.15 | −20.86 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Hart Davis | 3,887 | 48.14 | +0.74 | |
Whig
|
Henry Bright | 2,314 | 28.66 | −21.79 | |
Whig
|
Edward Protheroe | 1,874 | 23.21 | +23.21 |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Hart Davis | 5,012 | 44.6 | ||
Whig
|
James Evan Baillie | 3,378 | 30.1 | ||
Whig
|
Edward Davis Protheroe | 2,842 | 25.3 | ||
Radical | James Acland | 8 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,311 | N/A | |||
Majority | 1,634 | 14.5 | |||
Tory hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 3,370 | 30.1 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing |
- Note (1830): Poll 4 days (Source: Stooks Smith)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig
|
James Evan Baillie | Unopposed | |||
Whig
|
Edward Davis Protheroe | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Richard Vyvyan | 3,697 | 29.3 | New | |
Whig | James Evan Baillie | 3,159 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Whig | Edward Davis Protheroe | 3,030 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Whig | John Williams | 2,741 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 538 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,631 | 64.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,315 | ||||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip John Miles | 3,709 | 32.7 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Vyvyan | 3,313 | 29.2 | +14.6 | |
Whig | James Evan Baillie | 2,518 | 22.2 | −48.5 | |
Radical | John Hobhouse[15] | 1,808 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 795 | 7.0 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,879 | 58.2 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,100 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +21.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +19.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip William Skinner Miles | 3,839 | 37.6 | +4.9 | |
Radical | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | 3,212 | 31.5 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | William Fripp | 3,156 | 30.9 | +1.7 | |
Turnout | 6,375 | 63.8 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,992 | ||||
Majority | 627 | 6.1 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
Majority | 56 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip William Skinner Miles | 4,193 | 36.1 | −1.5 | |
Radical | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | 3,739 | 32.2 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | William Fripp | 3,684 | 31.7 | +0.8 | |
Turnout | 5,808 (est) | 52.1 (est) | −11.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,150 | ||||
Majority | 454 | 3.9 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Majority | 55 | 0.5 | -0.1 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | 4,381 | 45.5 | +29.4 | |
Conservative | Philip William Skinner Miles | 2,595 | 27.0 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | William Fripp | 2,476 | 25.7 | −6.0 | |
Radical | Apsley Pellatt | 171 | 1.8 | −14.3 | |
Turnout | 6,913 | 62.7 | +10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,032 | ||||
Majority | 1,786 | 18.5 | +18.0 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +18.5 | |||
Majority | 2,424 | 25.2 | +21.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.3 |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | 4,681 | 36.4 | −10.9 | |
Whig | Henry Gore-Langton | 4,531 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Foster Alleyne McGeachy | 3,632 | 28.3 | −24.4 | |
Turnout | 6,422 (est) | 51.2 (est) | −11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,548 | ||||
Majority | 150 | 1.1 | −17.4 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Majority | 899 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
- Note (1852): From this election the number of electors who voted is unknown, so the number of votes cast is divided by two, and the resultant figure is used to calculate an estimated minimum turnout. To the extent that electors did not cast both their possible votes the turnout figure will be an underestimate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Gore-Langton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 12,612 | ||||
Radical hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | 4,432 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry Gore-Langton | 4,285 | 33.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Frederick William Slade[16] | 4,205 | 32.5 | New | |
Majority | 80 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,461 (est) | 50.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,929 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | 5,296 | 35.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Morton Peto | 5,228 | 35.3 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | 4,269 | 28.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 959 | 6.5 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,531 (est) | 84.3 (est) | +34.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,303 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 |
- Resignation of Peto
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Miles | 5,173 | 51.0 | +22.1 | |
Liberal | Samuel Morley | 4,977 | 49.0 | −22.1 | |
Majority | 196 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,150 | 89.8 | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,303 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +22.1 |
- McCalmont reports that Miles was unseated on petition, but that no new writ was issued before the 1868 general election. Craig also reports the election was voided.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | 8,759 | 36.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Samuel Morley | 8,714 | 36.1 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | John Miles | 6,694 | 27.7 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 2,020 | 8.4 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 15,431 (est) | 72.9 (est) | −11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 21,153 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Elections in the 1870s
- Death of Berkeley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Elisha Smith Robinson | 7,882 | 52.7 | −19.6 | |
Conservative | Sholto Vere Hare[17] | 7,062 | 47.3 | +19.6 | |
Majority | 820 | 5.4 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 14,944 | 70.6 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 21,153 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −19.6 |
- Election of Robinson declared void on petition
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Kirkman Hodgson | 7,816 | 51.9 | −20.4 | |
Conservative | Sholto Vere Hare[17] | 7,238 | 48.1 | +20.4 | |
Majority | 578 | 3.8 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,054 | 71.2 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 21,153 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −20.4 |
- Swing from Liberal to Conservative
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Kirkman Hodgson | 8,888 | 26.3 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | Samuel Morley | 8,732 | 25.8 | −10.3 | |
Conservative | Sholto Vere Hare[17] | 8,552 | 25.3 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | George Henry Chambers[18] | 7,626 | 22.6 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 180 | 0.5 | −7.9 | ||
Turnout | 16,899 (est) | 73.9 (est) | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 22,867 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.5 |
- Resignation of Hodgson
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lewis Fry | 9,342 | 54.5 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Ivor Guest | 7,795 | 45.5 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 1,547 | 9.0 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 17,137 | 69.0 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 24,851 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Morley | 10,704 | 31.2 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Lewis Fry | 10,070 | 29.4 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Ivor Guest | 9,395 | 27.4 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Elisha Smith Robinson | 4,100 | 12.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 675 | 2.0 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 17,135 (est) | 73.8 (est) | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 23,229 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.0 |
- Constituency abolished - city split into four divisions (1885)
See also
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