City of Chester (UK Parliament constituency)
City of Chester | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
Population | 92,995 (2011 census) |
Electorate | 74,397 (2018) |
Major settlements | Chester |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | Samantha Dixon (Labour) |
Seats | One |
1545–1918 | |
Seats | 1545–1880: Two 1885–1918: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
The City of Chester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2 December 2022 by Samantha Dixon of the Labour Party. She was elected in the by-election held following the resignation of Chris Matheson MP on 21 October 2022.
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes the constituency be split in two, with the majority, comprising areas to the north of the River Dee, including the city centre, being combined with the town of Neston to form Chester North and Neston, to be first contested at the next general election. Areas to the south of the river will be added to Eddisbury, to be renamed Chester South and Eddisbury.
Profile
The constituency covers the English city of Chester on the border of Wales and parts of the surrounding Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority, including the villages of: Aldford, Capenhurst, Christleton, Guilden Sutton, Mollington, Newtown, Pulford and Saughall.
Much of the city of Chester itself is residential of varying characteristics, with more middle-class areas such as Upton and the large rural former council estate of Blacon which is, except where purchased under the right to buy; owned and managed by the local housing association, Chester And District Housing Trust.
History
As part of a county palatine with a parliament of its own until the early-sixteenth century, Chester was not enfranchised (sent no MPs) until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen VIII. c. 13), since when it returned two MPs to Parliament as a parliamentary borough. It continued to elect two MPs until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 which reduced its representation to one MP.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the parliamentary borough was abolished and replaced by a county division, gaining rural areas from the neighbouring constituencies of Eddisbury and Wirral. Since then, the boundaries of the constituency have remained relatively consistent, primarily reflecting changes in local authority and ward boundaries.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Chester, the Urban District of Hoole, and the Rural District of Chester.
1950–1974: As prior but with minor boundary changes to align with the revised boundaries of the Rural District of Chester.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Chester, and the Rural District of Chester.
Hoole Urban District had been absorbed by the County Borough of Chester in 1954, but the constituency boundaries remained unchanged.
1983–1997: The City of Chester wards of Blacon Hall, Boughton, Boughton Heath, Christleton, College, Curzon, Dee Point, Dodleston, Grosvenor, Hoole, Newton, Plas Newton, Sealand, Upton Grange, Upton Heath, Vicars Cross, and Westminster.
Rural areas to the north of Chester, comprising the wards of Elton, Mollington and Saughall, transferred to the new constituency of Ellesmere Port and Neston.
1997–2010: The City of Chester wards of Blacon Hall, Boughton, Boughton Heath, Christledon, College, Curzon, Dee Point, Dodleston, Grosvenor, Hoole, Mollington, Newton, Plas Newton, Saughall, Sealand, Upton Grange, Upton Heath, Vicars Cross, and Westminster.
The wards of Mollington and Saughall transferred back from Ellesmere Port and Neston.
2010–2019: The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 defined the boundaries as:
The City of Chester wards of Blacon Hall, Blacon Lodge, Boughton, Boughton Heath, Christleton, City and St Anne's, College, Curzon and Westminster, Dodleston, Handbridge and St Mary's, Hoole All Saints, Hoole Groves, Huntington, Lache Park, Mollington, Newton Brook, Newton St Michael's, Saughall, Upton Grange, Upton Westlea, and Vicars Cross.
Minor changes to reflect revised ward boundaries.
However, before the new boundaries came into force for the 2010 election, the districts making up the county of Cheshire were abolished on 1 April 2009, being replaced by four unitary authorities. Consequently, the constituency's boundaries became:
The Cheshire West and Chester wards of Blacon, Boughton, Chester City, Chester Villages (part), Dodleston and Huntington, Farndon (part), Garden Quarter, Great Boughton, Handbridge Park, Hoole, Lache, Little Neston and Burton, Newton, Saughall and Mollington, and Upton.
2019–present: Following a further local government ward boundary review in 2019, the boundaries are currently:
The Cheshire West and Chester wards of Central and Blacon, Chester City & the Garden Quarter, Christleton & Huntington (part), Farndon (part), Gowy Rural (part), Great Boughton, Handbridge Park, Lache, Newton & Hoole, Saughall and Mollington, and Upton.
Political History
Two-member seat (to 1885)
From 1715 to 1869, at least one of the two seats was held by a member of the Grosvenor family. For most of the nineteenth century, both MPs represented the Whigs and (later) the Liberals. The Conservatives held one of the two seats from 1859 to 1865 and 1868–1880.
Single-member seat (from 1885)
The Liberals won the single-member seat in 1885 but, apart from the landslide year of 1906 (won by the Liberals with a majority of just 47 votes), Chester returned Conservative Party MPs continuously from 1886 to 1997. At most elections, majorities were in relative terms medium but the party's MPs won marginal majorities at the 1929 general election over the Liberal candidate (when the Labour Party formed a minority government) and at the 1992 general election over the Labour candidate, when the Conservatives had a small parliamentary majority.
Christine Russell of the Labour Party gained the seat easily from Gyles Brandreth at the 1997 general election after 87 years of Conservative control, and retained it until 2010. Her majority over the Conservatives had been reduced to under 1,000 votes at the 2005 general election.
Stephen Mosley of the Conservatives gained the seat from Labour at the 2010 general election. However, Mosley narrowly lost his seat five years later to Chris Matheson of the Labour Party in 2015 by 93 votes. The 2015 general election result gave the constituency the most marginal majority (0.2%) of Labour's 232 seats won that year.
Matheson was re-elected at the 2017 general election with a significantly increased majority of 9,176 votes, one of the largest swings to Labour in the election. At 56.8%, it was the highest share of the vote that Labour has ever had in the constituency and it is no longer considered a marginal seat. At the 2019 election, Matheson was elected once again, with a reduced but still comfortable majority of 11.3%. On 21 October 2022 he resigned after allegations of sexual impropriety led him to be suspended from the House of Commons for four weeks, occasioning a by-election held on 1 December, which was won by Samantha Dixon with an increased majority for Labour.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1545 to 1660
Year | First member | Second member |
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1545 | Sir Lawrence Smith | |
1547 | Richard Sneyd | William Aldersey |
1553 (Mar) | Richard Sneyd | Randall Mainwaring |
1553 (Oct) | Richard Sneyd | Thomas Massey |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Sneyd | William Aldersey |
1554 (Nov) | Richard Sneyd | Thomas Massey |
1555 | William Gerard | William Aldersey |
1558 | Sir Lawrence Smith | William Gerard |
1559 (Jan) | Sir Lawrence Smith | William Gerard |
1562–1563 | William Gerard | John Yerworth |
1571 | William Gerard | William Glasier |
1572 (Apr) | William Gerard | William Glasier |
1584 (Nov) | Richard Birkheved | Richard Bavand |
1586 (Sep) | Richard Birkheved | Peter Warburton |
1588–1589 | Richard Birkheved | Peter Warburton |
1593 | Richard Birkheved | Gilbert Gerard |
1597 (Sep) | Peter Warburton | William Brock |
1601 | Hugh Glasier | Thomas Gamull |
1604 | Thomas Lawton | Hugh Glasier |
1606 | Thomas Gamull | Hugh Glasier |
1610 | Thomas Gamull | Sir John Bingley |
1614 | Edward Whitby | Sir John Bingley |
1621–1622 | Edward Whitby | John Ratcliffe |
1624 | Edward Whitby | John Savage |
1625 | Edward Whitby | Sir John Savage |
1626 | Edward Whitby | William Gamull |
1628–1629 | Edward Whitby | John Ratcliffe |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
Apr 1640 | Sir Thomas Smith | Robert Brerewood |
Nov 1640 | Sir Thomas Smith† | Francis Gamull† |
1645 | William Edwards | John Ratcliffe |
1653 | Chester not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
1654 | Charles Walley | One seat only |
1656 | Edward Bradshaw | One seat only |
1659 | Jonathan Ridge | John Griffith |
- † Smith and Gamull were both disabled from serving in 1644.
MPs 1660–1880
MPs since 1885
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samantha Dixon | 17,309 | 60.8 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Liz Wardlaw | 6,335 | 22.2 | ―16.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Herd | 2,368 | 8.3 | +1.5 | |
Green | Paul Bowers | 987 | 3.5 | +0.9 | |
Reform UK | Jeanie Barton | 773 | 2.7 | +0.2 | |
Rejoin EU | Richard Hewison | 277 | 1.0 | New | |
UKIP | Cain Griffiths | 179 | 0.6 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 156 | 0.5 | New | |
Freedom Alliance | Chris Quartermaine | 91 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,974 | 38.6 | +27.3 | ||
Turnout | 28,475 | 41.2 | ―30.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.7 |
Elections in the 2010s
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000640Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Matheson | 27,082 | 49.6 | ―7.2 | |
Conservative | Samantha George | 20,918 | 38.3 | ―2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Thompson | 3,734 | 6.8 | +4.1 | |
Green | Nicholas Brown | 1,438 | 2.6 | New | |
Brexit Party | Andy Argyle | 1,388 | 2.5 | New | |
Majority | 6,164 | 11.3 | ―5.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,560 | 71.7 | ―5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ―2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Matheson | 32,023 | 56.8 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Will Gallagher | 22,847 | 40.5 | ―2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lizzie Jewkes | 1,551 | 2.7 | ―2.9 | |
Majority | 9,176 | 16.3 | +16.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,421 | 77.4 | +9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Matheson | 22,118 | 43.2 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Stephen Mosley | 22,025 | 43.1 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Steve Ingram | 4,148 | 8.1 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Thompson | 2,870 | 5.6 | ―13.5 | |
Majority | 93 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,161 | 67.7 | +1.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Mosley | 18,995 | 40.6 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Christine Russell | 16,412 | 35.1 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lizzie Jewkes | 8,930 | 19.1 | −2.8 | |
UKIP | Allan Weddell | 1,225 | 2.6 | +0.9 | |
English Democrat | Ed Abrams | 594 | 1.3 | +0.6 | |
Green | Malcolm Barker | 535 | 1.1 | New | |
Independent | John Whittingham | 99 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,583 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46,853 | 66.7 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Russell | 17,458 | 38.9 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Paul Offer | 16,543 | 36.8 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mia Jones | 9,818 | 21.9 | +7.2 | |
UKIP | Allan Weddell | 776 | 1.7 | –0.3 | |
English Democrat | Ed Abrams | 308 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 917 | 2.1 | –13.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,903 | 64.3 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Russell | 21,760 | 48.5 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | David Jones | 14,866 | 33.1 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Dawson | 6,589 | 14.7 | +5.2 | |
UKIP | Allan Weddell | 899 | 2.0 | New | |
Independent | George Rogers | 763 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 6,894 | 15.4 | –2.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,877 | 63.8 | −14.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Russell | 29,806 | 53.0 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Gyles Brandreth | 19,253 | 34.2 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Simpson | 5,353 | 9.5 | −4.1 | |
Referendum | Richard Mullen | 1,487 | 2.6 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Ian Sanderson | 204 | 0.4 | New | |
West Cheshire College In Crisis | William Johnson | 154 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,553 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,257 | 78.4 | −5.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gyles Brandreth | 23,411 | 44.1 | −0.8 | |
Labour | David Robinson | 22,310 | 42.0 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Smith | 6,867 | 12.9 | −6.6 | |
Green | Malcolm Barker | 448 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Stephen Cross | 98 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,101 | 2.1 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,134 | 83.9 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Morrison | 23,582 | 44.9 | -2.2 | |
Labour | David Robinson | 18,727 | 35.6 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Andrew Stunell | 10,262 | 19.5 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 4,855 | 9.3 | -9.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,571 | 79.8 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Morrison | 22,645 | 47.1 | -4.3 | |
Labour | David Robertson | 13,546 | 28.2 | -6.6 | |
Liberal | Andrew Stunell | 11,874 | 24.7 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 9,099 | 18.9 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,065 | 74.5 | -3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Morrison | 28,764 | 51.43 | ||
Labour | R.D. Blair | 19,450 | 34.78 | ||
Liberal | Andrew Stunell | 7,711 | 13.79 | ||
Majority | 9,314 | 16.65 | |||
Turnout | 55,925 | 77.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Morrison | 23,095 | 44.01 | ||
Labour | John Crawford | 18,477 | 35.21 | ||
Liberal | R.M. Green | 10,907 | 20.78 | ||
Majority | 4,618 | 8.80 | |||
Turnout | 52,479 | 75.40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Morrison | 24,527 | 44.29 | ||
Labour | John Crawford | 17,759 | 32.07 | ||
Liberal | R. Green | 13,098 | 23.65 | ||
Majority | 6,768 | 12.22 | |||
Turnout | 55,384 | 80.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Temple | 25,877 | 52.04 | ||
Labour | John Crawford | 18,872 | 37.95 | ||
Liberal | Michael J. G. Tompkins | 4,978 | 10.01 | ||
Majority | 7,005 | 14.09 | |||
Turnout | 49,727 | 73.15 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Temple | 21,673 | 46.05 | ||
Labour | John Crawford | 18,870 | 40.10 | ||
Liberal | Peter James Samuel | 6,516 | 13.85 | ||
Majority | 2,803 | 5.95 | |||
Turnout | 47,059 | 78.05 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Temple | 23,172 | 48.82 | ||
Labour | Anthony Blond | 16,708 | 35.20 | ||
Liberal | Peter James Samuel | 7,583 | 15.98 | New | |
Majority | 6,464 | 13.62 | |||
Turnout | 47,463 | 79.56 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Temple | 27,847 | 61.42 | ||
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 17,492 | 38.58 | ||
Majority | 10,355 | 22.84 | |||
Turnout | 45,339 | 78.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Temple | 21,137 | 51.72 | -4.94 | |
Labour | Lewis Carter-Jones | 14,789 | 36.19 | +4.56 | |
Liberal | John Seys-Llewellyn | 4,942 | 12.09 | +0.38 | |
Majority | 6,348 | 15.53 | -9.50 | ||
Turnout | 40,868 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Nield | 24,905 | 56.66 | ||
Labour | John Forrester | 13,903 | 31.63 | ||
Liberal | John Seys-Llewellyn | 5,145 | 11.71 | ||
Majority | 11,002 | 25.03 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 43,953 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Nield | 26,743 | 58.52 | ||
Labour | John G. Hughes | 18,958 | 41.48 | ||
Majority | 7,785 | 17.04 | |||
Turnout | 45,701 | 82.57 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Nield | 23,660 | 51.41 | ||
Labour | Campbell McKinnon | 16,021 | 34.81 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Harvey Willitt | 6,342 | 13.78 | ||
Majority | 7,639 | 16.60 | |||
Turnout | 46,023 | 83.88 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Nield | 19,064 | 50.33 | ||
Labour | David Martin Hopkinson | 13,585 | 35.87 | ||
Liberal | Albert Edward Everett Jones | 5,229 | 13.80 | ||
Majority | 5,479 | 14.46 | |||
Turnout | 37,878 | 72.14 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Nield | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Cayzer | 16,882 | 50.37 | ||
Liberal | Garner Evans | 10,183 | 30.38 | ||
Labour | Lois Bulley | 6,450 | 19.25 | ||
Majority | 6,699 | 19.99 | |||
Turnout | 33,515 | 77.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Cayzer | 18,174 | 51.73 | ||
Liberal | Aubrey Herbert | 11,770 | 33.50 | ||
Labour | Joseph Lewis | 5,186 | 14.76 | ||
Majority | 6,404 | 18.23 | |||
Turnout | 35,130 | 85.77 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Cayzer | 13,454 | 41.3 | -11.9 | |
Liberal | Aubrey Herbert | 13,292 | 40.8 | +17.2 | |
Labour | W. Herron | 5,846 | 17.9 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 162 | 0.5 | -29.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,592 | 82.3 | +0.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -14.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Cayzer | 12,491 | 53.2 | +7.8 | |
Liberal | William Craven Llewelyn | 5,538 | 23.6 | -4.7 | |
Labour | George Beardsworth | 5,451 | 23.2 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 6,953 | 29.6 | +12.5 | ||
Turnout | 23,480 | 81.9 | +3.3 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Cayzer | 9,985 | 45.4 | -8.7 | |
Liberal | William Craven Llewelyn | 6,212 | 28.3 | +7.0 | |
Labour | George Muff | 5,773 | 26.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 3,773 | 17.1 | -15.6 | ||
Turnout | 21,790 | 78.6 | -2.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Cayzer | 11,938 | 54.1 | -2.2 | |
Labour | George Muff | 5,414 | 24.6 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | Joseph Banks | 4,688 | 21.3 | -6.7 | |
Majority | 6,524 | 29.5 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 22.040 | 81.2 | +16.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Owen Philipps | 10,043 | 56.3 | +5.6 |
Liberal | Edward Paul | 4,993 | 28.0 | -21.3 | |
Labour | Arthur Mason | 2,799 | 15.7 | New | |
Majority | 5,050 | 28.3 | +26.9 | ||
Turnout | 17,835 | 65.2 | -27.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Owen Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | 3,787 | 50.7 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | Edward Paul | 3,681 | 49.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 106 | 1.4 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,468 | 92.2 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,102 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | 3,978 | 51.3 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Edward Paul | 3,776 | 48.7 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 202 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,754 | 95.7 | +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 8,102 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.6 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Mond | 3,524 | 50.3 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | 3,477 | 49.7 | -6.5 | |
Majority | 47 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,001 | 88.4 | +7.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,918 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.5 |
Elections 1832-1900
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | 3,303 | 56.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Howell Idris | 2,574 | 43.8 | New | |
Majority | 729 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,877 | 81.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,257 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | 3,148 | 55.5 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Hugh Halkett | 2,528 | 44.5 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 620 | 11.0 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,676 | 84.1 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,747 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | 2,549 | 50.7 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Walter Foster | 2,483 | 49.3 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 66 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,032 | 79.9 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 6,296 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Foster | 2,740 | 52.9 | −8.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Yerburgh | 2,440 | 47.1 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 300 | 5.8 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,180 | 82.3 | +14.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 6,296 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dodson | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Caused by Dodson's appointment as President of the Local Government Board
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Dodson | 3,204 | 30.9 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Beilby Lawley | 3,147 | 30.3 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Henry Raikes | 2,056 | 19.8 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Sandys | 1,961 | 18.9 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Frederick Lewis Malgarini | 16 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,091 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,192 (est) | 68.2 (est) | −3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 7,611 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cecil Raikes | 2,356 | 35.6 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | John George Dodson | 2,134 | 32.3 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | Thomas Gibbons Frost | 2,125 | 32.1 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 222 | 3.3 | −10.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,486 (est) | 71.6 (est) | −2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 6,268 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norman Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Succession of Earl Grosvenor to the peerage as Marquess of Westminster.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Grosvenor | 2,270 | 33.3 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Cecil Raikes | 2,198 | 32.2 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Enoch Salisbury | 1,283 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Richard Hoare | 1,071 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,510 (est) | 74.4 (est) | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,062 | ||||
Majority | 72 | 1.1 | −8.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.8 | |||
Majority | 915 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Grosvenor | 1,284 | 39.6 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | William Henry Gladstone | 860 | 26.5 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | William Fenton | 565 | 17.4 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Henry Cecil Raikes | 533 | 16.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 295 | 9.1 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,621 (est) | 71.3 (est) | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 2,274 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Grosvenor | 1,464 | 44.6 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Philip Stapleton Humberston | 1,110 | 33.8 | New | |
Liberal | Enoch Salisbury | 708 | 21.6 | −5.0 | |
Turnout | 1,641 (est) | 65.6 (est) | +4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,502 | ||||
Majority | 354 | 10.8 | 0.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 402 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Grosvenor | 1,244 | 42.1 | N/A | |
Radical | Enoch Salisbury | 924 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Grenfell | 786 | 26.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,477 (est) | 60.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,428 | ||||
Majority | 320 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 138 | 4.7 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Owen Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,524 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Owen Stanley | 986 | 60.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Egerton | 645 | 39.5 | New | |
Majority | 341 | 21.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,631 | 64.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,529 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Jervis' resignation after his appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Radical | John Jervis | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,450 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Hugh Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Grosvenor's resignation, by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, in order to contest a by-election at Middlesex
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Grosvenor's appointment as Treasurer of the Household
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Jervis | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
- Caused by Jervis' appointment as Solicitor-General for England and Wales
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Radical | John Jervis | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,444 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | 1,282 | 46.7 | N/A | |
Radical | John Jervis | 1,109 | 40.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Frederick Dudley Ryder | 352 | 12.8 | New | |
Turnout | 1,427 | 62.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,298 | ||||
Majority | 173 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 757 | 27.6 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Radical | John Jervis | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,053 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | 1,166 | 42.9 | N/A | |
Radical | John Jervis | 1,053 | 38.7 | N/A | |
Whig | John Finchett Maddock | 499 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,574 | 77.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,028 | ||||
Majority | 113 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 554 | 20.3 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Elections before 1832
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Finchett Maddock | 577 | 56.1 | N/A | |
Radical | Edward Davies Davenport | 452 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 125 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,029 | c. 79.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,300 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Cunliffe-Offley's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Foster Cunliffe-Offley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,300 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,300 | ||||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Grosvenor vacating his seat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | 246 | 61.5 | N/A | |
Whig | Foster Cunliffe-Offley | 154 | 38.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 92 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 400 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Grosvenor's appointment as Comptroller of the Household
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Philip Grey Egerton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory gain from Whig |