Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)
Horsham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Horsham in West Sussex | |
![]() Location of West Sussex within England | |
County | West Sussex |
Electorate | 77,001 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Balcombe, Billingshurst, Faygate, Horsham, Warnham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Jeremy Quin (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1945–1974 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham and Crawley |
Created from | Horsham and Worthing |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham and Worthing |
Created from | Horsham, Midhurst and West Sussex |
1295–1885 | |
Number of members | Two until 1832, then one until 1885 |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Horsham |
Horsham is /ˈhɔːrʃəm/ a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[n 2] It is centred on the town of the same name in West Sussex, its former rural district and part of another rural district. The MP was Francis Maude between 1997 and 2015, and since 2015 Jeremy Quin, both of the Conservative Party.
Boundaries and profile[]
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Horsham, Midhurst, and Petworth, and the civil parish of Crawley.
1945–1950: The Urban Districts of Horsham, Shoreham-by-Sea, and Southwick, and the Rural Districts of Chanctonbury and Horsham.
1950–1974: The Urban District of Horsham, and the Rural Districts of Horsham, Midhurst, and Petworth.
1983–1997: The District of Horsham.
1997–2010: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst, Broadbridge Heath, Cowfold, Denne, Forest, Holbrook, Itchingfield and Shipley, Nuthurst, Riverside, Roffey North, Rudgwick, Rusper, Slinfold, Southwater, Trafalgar, and Warnham, the District of Mid Sussex wards of Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, Crawley Down, Slaugham, and Turners Hill, and the District of Chichester wards of Plaistow and Wisborough Green.
2010–present: The District of Horsham wards of Billingshurst and Shipley, Broadbridge Heath, Denne, Forest, Holbrook East, Holbrook West, Horsham Park, Itchingfield, Slinfold and Warnham, Nuthurst, Roffey North, Roffey South, Rudgwick, Rusper and Colgate, Southwater, and Trafalgar, and the District of Mid Sussex wards of Ardingly and Balcombe, Copthorne and Worth, and Crawley Down and Turners Hill.
The constituency is located in a northern part of West Sussex, bordering the constituencies of Arundel and South Downs, Mid Sussex. It is centred slightly east of the town of Horsham and is rectangular with the exception of a noticeable gap formed by the smaller constituency of Crawley.
The constituency (including its brief larger versions under other names) has been represented by members of the Conservative Party since 1880, making it the longest held Conservative seat and not normally with marginal majorities making it a safe seat, though just outside the top twenty Conservative seats sorted by majority.[2]
History[]
Horsham has existed as a constituency for three distinct periods. It first sent members to Parliament in 1295. However, the constituency was abolished in 1918 to make way for Horsham and Worthing. In 1945 the constituency was recreated, until 1974 when Horsham and Crawley was created. In 1983 the constituency of Horsham was again created and has existed since.
Members of Parliament[]
MPs before 1660[]
Parliament | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1386 | Henry Boteler | (?William Rydel)ere I[3] |
1388 (Feb) | William Rydelere I[3] | |
1388 (Sep) | [3] | |
1390 (Jan) | Henry Boteler[3] | |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | Henry Boteler | [3] |
1393 | William Rydelere II[3] | |
1394 | ||
1395 | Henry Boteler | Roger Eylove[3] |
1397 (Jan) | William Rydelere I | [3] |
1397 (Sep) | Henry Boteler | [3] |
1399 | [3] | |
1401 | ||
1402 | [3] | |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | [3] | |
1407 | [3] | |
1410 | ||
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Henry Boteler II | [3] |
1414 (Apr) | ||
1414 (Nov) | [3] | |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | Henry Boteler II | [3] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | [3] | |
1419 | [3] | |
1420 | [3] | |
1421 (May) | [3] | |
1421 (Dec) | Henry Boteler II | [3] |
1510–1523 | No names known[4] | |
1529 | Henry Hussey[4] | |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | ? | |
1545 | Sir Anthony Wingfield[5] | Francis Knollys[4] |
1547 | Andrew Baynton[6] | John Vaughan[4] |
1553 (Mar) | Henry Hussey | Edward Lewknor[4] |
1553 (Oct) | Anthony Hussey | [4] |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Baker | John Baker[4] |
1554 (Nov) | John Purvey[4] | |
1555 | [4] | |
1558 | John Blennerhassett | Richard Fulmerston[4] |
1558 (Dec) | Richard Lestrange | Nicholas Mynn[7] |
1562/3 | Peter Osborne | Robert Buxton[7] |
1571 | John Hussey | John Gresham[7] |
1572 | [7] | |
1584 | [7] | |
1586 | [7] | |
1588/9 | [7] | |
1593 | [7] | |
1597 | [7] | |
1601 | Sir William Hervey | Michael Hicks[7] |
1604 | John Dodderidge | Michael Hicks |
1614 | John Middleton | Sir Thomas Vavasour |
1621 | John Middleton | |
1624 | John Borough | John Middleton |
1625 | John Borough | John Middleton |
1626 | John Borough | John Middleton |
1628 | Dudley North | John Middleton |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
MPs 1660–1832[]
Year | First member[8] | First Party | Second member[8] | Second Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1660 | Thomas Middleton | Hall Ravenscroft | ||||
1661 | Sir John Covert, Bt | Henry Chowne | ||||
1669 | Orlando Bridgeman | |||||
1679 | ||||||
1681 | John Machell | |||||
1685 | ||||||
1690 | ||||||
1695 | ||||||
January 1701 | Henry Cowper | |||||
November 1701 | ||||||
1702 | Henry Cowper | |||||
1705 | Charles Eversfield | |||||
1707 | Henry Goring | |||||
1708 | ||||||
1710 | ||||||
1713 | Charles Eversfield | |||||
January 1715 | Sir Henry Goring, Bt | |||||
June 1715 | Hon. Arthur Ingram | Arthur Ingram | ||||
1721 | Charles Eversfield | |||||
1722 | Hon. Henry Ingram | |||||
1737 | Hon. Charles Ingram | |||||
1741 | Sir Richard Mill, Bt | |||||
1747 | Charles Ingram | |||||
1748 | Sir Lionel Pilkington, Bt | |||||
1763 | ||||||
1768 | James Grenville | |||||
1770 | James Wallace | Tory[9] | ||||
1774 | Jeremiah Dyson | Tory[9] | ||||
1776 | Charles Moore | Tory[9] | ||||
September 1780 | George Legg | Tory[9] | ||||
November 1780 | Sir George Osborn, Bt | Tory[9] | ||||
1783 | ||||||
1784 | Philip Metcalfe | |||||
1790 | Timothy Shelley | Whig | Wilson Braddyll | |||
1792 | Lord William Gordon | James Baillie | ||||
1793 | William Fullarton | |||||
1796 | Sir John MacPherson | James Fox-Lane | ||||
1802 | Edward Hilliard | |||||
1804 | James Harris | Tory[9] | ||||
1806 | Whig[9] | Love Jones-Parry | Whig[9] | |||
1807 | Sir Samuel Romilly | Whig[9] | ||||
1808 | Joseph Marryat | Tory[9] | Henry Goulburn | Tory[9] | ||
1812 | Arthur Piggott | Whig[9] | Robert Hurst | Whig[9] | ||
1818 | George Phillips | Whig[9] | ||||
1820 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Whig[9] | ||||
1826 | Henry Fox | Whig[9] | ||||
1827 | Nicholas Ridley-Colborne | Whig[9] | ||||
1829 | The Earl of Arundel | Whig[9] |
- Representation reduced to one (1832)
MPs 1832–1918[]
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | Robert Henry Hurst | Radical[10][11][12] | |
1841 | Robert Scarlett | Conservative | |
Robert Henry Hurst | Radical[10][11][12] | ||
1847 | John Jervis | Radical[13] | |
William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative | ||
Lord Edward Howard | Whig[14] | ||
1852 | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative | |
1865 | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | |
1868 | John Aldridge[15] | Conservative | |
Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | ||
1874 | Sir William Vesey-FitzGerald | Conservative | |
1875 by-election | Robert Henry Hurst | Liberal | |
1876 by-election | James Clifton Brown | Liberal | |
1880 | Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, Bt | Conservative | |
1885 | Sir Walter Barttelot, Bt | Conservative | |
John Heywood Johnstone | Conservative | ||
1904 by-election | Edward Turnour | Conservative | |
1918 | Constituency abolished: see Horsham and Worthing |
MPs 1945–1974[]
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1945 | Edward Turnour | Conservative | |
1951 | Frederick Gough | Conservative | |
1964 | Peter Hordern | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Horsham and Crawley |
MPs since 1983[]
Election | Member[8] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Sir Peter Hordern | Conservative | |
1997 | Francis Maude | Conservative | |
2015 | Jeremy Quin | Conservative |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Quin | 35,900 | 56.8 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Louise Potter | 14,773 | 23.4 | +11.1 | |
Labour | Michael Jones | 9,424 | 14.9 | −6.8 | |
Green | Catherine Ross | 2,668 | 4.2 | +1.2 | |
Peace | Jim Duggan | 477 | 0.8 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 21,127 | 33.4 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 63,202 | 72.9 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Quin | 36,906 | 59.5 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Susannah Brady | 13,422 | 21.7 | +10.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Morwen Millson | 7,644 | 12.3 | +0.6 | |
Green | Catherine Ross | 1,844 | 3.0 | −0.9 | |
UKIP | Roger Arthur | 1,533 | 2.5 | −11.5 | |
Something New | James Smith | 375 | 0.6 | −0.1 | |
Peace | Jim Duggan | 263 | 0.4 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 23,484 | 37.8 | −5.5 | ||
Turnout | 61,987 | 74.9 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Quin[18] | 32,627 | 57.3 | +4.6 | |
UKIP | Roger Arthur | 7,969 | 14.0 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Morwen Millson | 6,647 | 11.7 | −20.5 | |
Labour | Martyn Davis | 6,499 | 11.4 | +3.9 | |
Green | Darrin Green | 2,198 | 3.9 | +2.9 | |
Something New | James Smith | 375 | 0.7 | New | |
Peace | Jim Duggan | 307 | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Jim Rae | 303 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 24,658 | 43.3 | +22.8 | ||
Turnout | 56,925 | 72.8 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Maude | 29,447 | 52.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Godfrey Newman | 17,987 | 32.2 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Andrew Skudder | 4,189 | 7.5 | −9.6 | |
UKIP | Harry Aldridge | 2,839 | 5.1 | +0.4 | |
Green | Nick Fitter | 570 | 1.0 | New | |
Christian | Steve Lyon | 469 | 0.8 | New | |
Peace | Jim Duggan | 253 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | Derek Kissach | 87 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 11,460 | 20.5 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 55,841 | 72.12 | +3.97 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Maude | 27,240 | 50.0 | −1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosie Sharpley | 14,613 | 26.8 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Rehman Chishti | 9,320 | 17.1 | −3.1 | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 2,552 | 4.7 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Jim Duggan | 416 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
Martin Jeremiah | 354 | 0.6 | New | ||
Majority | 12,627 | 23.2 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,495 | 68.15 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Maude | 26,134 | 51.5 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hubert Carr | 12,468 | 24.6 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Janet Sully | 10,267 | 20.2 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 1,472 | 2.9 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Jim Duggan | 429 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 13,666 | 26.9 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,770 | 63.8 | −11.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Maude | 29,015 | 50.7 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Morwen Millson | 14,153 | 24.8 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Maureen Walsh | 10,691 | 18.7 | +6.8 | |
Referendum | Robin Grant | 2,281 | 4.0 | New | |
UKIP | Hugo Miller | 819 | 1.4 | New | |
Independent | Malcolm Courbould | 206 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 14,862 | 25.9 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 57,165 | 75.3 | −6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.8 |
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 42,210 | 61.7 | −2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Stainton | 17,138 | 25.0 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Stephen PP Uwins | 6,745 | 9.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal | Judith A. Elliot | 1,281 | 1.9 | New | |
Green | Trevor J. King | 692 | 1.0 | −1.2 | |
Independent | Jim Duggan | 332 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 25,072 | 36.7 | ��1.6 | ||
Turnout | 68,398 | 81.3 | +8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 39,775 | 63.7 | +0.5 | |
Alliance (SDP) | Jennifer Pearce | 15,868 | 25.4 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Michael Shrimpton | 5,435 | 8.7 | +0.4 | |
Green (UK) | Terence Metheringham | 1,383 | 2.2 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 23,907 | 38.3 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 62,461 | 72.5 | −2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 37,897 | 63.2 | ||
Alliance (SDP) | G C Archibald | 16,112 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Ward | 4,999 | 8.3 | ||
Ecology | Peter H. Spurrier | 925 | 1.6 | ||
Majority | 21,785 | 36.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,933 | 74.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 41,994 | 53.65 | +7.85 | |
Labour | Anthony J Edwards | 27,706 | 35.40 | −1.80 | |
Liberal | Anthony Gill | 8,574 | 10.95 | −6.05 | |
Majority | 14,288 | 18.25 | +9.64 | ||
Turnout | 78,274 | 73.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.82 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 32,139 | 45.80 | −1.58 | |
Labour | John Bowyer | 26,098 | 37.19 | +4.28 | |
Liberal | Owen Burne | 11,930 | 17.00 | −1.43 | |
Majority | 6,041 | 8.61 | −5.86 | ||
Turnout | 70,167 | 78.95 | -0.53 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.93 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Hordern | 32,318 | 47.39 | −13.43 | |
Labour | Alfred E Pegler | 22,450 | 32.92 | −6.26 | |
Liberal | Owen GN Burne | 12,570 | 18.43 | New | |
Christian Progressive | James Lee | 865 | 1.27 | New | |
Majority | 9,868 | 14.47 | −7.17 | ||
Turnout | 68,203 | 79.48 | -0.51 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.59 |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 37,275 | 60.82 | ||
Labour | Alfred E Pegler | 24,012 | 39.18 | ||
Majority | 13,263 | 21.64 | |||
Turnout | 61,287 | 79.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 28,598 | 62.60 | ||
Labour | William Baker | 17,088 | 37.40 | ||
Majority | 11,510 | 25.20 | |||
Turnout | 45,686 | 76.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Gough | 25,204 | 66.31 | ||
Labour | Russell Kerr | 12,803 | 33.69 | ||
Majority | 12,401 | 32.62 | |||
Turnout | 38,007 | 77.71 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Turnour | 21,627 | 56.36 | ||
Labour | HR Nicholls | 11,204 | 29.20 | ||
Liberal | Ella Margaret Marchant | 5,539 | 14.44 | ||
Majority | 10,423 | 27.16 | |||
Turnout | 38,370 | 79.78 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Turnour | 21,814 | 54.96 | ||
Labour | Augustus Lindner | 11,664 | 29.38 | ||
Liberal | Charles Williamson | 6,216 | 15.66 | ||
Majority | 10,150 | 25.58 | |||
Turnout | 39,694 | 68.40 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Turnour | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Turnour | 6,324 | 64.2 | +10.8 | |
Liberal | R. L. Outhwaite | 3,534 | 35.8 | −10.8 | |
Majority | 2,790 | 28.4 | +21.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,858 | 85.8 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,484 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.8 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Turnour | 4,903 | 53.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lestocq Robert Erskine | 4,286 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 617 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,189 | 87.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,508 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Turnour | 4,388 | 54.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lestocq Robert Erskine | 3,604 | 45.1 | New | |
Majority | 784 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,992 | 78.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,183 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Heywood Johnstone | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Heywood Johnstone | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Heywood Johnstone | 4,150 | 60.9 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | Reginald Garton Wilberforce | 2,666 | 39.1 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 1,484 | 21.8 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,816 | 74.4 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,157 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Barttelot | 4,303 | 65.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Reginald Garton Wilberforce | 2,268 | 34.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,035 | 31.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,571 | 73.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,938 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Barttelot | 4,483 | 64.5 | +9.9 | |
Liberal | Samuel Barrow[34] | 2,467 | 35.5 | −9.9 | |
Majority | 2,016 | 29.0 | +19.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,950 | 81.0 | −10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,582 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Aubrey-Fletcher | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
- Caused by Aubrey-Fletcher's appointment as a Groom in Waiting.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Aubrey-Fletcher | 605 | 54.6 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | James Clifton Brown | 504 | 45.4 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 101 | 9.2 | −16.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,109 | 91.4 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,214 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Clifton Brown | 478 | 53.0 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Hardinge Giffard[36] | 424 | 47.0 | −15.7 | |
Majority | 54 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 902 | 89.6 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,007 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.7 |
- Caused by the by-election being declared void on petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Henry Hurst | 437 | 50.5 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | John Aldridge[37] | 424 | 49.0 | −13.7 | |
Permissive Bill | Thomas Richardson[38] | 5 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 13 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 866 | 87.3 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 992 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.4 |
- Caused by Vesey-FitzGerald's appointment as Chief Charity Commissioner for England and Wales.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Vesey-FitzGerald | 520 | 62.7 | +12.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Henry Hurst | 310 | 37.3 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 210 | 25.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 830 | 86.9 | −8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 955 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.7 |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Henry Hurst | 380 | 50.0 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | John Aldridge | 380 | 50.0 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 760 | 95.1 | +14.3 | ||
Registered electors | 799 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
Conservative win |
- Both candidates received the same number of votes, and both were declared elected, with petitions lodged against both. However, on 3 May 1869, Aldridge withdrew his claim to the seat allowing Hurst to be the sole MP.[39]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Henry Hurst | 164 | 50.8 | New | |
Conservative | William Vesey-FitzGerald | 159 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 5 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 323 | 80.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 400 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 387 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Vesey-FitzGerald | 173 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | James Scott[40] | 117 | 40.3 | New | |
Majority | 56 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 290 | 82.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 350 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 350 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Vesey-FitzGerald | 182 | 61.3 | +12.7 | |
Whig | Edward Fitzalan-Howard | 115 | 38.7 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 67 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 297 | 84.6 | −8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 351 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | +12.7 |
- Held due to the 1847 general election result being declared void on petition, due to treating, on 23 March 1848.[41] After a further petition arising from the by-election, Vesey-Fitzgerald was declared unduly elected, due to bribery and treating by both him and his agents, and Fitzalan-Howard was declared elected on 8 September 1848.[42]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Jervis | 164 | 51.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Vesey-FitzGerald | 155 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 319 | 93.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 341 | ||||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Robert Henry Hurst | Unopposed | |||
Radical gain from Conservative |
- Caused by Scarlett's succession to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Abinger
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Scarlett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 377 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Robert Henry Hurst | 147 | 50.3 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Thomas Broadwood | 145 | 49.7 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.6 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 292 | 91.5 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 319 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Robert Henry Hurst | 127 | 50.6 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Broadwood | 124 | 49.4 | New | |
Majority | 3 | 1.2 | −20.0 | ||
Turnout | 251 | 89.6 | +16.4 | ||
Registered electors | 280 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Robert Henry Hurst | 114 | 60.6 | ||
Whig | Edward Blount | 74 | 39.4 | ||
Majority | 40 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 188 | 73.2 | |||
Registered electors | 257 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Nicholas Ridley-Colborne | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 103 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Nicholas Ridley-Colborne | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.
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- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983 - 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2010 (Guardian)
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1945
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983