Windsor (UK Parliament constituency)
Windsor (/ˈwɪnzə/) is a constituency[n 1] in Berkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party.[n 2] It was re-created for the 1997 general election after it was abolished following the 1970 general election and replaced by the Windsor and Maidenhead constituency.
Windsor | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Berkshire |
Electorate | 73,136 (2018)[1] |
Major settlements | Ascot, Datchet, Eton, Sunningdale, Windsor, Wraysbury |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Adam Afriyie (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Windsor & Maidenhead |
1918–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Windsor & Maidenhead |
1424–1918 | |
Seats | Two until 1868, then one |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Constituency profile
The constituency covers the town of Windsor and various portions of the surrounding area, in Berkshire.[n 3]
The re-created constituency, from 1997, has continued a trend of large Conservative Party majorities. In local elections the major opposition party has been the Liberal Democrats, who have had councillors particularly in the town of Windsor itself. Affluent villages and small towns along the River Thames and around the Great Park have continued to contribute to large Conservative majorities, from Wraysbury to Ascot. The only ward with any substantial Labour support is in Colnbrook with Poyle, based in Slough.
Containing one of the least social welfare-dependent demographics and among the highest property prices, the seat has the third highest Conservative share of the vote in the country. At the 2010 election, only two areas voted more strongly towards the Conservative Party: Richmond (Yorks) foremost followed by Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.[2]
History
Windsor has had parliamentary representation for centuries, formally known as the Parliamentry Borough of New Windsor, first sending a member in 1301, and continuously from 1424. It elected two members of parliament until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one MP. In 1918, the Parliamentary Borough was abolished and absorbed into the new county seat of Windsor, which also included large parts of the abolished Wokingham constituency.
In 1974, the constituency was abolished and replaced by Windsor and Maidenhead, although there were no changes to the boundaries. In 1997, the constituency was recreated when Winsor and Maidenhead was split into two separate seats.
The early political history of the area was strongly influenced by the monarch and members of his or her family. Windsor Castle has been an important royal residence throughout the history of the constituency.
17th century
The pre-1832 franchise of the borough was held by inhabitants paying scot and lot (a local tax). On 2 May 1689 the House of Commons had decided that the electorate should be limited to the members of Windsor Corporation. This was disputed after the next election, in 1690, when the Mayor submitted two returns of different members. The House of Commons reversed the decision of the previous Parliament and confirmed the scot and lot franchise.
18th century
There were 278 electors in 1712. Namier and Brooke estimated that, in 1754–1790, there were about 300 electors.
During part of the 18th century the Duke of Cumberland (son of King George II) and the Beauclerk family (descended from King Charles II) had political interests in the borough.
King George III became personally involved in the hotly contested 1780 general election. George encouraged local landowner Peniston Portlock Powney to stand by paying him £2,500 from the King's personal account. The King wished to defeat Admiral Keppel (later Viscount Keppel), an incumbent. The monarch went so far as to canvass tradesmen who dealt with the royal household. After this royal interference in the election, Keppel lost by a narrow 16 votes. Namier and Brooke suggest the Windsor electorate had an independent streak and were difficult to manage.
19th century
In 1832 a new property based franchise replaced the scot and lot qualification. Under the new system, there were 507 registered electors in 1832. The borough representatives before the Reform Act 1832 included soldiers and people connected with the Royal Household, such as Sir Richard Hussey Vivian (MP 1826–1831) and Sir Herbert Taylor (MP 1820–1823). The constituency also returned politicians prominent in national politics, like the Duke of Wellington's elder brother the Earl of Mornington in the 1780s and 1790s or the future Prime Minister Edward Stanley (subsequently the Earl of Derby) in the early 1830s).
The Ramsbottom family filled one seat from 1806 until 1845. The borough had been loyal to the King's Pittite/Tory ministers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but became more favourable to the Whig interest after John Ramsbottom (MP 1810–1845) was elected.
By the 1860s the monarch had ceased to interfere in local affairs. The borough fell under the patronage of Colonel R. Richardson-Gardner. Richardson-Gardner was a local landowner, who caused some animosity when following the 1868 general election he evicted tenants who did not support him at the polls. This was the last Parliamentary election the Conservatives lost in Windsor.
Despite (or perhaps because of) his methods, Richardson-Gardner was elected to Parliament in 1874.
20th century
Successive Conservative MPs, before the First World War, had considerable influence in the constituency; especially when they subscribed generously to local institutions such as a hospital.
The county division created in 1918 combined the town of Windsor, with territory to its west, south and east which had formerly been in the Wokingham division. The incumbent MP for Wokingham up to 1918, Ernest Gardner, was the first representative of the expanded Windsor constituency. The Conservative Party retained the seat continuously until its temporary abolition in 1974, as it has since its recreation in 1997.
Boundaries and boundary changes
Before 1868
The parliamentary borough of New Windsor[n 4] was based upon the easternmost town in Berkshire in South East England, which grew up around Windsor Castle and the narrowly defined electorate could also vote for the county representatives. The north boundary of the constituency was on the River Thames, which was then the border between Buckinghamshire which had a seat of the same name and Berkshire, likewise the rest of the borough adjoined the Berkshire county constituency.
1868–1918
The boundaries of the parliamentary borough were extended by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict., c. 46)[3] to include the villages of Clewer and Eton (the latter then being in Buckinghamshire, north of the Thames).[4]
Between 1885 and 1918 the seat to the north of the Thames was the Wycombe division of Buckinghamshire and the other neighbouring constituency was the Wokingham division of Berkshire.
1918–1950
The parliamentary borough was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and replaced by a county division named Windsor. The constituency comprised the local government areas (as they existed in 1918):
- The Municipal Boroughs of New Windsor and Maidenhead;
- the Rural Districts of Cookham, Easthampstead and Windsor; and
- Part of the Rural District of Wokingham.[5]
The new constituency comprised the bulk of the abolished Wokingham division, including Maidenhead and rural areas surrounding Windsor and Maidenhead, but excluding the Municipal Borough of Wokingham itself, and incorporating the abolished Borough, with the exception of Eton, which was added to the Wycombe division of Buckinghamshire.
1950–1974
The constituency was reduced in size by the Representation of the People Act 1948, comprising:
- the Municipal Boroughs of New Windsor and Maidenhead; and
- the Rural Districts of Cookham and Windsor.[5]
The Rural District of Easthampstead (which incorporated Bracknell) and the part of the Rural District of Wokingham were transferred to the re-established constituency of Wokingham.
For the February 1974 general election, the constituency was abolished and renamed Windsor and Maidenhead, with no changes to its boundaries; this area plus Eton, which was transferred from Buckinghamshire, became the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead established under the Local Government Act 1972.
1997–2010
For the 1997 general election, in order to effect an increase in Berkshire's representation from 7 to 8 MPs in accordance with the Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies, the Windsor and Maidenhead constituency was abolished and two separate constituencies of Maidenhead and Windsor were created. The composition of the new constituency was:-
- The Borough of Bracknell Forest wards of Ascot, Cranbourne, and St Mary's;
- The Borough of Slough ward of Foxborough; and
- The Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead wards of Bray, Castle, Clewer North, Clewer South, Datchet, Eton North and South, Eton West, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Park, Sunningdale and South Ascot, Sunninghill, and Trinity.[6]
The majority of the electorate in the abolished constituency was included in Maidenhead, whilst Windsor was joined by Eton and Bray. It also included a ward of Slough Borough Council north of the Thames, which was transferred from the Borough Constituency of Slough, and was extended southwards to include a part of the abolished constituency of East Berkshire, including Ascot and Sunningdale.
In 1998 there was a small re-alignment of county boundaries in the north east corner of Berkshire. This transferred to the Borough of Slough a small polling district from Surrey and another from Buckinghamshire to form Colnbrook and Poyle. This new ward (since renamed Colnbrook with Poyle) was added to the Windsor constituency and was effective from the 2001 general election.[7]
2010–present
Further to the Fifth Periodic Review, the composition of the constituency is:-
- The Borough of Bracknell Forest wards of Ascot, Binfield with Warfield, Warfield Harvest Rise, and Winkfield and Cranbourne;
- The Borough of Slough ward of Colnbrook with Poyle; and
- The Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead wards of Ascot and Cheapside, Castle Without, Clewer East, Clewer North, Clewer South, Datchet, Eton and Castle, Eton Wick, Horton and Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Park, Sunningdale, Sunninghill and South Ascot.[8]
The constituency gained the northern part of the constituency of Bracknell, including Binfield. Bray was transferred to Maidenhead and the Foxborough ward of the Borough of Slough returned to the Borough Constituency thereof.
Members of Parliament
Burgesses in the English Parliament, 1510–1707
As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or (in the 16th century) is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.
The Roman numerals after some names are those used in The House of Commons 1509–1558 and The House of Commons 1558–1603 to distinguish a member from another politician of the same name.
Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | First member | Second member |
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1510 | 21 January 1510 | 23 February 1510 | John Welles | William Pury |
1512 | 4 February 1512 | 4 March 1514 | John Welles | Thomas Rider |
1515 | 5 February 1515 | 22 December 1515 | John Welles | Thomas Rider |
1523 | 15 April 1523 | 13 August 1523 | unknown | unknown[9] |
1529 | 3 November 1529 | 14 April 1536 | Thomas Warde | William Simonds |
1536 | 8 June 1536 | 18 July 1536 | unknown | unknown |
1539 | 28 April 1539 | 24 July 1540 | unknown | unknown |
1542 | 16 January 1542 | 28 March 1544 | Richard Warde | William Simonds |
1545 | 23 November 1545 | 31 January 1547 | Thomas Legh[10] | unknown |
1547 | 4 November 1547 | 15 April 1552 | Richard Warde | Edward Weldon[11] |
By January 1552 | Thomas Little | |||
1553 | 1 March 1553 | 31 March 1553 | Richard Warde | Richard Amyce |
1553 | 5 October 1553 | 5 December 1553 | Richard Warde | Thomas Good |
1554 | 2 April 1554 | 3 May 1554 | Richard Warde | Thomas Butler II |
1554 | 12 November 1554 | 16 January 1555 | Richard Warde | William Norreys |
1555 | 21 October 1555 | 9 December 1555 | Richard Warde | William Norreys |
14 January 1558 | 20 January 1558 | 17 November 1558 | William Hanley | William Norreys |
5 January 1559 | 23 January 1559 | 8 May 1559 | Thomas Weldon | Roger Amyce |
1562 or 1563 | 11 January 1563 | 2 January 1567 | Richard Gallys | John Gresham |
1571 | 2 April 1571 | 29 May 1571 | John Thomson | Humphrey Michell |
12 April 1572 | 8 May 1572 | 19 April 1583 | Edmund Docwra | Richard Gallys[11] |
1576 | Humphrey Michell | |||
16 November 1584 | 23 November 1584 | 14 September 1585 | Henry Neville | John Croke III |
28 September 1586 | 13 October 1586 | 23 March 1587 | Henry Neville | George Woodward |
10 October 1588 | 4 February 1589 | 29 March 1589 | Henry Neville[12] | Edward Hake |
26 October 1588 | Edward Neville I | |||
1593 | 18 February 1593 | 10 April 1593 | Henry Neville | Edward Neville II |
16 October 1597 | 24 October 1597 | 9 February 1598 | Julius Caesar | John Norreys |
1 October 1601 | 27 October 1601 | 19 December 1601 | Julius Caesar | (Sir) John Norreys |
1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | Samuel Backhouse | Thomas Durdent died and replaced by Sir Francis Howard |
1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | Sir Richard Lovelace | Thomas Woodward |
1621 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | Sir Charles Howard | Sir Robert Bennet |
1624 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | Edmund Sawyer | Thomas Woodward died and replaced by Sir William Hewitt |
1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | William Russell | Humphrey Newbury |
1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | William Russell | Humphrey Newbury |
1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | William Beecher | Thomas Hewett |
No parliament held | ||||
1640 | 13 April 1640 | 5 May 1640 | Sir Arthur Ingram | Sir Richard Harrison |
1640 | 3 November 1640 | 5 December 1648 | Cornelius Holland | William Taylor Richard Winwood (1641) |
6 December 1648[n 5] | 20 April 1653 [n 6] | |||
1653 [n 7] | 4 July 1653 | 12 December 1653 | unrepresented | unrepresented |
1654 [n 8] | 3 September 1654 | 22 January 1655 | unrepresented | unrepresented |
1656 [n 9] | 17 September 1656 | 4 February 1658 | unrepresented | unrepresented |
1659 | 27 January 1659 | 22 April 1659 | George Starkey | Christopher Whichcote |
N/A [n 10] | 7 May 1659 | 20 February 1660 | unknown | unknown |
21 February 1660 | 16 March 1660 | |||
3 April 1660 | 25 April 1660 | 29 December 1660 | Alexander Baker | Roger Palmer |
9 April 1661 | 8 May 1661 | 24 January 1679 | Sir Richard Braham[13] | Thomas Higgons |
19 February 1677 | Sir Francis Winnington | |||
27 February 1679 | 6 March 1679 | 12 July 1679 | Sir John Ernle | John Powney |
5 April 1679 | Richard Winwood | Samuel Starkey | ||
29 August 1679 | 21 October 1680 | 18 January 1681 | John Powney | John Carey |
4 November 1680 | Samuel Starkey | Richard Winwood | ||
1681 | 21 March 1681 | 28 March 1681 | Samuel Starkey | Richard Winwood |
28 March 1685 | 19 May 1685 | 2 June 1687 | William Chiffinch | Richard Graham |
11 January 1689 | 22 January 1689 | 6 February 1690 | Henry Powle | Sir Christopher Wren |
23 May 1689 | Sir Algernon May | |||
6 March 1690 | 20 March 1690 | 11 October 1695 | Sir Christopher Wren | Baptist May |
17 May 1690 | Sir Charles Porter | William Adderley[14] | ||
20 November 1693 | Sir William Scawen | |||
23 October 1695 | 22 November 1695 | 6 July 1698 | Sir William Scawen | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge |
21 August 1698 | 24 August 1698 | 19 December 1700 | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge | Richard Topham |
3 January 1701 | 6 February 1701 | 11 November 1701 | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge | Richard Topham |
21 November 1701 | 30 December 1701 | 2 July 1702 | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge | Richard Topham |
16 August 1702 | 20 August 1702 | 5 April 1705 | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge | Richard Topham |
8 May 1705 | 14 June 1705 | 1707 [n 11] | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge | Richard Topham |
MPs 1707–1868
MPs 1868–1974
Election | Member[15] | Party | |
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1868 | reduced to one member | ||
Roger Eykyn | Liberal | ||
1874 | Robert Richardson-Gardner | Conservative | |
1890 by-election | Sir Francis Barry, Bt | Conservative | |
1906 | James Mason | Conservative | |
1918 | Ernest Gardner | Coalition Conservative | |
1922 | Sir Annesley Somerville | Conservative | |
1942 by-election | Sir Charles Mott-Radclyffe | Conservative | |
1970 | Alan Glyn | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Windsor & Maidenhead |
MPs 1997–present
Election | Member[15] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | constituency created from Windsor and Maidenhead & East Berkshire | ||
Michael Trend | Conservative | ||
2005 | Adam Afriyie | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Afriyie | 31,501 | 58.6 | 5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Tisi | 11,422 | 21.3 | 11.2 | |
Labour | Peter Shearman | 8,147 | 15.2 | 7.7 | |
Green | Fintan McKeown | 1,796 | 3.3 | 0.7 | |
Independent | David Buckley | 508 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Wisdom Da Costa | 376 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 20,079 | 37.3 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,750 | 71.6 | 1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Afriyie | 34,718 | 64.4 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Peter Shearman | 12,334 | 22.9 | 9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Tisi | 5,434 | 10.1 | 1.5 | |
Green | Fintan McKeown | 1,435 | 2.6 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 22,384 | 41.5 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,921 | 73.3 | 3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Afriyie | 31,797 | 63.4 | 2.6 | |
Labour | Fiona Dent | 6,714 | 13.4 | 3.5 | |
UKIP | Tariq Mailik | 4,992 | 10.0 | 7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Fussey | 4,323 | 8.6 | 13.8 | |
Green | Derek Wall | 1,834 | 3.7 | 2.4 | |
Independent | Wisdom Da Costa | 500 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 25,083 | 50.0 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,160 | 70.1 | 1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Afriyie | 30,172 | 60.8 | 11.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Tisi | 11,118 | 22.4 | 4.7 | |
Labour | Amanjit Jhund | 4,910 | 9.9 | 8.0 | |
UKIP | John-Paul Rye | 1,612 | 3.3 | 0.6 | |
BNP | Peter Philips | 950 | 1.9 | New | |
Green | Derek Wall | 628 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
Independent | Peter Hooper | 198 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 19,054 | 38.4 | 16.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,588 | 71.3 | 7.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.1 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Afriyie | 21,646 | 49.5 | 2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antony Wood | 11,354 | 26.0 | 0.1 | |
Labour | Mark Muller | 8,339 | 19.1 | 5.0 | |
UKIP | David Black | 1,098 | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Green | Derek Wall | 1,074 | 2.5 | New | |
Independent | Peter Hooper | 182 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 10,292 | 23.5 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,691 | 65.4 | 8.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Trend | 19,900 | 47.3 | 0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Pinfield | 11,011 | 26.1 | 2.6 | |
Labour | Mark Muller | 10,137 | 24.1 | 5.8 | |
UKIP | John Fagan | 1,062 | 2.5 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 8,889 | 21.2 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,096 | 57.0 | 16.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.8 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Trend | 24,476 | 48.2 | 8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Fox | 14,559 | 28.7 | 0.4 | |
Labour | Amanda Williams | 9,287 | 18.3 | 5.9 | |
Referendum | James McDermott | 1,676 | 3.3 | New | |
Liberal | Paul Bradshaw | 388 | 0.8 | New | |
UKIP | E.Bigg | 302 | 0.6 | New | |
Dynamic | Ronald Parr | 93 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 9,917 | 19.5 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,781 | 73.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.9 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Glyn | 32,264 | 58.9 | +9.3 | |
Labour | Timothy D. Sullivan | 16,214 | 29.6 | -3.9 | |
Liberal | Robin J. Trevallion | 6,343 | 11.6 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 16,050 | 29.3 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 54,821 | 70.5 | -5.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 25,630 | 49.6 | -0.7 | |
Labour | Roger R. Brown | 17,300 | 33.5 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Stephen Ronald Jakobi | 8,744 | 16.9 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 8,330 | 16.1 | -7.1 | ||
Turnout | 51,674 | 76.3 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 25,274 | 50.3 | -15.1 | |
Labour | Peter A. Fletcher | 13,652 | 27.1 | -7.5 | |
Liberal | Peter Gilmour Noto Badge | 11,336 | 22.6 | New | |
Majority | 11,642 | 23.2 | -7.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,242 | 76.4 | 0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.8 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 29,942 | 65.4 | +2.0 | |
Labour | William E. Robinson | 15,864 | 34.6 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 14,078 | 30.8 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,242 | 76.4 | +1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 25,390 | 63.4 | +1.8 | |
Labour | William O.J. Robinson | 14,666 | 36.6 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 10,724 | 26.8 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,056 | 73.3 | -5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 25,612 | 61.6 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Marjorie Nicholson | 15,977 | 38.4 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 9,635 | 23.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,635 | 79.0 | -3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 23,512 | 55.6 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Marjorie Nicholson | 14,300 | 33.8 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Alastair Mars | 4,495 | 10.6 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 9,212 | 21.8 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,307 | 82.0 | +14.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 26,901 | 54.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Marjorie Nicholson | 16,420 | 33.1 | New | |
Liberal | Neville Tufnell | 6,331 | 12.8 | New | |
Majority | 10,481 | 21.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,652 | 67.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mott-Radclyffe | 9,557 | 58.4 | N/A | |
Independent Progressive | William Douglas-Home | 6,817 | 41.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,740 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,374 | 27.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40
- Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Annesley Somerville
- Labour:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Annesley Somerville | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Annesley Somerville | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Annesley Somerville | 20,564 | 57.2 | -21.5 | |
Liberal | Ernest Haylor | 11,314 | 31.5 | New | |
Labour | Alfred Chilton | 4,049 | 11.3 | -10.0 | |
Majority | 9,250 | 25.7 | -31.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,927 | 67.6 | +1.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Annesley Somerville | 20,370 | 78.7 | +20.3 | |
Labour | Christopher Norman Birch Crisp | 5,514 | 21.3 | New | |
Majority | 14,856 | 57.4 | +40.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,884 | 66.6 | +9.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Annesley Somerville | 12,648 | 58.4 | -12.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Birch Crisp | 9,023 | 41.6 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 3,625 | 16.8 | -25.6 | ||
Turnout | 21,671 | 57.1 | -8.6 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +12.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Annesley Somerville | 17,504 | 71.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Charles Birch Crisp | 7,087 | 28.8 | New | |
Majority | 10,417 | 42.4 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,591 | 65.7 | +22.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Ernest Gardner | 10,073 | 69.4 | +6.7 |
Independent Labour | Charles Samuel Edgerley | 4,448 | 30.6 | New | |
Majority | 5,625 | 38.8 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,521 | 43.5 | -44.9 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
General Election 1914/15
- Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: James Francis Mason
- Liberal: James Alexander Browning
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Mason | 1,779 | 62.7 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | 1,057 | 37.3 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 722 | 25.4 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,836 | 88.4 | -5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Mason | 1,838 | 61.1 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | Heber Hart | 1,170 | 38.9 | -8.9 | |
Majority | 668 | 22.2 | +17.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,008 | 93.7 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.9 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Mason | 1,504 | 52.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Clive Bigham | 1,376 | 47.8 | New | |
Majority | 128 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,880 | 89.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,210 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Barry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Barry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Barry | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Barry | 1,522 | 61.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Grenfell | 972 | 39.0 | New | |
Majority | 550 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,494 | 90.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,755 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Caused by Richardson-Gardner's resignation.
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Richardson-Gardner | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Richardson-Gardner | 1,431 | 59.7 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Henry Butler | 966 | 40.3 | -5.0 | |
Majority | 465 | 19.4 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,397 | 91.8 | +6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,612 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Elections 1868–1880
The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections and general elections from 1868. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Richardson-Gardner | 995 | 54.7 | -8.6 | |
Liberal | Victor William Bates Van de Weyer[46] | 824 | 45.3 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 171 | 9.4 | -17.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,819 | 85.7 | -0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,122 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Richardson-Gardner | 1,064 | 63.3 | +13.6 | |
Liberal | Roger Eykyn[47] | 618 | 36.7 | -13.6 | |
Majority | 446 | 26.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,682 | 86.2 | -3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,951 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Roger Eykyn | 803 | 50.3 | −28.6 | |
Conservative | Robert Richardson-Gardner | 795 | 49.7 | +28.6 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.6 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,598 | 89.9 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,777 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −28.6 | |||
Elections 1690–1866
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 Cruickshanks et al. 1690–1715, 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. When a candidate is described as Non Partisan for an election this means that the sources used do not give a party label. This does not necessarily mean that the candidate did not regard himself as a member of a party or acted as such in Parliament. Craig's party labels have been varied to take account of the development of parties. Tory candidates are classified as Conservative from the 1835 United Kingdom general election. Whig and Radical candidates are classified separately until the formal establishment of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 United Kingdom general election.
1690s – 1700s – 1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Edwards | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Roger Eykyn | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
- Caused by the previous election being declared void on petition after both Hoare and Labouchere were found guilty of bribery via their agents.[49]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Hoare | 324 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry Labouchere | 323 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Vansittart | 291 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Howard-Vyse | 251 | 21.1 | −49.6 | |
Majority | 32 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 595 (est) | 91.3 (est) | +22.3 | ||
Registered electors | 651 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
- Note (1865): Turnout is estimated, in the same way as for 1857. This election was declared void on petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Howard-Vyse | 287 | 54.9 | −15.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | 236 | 45.1 | +15.8 | |
Majority | 51 | 9.8 | +7.1 | ||
Turnout | 523 | 84.5 | +15.5 | ||
Registered electors | 619 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.8 | |||
- Caused by Hope's death.
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Vansittart | 325 | 38.7 | +20.6 | |
Conservative | George William Hope | 269 | 32.0 | +13.9 | |
Liberal | Charles Grenfell | 246 | 29.3 | −34.6 | |
Majority | 23 | 2.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 420 (est) | 69.0 (est) | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 609 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +19.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.6 | |||
- Note (1859): Turnout estimated as in 1857. A petition was presented after this election, but it was withdrawn before a formal decision was made upon it.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Vansittart | 325 | 36.1 | −8.4 | |
Whig | Charles Grenfell | 289 | 32.1 | +3.5 | |
Whig | Samson Ricardo | 286 | 31.8 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 36 | 4.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 450 (est) | 70.1 (est) | +15.2 | ||
Registered electors | 642 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.4 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.9 | |||
- Note (1857): As the number of electors who voted is unascertained, the minimum turnout is calculated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that voters did not use both their votes the turnout figure will be an underestimate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Samson Ricardo | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Conservative |
- Resignation of Wellesley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Wellesley | 241 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Grenfell | 224 | 28.6 | N/A | |
Whig | Samson Ricardo | 210 | 26.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Bulkeley | 107 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 391 (est) | 54.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 712 | ||||
Majority | 17 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 14 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Note (1852): A petition was presented against Wellesley only, but it was dismissed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Grenfell | 330 | 58.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Vansittart[50] | 230 | 41.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 100 | 17.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 560 | 78.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 712 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
- Seat vacated on Reid's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Hatchell | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
- Seat vacated on appointment of Hatchell as Attorney-General for Ireland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Hatchell | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
- Hay's resignation
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Hay | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Alexander Reid | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 728 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Note (1847): Stooks Smith has the registered electorate as 720.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Neville | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Caused by Neville's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Alexander Reid | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Whig |
- Caused by Ramsbottom's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | 316 | 30.9 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Ralph Neville | 311 | 30.4 | +15.5 | |
Whig | William Frederick Ferguson[51] | 265 | 25.9 | −5.2 | |
Radical | John Edmund de Beauvoir | 130 | 12.7 | −6.7 | |
Turnout | 555 | 86.4 | +13.7 | ||
Registered electors | 642 | ||||
Majority | 5 | 0.5 | −11.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
Majority | 46 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +12.3 | |||
- Note (1841): Later in his career Ralph Neville became known as Ralph Neville Grenville. A petition was presented challenging this election, but it was withdrawn before a decision was obtained.
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | 326 | 34.7 | +13.3 | |
Whig | Robert Gordon | 292 | 31.1 | +9.7 | |
Radical | John Edmund de Beauvoir | 182 | 19.4 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Bulkeley (19th century MP) | 140 | 14.9 | −13.2 | |
Majority | 110 | 11.7 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 511 | 72.7 | −17.2 | ||
Registered electors | 703 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +13.3 | |||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | +9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | 353 | 42.9 | −32.8 | |
Radical | John Edmund de Beauvoir | 239 | 29.0 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | John Elley | 231 | 28.1 | New | |
Turnout | 453 | 89.9 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 504 | ||||
Majority | 114 | 13.9 | +10.9 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −18.8 | |||
Majority | 8 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | +18.8 | |||
- On petition de Beauvoir was unseated and Elley was seated on 6 April 1835, following a scrutiny.
- Note (1835): John Walter was a candidate, but he retired from the contest before the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | 408 | 48.4 | ||
Whig | Samuel Pechell | 230 | 27.3 | ||
Radical | John de Beauvoir | 205 | 24.3 | ||
Majority | 25 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 461 | 90.9 | |||
Registered electors | 507 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Note (1832): Stooks Smith classified Ramsbottom as a Radical candidate from this election. However as Stenton, editing a book composed of Parliamentary biographies published by a contemporary after the Reform Act 1832, described Ramsbottom as being 'of Whig principles' he continues to be classified as a Whig in this article.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 650 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Stanley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 650 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Vivian as Commander of the Forces in Ireland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Hussey Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Nonpartisan | |||||
Elections in the 1820s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Hussey Vivian | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Edward Cromwell Disbrowe | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan gain from Tory | |||||
- Resignation of Taylor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Ramsbottom | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Herbert Taylor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1820): From this election Stooks Smith does not append junior to the name of John Ramsbottom.
Elections in the 1810s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Graves | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | |||||
- Death of Disbrowe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Edward Disbrowe | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | John Ramsbottom, junior | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Edward Disbrowe | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | John Ramsbottom, junior | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | John Ramsbottom, junior | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan gain from Tory | |||||
- Resignation of Ramsbottom
Elections in the 1800s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Edward Disbrowe | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Richard Ramsbottom | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Edward Disbrowe | 200 | 39.14 | N/A | |
Tory | Richard Ramsbottom | 162 | 31.70 | +0.64 | |
Tory | Arthur Vansittart | 149 | 29.16 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 2.64 | -6.56 | ||
Turnout | 511 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Arthur Vansittart | 200 | 55.10 | N/A | |
Tory | Anthony Bacon (candidate) | 163 | 44.90 | N/A | |
Majority | 37 | 10.20 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 363 | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Seat vacated when Williams was declared not duly elected
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Williams | 212 | 35.22 | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Fulke Greville | 203 | 33.72 | N/A | |
Tory | Richard Ramsbottom | 187 | 31.06 | N/A | |
Majority | 16 | 2.66 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 602 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Robert Fulke Greville | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Greville as a Groom of the Bedchamber
Elections in the 1790s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Johnson | 141 | 81.50 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Vining Perry | 32 | 18.50 | N/A | |
Majority | 109 | 63.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 173 | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Isherwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Isherwood | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Fulke Greville | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Grant | 151 | 51.89 | N/A | |
Tory | Henry Isherwood | 140 | 48.11 | N/A | |
Majority | 11 | 3.78 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 291 | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Powney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Peniston Powney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Wellesley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1780s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Peniston Powney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Powney as Ranger of the Little Park.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Richard Wellesley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Hussey-Montagu
- Note (1787): Lord John Russell was a candidate, but declined going to the poll.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Hussey-Montagu | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Peniston Powney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1784): Richard Pennant was proposed, but declined going to the poll.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Hussey-Montagu | 214 | 36.51 | N/A | |
Tory | Peniston Powney | 174 | 35.90 | N/A | |
Whig | Augustus Keppel | 158 | 27.59 | N/A | |
Turnout | 546 | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1770s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Augustus Keppel | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | John Hussey-Montagu | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Hussey-Montagu | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory gain from Nonpartisan | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Tonson.
- Note (1772): Both Stooks Smith and Napier & Brooke refer to this MP as the Hon. John Montagu.
Elections in the 1760s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Richard Tonson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Death of Beauclerk.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Augustus Keppel | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | George Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Augustus Keppel | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Keppel to an office.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | John Fitzwilliam | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Augustus Keppel | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1750s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Fox | 137 | 61.43 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Charles Bowles | 86 | 38.57 | N/A | |
Majority | 51 | 23.86 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 223 | N/A | N/A | ||
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox as Paymaster of the Forces.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Fox | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox as Secretary of State for the Southern Department.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Fox | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | John Fitzwilliam | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1740s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | George Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry Fox | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Fox | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox as Secretary at War.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | George Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Death of Beauclerk
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Henry Fox | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Fox to an office.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Sidney Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Henry Fox | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Sidney Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Lord Sidney Beauclerk as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.
Elections in the 1730s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Vere Beauclerk | 133 | 50.00 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Oldfield | 133 | 50.00 | N/A | |
Majority | 0 | 0.00 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 266 | N/A | N/A |
- Seat vacated after the appointment of Lord Vere Beauclerk to an office.
- A double return was made. The House of Commons decided the correct result was Beauclerk 240 (60.00%) and Oldfield 160 (40.00%); a majority of 80 (20.00%). Beauclerk was declared duly elected on 27 March 1738.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Vere Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sidney Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Sidney Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Succession of Malpas as the 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Vere Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Beauclerk as a Commissioner of the Navy.
Elections in the 1720s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Vere Beauclerk | 247 | 45.40 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | George Cholmondeley | 244 | 44.85 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Francis Oldfield | 53 | 9.74 | N/A | |
Turnout | 544 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Vere Beauclerk | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Succession of Burford as the 2nd Duke of St Albans.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Charles Beauclerk | 249 | 45.86 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William O'Brien | 211 | 38.86 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | -. Proctor | 80 | 14.73 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Robert Gayer | 3 | 0.55 | -24.40 | |
Turnout | 543 | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1710s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Christopher Wren | 141 | 25.68 | N/A | |
Tory | Robert Gayer | 137 | 24.95 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Ashurst | 136 | 24.77 | N/A | |
Whig | Samuel Travers | 135 | 24.59 | N/A | |
Turnout | 549 | N/A | N/A |
- On petition, Wren and Gayer were unseated and Ashurst and Travers were seated on 14 April 1715.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Christopher Wren | 244 | 48.51 | N/A | |
Tory | Charles Aldworth | 183 | 36.38 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Ashurst | 76 | 15.11 | N/A | |
Turnout | 503 | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles Aldworth | 149 | 78.42 | N/A | |
Whig | Topham Foot | 41 | 21.58 | N/A | |
Majority | 108 | 56.84 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 190 | N/A | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Masham created the 1st Lord Masham 1 January 1712
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Samuel Masham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Death of Paul
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Richard Topham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Paul | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1700s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Berkeley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Topham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Berkeley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Topham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Berkeley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Topham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Berkeley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Topham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Berkeley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Topham | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Elections in the 1690s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Berkeley | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Richard Topham | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Scawen | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | Unknown | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Berkeley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Scawen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | William Scawen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
- Death of Adderley, in June 1693
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Christopher Wren | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Baptist May | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Charles Porter | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | William Adderley | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | Unknown | N/A | N/A |
- Note: There is a discrepancy between sources, as The House of Common 1690–1715 indicates that Wren was elected at this election; whereas Leigh Rayment indicates Sir Algernon May was re-elected; both with Baptist May.
- On petition, Wren and May were unseated and Porter and Adderley were seated on 17 May 1690.
Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies in their modern form, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years, until 1868 the constituency as a parliamentary borough had the right to send two to most Parliaments.
- From 1974 the local government county boundary changed to add to Berkshire part of the territory north of the Thames. Eton, Horton and Wraysbury were put into Windsor's borough. Currently Colnbrook in Slough Borough Council is in the seat but the Commission intend to add this to Spelthorne and exchange it for another Slough ward
- Sometimes known as New Windsor to distinguish it from the adjoining settlement of Old Windsor which was at the time still in Surrey
- Date of Pride's Purge, which converted the Long Parliament into the Rump Parliament
- Date when Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament by force.
- Date when the members of the nominated or Barebones Parliament were selected. The parliamentary borough of Windsor was not represented in this body.
- Date when the members of the First Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough of Windsor was not represented in this body. Windsor formed part of the county constituency of Berkshire for this Parliament.
- Date when the members of the Second Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough of Windsor was not represented in this body. Windsor formed part of the county constituency of Berkshire for this Parliament.
- The Rump Parliament was recalled and subsequently Pride's Purge was reversed, allowing the full Long Parliament to meet until it agreed to dissolve itself.
- The MPs of the last Parliament of England and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain which assembled on 23 October 1707 (see below for the members in that Parliament).
- Died in office, May 1711
- To the House of Lords as Lord Masham, January 1712
- Not duly elected at 1715 general election
- To the House of Lords, having succeeded to a dukedom, May 1726
- To the House of Lords, having succeeded to an earldom, May 1730
- Died November 1744
- Died May 1768
- Died 1772
- Died in office, January 1794
- A peer of Ireland
- Died in office, February 1796
- Declared not duly elected
- Died in office, February 1819
- Resigned, March 1810
- Resigned, February 1823
- Resigned on appointment as Commander of Forces in Ireland, February 1831
- Unseated on petition
- Seated after a scrutiny
- Died 1852
- Resigned 1850
- Resigned 1855
- Contested the 1865 general election as a Liberal candidate.
- Died 1863
- Election declared void on petition
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- The 1997 election result is calculated relative to a notional 1992 result, as the constituency was re-established in 1997.
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, FWS Craig
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- Constituency reduced to one seat and electorate expanded by the Reform Act 1867, with the constituency boundaries changed by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1868, to take effect from the next general election.
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