Brighton (UK Parliament constituency)
Brighton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Brighton | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | 1832–1888: Sussex 1888–1950: East Sussex |
Major settlements | Brighton |
1832–1950 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion and Hove |
Created from | Sussex |
Brighton was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until it was divided into single-member seats from the United Kingdom general election, 1950. Covering the seaside towns of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, it elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the block vote system of election.
Contents
1 History
2 Boundaries
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
4.1 Elections in the 1940s
4.2 Elections in the 1930s
4.3 Elections in the 1920s
4.4 Elections in the 1910s
4.5 Elections in the 1900s
4.6 Elections in the 1890s
4.7 Elections in the 1880s
4.8 Elections in the 1870s
4.9 Elections in the 1860s
4.10 Elections in the 1850s
4.11 Elections in the 1840s
4.12 Elections in the 1830s
5 See also
6 Further reading
7 References
History[edit]
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832–33 general election. The constituency was based on the south coast seaside resort town of Brighton.
When it was proposed to enfranchise Brighton a Tory observed in Parliament that it would represent merely "toffy (sic), lemonade and jelly shops". Charles Seymour suggests he "obviously feared the Whig proclivities of the numerous tradespeople established there".[1]
The first representatives of the constituency were of radical opinions. Isaac Newton Wigney (MP 1832–1839 and 1841–1842) was described as being of "Whig opinions inclining to radicalism, in favour of the ballot, and pledged himself to resign his seat whenever his constituents called upon him so to do". His colleague, the Nonconformist preacher and attorney George Faithfull (MP 1832–1835), went much further. He advocated "the immediate abolition of slavery, of all unmerited pensions and sinecures, the standing army, all useless expense, the Corn Laws, and every other monopoly. He said that if the extent of suffrage at that time was not found efficient he would vote for universal suffrage: and if triennial Parliaments did not succeed, would vote for having them annually; he was an advocate of the ballot".
[2]
Seymour provides figures for the voting qualification of Brighton electors, following the Reform Act 1867. The town was one of six boroughs in England where the £10 occupiers, enfranchised in 1832, were much more numerous than the householders who received the vote under the 1867 Act. There were 7,590 £10 occupiers and only 944 householders on the electoral register.[1]
Members of Parliament for the constituency, after the first two, were of more conventional views; but most elections were won by the Liberal Party until 1884. In 1884 the Liberal MP, William Marriott, broke with his party as he disagreed with Prime Minister Gladstone's foreign and Egyptian policy. Marriott resigned his seat and was re-elected as a Conservative. From that time onwards the Liberal Party never won an election in the constituency, except for a by-election in 1905 and both seats in the landslide victory of 1906. Apart from those few years of liberal strength, Brighton became a safe Conservative constituency.
The 1931 election of Sir Cooper Rawson holds the record for the largest majority ever received at a general election (62,253), as well as the most votes received by an individual (75,205).[3]
Boundaries[edit]
The constituency was defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as comprising the "respective Parishes of Brighthelmstone and Hove".[4] The act named the parliamentary borough as "Brighthelmstone", but the name "Brighton" was invariably used.[5]
The two parishes were adjacent coastal resorts in the historic county of Sussex in South East England. Brighton obtained a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1854, while Hove formed a local board of health in 1858, becoming a borough forty years later. These changes in local government made no changes to the boundaries of the constituency.[6] Under the Representation of the People Act 1867 the constituency was enlarged to include the Preston area which fell inside Brighton's municipal boundaries.[6]
These boundaries were used until the 1918 general election when seats were redefined in terms of the local government areas then in existence. The parliamentary borough was defined as consisting of the County Borough of Brighton and the Municipal Borough of Hove. The constituency was enlarged to include Aldrington which lay with Hove's borough boundaries.[6]
Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the remaining multi-member constituencies were abolished and replaced with single-member ones from the 1950 election. The County Borough of Brighton was divided into Brighton Kemptown and Brighton Pavilion. The Municipal Borough of Hove, which had also been included in the old Brighton seat was combined with Portslade by Sea Urban District to form the new Hove constituency.[6]
Members of Parliament[edit]
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1832 | Isaac Wigney | Radical[7][8][9] | George Faithfull | Radical[7] | ||
1835 | George Pechell (from 1849 Sir George Brook-Pechell, Bt) | Whig[10][8][11][7] | ||||
1837 | Sir Adolphus Dalrymple | Conservative[7] | ||||
1841 | Isaac Wigney | Radical[7][8][9] | ||||
1842 | Lord Alfred Hervey | Conservative[7] | ||||
1857 | William Coningham | Radical[8][12][13] | ||||
1860 | Liberal | James White | Liberal | |||
1864 | Henry Moor | Conservative | ||||
1865 | Henry Fawcett | Liberal | ||||
1874 | James Lloyd Ashbury | Conservative | Charles Cameron Shute | Conservative | ||
1880 | John Robert Hollond | Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir William Thackeray Marriott 1 | Liberal | ||
1884 | Conservative | |||||
1885 | David Smith | Conservative | ||||
1886 | Sir William Tindal Robertson | Conservative | ||||
1889 | Gerald Loder | Conservative | ||||
1893 | Bruce Vernon-Wentworth | Conservative | ||||
1905 (5 April 1905) | Ernest Villiers | Liberal | ||||
1906 | Aurelian Ridsdale | Liberal | ||||
1910 | Rt Hon. George Tryon | Conservative | Hon. Walter Rice | Conservative | ||
1911 | John Gordon | Conservative | ||||
1914 | Charles Thomas-Stanford | Conservative | ||||
1918 | Coalition Conservative | Coalition Conservative | ||||
1922 | Conservative | Cooper Rawson | Conservative | |||
1940 | Lord Erskine 2 | Conservative | ||||
1941 | Anthony Marlowe | Conservative | ||||
1944 | William Teeling | Conservative | ||||
1950 | constituency divided – see Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion and Hove |
Notes:-
1 Marriott resigned his seat as a Liberal MP in February 1884, because of dissatisfaction with the foreign and Egyptian policy of the Liberal government. He was re-elected in March 1884 as a Conservative candidate.
2 Lord Erskine was a courtesy title. He was the heir apparent of The 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie, but as he died before his father he never inherited the hereditary titles of his family.
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Teeling | 49,339 | 30.8 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | Anthony Marlowe | 49,026 | 30.6 | −7.4 | |
Labour | Joseph Taylor Huddart[16] | 31,074 | 19.4 | +7.3 | |
Labour | GH Barnard | 30,844 | 19.2 | +7.5 | |
Turnout | 64.3 | +2.6 | |||
Majority | 17,952 | 11.2 | −14.7 | ||
Registered electors | 124,714 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Teeling | 14,594 | 53.6 | −22.6 | |
National Independent | Bruce Dutton Briant | 12,635 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 27,229 | 22.1 | −39.6 | ||
Majority | 1,959 | 7.2 | −18.7 | ||
Registered electors | 123,310 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Marlowe | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Erskine | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Tryon | 60,913 | 38.2 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Cooper Rawson | 60,724 | 38.0 | −4.6 | |
Labour | Alban Godwin Gordon | 19,287 | 12.1 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Lewis Cohen | 18,743 | 11.7 | +4.4 | |
Turnout | 61.7 | −6.6 | |||
Majority | 41,437 | 25.9 | −9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 129,356 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cooper Rawson | 75,205 | 42.7 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | George Tryon | 74,993 | 42.6 | +13.6 | |
Labour | Lewis Cohen | 12,952 | 7.4 | −4.8 | |
Labour Co-op | Rosalind Moore[17] | 12,878 | 7.3 | −4.4 | |
Turnout | 68.3 | +3.2 | |||
Majority | 62,041 | 35.2 | +18.4 | ||
Registered electors | 128,779 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cooper Rawson | 46,515 | 29.1 | −13.2 | |
Unionist | George Tryon | 46,287 | 29.0 | −13.5 | |
Labour | Laurence S Cheshire[18] | 19,494 | 12.2 | −3.0 | |
Labour | William McLaine | 18,770 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Cyril Berkeley Dallow | 14,770 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Brudenell-Bruce | 13,816 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 65.1 | +9.9 | |||
Majority | 26,793 | 16.8 | −10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 122,641 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Tryon | 39,387 | 42.5 | +15.7 | |
Unionist | Cooper Rawson | 39,253 | 42.3 | +15.8 | |
Labour | Alban Godwin Gordon | 14,072 | 15.2 | +6.7 | |
Turnout | 55.2 | −13.0 | |||
Majority | 25,181 | 27.1 | +16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 83,980 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Tryon | 30,137 | 26.8 | −5.2 | |
Unionist | Cooper Rawson | 29,759 | 26.5 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | Walter Runciman | 17,462 | 15.5 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Lunn | 16,567 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Alban Godwin Gordon | 9,545 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Herbert Carden | 9,040 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 68.2 | +12.8 | |||
Majority | 12,297 | 11.0 | +5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 82,475 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Tryon | 28,549 | 32.0 | −7.7 | |
Unionist | Cooper Rawson | 26,844 | 30.0 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | C. B. Fry | 22,059 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Independent Unionist | Harry Wheater[19] | 11,913 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 55.4 | +5.1 | |||
Majority | 4,785 | 5.3 | −23.1 | ||
Registered electors | 80,674 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Tryon | 32,958 | 39.7 | +8.9 |
C | Unionist | Charles Thomas-Stanford | 32,561 | 39.2 | +8.4 |
Labour | Thomas Lewis | 8,971 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Labour | George William Alfred Canter | 8,514 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 50.3 | −31.6 | |||
Majority | 23,590 | 28.4 | +16.8 | ||
Registered electors | 82,449 | ||||
Unionist hold | |||||
Unionist hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Thomas-Stanford | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Tryon | 10,780 | 30.8 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Walter Rice | 10,757 | 30.8 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Morris[22] | 6,723 | 19.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Morres Nickalls[23] | 6,699 | 19.2 | −0.4 | |
Turnout | 81.9 | −7.4 | |||
Majority | 4,034 | 11.6 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 21,427 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Tryon | 11,625 | 30.4 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Walter Rice | 11,567 | 30.3 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | George Evatt[24] | 7,506 | 19.7 | −6.7 | |
Liberal | Morres Nickalls[25] | 7,472 | 19.6 | −6.4 | |
Turnout | 89.3 | +6.8 | |||
Majority | 4,061 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 21,427 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Villiers | 9,062 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Aurelian Ridsdale | 8,919 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Tryon | 8,188 | 23.8 | −17.1 | |
Conservative | John Gordon | 8,176 | 23.8 | −10.8 | |
Turnout | 82.5 | +20.3 | |||
Majority | 731 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 20,976 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Villiers | 8,209 | 52.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gerald Loder | 7,392 | 47.4 | −28.1 | |
Turnout | 15,601 | 76.3 | +14.1 | ||
Majority | 817 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 20,439 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Loder | 7,858 | 40.9 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Bruce Vernon-Wentworth | 6,626 | 34.6 | −2.0 | |
Independent Protestant | John Kensit | 4,693 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 62.2 | −12.2 | |||
Majority | 1,933 | 10.1 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 18,634 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Loder | 7,878 | 38.5 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Bruce Vernon-Wentworth | 7,490 | 36.6 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Joseph Ewart[7] | 5,082 | 24.9 | −1.8 | |
Turnout | 74.4 | −1.8 | |||
Majority | 2,408 | 11.7 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 17,083 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bruce Vernon-Wentworth | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Loder | 7,807 | 38.3 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | William Thackeray Marriott | 7,134 | 35.0 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | Frederick William Maude | 5,448 | 26.7 | +8.5 | |
Turnout | 76.2 | +18.4 | |||
Majority | 1,686 | 8.3 | −14.1 | ||
Registered electors | 16,883 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerald Loder | 7,132 | 60.7 | −21.1 | |
Liberal | Robert Peel | 4,625 | 39.3 | +21.1 | |
Majority | 2,507 | 21.4 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,757 | 76.8 | +19.0 | ||
Registered electors | 15,307 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −21.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Tindal Robertson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thackeray Marriott | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Smith | 5,963 | 41.2 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | William Thackeray Marriott | 5,875 | 40.6 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | William Hall[26] | 2,633 | 18.2 | −22.8 | |
Turnout | 8,577 | 57.8 | −23.2 | ||
Majority | 3,242 | 22.4 | +13.5 | ||
Registered electors | 14,848 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thackeray Marriott | 7,047 | 29.5 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | David Smith | 7,019 | 29.5 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | John Webb Probyn | 4,899 | 20.6 | −4.9 | |
Liberal | John Robert Hollond | 4,865 | 20.4 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 2,120 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,021 | 81.0 | +3.8 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 14,848 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thackeray Marriott | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
- Caused by Marriott's appointment as Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thackeray Marriott | 5,478 | 57.7 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Romer | 4,021 | 42.3 | −8.8 | |
Majority | 1,457 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,499 | 71.2 | −6.0 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 13,340 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.8 |
- Caused by Marriott's decision to seek re-election as a Conservative.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Robert Hollond | 4,913 | 25.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | William Thackeray Marriott | 4,904 | 25.5 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | James Lloyd Ashbury | 4,739 | 24.7 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Edward Field[28] | 4,664 | 24.3 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 165 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,610 (est) | 77.2 (est) | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,454 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 1870s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lloyd Ashbury | 4,393 | 29.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Cameron Shute | 3,995 | 26.9 | +15.7 | |
Liberal | James White | 3,351 | 22.5 | −7.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Fawcett | 3,130 | 21.1 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 644 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,435 (est) | 72.7 (est) | +9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,228 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.3 |
Elections in the 1860s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James White | 3,342 | 30.4 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Fawcett | 3,081 | 28.0 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | James Lloyd Ashbury | 2,917 | 26.5 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Moor | 1,232 | 11.2 | −2.4 | |
Liberal | William Coningham | 432 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 164 | 1.5 | −5.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,502 (est) | 63.5 (est) | −20.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,228 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James White | 3,065 | 39.0 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | Henry Fawcett | 2,665 | 33.9 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Moor | 2,134 | 27.1 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 531 | 6.8 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,999 (est) | 83.6 (est) | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,978 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Moor | 1,663 | 39.3 | +16.2 | |
Liberal | Henry Fawcett | 1,468 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Julian Goldsmid | 775 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Francis Kuper Dumas[29] | 246 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Edward Harper[30] | 82 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 195 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,234 | 77.9 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,434 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Coningham's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James White | 1,588 | 47.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Moor | 1,242 | 36.8 | +13.7 | |
Liberal | Frederick Goldsmid[31] | 548 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 346 | 10.2 | −3.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,378 | 70.6 | −12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,786 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Caused by Pechell's death.
Elections in the 1850s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Brooke-Pechell | 2,322 | 40.3 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | William Coningham | 2,106 | 36.6 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Allan MacNab | 1,327 | 23.1 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 779 | 13.5 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,541 (est) | 82.8 (est) | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 4,277 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Brooke-Pechell | 2,278 | 43.3 | +1.9 | |
Radical | William Coningham | 1,900 | 36.1 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | Alfred Hervey | 1,080 | 20.5 | −10.3 | |
Turnout | 3,169 (est) | 80.5 (est) | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,936 | ||||
Majority | 378 | 7.2 | −3.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Majority | 820 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hervey | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Brooke-Pechell | 1,924 | 41.4 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Hervey | 1,431 | 30.8 | ||
Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny[33][34] | 1,173 | 25.2 | ||
Radical | John Ffooks[35][36] | 119 | 2.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,039 (est) | 82.7 (est) | |||
Registered electors | 3,675 | ||||
Majority | 493 | 10.6 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 258 | 5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1840s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Pechell | 1,571 | 46.3 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Hervey | 1,239 | 36.5 | -29.6 | |
Whig | William Coningham | 586 | 17.3 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Hervey | 1,277 | 66.1 | +41.8 | |
Radical | Summers Harford | 640 | 33.1 | N/A | |
Chartist | Charles Brooker | 16 | 0.8 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Nicholson | 0 | 0.0 | N/A |
Wigney declared bankrupt forcing byelection
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Pechell | 1,446 | 40.5 | -8.4 | |
Whig | Isaac Wigney | 1,260 | 35.3 | +13.6 | |
Conservative | Adolphus Dalrymple | 868 | 24.3 | +2.0 | |
Chartist | Charles Brooker | 17 | 0.5 | N/A |
Elections in the 1830s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Pechell | 1,814 | 48.9 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Adolphus Dalrymple | 826 | 22.3 | +2.5 | |
Whig | Isaac Wigney | 806 | 21.7 | +0.2 | |
Radical | George Faithfull | 266 | 7.2 | -11.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Pechell | 959 | 39.5 | +7.6 | |
Radical | Isaac Wigney | 523 | 21.5 | -8.2 | |
Tory | Adolphus Dalrymple | 482 | 19.8 | +11.4 | |
Radical | George Faithfull | 465 | 19.1 | -6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Isaac Wigney | 826 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Radical | George Faithfull | 720 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Whig | George Pechell | 609 | 21.9 | N/A | |
Tory | William Crawford | 391 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Tory | Adolphus Dalrymple | 232 | 8.4 | N/A |
See also[edit]
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
Further reading[edit]
Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
References[edit]
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^ Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, ed. (2000). British Electoral Facts 1832–1999. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 1-84014-053-4.
^ Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 c.64 Sch O
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^ UK General Election results July 1945
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^ "Brighton Guardian". Brighton Guardian. 3 February 1864. p. 1. Retrieved 30 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
^ "Brighton Election". Brighton Gazette. 12 July 1860. p. 4. Retrieved 30 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
^ "Brighton". Sussex Advertiser. 13 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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^ "The General Election". The Times. 31 July 1847. p. 3.
^ "Brighton Election. Close of Poll". The Times. 7 May 1842. p. 6.
^ "The General Election. Elections Decided". The Times. 2 July 1841. p. 3.
^ "The Elections". Morning Post. 27 July 1837. p. 3.
^ "Brighton, Jan 9. Second and Last Day". The Times. 10 January 1835. p. 2.
^ "General Election. Members Returned". The Times. 13 December 1832. p. 4.
Notes
^ Results compared to the 1910 general election, not the later by-elections
^ Held due to Gordon's resignation
^ Held due to Rice's elevation to the House of Lords
^ Compared to the 1900 general election, not the 1905 by-election
^ Held due to Loder's appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
^ Results compared to the 1892 general election, not the later by-election
^ Held due to Marriott's resignation
^ Results compared to the 1886 general election, not the later by-elections
^ Held due to Robertson's death
^ Held due to Smith's death
^ Held due to Marriott's appointment as Judge-Advocate-General
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1832
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- Politics of East Sussex
- Politics of Brighton and Hove
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