Background Information
Number of voters: about 8000
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr. 1754 | JAMES SMITH STANLEY, Lord Strange | |
| PETER BOLD | ||
| 14 Apr. 1761 | JAMES SMITH STANLEY, Lord Strange | |
| JAMES SHUTTLEWORTH | ||
| 21 Dec. 1762 | STRANGE re-elected after appointment to office | |
| 5 Apr. 1768 | LORD ARCHIBALD HAMILTON | |
| JAMES SMITH STANLEY, Lord Strange | ||
| 23 July 1771 | CHARLES WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, Visct. Molyneux, vice Strange, deceased | |
| 4 Feb. 1772 | SIR THOMAS EGERTON vice Hamilton, vacated his seat | |
| 11 Oct. 1774 | EDWARD SMITH STANLEY, Lord Stanley | |
| SIR THOMAS EGERTON | ||
| 26 Mar. 1776 | HON. THOMAS STANLEY vice Lord Stanley, called to the upper House | |
| 22 Feb. 1780 | THOMAS STANLEY vice Hon. Thomas Stanley, deceased | |
| 18 Sept. 1780 | SIR THOMAS EGERTON | |
| THOMAS STANLEY | ||
| 13 Apr. 1784 | THOMAS STANLEY | |
| JOHN BLACKBURNE |
Main Article
There were no contests for Lancashire during this period. One seat was always held by a Stanley (apart from the years 1771-4), and the other by a country gentleman.
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