Background Information
Constituency business
| Date | Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec. 1832 | G.W. WOOD (Lib) | 5,694 |
| VISCOUNT MOLYNEUX (Lib) | 5,575 |
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| Sir T. Hesketh, Bt. (Con) | 3,082 |
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| 6 Jan. 1835 | LORD FRANCIS EGERTON (Con) | 5,620 |
| HON. R.B. WILBRAHAM (Con) | 4,729 |
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| Viscount Molyneux (Lib) | 4,629 |
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| G.W. Wood (Lib) | 4,394 |
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| 24 July 1837 | LORD FRANCIS EGERTON (Con) | 7,822 |
| HON. R.B. WILBRAHAM (Con) | 7,645 |
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| E. Stanley (Lib) | 6,576 |
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| C. Towneley (Lib) | 6,047 |
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| 29 June 1841 | LORD FRANCIS EGERTON (Con) | |
| HON. R.B. WILBRAHAM (Con) | ||
| 1 July 1844 | W. ENTWISLE (Con) Death of Wilbraham | 7,571 |
| W. Brown (Lib) | 6,973 |
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| 1 July 1846 | W. BROWN (Lib) Elevation of Egerton to peerage: Earl of Ellesmere | |
| 29 July 1847 | W. BROWN (Lib) | |
| HON. C.P. VILLIERS (Lib) | ||
| 1 Sept. 1847 | A. HENRY (Lib) Villiers elects to sit for Wolverhampton | |
| 7 July 1852 | W. BROWN (Lib) | |
| J. CHEETHAM (Lib) | ||
| 27 Mar. 1857 | W. BROWN (Lib) | |
| J. CHEETHAM (Lib) | ||
| 28 Apr. 1859 | HON. A.F. EGERTON (Con) | 7,470 |
| W.J. LEIGH (Con) | 6,983 |
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| J. Cheetham (Lib) | 6,835 |
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| J.P. Heywood (Lib) | 6,763 |
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| 1 July 1861 | C. TURNER (Con) Third seat created | 9,714 |
| J. Cheetham (Lib) | 8,898 |
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| 11 July 1865 | HON. A.F. EGERTON (Con) | 9,171 |
| C. TURNER (Con) | 8,806 |
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| W.E. GLADSTONE (Lib) | 8,786 |
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| W.J. Leigh (Con) | 8,476 |
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| H.Y. Thompson (Lib) | 7,703 |
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| J.P. Heywood (Lib) | 7,653 |
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