Background Information
Constituency business
Date Candidate Votes
10 Dec. 1832 J.P. PLUMPTRE (Lib)
3,476
SIR E. KNATCHBULL, Bt. (Con)
3,344
Sir W.R. Cosway (Lib)
2,627
Sir W.P.H. Courtenay (Lib)
4
6 Jan. 1835 SIR E. KNATCHBULL, Bt. (Con)
J.P. PLUMPTRE (Con)
24 July 1837 SIR E. KNATCHBULL, Bt. (Con)
3,607
J.P. PLUMPTRE (Con)
3,029
T. Rider (Lib)
2,205
29 June 1841 SIR E. KNATCHBULL, Bt. (Con)
J.P. PLUMPTRE (Con)
1 July 1845 W. DEEDES (Con) Resignation of Knatchbull
29 July 1847 W. DEEDES (Con)
J.P. PLUMPTRE (Con)
1 July 1852 SIR B.W. BRIDGES, Bt. (Con) Resignation of Plumptre
2,480
Sir E.C. Dering, Bt. (Lib)
2,289
27 Mar. 1857 SIR B.W. BRIDGES, Bt. (Con)
2,379
SIR E.C. DERING, Bt. (Lib)
2,358
W. Deedes (Con)
2,216
E.A. Acheson (Lib)
127
1 July 1857 W. DEEDES (Con) Resignation of Dering
28 Apr. 1859 SIR B.W. BRIDGES, Bt. (Con)
W. DEEDES (Con)
1 July 1863 SIR E.C. DERING, Bt. (Lib) Death of Deedes
2,777
Sir N.J. Knatchbull, Bt. (Con)
2,690
11 July 1865 SIR B.W. BRIDGES, Bt. (Con)
3,208
SIR E.C. DERING, Bt. (Lib)
3,195
Sir N.J. Knatchbull, Bt. (Con)
2,919
1 July 1868 E.L. PEMBERTON (Con) Elevation of Bridges to peerage: Lord Fitzwalter
3,606
H.J. Tufton (Lib)
3,109