Background Information
Constituency business
County
Date Candidate Votes
10 Dec. 1832 J. FIELDEN (Lib)
677
W. COBBETT (Lib)
645
B.H. Bright (Lib)
150
W. Burge (Con)
101
G. Stephen (Lib)
3
6 Jan. 1835 W. COBBETT (Lib)
J. FIELDEN (Lib)
1 July 1835 J.F. LEES (Con) Death of Cobbett
394
J.M. Cobbett (Lib)
381
F. O'Connor (Lib)
34
24 July 1837 W.A. JOHNSON (Lib)
545
J. FIELDEN (Lib)
541
J. Jones (Con)
315
J.F. Lees (Con)
279
29 June 1841 J. FIELDEN (Lib)
W.A. JOHNSON (Lib)
29 July 1847 W.J. FOX (Lib)
726
J. DUNCROFT (Con)
696
J.M. Corbett (Lib)
624
J. Fielden (Lib)
612
7 July 1852 J.M. CORBETT (Lib)
957
J. DUNCROFT (Con)
868
W.J. Fox (Lib)
777
27 Mar. 1857 J.M. CORBETT (Lib)
949
J. PLATT (Lib)
934
W.J. Fox (Lib)
898
1 July 1857 W.J. FOX (Lib) Death of Platt
28 Apr. 1859 W.J. FOX (Lib)
1,039
J.M. COBBETT (Lib)
966
J.T. Hibbert (Lib)
955
1 July 1862 J.T. HIBBERT (Lib) Resignation of Fox
11 July 1865 J.T. HIBBERT (Lib)
1,104
J. PLATT (Lib)
1,075
J.M. Corbett (Lib)
899
F.L. Spinks (Con)
846