Background Information
Constituency business
County
Yorkshire
Date Candidate Votes
10 Dec. 1832 M.D. HILL (Lib)
1,674
W. HUTT (Lib)
1,610
D. Carruthers (Con)
1,429
J. Acland (Lib)
433
6 Jan. 1835 D. CARRUTHERS (Con)
1,836
W. HUTT (Lib)
1,536
M.D. Hill (Lib)
1,371
1 July 1835 T.P. THOMPSON (Lib) Death of Carruthers
1,428
H. St. J. Mildmay (Con)
1,423
24 July 1837 W. WILBERFORCE (Con)
1,514
SIR W.C. JAMES, Bt (Con)
1,505
W. HUTT (Lib)
1,497
B. Wood (Lib)
1,430
29 June 1841 SIR J. HANMER, Bt (Con)
1,843
SIR W.C. JAMES, Bt (Con)
1,830
J. Clay (Lib)
1,761
J. Brown (Lib)
1,705
29 July 1847 M.T. BAINES (Lib)
2,168
J. CLAY (Lib)
2,135
J. Brown (Lib)
1,705
1 July 1849 M.T. BAINES (Lib) Appt of Baines as Pres of Poor Law Board
7 July 1852 J. CLAY (Lib)
2,246
VISCOUNT GODERICH (Lib)
2,242
J.B. Moore (Con)
1,815
Hon. C.L. Butler (Con)
1,626
1 July 1854 W.D. SEYMOUR (1) (Lib) Election (1852) declared void on petition
1,920
W.H. WATSON (Lib)
1,806
S.A. Dickson (Con)
1,600
27 Mar. 1857 J. CLAY (Lib)
2,365
LORD ASHLEY (Lib)
2,303
Lord William Compton (Lib)
1,392
W.D. Seymour (2) (Lib)
434
1 July 1857 J. CLAY (Lib) Resignation of Watson on Appt as Judge of the Court of the Exchequer
28 Apr. 1859 J. CLAY (Lib)
2,445
J. HOARE (Con)
2,269
J.H. Lewis (Lib)
1,959
1 July 1859 J. SOMES (Con) Election of Hoare declared void on petition
2,068
J.H. Lewis (Lib)
1,579
11 July 1865 J. CLAY (Lib)
2,583
C.M. NORWOOD (Lib)
2,547
J. Somes (Con)
1,910
J. Hoare (Con)
1,374
Volume
Commons 1832-1868