Background Information
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
County
Date Candidate Votes
17 Nov. 1868 W.H. SMITH (Con)
7,648
HON R.W. GROSVENOR (Lib)
6,584
J.S. Mill (Lib)
6,284
31 Jan. 1874 W.H. SMITH (Con)
9,371
SIR C. RUSSELL, Bt (Con)
8,681
Sir T.F. Buxton, Bt (Lib)
4,749
Sir W.J. Codrington (Lib)
3,435
1 July 1877 W.H. SMITH (Con) Appt of Smith as First Lord Admiralty
31 Mar. 1880 W.H. SMITH (Con)
9,093
SIR C. RUSSELL, Bt (Con)
8,930
J. Morley (Lib)
6,564
Sir A. Hobhouse (Lib)
6,443
1 July 1882 LORD ALGERNON PERCY (Con) Resignation of Russell
1 July 1885 W.H. SMITH (Con) Appt of Smith as Secy State for War Dept
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