Background Information
Number of seats
1
Constituency business
Date Candidate Votes
24 Nov. 1885 SIR JOHN WILLIAM RAMSDEN (L (LU))
5,153
R. Hardy (Con)
3,053
1 July 1886 SIR JOHN AUSTIN (Lib)
4,008
Sir J.W. Ramsden, Bt. (LU)
3,010
4 July 1892 SIR JOHN AUSTIN (Lib)
5,160
C.B. Dobson (Con)
3,284
13 July 1895 SIR JOHN AUSTIN (Lib)
5,119
J. Harling (Con)
4,054
5 July 1899 SIR JOHN AUSTIN (Ind L) Austin seeks re-election on leaving Liberal Party
5,818
C.H. Roberts (LU)
2,893
1 Oct. 1900 SIR JOHN AUSTIN (Ind L)
5,609
Dr V.H. Rutherford (LU)
3,025
12 Jan. 1906 SIR JOSEPH COMPTON COMPTON-RICKETT (Lib)
8,482
G.C.H. Wheler (Con)
4,358
15 Jan. 1910 SIR JOSEPH COMPTON COMPTON-RICKETT (Lib)
9,517
G. De La P. Hargreaves (Con)
4,840
3 Dec. 1910 SIR JOSEPH COMPTON COMPTON-RICKETT (Lib)
8,518
M. Campbell-Johnston (Con)
4,347
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