Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Stamford
Type = Borough
Year = 1295, 1467
Abolition = 1307, 1885
members = two (until 1868), one (1868-1885)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Stamford (or South Kesteven) division of Lincolnshire
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1918
members = one

Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1868 when this was reduced to one.

Boundaries

The parliamentary borough was based upon the town of Stamford in the Parts of Kesteven (a traditional sub-division of the county of Lincolnshire).

When the borough constituency was abolished in 1885, the Stamford (or South Kesteven) division of Lincolnshire was created. This included the town of Stamford and surrounding territory. The county division was a considerably larger constituency than the borough one had been.

From the 1885 general election until the dissolution before the 1918 election the constituency was surrounded by to the north Sleaford; to the east Spalding; to the south east Wisbech; to the south North Northamptonshire; to the south west Rutland; to the west Melton and to the north west Newark. The constituency of Grantham was an enclave wholly surrounded by Stamford.

History

The "Victoria County History of the County of Lincoln" includes some information about the representation of Stamford in early times.

Stamford, on the other hand, which had sent Nicholas de Burton and Clement de Melton to the Parliament of 1295, only exercised what its burghers probably regarded as an onerous privilege once in the reign of Edward II when in 1322 it elected Eustace Malherbe and Hugh de Thurleby.

A further paragraph relates the position before and after the borough began to send representatives regularly in 1467.

Stamford for some 150 years after the reign of Edward II apparently forbore to exercise its onerous privilege of returning members. In the seventeenth century it was afflicted with the usual controversy prevalent in small communities as to where the right of election lay, and the Committee of Privileges reported in 1661 'That the right of election was in such freemen only as paid scot and lot'.

Sedgwick explained in "The House of Commons 1715-1754" that before 1727 the Bertie and Cecil families each nominated one member. From 1727 the Cecil interest controlled both seats. An attempt was made by Savile Cust in 1734 to establish an electoral interest in the borough, but when this failed the Cecils were left with a secure pocket borough.

Namier and Brooke in "The House of Commons 1754-1790" confirmed that before the Reform Act 1832 the right of election was in the inhabitants of the parliamentary borough paying scot and lot, a local tax. They estimated the number of voters at about 500 (unchanged from Sedgwick's estimate for the earlier part of the century). In 1754-1790, despite the comparatively large electorate, the constituency was under the control of the Earl of Exeter (the head of the senior branch of the House of Cecil) and elections were uncontested formalities.

The Reform Act replaced the scot and lot franchise with an occupation franchise, which slightly reduced the size of the electorate. This was because the value of the property occupation of which conferred a vote, was higher than that for houses upon which scot and lot became payable.

The area was strongly Tory or Conservative in politics. From 1801 until 1918 it only twice elected an MP from other parties (a Whig in 1831 and a Liberal in 1880). Elections before the United Kingdom general election, 1874 were usually uncontested.

The borough had some distinguished representatives in the nineteenth century. It returned two of the three members of the triumvirate which attempted to lead the protectionist Tories in the House of Commons. The Marquess of Granby had little to commend himself as a political leader, apart from the social prestige of being the heir to the Duke of Rutland. He was briefly sole leader in 1848 before the triumvirate was created in the following year and continued until his resignation in 1851. J.C. Herries had at least held senior ministerial office. Both the Stamford MPs were easily eclipsed by the rising star of their colleague Benjamin Disraeli.

A more significant historical figure was Lord Robert Cecil (Viscount Cranborne 1865-1868) who represented the borough between 1853 and 1868. As the Marquess of Salisbury he was the leading figure in the Conservative Party from the death of Disraeli in 1881 until he retired as Prime Minister in 1902.

Another leading Conservative with connections to the borough was Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt the party leader in the House of Commons 1876-1885 (from 1881 at the same time as Salisbury was leader in the House of Lords). Northcote was a Stamford MP from 1858 to 1866.

Under the Reform Act 1867 the borough electorate was expanded, but it lost one seat in Parliament from the United Kingdom general election, 1868.

The Representation of the People Act 1884 further expanded the electorate. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the borough constituency but created an expanded county division of the same name. These changes took effect with the United Kingdom general election, 1885.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the electorate was again expanded, but the Stamford area was combined with the county of Rutland in a new Rutland and Stamford constituency.

Members of Parliament

1295-1322

* 1295: Nicholas de Burton, Clement de Melton
* 1322: Eustace Malherbe, Hugh de Thurleby

1467-1640

* 1543(?)-1553: William Cecil [Cecil's diary records that he was elected an MP in 1543, but the parliamentary records are incomplete. Neale has suggested that he was probably elected for Stamford, which was certainly his constituency from 1547]
* 1553: Richard Cooke
* 1559: William Cooke
* 1562-1581: (Sir) Thomas Cecil [Knighted in 1575]
* 1604-1611: Henry Hall
* 1604-1611: Sir Edward Cecil
* 1614: John Jay
* 1614-1622: (Sir) Richard Cecil
* 1621-1622: John Wingfield
* 1625-1626: Hon. Montagu Bertie
* 1628-1629: Thomas Hatton

1640-1868

Note:-
* The MPs of the Parliament of England (elected 1705) and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.

Election results 1715-1800

Elections in the 1710s

Election box begin
title=General Election 2 February 1715: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Bertie
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1720s

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title=General Election 24 March 1722: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Hon. Brownlow Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Bertie
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Succession of Cecil as 8th Earl of Exeter"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 24 October 1722: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = William Noel
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

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title=General Election 19 August 1727: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = William Noel
votes = Elected
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Robert Shirley
votes = Elected
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Charles Bertie
votes = Defeated
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1730s

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title=General Election 25 April 1734: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = William Noel
votes = 339
percentage = 32.60
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Proby
votes = 316
percentage = 30.38
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Savile Cust
votes = 205
percentage = 19.71
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Thomas Fonnereau
votes = 180
percentage = 17.31
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 1,040
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated when Noel was appointed to an office"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 13 February 1738: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = William Noel
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1740s

Election box begin
title=General Election 6 May 1741: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = William Noel
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Proby
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

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title=General Election 29 June 1747: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Lord Burghley
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Proby, junior
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated when Burghley chose to sit for Rutland"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 8 December 1747: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Robert Barbor
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1750s

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title=General Election 16 April 1754: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Harvey Thursby
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Robert Barbor
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1760s

Election box begin
title=General Election 30 March 1761: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Chaplin
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = George Bridges Brudenell
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Death of Chaplin"

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title=By-Election 21 January 1765: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = George René Aufrère
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Brudenell to an office"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 26 December 1765: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = George Bridges Brudenell
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

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title=General Election 19 March 1768: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Lieutenant-General George Howard
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = George René Aufrère
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1770s

Election box begin
title=General Election 11 October 1774: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Lieutenant-General Sir George Howard
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Henry Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1780s

Election box begin
title=General Election 13 September 1780: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = General Sir George Howard
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Henry Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1 April 1784: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = General Sir George Howard
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Henry Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1790s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1790: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = General Sir George Howard
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = The Earl of Carysfort
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1796: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = Field Marshal Sir George Howard
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = The Earl of Carysfort
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Death of Howard"

Election box begin
title=By-Election October 1796: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Non Partisan
candidate = John Leland
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Election Results 1801-1918

Elections in the 1800s

* "Creation of Carysfort as a peer of the United Kingdom"

Election box begin
title=By-Election February 1801: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Albemarle Bertie
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box gain with party link
winner = Tory Party
loser = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1802: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = John Leland
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Albermarle Bertie
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1806: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = John Leland
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Albemarle Bertie
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1807: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = John Leland
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Albemarle Bertie
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Death of Leland"

Election box begin
title=By-Election January 1808: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Evan Foulkes
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Tory Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Succession of Bertie as the 9th Earl of Lindsey"

Election box begin
title=By-Election February 1809: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Charles Chaplin
votes = 306
percentage = 68.30
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = J. Jephson Oddy
votes = 142
percentage = 31.70
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 154
percentage = 36.61
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 448
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Tory Party
swing = "N/A"
* "Note (1809): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for two days"

Elections in the 1810s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1812: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Evan Foulkes
votes = 360
percentage = 36.51
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = The Lord Henniker
votes = 354
percentage = 35,90
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Gerard Noel Noel
votes = 272
percentage = 27.59
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 986 (626 voted)
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A""Note (1812): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for two days"

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title=General Election 1818: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Thomas Cecil
votes = 328
percentage = 49.10
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Henry Percy
votes = 324
percentage = 48.50
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Joseph Clayton Jennyns
votes = 12
percentage = 1.80
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Thomas Best
votes = 4
percentage = 0.60
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 668 (336 voted)
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A""Note (1818): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for one day"

Elections in the 1820s

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title=General Election 1820: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Thomas Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Hon. William Henry Percy
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1826: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Thomas Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Thomas Chaplin
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1830s

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title=General Election 1830: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Thomas Cecil
votes = 467
percentage = 41.85
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Thomas Chaplin
votes = 335
percentage = 30.02
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Charles Tennyson
votes = 314
percentage = 28.14
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 1,116 (667 voted)
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A""Note (1830): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for four days"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1831: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Lord Thomas Cecil
votes = 390
percentage = 37.21
change = -4.64Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Charles Tennyson
votes = 356
percentage = 33.97
change = +5.83Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Thomas Chaplin
votes = 302
percentage = 28.82
change =-1.20Election box turnout
votes = 1,048 (666 voted)
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A""Note (1831): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days"

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title=General Election 1832: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Chaplin
votes = 526
percentage = 40.93
change = +12.11Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Finch
votes = 463
percentage = 36.03
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = A.F. Gregory
votes = 296
percentage = 23.04
change = -10.93Election box turnout
votes = 1,285 (766 voted)
percentage = 90.01
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 851"Note (1832): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Finch as Tories and Gregory as a Whig candidate."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1835: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Chaplin
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Finch
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 755"Note (1835): Stooks Smith classified Chaplin and Finch as Tory candidates."

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title=General Election 1837: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Chaplin
votes = 201
percentage = 50.00
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marquess of Granby
votes = 200
percentage = 49.75
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = The Lord Langford
votes = 1
percentage = 0.25
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 402 (201 voted)
percentage = 29.39
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 684"Note (1837): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Granby as Tories and Langford as a Whig candidate. Langford retired before the poll."
* "Resignation of Chaplin"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 1 May 1838: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Clerk, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A""Note (1838): Stooks Smith classifies Clerk as a Tory."

Elections in the 1840s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1841: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Clerk, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = "'Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland
Marquess of Granby"'
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 661
* "Note (1841): Stooks Smith classified Clerk and Granby as Tory candidates."
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Clerk as Master of the Mint"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 10 February 1845: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Clerk, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1847: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = "'Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland
Marquess of Granby"'
votes = 349
percentage = 39.98
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. John Charles Herries
votes = 288
percentage = 32.99
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Rolt
votes = 236
percentage = 27.03
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 873 (524 voted)
percentage = 85.06
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 616"Note (1847): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified all three candidates as Tories. Stooks Smith has a registered electorate figure of 613, but Craig's figure of 616 is used to calculate turnout."

Elections in the 1850s

* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Herries as President of the Board of Control for India"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 6 March 1852: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. John Charles Herries
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1852: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. John Charles Herries
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Frederic Thesiger
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 661
* "Resignation of Herries"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 22 August 1853: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Robert Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1857: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Robert Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Frederic Thesiger
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 529
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Thesiger as Lord Chancellor and his elevation to the peerage as the 1st Baron Chelmsford"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 3 March 1858: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Inglis
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Inglis as Lord Justice Clerk with the Scottish judicial title of Lord Glencorse"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 17 July 1858: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1859: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Robert Cecil
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 539

Elections in the 1860s

* "Lord Robert Cecil became known by the courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne, following the death of his brother in 1865."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1865: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount Cranborne
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 512
* "Resignation of Northcote, to contest North Devon, in 1866."

Election box begin
title=By-Election 18 May 1866: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Seats vacated on the appointment of Cranborne as Secretary of State for India and Hay as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty."

Election box begin
title=By-Election 12 July 1866: Stamford (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Viscount Cranborne
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Succession of Cranborne as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 4 May 1868: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount Ingestre
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Succession of Ingestre as the 19th Earl of Shrewsbury"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 24 June 1868: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Unwin Heygate
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Constituency electorate expanded and representation reduced to one seat, by the Reform Act 1867 with effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1868."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1868: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 1,094Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1870s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1874: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt
votes = 557
percentage = 57.74
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Marston Clarke Buszard
votes = 411
percentage = 42.46
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 146
percentage = 15.08
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 968
percentage = 81.83
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 1,183Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1880s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1880: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Marston Clarke Buszard
votes = 601
percentage = 52.17
change = +9.71Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt
votes = 551
percentage = 47.83
change = -9.71Election box majority
votes = 50
percentage = 4.34
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 1,152
percentage = 91.79
change = +9.96Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 1,255Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -9.71 (C to L)
* "Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884 and parliamentary borough abolished and replaced by a county division (under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885) with substantial boundary changes; with effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1885."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1885: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Compton Lawrance
votes = 4,647
percentage = 56.94
change = +9.11Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J.S. Cudlip
votes = 3,514
percentage = 43.06
change = -9.11Election box majority
votes = 1,133
percentage = 13.88
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 8,161
percentage = 83.78
change = -8.01Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 9,741Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = +9.11 (L to C)

Election box begin
title=General Election 1886: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Compton Lawrance
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Lawrance as a Justice of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)."

Election box begin
title=By-Election 7 March 1886: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry John Cockayne Cust
votes = 4,236
percentage = 51.72
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Priestley
votes = 3,954
percentage = 48.28
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 282
percentage = 3.44
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 8,190
percentage = 77.81
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 10,526Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1890s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1892: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Henry John Cockayne Cust
votes = 4,150
percentage = 50.76
change = -0.96Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Priestley
votes = 4,026
percentage = 49.24
change = +0.96Election box majority
votes = 124
percentage = 1.52
change = -1.92Election box turnout
votes = 8,176
percentage = 84.00
change = +6.19Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 9,733Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -0.96 (C to L)

Election box begin
title=General Election 1895: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Younger
votes = 4,203
percentage = 52.43
change = +1.67Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur Priestley
votes = 3,814
percentage = 47.57
change = -1.67Election box majority
votes = 389
percentage = 4.85
change = +3.33Election box turnout
votes = 8,017
percentage = 83.02
change = -0.98Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 9,657Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +1.67 (L to C)

Elections in the 1900s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1900: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Younger
votes = 4,292
percentage = 55.83
change = +3.40Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Lewis Haslam
votes = 3,395
percentage = 44.17
change = -3.40Election box majority
votes = 897
percentage = 11.67
change = +6.82Election box turnout
votes = 7,687
percentage = 80.63
change = -1.39Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 9,534Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +3.40 (L to C)

Election box begin
title=General Election 1906: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord John Joicey-Cecil
votes = 4,559
percentage = 53.15
change = -2.68Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = F.P. Rawson
votes = 4,018
percentage = 46.85
change = +2.68Election box majority
votes = 541
percentage = 6.31
change = -5.36Election box turnout
votes = 8,577
percentage = 87.68
change = +7.05Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 9,782Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -2.68 (C to L)

Elections in the 1910s

Election box begin
title=General Election January 1910: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Claude Willoughby
votes = 4,666
percentage = 51.98
change = -1.17Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = G.H. Parkin
votes = 4,310
percentage = 48.02
change = +1.17Election box majority
votes = 356
percentage = 3.97
change = -2.34Election box turnout
votes = 8,976
percentage = 89.26
change = +1.58Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 10,056Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -1.17 (C to L)

Election box begin
title=General Election December 1910: StamfordElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Claude Willoughby
votes = 4,545
percentage = 51.94
change = -0.04Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = G.H. Parkin
votes = 4,206
percentage = 48.06
change = +0.04Election box majority
votes = 339
percentage = 3.87
change = -0.10Election box turnout
votes = 8,751
percentage = 87.02
change = -2.24Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 10,056Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = -0.04 (C to L)
* "Constitiuency abolished (1918}"

ources

* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/scommons4.htm Historical list of MPs]

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