Winning candidates are highlighted in
bold.
Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Bolling's death caused a by-election. Bowring resigned after being appointed Consul-General at Canton, China, causing a by-election. • Elections|
Elections in the 1850s • Elections|
Elections in the 1860s Crook's resignation caused a by-election. • Elections|
Elections in the 1870s • Elections|
Elections in the 1880s • Elections|
Elections in the 1890s • Elections|
Elections in the 1900s • Elections|
Elections in the 1910s Harwood's death causes a by-election. Gill's death caused a by-election. Taylor's resignation causes a by-election.
General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; •
Liberal:
Thomas Taylor •
Labour:
Robert Tootill •
Unionist:
Thomas Clarke Pilling Gibbons • Elections|
Elections in the 1920s • Elections|
Elections in the 1930s • Elections|
Elections in the 1940s General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; •
Conservative:
Cyril Entwistle,
John Haslam •
Labour: E Mellor However, in the
by-election held in 1940 no other parties contested the seat due to the
War-time electoral pact meaning that the Conservative candidate
Edward Cadogan was elected unopposed. • Elections| ==References==