According to Namier and Brooke in The House of Commons 1754–1790, the right of election was in the freemen of the borough who numbered about 100. The town was known as an Admiralty borough and at least one MP was usually an Admiral.
The Earl of Sandwich was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1771 to 1782. He imposed tighter Admiralty control over the borough. This change of policy led to an independent element of the local Council supporting challengers to the Admiralty candidates between 1774 and 1780.
When party politics re-emerged in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Portsmouth was a predominantly Whig constituency. It only once elected a Tory Member of Parliament between 1790 and 1832.
The Reform Act 1832 considerably expanded the electorate of the borough. The freemen retained their ancient right franchise, but were outnumbered by the new occupier voters amongst the 1,295 electors registered in 1832. As a result of the expanded electorate the borough became more competitive. Contested elections became the norm rather than the exception, as they had been before the Reform Act.
Candidates with naval connections continued to be frequent in Portsmouth, after the Reform Act. The borough developed into a marginal constituency, particularly in the last half century of its existence.
Boundaries
The parliamentary borough of Portsmouth was (as the area remains in the 21st century) a major seaport and naval base on the south coast of England. It is situated in the county of Hampshire.
^Percy was re-elected to serve in the Long Parliament but was also elected for Northumberland, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Portsmouth
^This list follows that given by Brunton & Pennington. Cobbett lists Dowse as elected after the Civil War to replace Nicholas Weston, disabled from sitting in 1642, but Brunton & Pennington's more recent research records Weston as MP for Newtown (Isle of Wight).
^ abErle was also elected for Wareham, which he chose to represent, and did not for Portsmouth in this Parliament
^On petition, the result of the 1710 election was overturned, and Wager and Jennings were declared not to have been duly elected
^Gore was re-elected in 1747, but had also been elected for Bedford, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Portsmouth
^It was afterwards discovered that Legge, who had been elected in his absence, had been dead some days before his election, which was declared void
The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).
Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790, Stooks Smith 1790–1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
The above list of members of parliament includes David Montagu Erskine as an MP in 1806, in succession to his father Thomas Erskine (who became Lord Chancellor and was elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron Erskine in 1806). Stooks Smith does not record this election
Note (1857): Number of voters unknown. The turnout is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure given will be an underestimate of actual turnout.
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Portsmouth was a borough constituency based upon the borough of Portsmouth in Hampshire It returned two members of parliament MPs to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom elected by the bloc vote system PortsmouthFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyHampshireMajor settlementsPortsmouth1295 1918SeatsTwoReplaced byPortsmouth North Portsmouth South and Portsmouth Central Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 3 1 1295 1640 3 2 1640 1918 4 Election notes 5 Election results 1715 1800 5 1 Elections in the 1710s 5 2 Elections in the 1720s 5 3 Elections in the 1730s 5 4 Elections in the 1740s 5 5 Elections in the 1750s 5 6 Elections in the 1760s 5 7 Elections in the 1770s 5 8 Elections in the 1780s 5 9 Elections in the 1790s 6 Election results 1801 1918 6 1 Elections in the 1800s 6 2 Elections in the 1810s 6 3 Elections in the 1820s 6 4 Elections in the 1830s 6 5 Elections in the 1840s 6 6 Elections in the 1850s 6 7 Elections in the 1860s 6 8 Elections in the 1870s 6 9 Elections in the 1880s 6 10 Elections in the 1890s 6 11 Elections in the 1900s 6 12 Elections in the 1910s 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditThe constituency first elected MPs in 1295 It was abolished at the 1918 general election when the Representation of the People Act 1918 divided it into three new constituencies Portsmouth North Portsmouth South and Portsmouth Central According to Namier and Brooke in The House of Commons 1754 1790 the right of election was in the freemen of the borough who numbered about 100 The town was known as an Admiralty borough and at least one MP was usually an Admiral The Earl of Sandwich was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1771 to 1782 He imposed tighter Admiralty control over the borough This change of policy led to an independent element of the local Council supporting challengers to the Admiralty candidates between 1774 and 1780 When party politics re emerged in the late 18th and early 19th centuries Portsmouth was a predominantly Whig constituency It only once elected a Tory Member of Parliament between 1790 and 1832 The Reform Act 1832 considerably expanded the electorate of the borough The freemen retained their ancient right franchise but were outnumbered by the new occupier voters amongst the 1 295 electors registered in 1832 As a result of the expanded electorate the borough became more competitive Contested elections became the norm rather than the exception as they had been before the Reform Act Candidates with naval connections continued to be frequent in Portsmouth after the Reform Act The borough developed into a marginal constituency particularly in the last half century of its existence Boundaries EditThe parliamentary borough of Portsmouth was as the area remains in the 21st century a major seaport and naval base on the south coast of England It is situated in the county of Hampshire From the 1885 general election until the dissolution before the 1918 election the constituency was surrounded on the landward side by the Fareham seat Members of Parliament Edit1295 1640 Edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Parliament First member Second member1357 John Pounde1372 Richard Abraham January 1377 Richard Abraham February 1383 Richard Abraham 1386 William Bristowe Richard Mautravers 1 1388 Feb John atte Mede 1 1388 Sep Richard Gay William Bristowe 1 1390 Jan Richard Robust William atte Pury 1 1390 Nov 1391 William atte Pury Henry Seys 1 1393 William atte Pury Richard Whiliare 1 1394 William Hicche I Henry Seys 1 1395 Richard Gay Stephen Agulon 1 1397 Jan William Hicche II Henry Seys 1 1397 Sep William Hicche II Henry Seys 1 1399 William atte Pury William Balchief 1 14011402 Richard Spicer alias Newport William Hicche II 1 1404 Jan 1404 Oct 1406 William atte Pury Richard Gay 1 14071410 Henry Abraham 1 1411 William Balchief William atte Pury 1 1413 Feb 1413 May William atte Pury William Balchief 1 1414 Apr 1414 Nov William Balchief William atte Pury 1 1415 William atte Pury Henry Abraham 1 1416 Mar William atte Pury Thomas Robust 1 1416 Oct 1417 William atte Pury Richard Gay 1 1419 William Balchief John Serle 1 1420 William Balchief John Versy 1 1421 May Simon Stubbere Henry Abraham 1 1421 Dec William Balchief Richard Hert 1 1422 Henry Abraham1433 Robert Abraham Unknown 2 1437 Richard Abraham Unknown1467 Henry Uvedale Unknown 2 1449 1450 Robert Abraham Unknown 2 1510 1523 No names known 3 1529 Geoffrey Lee Francis Dignely 3 1536 1539 John Chaderton 3 1542 Christopher Staverton John Chaderton 3 1545 John Fryer Michael Gore 3 1547 Robert Blount Henry Knollys 3 1553 Mar Sir Richard Wingfield John Chaderton 3 1553 Oct John Chaderton Henry Bickley 3 1554 Apr Richard Sackville William Cooke 3 1554 Nov Edmund Cockerell John de Vic 3 1555 Ralph Henslowe Edmund Cockerell 3 1558 Edward Cordell Edmund Cockerell 3 1559 William Wynter George Brooke alias Cobham 4 1563 William Wynter Thomas Smythe 4 1571 Lawrence Blundestone Henry Slater 4 1572 Sir Henry Radclyffe Robert Colshill 4 1584 Thomas Bodley Thomas Radcliffe 4 1586 Thomas Harris Thomas Thorney 4 1588 Thomas Harris Thomas Thorney 4 1593 Edward Radclyffe Thomas Thorney 4 1597 William Greene Thomas Thorney 4 1601 John Moore Edward Jones 4 1604 Sir Oliver St John Sir Richard Jenvoy1614 John Griffith George Thorpe1621 1622 Sir Daniel Norton Sir Benjamin Rudyerd1624 Sir William Uvedale Sir Benjamin Rudyerd1625 Sir Benjamin Rudyerd Sir Daniel Norton1626 Sir James Fullerton Thomas Whatman1628 Owen Jennens William Towerson1629 1640 No Parliaments summoned1640 1918 Edit Year First member First party Second member Second partyApril 1640 The Earl of Lanark Hon Henry Percy n 1 RoyalistNovember 1640 Hon George Goring Royalist1640 Edward Dowse n 2 ParliamentarianAugust 1642 Goring disabled from sitting seat vacant1646 Edward BooteDecember 1648 Boote not recorded as sitting after Pride s Purge Dowce died late 1648 seat left vacant1653 Portsmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate1654 Nathaniel Whetham Portsmouth had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate1656 Thomas SmithJanuary 1659 Francis Willoughby John ChildMay 1659 Portsmouth was not represented in the restored RumpApril 1660 Richard Norton Henry WhithedMay 1660 Andrew Henley1661 Richard Norton Sir George Carteret BtFebruary 1679 George Legge Sir John KempthorneAugust 1679 Richard Norton1685 William Legge Henry Slingsby1689 Richard Norton1690 Edward Russell Nicholas Hedger1695 Matthew Aylmer1696 John Gibson1698 Thomas Erle Sir George RookeJanuary 1702 John GibsonJuly 1702 Thomas Erle n 3 December 1702 William GiffordMay 1708 Thomas Erle n 3 George Churchill ToryDecember 1708 Sir Thomas Littleton BtJanuary 1710 n 4 Sir Charles WagerOctober 1710 Sir John Jennings1711 Admiral Sir James Wishart Sir William Gifford1713 Sir Thomas Mackworth Bt1715 Sir Charles Wager Sir Edward Ernle Bt1722 Sir John Norris1734 Thomas Lewis Philip Cavendish1737 Charles StewartFebruary 1741 Edward VernonMay 1741 Martin Bladen1743 Sir Charles Hardy1744 Isaac Townsend1746 Thomas Gore n 5 15 December 1747 Hon Edward Legge n 6 Whig28 December 1747 Sir Edward Hawke n 7 1754 Sir William Rowley1761 Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh Bt1774 Peter Taylor1776 Maurice Suckling1777 Sir William Gordon1778 Hon Robert Monckton1782 Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh Bt Non partisan 5 1783 Hon Thomas Erskine Whig 5 1784 Hon William Cornwallis Non partisan 5 1790 Whig 5 Hon Thomas Erskine Whig 5 1796 Lord Hugh Seymour Non partisan 5 1801 John Markham Whig 5 February 1806 Hon David ErskineNovember 1806 Sir Thomas Miller Bt Whig 5 1816 John Bonham Carter Whig 5 6 7 1818 Sir George Cockburn Bt Tory 5 1820 John Markham Whig 5 1826 Francis Baring Whig 5 8 6 7 1838 Sir George Thomas Staunton Whig 5 9 10 1852 The Viscount Monck Whig1857 Sir James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone Bt Conservative1859 Liberal1865 William Henry Stone Liberal Stephen Gaselee Liberal1868 Sir James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone Bt Conservative1874 Thomas Charles Bruce Conservative1880 Sir Henry Drummond Wolff Conservative1885 Sir William Crossman Liberal Philip Vanderbyl Liberal1886 Liberal Unionist Sir Samuel Wilson Conservative1892 Sir John Baker Liberal Walter Clough Liberal1900 Thomas Bramsdon Liberal1900 James Majendie Conservative Reginald Lucas Conservative1906 Sir John Baker Liberal Thomas Bramsdon Liberal1910 Lord Charles Beresford Conservative Sir Bertram Falle Liberal Unionist1912 Unionist1916 Sir Hedworth Meux Unionist1918 Constituency abolishedNotes Percy was re elected to serve in the Long Parliament but was also elected for Northumberland which he chose to represent and did not sit again for Portsmouth This list follows that given by Brunton amp Pennington Cobbett lists Dowse as elected after the Civil War to replace Nicholas Weston disabled from sitting in 1642 but Brunton amp Pennington s more recent research records Weston as MP for Newtown Isle of Wight a b Erle was also elected for Wareham which he chose to represent and did not for Portsmouth in this Parliament On petition the result of the 1710 election was overturned and Wager and Jennings were declared not to have been duly elected Gore was re elected in 1747 but had also been elected for Bedford which he chose to represent and did not sit again for Portsmouth It was afterwards discovered that Legge who had been elected in his absence had been dead some days before his election which was declared void Admiral from 1757Election notes EditThe bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by elections Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration in public at the hustings until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872 Note on percentage change calculations Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections for the same number of seats change is calculated on the party percentage vote Where there was more than one candidate in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote Note on sources The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715 1754 Namier and Brooke 1754 1790 Stooks Smith 1790 1832 and from Craig thereafter Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result Election results 1715 1800 Edit1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790sElections in the 1710s Edit General election 31 January 1715 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Edward Ernle Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Charles Wager Unopposed N A N ASeat vacated when Wager was appointed to an officeBy Election 7 April 1715 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Charles Wager Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N ASeat vacated when Wager was appointed to an officeBy Election 28 March 1718 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Charles Wager Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AElections in the 1720s Edit General election 24 March 1722 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan John Norris Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Charles Wager Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 19 August 1727 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan John Norris Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Charles Wager Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1730s Edit General election 24 April 1734 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Thomas Lewis Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Philip Cavendish Unopposed N A N ADeath of LewisBy Election 10 February 1737 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Charles Stewart Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AElections in the 1740s Edit Death of StewartBy Election 21 February 1741 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Tory Edward Vernon Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AGeneral election 6 May 1741 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Philip Cavendish 60 48 78 N ANon Partisan Martin Bladen 54 43 90 N ATory Edward Vernon 9 7 32 N ATurnout 123 N A N ASeat vacated when Cavendish was appointed to an officeBy Election 23 March 1742 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Philip Cavendish Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N ADeath of CavendishBy Election 14 December 1743 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Sir Charles Hardy Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N ADeath of HardyBy Election 28 December 1744 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Isaac Townsend Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N ADeath of BladenBy Election 3 March 1746 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Thomas Gore Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AGeneral election 1 July 1747 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Isaac Townsend Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Thomas Gore Unopposed N A N AGore chose to sit for BedfordBy Election 15 December 1747 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Edward Legge Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AElection declared void on 19 December 1747 as unknown to anyone in England on 15 December Legge had died on 19 September 1747 By Election 28 December 1747 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Edward Hawke Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AElections in the 1750s Edit General election 18 April 1754 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan William Rowley Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Edward Hawke Unopposed N A N ASeat vacated when Rowley was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the AdmiraltyBy Election 25 April 1757 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan William Rowley Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AElections in the 1760s Edit General election 31 March 1761 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Edward Hawke Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Matthew Fetherstonhaugh Unopposed N A N ASeat vacated when Hawke was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the AdmiraltyBy Election 10 December 1766 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Edward Hawke Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AGeneral election 22 March 1768 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Edward Hawke Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Matthew Fetherstonhaugh Unopposed N A N ADeath of FetherstonhaughElections in the 1770s Edit By Election 29 March 1774 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Peter Taylor 39 61 90 N ANon Partisan Joshua Iremonger 24 38 10 N AMajority 15 23 80 N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AGeneral election 10 October 1774 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Edward Hawke 65 47 79 N ANon Partisan Peter Taylor 37 27 21 N ANon Partisan Joshua Iremonger 34 25 00 N ACreation of Hawke as a peerBy Election 18 May 1776 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Maurice Suckling Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N ADeath of TaylorBy Election 26 November 1777 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan William Gordon 23 65 71 N ANon Partisan Henry Fetherstonhaugh 12 34 29 N AMajority 11 31 43 N ANon Partisan hold Swing N ADeath of SucklingBy Election 10 August 1778 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Robert Monckton Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N AElections in the 1780s Edit General election 9 September 1780 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Robert Monckton 34 52 31 N ANon Partisan William Gordon 20 30 77 N ANon Partisan Henry Fetherstonhaugh 11 16 92 N ADeath of MoncktonBy Election 5 June 1782 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Henry Fetherstonhaugh Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan hold Swing N ASeat vacated on the grant of a pension at the pleasure of the Crown to GordonBy Election 28 July 1783 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Whig Thomas Erskine Unopposed N A N AWhig gain from Non Partisan Swing N ASource for party Stooks SmithGeneral election 1 April 1784 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Non Partisan Henry Fetherstonhaugh Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan William Cornwallis Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1790s Edit General election 1790 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Fetherstonhaugh Unopposed N A N AWhig Thomas Erskine Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1796 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Thomas Erskine Unopposed N A N ANon Partisan Hugh Seymour Unopposed N A N ASeymour is referred to as Hugh Seymour Conway in the above list of members of parliamentElection results 1801 1918 Edit1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910sElections in the 1800s Edit Death of SeymourBy Election November 1801 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Whig John Markham Unopposed N A N AWhig gain from Non Partisan Swing N AGeneral election 1802 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Thomas Erskine Unopposed N A N AWhig John Markham Unopposed N A N AThe above list of members of parliament includes David Montagu Erskine as an MP in 1806 in succession to his father Thomas Erskine who became Lord Chancellor and was elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron Erskine in 1806 Stooks Smith does not record this electionGeneral election 1806 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig John Markham Unopposed N A N AWhig Thomas Miller Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1807 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig John Markham Unopposed N A N AWhig Thomas Miller Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1810s Edit General election 1812 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig John Markham Unopposed N A N AWhig Thomas Miller Unopposed N A N ADeath of MillerBy Election February 1817 Portsmouth Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter Unopposed N A N AWhig hold Swing N AGeneral election 1818 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter Unopposed N A N ATory George Cockburn Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1820s Edit General election 1820 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter 53 48 62 N AWhig John Markham 34 31 19 N ATory George Cockburn 22 20 18 N AMajority 12 11 01 N ATurnout 109 N AWhig hold SwingTory gain from Whig SwingGeneral election 1826 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter Unopposed N A N AWhig Francis Baring Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1830s Edit General election 1830 Portsmouth 2 seats 5 11 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter UnopposedWhig Francis Baring UnopposedWhig holdWhig holdSeat vacated on the appointment of Baring as a Lord Commissioner of the TreasuryBy election 29 November 1830 Portsmouth 5 11 Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Baring UnopposedWhig holdGeneral election 1831 Portsmouth 2 seats 5 11 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter UnopposedWhig Francis Baring UnopposedRegistered electors 49Whig holdWhig holdGeneral election 1832 Portsmouth 2 seats 5 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter 826 46 1Whig Francis Baring 707 39 5Radical Charles Napier 258 14 4Majority 449 25 1Turnout 983 75 9Registered electors 1 295Whig holdWhig holdGeneral election 1835 Portsmouth 2 seats 5 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Bonham Carter 643 30 5 15 6Whig Francis Baring 571 27 1 12 4Conservative Charles Rowley 557 26 4 NewRadical Charles Napier 335 15 9 1 5Majority 14 0 7 24 4Turnout 1 143 85 3 9 4Registered electors 1 340Whig hold Swing 8 2Whig hold Swing 6 6General election 1837 Portsmouth 2 seats 5 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Baring 635 28 6 1 9Whig John Bonham Carter 630 28 4 1 3Conservative George Cockburn 518 23 3 10 1Conservative James Harris 438 19 7 6 5Majority 112 5 1 4 4Turnout 1 118 71 6 13 7Registered electors 1 561Whig hold Swing 5 1Whig hold Swing 3 5Note 1837 Stooks Smith gives a registered electorate figure of 1 517 but Craig s figure is used to calculate turnout Death of CarterBy election 26 February 1838 Portsmouth 5 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig George Staunton UnopposedWhig holdNote 1838 Daniel Quarrier Conservative was a candidate for this by election but retired before the poll Seat vacated on the appointment of Baring as Chancellor of the Exchequer By election 30 August 1839 Portsmouth 5 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Baring UnopposedWhig holdElections in the 1840s Edit General election 1841 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Baring UnopposedWhig George Staunton UnopposedRegistered electors 1 834Whig holdWhig holdGeneral election 1847 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Baring UnopposedWhig George Staunton UnopposedRegistered electors 2 068Whig holdWhig holdSeat vacated on the appointment of Baring as First Lord of the Admiralty By election 6 February 1849 Portsmouth 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Baring UnopposedWhig holdElections in the 1850s Edit General election 1852 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Baring UnopposedWhig Charles Monck UnopposedRegistered electors 3 332Whig holdWhig holdNote 1852 Monck was a peer in the peerage of Ireland Seat vacated on the appointment of Monck as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury By election 14 March 1855 Portsmouth 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Charles Monck 1 478 75 8 N ARadical Stephen Gaselee 13 473 24 2 N AMajority 1 005 51 6 N ATurnout 1 951 56 7 N ARegistered electors 3 439Whig hold Swing N AGeneral election 1857 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone 1 522 33 9 NewWhig Francis Baring 1 496 33 3 N AWhig Charles Monck 1 476 32 8 N AMajority 26 0 6 N ATurnout 2 247 est 61 2 est N ARegistered electors 3 671Conservative gain from Whig Swing N AWhig hold Swing N ANote 1857 Number of voters unknown The turnout is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two To the extent that electors did not use both their votes the figure given will be an underestimate of actual turnout General election 1859 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone 1 640 27 1 10 1Liberal Francis Baring 1 574 26 0 7 3Conservative Thomas Charles Bruce 1 447 23 9 6 9Liberal Henry Keppel 1 386 22 9 9 9Turnout 3 024 est 79 1 est 17 9Registered electors 3 821Majority 66 1 1 0 5Conservative hold Swing 9 4Majority 127 2 1 N ALiberal hold Swing 7 9Note 1859 Estimated turnout see the 1857 note Elections in the 1860s Edit General election 1865 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Henry Stone 2 164 28 8 2 8Liberal Stephen Gaselee 2 103 28 0 5 1Conservative James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone 1 677 22 4 4 7Conservative Thomas Charles Bruce 1 559 20 8 3 1Majority 426 5 6 3 5Turnout 3 752 est 80 3 est 1 2Registered electors 4 670Liberal hold Swing 3 4Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 4 5Note 1865 Estimated turnout see the 1857 note Expansion of the electorate provided for by the Reform Act 1867General election 1868 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone 5 306 41 5 1 7Liberal William Henry Stone 3 785 29 6 0 8Liberal Stephen Gaselee 3 687 28 9 0 9Majority 1 521 11 9 N ATurnout 9 042 est 78 0 est 2 3Registered electors 11 597Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 1 7Liberal hold Swing 0 8Note 1868 Estimated turnout see the 1857 note Elections in the 1870s Edit General election 1874 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone 5 927 28 2 7 4Conservative Thomas Charles Bruce 5 879 27 9 7 1Liberal William Henry Stone 4 644 22 1 7 5Liberal Sir Wyndham Portal 1st Baronet 4 588 21 8 7 1Majority 1 235 5 8 5 9Turnout 10 519 70 5 7 5Registered electors 14 931Conservative hold Swing 7 4Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 7 2Note 1874 Estimated turnout see the 1857 note Seat vacated on the appointment of Elphinstone as a Lord Commissioner of the TreasuryBy Election 16 March 1874 Portsmouth 12 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone UnopposedConservative holdElections in the 1880s Edit General election 1880 Portsmouth 2 seats 12 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Charles Bruce 6 683 26 4 1 5Conservative Henry Drummond Wolff 6 593 26 0 2 2Liberal John Freeman Norris 14 6 040 23 8 1 7Liberal Edmund Verney 6 023 23 8 2 0Majority 553 2 2 3 6Turnout 12 670 77 0 6 5Registered electors 16 463Conservative hold Swing 1 6Conservative hold Swing 2 1Note 1880 Estimated turnout see the 1857 note Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884General election 1885 Portsmouth 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Crossman 8 367 26 3 2 5Liberal Philip Vanderbyl 8 214 25 8 2 0Conservative Thomas Charles Bruce 7 650 24 0 2 4Conservative Henry Drummond Wolff 7 595 23 9 2 1Majority 564 1 8 N ATurnout 16 068 79 2 2 2Registered electors 20 279Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 2 5Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 2 1 Sir John Baker General election 1886 Portsmouth 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Unionist William Crossman 8 482 27 2 3 2Conservative Samuel Wilson 8 325 26 8 2 9Liberal Philip Vanderbyl 7 196 23 2 2 6Liberal John Baker 7 069 22 8 3 5Turnout 15 722 77 5 1 7Registered electors 20 279Majority 1 286 4 0 N ALiberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 2 9Majority 1 129 3 6 N AConservative gain from Liberal Swing 3 2Elections in the 1890s Edit Walter Clough General election 1892 Portsmouth 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John Baker 9 643 25 9 3 1Liberal Walter Clough 9 448 25 4 2 2Conservative George Henry Smith Willis 9 135 24 5 2 3Liberal Unionist Anthony Ashley 9 000 24 2 3 0Majority 313 0 9 N ATurnout 18 731 80 6 3 1Registered electors 23 237Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing 3 1Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 2 3 Harmsworth General election 1895 Portsmouth 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Liberal John Baker 10 451 26 2 0 3Liberal Walter Clough 10 255 25 6 0 2Conservative Alfred Harmsworth 9 717 24 3 0 2Liberal Unionist Anthony Ashley 9 567 23 9 0 3Majority 538 1 3 0 4Turnout 20 129 83 7 3 1Registered electors 24 057Liberal hold Swing 0 3Liberal hold Swing 0 3Elections in the 1900s Edit Bramsdon 1900 Portsmouth by election Party Candidate Votes Liberal Thomas Bramsdon 10 287 51 4 0 4Conservative James Majendie 9 708 48 6 0 4Majority 579 2 8 1 5Turnout 19 995 74 9 8 8Registered electors 26 698Liberal hold Swing 0 4General election 1900 Portsmouth 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Majendie 10 818 26 1 1 8Conservative Reginald Lucas 10 383 25 1 1 2Liberal John Baker 10 214 24 6 1 6Liberal Thomas Bramsdon 10 031 24 2 1 4Majority 169 0 5 N ATurnout 21 072 78 9 4 8Registered electors 26 698Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 1 7Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 1 3 Sanders General election 1906 Portsmouth 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Thomas Bramsdon 10 500 22 6 1 6Liberal John Baker 10 236 22 0 2 6Labour Repr Cmte William Sanders 8 172 17 6 NewConservative E W Hills 7 970 17 1 9 0Conservative A Whitelaw 7 752 16 7 8 4Naval Fred T Jane 1 859 4 0 NewMajority 2 064 4 4 N ATurnout 25 478 82 8 3 9Registered electors 30 754Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 3 7Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 2 9Elections in the 1910s Edit General election January 1910 Portsmouth 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Beresford 16 777 28 7 11 6Liberal Unionist Bertram Falle 15 592 26 8 10 1Liberal Thomas Bramsdon 12 397 21 3 1 3Liberal Richard Lambert 9 965 17 1 4 9Labour William Sanders 3 529 6 1 11 5Turnout 30 100 89 4 6 6Registered electors 33 666Majority 4 380 7 4 N AConservative gain from Liberal Swing 6 5Majority 3 195 5 5 N ALiberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing 7 5 Hemmerde General election December 1910 Portsmouth 2 seats 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Beresford 15 125 26 9 1 8Liberal Unionist Bertram Falle 14 856 26 5 0 3Liberal Edward Hemmerde 13 146 23 4 2 1Liberal Henry Harben 13 013 23 2 4 1Turnout 28 236 83 9 5 5Registered electors 33 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