East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Stourbridge, Dudley, Droitwich, Northfield, Blockley and Pershore, and the Borough of Evesham.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA300|title= The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.|location= London |publisher= His Majesty's statute and law printers |date= 1832 |pages= 300–383 |access-date=2017-07-27}}

{{Compact ToC election decades

|decade1 = 1840s

|decade2 = 1850s

|decade3 = 1860s

|decade4 = 1870s

|decade5 = 1880s

|decade6 = 1890s

|decade7 = 1900s

|decade8 = 1910s

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{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1832: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= William Congreve Russell

|votes = 2,576

|percentage = 36.8

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Cookes

|votes = 2,517

|percentage = 35.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= John Pakington

|votes = 1,916

|percentage = 27.3

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 601

|percentage = 8.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 4,348

|percentage = 84.2

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 5,161

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{{Election box new seat win

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box new seat win

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1835: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Edward Holland

|votes = 2,254

|percentage = 34.2

|change = −2.6

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Cookes

|votes = 2,192

|percentage = 33.3

|change = −2.6

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Horace St Paul

|votes = 2,145

|percentage = 32.5

|change = +5.2

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 47

|percentage = 0.7

|change = −7.9

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = {{circa|3,296}}

|percentage = {{circa|63.8}}

|change = {{circa|−20.4}}

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,164

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −2.6

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

|swing = −2.6

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1837: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Horace St Paul

|votes = 2,595

|percentage = 27.4

|change = +11.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Barneby

|votes = 2,528

|percentage = 26.7

|change = +10.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Edward Holland

|votes = 2,175

|percentage = 23.0

|change = −11.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Hodgetts-Foley

|votes = 2,168

|percentage = 22.9

|change = −10.4

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 427

|percentage = 4.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 353

|percentage = 3.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 4,771

|percentage = 79.6

|change = {{circa|+15.8}}

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,995

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser= Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +11.0

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{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser= Whigs (British political party)

|swing = +10.7

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1841: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= James Arthur Taylor

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Barneby

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,367

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Barneby's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 11 January 1847: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= George Rushout

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1847: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Hodgetts-Foley

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= George Rushout

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,269

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1852: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Hodgetts-Foley

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= George Rushout

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,515

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1857: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Hodgetts-Foley

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= George Rushout

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,065

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Rushout succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Baron Northwick and causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 24 February 1859: East Worcestershire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Frederick Gough-Calthorpe

|votes = 2,304

|percentage = 54.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baron Hampton|John Pakington {{cite news |title=East Worcestershire Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000150/18590226/037/0009 |access-date=19 August 2018 |work=Worcester Journal |date=26 February 1859 |page=9 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 1,965

|percentage = 46.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 339

|percentage = 8.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 4,269

|percentage = 71.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,983

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1859: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= John Hodgetts-Foley

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Frederick Gough-Calthorpe

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,983

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner= Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Hodgetts-Foley's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 20 December 1861: East Worcestershire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Harry Vernon

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1865: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Harry Vernon

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Frederick Gough-Calthorpe

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,875

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Gough-Calthorpe succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Baron Calthorpe and causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 1 June 1868: East Worcestershire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Lyttelton

|votes= 2,688

|percentage= 52.5

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= William Laslett

|votes= 2,429

|percentage= 47.5

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes= 259

|percentage= 5.0

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 5,117

|percentage= 74.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,875

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1868: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Richard Amphlett

|votes= 4,108

|percentage= 34.3

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Lyttelton

|votes= 4,093

|percentage= 34.1

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Richard Martin

|votes= 3,789

|percentage= 31.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes= 319

|percentage= 2.7

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 8,049 (est)

|percentage= 78.0 (est)

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 10,313

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1874: East Worcestershire (2 seats)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Allsopp

|votes= 4,421

|percentage= 29.5

|change= +12.3

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Thomas Eades Walker

|votes= 4,159

|percentage= 27.8

|change=+10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Lyttelton

|votes= 3,508

|percentage= 23.4

|change= −10.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Arthur Albright{{cite news|title=East Worcestershire Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000350/18740221/012/0005|access-date=23 January 2018|work=Worcestershire Chronicle|date=21 February 1874|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 2,831

|percentage= 18.9

|change= −12.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= William Laslett

|votes= 55

|percentage= 0.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes= 651

|percentage= 4.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 7,487 (est)

|percentage= 67.8 (est)

|change= −10.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 11,039

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= +12.0

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|loser =Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= +11.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

• Laslett withdrew from the race in order to contest Worcester.{{cite news|title=East Worcestershire|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000686/18740212/139/0005|access-date=23 January 2018|work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer|date=12 February 1874|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

File:Portrait of George Hastings.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1880: East Worcestershire (2 seats){{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|pages=484–485}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= William Henry Gladstone

|votes= 4,879

|percentage= 26.5

|change= +3.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=George Hastings

|votes= 4,833

|percentage= 26.3

|change= +7.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Richard Temple

|votes= 4,417

|percentage=24.0

|change= −3.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Allsopp

|votes= 4,258

|percentage=23.2

|change= −6.3

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 621

|percentage = 3.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=416

|percentage= 2.3

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 9,194 (est)

|percentage= 76.6 (est)

|change= +8.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 12,000

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= +3.5

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= +6.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: East Worcestershire {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=421}}The Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=George Hastings

|votes=3,685

|percentage=53.6

|change= +0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Albert Bosanquet

|votes=3,194

|percentage=46.4

|change= −0.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=491

|percentage=7.2

|change= +4.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 6,879

|percentage=84.0

|change= +7.4 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,187

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= +0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: East Worcestershire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=George Hastings

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Hastings was expelled from the House of Commons, causing a by-election.

file:Portrait of Austen Chamberlain.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 30 Mar 1892: East Worcestershire}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: East Worcestershire {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

|votes=5,111

|percentage=67.0

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Oscar Browning

|votes=2,517

|percentage=33.0

|change=New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=2,594

|percentage=34.0

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=7,628

|percentage=77.6

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,827

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: East Worcestershire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: East Worcestershire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=1902 East Worcestershire by-election

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

file:Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: East Worcestershire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

|votes=10,129

|percentage=63.7

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=John Morgan

|votes=5,763

|percentage=36.3

|change=New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=4,366

|percentage=27.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=15,892

|percentage=84.7

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 18,769

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Edward Hilton Young.jpg

{{Election box begin

|title=General election January 1910: East Worcestershire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

|votes=12,644

|percentage=64.5

|change=+0.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Hilton Young

|votes=6,955

|percentage=35.5

|change=-0.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=5,689

|percentage=29.0

|change=+1.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 19,599

|percentage=84.2

|change=-0.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing=+0.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election December 1910: East Worcestershire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Austen Chamberlain

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=1914 East Worcestershire by-election}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate=Leverton Harris

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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;

• Unionist: Leverton Harris
• Liberal: Wilfrid Hill

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• {{Rayment-hc|w|5|date=March 2012}}
• {{cite book

|last=Craig

|first=F. W. S.

|author-link= F. W. S. Craig

|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885

|orig-year=1977

|edition= 2nd

|year=1989

|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn= 0-900178-26-4

|pages=484–485

}}

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