Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Portsmouth
|parliament = uk
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|map2 =
|map_entity =
|map_year =
|year = 1295
|abolished = 1918
|type = Borough
|elects_howmany = Two
|previous =
|next = Portsmouth North, Portsmouth South and Portsmouth Central
|region = England
|county = Hampshire
|towns = Portsmouth
}}
Portsmouth was a borough constituency based upon the borough of Portsmouth in Hampshire. It returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the Parliaments of England, Great Britain and from 1801 the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
History
The 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
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.
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
=1295–1640=
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
=1640–1918=
| class="wikitable" | ||||||
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1640
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|rowspan="2"| Hon. Henry PercyPercy 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 | rowspan="2"| Royalist | ||||
| November 1640
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Hon. George Goring | rowspan="2"| Royalist | |||||
| 1640 (?)
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="3"|Edward DowseThis 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). | rowspan= "3"|Parliamentarian | |||||
| August 1642
|colspan="3"|Goring disabled from sitting – seat vacant | ||||||
| 1646
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | ||||||
| December 1648
|colspan="3"|Boote not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge |colspan="3"|Dowce died late 1648 – seat left vacant | ||||||
| 1653
|colspan="6"|Portsmouth was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||||
| 1654
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |
|rowspan="2" colspan="3"| Portsmouth had only one seat in the First and | |||||
| 1656
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | ||||||
| January 1659
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |||||
| May 1659
|colspan="6"|Portsmouth was not represented in the restored Rump | ||||||
| April 1660
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Henry Whithed |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| May 1660
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1661
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| February 1679
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| George Legge |rowspan="2"| | style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| August 1679
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1685
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Henry Slingsby |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| 1689
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1690
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="3"| Nicholas Hedger |rowspan="3"| | ||||||
| 1695
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1696
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1698
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="4"| Sir George Rooke |rowspan="4"| | ||||||
| January 1702
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| July 1702
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Thomas ErleErle was also elected for Wareham, which he chose to represent, and did not for Portsmouth in this Parliament | | ||||||
| December 1702
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| May 1708
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"| George Churchill |rowspan="3"|Tory | ||||||
| December 1708
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| January 1710On petition, the result of the 1710 election was overturned, and Wager and Jennings were declared not to have been duly elected
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Sir Charles Wager |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| October 1710
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1711
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Admiral Sir James Wishart |rowspan="2"| | style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1713
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1715
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Sir Charles Wager |rowspan="2"| | style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1722
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1734
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="4"| Philip Cavendish |rowspan="4"| | ||||||
| 1737
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| February 1741
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| May 1741
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="3"| Martin Bladen |rowspan="3"| | ||||||
| 1743
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1744
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="4"| Isaac Townsend |rowspan="4"| | ||||||
| 1746
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Thomas GoreGore was re-elected in 1747, but had also been elected for Bedford, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Portsmouth | | ||||||
| 15 December 1747
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Hon. Edward LeggeIt was soon afterwards discovered that Legge, who had been elected while on naval service overseas, had been dead 87 days before his election, which was declared void | Whig | ||||||
| 28 December 1747
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="4"| Sir Edward HawkeAdmiral from 1757 |rowspan="4"| | ||||||
| 1754
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1761
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, Bt | | ||||||
| 1774
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Peter Taylor |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| 1776
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Maurice Suckling |rowspan="2"| | ||||||
| 1777
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="3"| Sir William Gordon |rowspan="3"| | ||||||
| 1778
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| 1782
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Non-partisan}}" | |rowspan="4"| Sir Henry Fetherstonhaugh, Bt |rowspan="3"| Non-partisan | ||||||
| 1783
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |last=Stooks Smith |first=Henry. |editor=Craig, F. W. S. |title=The Parliaments of England |orig-year=1844-1850 |edition=2nd |year=1973 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn=0-900178-13-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/131 131–134] |url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/131 }} | ||||||
| 1784
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Non-partisan}}" | | ||||||
| 1790
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |Whig |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Hon. Thomas Erskine |rowspan="3"| Whig | ||||||
| 1796
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Non-partisan}}" | | ||||||
| 1801
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="4"| John Markham |rowspan="4"| Whig | ||||||
| February 1806
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||||
| November 1806
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||||
| 1816
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="4"| John Bonham Carter |rowspan="4"| Whig{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|pages=22–23, 185|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ }} | ||||||
| 1818
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | Tory | ||||||
| 1820
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||||
| 1826
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="5"| Francis Baring |rowspan="4"| Whig{{cite book |last1=Gambles |first1=Anna |title=Protection and Politics: Conservative Economic Discourse 1815–1852 |date=1999 |publisher=The Boydell Press |location=Woodbridge |isbn=0-86193-244-7 |page=244 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6I45qlpqsMC&pg=PA244 |access-date=30 June 2018}}{{cite book|last1=Mosse|first1=Richard Bartholomew|title=The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc|date=1838|pages=138, 150|access-date=30 June 2018|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQb8OiJ4aTcC}} | ||||||
| 1838
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=David |title=Palmerston: A Biography |date=2010 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |isbn=978-0-300-11898-8 |page=350 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFp4l0zpUqcC&pg=PT350 |access-date=30 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=Parliamentary Movements |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002131/18380223/030/0002 |access-date=30 June 2018 |work=Nottingham Journal |date=23 February 1838 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} | ||||||
| 1852
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||||
| 1857
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2" | Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt |rowspan="2" | Conservative | ||||||
| 1859
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1865
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| William Henry Stone |rowspan="2"| Liberal | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1868
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt |rowspan="2"|Conservative | ||||||
| 1874
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Thomas Charles Bruce |rowspan="2"| Conservative | ||||||
| 1880
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||||
| 1885
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Sir William Crossman | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1886
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" | | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||||
| 1892
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Sir John Baker |rowspan="2"| Liberal | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1900
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1900
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||||
| 1906
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||||
| 1910
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Lord Charles Beresford |rowspan="2"| Conservative |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan="3"| Sir Bertram Falle | ||||||
| 1912
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="2"|Unionist | ||||||
| 1916
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" | | Unionist | ||||||
| 1918
|colspan="6"| Constituency abolished |
Notes
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Election notes
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.
Election results 1715–1800
=Elections in the 1710s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 31 January 1715: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Ernle
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Wager
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated when Wager was appointed to an office
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 7 April 1715: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Wager
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated when Wager was appointed to an office
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 28 March 1718: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Wager
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1720s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 24 March 1722: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = John Norris
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Wager
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 19 August 1727: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = John Norris
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Wager
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1730s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 24 April 1734: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Thomas Lewis
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Philip Cavendish
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Lewis
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 10 February 1737: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Charles Stewart
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1740s=
- Death of Stewart
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 21 February 1741: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Edward Vernon
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 6 May 1741: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Philip Cavendish
|votes = 60
|percentage = 48.78
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Martin Bladen
|votes = 54
|percentage = 43.90
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Edward Vernon
|votes = 9
|percentage = 7.32
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 123
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated when Cavendish was appointed to an office
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 23 March 1742: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Philip Cavendish
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Cavendish
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 14 December 1743: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Sir Charles Hardy
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Hardy
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 28 December 1744: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Isaac Townsend
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Bladen
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 3 March 1746: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Thomas Gore
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1 July 1747: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Isaac Townsend
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Thomas Gore
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Gore chose to sit for Bedford
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 15 December 1747: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Legge
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Election declared void on 19 December 1747 as, unknown to anyone in England on 15 December, Legge had died on 19 September 1747.
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 28 December 1747: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Hawke
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1750s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 18 April 1754: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = William Rowley
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Hawke
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated when Rowley was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 25 April 1757: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = William Rowley
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1760s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 31 March 1761: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Hawke
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Matthew Fetherstonhaugh
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated when Hawke was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 10 December 1766: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Hawke
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 22 March 1768: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Hawke
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Matthew Fetherstonhaugh
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Fetherstonhaugh
=Elections in the 1770s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 29 March 1774: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Peter Taylor
|votes = 39
|percentage = 61.90
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Joshua Iremonger
|votes = 24
|percentage = 38.10
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15
|percentage = 23.80
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 10 October 1774: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Edward Hawke
|votes = 65
|percentage = 47.79
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Peter Taylor
|votes = 37
|percentage = 27.21
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Joshua Iremonger
|votes = 34
|percentage = 25.00
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Creation of Hawke as a peer
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 18 May 1776: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Maurice Suckling
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Taylor
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 26 November 1777: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = William Gordon
|votes = 23
|percentage = 65.71
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Henry Fetherstonhaugh
|votes = 12
|percentage = 34.29
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11
|percentage = 31.43
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Suckling
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 10 August 1778: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Robert Monckton
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1780s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 9 September 1780: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Robert Monckton
|votes = 34
|percentage = 52.31
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = William Gordon
|votes = 20
|percentage = 30.77
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Henry Fetherstonhaugh
|votes = 11
|percentage = 16.92
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Monckton
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 5 June 1782: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Henry Fetherstonhaugh
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated on the grant of a pension, at the pleasure of the Crown, to Gordon
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 28 July 1783: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Erskine
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Whig (British political party)
|loser = Nonpartisan politician
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Source for party: Stooks Smith
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1 April 1784: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Henry Fetherstonhaugh
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = William Cornwallis
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1790s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1790: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Fetherstonhaugh
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Erskine
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1796: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Erskine
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Hugh Seymour
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seymour is referred to as Hugh Seymour-Conway in the above list of members of parliament
Election results 1801–1918
=Elections in the 1800s=
- Death of Seymour
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election November 1801: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Markham
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Whig (British political party)
|loser = Nonpartisan politician
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1802: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Erskine
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Markham
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- 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
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1806: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Markham
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Miller
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1807: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Markham
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Miller
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1810s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1812: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Markham
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Miller
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Death of Miller
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election February 1817: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whig (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1818: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = George Cockburn
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1820s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1820: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
|votes = 53
|percentage = 48.62
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Markham
|votes = 34
|percentage = 31.19
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = George Cockburn
|votes = 22
|percentage = 20.18
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12
|percentage = 11.01
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 109
|percentage =
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whig (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|loser = Whig (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1826: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whig (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
|votes = Unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1830s=
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=General election 1830: Portsmouth (2 seats){{cite web |author1=Salmon, Philip |author2=Spencer, Howard |title=Portsmouth |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/portsmouth |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=21 April 2020}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate =Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Baring as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=By-election, 29 November 1830: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate =Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=General election 1831: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate =Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 49
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=General election 1832: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
|votes = 826
|percentage = 46.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
|votes = 707
|percentage = 39.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Charles Napier
|votes = 258
|percentage = 14.4
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 449
|percentage = 25.1
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 983
|percentage = 75.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,295
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1835: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
|votes = 643
|percentage = 30.5
|change = −15.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
|votes = 571
|percentage = 27.1
|change = −12.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Rowley
|votes = 557
|percentage = 26.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Charles Napier
|votes = 335
|percentage = 15.9
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14
|percentage = 0.7
|change = −24.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,143
|percentage = 85.3
|change = +9.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,340
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = −8.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = −6.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1837: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
|votes = 635
|percentage = 28.6
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = John Bonham-Carter
|votes = 630
|percentage = 28.4
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Cockburn
|votes = 518
|percentage = 23.3
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Harris
|votes =438
|percentage = 19.7
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 112
|percentage = 5.1
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,118
|percentage = 71.6
|change = −13.7
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,561
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = −5.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = −3.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note (1837): Stooks Smith gives a registered electorate figure of 1,517; but Craig's figure is used to calculate turnout.
- Death of Carter
{{Election box begin no change |
|title=By-election, 26 February 1838: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = George Staunton
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note (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.
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election, 30 August 1839: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1840s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1841: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = George Staunton
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,834
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1847: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = George Staunton
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,068
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Baring as First Lord of the Admiralty..
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election, 6 February 1849: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1850s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1852: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Monck
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,332
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Note (1852): Monck was a peer in the peerage of Ireland.
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Monck as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-election, 14 March 1855: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Monck
|votes = 1,478
|percentage = 75.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Gaselee{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000458/18550315/058/0002 |access-date=30 June 2018 |work=Perthshire Advertiser |date=15 March 1855 |page=2 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 473
|percentage = 24.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,005
|percentage = 51.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,951
|percentage = 56.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,439
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1857: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone
|votes = 1,522
|percentage = 33.9
|change = New
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Francis Baring
|votes = 1,496
|percentage = 33.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Monck
|votes = 1,476
|percentage = 32.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 46
|percentage = 1.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,247 (est)
|percentage = 61.2 (est)
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,671
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
- 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.
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1859: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone
|votes = 1,640
|percentage = 27.1
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Francis Baring
|votes = 1,574
|percentage = 26.0
|change = −7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Charles Bruce
|votes = 1,447
|percentage = 23.9
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Keppel
|votes = 1,386
|percentage = 22.9
|change = −9.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,024 (est)
|percentage = 79.1 (est)
|change = +17.9
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,821
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 66
|percentage = 1.1
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +9.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 127
|percentage = 2.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −7.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Note (1859): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note.
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1865: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Stone
|votes = 2,164
|percentage = 28.8
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Gaselee
|votes = 2,103
|percentage = 28.0
|change = +5.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone
|votes = 1,677
|percentage = 22.4
|change = −4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Charles Bruce
|votes = 1,559
|percentage = 20.8
|change = −3.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 426
|percentage = 5.6
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,752 (est)
|percentage = 80.3 (est)
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,670
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +3.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Note (1865): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note.
- Expansion of the electorate provided for by the Reform Act 1867
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1868: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone
|votes = 5,306
|percentage = 41.5
|change = −1.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Stone
|votes = 3,785
|percentage = 29.6
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Gaselee
|votes = 3,687
|percentage = 28.9
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,521
|percentage = 11.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,042 (est)
|percentage = 78.0 (est)
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 11,597
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −1.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Note (1868): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note.
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1874: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone
|votes = 5,927
|percentage = 28.2
|change = +7.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Charles Bruce
|votes = 5,879
|percentage = 27.9
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Stone
|votes = 4,644
|percentage = 22.1
|change = −7.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet|Wyndham Portal {{cite news|title=Portsmouth|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000358/18740207/154/0008|access-date=17 January 2018|work=Berkshire Chronicle|date=7 February 1874|page=8|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 4,588
|percentage = 21.8
|change = −7.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,235
|percentage = 5.8
|change = −5.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,519
|percentage = 70.5
|change = −7.5
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 14,931
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +7.4
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +7.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Note (1874): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note.
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Elphinstone as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
{{Election box begin |
|title=By-Election 16 March 1874: Portsmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1880: Portsmouth (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}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Charles Bruce
|votes = 6,683
|percentage = 26.4
|change = −1.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Drummond Wolff
|votes = 6,593
|percentage = 26.0
|change = −2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Freeman Norris{{cite news|title=The Representation of Portsmouth|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000069/18800320/021/0008|access-date=9 December 2017|work=Hampshire Telegraph|date=20 March 1880|pages=7–8|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 6,040
|percentage = 23.8
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edmund Verney
|votes = 6,023
|percentage = 23.8
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 553
|percentage = 2.2
|change = -3.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,670
|percentage = 77.0
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box Registered electors|
|reg. electors = 16,463
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Note (1880): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note.
- Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1885: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Crossman
|votes = 8,367
|percentage = 26.3
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Vanderbyl
|votes = 8,214
|percentage = 25.8
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Charles Bruce
|votes = 7,650
|percentage = 24.0
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Drummond Wolff
|votes = 7,595
|percentage = 23.9
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 564
|percentage = 1.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 16,068
|percentage = 79.2
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 20,279
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.5
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1886: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = William Crossman
|votes = 8,482
|percentage = 27.2
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Wilson
|votes = 8,325
|percentage = 26.8
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip Vanderbyl
|votes = 7,196
|percentage = 23.2
|change = −2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Baker
|votes = 7,069
|percentage = 22.8
|change = −3.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,722
|percentage = 77.5
|change = −1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 20,279
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,286
|percentage = 4.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,256
|percentage = 4.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +3.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1892: Portsmouth (2 seats){{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 Party (UK)
|candidate = John Baker
|votes = 9,643
|percentage = 25.9
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Clough
|votes = 9,448
|percentage = 25.4
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Henry Smith Willis|George Willis
|votes = 9,135
|percentage = 24.5
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = Anthony Ashley
|votes = 9,000
|percentage = 24.2
|change = −3.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 313
|percentage = 0.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 18,731
|percentage = 80.6
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 23,237
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = +3.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
File:Portrait of Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe.jpg
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1895: Portsmouth (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Baker
|votes = 10,451
|percentage = 26.2
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Clough
|votes = 10,255
|percentage = 25.6
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Harmsworth
|votes = 9,717
|percentage = 24.3
|change = −0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = Anthony Ashley
|votes = 9,567
|percentage = 23.9
|change = −0.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 538
|percentage = 1.3
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 20,129
|percentage = 83.7
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 24,057
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1900s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=1900 Portsmouth by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Bramsdon
|votes = 10,287
|percentage = 51.4
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Majendie
|votes = 9,708
|percentage = 48.6
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 579
|percentage = 2.8
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 19,995
|percentage = 74.9
|change = −8.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 26,698
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1900: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Majendie
|votes = 10,818
|percentage = 26.1
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Lucas
|votes = 10,383
|percentage = 25.1
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Baker
|votes = 10,214
|percentage = 24.6
|change =−1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Bramsdon
|votes = 10,031
|percentage = 24.2
|change = −1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 169
|percentage = 0.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 21,072
|percentage = 78.9
|change = −4.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 26,698
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election 1906: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Bramsdon
|votes = 10,500
|percentage = 22.6
|change = −1.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Baker
|votes = 10,236
|percentage = 22.0
|change = −2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Representation Committee (1900)
|candidate = William Sanders
|votes = 8,172
|percentage = 17.6
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = E.W. Hills
|votes = 7,970
|percentage = 17.1
|change = −9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Whitelaw
|votes = 7,752
|percentage = 16.7
|change = −8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Naval
|candidate = Fred T. Jane
|votes = 1,859
|percentage = 4.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,530
|percentage = 5.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 25,478
|percentage = 82.8
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 30,754
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +3.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1910s=
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election January 1910: Portsmouth (2 seats){{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 = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lord Charles Beresford
|votes = 16,777
|percentage = 28.7
|change = +11.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = Bertram Falle
|votes = 15,592
|percentage = 26.8
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Bramsdon
|votes = 12,397
|percentage = 21.3
|change = −1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Lambert
|votes = 9,965
|percentage = 17.1
|change = −4.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Sanders
|votes = 3,529
|percentage = 6.1
|change = −11.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 30,100
|percentage = 89.4
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 33,666
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,380
|percentage = 7.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +6.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,627
|percentage = 9.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +7.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=General election December 1910: Portsmouth (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lord Charles Beresford
|votes = 15,125
|percentage = 26.9
|change = −1.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = Bertram Falle
|votes = 14,856
|percentage = 26.5
|change = −0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Hemmerde
|votes = 13,146
|percentage = 23.4
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Harben
|votes = 13,013
|percentage = 23.2
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,236
|percentage = 83.9
|change = −5.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 33,666
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,979
|percentage = 3.5
|change = −3.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,843
|percentage = 3.3
|change = −6.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = −2.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=1916 Portsmouth by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Hedworth Meux
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- The House of Commons 1715–1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
- The House of Commons 1754–1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973))
- Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Who's Who of British members of parliament, Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- Who's Who of British members of parliament, Volume III 1919–1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [https://archive.today/20121205042835/http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
- {{Rayment-hc|p|2|date=March 2012}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617230636/http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/events/representation.htm The Representation Of Portsmouth In Parliament ]
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