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Brighton (UK Parliament constituency)

Brighton
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County1832–1888: Sussex
1888–1950: East Sussex
Major settlementsBrighton
1832–1950
SeatsTwo
Created fromSussex
Replaced byBrighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion and Hove

Brighton was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until it was divided into single-member seats from the 1950 United Kingdom general election. Covering the seaside towns of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, it elected two Members of Parliament (MP) by the block vote system of election.

History

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The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. The constituency was based on the south coast seaside resort town of Brighton.

When it was proposed to enfranchise Brighton a Tory observed in Parliament that it would represent merely "toffy (sic), lemonade and jelly shops". Charles Seymour suggests he "obviously feared the Whig proclivities of the numerous tradespeople established there".[1]

The first representatives of the constituency were of radical opinions. Isaac Newton Wigney (MP 1832–1839 and 1841–1842) was described as being of "Whig opinions inclining to radicalism, in favour of the ballot, and pledged himself to resign his seat whenever his constituents called upon him so to do". His colleague, the Nonconformist preacher and attorney George Faithfull (MP 1832–1835), went much further. He advocated "the immediate abolition of slavery, of all unmerited pensions and sinecures, the standing army, all useless expense, the Corn Laws, and every other monopoly. He said that if the extent of suffrage at that time was not found efficient he would vote for universal suffrage: and if triennial Parliaments did not succeed, would vote for having them annually; he was an advocate of the ballot". [2]

Seymour provides figures for the voting qualification of Brighton electors, following the Reform Act 1867. The town was one of six boroughs in England where the £10 occupiers, enfranchised in 1832, were much more numerous than the householders who received the vote under the 1867 Act. There were 7,590 £10 occupiers and only 944 householders on the electoral register.[1]

Members of Parliament for the constituency, after the first two, were of more conventional views; but most elections were won by the Liberal Party until 1884. In 1884 the Liberal MP, William Marriott, broke with his party as he disagreed with Prime Minister Gladstone's foreign and Egyptian policy. Marriott resigned his seat and was re-elected as a Conservative. From that time onwards the Liberal Party never won an election in the constituency, except for a by-election in 1905 and both seats in the landslide victory of 1906. Apart from those few years of liberal strength, Brighton became a safe Conservative constituency.

The 1931 election of Sir Cooper Rawson holds the record for the largest majority ever received at a general election (62,253), as well as the most votes received by an individual (75,205).[3]

Boundaries

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The constituency was defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as comprising the "respective Parishes of Brighthelmstone and Hove".[4] The act named the parliamentary borough as "Brighthelmstone", but the name "Brighton" was invariably used.[5]

The two parishes were adjacent coastal resorts in the historic county of Sussex in South East England. Brighton obtained a charter of incorporation to become a municipal borough in 1854, while Hove formed a local board of health in 1858, becoming a borough forty years later. These changes in local government made no changes to the boundaries of the constituency.[6] Under the Representation of the People Act 1867 the constituency was enlarged to include the Preston area which fell inside Brighton's municipal boundaries.[6]

These boundaries were used until the 1918 general election when seats were redefined in terms of the local government areas then in existence. The parliamentary borough was defined as consisting of the County Borough of Brighton and the Municipal Borough of Hove. The constituency was enlarged to include Aldrington which lay with Hove's borough boundaries.[6]

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948 the remaining multi-member constituencies were abolished and replaced with single-member ones from the 1950 election. The County Borough of Brighton was divided into Brighton Kemptown and Brighton Pavilion. The Municipal Borough of Hove, which had also been included in the old Brighton seat was combined with Portslade by Sea Urban District to form the new Hove constituency.[6]

Members of Parliament

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Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 Isaac Wigney Radical[7][8][9] George Faithfull Radical[7][10]
1835 George Pechell
(from 1849 Sir George Brook-Pechell, Bt) 		Whig[11][8][12][7][10]
1837 Sir Adolphus Dalrymple Conservative[7][10]
1841 Isaac Wigney Radical[7][8][9]
1842 Lord Alfred Hervey Conservative[7][10]
1857 William Coningham Radical[8][13][14]
1860 Liberal James White Liberal
1864 Henry Moor Conservative
1865 Henry Fawcett Liberal
1874 James Lloyd Ashbury Conservative Charles Cameron Shute Conservative
1880 John Robert Hollond Liberal Rt Hon. Sir William Thackeray Marriott 1 Liberal
1884 Conservative
1885 David Smith Conservative
1886 Sir William Tindal Robertson Conservative
1889 Gerald Loder Conservative
1893 Bruce Vernon-Wentworth Conservative
1905 (5 April 1905) Ernest Villiers Liberal
1906 Aurelian Ridsdale Liberal
1910 Rt Hon. George Tryon Conservative Hon. Walter Rice Conservative
1911 John Gordon Conservative
1914 Charles Thomas-Stanford Conservative
1918 Coalition Conservative Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative Cooper Rawson Conservative
1940 Lord Erskine 2 Conservative
1941 Anthony Marlowe Conservative
1944 William Teeling Conservative
1950 constituency divided – see Brighton Kemptown, Brighton Pavilion and Hove

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Elections

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1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s – See also – Notes – Further reading – References

Elections in the 1940s

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1945 general election: Brighton[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Teeling 49,339 30.8 −7.4
Conservative Anthony Marlowe 49,026 30.6 −7.4
Labour Joseph Taylor Huddart[17] 31,074 19.4 +7.3
Labour GH Barnard 30,844 19.2 +7.5
Majority 17,952 11.2 −14.7
Turnout 160,283 64.3 +2.6
Registered electors 124,714
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
1944 Brighton by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Teeling 14,594 53.6 −22.6
National Independent Bruce Dutton Briant 12,635 46.4 New
Majority 1,959 7.2 −18.7
Turnout 27,229 22.1 −39.6
Registered electors 123,310
Conservative hold
1941 Brighton by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Marlowe Unopposed
Conservative hold
1940 Brighton by-election[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Erskine Unopposed
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1935: Brighton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Tryon 60,913 38.2 −4.5
Conservative Cooper Rawson 60,724 38.0 −4.6
Labour Alban Gordon 19,287 12.1 +4.7
Labour Lewis Cohen 18,743 11.7 +4.4
Majority 41,437 25.9 −9.3
Turnout 159,667 61.7 −6.6
Registered electors 129,356
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1931: Brighton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cooper Rawson 75,205 42.7 +13.6
Conservative George Tryon 74,993 42.6 +13.6
Labour Lewis Cohen 12,952 7.4 −4.8
Labour Co-op Rosalind Moore[18] 12,878 7.3 −4.4
Majority 62,041 35.2 +18.4
Turnout 176,028 68.3 +3.2
Registered electors 128,779
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1920s

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Cyril Dallow
General election 1929: Brighton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Cooper Rawson 46,515 29.1 −13.2
Unionist George Tryon 46,287 29.0 −13.5
Labour Laurence S Cheshire[19] 19,494 12.2 −3.0
Labour William McLaine 18,770 11.7 N/A
Liberal Cyril Berkeley Dallow 14,770 9.3 New
Liberal John Brudenell-Bruce 13,816 8.7 New
Majority 26,793 16.8 −10.3
Turnout 159,652 65.1 +9.9
Registered electors 122,641
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
General election 1924: Brighton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Tryon 39,387 42.5 +15.7
Unionist Cooper Rawson 39,253 42.3 +15.8
Labour Alban Gordon 14,072 15.2 +6.7
Majority 25,181 27.1 +16.1
Turnout 92,712 55.2 −13.0
Registered electors 83,980
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
General election 1923: Brighton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Tryon 30,137 26.8 −5.2
Unionist Cooper Rawson 29,759 26.5 −3.5
Liberal Walter Runciman 17,462 15.5 −9.2
Liberal Henry Lunn 16,567 14.7 N/A
Labour Alban Gordon 9,545 8.5 New
Labour Herbert Carden 9,040 8.0 New
Majority 12,297 11.0 +5.7
Turnout 112,510 68.2 +12.8
Registered electors 82,475
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
Fry
General election 1922: Brighton[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist George Tryon 28,549 32.0 −7.7
Unionist Cooper Rawson 26,844 30.0 −9.2
Liberal C. B. Fry 22,059 24.7 N/A
Ind. Unionist Harry Wheater[20] 11,913 13.3 New
Majority 4,785 5.3 −23.1
Turnout 89,365 55.4 +5.1
Registered electors 80,674
Unionist hold
Unionist hold

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Brighton[16][note 1][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist George Tryon 32,958 39.7 +8.9
C Unionist Charles Thomas-Stanford 32,561 39.2 +8.4
Labour Thomas Lewis 8,971 10.8 New
Labour George William Alfred Canter 8,514 10.3 New
Majority 23,590 28.4 +16.8
Turnout 83,004 50.3 −31.6
Registered electors 82,449
Unionist hold
Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
1914 Brighton by-election[22][note 2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Charles Thomas-Stanford Unopposed
Unionist hold
1911 Brighton by-election[22][note 3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Gordon Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election December 1910: Brighton[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Tryon 10,780 30.8 +0.4
Conservative Walter Rice 10,757 30.8 +0.5
Liberal Alfred Morris[23] 6,723 19.2 −0.5
Liberal Morres Nickalls[24] 6,699 19.2 −0.4
Majority 4,034 11.6 +1.0
Turnout 4,034 81.9 −7.4
Registered electors 21,427
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election January 1910: Brighton[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Tryon 11,625 30.4 +6.6
Conservative Walter Rice 11,567 30.3 +6.5
Liberal George Evatt[25] 7,506 19.7 −6.7
Liberal Morres Nickalls[26] 7,472 19.6 −6.4
Majority 4,153 10.8 N/A
Majority 4,061 10.6 N/A
Turnout 38,170 89.3 +6.8
Registered electors 21,427
Conservative gain from Liberal
Conservative gain from Liberal

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Elections in the 1900s

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Ridsdale
General election 1906: Brighton[22][note 4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ernest Villiers 9,062 26.4 N/A
Liberal Aurelian Ridsdale 8,919 26.0 N/A
Conservative George Tryon 8,188 23.8 −17.1
Conservative John Gordon 8,176 23.8 −10.8
Majority 731 2.2 N/A
Majority 886 2.6 N/A
Turnout 34,345 82.5 +20.3
Registered electors 20,976
Liberal gain from Conservative
Liberal gain from Conservative
Villiers
1905 Brighton by-election[22][note 5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ernest Villiers 8,209 52.6 New
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,392 47.4 −28.1
Majority 817 5.2 N/A
Turnout 15,601 76.3 +14.1
Registered electors 20,439
Liberal gain from Conservative
General election 1900: Brighton[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,858 40.9 +2.4
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth 6,626 34.6 −2.0
Independent Protestant John Kensit 4,693 24.5 New
Majority 1,933 10.1 −1.6
Turnout 19,177 62.2 −12.2
Registered electors 18,634
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1895: Brighton[22][note 6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,878 38.5 +0.2
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth 7,490 36.6 +1.6
Liberal Joseph Ewart[7] 5,082 24.9 −1.8
Majority 2,408 11.7 +3.4
Turnout 20,450 74.4 −1.8
Registered electors 17,083
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 14 December 1893[22][note 7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bruce Vernon-Wentworth Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1892: Brighton[22][note 8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,807 38.3 −2.9
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 7,134 35.0 −5.6
Liberal Frederick William Maude 5,448 26.7 +8.5
Majority 1,686 8.3 −14.1
Turnout 20,389 76.2 +18.4
Registered electors 16,883
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1880s

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1889 Brighton by-election[22][note 9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gerald Loder 7,132 60.7 −21.1
Liberal Robert Peel 4,625 39.3 +21.1
Majority 2,507 21.4 −1.0
Turnout 11,757 76.8 +19.0
Registered electors 15,307
Conservative hold Swing −21.1
By-election, 29 November 1886[22][note 10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Tindal Robertson Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 11 August 1886[22][note 11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1886: Brighton[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Smith 5,963 41.2 +11.7
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 5,875 40.6 +11.1
Liberal William Hall[27] 2,633 18.2 −22.8
Majority 3,242 22.4 +13.5
Turnout 8,577 57.8 −23.2
Registered electors 14,848
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1885: Brighton[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 7,047 29.5 +4.8
Conservative David Smith 7,019 29.5 +5.2
Liberal John Webb Probyn 4,899 20.6 −4.9
Liberal John Robert Hollond 4,865 20.4 −5.2
Majority 2,182 9.1 N/A
Majority 2,120 8.9 N/A
Turnout 12,021 81.0 +3.8 (est)
Registered electors 14,848
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.2
By-election, 10 Jul 1885: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott Unopposed
Conservative gain from Liberal
By-election, 3 Mar 1884: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Thackeray Marriott 5,478 57.7 +8.7
Liberal Robert Romer 4,021 42.3 −8.8
Majority 1,457 15.4 N/A
Turnout 9,499 71.2 −6.0 (est)
Registered electors 13,340
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.8
General election 1880: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Robert Hollond 4,913 25.6 +3.1
Liberal William Thackeray Marriott 4,904 25.5 +4.4
Conservative James Lloyd Ashbury 4,739 24.7 −4.8
Conservative Edward Field[29] 4,664 24.3 −2.6
Majority 249 1.3 N/A
Majority 165 0.8 N/A
Turnout 9,610 (est) 77.2 (est) +4.5
Registered electors 12,454
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.0
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.5

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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Lloyd Ashbury 4,393 29.5 +3.0
Conservative Charles Cameron Shute 3,995 26.9 +15.7
Liberal James White 3,351 22.5 −7.9
Liberal Henry Fawcett 3,130 21.1 −6.9
Majority 1,263 9.4 N/A
Majority 644 4.4 N/A
Turnout 7,435 (est) 72.7 (est) +9.2
Registered electors 10,228
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.5
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +11.3

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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James White 3,342 30.4 −8.6
Liberal Henry Fawcett 3,081 28.0 −5.9
Conservative James Lloyd Ashbury 2,917 26.5 +12.9
Conservative Henry Moor 1,232 11.2 −2.4
Liberal William Coningham 432 3.9 N/A
Majority 164 1.5 −5.3
Turnout 5,502 (est) 63.5 (est) −20.1
Registered electors 10,228
Liberal hold Swing −10.8
Liberal hold Swing −1.8
General election 1865: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James White 3,065 39.0 −1.3
Liberal Henry Fawcett 2,665 33.9 −2.7
Conservative Henry Moor 2,134 27.1 +4.0
Majority 531 6.8 −6.7
Turnout 4,999 (est) 83.6 (est) +0.8
Registered electors 5,978
Liberal hold Swing −1.7
Liberal hold Swing −2.4
By-election, 16 Feb 1864: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Moor 1,663 39.3 +16.2
Liberal Henry Fawcett 1,468 34.7 N/A
Liberal Julian Goldsmid 775 18.3 N/A
Liberal Francis Kuper Dumas[30] 246 5.8 N/A
Independent Edward Harper[31] 82 1.9 New
Majority 195 4.6 N/A
Turnout 4,234 77.9 −4.9
Registered electors 5,434
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
By-election, 16 Jul 1860: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James White 1,588 47.0 +6.7
Conservative Henry Moor 1,242 36.8 +13.7
Liberal Frederick Goldsmid[32] 548 16.2 −20.4
Majority 346 10.2 −3.3
Turnout 3,378 70.6 −12.2
Registered electors 4,786
Liberal hold Swing

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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1859: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Brooke-Pechell 2,322 40.3 −3.0
Liberal William Coningham 2,106 36.6 +0.5
Conservative Allan MacNab 1,327 23.1 +2.6
Majority 779 13.5 −2.1
Turnout 3,541 (est) 82.8 (est) +2.3
Registered electors 4,277
Liberal hold Swing −2.2
Liberal hold Swing −0.4
General election 1857: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Brooke-Pechell 2,278 43.3 +1.9
Radical William Coningham 1,900 36.1 +8.3
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,080 20.5 −10.3
Turnout 3,169 (est) 80.5 (est) −2.2
Registered electors 3,936
Majority 378 7.2 −3.4
Whig hold Swing +3.5
Majority 820 15.6 N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +6.7
By-election, 4 January 1853: Brighton[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Hervey Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Brighton[28][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Brooke-Pechell 1,924 41.4 −1.1
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,431 30.8 −2.7
Radical John Salusbury-Trelawny[34][35] 1,173 25.2 +13.2
Radical John Ffooks[36][37] 119 2.6 −9.4
Turnout 3,039 (est) 82.7 (est) +16.1
Registered electors 3,675
Majority 493 10.6 +1.6
Whig hold Swing −1.5
Majority 258 5.6 −3.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.3

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Elections in the 1840s

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General election, 30 July 1847: Brighton (2 seats)[38][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Pechell 1,571 42.5 +2.1
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,239 33.5 +9.1
Radical William Coningham 886 24.0 −12.6
Turnout 1,848 (est) 66.6 (est) −18.7
Registered electors 2,776
Majority 332 9.0 +3.2
Whig hold Swing −1.2
Majority 353 9.5 N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +7.7
By-election, 6 May 1842: Brighton[39][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alfred Hervey 1,277 66.1 +41.7
Radical Summers Harford 640 33.1 −1.5
Chartist Charles Brooker 16 0.8 +0.3
Majority 637 33.0 N/A
Turnout 1,933 76.3 −9.0
Registered electors 2,533
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +21.6
General election, 1 July 1841: Brighton (2 seats)[40][28][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Pechell 1,443 40.4 +2.9
Radical Isaac Wigney 1,235 34.6 +0.5
Conservative Adolphus Dalrymple 872 24.4 −4.0
Chartist Charles Brooker 19 0.5 New
Turnout 2,050 85.3 +2.0
Registered electors 2,403
Majority 208 5.8 −3.3
Whig hold Swing +2.5
Majority 363 10.2 N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +1.3

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election, 26 July 1837: Brighton (2 seats)[41][28][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Pechell 1,083 37.5 −2.0
Conservative Adolphus Dalrymple 819 28.4 +8.6
Radical Isaac Wigney 801 27.8 +6.3
Radical George Faithfull 183 6.3 −12.9
Turnout 1,640 83.3 −6.7
Registered electors 1,968
Majority 264 9.1 −11.2
Whig hold Swing +0.7
Majority 18 0.6 N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +6.0
General election, 8 & 9 January 1835: Brighton (2 seats)[42][28][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Pechell 961 39.5 +1.3
Radical Isaac Wigney 523 21.5 −11.7
Conservative Adolphus Dalrymple 483 19.8 +18.6
Radical George Faithfull 467 19.2 −8.2
Turnout 1,382 90.0 +3.0
Registered electors 1,535
Majority 494 20.3 N/A
Whig gain from Radical Swing +5.6
Majority 40 1.7 −2.4
Radical hold Swing −10.5
General election, 12 December 1832: Brighton (2 seats)[43][28][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Isaac Wigney 873 33.2
Radical George Faithfull 722 27.4
Whig George Pechell 613 23.3
Whig William Crawford 391 14.9
Tory Adolphus Dalrymple 32 1.2
Majority 109 4.1
Turnout 1,434 87.0
Registered electors 1,649
Radical win (new seat)
Radical win (new seat)

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Results compared to the 1910 general election, not the later by-elections
  2. ^ Held due to Gordon's resignation
  3. ^ Held due to Rice's elevation to the House of Lords
  4. ^ Compared to the 1900 general election, not the 1905 by-election
  5. ^ Held due to Loder's appointment as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
  6. ^ Results compared to the 1892 general election, not the later by-election
  7. ^ Held due to Marriott's resignation
  8. ^ Results compared to the 1886 general election, not the later by-elections
  9. ^ Held due to Robertson's death
  10. ^ Held due to Smith's death
  11. ^ Held due to Marriott's appointment as Judge-Advocate-General

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