Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Buckinghamshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1265–1885
Number of members	two

Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

Its most prominent member was Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This county constituency consisted of the historic county of Buckinghamshire, in south-eastern England to the north-west of the modern Greater London region. Its southern boundary was the River Thames. See History of Buckinghamshire for maps of the historic county and details about it.

The county returned two knights of the shire until 1832 and three 1832-1885. The place of election for the county was at the county town of Aylesbury. Aylesbury replaced Buckingham as the county town in 1529.

The county, up to 1885, also contained the borough constituencies of Amersham (originally enfranchised with 2 seats from 1300, revived 1625, disenfranchised 1832), Aylesbury (originally enfranchised with 2 seats from 1302, revived 1554), Buckingham (2 seats from 1529, 1 seat from 1868), Chipping Wycombe (2 seats from 1300, 1 seat from 1868), Great Marlow (2 seats 1625-1868, 1 seat from 1868) and Wendover (2 seats 1625-1832, disenfranchised 1832).

In 1885 the county was split into three single-member county divisions. These were Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe.

Aylesbury, Buckingham, Chipping Wycombe and Great Marlow were disenfranchised as borough constituencies. There were no remaining Parliamentary boroughs in the county from 1885.

Members of Parliament

Preliminary note: The English civil year started on 25 March until 1752 (Scotland having changed to 1 January in 1600). The year used in the lists of Parliaments in this article have been converted to the new style where necessary. It should be noted that old style dates would be a year earlier than the new style for days between 1 January and 24 March. No attempt has been made to compensate for the eleven days which did not occur in September 1752 in both England and Scotland as well as other British controlled territories (when the day after 2 September was 14 September), so as to bring the British Empire fully in line with the Gregorian calendar.

Constituency created (1265): See Simon de Montfort's Parliament for further details. Knights of the shire are known to have been summoned to most Parliaments from 1290 (19th Parliament of King Edward I of England) and to every one from 1320 (19th Parliament of King Edward II of England).

Knights of the shire 1290–1660

For a list see Knights of Buckinghamshire

Knights of the shire 1660–1832

Year			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		April 1660	Thomas Tyrrell		Sir William Bowyer, 1st Bt.
		August 1660	William Tyringham
		1679	Hon. Thomas Wharton	Whig	John Hampden
		1681			Richard Hampden	Whig
		1685			Viscount Brackley	Whig
		1689			Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt.
		1690			Richard Hampden	Whig
		1695			Sir Richard Atkins, 2nd Bt.
		February 1696	The Viscount Newhaven	Tory
		December 1696			Henry Neale
		1698			Goodwin Wharton	Whig
		1701	Robert Dormer
		1702	The Viscount Newhaven	Tory
		1704			Sir Richard Temple, 4th Bt.	Whig
		1705	Robert Dormer
		1706	William Egerton
		1708	Sir Edmund Denton, 1st Bt.		Richard Hampden
		1710			The Viscount Fermanagh	Tory
		1713	John Fleetwood
		1715			Richard Hampden
		1722	Montague Garrard Drake		Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt.
		1727	Sir William Stanhope		Richard Hampden (died 1728)
		1729			Sir Thomas Lee, 3rd Bt.
		1741	Richard Grenville	Whig	Richard Lowndes
		1747	Sir William Stanhope
		1768	The Earl Verney	Whig
		1774			George Grenville	Whig
		1779			Thomas Grenville	Whig
		1784	William Grenville	Whig	Sir John Aubrey, 6th Bt.
		June 1790			The Earl Verney	Whig
		December 1790	James Grenville
		1791			Marquess of Titchfield	Tory
		1797	Earl Temple
		1810			William Selby Lowndes
		1813	Thomas Grenville
		1818	Marquess of Chandos	Tory
		1820			Robert Smith	Whig
		1831			John Smith	Whig
		1832	Third member added

Knights of the shire 1832–1885

Election				First member	First party	Second member	Second party	Third member	Third party
			1832	Marquess of Chandos	Conservative	John Smith	Liberal	Sir George Dashwood, 5th Bt.	Liberal
			1835			Sir William Young, 4th Bt	Conservative	James Backwell Praed	Conservative
			1837 by-election					George Simon Harcourt	Conservative
			1839 by-election	Caledon Du Pré	Conservative
			1841					Charles Scott-Murray	Conservative
			1842 by-election			Hon. William FitzMaurice	Conservative
			1845 by-election					Christopher Tower	Conservative
			1847			Hon. Charles Cavendish	Liberal	Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative
			1857			William Cavendish	Liberal
			1863 by-election			Robert Harvey	Conservative
			1868			Nathaniel Grace Lambert	Liberal
			1874	Sir Robert Harvey, Bt	Conservative
			1876 by-election					Hon. Thomas Fremantle	Conservative
			1880			Rupert Carington	Liberal
			1885	Constituency divided. See Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe

Elections

In multi-member elections the bloc voting system was used. Voters could cast a vote for one or two (or three in three-member elections 1832-1868) candidates, as they chose. The leading candidates with the largest number of votes were elected. In 1868 the limited vote was introduced, which restricted an individual elector to using one or two votes, in elections to fill three seats.

In by-elections, to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.

After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In three-member elections, when the exact number of participating voters is unknown, this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by three (to 1868) and two thereafter. To the extent that electors did not use all their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout.

Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.

Candidates for whom no party has been identified are classified as Non Partisan. The candidate might have been associated with a party or faction in Parliament or consider himself to belong to a particular political tradition. Political parties before the 19th century were not as cohesive or organised as they later became. Contemporary commentators (even the reputed leaders of parties or factions) in the 18th century did not necessarily agree who the party supporters were. The traditional parties, which had arisen in the late 17th century, became increasingly irrelevant to politics in the 18th century (particularly after 1760), although for some contests in some constituencies party labels were still used. It was only towards the end of the century that party labels began to acquire some meaning again, although this process was by no means complete for several more generations.'

Sources: The results for elections 1660-1790 were taken from the History of Parliament Trust publications. The results are based on Stooks Smith from 1790 until the UK general election, 1832 and Craig from 1832. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information after 1832 this is indicated in a note.

1660-70s – 1680-90s – 1700-10s – 1720-30s – 1740-50s – 1760-70s – 1780-90s – 1800-10s – 1820-30s – 1840-50s – 1860-80s

Elections in the 1660-70s

General election 11 April 1660: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	William Bowyer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Thomas Tyrrell	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Appointment of Tyrrell as a Judge

By-election 22 August 1660: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	William Tyringham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1661: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir William Bowyer, Bt	1,499	27.58	N/A
	Non Partisan	William Tyringham	1,379	25.37	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Hampden	1,315	24.20	N/A
	Non Partisan	R. Winwood	1,242	22.85	N/A

General election 5 February 1679: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	John Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1680-90s

General election 1680: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	John Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 2 February 1681: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 10 April 1685: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Viscount Brackley	2,430	44.66	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Wharton	1,804	33.16	N/A
	Non Partisan	T. Hackett	1,207	22.18	N/A

General election 10 January 1689: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir Thomas Lee, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 19 February 1690: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 30 October 1695: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir Richard Atkins, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Succession of Wharton as 5th Baron Wharton

By-election 24 February 1696: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Hon. William Cheyne	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

• Note (February 1696): The Hon. William Cheyne succeeded his father as the 2nd Viscount Newhaven, an Irish peerage, in 1698.
• Death of Atkins

By-election 31 December 1696: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Neale	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General election 27 August 1698: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	The Viscount Newhaven	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Goodwin Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1700-10s

General election February 1701: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	The Viscount Newhaven	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Goodwin Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 10 December 1701: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Robert Dormer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Goodwin Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 22 July 1702: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	The Viscount Newhaven	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Goodwin Wharton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Wharton

By-election 8 November 1704: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Sir Richard Temple, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig gain from Non Partisan		Swing	N/A

General election 24 May 1705: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Robert Dormer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Sir Richard Temple, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Appointment of Dormer as a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

By-election 27 February 1706: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Hon. William Egerton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General election 18 May 1708: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir Edmund Denton, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1708): Possible classification - Hampden (W)

General election 4 October 1710: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir Edmund Denton, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	The Viscount Fermanagh	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 2 September 1713: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	The Viscount Fermanagh	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	John Fleetwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1713): Possible classification - Fleetwood (T)

General election 2 February 1715: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	John Fleetwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1715): Possible classification - Fleetwood (T), Hampden (W)
• Appointment of Hampden as a Teller of the Exchequer

By-election 4 July 1716: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Note (1716): Possible classification - Hampden (W)
• Appointment of Hampden as Treasurer of the Navy

By-election 9 April 1717: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Hampden	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Note (1717): Possible classification - Hampden (W)

Elections in the 1720-30s

General election 4 April 1722: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Montague Garrard Drake	2,441	37.21	N/A
	Non Partisan	Sir Thomas Lee, Bt	2,415	36.81	N/A
	Non Partisan	Fleetwood Dormer	1,704	25.98	N/A

• Note (1722): Possible classification - Drake (T), Lee & Dormer (W)

General election 16 August 1727: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Hon. Sir William Stanhope	2,310	39.39	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Hampden	1,903	32.45	N/A
	Non Partisan	William Gore	1,651	28.16	N/A

• Note (1727): Possible classification - Stanhope & Hampden (W), Gore (T)
• Death of Hampden

By-election 29 January 1729: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Sir Thomas Lee, Bt	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Note (1729): Possible classification - Lee (W)

General election 1734: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Hon. Sir William Stanhope	2,414	43.96	N/A
	Non Partisan	Sir Thomas Lee, Bt	1,763	32.11	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Lowndes	1,314	23.93	N/A

• Note (1734): Possible classification - Stanhope & Lee (W), Lowndes (T)

Elections in the 1740-50s

General election 6 May 1741: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Richard Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Richard Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1741): Possible classification - Lowndes (T)

General election 6 July 1747: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Hon. Sir William Stanhope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1747): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)

General election 17 April 1754: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Hon. Sir William Stanhope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1754): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)

Elections in the 1760-70s

General election 4 April 1761: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Hon. Sir William Stanhope	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1761): Possible classification - Lowndes (T), Stanhope (W)

General election 28 March 1768: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Richard Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	The Earl Verney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1768): Possible classification - Lowndes (T)

General election 19 October 1774: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	The Earl Verney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Succession of Grenville as 3rd Earl Temple

By-election 25 October 1779: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1780-90s

General election 13 September 1780: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hon. Thomas Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	The Earl Verney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 21 April 1784: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Grenville	2,261	39.55	N/A
	Non Partisan	John Aubrey	1,740	30.44	N/A
	Whig	The Earl Verney	1,716	30.02	N/A

• Note (1784): Poll 13 days. 3,548 voted. Possible classification for Aubrey (T). (Source: Stooks Smith)
• An alternative interpretation is that Aubrey was a supporter of Pitt (who called himself a Whig, although retrospectively usually classified as a Tory). Aubrey had very clearly identified himself with the opposition to the Fox-North coalition. (Source: Davis)
• Appointment of Grenville as Secretary of State for the Home Department

By-election 19 June 1789: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General election 22 June 1790: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Marquess of Titchfield	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	The Earl Verney	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Verney

By-election 27 December 1790: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. James Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General election 1 June 1796: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. James Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Marquess of Titchfield	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Resignation of Grenville

By-election 30 June 1797: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Earl Temple	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1800-10s

General election July 1802: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Earl Temple	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Marquess of Titchfield	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1802): Identifying a definitive party label for Temple and Titchfield is difficult. Stooks Smith considered Temple a Tory and Titchfield a Whig, but he may not be reliable for Bucks candidates allegiances before about 1818. Both knights of the shire were members of traditional Whig families and were closely related to one or more Whig Prime Ministers. Temple was a member of the Grenville family, which had supported their cousin William Pitt the Younger during his first premiership 1783-1801. Former Bucks MP (and uncle of Earl Temple) William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville had become closer to Charles James Fox and his faction of opposition Whigs since leaving office with Pitt in 1801. This may have affected the political position of his relatives like Earl Temple. Titchfield was the son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland who had been the Whig Prime Minister of the Fox-North Coalition, in office before Pitt. However Portland had split his Whig faction and broken with the pre-eminent opposition Whig leader in the House of Commons, Charles James Fox, over the attitude to be taken to the French Revolution. Portland joined Pitt's cabinet in 1794. Pitt called himself a Whig, although his followers came from both traditional Whig and Tory families. Titchfield, when he was first elected for the county in 1791, had been brought forward as a candidate by the Buckinghamshire Independent Club. This club had supported the late Earl Verney, and were definitely a Whig organisation. At that time Titchfield's father was the leader of the largest Whig faction in opposition to Pitt's Ministry. However Davis does imply that Titchfield himself was a Tory, which is how he has been classified in this article. In the absence of a clear indication of whether Temple considered himself a Whig or Tory at this stage of his career, he has been classified as a Non Partisan member for this article.

General election 1806: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Earl Temple	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Marquess of Titchfield	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1806): As for 1802 save that following Pitt's death William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, who had not joined Pitt's second Ministry in 1804, become Prime Minister of the Ministry of All the Talents in 1806. This may have led the Grenvilles, in retrospect, to continue to be regarded as Whig when Pitt and other groups of his supporters came to be called Tory after Pitt's death.

General election 11 May 1807: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. Earl Temple	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Marquess of Titchfield	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Note (1807): As before save that in 1807 the Duke of Portland had formed a Tory administration (although he claimed to be the Whig Prime Minister of a Tory Ministry). In retrospect Portland has been regarded as a Tory at the time of his second Ministry.
• Succession of Titchfield as 4th Duke of Portland

By-election 3 January 1810: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	William Selby Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

• Note (1810): Possible party for Selby Lowndes is Whig (source: Stooks Smith), but given his conservative religious views and support for Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth's anti-dissenter policy it may be best to regard him as a member of a traditional Whig family who was moving towards being a nineteenth century Tory. He has been classified as Non Partisan for the purpose of this article.

General election 1812: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	William Selby Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Rt Hon. Earl Temple	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Succession of Temple as 2nd Marquess of Buckingham

By-election 6 March 1813: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Thomas Grenville	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Note (1813): Grenville was the uncle of the 2nd Marquess of Buckingham (formerly Earl Temple MP). The same factors noted for Temple lead to Thomas Grenville being classified as Non Partisan for the purpose of this article. Stooks Smith however classifies him as Tory and he was of the same generation as his brother William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville classified by Stooks Smith as a Tory and in this article as a Whig.

General election 22 June 1818: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	William Selby Lowndes	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Earl Temple	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1820-30s

General election 13 March 1820: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Hon. Robert Smith	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Earl Temple	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• From 1822 Temple was known by the courtesy title of Marquess of Chandos, as his father was created 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

General election 1826: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Marquess of Chandos	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Robert Smith	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 1830: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Marquess of Chandos	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig	Hon. Robert Smith	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 9 May 1831: Buckinghamshire (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Marquess of Chandos	1,594	42.18	N/A
	Whig	John Smith	1,284	33.98	N/A
	Whig	Pascoe Grenfell	901	23.84	N/A

• Note (1831): Chandos 1,287 plumpers, 287 split with Smith, 18 split with Grenfell; Smith 191 plumpers, 806 split with Grenfell; Grenfell 2 plumpers. Total voters 2,593. (Source: Davis). Poll: 4 days. (Source: Stooks Smith)

General election 17 December 1832: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marquess of Chandos	2,856	33.84	-8.34
	Liberal	John Smith	2,402	28.46	-5.52
	Liberal	George Henry Dashwood	1,647	19.51	+19.51
	Conservative	Charles Robert Scott Murray	1,536	18.20	+18.20
Turnout			5,306	78.95	N/A

• Note (1832): 5,306 registered electors; 4,189 voted (Source: Stooks Smith).

General election 10 January 1835: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marquess of Chandos	3,094	28.91	-4.93
	Conservative	Sir William Laurence Young, Bt	2,394	22.37	+22.37
	Conservative	James Backwell Praed	2,179	20.36	+20.36
	Liberal	George Henry Dashwood	1,672	15.62	-3.89
	Liberal	Dr John Lee	1,365	12.75	+12.75
Turnout			5,371	73.47	-5.48

• Note (1835): 5,371 registered electors; 3,946 voted (Source: Stooks Smith).
• Death of Praed

By-election 20 February 1837: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Simon Harcourt	2,233	69.46	+69.46
	Liberal	George Henry Dashwood	982	30.54	+14.92
Majority			1,251	38.91	N/A
Turnout			5,760	55.82	-17.65
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1837: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marquess of Chandos	2,993	28.78	+28.78
	Conservative	George Simon Harcourt	2,704	26.00	-43.46
	Conservative	Sir William Laurence Young, Bt	2,633	25.32	+25.32
	Liberal	George Robert Smith	2,071	19.91	+19.91
Turnout			5,760	77.50	+21.68

• Note (1837): 5,761 registered electors; 4,464 voted (Source: Stooks Smith). Turnout calculated on Craig's electorate figure of 5,760.
• Succession of Chandos as 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

By-election 18 February 1839: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1840-50s

General election 5 July 1841: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Laurence Young, Bt	2,578	29.83	N/A
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	2,572	29.76	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Robert Scott Murray	2,547	29.47	N/A
	Liberal	Dr John Lee	495	5.73	N/A
	Liberal	Henry Morgan Vane	450	5.21	N/A
Turnout			6,156	49.89	N/A

• Note (1841): 6,107 registered electors; 3,071 voted (Source: Stooks Smith). Turnout calculated on Craig's electorate figure of 6,156.
• Death of Young

By-election 15 July 1842: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. William Edward Fitzmaurice	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

• Resignation of Scott Murray

By-election 21 February 1845: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Tower	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 4 August 1847: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Appointment of Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer

By-election 12 March 1852: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1852: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	2,000	33.16	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	1,973	32.71	N/A
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish	1,403	23.26	N/A
	Liberal	Dr John Lee	656	10.88	N/A
Turnout			5,659	35.53	N/A

General election 1857: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Creation of Cavendish as 1st Baron Chesham

By-election 28 December 1857: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. William George Cavendish	1,617	52.65	N/A
	Conservative	Charles John Baillie-Hamilton	1,454	47.35	N/A
Majority			163	5.31	N/A
Turnout			5,353	57.37	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Appointment of Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer

By-election 8 March 1858: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1859: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. William George Cavendish	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1860-80s

• Succession of Cavendish as 2nd Baron Chesham

By-election 29 December 1863: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bateson Harvey	2,311	88.07	N/A
	Liberal	Dr John Lee	313	11.93	N/A
Majority			1,998	76.14	N/A
Turnout			5,836	44.96	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Bateson Harvey	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Appointment of Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer

By-election 13 July 1866: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 19 November 1868: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative	Caledon Du Pré	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal	Nathaniel Grace Lambert	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 14 February 1874: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	2,999	38.59	N/A
	Conservative	Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, Bt	2,902	37.34	N/A
	Liberal	Nathaniel Grace Lambert	1,720	22.13	N/A
	Conservative	W. Talley	151	1.94	N/A
Turnout			7,368	52.74	N/A

• Talley was a Slough solicitor who contested the seat as a "Progressive Conservative". (Source: Davis)
• Appointment of Disraeli as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury

By-election 17 March 1874: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rt Hon. Benjamin Disraeli	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

• Creation of Disraeli as 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

By-election 22 September 1876: Buckinghamshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. Thomas Francis Fremantle	2,725	51.77	N/A
	Liberal	Hon. Rupert Carington	2,539	48.23	N/A
Majority			186	3.53	N/A
Turnout			7,273	72.38	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 10 April 1880: Buckinghamshire (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, Bt	2,956	31.68	+31.68
	Liberal	Hon. Rupert Carington	2,790	29.90	-18.33
	Conservative	Hon. Thomas Francis Fremantle	2,790	29.90	-21.87
	Conservative	Frederick Charsley	796	8.53	+8.53
Turnout			8,114	57.51	-14.87

• Constituency divided in the 1885 redistribution

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons
• List of Parliaments of England

References

• The History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire, Vol. 1, by George Lipscomb (1847)
• The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
• Political Change and Continuity 1760-1885: A Buckinghamshire Study, by Richard W. Davis (David & Charles 1972)
• 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)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)