Weymouth_and_Melcombe_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Former Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1570–1885
Seats	four (1570–1832), two (1832–1885)
Replaced by	South Dorset

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

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Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed by the Union of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Act 1571 (13 Eliz. 1. c. 9) which amalgamated the existing boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Until 1832, the combined borough continued to elect the four Members of Parliament (MPs) to which its constituent parts had previously been entitled; the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to two Members, and the constituency was abolished altogether in 1885, becoming part of the new South Dorset constituency.

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[1]
"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
[2]
ABBOT, John, of Melcombe Regis, Dorset., History of Parliament Online
[3]
Wedgwood, "History of Parliament (1439-1509)", page 180
[4]
Biographical notes by I.S. Rogers, 2005
[5]
"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
[6]
"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
[7]
Francis Bacon was re-elected in 1586, but had also been elected for Taunton, which he chose to represent
[8]
Browne Willis, working from the Parliamentary records, gives two names for Weymouth and four for Melcombe, remarking of these "Double return, as it seems to me". But it may equally be that two of the six were recorded against the wrong constituency (especially as, in the same Parliament, he has the same pair of the names with only minor variations for Corfe Castle and Wareham.
[9]
Matthew Pitt was re-elected to the Happy Parliament in January 1624, but died on 18 April. (Sir) Thomas Myddelton was returned in his stead on 10 May 1624.
[10]
Listed in some sources as Walter Erle; Alumni Oxonienses allocates Christopher to the seat
[11]
Sir Thomas Myddelton was re-elected to the Useless Parliament, but had also been elected for Denbighshire, which he chose to represent. Giles Green was returned in his stead.
[12]
Browne Willis suggests Thomas Gyard represented the boroughs in this Parliament, but other sources, including the official History of Parliament, confirm Sir Robert Napier was the representative
[13]
Created a baronet, June 1641
[14]
On petition, the election of Littleton and Betts was declared void, and a writ for a by-election was issued. Both were returned at the by-election, but were once again declared not to have been duly elected.
[15]
On petition, Baker, Harvey and Betts were all declared not to have been duly elected
[16]
Expelled from the House of Commons 1726 following his conviction for forgery
[17]
News Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, Saturday, 10 February 1728; Issue 142
[18]
Dodington was also elected for Bridgwater, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
[19]
Created The Lord Waltham (in the Peerage of Ireland), June 1762
[20]
Major-General from 1793, Lieutenant-General from 1799; adopted the surname Murray-Pulteney on his marriage in July 1794
[21]
Created a baronet, July 1795
[22]
Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 94–97. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
[23]
On petition, the election of Wallace, Broadhurst and Trail was declared void, and a by-election was held; Murray's election was not disturbed
[24]
Weyland was also elected for Oxfordshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
[25]
At the election of 1841, the two sitting Conservative members, Villiers and Hope, were initially declared re-elected, by margins of 5 votes and 3 votes respectively, but on petition the result was overturned and the opponents, Bernal and Christie, were seated in their place
[26]
Farrell, Stephen (2009). "BERNAL, Ralph (1783–1854), of 11 Park Crescent, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
[27]
"Ralph Bernal". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
[28]
Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1843). Exercises, Political and Others: Vol. IV (2nd ed.). London: Effingham Wilson. p. 222. Retrieved 2 July 2018 – via Internet Archive.
[29]
Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Ango-Jewish History (eBook ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 84. doi:10.1057/9780230304666. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6.
[30]
"Morning Post". 30 June 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[31]
"Members Returned". Norfolk News. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[32]
"Election Intelligence". Globe. 21 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
[33]
Farrell, Stephen. "Weymouth and Melcombe Regis". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
[34]
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 327–328. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
[35]
"Bell's Weekly Messenger". 12 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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[HoP1-1] [1]
"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[abbot-2] [2]
ABBOT, John, of Melcombe Regis, Dorset., History of Parliament Online

[3] [3]
Wedgwood, "History of Parliament (1439-1509)", page 180

[4] [4]
Biographical notes by I.S. Rogers, 2005

[HoP2-5] [5]
"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[HoP3-6] [6]
"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[7] [7]
Francis Bacon was re-elected in 1586, but had also been elected for Taunton, which he chose to represent

[8] [8]
Browne Willis, working from the Parliamentary records, gives two names for Weymouth and four for Melcombe, remarking of these "Double return, as it seems to me". But it may equally be that two of the six were recorded against the wrong constituency (especially as, in the same Parliament, he has the same pair of the names with only minor variations for Corfe Castle and Wareham.

[9] [9]
Matthew Pitt was re-elected to the Happy Parliament in January 1624, but died on 18 April. (Sir) Thomas Myddelton was returned in his stead on 10 May 1624.

[10] [10]
Listed in some sources as Walter Erle; Alumni Oxonienses allocates Christopher to the seat

[11] [11]
Sir Thomas Myddelton was re-elected to the Useless Parliament, but had also been elected for Denbighshire, which he chose to represent. Giles Green was returned in his stead.

[12] [12]
Browne Willis suggests Thomas Gyard represented the boroughs in this Parliament, but other sources, including the official History of Parliament, confirm Sir Robert Napier was the representative

[13] [13]
Created a baronet, June 1641

[14] [14]
On petition, the election of Littleton and Betts was declared void, and a writ for a by-election was issued. Both were returned at the by-election, but were once again declared not to have been duly elected.

[15] [15]
On petition, Baker, Harvey and Betts were all declared not to have been duly elected

[16] [16]
Expelled from the House of Commons 1726 following his conviction for forgery

[17] [17]
News Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, Saturday, 10 February 1728; Issue 142

[18] [18]
Dodington was also elected for Bridgwater, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis

[19] [19]
Created The Lord Waltham (in the Peerage of Ireland), June 1762

[20] [20]
Major-General from 1793, Lieutenant-General from 1799; adopted the surname Murray-Pulteney on his marriage in July 1794

[21] [21]
Created a baronet, July 1795

[stooks-smith-22] [22]
Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 94–97. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

[23] [23]
On petition, the election of Wallace, Broadhurst and Trail was declared void, and a by-election was held; Murray's election was not disturbed

[24] [24]
Weyland was also elected for Oxfordshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis

[25] [25]
At the election of 1841, the two sitting Conservative members, Villiers and Hope, were initially declared re-elected, by margins of 5 votes and 3 votes respectively, but on petition the result was overturned and the opponents, Bernal and Christie, were seated in their place

[hop-bernal-26] [26]
Farrell, Stephen (2009). "BERNAL, Ralph (1783–1854), of 11 Park Crescent, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[ucl-bernal-27] [27]
"Ralph Bernal". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[thompson-bernal-28] [28]
Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1843). Exercises, Political and Others: Vol. IV (2nd ed.). London: Effingham Wilson. p. 222. Retrieved 2 July 2018 – via Internet Archive.

[palgrave-bernal-29] [29]
Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Ango-Jewish History (eBook ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 84. doi:10.1057/9780230304666. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6.

[morningpost1841-30] [30]
"Morning Post". 30 June 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[norfolknews-1847-31] [31]
"Members Returned". Norfolk News. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[32] [32]
"Election Intelligence". Globe. 21 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[hop1820-1832-33] [33]
Farrell, Stephen. "Weymouth and Melcombe Regis". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[craig1832-34] [34]
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 327–328. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[35] [35]
"Bell's Weekly Messenger". 12 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	John Gosselyn	John Hughelot^[1]
1388 (Feb)	John Wake	Henry Hert^[1]
1388 (Sep)	Thomas Dovere	John James^[1]
1390 (Jan)	Philip Brice	Robert Gilbert^[1]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Philip Brice	John James^[1]
1393	Henry Badecok	John Avery^[1]
1394	John Bassingbourne	William Glover^[1]
1395	John Bassingbourne	Stephen Russell^[1]
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Cole	John Fleet^[1]
1397 (Sep)	William Ford	Nicholas Crabbe^[1]
1399	John Brice	William Clerk^[1]
1401
1402	Robert Penne	William Faringdon^[1]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Peter Dille	William Rose I^[1]
1407	John Aalday	John Bassingbourne^[1]
1410	Thomas Payn	John Bassingbourne^[1]
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Robert Penne	John Wydeford^[1]
1414 (Apr)	Thomas Payn	John Wodham^[1]
1414 (Nov)	John James	John Wodham^[1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Brice	Robert Penne^[1]
1419	Robert Hillary	Robert Penne^[1]
1420	Robert Hillary	Robert Penne^[1]
1421 (May)	John Bassingbourne	Robert Penne^[1]
1421 (Dec)	William Payn	John Penne^[1]
1423	John Abbot^[2]
1442	Henry Russell	Walter Cheverell^[3]
1450	John Troutbeck
1472-5	William Twynyho^[4]
1510–1523	No names known^[5]
1529	William Bond	Robert Aley^[5]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	William Aubrey	Richard Jenour^[5]
1545	Roger Stourton	Richard Duke^[5]
1547	John Cornelius alias Johnson alias Welbored	John Brace^[5]
1553 (Mar)	?Richard Phelips	?^[5]
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Samways	John Jordan alias Blancombe^[5]
1554 (Apr)	John Wadham	John Williams^[5]
1554 (Nov)	John Phelips	William Randall^[5]
1555	John Buller	Thomas Hobbs^[5]
1558	Thomas Keynell	John Cattell^[5]
1559	Thomas Fitzwilliams	John Fowler^[6]
1562–3	Robert Eyre	Reginald Gray^[6]

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Henry Ford	John Northovere^[1]
1388 (Feb)	Henry Ford	Thomas Russell^[1]
1388 (Sep)	Thomas Walsh	Richard Morys^[1]
1390 (Jan)	John Northovere	Thomas Russell^[1]
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Northovere	John Kete^[1]
1393	John Abbot^[2]	Robert Veel^[1]
1394	Robert Calche	Robert Veel^[1]
1395	Robert Calche	William Helier^[1]
1397 (Jan)	Robert Calche	Henry Ford^[1]
1397 (Sep)	William Helier	William Coventre II^[1]
1399	Thomas Cole	Eustace Kymer^[1]
1401
1402	John Wyot	William Fowler^[1]
1404 (Jan)	Robert Penne	William Helier^[1]
1404 (Oct)
1406	Richard Hurst	William Clerk^[1]
1407	Thomas Cole	Eustace Kymer^[1]
1410	John Ford	(_) Lane^[1]
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Ralph Burnage	Thomas Lond^[1]
1414 (Apr)	Henry Barbour	Ralph Burnage^[1]
1414 (Nov)	William Pyne	William Helier^[1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	Nicholas Pury	John Gardener^[1]
1419	Ralph Burnage	Walter Reson^[1]
1420	William Walkeden	Robert Abbot^[1]
1421 (May)	William Benefeld	Robert Abbot^[1]
1421 (Dec)	William Walkeden or Nicholas Moigne	John Alysaundre^[1]
1437	William Abbot^[2]
1510–1523	No names known^[5]
1529	Richard Phelips	Oliver Lawrence^[5]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	Anthony Cokett	Thomas Poley^[5]
1547	Thomas Phelips	John Leweston^[5]
1553 (Mar)	John Wadham	?Owen Reynolds^[5]
1553 (Oct)	John Leweston	Owen Reynolds^[5]
1554 (Apr)	Richard Mitchell	Thomas Samways^[5]
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Phelips	John Hannam^[5]
1555	John Leweston	William Crowche^[5]
1558	John Mill	Richard Shaw^[5]
1559	John Maynes	Richard Shaw
1563-7	Thomas Colby	William Mere

Parliament	First member	Second member	Third member	Fourth member
Parliament of 1571	Thomas Hussey d. by 1581 Then Laurence Thompson	Richard Tomlinson	Ralph Browne	Gwyn Reynolds
Parliament of 1572–1581		John Wolley	Richard Bedell died 1576 Moyle Finch	Thomas Hanham
Parliament of 1584–1585		Francis Bacon^[7] 1586 Edward Bacon	George Grenville	Edward Penruddock
Parliament of 1586–1587		Francis Bacon^[7] 1586 Edward Bacon	William Sprynt	Edward Phelips
Parliament of 1588–1589	William Mill	Robert Gregory	Arthur Messenger	William Hody
Parliament of 1593	William Weston	Thomas Stafford	Arthur Messenger	Thomas Stevens
Parliament of 1597–1598^[8]	Richard Swayne	Francis Leigh	John Mockett	John Brooke
Parliament of 1601	John Peyton	Walter Cope	Richard Swayne	Edward Reynolds
Parliament of 1604–1611	Thomas Barefoot died 1610 Viscount Cranborne	Robert Myddelton	Robert White Vacated seat replaced 1610 by Barnard Michell	Sir John Hanham
Addled Parliament (1614)	Sir Charles Caesar	Robert Bateman		John Roy
Parliament of 1621–1622	Matthew Pitt^[9] Died 1624 1624 (Sir) Thomas Myddelton	Giles Green	John Freke	Christopher Erle^[10]
Happy Parliament (1624–1625)	Matthew Pitt^[9] Died 1624 1624 (Sir) Thomas Myddelton	Arthur Pyne	John Freke	Thomas Giear
Useless Parliament (1625)	Barnard Michell		(Sir) John Strangways	Giles Green^[11]
Parliament of 1625–1626	Barnard Michell		(Sir) John Strangways	Giles Green^[11]
Parliament of 1628–1629^[12]	Hugh Pyne	Sir Robert Napier	Lewis Dyve	Henry Waltham
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

Year	First member		Party	Second member		Party	Third member		Party		Party
April 1640		(Sir) John Strangways	Royalist		Giles Strangways	Royalist		Richard King	Royalist	Thomas Gyard
November 1640		(Sir) John Strangways	Royalist		(Sir) Gerrard Napier^[13]	Royalist				Sir Walter Erle	Parliamentarian
September 1642	Strangways disabled from sitting – seat vacant
February 1643							King disabled from sitting – seat vacant
January 1644				Napier disabled from sitting – seat vacant			King disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645		William Sydenham			John Bond			Matthew Allen
December 1648		William Sydenham		Erle, Allen and Bond all excluded in Pride's Purge – seats vacant
1653	Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Denis Bond		Weymouth and Melcombe Regis had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656		Denis Bond
January 1659		John Trenchard			Walden Lagoe			John Clark		Peter Middleton
May 1659		William Sydenham		Three seats vacant
April 1660		Edward Montagu			Sir William Penn			Peter Middleton		Henry Waltham
June 1660		Bullen Reymes						Peter Middleton		Henry Waltham
1661								Winston Churchill		Sir John Strangways
1667										Sir John Coventry
1670					Lord Ashley
1673		John Man
February 1679		Thomas Browne						Michael Harvey
August 1679		Thomas Browne			Sir John Morton
1680		Henry Henning
1685								Francis Mohun		George Strangways
1689								Michael Harvey		Sir Robert Napier
1690										Nicholas Gould
1691										Thomas Freke
1695		Maurice Ashley			John Knight
March 1698		Maurice Ashley			Philip Taylor
August 1698		Arthur Shallett			Philip Taylor
January 1701		Henry Thynne			Charles Churchill					Maurice Ashley
November 1701		George St Loe						Sir Christopher Wren		Maurice Ashley
February 1702								Sir Christopher Wren		Anthony Henley
July 1702								Henry Thynne
1705		Maurice Ashley						Henry Thynne
1709								Edward Clavell
1710^[14]					James Littleton			William Betts
May 1711					Sir Thomas Hardy			William Harvey	Tory
December 1711					Sir Thomas Hardy			William Harvey	Tory	Reginald Marriott
1713^[15]		John Baker			Rear-Admiral James Littleton			Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey	Whig	William Betts
1714		Sir Thomas Hardy			Rear-Admiral James Littleton			William Harvey	Tory	Reginald Marriott
1715		John Baker			Thomas Littleton			Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey	Whig	William Betts
1717		Edward Harrison			Thomas Littleton			Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey	Whig
1722		Sir James Thornhill			Thomas Pearse			John Ward^[16]
1726					Thomas Pearse			John Willes
January 1727					Edward Tucker			John Willes
August 1727								Thomas Pearse^[17]
1730										George Dodington
1734		George Bubb Dodington^[18]
1735		John Tucker
1737					John Olmius
1741					Joseph Damer			John Raymond		James Steuart
1747		Welbore Ellis			Richard Plumer			George Dodington		Edward Hungate Beaghan
1751					Lord George Cavendish			George Dodington		Edward Hungate Beaghan
1754					Lord John Cavendish			George Dodington		John Tucker
1761		Sir Francis Dashwood			John Olmius^[19]			Richard Glover
1762		Sir Francis Dashwood			Richard Jackson
1763		Charles Walcott			Richard Jackson
1768		The Lord Waltham			Sir Charles Davers			Jeremiah Dyson
1774		Welbore Ellis			William Chaffin Grove			John Purling
1778										Gabriel Steward
September 1780										Warren Lisle
November 1780										Gabriel Steward
1781					William Richard Rumbold
1784					Sir Thomas Rumbold
1786										George Jackson
1788										Gabriel Steward
1790		Colonel Sir James Murray^[20]	Tory		(Sir) Richard Bempde Johnstone^[21]			Andrew Stuart		Thomas Jones
1791										Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Johnstone
1794										Gabriel Tucker Steward	Tory^[22]
1796					William Garthshore	Tory^[22]
1801					William Garthshore	Tory^[22]		Charles Adams	Tory^[22]
1806					Richard Augustus Tucker Steward	Tory^[22]
1810										Sir John Lowther Johnstone
1811		General Sir John Murray								Sir John Lowther Johnstone
January 1812										Joseph Hume	Tory
October 1812^[23]					John Broadhurst	Whig		Thomas Wallace		Henry Trail
1813					Viscount Cranborne	Tory^[22]		Christopher Idle	Tory^[22]	Masterton Ure	Tory^[22]
1817					Adolphus Dalrymple	Tory^[22]		Christopher Idle	Tory^[22]
1818		William Williams	Whig^[22]		Fowell Buxton^[22]	Whig		Thomas Wallace	Tory^[22]
1826		Colonel John Gordon	Tory^[22]					Thomas Wallace	Tory^[22]
1828								Edward Sugden	Tory^[22]
May 1831								Richard Weyland^[24]	Whig^[22]
August 1831								Charles Baring Wall	Tory^[22]
1832	Representation reduced to two Members

Year	First member		First party		Second party
1832		Sir Frederick Johnstone	Tory^[22]	Fowell Buxton	Whig^[22]
1834		Sir Frederick Johnstone	Conservative^[22]
1835		William Burdon	Whig^[22]
1837		Viscount Villiers	Conservative^[22]	George William Hope	Conservative^[22]
1842^[25]		Ralph Bernal	Whig^[22]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]	William Dougal Christie	Whig^[31]^[22]^[30]
August 1847		William Freestun	Whig^[31]	William Dougal Christie	Whig^[31]^[22]^[30]
December 1847				Hon. Frederick Child Villiers	Conservative
1852				George Butt	Conservative
1857				Robert Campbell	Whig^[32]
1859		Robert Brooks	Conservative	Viscount Grey de Wilton	Conservative
1865				Henry Gridley	Liberal
1867				Henry Edwards	Liberal
1868		Charles J. T. Hambro	Conservative
1874		Sir Frederick Johnstone	Conservative
1885	Constituency abolished

Weymouth_and_Melcombe_Regis_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

Members of Parliament

Members for Weymouth (1348–1570)

Members for Melcombe Regis (1319–1570)

Members for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1570–1885)

1570–1629

1640–1832

1832–1885

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

In Literature

Notes

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Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1570–1885
Seats	four (1570–1832), two (1832–1885)
Replaced by	South Dorset

	Candidate	Votes
Whig	Fowell Buxton	Unopposed
Tory	John Gordon	Unopposed
Tory	Masterton Ure	Unopposed
Tory	Edward Sugden	Unopposed
Whig hold
Tory hold
Tory hold
Tory hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Richard Weyland	14	23.7
	Tory	Masterton Ure	13	22.0
	Tory	John Gordon	13	22.0
	Whig	Fowell Buxton	13	22.0
	Tory	Michael Prendergast	2	3.4
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	2	3.4
	Whig	Thomas Bulkeley	2	3.4
Turnout			c. 15	c. 2.1
Registered electors			c. 700
Majority			1	1.7
	Whig gain from Tory
Majority			0	0.0
	Tory hold
	Tory hold
Majority			11	18.6
	Whig hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Baring Wall	425	72.0	+24.6
	Whig	Michael Prendergast	165	28.0	−24.5
Majority			260	44.0	+44.0
Turnout			590	c. 84.3	c. +82.2
Registered electors			c. 700
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+24.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Fowell Buxton	238	28.3	+2.1
	Tory	Frederick Johnstone	215	25.5	+1.8
	Whig	William Burdon	214	25.4	−0.9
	Tory	George Bankes	176	20.9	−2.8
Turnout			431	90.7	c. +88.6
Registered electors			475
Majority			23	2.8	+1.1
	Whig hold		Swing	+1.3
Majority			1	0.1	+0.1
	Tory hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Fowell Buxton	268	40.8	+12.5
	Whig	William Burdon	239	36.4	+11.0
	Conservative	George Child Villiers	150	22.8	−23.6
Majority			89	13.6	+10.8
Turnout			c. 329	c. 63.4	c. −27.3
Registered electors			518
	Whig hold		Swing	+12.2
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Child Villiers	291	31.6	+20.2
	Conservative	George William Hope	268	29.1	+17.7
	Whig	Fowell Buxton	211	22.9	−17.9
	Whig	George Stephen	151	16.4	−20.0
Majority			57	6.2	N/A
Turnout			481	81.7	c. +18.3
Registered electors			589
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+19.6
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+18.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Child Villiers	259	25.4	−6.2
	Conservative	George William Hope	257	25.2	−3.9
	Whig	Ralph Bernal	254	24.9	+2.0
	Whig	William Dougal Christie	251	24.6	+8.2
Majority			3	0.3	−5.9
Turnout			511 (est)	85.4 (est)	c. +3.7
Registered electors			598
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Dougal Christie	274	25.1	+0.5
	Whig	William Freestun	274	25.1	+0.2
	Conservative	George Butt	272	24.9	−0.3
	Conservative	Frederick Child Villiers	271	24.8	−0.6
Majority			2	0.2	N/A
Turnout			546 (est)	87.3 (est)	+1.9
Registered electors			625
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.5
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Child Villiers	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1868: Weymouth and Melcombe Regis^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles J. T. Hambro	750	39.4	−11.7
	Liberal	Henry Edwards	701	36.8	−10.4
	Liberal	John Joseph Powell	452	23.8	+22.1
Majority			49	2.6	+2.2
Turnout			952 (est)	70.8 (est)	−13.0
Registered electors			1,343
	Conservative hold		Swing	−11.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

General election 1880: Weymouth and Melcombe Regis^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Edwards	1,156	44.2	+19.3
	Conservative	Frederick Johnstone	807	30.8	−19.5
	Liberal	Alexander Coghill Wylie	653	25.0	+0.1
Turnout			1,308 (est)	81.1 (est)	−15.8
Registered electors			1,612
Majority			349	13.4	-9.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+14.5
Majority			154	5.8	−17.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Butt	386	38.4	−11.3
	Whig	William Freestun	336	33.4	−16.8
	Peelite	Alexander Haldane Oswald^[35]	283	28.2	N/A
Turnout			503 (est)	74.0 (est)	−13.3
Registered electors			679
Majority			50	5.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.8
Majority			53	5.2	+5.0
	Whig hold		Swing	−2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Freestun	446	41.8	+8.4
	Whig	Robert Campbell	349	32.7	+4.5
	Conservative	George Butt	272	25.5	−12.9
Majority			77	7.2	+2.0
Turnout			534 (est)	78.3 (est)	+4.3
Registered electors			681
	Whig hold		Swing	+7.4
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Brooks	341	26.5	+13.7
	Conservative	Arthur Egerton	340	26.4	+13.6
	Liberal	William Freestun	311	24.1	−17.7
	Liberal	Robert Campbell	297	23.0	−9.7
Majority			29	2.3	N/A
Turnout			645 (est)	86.2 (est)	+7.9
Registered electors			748
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Brooks	381	47.6	+21.1
	Liberal	Henry Gridley	378	47.2	+23.1
	Conservative	Arthur Egerton	28	3.5	−22.9
	Liberal	Henry Edwards	14	1.7	−21.3
Turnout			759 (est)	83.8 (est)	−2.4
Registered electors			906
Majority			3	0.4	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.1
Majority			350	43.7	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Edwards	944	49.7	−10.9
	Conservative	Frederick Johnstone	504	26.5	+6.8
	Conservative	Charles J. T. Hambro	452	23.8	+4.1
Majority			440	23.2	+10.2
Turnout			1,422 (est)	96.9 (est)	+26.1
Registered electors			1,467
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.9