Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Portsmouth
Type = Borough
Year = 1295
Abolition = 1918
members = two

Portsmouth was a borough constituency based upon the borough of Portsmouth in Hampshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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 eighteenth and early nineteenth century, 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

* 1572-1583: Sir Henry Radclyffe
* 1584-1586: Thomas Bodley
* 1592-1593: Edward Radclyffe
* 1604-1611: John Corbett
* 1604-1611: Richard Jenrye
* 1621-1622: Sir Daniel Norton
* 1621-1625: Sir Benjamin Rudyerd

1640-1918

Elections in the 1800s

* "Death of Seymour"

Election box begin
title=By-Election November 1801: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Jonathan Markham
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box gain with party link
winner = British Whig Party
loser = Non Partisan
swing = "N/A"
* "Markham is referred to as John Markham in the above list of Members of Parliament"

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title=General Election 1802: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Hon. Thomas Erskine
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Jonathan Markham
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "The above list of Members of Parliament includes David Montagu Erskine as an MP in 1806, in succession to his father the Hon. 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"

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title=General Election 1806: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Jonathan Markham
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Sir Thomas Miller Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1807: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Jonathan Markham
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Sir Thomas Miller Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1810s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1812: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Jonathan Markham
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Sir Thomas Miller Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Death of Miller"

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title=By-Election February 1817: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1818: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Sir George Cockburn
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1820s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1820: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = 53
percentage = 48.62
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Jonathan Markham
votes = 34
percentage = 31.19
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Tory Party
candidate = Sir George Cockburn
votes = 22
percentage = 20.18
change = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1826: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

Elections in the 1830s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1830: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Baring as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury"

Election box begin
title=By-Election November 1830: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = British Whig Party
swing = "N/A"

Election box begin
title=General Election 1831: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = British Whig Party
candidate = Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1832: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = 826
percentage = 46.12
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = 707
percentage = 39.48
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Napier
votes = 258
percentage = 14.41
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 1,791 (983 voted)
percentage = 75.91
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 1,295"Note (1832): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Carter and Baring as Whigs and Napier as a Radical candidate."

Election box begin
title=General Election 1835: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = 643
percentage = 30.53
change = -15.59Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = 571
percentage = 27.11
change = -12.37Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir C. Rowley
votes = 557
percentage = 26.45
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Charles Napier
votes = 335
percentage = 15.9
change = +1.50Election box turnout
votes = 2,106 (1,143 voted)
percentage = 85.30
change = +9.39Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 1,340"Note (1835): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting. He classified Carter and Baring as Whigs, Rowley as a Tory and Napier as a Radical candidate."

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title=General Election 1837: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = 635
percentage = 28.59
change = +1.48Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Bonham Carter
votes = 630
percentage = 28.37
change = -2.16Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Cockburn
votes = 518
percentage = 23.32
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Viscount FitzHarris
votes =438
percentage = 19.72
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 2,221 (1,118 voted)
percentage = 71.62
change = -13.68Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 1,561"Note (1837): Stooks Smith gives a registered electorate figure of 1,517; but Craig's figure is used to calculate turnout. Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting. He classified Carter and Baring as Whigs, with Cockburn and Fitzharris as Tories."
* "Death of Carter"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 26 February 1838: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Note (1838): Stooks Smith classifies Staunton as a Whig. Dr Daniel Quarrier (Tory) 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: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1840s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1841: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 1,834

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title=General Election 1847: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 2,068
* "Seat vacated on the appointment of Baring as First Lord of the Admiralty.."

Election box begin
title=By-Election 6 February 1849: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1850s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1852: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = The 4th Viscount Monck
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 3,332
* "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."

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title=By-Election 14 March 1855: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = The 4th Viscount Monck
votes = 1,478
percentage = 75.76
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Gaselee
votes = 473
percentage = 24.24
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,005
percentage = 51.51
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 1,951
percentage = 56.73
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 3,439Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1857: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt
votes = 1,522
percentage = 33.87
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bt
votes = 1,496
percentage = 33.29
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = The 4th Viscount Monck
votes = 1,476
percentage = 32.84
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 4,494
percentage = 61.21
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 3,671
* "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."

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title=General Election 1859: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt
votes = 1,640
percentage = 27.12
change = -6.75Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bt
votes = 1,574
percentage = 26.03
change = -7.26Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce
votes = 1,447
percentage = 23.93
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Sir Henry Keppel
votes = 1,386
percentage = 22.92
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 6,047
percentage = 79.13
change = +17.92Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 3,821
* "Note (1859): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note."

Elections in the 1860s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1865: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Henry Stone
votes = 2,164
percentage = 28.84
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Gaselee
votes = 2,103
percentage = 28.03
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt
votes = 1,677
percentage = 22.35
change = -4.77Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce
votes = 1,559
percentage = 20.78
change = -3.15Election box turnout
votes = 7,503
percentage = 80.33
change = +1.20Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 4,670
* "Note (1865): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note."
* "Expansion of the electorate provided for by the Reform Act 1867"

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title=General Election 1868: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt
votes = 5,306
percentage = 41.52
change = +19.17Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Henry Stone
votes = 3,785
percentage = 29.62
change = +0.78Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Gaselee
votes = 3,687
percentage = 28.85
change = +0.82Election box turnout
votes = 12,778
percentage = 55.09
change = -25.24Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 11,597
* "Note (1868): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note."

Elections in the 1870s

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title=General Election 1874: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt
votes = 5,927
percentage = 28.17
change = -13.35Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce
votes = 5,879
percentage = 27.94
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = William Henry Stone
votes = 4,644
percentage = 22.07
change = -7.55Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = W.S. Portal
votes = 4,588
percentage = 21.81
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 21,038
percentage = 70.45
change = +14.64Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 14,931
* "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: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, Bt
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

Elections in the 1880s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1880: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce
votes = 6,683
percentage = 26.37
change = -1.57Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
votes = 6,593
percentage = 26.02
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = J.F. Norris
votes = 6,040
percentage = 23.84
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Edmund Hope Verney
votes = 6,023
percentage = 23.77
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 25,339
percentage = 76.96
change = +6.51Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 16,463
* "Note (1880): Estimated turnout, see the 1857 note."
* "Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884"

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title=General Election 1885: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir William Crossman
votes = 8,367
percentage = 26.29
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Vanderbyl
votes = 8,214
percentage = 25.81
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce
votes = 7,650
percentage = 24.04
change = -2.33Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rt Hon. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff
votes = 7,595
percentage = 23.86
change = -2.16Election box turnout
votes = 31,826 (16,068 voted)
percentage = 79.23
change = +6.51Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 20,279
* "Crossman became a Liberal Unionist when the party was formed shortly before the dissolution of Parliament in 1886"

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title=General Election 1886: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Sir William Crossman
votes = 8,482
percentage = 27.30
change = +1.01Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Samuel Wilson
votes = 8,325
percentage = 26.79
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Vanderbyl
votes = 7,196
percentage = 23.16
change = -2.65Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Baker
votes = 7,069
percentage = 22.75
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 31,072 (15,722 voted)
percentage = 77.53
change = -1.70Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 20,279

Elections in the 1890s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1892: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Baker
votes = 9,643
percentage = 25.90
change = +3.15Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Owen Clough
votes = 9,448
percentage = 25.38
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sir G.H.S. Willis
votes = 9,135
percentage = 24.54
change = -2.25Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Rt Hon. Anthony E.M. Ashley
votes = 9,000
percentage = 24.18
change = -3.12Election box turnout
votes = 37,226 (18,731 voted)
percentage = 80.61
change = +3.08Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 23,237
* "Ashley's middle names were Evelyn Melbourne"

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title=General Election 1895: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Baker
votes = 10,451
percentage = 26.13
change = +0.23Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Walter Owen Clough
votes = 10,255
percentage = 25.64
change = +0.26Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = ACW Harmsworth
votes = 9,717
percentage = 24.30
change = -0.24Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Rt Hon. Anthony E.M. Ashley
votes = 9,567
percentage = 23.92
change = -0.26Election box turnout
votes = 39,990 (20,129 voted)
percentage = 83.67
change = +3.06Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 24,057

Elections in the 1900s

* "Resignation of Clough in April 1900"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 3 May 1900: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Arthur Bramsdon
votes = 10,287
percentage = 51.45
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James H.A. Majendie
votes = 9,708
percentage = 48.55
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 579
percentage = 2.90
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 19,995
percentage = 74.89
change = "N/A"Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 26,698Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

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title=General Election 1900: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = James H.A. Majendie
votes = 10,818
percentage = 26.10
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Reginald Jaffray Lucas
votes = 10,383
percentage = 25.05
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Baker
votes = 10,214
percentage = 24.64
change = -1.49Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Arthur Bramsdon
votes = 10,031
percentage = 24.20
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 41,446 (21,072 voted)
percentage = 78.93
change = -4.74Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 26,698

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title=General Election 1906: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Thomas Arthur Bramsdon
votes = 10,500
percentage = 22.59
change = -1.61Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir John Baker
votes = 10,236
percentage = 22.02
change = -2.62Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Stephen Sanders
votes = 8,172
percentage = 17.58
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = E.W. Hills
votes = 7,970
percentage = 17.14
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = A. Whitelaw
votes = 7,752
percentage = 16.67
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politics)
candidate = F.T. Jane
votes = 1,859
percentage = 4.00
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 46,489 (25,478 voted)
percentage = 82.84
change = +3.91Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 30,754

Elections in the 1910s

* "Death of Baker - seat vacant at dissolution"

Election box begin
title=General Election January 1910: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Charles Beresford
votes = 16,777
percentage = 28.80
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Bertram Godfrey Falle
votes = 15,592
percentage = 26.76
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Sir Thomas Arthur Bramsdon
votes = 12,397
percentage = 21.28
change = -1.31Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Cornthwaite Lambert
votes = 9,965
percentage = 17.10
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = William Stephen Sanders
votes = 3,529
percentage = 6.06
change = -11.52Election box turnout
votes = 58,260 (30,100 voted)
percentage = 89.41
change = +6.59Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 33,666

Election box begin
title=General Election December 1910: Portsmouth (2 seats)Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lord Charles Beresford
votes = 15,125
percentage = 26.94
change = -1.86Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Unionist Party
candidate = Bertram Godfrey Falle
votes = 14,856
percentage = 26.46
change = -0.30Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Edward George Hemmerde
votes = 13,146
percentage = 23.42
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = H.D. Harben
votes = 13,013
percentage = 23.18
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 56,140 (28,236 voted)
percentage = 83.87
change = -5.54Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 33,666
* "Falle became a Conservative, when the Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties formally merged in 1912"
* "Elevation to the peerage of Beresford, as the 1st Baron Beresford"

Election box begin
title=By-Election 15 January 1916: PortsmouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hon. Sir Hedworth Meux
votes = Unopposed
percentage = "N/A"
change = "N/A"Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"
* "Constituency divided in (1918)"

References

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