Election Results
| General Election 1880: Southern West Riding of Yorkshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | William Henry Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | 11,385 | |||
| Liberal | William Henry Leatham | 11,181 | |||
| Conservative | Walter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope | 10,391 | |||
| Conservative | Lewis Randle Starkey | 10,020 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1874: Southern West Riding of Yorkshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Walter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope | 9,705 | |||
| Conservative | Lewis Randle Starkey | 9,639 | |||
| Liberal | William Henry Leatham | 8,265 | |||
| Liberal | Henry Beaumont | 8,148 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
- At the Southern West Riding of Yorkshire by-election, 1872, Walter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope was elected unopposed.
| General Election 1868: Southern West Riding of Yorkshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Viscount Milton | 8,110 | |||
| Liberal | Henry Beaumont | 7,943 | |||
| Conservative | Walter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope | 7,935 | |||
| Conservative | Lewis Randle Starkey | 7,621 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1865: Southern West Riding of Yorkshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Viscount Milton | 7,258 | |||
| Liberal | Henry Beaumont | 6,975 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher Beckett Denison | 6,884 | |||
| Conservative | Walter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope | 6,819 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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