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Beverley — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Beverley was won by Conservative at the 1992 general election, with a majority of 16,517 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Beverley from 1832 to 1992.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–1992

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Charles Langdale (Whig); Henry Burton (Whig) 490 35.1% (top seat) Charles Winn (Conservative) 26 (1.8 pts) 72.7%
1835 James Weir Hogg (Conservative); Henry Burton (Whig) 497 39.2% (top seat) Joseph Sykes (Whig) 183 (13.7 pts) 64.0%
1837 James Weir Hogg (Conservative); George Lane-Fox (Conservative) 582 32.2% (top seat) James Clay (Whig) 202 (10.5 pts) 90.9%
1841 John Towneley (Whig); James Weir Hogg (Conservative) 529 34.3% (top seat) Sackville Walter Lane-Fox (Conservative) 40 (2.6 pts) 72.2%
1847 John Towneley (Whig); Sackville Walter Lane-Fox (Conservative) 542 40.5% (top seat) Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (Whig) 285 (21.2 pts) 49.4%
1852 Francis Charles Lawley (Radical); William Wells (Radical) 584 36.1% (top seat) Edward Auchmuty Glover (Independent Conservative) 87 (5.1 pts) 60.2%
1857 William Henry Forester Denison (Whig); Edward Auchmuty Glover (Independent Conservative) 537 35.5% (top seat) William Wells (Radical) 45 (2.8 pts) 70.2%
1859 Ralph Walters (Liberal); Henry Edwards (Conservative) 539 37.0% (top seat) James Robert Walker (Conservative) 100 (6.1 pts) 67.6%
1865 Henry Edwards (Conservative); Christopher Sykes (Conservative) 637 37.8% (top seat) David Keane (Liberal) 142 (7.8 pts) 73.5%
1868 Henry Edwards (Conservative); Edmund Hegan Kennard (Conservative) 986 30.2% (top seat) Marmaduke Maxwell (Liberal) 91 (2.4 pts) 70.2%
1950 George William Odey (Conservative) 26,699 55.7% Arnold William Gray (Labour) 14,300 (29.8 pts) 83.0%
1951 George William Odey (Conservative) 27,937 59.1% Thomas Brennan (Labour) 15,159 (32.1 pts) 80.0%
1983 Patrick Wall (Conservative) 31,233 56.3% Michael Ford Pitts (Liberal) 13,869 (25.0 pts) 73.2%
1987 James Cran (Conservative) 31,459 52.2% John Bryant (Liberal) 12,595 (20.9 pts) 76.3%
1992 James Cran (Conservative) 34,503 53.3% Andrew Collinge (Liberal Democrat) 16,517 (25.5 pts) 79.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Langdale Whig 51635.1% Yes
Henry Burton Whig 49033.3% Yes
Charles Winn Conservative 46431.6% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Weir Hogg Conservative 52339.2% Yes
Henry Burton Whig 49737.3% Yes
Joseph Sykes Whig 31423.5% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Weir Hogg Conservative 62232.2% Yes
George Lane-Fox Conservative 58230.1% Yes
James Clay Whig 38019.7% No
George Rennie Whig 34718.0% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Towneley Whig 53134.3% Yes
James Weir Hogg Conservative 52934.2% Yes
Sackville Walter Lane-Fox Conservative 48931.6% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Towneley Whig 54340.5% Yes
Sackville Walter Lane-Fox Conservative 54240.4% Yes
Isaac Lyon Goldsmid Whig 25719.2% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Charles Lawley Radical 61136.1% Yes
William Wells Radical 58434.5% Yes
Edward Auchmuty Glover Independent Conservative 49729.4% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Forester Denison Whig 56635.5% Yes
Edward Auchmuty Glover Independent Conservative 53733.7% Yes
William Wells Radical 49230.8% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ralph Walters Liberal 60537.0% Yes
Henry Edwards Conservative 53932.9% Yes
James Robert Walker Conservative 43926.8% No
Edward Auchmuty Glover Independent 543.3% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Edwards Conservative 68937.8% Yes
Christopher Sykes Conservative 63735.0% Yes
David Keane Liberal 49527.2% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Edwards Conservative 1,13230.2% Yes
Edmund Hegan Kennard Conservative 98626.3% Yes
Marmaduke Maxwell Liberal 89523.8% No
Anthony Trollope Liberal 74019.7% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George William Odey Conservative 26,69955.7% Yes
Arnold William Gray Labour 12,39925.9% No
Harold Stewart Freemantle Liberal 7,71916.1% No
Gofton Thorley Independent Conservative 1,1212.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George William Odey Conservative 27,93759.1% Yes
Thomas Brennan Labour 12,77827.1% No
Harold Stewart Freemantle Liberal 6,52213.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick Wall Conservative 31,23356.3% Yes
Michael Ford Pitts Liberal 17,36431.3% No
Elliot Morley Labour 6,92112.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Cran Conservative 31,45952.2% Yes
John Bryant Liberal 18,86431.3% No
Martin Shaw Labour 9,90116.4% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Cran Conservative 34,50353.3% Yes
Andrew Collinge Liberal Democrat 17,98627.8% No
Colin Challen Labour 12,02618.6% No
David Hetherington Natural Law 1990.3% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Whig margin 1.8 pts 1835: Conservative margin 13.7 pts 1837: Conservative margin 10.5 pts 1841: Whig margin 2.6 pts 1847: Whig margin 21.2 pts 1852: Radical margin 5.1 pts 1857: Whig margin 2.8 pts 1859: Liberal margin 6.1 pts 1865: Conservative margin 7.8 pts 1868: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1950: Conservative margin 29.8 pts 1951: Conservative margin 32.1 pts 1983: Conservative margin 25.0 pts 1987: Conservative margin 20.9 pts 1992: Conservative margin 25.5 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1950 1951 1983 1987 1992

Trend

Beverley has been contested at 15 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Radical, Independent Conservative, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Beverley in the 1992 general election?

Conservative won Beverley in 1992 with 34,503 votes (53.3%), a majority of 16,517 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Beverley since 1832?

Since 1832, Beverley has been won by: Conservative, Independent Conservative, Liberal, Radical, Whig.

What was the closest result in Beverley?

The closest result on record for Beverley was 1832, when Whig beat Conservative by just 26 votes (1.8 percentage points).

Did Beverley ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Beverley elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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