Brighton — UK General Election Results
Brighton elected 2 MPs at the 1945 general election: Luke William Burke Teeling (Conservative) and Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe (Conservative). This page covers every general election in Brighton from 1832 to 1945.
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, 1832–1945
| Election | Elected | Votes | Vote Share | Runner-up | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Isaac Newton Wigney (Radical); George Faithfull (Radical) | 722 | 33.2% (top seat) | George Richard Pechell (Whig) | 109 (4.1 pts) | 79.8% |
| 1835 | George Richard Pechell (Whig); Isaac Newton Wigney (Radical) | 523 | 39.5% (top seat) | Adolphus John Dalrymple (Conservative) | 40 (1.6 pts) | 79.3% |
| 1837 | George Richard Pechell (Whig); Adolphus John Dalrymple (Conservative) | 819 | 37.5% (top seat) | Isaac Newton Wigney (Radical) | 18 (0.6 pts) | 73.3% |
| 1841 | George Richard Pechell (Whig); Isaac Newton Wigney (Radical) | 1,235 | 40.4% (top seat) | Adolphus John Dalrymple (Conservative) | 363 (10.2 pts) | 74.3% |
| 1847 | George Richard Pechell (Whig); Alfred Hervey (Conservative) | 1,239 | 42.5% (top seat) | William Coningham (Radical) | 353 (9.6 pts) | 66.6% |
| 1852 | George Richard Brooke-Pechell (Whig); Alfred Hervey (Conservative) | 1,431 | 41.4% (top seat) | John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny (Radical) | 258 (5.5 pts) | 63.2% |
| 1857 | George Richard Brooke-Pechell (Whig); William Coningham (Radical) | 1,900 | 43.3% (top seat) | Alfred Hervey (Conservative) | 820 (15.6 pts) | 66.8% |
| 1859 | George Richard Brooke-Pechell (Liberal); William Coningham (Liberal) | 2,106 | 40.3% (top seat) | Allan Napier MacNab (Conservative) | 779 (13.5 pts) | 67.3% |
| 1865 | James White (Liberal); Henry Fawcett (Liberal) | 2,665 | 39.0% (top seat) | Henry Moor (Conservative) | 531 (6.8 pts) | 65.8% |
| 1868 | James White (Liberal); Henry Fawcett (Liberal) | 3,081 | 30.4% (top seat) | James Lloyd Ashbury (Conservative) | 164 (1.5 pts) | 53.8% |
| 1874 | James Lloyd Ashbury (Conservative); Charles Cameron Shute (Conservative) | 3,995 | 29.5% (top seat) | James White (Liberal) | 644 (4.3 pts) | 72.7% |
| 1880 | John Robert Hollond (Liberal); William Thackeray Marriott (Liberal) | 4,904 | 25.6% (top seat) | James Lloyd Ashbury (Conservative) | 165 (0.9 pts) | 77.2% |
| 1885 | William Thackeray Marriott (Conservative); David Smith (Conservative) | 7,019 | 29.6% (top seat) | John Webb Probyn (Liberal) | 2,120 (8.9 pts) | 81.0% |
| 1886 | David Smith (Conservative); William Thackeray Marriott (Conservative) | 5,875 | 41.2% (top seat) | William Hall (Liberal) | 3,242 (22.4 pts) | 57.8% |
| 1892 | Gerald Walter Erskine Loder (Conservative); William Thackeray Marriott (Conservative) | 7,134 | 38.3% (top seat) | Frederick William Maude (Liberal) | 1,686 (8.3 pts) | 76.2% |
| 1895 | Gerald Walter Erskine Loder (Conservative); Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth (Conservative) | 7,490 | 38.5% (top seat) | Joseph Ewart (Liberal) | 2,408 (11.8 pts) | 74.4% |
| 1900 | Gerald Walter Erskine Loder (Conservative); Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth (Conservative) | 6,626 | 41.0% (top seat) | John Kensit (Independent Protestant) | 1,933 (10.1 pts) | 62.2% |
| 1906 | Ernest Amherst Villiers (Liberal); Edward Aurelian Ridsdale (Liberal) | 8,919 | 26.4% (top seat) | George Clement Tryon (Conservative) | 731 (2.1 pts) | 82.5% |
| Jan 1910 | George Clement Tryon (Conservative); Walter FitzUryan Rice (Conservative) | 11,567 | 30.5% (top seat) | George Joseph Hamilton Evatt (Liberal) | 4,061 (10.6 pts) | 89.3% |
| Dec 1910 | George Clement Tryon (Conservative); Walter FitzUryan Rice (Conservative) | 10,757 | 30.8% (top seat) | Alfred Morris (Liberal) | 4,034 (11.5 pts) | 81.9% |
| 1918 | George Clement Tryon (Unionist); Charles Thomas-Stanford (Unionist) | 32,561 | 39.7% (top seat) | Thomas Lewis (Labour) | 23,590 (28.4 pts) | 50.3% |
| 1922 | George Clement Tryon (Unionist); Alfred Cooper Rawson (Unionist) | 26,844 | 31.9% (top seat) | Charles Burgess Fry (Liberal) | 4,785 (5.3 pts) | 55.4% |
| 1923 | George Clement Tryon (Unionist); Alfred Cooper Rawson (Unionist) | 29,759 | 26.8% (top seat) | Walter Runciman (Liberal) | 12,297 (10.9 pts) | 68.2% |
| 1924 | George Clement Tryon (Unionist); Alfred Cooper Rawson (Unionist) | 39,253 | 42.5% (top seat) | Alban Godwin Gordon (Labour) | 25,181 (27.2 pts) | 55.2% |
| 1929 | Alfred Cooper Rawson (Unionist); George Clement Tryon (Unionist) | 46,287 | 29.1% (top seat) | Laurence Seading Cheshire (Labour) | 26,793 (16.8 pts) | 65.1% |
| 1931 | Alfred Cooper Rawson (Conservative); George Clement Tryon (Conservative) | 74,993 | 42.7% (top seat) | Lewis Coleman Cohen (Labour) | 62,041 (35.2 pts) | 68.3% |
| 1935 | George Clement Tryon (Conservative); Alfred Cooper Rawson (Conservative) | 60,724 | 38.2% (top seat) | Alban Godwin Gordon (Labour) | 41,437 (25.9 pts) | 61.7% |
| 1945 | Luke William Burke Teeling (Conservative); Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe (Conservative) | 49,026 | 30.8% (top seat) | Joseph Taylor Huddart (Labour) | 17,952 (11.2 pts) | 64.3% |
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Newton Wigney | Radical | 873 | 33.2% | Yes |
| George Faithfull | Radical | 722 | 27.4% | Yes |
| George Richard Pechell | Whig | 613 | 23.3% | No |
| William Crawford | Whig | 391 | 14.9% | No |
| Adolphus John Dalrymple | Conservative | 32 | 1.2% | No |
1835 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richard Pechell | Whig | 961 | 39.5% | Yes |
| Isaac Newton Wigney | Radical | 523 | 21.5% | Yes |
| Adolphus John Dalrymple | Conservative | 483 | 19.8% | No |
| George Faithfull | Radical | 467 | 19.2% | No |
1837 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richard Pechell | Whig | 1,083 | 37.5% | Yes |
| Adolphus John Dalrymple | Conservative | 819 | 28.4% | Yes |
| Isaac Newton Wigney | Radical | 801 | 27.8% | No |
| George Faithfull | Radical | 183 | 6.3% | No |
1841 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richard Pechell | Whig | 1,443 | 40.4% | Yes |
| Isaac Newton Wigney | Radical | 1,235 | 34.6% | Yes |
| Adolphus John Dalrymple | Conservative | 872 | 24.4% | No |
| Charles Brooker | Chartist | 19 | 0.5% | No |
1847 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richard Pechell | Whig | 1,571 | 42.5% | Yes |
| Alfred Hervey | Conservative | 1,239 | 33.5% | Yes |
| William Coningham | Radical | 886 | 24.0% | No |
1852 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richard Brooke-Pechell | Whig | 1,924 | 41.4% | Yes |
| Alfred Hervey | Conservative | 1,431 | 30.8% | Yes |
| John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny | Radical | 1,173 | 25.2% | No |
| John Flooks | Radical | 119 | 2.6% | No |
1857 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richard Brooke-Pechell | Whig | 2,278 | 43.3% | Yes |
| William Coningham | Radical | 1,900 | 36.1% | Yes |
| Alfred Hervey | Conservative | 1,080 | 20.5% | No |
1859 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Richard Brooke-Pechell | Liberal | 2,322 | 40.3% | Yes |
| William Coningham | Liberal | 2,106 | 36.6% | Yes |
| Allan Napier MacNab | Conservative | 1,327 | 23.1% | No |
1865 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James White | Liberal | 3,065 | 39.0% | Yes |
| Henry Fawcett | Liberal | 2,665 | 33.9% | Yes |
| Henry Moor | Conservative | 2,134 | 27.1% | No |
1868 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James White | Liberal | 3,342 | 30.4% | Yes |
| Henry Fawcett | Liberal | 3,081 | 28.0% | Yes |
| James Lloyd Ashbury | Conservative | 2,917 | 26.5% | No |
| Henry Moor | Conservative | 1,232 | 11.2% | No |
| William Coningham | Liberal | 432 | 3.9% | No |
1874 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lloyd Ashbury | Conservative | 4,393 | 29.5% | Yes |
| Charles Cameron Shute | Conservative | 3,995 | 26.9% | Yes |
| James White | Liberal | 3,351 | 22.5% | No |
| Henry Fawcett | Liberal | 3,130 | 21.1% | No |
1880 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Robert Hollond | Liberal | 4,913 | 25.6% | Yes |
| William Thackeray Marriott | Liberal | 4,904 | 25.5% | Yes |
| James Lloyd Ashbury | Conservative | 4,739 | 24.7% | No |
| Edward Field | Conservative | 4,664 | 24.3% | No |
1885 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Thackeray Marriott | Conservative | 7,047 | 29.6% | Yes |
| David Smith | Conservative | 7,019 | 29.5% | Yes |
| John Webb Probyn | Liberal | 4,899 | 20.6% | No |
| John Robert Hollond | Liberal | 4,865 | 20.4% | No |
1886 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Smith | Conservative | 5,963 | 41.2% | Yes |
| William Thackeray Marriott | Conservative | 5,875 | 40.6% | Yes |
| William Hall | Liberal | 2,633 | 18.2% | No |
1892 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Walter Erskine Loder | Conservative | 7,807 | 38.3% | Yes |
| William Thackeray Marriott | Conservative | 7,134 | 35.0% | Yes |
| Frederick William Maude | Liberal | 5,448 | 26.7% | No |
1895 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Walter Erskine Loder | Conservative | 7,878 | 38.5% | Yes |
| Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth | Conservative | 7,490 | 36.6% | Yes |
| Joseph Ewart | Liberal | 5,082 | 24.9% | No |
1900 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Walter Erskine Loder | Conservative | 7,858 | 41.0% | Yes |
| Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth | Conservative | 6,626 | 34.6% | Yes |
| John Kensit | Independent Protestant | 4,693 | 24.5% | No |
1906 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Amherst Villiers | Liberal | 9,062 | 26.4% | Yes |
| Edward Aurelian Ridsdale | Liberal | 8,919 | 26.0% | Yes |
| George Clement Tryon | Conservative | 8,188 | 23.8% | No |
| John Edward Gordon | Conservative | 8,176 | 23.8% | No |
Jan 1910 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clement Tryon | Conservative | 11,625 | 30.5% | Yes |
| Walter FitzUryan Rice | Conservative | 11,567 | 30.3% | Yes |
| George Joseph Hamilton Evatt | Liberal | 7,506 | 19.7% | No |
| Morres Nickalls | Liberal | 7,472 | 19.6% | No |
Dec 1910 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clement Tryon | Conservative | 10,780 | 30.8% | Yes |
| Walter FitzUryan Rice | Conservative | 10,757 | 30.8% | Yes |
| Alfred Morris | Liberal | 6,723 | 19.2% | No |
| Morres Nickalls | Liberal | 6,699 | 19.2% | No |
1918 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clement Tryon | Unionist | 32,958 | 39.7% | Yes |
| Charles Thomas-Stanford | Unionist | 32,561 | 39.2% | Yes |
| Thomas Lewis | Labour | 8,971 | 10.8% | No |
| George William Alfred Canter | Labour | 8,514 | 10.3% | No |
1922 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clement Tryon | Unionist | 28,549 | 31.9% | Yes |
| Alfred Cooper Rawson | Unionist | 26,844 | 30.0% | Yes |
| Charles Burgess Fry | Liberal | 22,059 | 24.7% | No |
| Harry Wheater | Free Conservative and Anti-Waste | 11,913 | 13.3% | No |
1923 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clement Tryon | Unionist | 30,137 | 26.8% | Yes |
| Alfred Cooper Rawson | Unionist | 29,759 | 26.5% | Yes |
| Walter Runciman | Liberal | 17,462 | 15.5% | No |
| Henry Simpson Lunn | Liberal | 16,567 | 14.7% | No |
| Alban Godwin Gordon | Labour | 9,545 | 8.5% | No |
| Herbert Carden | Labour | 9,040 | 8.0% | No |
1924 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clement Tryon | Unionist | 39,387 | 42.5% | Yes |
| Alfred Cooper Rawson | Unionist | 39,253 | 42.3% | Yes |
| Alban Godwin Gordon | Labour | 14,072 | 15.2% | No |
1929 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Cooper Rawson | Unionist | 46,515 | 29.1% | Yes |
| George Clement Tryon | Unionist | 46,287 | 29.0% | Yes |
| Laurence Seading Cheshire | Labour | 19,494 | 12.2% | No |
| William McLaine | Labour | 18,770 | 11.8% | No |
| Cyril Berkeley Dallow | Liberal | 14,770 | 9.3% | No |
| John Charles Brudenell-Bruce | Liberal | 13,816 | 8.7% | No |
1931 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Cooper Rawson | Conservative | 75,205 | 42.7% | Yes |
| George Clement Tryon | Conservative | 74,993 | 42.6% | Yes |
| Lewis Coleman Cohen | Labour | 12,952 | 7.4% | No |
| Rosalind Moore | Labour | 12,878 | 7.3% | No |
1935 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Clement Tryon | Conservative | 60,913 | 38.2% | Yes |
| Alfred Cooper Rawson | Conservative | 60,724 | 38.0% | Yes |
| Alban Godwin Gordon | Labour | 19,287 | 12.1% | No |
| Lewis Coleman Cohen | Labour | 18,743 | 11.7% | No |
1945 (2 seats)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke William Burke Teeling | Conservative | 49,339 | 30.8% | Yes |
| Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe | Conservative | 49,026 | 30.6% | Yes |
| Joseph Taylor Huddart | Labour | 31,074 | 19.4% | No |
| Greville Hugh Barnard | Labour | 30,844 | 19.2% | No |
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Brighton has been contested at 28 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Radical, Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Brighton in the 1945 general election?
Luke William Burke Teeling (Conservative), Anthony Alfred Harmsworth Marlowe (Conservative) won Brighton in 1945.
Which parties have won Brighton since 1832?
Since 1832, Brighton has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.
What was the closest result in Brighton?
The closest result on record for Brighton was 1837, when Whig beat Radical by just 18 votes (0.6 percentage points).
Did Brighton ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Brighton 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.