Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
East Retford elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: Francis John Savile Foljambe (Liberal) and Frederick Thorpe Mappin (Liberal). This page covers every general election in East Retford from 1832 to 1880.
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, 1832–1880
Election
Elected
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Majority
Turnout
1832
Granville Harcourt-Vernon (Whig); Charles Evelyn Pierrepont (Whig)
1,153
38.2% (top seat)
John Beckett (Conservative)
183 (5.3 pts)
74.3%
1835
Granville Harcourt-Vernon (Whig); Arthur Duncombe (Conservative)
1,252
34.7% (top seat)
Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton (Conservative)
88 (2.4 pts)
75.3%
1837
Arthur Duncombe (Conservative); Granville Harcourt-Vernon (Conservative)
1,352
34.7% (top seat)
William Mason (Whig)
118 (3.0 pts)
73.8%
1841
Arthur Duncombe (Conservative); Granville Harcourt-Vernon (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1847
Arthur Duncombe (Conservative); George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
William Ernest Duncombe (Conservative); George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Francis John Savile Foljambe (Whig); George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
Francis John Savile Foljambe (Liberal); George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Francis John Savile Foljambe (Liberal); George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1868
Francis John Savile Foljambe (Liberal); George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1874
Francis John Savile Foljambe (Liberal); George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1880
Francis John Savile Foljambe (Liberal); Frederick Thorpe Mappin (Liberal)
4,134
30.4% (top seat)
William Beckett-Denison (Conservative)
1,113 (7.8 pts)
86.2%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Granville Harcourt-Vernon
Whig
1,311
38.2%
Yes
Charles Evelyn Pierrepont
Whig
1,153
33.6%
Yes
John Beckett
Conservative
970
28.2%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Granville Harcourt-Vernon
Whig
1,286
34.7%
Yes
Arthur Duncombe
Conservative
1,252
33.8%
Yes
Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton
Conservative
1,164
31.4%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Arthur Duncombe
Conservative
1,372
34.7%
Yes
Granville Harcourt-Vernon
Conservative
1,352
34.2%
Yes
William Mason
Whig
1,234
31.2%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Arthur Duncombe
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Granville Harcourt-Vernon
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Arthur Duncombe
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Ernest Duncombe
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis John Savile Foljambe
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis John Savile Foljambe
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis John Savile Foljambe
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis John Savile Foljambe
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis John Savile Foljambe
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
George Edward Arundell Monckton-Arundell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis John Savile Foljambe
Liberal
4,333
30.4%
Yes
Frederick Thorpe Mappin
Liberal
4,134
29.0%
Yes
William Beckett-Denison
Conservative
3,021
21.2%
No
Henry Eyre
Conservative
2,776
19.5%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
East Retford has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won East Retford in the 1880 general election?
Francis John Savile Foljambe (Liberal), Frederick Thorpe Mappin (Liberal) won East Retford in 1880.
Which parties have won East Retford since 1832?
Since 1832, East Retford has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Whig.
What was the closest result in East Retford?
The closest result on record for East Retford was 1835, when Whig beat Conservative by just 88 votes (2.4 percentage points).
Did East Retford ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, East Retford 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.