Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
East Suffolk elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: Frederick William Brook Thelluon (Conservative) and Frederick St John Newdigate Barne (Conservative). This page covers every general election in East Suffolk 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
John Henniker-Major (Conservative); Robert Newton Shawe (Whig)
1,990
35.0% (top seat)
Charles Broke Vere (Conservative)
206 (3.5 pts)
68.0%
1835
John Henniker-Major (Conservative); Charles Broke Vere (Conservative)
2,321
36.0% (top seat)
Robert Newton Shawe (Whig)
292 (4.3 pts)
67.6%
1837
John Henniker-Major (Conservative); Charles Broke Vere (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
John Henniker-Major (Conservative); Charles Broke Vere (Conservative)
3,178
39.8% (top seat)
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (Whig)
1,391 (16.9 pts)
59.6%
1847
Edward Sherlock Gooch (Conservative); Frederick Thellusson (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
Edward Sherlock Gooch (Conservative); Fitzroy Edward Kelly (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
John Henniker-Major (Conservative); Fitzroy Edward Kelly (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
John Henniker-Major (Conservative); Fitzroy Edward Kelly (Conservative)
0
None% (top seat)
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (Liberal)
0 (None pts)
0.0%
1865
John Henniker-Major (Conservative); Fitzroy Edward Kelly (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1868
John Major Henniker-Major (Conservative); Frederick Snowdon Corrance (Conservative)
3,620
26.8% (top seat)
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (Liberal)
299 (2.2 pts)
75.6%
1874
Frederick William Brook Thelluon (Conservative); Arthur Philip Stanhope (Conservative)
3,896
37.4% (top seat)
George Tomline (Liberal)
882 (8.0 pts)
58.2%
1880
Frederick William Brook Thelluon (Conservative); Frederick St John Newdigate Barne (Conservative)
3,618
37.3% (top seat)
Robert Lacey Everett (Liberal)
114 (1.0 pts)
59.0%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Henniker-Major
Conservative
2,030
35.0%
Yes
Robert Newton Shawe
Whig
1,990
34.3%
Yes
Charles Broke Vere
Conservative
1,784
30.7%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Henniker-Major
Conservative
2,452
36.0%
Yes
Charles Broke Vere
Conservative
2,321
34.1%
Yes
Robert Newton Shawe
Whig
2,029
29.8%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Henniker-Major
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Charles Broke Vere
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Henniker-Major
Conservative
3,279
39.8%
Yes
Charles Broke Vere
Conservative
3,178
38.5%
Yes
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair
Whig
1,787
21.7%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Sherlock Gooch
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Frederick Thellusson
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Sherlock Gooch
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Fitzroy Edward Kelly
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Henniker-Major
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Fitzroy Edward Kelly
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Henniker-Major
Conservative
0
None%
Yes
Fitzroy Edward Kelly
Conservative
0
None%
Yes
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair
Liberal
0
None%
No
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Henniker-Major
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Fitzroy Edward Kelly
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Major Henniker-Major
Conservative
3,650
26.8%
Yes
Frederick Snowdon Corrance
Conservative
3,620
26.5%
Yes
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair
Liberal
3,321
24.4%
No
Thomas Sutton Western
Liberal
3,045
22.3%
No
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Frederick William Brook Thelluon
Conservative
4,136
37.4%
Yes
Arthur Philip Stanhope
Conservative
3,896
35.3%
Yes
George Tomline
Liberal
3,014
27.3%
No
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Frederick William Brook Thelluon
Conservative
4,239
37.3%
Yes
Frederick St John Newdigate Barne
Conservative
3,618
31.8%
Yes
Robert Lacey Everett
Liberal
3,504
30.8%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
East Suffolk has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won East Suffolk in the 1880 general election?
Frederick William Brook Thelluon (Conservative), Frederick St John Newdigate Barne (Conservative) won East Suffolk in 1880.
Which parties have won East Suffolk since 1832?
Since 1832, East Suffolk has been won by: Conservative, Whig.
What was the closest result in East Suffolk?
The closest result on record for East Suffolk was 1880, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 114 votes (1.0 percentage points).
Did East Suffolk ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, East Suffolk 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.