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Evesham — UK General Election Results

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

Evesham was won by Conservative at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 9,986 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Evesham 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 Charles Cockerell (Whig); Thomas Hudson (Whig) 212 40.9% (top seat) Peter Borthwick (Conservative) 86 (15.0 pts) 79.7%
1835 Charles Cockerell (Whig); Peter Borthwick (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Charles Cockerell (Conservative); Peter Borthwick (Conservative) 166 34.3% (top seat) Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill (Whig) 10 (2.0 pts) 69.2%
1841 Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill (Whig); Peter Borthwick (Conservative) 161 38.7% (top seat) George Rushout (Conservative) 24 (4.9 pts) 63.6%
1847 Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill (Whig); Henry Pollard Willoughby (Conservative) 172 39.2% (top seat) Ralph Howard (Whig) 41 (8.2 pts) 70.1%
1852 Henry Pollard Willoughby (Conservative); Grenville Charles Lennox Berkeley (Whig) 170 42.4% (top seat) Charles Wilkins (Radical) 83 (18.6 pts) 63.9%
1857 Henry Pollard Willoughby (Conservative); Edward Holland (Whig) 170 42.7% (top seat) Henry Robert Addison (Peelite) 109 (27.1 pts) 61.1%
1859 Henry Pollard Willoughby (Conservative); Edward Holland (Liberal) 149 48.7% (top seat) Edwin Chadwick (Independent Liberal) 100 (25.9 pts) 57.1%
1865 James Bourne (Conservative); Edward Holland (Liberal) 124 53.4% (top seat) Josiah Harris (Liberal) 95 (29.0 pts) 48.7%
1868 James Bourne (Conservative) 347 53.4% Thomas Richardson (Liberal) 44 (6.8 pts) 84.5%
1874 James Bourne (Conservative) 346 53.6% Joseph Napier Higgins (Liberal) 47 (7.3 pts) 86.7%
1880 Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff (Liberal) 382 50.6% Algernon Borthwick (Conservative) 9 (1.2 pts) 91.3%
1885 Richard Temple (Conservative) 4,080 51.5% Arthur Chamberlain (Liberal) 232 (2.9 pts) 83.3%
1886 Richard Temple (Conservative) 4,127 63.3% Daniel Pidgeon (Liberal) 1,736 (26.6 pts) 68.5%
1892 Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere (Conservative) 4,170 53.7% Frederick Impey (Liberal) 580 (7.5 pts) 81.0%
1895 Charles Wigram Long (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Charles Wigram Long (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Charles Wigram Long (Conservative) 4,385 50.5% Arthur Worthington Biggs (Liberal) 92 (1.1 pts) 89.0%
Dec 1910 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
Jan 1910 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Conservative) 5,416 57.5% Walter John Burt (Liberal) 1,418 (15.1 pts) 90.4%
1918 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Unionist) 10,479 62.0% William Peace Ellis (Liberal) 6,909 (40.8 pts) 58.5%
1922 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Unionist) 11,502 59.9% Robert Aldington (Labour) 3,787 (19.7 pts) 65.7%
1923 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Unionist) 10,976 54.5% William Henry Collett (Liberal) 5,523 (27.4 pts) 67.7%
1924 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Unionist) 13,176 65.5% Robert Aldington (Labour) 9,703 (48.3 pts) 66.4%
1929 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Unionist) 14,694 48.4% Selick Davies (Liberal) 3,175 (10.5 pts) 76.4%
1931 Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 Rupert de la Bère (Conservative) 18,757 65.1% William Elim Warder (Labour) 12,493 (43.4 pts) 66.4%
1945 Rupert de la Bère (Conservative) 17,835 53.4% Duncan McGuffie (Liberal) 9,986 (29.9 pts) 63.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Cockerell Whig 23440.9% Yes
Thomas Hudson Whig 21237.1% Yes
Peter Borthwick Conservative 12622.0% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Cockerell Whig Unopposed Yes
Peter Borthwick Conservative Unopposed Yes

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Cockerell Conservative 16834.3% Yes
Peter Borthwick Conservative 16633.9% Yes
Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill Whig 15631.8% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill Whig 18838.7% Yes
Peter Borthwick Conservative 16133.1% Yes
George Rushout Conservative 13728.2% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill Whig 19539.2% Yes
Henry Pollard Willoughby Conservative 17234.5% Yes
Ralph Howard Whig 13126.3% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Pollard Willoughby Conservative 18942.4% Yes
Grenville Charles Lennox Berkeley Whig 17038.1% Yes
Charles Wilkins Radical 8719.5% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Pollard Willoughby Conservative 17242.7% Yes
Edward Holland Whig 17042.2% Yes
Henry Robert Addison Peelite 6115.1% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Pollard Willoughby Conservative 18848.7% Yes
Edward Holland Liberal 14938.6% Yes
Edwin Chadwick Independent Liberal 4912.7% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Bourne Conservative 17553.4% Yes
Edward Holland Liberal 12437.8% Yes
Josiah Harris Liberal 298.8% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Bourne Conservative 34753.4% Yes
Thomas Richardson Liberal 30346.6% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Bourne Conservative 34653.6% Yes
Joseph Napier Higgins Liberal 29946.4% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff Liberal 38250.6% Yes
Algernon Borthwick Conservative 37349.4% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Temple Conservative 4,08051.5% Yes
Arthur Chamberlain Liberal 3,84848.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Temple Conservative 4,12763.3% Yes
Daniel Pidgeon Liberal 2,39136.7% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere Conservative 4,17053.7% Yes
Frederick Impey Liberal 3,59046.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wigram Long Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wigram Long Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Wigram Long Conservative 4,38550.5% Yes
Arthur Worthington Biggs Liberal 4,29349.5% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Conservative Unopposed Yes

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Conservative 5,41657.5% Yes
Walter John Burt Liberal 3,99842.5% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Unionist 10,47962.0% Yes
William Peace Ellis Liberal 3,57021.1% No
Walter Metcalfe Fielding Labour 2,86316.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Unionist 11,50259.9% Yes
Robert Aldington Labour 7,71540.1% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Unionist 10,97654.5% Yes
William Henry Collett Liberal 5,45327.1% No
Robert Aldington Labour 3,70518.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Unionist 13,17665.5% Yes
Robert Aldington Labour 3,47317.3% No
Benjamin Ryle Swift Liberal 3,45417.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Unionist 14,69448.4% Yes
Selick Davies Liberal 11,51938.0% No
Robert Aldington Labour 4,13813.6% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell Conservative Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert de la Bère Conservative 18,75765.1% Yes
William Elim Warder Labour 6,26421.8% No
Christopher a'Beckett Williams Liberal 3,77413.1% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Rupert de la Bère Conservative 17,83553.4% Yes
Duncan McGuffie Liberal 7,84923.5% No
Desmond Louis Donnelly Common Wealth 7,72723.1% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 15.0 pts 1837: Conservative margin 2.0 pts 1841: Whig margin 4.9 pts 1847: Whig margin 8.2 pts 1852: Conservative margin 18.6 pts 1857: Conservative margin 27.1 pts 1859: Conservative margin 25.9 pts 1865: Conservative margin 29.0 pts 1868: Conservative margin 6.8 pts 1874: Conservative margin 7.3 pts 1880: Liberal margin 1.2 pts 1885: Conservative margin 2.9 pts 1886: Conservative margin 26.6 pts 1892: Conservative margin 7.5 pts 1906: Conservative margin 1.1 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 15.1 pts 1918: Unionist margin 40.8 pts 1922: Unionist margin 19.7 pts 1923: Unionist margin 27.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 48.3 pts 1929: Unionist margin 10.5 pts 1935: Conservative margin 43.4 pts 1945: Conservative margin 29.9 pts 1832 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1906 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1935 1945

Trend

Evesham has been contested at 28 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Evesham in the 1945 general election?

Conservative won Evesham in 1945 with 17,835 votes (53.4%), a majority of 9,986 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won Evesham since 1832?

Since 1832, Evesham has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Evesham?

The closest result on record for Evesham was 1906, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 92 votes (1.1 percentage points).

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

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Evesham 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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