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Frome — UK General Election Results

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

Frome was won by Labour at the 1945 general election, with a majority of 5,507 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Frome from 1832 to 1945.

Full Election History, 1832–1945

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Thomas Sheppard (Whig) 163 62.0% Thomas Swymmer Mostyn-Champneys (Whig) 163 (62.0 pts) 81.7%
1835 Matthew Bridges (Radical) 78 34.1% Courtenay Boyle (Whig) 27 (11.8 pts) 80.4%
1837 Thomas Sheppard (Conservative) 124 50.8% Courtenay Boyle (Whig) 4 (1.6 pts) 83.8%
1841 Thomas Sheppard (Conservative) 154 54.4% William Jesser Sturch (Whig) 25 (8.8 pts) 83.2%
1847 Robert Edward Boyle (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Robert Edward Boyle (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 Donald Nicoll (Radical) 162 49.7% William George Boyle (Whig) 70 (21.5 pts) 89.8%
1859 Edward Thynne (Conservative) 194 56.9% Donald Nicoll (Liberal) 47 (13.8 pts) 88.6%
1865 Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (Liberal) 206 53.0% James Whalley Dawe Thomas Wickham (Conservative) 23 (5.9 pts) 94.0%
1868 Thomas Hughes (Liberal) 571 54.5% William Campbell Sleigh (Conservative) 95 (9.1 pts) 82.6%
1874 Henry Charles Lopes (Conservative) 642 53.5% William Henry Willans (Liberal) 85 (7.1 pts) 90.4%
1880 Henry Bernhard Samuelson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1885 Lawrence James Baker (Liberal) 4,735 54.4% Thomas Henry Thynne (Conservative) 763 (8.8 pts) 82.9%
1886 Thomas Henry Thynne (Conservative) 4,348 54.4% Godfrey Blundell Samuelson (Liberal) 703 (8.8 pts) 76.1%
1892 John Emmott Barlow (Liberal) 4,747 52.7% Thomas Henry Thynne (Conservative) 487 (5.4 pts) 81.7%
1895 Alexander George Boteville Thynne (Conservative) 5,043 52.0% John Emmott Barlow (Liberal) 383 (4.0 pts) 83.7%
1900 John Emmott Barlow (Liberal) 5,066 51.8% William Ellis Hume-Williams (Conservative) 358 (3.7 pts) 79.4%
1906 John Emmott Barlow (Liberal) 6,297 58.0% Charles Talbot Foxcroft (Conservative) 1,745 (16.1 pts) 86.0%
Jan 1910 John Emmott Barlow (Liberal) 6,248 53.3% Charles Talbot Foxcroft (Conservative) 779 (6.7 pts) 89.0%
Dec 1910 John Emmott Barlow (Liberal) 5,944 52.6% Charles Talbot Foxcroft (Conservative) 578 (5.1 pts) 85.9%
1918 Percy Angier Hurd (Unionist) 11,118 46.6% Edward Gill (Labour) 664 (2.8 pts) 67.7%
1922 Percy Angier Hurd (Unionist) 15,017 51.2% Edward Gill (Labour) 706 (2.4 pts) 82.2%
1923 Frederick Gould (Labour) 15,902 54.4% Percy Angier Hurd (Unionist) 2,596 (8.9 pts) 79.7%
1924 Geoffrey Kelsall Peto (Unionist) 16,397 52.8% Frederick Gould (Labour) 1,745 (5.6 pts) 82.9%
1929 Frederick Gould (Labour) 18,524 45.5% Geoffrey Kelsall Peto (Unionist) 2,146 (5.3 pts) 86.5%
1931 Henry Frederick Thynne (Conservative) 24,858 58.3% Frederick Gould (Labour) 7,110 (16.7 pts) 87.3%
1935 Mavis Constance Tate (Conservative) 19,684 46.3% Ronald William Gordon Mackay (Labour) 994 (2.3 pts) 82.5%
1945 Walter John Farthing (Labour) 29,735 55.1% Mavis Constance Tate (Conservative) 5,507 (10.2 pts) 78.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Sheppard Whig 16362.0% Yes
Thomas Swymmer Mostyn-Champneys Whig 00.0% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Matthew Bridges Radical 7834.1% Yes
Courtenay Boyle Whig 5122.3% No
Thomas Sheppard Conservative 00.0% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Sheppard Conservative 12450.8% Yes
Courtenay Boyle Whig 12049.2% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Sheppard Conservative 15454.4% Yes
William Jesser Sturch Whig 12945.6% No

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Edward Boyle Whig Unopposed Yes

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Edward Boyle Whig Unopposed Yes

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Donald Nicoll Radical 16249.7% Yes
William George Boyle Whig 9228.2% No
Edward Thynne Conservative 7222.1% No

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Thynne Conservative 19456.9% Yes
Donald Nicoll Liberal 14743.1% No

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Creswicke Rawlinson Liberal 20653.0% Yes
James Whalley Dawe Thomas Wickham Conservative 18347.0% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Hughes Liberal 57154.5% Yes
William Campbell Sleigh Conservative 47645.5% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Charles Lopes Conservative 64253.5% Yes
William Henry Willans Liberal 55746.5% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Bernhard Samuelson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence James Baker Liberal 4,73554.4% Yes
Thomas Henry Thynne Conservative 3,97245.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Henry Thynne Conservative 4,34854.4% Yes
Godfrey Blundell Samuelson Liberal 3,64545.6% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Emmott Barlow Liberal 4,74752.7% Yes
Thomas Henry Thynne Conservative 4,26047.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alexander George Boteville Thynne Conservative 5,04352.0% Yes
John Emmott Barlow Liberal 4,66048.0% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Emmott Barlow Liberal 5,06651.8% Yes
William Ellis Hume-Williams Conservative 4,70848.2% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Emmott Barlow Liberal 6,29758.0% Yes
Charles Talbot Foxcroft Conservative 4,55242.0% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Emmott Barlow Liberal 6,24853.3% Yes
Charles Talbot Foxcroft Conservative 5,46946.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Emmott Barlow Liberal 5,94452.6% Yes
Charles Talbot Foxcroft Conservative 5,36647.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Angier Hurd Unionist 11,11846.6% Yes
Edward Gill Labour 10,45443.9% No
John Emmott Barlow Liberal 2,0048.4% No
Thomas Malcolm Harvey Kincaid-Smith National Party 2581.1% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Percy Angier Hurd Unionist 15,01751.2% Yes
Edward Gill Labour 14,31148.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Gould Labour 15,90254.4% Yes
Percy Angier Hurd Unionist 13,30645.6% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Geoffrey Kelsall Peto Unionist 16,39752.8% Yes
Frederick Gould Labour 14,65247.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frederick Gould Labour 18,52445.5% Yes
Geoffrey Kelsall Peto Unionist 16,37840.3% No
Colin Stratton-Hallett Liberal 5,77414.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Frederick Thynne Conservative 24,85858.3% Yes
Frederick Gould Labour 17,74841.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mavis Constance Tate Conservative 19,68446.3% Yes
Ronald William Gordon Mackay Labour 18,69043.9% No
Philip William Hopkins Liberal 4,1779.8% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter John Farthing Labour 29,73555.1% Yes
Mavis Constance Tate Conservative 24,22844.9% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 62.0 pts 1835: Radical margin 11.8 pts 1837: Conservative margin 1.6 pts 1841: Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1857: Radical margin 21.5 pts 1859: Conservative margin 13.8 pts 1865: Liberal margin 5.9 pts 1868: Liberal margin 9.1 pts 1874: Conservative margin 7.1 pts 1885: Liberal margin 8.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1892: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1895: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1900: Liberal margin 3.7 pts 1906: Liberal margin 16.1 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 6.7 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 5.1 pts 1918: Unionist margin 2.8 pts 1922: Unionist margin 2.4 pts 1923: Labour margin 8.9 pts 1924: Unionist margin 5.6 pts 1929: Labour margin 5.3 pts 1931: Conservative margin 16.7 pts 1935: Conservative margin 2.3 pts 1945: Labour margin 10.2 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945

Trend

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Frome in the 1945 general election?

Labour won Frome in 1945 with 29,735 votes (55.1%), a majority of 5,507 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Frome since 1832?

Since 1832, Frome has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Radical, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Frome?

The closest result on record for Frome was 1837, when Conservative beat Whig by just 4 votes (1.6 percentage points).

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