Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Great Marlow was won by Conservative at the 1880 general election, with a majority of 150 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Great Marlow 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
Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative); William Robert Clayton (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1835
William Robert Clayton (Whig); Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative)
185
47.9% (top seat)
William Carpenter (Radical)
151 (35.9 pts)
56.3%
1837
William Robert Clayton (Whig); Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative); William Robert Clayton (Whig)
170
40.7% (top seat)
Renn Hampden (Conservative)
1 (0.2 pts)
80.8%
1847
Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative); Renn Hampden (Conservative)
178
41.2% (top seat)
William Robert Clayton (Whig)
17 (2.9 pts)
77.8%
1852
Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative); Brownlow William Knox (Conservative)
198
45.1% (top seat)
Jacob Bell (Whig)
102 (19.0 pts)
75.7%
1857
Brownlow William Knox (Conservative); Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative); Brownlow William Knox (Conservative)
175
43.7% (top seat)
John Webb Probyn (Liberal)
55 (10.5 pts)
74.0%
1865
Brownlow William Knox (Conservative); Thomas Peers Williams (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1868
Thomas Owen Wethered (Conservative)
345
52.4%
Edmund Hope Verney (Liberal)
31 (4.7 pts)
86.7%
1874
Thomas Owen Wethered (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1880
Owen Lewis Cope Williams (Conservative)
505
58.7%
James Olliff Griffits (Liberal)
150 (17.4 pts)
91.4%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
William Robert Clayton
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Robert Clayton
Whig
201
47.9%
Yes
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
185
44.0%
Yes
William Carpenter
Radical
34
8.1%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Robert Clayton
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
233
40.7%
Yes
William Robert Clayton
Whig
170
29.7%
Yes
Renn Hampden
Conservative
169
29.5%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
238
41.2%
Yes
Renn Hampden
Conservative
178
30.8%
Yes
William Robert Clayton
Whig
161
27.9%
No
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
242
45.1%
Yes
Brownlow William Knox
Conservative
198
36.9%
Yes
Jacob Bell
Whig
96
17.9%
No
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Brownlow William Knox
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
229
43.7%
Yes
Brownlow William Knox
Conservative
175
33.4%
Yes
John Webb Probyn
Liberal
120
22.9%
No
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Brownlow William Knox
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Thomas Peers Williams
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1868
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Owen Wethered
Conservative
345
52.4%
Yes
Edmund Hope Verney
Liberal
314
47.6%
No
1874
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Owen Wethered
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1880
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Owen Lewis Cope Williams
Conservative
505
58.7%
Yes
James Olliff Griffits
Liberal
355
41.3%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Great Marlow 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 Great Marlow in the 1880 general election?
Conservative won Great Marlow in 1880 with 505 votes (58.7%), a majority of 150 votes over Liberal in second place.
Which parties have won Great Marlow since 1832?
Since 1832, Great Marlow has been won by: Conservative, Whig.
What was the closest result in Great Marlow?
The closest result on record for Great Marlow was 1841, when Conservative beat Conservative by just 1 votes (0.2 percentage points).
Did Great Marlow ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Great Marlow 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.