Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Herefordshire elected 3 MPs at the 1880 general election: Joseph Russell Bailey (Conservative) and Michael Biddulph (Liberal) and Thomas Duckham (Liberal). This page covers every general election in Herefordshire 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
Robert Price (Whig); Kedgwin Hoskins (Whig); Edward Thomas Foley (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1835
Kedgwin Hoskins (Whig); Edward Thomas Foley (Conservative); Robert Price (Whig)
2,657
28.9% (top seat)
Edward Poole (Conservative)
693 (6.6 pts)
70.0%
1837
Robert Price (Whig); Kedgwin Hoskins (Whig); Edward Thomas Foley (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville (Conservative); Joseph Bailey (Conservative); Kedgwin Hoskins (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1847
Joseph Bailey (Conservative); Francis Richard Haggitt (Conservative); George Cornewall Lewis (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
James King-King (Conservative); Thomas William Booker (Conservative); Charles Spencer Bateman-Hanbury (Conservative)
3,030
26.0% (top seat)
George Cornewall Lewis (Whig)
194 (1.6 pts)
58.2%
1857
Geers Henry Cotterell (Whig); Thomas William Booker-Blakemore (Conservative); James King-King (Conservative)
2,771
29.4% (top seat)
Charles Spencer Bateman-Hanbury (Conservative)
296 (2.6 pts)
51.9%
1859
James King-King (Conservative); Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay (Liberal); Montagu William Graham (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Joseph Russell Bailey (Conservative); Michael Biddulph (Liberal); James King-King (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1868
Herbert George Denman Croft (Conservative); Joseph Russell Bailey (Conservative); Michael Biddulph (Liberal)
2,273
30.9% (top seat)
Thomas Blake (Liberal)
395 (3.6 pts)
37.9%
1874
Joseph Ruell Bailey (Conservative); Michael Biddulph (Liberal); Daniel Peploe Peploe (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1880
Joseph Russell Bailey (Conservative); Michael Biddulph (Liberal); Thomas Duckham (Liberal)
2,726
27.7% (top seat)
Daniel Peploe Peploe (Conservative)
199 (1.8 pts)
45.0%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Robert Price
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Kedgwin Hoskins
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Edward Thomas Foley
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1835 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Kedgwin Hoskins
Whig
3,012
28.9%
Yes
Edward Thomas Foley
Conservative
2,802
26.9%
Yes
Robert Price
Whig
2,657
25.5%
Yes
Edward Poole
Conservative
1,964
18.8%
No
1837 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Robert Price
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Kedgwin Hoskins
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Edward Thomas Foley
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Joseph Bailey
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Kedgwin Hoskins
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1847 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Joseph Bailey
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Francis Richard Haggitt
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
George Cornewall Lewis
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James King-King
Conservative
3,167
26.0%
Yes
Thomas William Booker
Conservative
3,143
25.8%
Yes
Charles Spencer Bateman-Hanbury
Conservative
3,030
24.9%
Yes
George Cornewall Lewis
Whig
2,836
23.3%
No
1857 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Geers Henry Cotterell
Whig
3,352
29.4%
Yes
Thomas William Booker-Blakemore
Conservative
2,822
24.7%
Yes
James King-King
Conservative
2,771
24.3%
Yes
Charles Spencer Bateman-Hanbury
Conservative
2,475
21.7%
No
1859 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James King-King
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
Montagu William Graham
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Joseph Russell Bailey
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Michael Biddulph
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
James King-King
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1868 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Herbert George Denman Croft
Conservative
3,351
30.9%
Yes
Joseph Russell Bailey
Conservative
3,341
30.8%
Yes
Michael Biddulph
Liberal
2,273
21.0%
Yes
Thomas Blake
Liberal
1,878
17.3%
No
1874 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Joseph Ruell Bailey
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Michael Biddulph
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
Daniel Peploe Peploe
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1880 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Joseph Russell Bailey
Conservative
3,077
27.7%
Yes
Michael Biddulph
Liberal
2,769
24.9%
Yes
Thomas Duckham
Liberal
2,726
24.6%
Yes
Daniel Peploe Peploe
Conservative
2,527
22.8%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire in the 1880 general election?
Joseph Russell Bailey (Conservative), Michael Biddulph (Liberal), Thomas Duckham (Liberal) won Herefordshire in 1880.
Which parties have won Herefordshire since 1832?
Since 1832, Herefordshire has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Whig.
What was the closest result in Herefordshire?
The closest result on record for Herefordshire was 1852, when Conservative beat Whig by just 194 votes (1.6 percentage points).
Did Herefordshire ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Herefordshire 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.