Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Kingston upon Hull elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: Charles Morgan Norwood (Liberal) and Charles Henry Wilson (Liberal). This page covers every general election in Kingston upon Hull 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
Matthew Davenport Hill (Whig); William Hutt (Radical)
1,610
32.5% (top seat)
David Carruthers (Conservative)
181 (3.5 pts)
66.6%
1835
David Carruthers (Conservative); William Hutt (Radical)
1,536
38.7% (top seat)
Matthew Davenport Hill (Whig)
165 (3.5 pts)
55.9%
1837
William Wilberforce (Conservative); Walter Charles James (Conservative)
1,505
25.5% (top seat)
William Hutt (Radical)
8 (0.1 pts)
70.4%
1841
John Hanmer (Conservative); Walter Charles James (Conservative)
1,830
26.0% (top seat)
James Clay (Radical)
69 (1.0 pts)
72.8%
1847
Matthew Talbot Baines (Whig); James Clay (Radical)
2,135
36.1% (top seat)
James Brown (Whig)
430 (7.2 pts)
65.0%
1852
James Clay (Radical); George Frederick Samuel Robinson (Whig)
2,242
28.3% (top seat)
John Bramley-Moore (Conservative)
427 (5.4 pts)
75.9%
1857
James Clay (Radical); Anthony Ashley-Cooper (Peelite)
2,303
36.4% (top seat)
William Compton (Radical)
911 (14.0 pts)
59.1%
1859
James Clay (Liberal); Joseph Hoare (Conservative)
2,269
36.6% (top seat)
John Harvey Lewis (Liberal)
310 (4.7 pts)
60.4%
1865
James Clay (Liberal); Charles Morgan Norwood (Liberal)
2,547
30.7% (top seat)
John Somes (Conservative)
637 (7.6 pts)
75.6%
1868
Charles Morgan Norwood (Liberal); James Clay (Liberal)
6,874
28.0% (top seat)
Henry John Atkinson (Conservative)
491 (1.9 pts)
75.8%
1874
Charles Henry Wilson (Liberal); Charles Morgan Norwood (Liberal)
8,549
35.3% (top seat)
Joseph Walker Pease (Conservative)
843 (3.4 pts)
57.1%
1880
Charles Morgan Norwood (Liberal); Charles Henry Wilson (Liberal)
11,837
32.9% (top seat)
John Buckingham Pope (Conservative)
5,070 (13.8 pts)
70.1%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Matthew Davenport Hill
Whig
1,674
32.5%
Yes
William Hutt
Radical
1,610
31.3%
Yes
David Carruthers
Conservative
1,429
27.8%
No
James Acland
Radical
433
8.4%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
David Carruthers
Conservative
1,836
38.7%
Yes
William Hutt
Radical
1,536
32.4%
Yes
Matthew Davenport Hill
Whig
1,371
28.9%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Wilberforce
Conservative
1,514
25.5%
Yes
Walter Charles James
Conservative
1,505
25.3%
Yes
William Hutt
Radical
1,497
25.2%
No
Benjamin Wood
Whig
1,430
24.0%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Hanmer
Conservative
1,843
26.0%
Yes
Walter Charles James
Conservative
1,830
25.9%
Yes
James Clay
Radical
1,761
24.9%
No
Thomas Perronet Thompson
Radical
1,645
23.2%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Matthew Talbot Baines
Whig
2,168
36.1%
Yes
James Clay
Radical
2,135
35.5%
Yes
James Brown
Whig
1,705
28.4%
No
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Clay
Radical
2,246
28.3%
Yes
George Frederick Samuel Robinson
Whig
2,242
28.3%
Yes
John Bramley-Moore
Conservative
1,815
22.9%
No
Charles Lennox Butler
Conservative
1,626
20.5%
No
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Clay
Radical
2,365
36.4%
Yes
Anthony Ashley-Cooper
Peelite
2,303
35.5%
Yes
William Compton
Radical
1,392
21.4%
No
William Digby Seymour
Radical
434
6.7%
No
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Clay
Liberal
2,445
36.6%
Yes
Joseph Hoare
Conservative
2,269
34.0%
Yes
John Harvey Lewis
Liberal
1,959
29.4%
No
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Clay
Liberal
2,583
30.7%
Yes
Charles Morgan Norwood
Liberal
2,547
30.3%
Yes
John Somes
Conservative
1,910
22.7%
No
Joseph Hoare
Conservative
1,374
16.3%
No
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Morgan Norwood
Liberal
7,282
28.0%
Yes
James Clay
Liberal
6,874
26.5%
Yes
Henry John Atkinson
Conservative
6,383
24.6%
No
Robert Baxter
Conservative
5,444
21.0%
No
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Henry Wilson
Liberal
8,886
35.3%
Yes
Charles Morgan Norwood
Liberal
8,549
34.0%
Yes
Joseph Walker Pease
Conservative
7,706
30.7%
No
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Morgan Norwood
Liberal
12,071
32.9%
Yes
Charles Henry Wilson
Liberal
11,837
32.2%
Yes
John Buckingham Pope
Conservative
6,767
18.4%
No
Henry John Atkinson
Conservative
6,067
16.5%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Kingston upon Hull has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Peelite, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Kingston upon Hull in the 1880 general election?
Charles Morgan Norwood (Liberal), Charles Henry Wilson (Liberal) won Kingston upon Hull in 1880.
Which parties have won Kingston upon Hull since 1832?
Since 1832, Kingston upon Hull has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Peelite, Radical, Whig.
What was the closest result in Kingston upon Hull?
The closest result on record for Kingston upon Hull was 1837, when Conservative beat Radical by just 8 votes (0.1 percentage points).
Did Kingston upon Hull ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Kingston upon Hull 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.