Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Lambeth elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: James Clarke Lawrence (Liberal) and William McArthur (Liberal). This page covers every general election in Lambeth 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
Charles Tennyson (Whig); Benjamin Hawes (Whig)
2,166
46.4% (top seat)
Daniel Wakefield (Radical)
1,347 (23.0 pts)
61.4%
1835
Benjamin Hawes (Whig); Charles Tennyson (Whig)
1,995
40.7% (top seat)
Charles Farebrother (Conservative)
1,064 (21.6 pts)
55.6%
1837
Benjamin Hawes (Whig); Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt (Whig)
2,811
39.8% (top seat)
Charles Baldwin (Conservative)
1,187 (16.1 pts)
52.3%
1841
Benjamin Hawes (Whig); Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt (Whig)
2,568
29.1% (top seat)
Charles Baldwin (Conservative)
569 (6.4 pts)
57.8%
1847
Charles Pearson (Radical); Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt (Whig)
3,708
39.6% (top seat)
Benjamin Hawes (Whig)
364 (3.1 pts)
42.1%
1852
William Arthur Wilkinson (Radical); William Williams (Radical)
4,022
37.7% (top seat)
Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt (Whig)
193 (1.5 pts)
34.8%
1857
William Roupell (Radical); William Williams (Radical)
7,648
46.1% (top seat)
William Arthur Wilkinson (Radical)
4,414 (21.9 pts)
49.8%
1859
William Roupell (Liberal); William Williams (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Thomas Hughes (Liberal); Frederick Doulton (Liberal)
6,280
35.6% (top seat)
James Clarke Lawrence (Liberal)
1,537 (8.6 pts)
32.3%
1868
James Clarke Lawrence (Liberal); William McArthur (Liberal)
14,553
41.1% (top seat)
John Morgan Howard (Conservative)
7,510 (20.5 pts)
54.9%
1874
James Clarke Lawrence (Liberal); William McArthur (Liberal)
11,788
34.6% (top seat)
John Morgan Howard (Conservative)
587 (1.7 pts)
43.8%
1880
James Clarke Lawrence (Liberal); William McArthur (Liberal)
18,983
35.1% (top seat)
John Morgan Howard (Conservative)
2,282 (4.2 pts)
54.4%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Tennyson
Whig
2,716
46.4%
Yes
Benjamin Hawes
Whig
2,166
37.0%
Yes
Daniel Wakefield
Radical
819
14.0%
No
John Moore
Radical
155
2.6%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Benjamin Hawes
Whig
2,008
40.7%
Yes
Charles Tennyson
Whig
1,995
40.4%
Yes
Charles Farebrother
Conservative
931
18.9%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Benjamin Hawes
Whig
2,934
39.8%
Yes
Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt
Whig
2,811
38.1%
Yes
Charles Baldwin
Conservative
1,624
22.0%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Benjamin Hawes
Whig
2,601
29.1%
Yes
Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt
Whig
2,568
28.8%
Yes
Charles Baldwin
Conservative
1,999
22.4%
No
Thomas Cabbell
Conservative
1,763
19.7%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Pearson
Radical
4,614
39.6%
Yes
Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt
Whig
3,708
31.8%
Yes
Benjamin Hawes
Whig
3,344
28.7%
No
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Arthur Wilkinson
Radical
4,752
37.7%
Yes
William Williams
Radical
4,022
31.9%
Yes
Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt
Whig
3,829
30.4%
No
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Roupell
Radical
9,318
46.1%
Yes
William Williams
Radical
7,648
37.9%
Yes
William Arthur Wilkinson
Radical
3,234
16.0%
No
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Roupell
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
William Williams
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Thomas Hughes
Liberal
6,373
35.6%
Yes
Frederick Doulton
Liberal
6,280
35.1%
Yes
James Clarke Lawrence
Liberal
4,743
26.5%
No
James Haig
Conservative
514
2.9%
No
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Clarke Lawrence
Liberal
15,051
41.1%
Yes
William McArthur
Liberal
14,553
39.7%
Yes
John Morgan Howard
Conservative
7,043
19.2%
No
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Clarke Lawrence
Liberal
12,175
34.6%
Yes
William McArthur
Liberal
11,788
33.5%
Yes
John Morgan Howard
Conservative
11,201
31.9%
No
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Clarke Lawrence
Liberal
19,315
35.1%
Yes
William McArthur
Liberal
18,983
34.5%
Yes
John Morgan Howard
Conservative
16,701
30.4%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Lambeth has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Lambeth in the 1880 general election?
James Clarke Lawrence (Liberal), William McArthur (Liberal) won Lambeth in 1880.
Which parties have won Lambeth since 1832?
Since 1832, Lambeth has been won by: Liberal, Radical, Whig.
What was the closest result in Lambeth?
The closest result on record for Lambeth was 1852, when Radical beat Whig by just 193 votes (1.5 percentage points).
Did Lambeth ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Lambeth 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.