Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Lymington was won by Conservative at the 1880 general election, with a majority of 193 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Lymington 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
Harry Burrard-Neale (Conservative); John Stewart (Conservative)
128
43.5% (top seat)
John Blackiston (Radical)
51 (14.1 pts)
72.9%
1835
William Alexander Mackinnon (Conservative); John Stewart (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1837
John Stewart (Conservative); William Alexander Mackinnon (Conservative)
138
40.7% (top seat)
Samuel Gregson (Radical)
41 (10.3 pts)
66.9%
1841
John Stewart (Conservative); William Alexander Mackinnon (Conservative)
149
40.0% (top seat)
George Thomas Keppel (Whig)
43 (10.1 pts)
69.2%
1847
George Thomas Keppel (Whig); William Alexander Mackinnon (Peelite)
146
37.9% (top seat)
John Stewart (Conservative)
26 (6.1 pts)
69.7%
1852
John Rivett-Carnac (Conservative); Edward John Hutchins (Whig)
158
40.4% (top seat)
William Alexander Mackinnon (Peelite)
19 (3.8 pts)
73.7%
1857
William Alexander Mackinnon (Whig); John Rivett-Carnac (Conservative)
187
40.8% (top seat)
Warren William Richard Peacocke (Conservative)
104 (21.9 pts)
73.5%
1859
William Alexander Mackinnon (Liberal); John Rivett-Carnac (Conservative)
140
37.2% (top seat)
John Bramley-Moore (Conservative)
15 (3.5 pts)
64.7%
1865
William Alexander Mackinnon (Liberal); George Charles Gordon-Lennox (Conservative)
174
49.1% (top seat)
Thomas Norton (Liberal)
149 (38.1 pts)
56.3%
1868
George Charles Gordon-Lennox (Conservative)
330
62.4%
Daniel Pratt (Liberal)
131 (24.8 pts)
79.9%
1874
Edmund Hegan Kennard (Conservative)
449
74.0%
William Cornwallis West (Liberal)
291 (47.9 pts)
85.0%
1880
Edmund Hegan Kennard (Conservative)
432
64.4%
Hermes Southwood Smith (Liberal)
193 (28.8 pts)
86.2%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Harry Burrard-Neale
Conservative
158
43.5%
Yes
John Stewart
Conservative
128
35.3%
Yes
John Blackiston
Radical
77
21.2%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Alexander Mackinnon
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
John Stewart
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Stewart
Conservative
161
40.7%
Yes
William Alexander Mackinnon
Conservative
138
34.8%
Yes
Samuel Gregson
Radical
97
24.5%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Stewart
Conservative
170
40.0%
Yes
William Alexander Mackinnon
Conservative
149
35.1%
Yes
George Thomas Keppel
Whig
106
24.9%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
George Thomas Keppel
Whig
162
37.9%
Yes
William Alexander Mackinnon
Peelite
146
34.1%
Yes
John Stewart
Conservative
120
28.0%
No
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Rivett-Carnac
Conservative
201
40.4%
Yes
Edward John Hutchins
Whig
158
31.7%
Yes
William Alexander Mackinnon
Peelite
139
27.9%
No
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Alexander Mackinnon
Whig
194
40.8%
Yes
John Rivett-Carnac
Conservative
187
39.4%
Yes
Warren William Richard Peacocke
Conservative
83
17.5%
No
Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnstone
Whig
11
2.3%
No
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Alexander Mackinnon
Liberal
157
37.2%
Yes
John Rivett-Carnac
Conservative
140
33.2%
Yes
John Bramley-Moore
Conservative
125
29.6%
No
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Alexander Mackinnon
Liberal
192
49.1%
Yes
George Charles Gordon-Lennox
Conservative
174
44.5%
Yes
Thomas Norton
Liberal
25
6.4%
No
1868
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
George Charles Gordon-Lennox
Conservative
330
62.4%
Yes
Daniel Pratt
Liberal
199
37.6%
No
1874
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edmund Hegan Kennard
Conservative
449
74.0%
Yes
William Cornwallis West
Liberal
158
26.0%
No
1880
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edmund Hegan Kennard
Conservative
432
64.4%
Yes
Hermes Southwood Smith
Liberal
239
35.6%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Lymington has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig, Peelite, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Lymington in the 1880 general election?
Conservative won Lymington in 1880 with 432 votes (64.4%), a majority of 193 votes over Liberal in second place.
Which parties have won Lymington since 1832?
Since 1832, Lymington has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Peelite, Whig.
What was the closest result in Lymington?
The closest result on record for Lymington was 1859, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 15 votes (3.5 percentage points).
Did Lymington ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Lymington 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.