Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Marlborough was won by Liberal at the 1880 general election, with a majority of 94 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Marlborough 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
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Conservative); Henry Bingham Baring (Conservative)
118
41.4% (top seat)
Alexander Charles Malet (Whig)
45 (13.8 pts)
67.9%
1835
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Conservative); Henry Bingham Baring (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1837
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Conservative); Henry Bingham Baring (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
Henry Bingham Baring (Conservative); Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Conservative)
0
0.0% (top seat)
None (None)
None (None pts)
35.5%
1847
Henry Bingham Baring (Peelite); Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Peelite)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
Henry Bingham Baring (Peelite); Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Peelite)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Peelite); Henry Bingham Baring (Peelite)
125
51.1% (top seat)
William Davis Lewis (Conservative)
74 (20.6 pts)
65.5%
1859
Henry Bingham Baring (Liberal); Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Henry Bingham Baring (Liberal); Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1868
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1874
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1880
Charles William Brudenell-Bruce (Liberal)
333
58.2%
Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce (Conservative)
94 (16.4 pts)
85.6%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Conservative
135
41.4%
Yes
Henry Bingham Baring
Conservative
118
36.2%
Yes
Alexander Charles Malet
Whig
73
22.4%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Henry Bingham Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Henry Bingham Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Bingham Baring
Conservative
0
0.0%
Yes
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Conservative
0
0.0%
Yes
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Bingham Baring
Peelite
Unopposed
Yes
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Peelite
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Bingham Baring
Peelite
Unopposed
Yes
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Peelite
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Peelite
184
51.1%
Yes
Henry Bingham Baring
Peelite
125
34.7%
Yes
William Davis Lewis
Conservative
51
14.2%
No
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Bingham Baring
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Bingham Baring
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1868
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1874
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1880
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles William Brudenell-Bruce
Liberal
333
58.2%
Yes
Henry Augustus Brudenell-Bruce
Conservative
239
41.8%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Marlborough has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Peelite, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Marlborough in the 1880 general election?
Liberal won Marlborough in 1880 with 333 votes (58.2%), a majority of 94 votes over Conservative in second place.
Which parties have won Marlborough since 1832?
Since 1832, Marlborough has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Peelite.
What was the closest result in Marlborough?
The closest result on record for Marlborough was 1832, when Conservative beat Whig by just 45 votes (13.8 percentage points).
Did Marlborough ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Marlborough 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.