Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
New Shoreham elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: Walter Wyndham Burrell (Conservative) and Robert Loder (Conservative). This page covers every general election in New Shoreham 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 Merrik Burrell (Conservative); Harry Dent Goring (Whig)
774
39.9% (top seat)
George Frederick Jones (Conservative)
368 (18.7 pts)
51.0%
1835
Charles Merrik Burrell (Conservative); Harry Dent Goring (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1837
Harry Dent Goring (Whig); Charles Merrik Burrell (Conservative)
773
37.9% (top seat)
David Salomons (Whig)
154 (6.9 pts)
57.8%
1841
Charles Merrik Burrell (Conservative); Charles Goring (Conservative)
856
38.5% (top seat)
Edward George Fitzalan-Howard (Whig)
183 (7.4 pts)
64.9%
1847
Charles Merrik Burrell (Conservative); Charles Goring (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
Charles Merrik Burrell (Conservative); Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Charles Merrik Burrell (Conservative); Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox (Conservative)
806
43.4% (top seat)
Henry Williams Pemberton (Independent Liberal)
319 (14.0 pts)
63.4%
1859
Charles Merrik Burrell (Conservative); Stephen Cave (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Stephen Cave (Conservative); Percy Burrell (Conservative)
891
39.6% (top seat)
James Hannen (Liberal)
299 (12.2 pts)
62.1%
1868
Percy Burrell (Conservative); Stephen Cave (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1874
Percy Burrell (Conservative); Stephen Cave (Conservative)
2,414
43.3% (top seat)
William Lyon (Liberal)
1,518 (26.0 pts)
58.4%
1880
Walter Wyndham Burrell (Conservative); Robert Loder (Conservative)
2,195
36.5% (top seat)
William Egerton Hubbard (Liberal)
136 (2.0 pts)
61.1%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
785
39.9%
Yes
Harry Dent Goring
Whig
774
39.4%
Yes
George Frederick Jones
Conservative
406
20.7%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Harry Dent Goring
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Harry Dent Goring
Whig
850
37.9%
Yes
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
773
34.5%
Yes
David Salomons
Whig
619
27.6%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
959
38.5%
Yes
Charles Goring
Conservative
856
34.4%
Yes
Edward George Fitzalan-Howard
Whig
673
27.0%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Charles Goring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
991
43.4%
Yes
Alexander Francis Charles Gordon-Lennox
Conservative
806
35.3%
Yes
Henry Williams Pemberton
Independent Liberal
487
21.3%
No
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Merrik Burrell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Stephen Cave
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Stephen Cave
Conservative
972
39.6%
Yes
Percy Burrell
Conservative
891
36.3%
Yes
James Hannen
Liberal
592
24.1%
No
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Percy Burrell
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Stephen Cave
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Percy Burrell
Conservative
2,527
43.3%
Yes
Stephen Cave
Conservative
2,414
41.4%
Yes
William Lyon
Liberal
896
15.4%
No
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Walter Wyndham Burrell
Conservative
2,445
36.5%
Yes
Robert Loder
Conservative
2,195
32.8%
Yes
William Egerton Hubbard
Liberal
2,059
30.7%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
New Shoreham has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won New Shoreham in the 1880 general election?
Walter Wyndham Burrell (Conservative), Robert Loder (Conservative) won New Shoreham in 1880.
Which parties have won New Shoreham since 1832?
Since 1832, New Shoreham has been won by: Conservative, Whig.
What was the closest result in New Shoreham?
The closest result on record for New Shoreham was 1880, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 136 votes (2.0 percentage points).
Did New Shoreham ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, New Shoreham 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.