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North Leicestershire — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

North Leicestershire elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: John James Robert Manners (Conservative) and Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (Conservative). This page covers every general election in North Leicestershire 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 Robert William Manners (Conservative); Charles March-Phillipps (Radical) 1,661 46.8% (top seat) William Augustus Johnson (Radical) 941 (21.0 pts) 61.2%
1835 Robert William Manners (Conservative); Charles March-Phillipps (Radical) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Charles Henry Somerset Manners (Conservative); Edward Basil Farnham (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 Charles Henry Somerset Manners (Conservative); Edward Basil Farnham (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 Charles Henry Somerset Manners (Conservative); Edward Basil Farnham (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Charles Cecil John Manners (Conservative); Edward Basil Farnham (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1857 John James Robert Manners (Conservative); Edward Basil Farnham (Conservative) 1,733 37.5% (top seat) Charles Hay Frewen (Independent Conservative) 483 (10.1 pts) 61.3%
1859 John James Robert Manners (Conservative); Edward Bourchier Hartopp (Conservative) 1,954 39.6% (top seat) Charles Hay Frewen (Independent Conservative) 521 (9.3 pts) 64.7%
1865 John James Robert Manners (Conservative); Edward Bourchie Hartopp (Conservative) 1,854 40.0% (top seat) Charles Hay Frewen (Independent Conservative) 255 (4.4 pts) 60.4%
1868 John James Robert Manners (Conservative); Samuel William Clowes (Conservative) 3,092 40.5% (top seat) Charles Hay Frewen (Independent Conservative) 1,342 (16.5 pts) 64.2%
1874 John James Robert Manners (Conservative); Samuel William Clowes (Conservative) 2,568 39.5% (top seat) Hussey Packe (Liberal) 571 (7.6 pts) 63.2%
1880 John James Robert Manners (Conservative); Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (Conservative) 2,991 36.3% (top seat) Hussey Packe (Liberal) 340 (3.8 pts) 66.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert William Manners Conservative 2,09346.8% Yes
Charles March-Phillipps Radical 1,66137.1% Yes
William Augustus Johnson Radical 72016.1% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert William Manners Conservative Unopposed Yes
Charles March-Phillipps Radical Unopposed Yes

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Henry Somerset Manners Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Basil Farnham Conservative Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Henry Somerset Manners Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Basil Farnham Conservative Unopposed Yes

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Henry Somerset Manners Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Basil Farnham Conservative Unopposed Yes

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Cecil John Manners Conservative Unopposed Yes
Edward Basil Farnham Conservative Unopposed Yes

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John James Robert Manners Conservative 1,78737.5% Yes
Edward Basil Farnham Conservative 1,73336.3% Yes
Charles Hay Frewen Independent Conservative 1,25026.2% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John James Robert Manners Conservative 2,22039.6% Yes
Edward Bourchier Hartopp Conservative 1,95434.8% Yes
Charles Hay Frewen Independent Conservative 1,43325.6% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John James Robert Manners Conservative 2,30540.0% Yes
Edward Bourchie Hartopp Conservative 1,85432.2% Yes
Charles Hay Frewen Independent Conservative 1,59927.8% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John James Robert Manners Conservative 3,29640.5% Yes
Samuel William Clowes Conservative 3,09238.0% Yes
Charles Hay Frewen Independent Conservative 1,75021.5% No
George John Manners Conservative 90.1% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John James Robert Manners Conservative 2,97839.5% Yes
Samuel William Clowes Conservative 2,56834.0% Yes
Hussey Packe Liberal 1,99726.5% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John James Robert Manners Conservative 3,21336.3% Yes
Edwyn Sherard Burnaby Conservative 2,99133.8% Yes
Hussey Packe Liberal 2,65129.9% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 21.0 pts 1857: Conservative margin 10.1 pts 1859: Conservative margin 9.3 pts 1865: Conservative margin 4.4 pts 1868: Conservative margin 16.5 pts 1874: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1880: Conservative margin 3.8 pts 1832 1857 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880

Trend

North Leicestershire has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Radical.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won North Leicestershire in the 1880 general election?

John James Robert Manners (Conservative), Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (Conservative) won North Leicestershire in 1880.

Which parties have won North Leicestershire since 1832?

Since 1832, North Leicestershire has been won by: Conservative, Radical.

What was the closest result in North Leicestershire?

The closest result on record for North Leicestershire was 1880, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 340 votes (3.8 percentage points).

Did North Leicestershire ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, North Leicestershire 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.

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