Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
North Lincolnshire elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: Robert Laycock (Liberal) and Rowland Winn (Conservative). This page covers every general election in North Lincolnshire 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 Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham (Whig); William Amcotts-Ingilby (Radical)
4,751
42.7% (top seat)
Robert Sheffield (Conservative)
695 (4.5 pts)
84.1%
1835
Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham (Whig); Thomas George Corbett (Conservative)
4,450
34.7% (top seat)
William Amcotts-Ingilby (Radical)
466 (3.6 pts)
72.8%
1837
Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham (Whig); Robert Adam Christopher (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham (Whig); Robert Adam Christopher (Conservative)
4,522
39.3% (top seat)
Charles Henry Cust (Conservative)
703 (5.1 pts)
66.8%
1847
Montague John Cholmeley (Whig); Robert Adam Christopher (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
Robert Adam Christopher (Conservative); James Banks Stanhope (Conservative)
5,579
35.0% (top seat)
Montague John Cholmeley (Whig)
802 (5.0 pts)
68.3%
1857
Montague John Cholmeley (Whig); James Banks Stanhope (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
Montague John Cholmeley (Liberal); James Banks Stanhope (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Montague John Cholmeley (Liberal); James Banks Stanhope (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1868
Montague John Cholmeley (Liberal); Rowland Winn (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1874
John Dugdale Astley (Conservative); Rowland Winn (Conservative)
0
0.0% (top seat)
None (None)
None (None pts)
100.0%
1880
Robert Laycock (Liberal); Rowland Winn (Conservative)
3,949
34.7% (top seat)
John Dugdale Astley (Conservative)
84 (0.7 pts)
56.3%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham
Whig
6,561
42.7%
Yes
William Amcotts-Ingilby
Radical
4,751
30.9%
Yes
Robert Sheffield
Conservative
4,056
26.4%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham
Whig
4,489
34.7%
Yes
Thomas George Corbett
Conservative
4,450
34.4%
Yes
William Amcotts-Ingilby
Radical
3,984
30.8%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Adam Christopher
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham
Whig
5,401
39.3%
Yes
Robert Adam Christopher
Conservative
4,522
32.9%
Yes
Charles Henry Cust
Conservative
3,819
27.8%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Montague John Cholmeley
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Robert Adam Christopher
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Robert Adam Christopher
Conservative
5,585
35.0%
Yes
James Banks Stanhope
Conservative
5,579
35.0%
Yes
Montague John Cholmeley
Whig
4,777
30.0%
No
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Montague John Cholmeley
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
James Banks Stanhope
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Montague John Cholmeley
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
James Banks Stanhope
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Montague John Cholmeley
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
James Banks Stanhope
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Montague John Cholmeley
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
Rowland Winn
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Dugdale Astley
Conservative
0
0.0%
Yes
Rowland Winn
Conservative
0
0.0%
Yes
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Robert Laycock
Liberal
4,159
34.7%
Yes
Rowland Winn
Conservative
3,949
33.0%
Yes
John Dugdale Astley
Conservative
3,865
32.3%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
North Lincolnshire has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Radical, Conservative, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won North Lincolnshire in the 1880 general election?
Robert Laycock (Liberal), Rowland Winn (Conservative) won North Lincolnshire in 1880.
Which parties have won North Lincolnshire since 1832?
Since 1832, North Lincolnshire has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Radical, Whig.
What was the closest result in North Lincolnshire?
The closest result on record for North Lincolnshire was 1880, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 84 votes (0.7 percentage points).
Did North Lincolnshire ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, North Lincolnshire 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.