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Salisbury — UK General Election Results

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

Salisbury was won by Conservative at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 3,807 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in Salisbury from 1832 to 2024.

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, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 William Bird Brodie (Whig); Wadham Penruddock Wyndham (Conservative) 268 42.4% (top seat) Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie (Whig) 3 (0.3 pts) 80.3%
1835 Wadham Penruddock Wyndham (Conservative); William Bird Brodie (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Wadham Penruddock Wyndham (Conservative); William Bird Brodie (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 Wadham Penruddock Wyndham (Conservative); William Bird Brodie (Whig) 293 41.0% (top seat) Anthony John Ashley (Conservative) 59 (6.6 pts) 72.8%
1847 William James Chaplin (Whig); Charles Baring Wall (Peelite) 374 47.4% (top seat) John Smith (Conservative) 204 (19.7 pts) 73.0%
1852 William James Chaplin (Whig); Charles Baring Wall (Peelite) 331 37.5% (top seat) Frederick William Slade (Conservative) 158 (15.6 pts) 74.7%
1857 Edward Pery Buckley (Whig); Matthew Henry Marsh (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Edward Pery Buckley (Liberal); Matthew Henry Marsh (Liberal) 326 38.6% (top seat) John Chapman (Conservative) 64 (6.7 pts) 69.7%
1865 Matthew Henry Marsh (Liberal); Edward William Terrick Hamilton (Liberal) 312 39.4% (top seat) John Chapman (Conservative) 60 (6.4 pts) 67.4%
1868 John Alfred Lush (Liberal); Edward William Terrick Hamilton (Liberal) 679 36.5% (top seat) Granville Richard Ryder (Conservative) 56 (2.7 pts) 70.2%
1874 Granville Richard Ryder (Conservative); John Alfred Lush (Liberal) 800 26.3% (top seat) Adam Steinmetz Kennard (Conservative) 17 (0.5 pts) 86.9%
1880 William Henry Grenfell (Liberal); John Passmore Edwards (Liberal) 958 26.8% (top seat) Coleridge John Kennard (Conservative) 117 (3.3 pts) 91.1%
1885 William Henry Grenfell (Liberal) 1,144 50.9% Coleridge John Kennard (Conservative) 40 (1.8 pts) 96.2%
1886 Edward Henry Hulse (Conservative) 1,259 58.0% William Henry Grenfell (Liberal) 349 (16.1 pts) 92.9%
1892 Edward Henry Hulse (Conservative) 1,374 54.7% William Richmond Brown (Liberal) 238 (9.5 pts) 92.7%
1895 Edward Henry Hulse (Conservative) 1,404 54.2% William Richmond Brown (Liberal) 217 (8.4 pts) 92.6%
1900 Walter Palmer (Conservative) 1,399 54.7% Frederick Low (Liberal) 239 (9.3 pts) 89.1%
1906 Edward Priaulx Tennant (Liberal) 1,646 50.6% Walter Palmer (Conservative) 41 (1.3 pts) 95.7%
Dec 1910 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Conservative) 1,750 55.3% Cornwallis John Warner (Liberal) 337 (10.7 pts) 93.4%
Jan 1910 Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Conservative) 1,803 54.8% Edward Priaulx Tennant (Liberal) 318 (9.7 pts) 97.1%
1918 Hugh Morrison (Unionist) 9,168 53.3% Alfred Ernest Brown (Liberal) 1,150 (6.7 pts) 59.0%
1922 Hugh Morrison (Unionist) 11,882 50.7% Alfred Ernest Brown (Liberal) 323 (1.4 pts) 81.1%
1923 Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton (Liberal) 12,375 51.4% Hugh Morrison (Liberal) 665 (2.8 pts) 80.2%
1924 Hugh Morrison (Unionist) 14,475 56.4% Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton (Liberal) 5,337 (20.8 pts) 81.8%
1929 Hugh Morrison (Unionist) 15,672 47.3% Lucy Blanche Masterman (Liberal) 2,650 (8.0 pts) 81.9%
1931 James Archibald St George Fitzwarenne Despencer-Robertson (Conservative) 23,189 76.9% Allan Bruce Lemon (Labour) 16,233 (53.8 pts) 71.9%
1935 James Archibald Saint George Fitzwarenne Despencer-Robertson (Conservative) 20,707 71.5% Edgar Joseph Plaisted (Labour) 12,448 (43.0 pts) 66.2%
1945 John Granville Morrison (Conservative) 16,742 44.0% John Alan Lyde Caunter (Labour) 4,398 (11.6 pts) 71.0%
1950 John Granville Morrison (Conservative) 17,301 45.0% William Alfred James Case (Labour) 4,982 (13.0 pts) 83.7%
1951 John Granville Morrison (Conservative) 21,798 57.1% Roger Thomas (Labour) 5,412 (14.2 pts) 80.2%
1955 John Granville Morrison (Conservative) 20,271 53.4% John Papworth (Labour) 7,639 (20.1 pts) 77.7%
1959 John Granville Morrison (Conservative) 20,641 52.8% Dr John A Cannon (Labour) 7,709 (19.7 pts) 78.2%
1964 John Granville Morrison (Conservative) 20,071 48.3% Leif Mills (Labour) 5,760 (13.9 pts) 78.6%
1966 Michael Hamilton (Conservative) 22,601 55.0% Ronald Smith (Labour) 4,139 (10.1 pts) 76.2%
1970 Michael Hamilton (Conservative) 26,549 60.3% Alexander Waugh (Labour) 9,056 (20.6 pts) 72.1%
Feb 1974 Michael Hamilton (Conservative) 22,753 45.7% John Lakeman (Liberal) 6,217 (12.5 pts) 79.9%
Oct 1974 Michael Hamilton (Conservative) 20,478 43.6% John Lakeman (Liberal) 4,180 (8.9 pts) 74.7%
1979 Michael Hamilton (Conservative) 24,962 49.9% John Lakeman (Liberal) 6,244 (12.5 pts) 77.4%
1983 Robert Key (Conservative) 28,876 53.5% John Lakeman (Liberal) 7,174 (13.3 pts) 72.8%
1987 Robert Key (Conservative) 31,612 54.9% Parry Andrew Mitchell (Social Democratic Party) 11,443 (19.9 pts) 75.6%
1992 Robert Key (Conservative) 31,546 52.0% Paul Sample (Liberal Democrat) 8,973 (14.8 pts) 79.9%
1997 Robert Key (Conservative) 25,012 42.9% Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce (Liberal Democrat) 6,276 (10.8 pts) 73.7%
2001 Robert Key (Conservative) 24,527 46.6% Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce (Liberal Democrat) 8,703 (16.5 pts) 65.3%
2005 Robert Key (Conservative) 25,961 47.8% Richard Denton-White (Liberal Democrat) 11,142 (20.5 pts) 67.6%
2010 John Glen (Conservative) 23,859 49.2% Nick Radford (Liberal Democrat) 5,966 (12.3 pts) 72.0%
2015 John Glen (Conservative) 28,192 55.6% Tom Corbin (Labour) 20,421 (40.3 pts) 73.0%
2017 John Glen (Conservative) 30,952 58.1% Tom Corbin (Labour) 17,333 (32.5 pts) 73.3%
2019 John Glen (Conservative) 30,280 56.4% Victoria Charleston (Liberal Democrat) 19,736 (36.7 pts) 72.3%
2024 John Glen (Conservative) 17,110 34.1% Matt Aldridge (Labour) 3,807 (7.6 pts) 70.1%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Bird Brodie Whig 39242.4% Yes
Wadham Penruddock Wyndham Conservative 26829.0% Yes
Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Whig 26528.6% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wadham Penruddock Wyndham Conservative Unopposed Yes
William Bird Brodie Whig Unopposed Yes

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wadham Penruddock Wyndham Conservative Unopposed Yes
William Bird Brodie Whig Unopposed Yes

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Wadham Penruddock Wyndham Conservative 36641.0% Yes
William Bird Brodie Whig 29332.8% Yes
Anthony John Ashley Conservative 23426.2% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Chaplin Whig 49047.4% Yes
Charles Baring Wall Peelite 37436.2% Yes
John Smith Conservative 17016.4% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William James Chaplin Whig 38137.5% Yes
Charles Baring Wall Peelite 33132.6% Yes
Frederick William Slade Conservative 17317.0% No
Daniel Higford Davall Burr Conservative 13112.9% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Pery Buckley Whig Unopposed Yes
Matthew Henry Marsh Whig Unopposed Yes

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Pery Buckley Liberal 37038.6% Yes
Matthew Henry Marsh Liberal 32634.0% Yes
John Chapman Conservative 26227.3% No

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Matthew Henry Marsh Liberal 36739.4% Yes
Edward William Terrick Hamilton Liberal 31233.5% Yes
John Chapman Conservative 25227.1% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Alfred Lush Liberal 74836.5% Yes
Edward William Terrick Hamilton Liberal 67933.1% Yes
Granville Richard Ryder Conservative 62330.4% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Granville Richard Ryder Conservative 83526.3% Yes
John Alfred Lush Liberal 80025.2% Yes
Adam Steinmetz Kennard Conservative 78324.6% No
Alfred Seymour Liberal 75923.9% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Grenfell Liberal 96126.8% Yes
John Passmore Edwards Liberal 95826.7% Yes
Coleridge John Kennard Conservative 84123.4% No
Ralph Heneage Dutton Conservative 82823.1% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Grenfell Liberal 1,14450.9% Yes
Coleridge John Kennard Conservative 1,10449.1% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry Hulse Conservative 1,25958.0% Yes
William Henry Grenfell Liberal 91042.0% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry Hulse Conservative 1,37454.7% Yes
William Richmond Brown Liberal 1,13645.3% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Henry Hulse Conservative 1,40454.2% Yes
William Richmond Brown Liberal 1,18745.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Palmer Conservative 1,39954.7% Yes
Frederick Low Liberal 1,16045.3% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Priaulx Tennant Liberal 1,64650.6% Yes
Walter Palmer Conservative 1,60549.4% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Conservative 1,75055.3% Yes
Cornwallis John Warner Liberal 1,41344.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Conservative 1,80354.8% Yes
Edward Priaulx Tennant Liberal 1,48545.2% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Morrison Unionist 9,16853.3% Yes
Alfred Ernest Brown Liberal 8,01846.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Morrison Unionist 11,88250.7% Yes
Alfred Ernest Brown Liberal 11,55949.3% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton Liberal 12,37551.4% Yes
Hugh Morrison Liberal 11,71048.6% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Morrison Unionist 14,47556.4% Yes
Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton Liberal 9,13835.6% No
David Freeman Labour 2,0718.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Hugh Morrison Unionist 15,67247.3% Yes
Lucy Blanche Masterman Liberal 13,02239.3% No
Frank Rivers Hancock Labour 4,43513.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Archibald St George Fitzwarenne Despencer-Robertson Conservative 23,18976.9% Yes
Allan Bruce Lemon Labour 6,95623.1% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Archibald Saint George Fitzwarenne Despencer-Robertson Conservative 20,70771.5% Yes
Edgar Joseph Plaisted Labour 8,25928.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Granville Morrison Conservative 16,74244.0% Yes
John Alan Lyde Caunter Labour 12,34432.5% No
Alan Campbell-Johnson Liberal 8,94623.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Granville Morrison Conservative 17,30145.0% Yes
William Alfred James Case Labour 12,31932.0% No
Alan Campbell-Johnson Liberal 8,84723.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Granville Morrison Conservative 21,79857.1% Yes
Roger Thomas Labour 16,38642.9% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Granville Morrison Conservative 20,27153.4% Yes
John Papworth Labour 12,63233.3% No
John Mackarness Booker Liberal 5,03713.3% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Granville Morrison Conservative 20,64152.8% Yes
Dr John A Cannon Labour 12,93233.1% No
John Mackarness Booker Liberal 5,51614.1% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Granville Morrison Conservative 20,07148.3% Yes
Leif Mills Labour 14,31134.4% No
Hugh Capstick Liberal 7,17617.3% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Hamilton Conservative 22,60155.0% Yes
Ronald Smith Labour 18,46245.0% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Hamilton Conservative 26,54960.3% Yes
Alexander Waugh Labour 17,49339.7% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Hamilton Conservative 22,75345.7% Yes
John Lakeman Liberal 16,53633.2% No
Christopher Joseph Connor Labour 10,45521.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Hamilton Conservative 20,47843.6% Yes
John Lakeman Liberal 16,29834.7% No
Christopher Joseph Connor Labour 10,14021.6% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Hamilton Conservative 24,96249.9% Yes
John Lakeman Liberal 18,71837.4% No
Charles Robert Boney Labour 6,32112.6% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Key Conservative 28,87653.5% Yes
John Lakeman Liberal 21,70240.2% No
Celia Kate Lamberth Labour 3,1395.8% No
Maya Kemp Wessex Regionalist 1820.3% No
Timothy Ingle Abbott Independent 860.2% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Key Conservative 31,61254.9% Yes
Parry Andrew Mitchell Social Democratic Party 20,16935.0% No
Teresa Ellen Seaborne Labour 5,4559.5% No
Steven Walter Fletcher Independent 3720.6% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Key Conservative 31,54652.0% Yes
Paul Sample Liberal Democrat 22,57337.2% No
Steve Fear Labour 5,4839.0% No
Dr Sherwood Elcock Green 6091.0% No
Stephen Fletcher Independent 2330.4% No
Tim Abbott Independent 1170.2% No
Annie Martell Natural Law 930.2% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Key Conservative 25,01242.9% Yes
Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce Liberal Democrat 18,73632.2% No
Ricky Rogers Labour 10,24217.6% No
Nigel Farage UKIP 3,3325.7% No
Hamish Soutar Green 6231.1% No
William Holmes Independent 1840.3% No
Shirley Haysom Natural Law 1100.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Key Conservative 24,52746.6% Yes
Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce Liberal Democrat 15,82430.1% No
Sue Mallory Labour 9,19917.5% No
Malcolm Wood UKIP 1,9583.7% No
Hamish Soutar Green 1,0952.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Key Conservative 25,96147.8% Yes
Richard Denton-White Liberal Democrat 14,81927.3% No
Clare Moody Labour 9,45717.4% No
Frances Howard UKIP 2,2904.2% No
Hamish Soutar Green 1,5552.9% No
John Holme Independent 2400.4% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Glen Conservative 23,85949.2% Yes
Nick Radford Liberal Democrat 17,89336.9% No
Tom Gann Labour 3,6907.6% No
Frances Howard UKIP 1,3922.9% No
Sean Witheridge BNP 7651.6% No
Nick Startin Green 5061.0% No
King Pendragon Independent 2570.5% No
John Holme Independent 1190.2% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Glen Conservative 28,19255.6% Yes
Tom Corbin Labour 7,77115.3% No
Paul Martin UKIP 6,15212.1% No
Reeten Banerji Liberal Democrat 5,09910.1% No
Alison Craig Green 2,7625.4% No
Arthur Pendragon Independent 7291.4% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Glen Conservative 30,95258.1% Yes
Tom Corbin Labour 13,61925.5% No
Paul Sample Liberal Democrat 5,98211.2% No
Dean Palethorpe UKIP 1,1912.2% No
Brig Oubridge Green 1,1522.2% No
Arthur Pendragon Independent 4150.8% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Glen Conservative 30,28056.4% Yes
Victoria Charleston Liberal Democrat 10,54419.6% No
Tom Corbin Labour 9,67518.0% No
Rick Page Green 2,4864.6% No
Arthur Pendragon Independent 7451.4% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Glen Conservative 17,11034.1% Yes
Matt Aldridge Labour 13,30326.5% No
Victoria Charleston Liberal Democrat 11,82523.6% No
Julian Malins Reform UK 5,23510.4% No
Barney Norris Green 2,1154.2% No
Arthur Pendragon Independent 4580.9% No
Chris Harwood Climate Party 1270.3% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Whig margin 0.3 pts 1841: Conservative margin 6.6 pts 1847: Whig margin 19.7 pts 1852: Whig margin 15.6 pts 1859: Liberal margin 6.7 pts 1865: Liberal margin 6.4 pts 1868: Liberal margin 2.7 pts 1874: Conservative margin 0.5 pts 1880: Liberal margin 3.3 pts 1885: Liberal margin 1.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 16.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 9.5 pts 1895: Conservative margin 8.4 pts 1900: Conservative margin 9.3 pts 1906: Liberal margin 1.3 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 10.7 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 9.7 pts 1918: Unionist margin 6.7 pts 1922: Unionist margin 1.4 pts 1923: Liberal margin 2.8 pts 1924: Unionist margin 20.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 8.0 pts 1931: Conservative margin 53.8 pts 1935: Conservative margin 43.0 pts 1945: Conservative margin 11.6 pts 1950: Conservative margin 13.0 pts 1951: Conservative margin 14.2 pts 1955: Conservative margin 20.1 pts 1959: Conservative margin 19.7 pts 1964: Conservative margin 13.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 10.1 pts 1970: Conservative margin 20.6 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 12.5 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 8.9 pts 1979: Conservative margin 12.5 pts 1983: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1987: Conservative margin 19.9 pts 1992: Conservative margin 14.8 pts 1997: Conservative margin 10.8 pts 2001: Conservative margin 16.5 pts 2005: Conservative margin 20.5 pts 2010: Conservative margin 12.3 pts 2015: Conservative margin 40.3 pts 2017: Conservative margin 32.5 pts 2019: Conservative margin 36.7 pts 2024: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1832 1841 1847 1852 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Salisbury has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Peelite, Liberal, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Salisbury in the 2024 general election?

Conservative won Salisbury in 2024 with 17,110 votes (34.1%), a majority of 3,807 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won Salisbury since 1832?

Since 1832, Salisbury has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Peelite, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Salisbury?

The closest result on record for Salisbury was 1832, when Whig beat Whig by just 3 votes (0.3 percentage points).

Did Salisbury ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Salisbury 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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