Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Sandwich elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: Henry Arthur Brassey (Liberal) and Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Liberal). This page covers every general election in Sandwich 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
Joseph Marryat (Whig); Edward Thomas Troubridge (Whig)
485
30.8% (top seat)
Samuel Grove Price (Conservative)
124 (7.7 pts)
87.7%
1835
Samuel Grove Price (Conservative); Edward Thomas Troubridge (Whig)
405
41.0% (top seat)
Edward William Campbell Rich Owen (Conservative)
16 (1.2 pts)
72.0%
1837
Edward Thomas Troubridge (Whig); James Rivett-Carnac (Whig)
401
27.4% (top seat)
Samuel Grove Price (Conservative)
31 (2.0 pts)
84.4%
1841
Edward Thomas Troubridge (Whig); Hugh Hamilton Lindsay (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1847
Clarence Edward Paget (Whig); Charles William Grenfell (Whig)
437
35.6% (top seat)
Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton (Conservative)
45 (3.5 pts)
68.3%
1852
Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton (Conservative); James Macgregor (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Whig); Clarence Edward Paget (Whig)
503
39.2% (top seat)
James Macgregor (Conservative)
181 (13.0 pts)
69.2%
1859
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Liberal); Clarence Edward Paget (Liberal)
458
29.5% (top seat)
James Fergusson (Conservative)
54 (3.2 pts)
81.9%
1865
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Liberal); Clarence Edward Paget (Liberal)
477
35.7% (top seat)
Charles Capper (Conservative)
64 (4.6 pts)
65.7%
1868
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Liberal); Henry Arthur Brassey (Liberal)
923
36.4% (top seat)
Henry Worms (Conservative)
213 (8.3 pts)
67.3%
1874
Henry Arthur Brassey (Liberal); Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Liberal)
1,006
30.3% (top seat)
Frederic Hughes-Hallett (Conservative)
242 (7.1 pts)
83.5%
1880
Henry Arthur Brassey (Liberal); Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Liberal)
0
0.0% (top seat)
None (None)
None (None pts)
4.7%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Joseph Marryat
Whig
495
30.8%
Yes
Edward Thomas Troubridge
Whig
485
30.2%
Yes
Samuel Grove Price
Conservative
361
22.5%
No
Edward William Campbell Rich Owen
Conservative
265
16.5%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Samuel Grove Price
Conservative
551
41.0%
Yes
Edward Thomas Troubridge
Whig
405
30.1%
Yes
Edward William Campbell Rich Owen
Conservative
389
28.9%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Thomas Troubridge
Whig
416
27.4%
Yes
James Rivett-Carnac
Whig
401
26.4%
Yes
Samuel Grove Price
Conservative
370
24.4%
No
Broom William Bridges
Conservative
330
21.8%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Thomas Troubridge
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Hugh Hamilton Lindsay
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Clarence Edward Paget
Whig
459
35.6%
Yes
Charles William Grenfell
Whig
437
33.9%
Yes
Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton
Conservative
392
30.4%
No
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Charles Pelham Pelham-Clinton
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
James Macgregor
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen
Whig
547
39.2%
Yes
Clarence Edward Paget
Whig
503
36.0%
Yes
James Macgregor
Conservative
322
23.1%
No
John Lang
Whig
24
1.7%
No
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen
Liberal
497
29.5%
Yes
Clarence Edward Paget
Liberal
458
27.1%
Yes
James Fergusson
Conservative
404
23.9%
No
William David Lewis
Conservative
328
19.4%
No
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen
Liberal
494
35.7%
Yes
Clarence Edward Paget
Liberal
477
34.5%
Yes
Charles Capper
Conservative
413
29.8%
No
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen
Liberal
933
36.4%
Yes
Henry Arthur Brassey
Liberal
923
36.0%
Yes
Henry Worms
Conservative
710
27.7%
No
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Arthur Brassey
Liberal
1,035
30.3%
Yes
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen
Liberal
1,006
29.4%
Yes
Frederic Hughes-Hallett
Conservative
764
22.4%
No
Hugh Sydney Baillie
Conservative
611
17.9%
No
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Arthur Brassey
Liberal
0
0.0%
Yes
Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen
Liberal
0
0.0%
Yes
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Sandwich has been contested at 12 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Sandwich in the 1880 general election?
Henry Arthur Brassey (Liberal), Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (Liberal) won Sandwich in 1880.
Which parties have won Sandwich since 1832?
Since 1832, Sandwich has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Whig.
What was the closest result in Sandwich?
The closest result on record for Sandwich was 1835, when Conservative beat Conservative by just 16 votes (1.2 percentage points).
Did Sandwich ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Sandwich 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.