Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
South Lancashire elected 3 MPs at the 1865 general election: Algernon Fulke Egerton (Conservative) and Charles Turner (Conservative) and William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal). This page covers every general election in South Lancashire from 1832 to 1865.
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, 1832–1865
Election
Elected
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Majority
Turnout
1832
George William Wood (Whig); Charles William Molyneux (Whig)
5,575
39.7% (top seat)
Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh (Conservative)
2,493 (17.4 pts)
71.5%
1835
Francis Egerton (Conservative); Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (Conservative)
4,729
29.0% (top seat)
Charles William Molyneux (Whig)
100 (0.5 pts)
84.1%
1837
Francis Egerton (Conservative); Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (Conservative)
7,645
27.8% (top seat)
Edward Stanley (Whig)
1,069 (3.8 pts)
79.1%
1841
Francis Egerton (Conservative); Richard Bootle-Wilbraham (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1847
William Brown (Radical); Charles Pelham Villiers (Radical)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
William Brown (Radical); John Cheetham (Radical)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
William Brown (Radical); John Cheetham (Radical)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
Algernon Fulke Egerton (Conservative); William John Legh (Conservative)
6,983
26.6% (top seat)
John Cheetham (Liberal)
148 (0.5 pts)
72.2%
1865
Algernon Fulke Egerton (Conservative); Charles Turner (Conservative); William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)
8,786
18.1% (top seat)
William John Legh (Conservative)
310 (0.6 pts)
78.2%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
George William Wood
Whig
5,694
39.7%
Yes
Charles William Molyneux
Whig
5,575
38.8%
Yes
Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh
Conservative
3,082
21.5%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis Egerton
Conservative
5,620
29.0%
Yes
Richard Bootle-Wilbraham
Conservative
4,729
24.4%
Yes
Charles William Molyneux
Whig
4,629
23.9%
No
George William Wood
Whig
4,394
22.7%
No
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis Egerton
Conservative
7,822
27.8%
Yes
Richard Bootle-Wilbraham
Conservative
7,645
27.2%
Yes
Edward Stanley
Whig
6,576
23.4%
No
Charles Towneley
Whig
6,047
21.5%
No
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis Egerton
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Richard Bootle-Wilbraham
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Brown
Radical
Unopposed
Yes
Charles Pelham Villiers
Radical
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Brown
Radical
Unopposed
Yes
John Cheetham
Radical
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
William Brown
Radical
Unopposed
Yes
John Cheetham
Radical
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Algernon Fulke Egerton
Conservative
7,470
26.6%
Yes
William John Legh
Conservative
6,983
24.9%
Yes
John Cheetham
Liberal
6,835
24.4%
No
John Pemberton Heywood
Liberal
6,763
24.1%
No
1865 (3 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Algernon Fulke Egerton
Conservative
9,171
18.1%
Yes
Charles Turner
Conservative
8,806
17.4%
Yes
William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal
8,786
17.4%
Yes
William John Legh
Conservative
8,476
16.8%
No
Henry Yates Thompson
Liberal
7,703
15.2%
No
John Pemberton Heywood
Liberal
7,653
15.1%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
South Lancashire has been contested at 9 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Radical, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won South Lancashire in the 1865 general election?
Algernon Fulke Egerton (Conservative), Charles Turner (Conservative), William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) won South Lancashire in 1865.
Which parties have won South Lancashire since 1832?
Since 1832, South Lancashire has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Radical, Whig.
What was the closest result in South Lancashire?
The closest result on record for South Lancashire was 1835, when Conservative beat Whig by just 100 votes (0.5 percentage points).
Did South Lancashire ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, South Lancashire 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.