Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
South Warwickshire elected 2 MPs at the 1880 general election: John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot (Conservative) and Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh (Liberal). This page covers every general election in South Warwickshire 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
Grey Skipwith (Whig); George Philips (Whig)
1,121
38.5% (top seat)
Evelyn John Shirley (Conservative)
13 (0.4 pts)
71.1%
1835
Edward Sheldon (Radical); John Mordaunt (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1837
John Mordaunt (Conservative); Evelyn John Shirley (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
John Mordaunt (Conservative); Evelyn John Shirley (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1847
George Guy Greville (Conservative); Evelyn John Shirley (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
George Guy Greville (Conservative); Heneage Finch (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Evelyn Philip Shirley (Conservative); Edward Bolton King (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
Evelyn Philip Shirley (Conservative); Charles Mordaunt (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Henry Christopher Wise (Conservative); Charles Mordaunt (Conservative)
1,517
35.8% (top seat)
Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan (Liberal)
196 (4.4 pts)
62.9%
1868
Henry Christopher Wise (Conservative); John Hardy (Conservative)
2,501
25.8% (top seat)
Robert North Collie Hamilton (Liberal)
29 (0.3 pts)
80.6%
1874
Hugh de Grey Seymour (Conservative); John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot (Conservative)
2,801
36.3% (top seat)
Robert North Collie Hamilton (Liberal)
631 (8.1 pts)
61.5%
1880
John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot (Conservative); Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh (Liberal)
2,550
34.3% (top seat)
Hugh de Grey Seymour (Conservative)
43 (0.6 pts)
59.9%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Grey Skipwith
Whig
1,396
38.5%
Yes
George Philips
Whig
1,121
30.9%
Yes
Evelyn John Shirley
Conservative
1,108
30.6%
No
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Edward Sheldon
Radical
Unopposed
Yes
John Mordaunt
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Mordaunt
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Evelyn John Shirley
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Mordaunt
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Evelyn John Shirley
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
George Guy Greville
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Evelyn John Shirley
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
George Guy Greville
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Heneage Finch
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Evelyn Philip Shirley
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Edward Bolton King
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Evelyn Philip Shirley
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
Charles Mordaunt
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Christopher Wise
Conservative
1,585
35.8%
Yes
Charles Mordaunt
Conservative
1,517
34.3%
Yes
Robert Adam Philips Haldane Haldane-Duncan
Liberal
1,321
29.9%
No
1868 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry Christopher Wise
Conservative
2,581
25.8%
Yes
John Hardy
Conservative
2,501
25.0%
Yes
Robert North Collie Hamilton
Liberal
2,472
24.7%
No
Edward Hyde Villiers
Liberal
2,453
24.5%
No
1874 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Hugh de Grey Seymour
Conservative
2,832
36.3%
Yes
John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot
Conservative
2,801
35.9%
Yes
Robert North Collie Hamilton
Liberal
2,170
27.8%
No
1880 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot
Conservative
2,644
34.3%
Yes
Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh
Liberal
2,550
33.1%
Yes
Hugh de Grey Seymour
Conservative
2,507
32.6%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
South Warwickshire 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 South Warwickshire in the 1880 general election?
John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot (Conservative), Gilbert Henry Chandos Leigh (Liberal) won South Warwickshire in 1880.
Which parties have won South Warwickshire since 1832?
Since 1832, South Warwickshire has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Radical, Whig.
What was the closest result in South Warwickshire?
The closest result on record for South Warwickshire was 1868, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 29 votes (0.3 percentage points).
Did South Warwickshire ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, South Warwickshire 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.