Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Thetford elected 2 MPs at the 1865 general election: Robert John Harvey Harvey (Conservative) and Alexander Hugh Baring (Liberal). This page covers every general election in Thetford 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
James Henry FitzRoy (Whig); Francis Baring (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1835
Henry FitzRoy (Whig); Francis Baring (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1837
Henry FitzRoy (Whig); Francis Baring (Conservative)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1841
Bingham Baring (Conservative); Henry FitzRoy (Whig)
71
37.7% (top seat)
James Flower (Conservative)
0 (0.0 pts)
48.7%
1847
Bingham Baring (Conservative); William Henry FitzRoy (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1852
Francis Baring (Conservative); William Henry FitzRoy (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1857
Francis Baring (Conservative); William Henry FitzRoy (Whig)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1859
Alexander Hugh Baring (Conservative); William Henry FitzRoy (Liberal)
Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record
0.0%
1865
Robert John Harvey Harvey (Conservative); Alexander Hugh Baring (Liberal)
137
48.4% (top seat)
Thomas Dakin (Liberal)
68 (17.0 pts)
89.1%
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1832 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
James Henry FitzRoy
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Francis Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1835 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry FitzRoy
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Francis Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1837 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Henry FitzRoy
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
Francis Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
1841 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Bingham Baring
Conservative
86
37.7%
Yes
Henry FitzRoy
Whig
71
31.1%
Yes
James Flower
Conservative
71
31.1%
No
1847 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Bingham Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
William Henry FitzRoy
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1852 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
William Henry FitzRoy
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1857 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Francis Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
William Henry FitzRoy
Whig
Unopposed
Yes
1859 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Alexander Hugh Baring
Conservative
Unopposed
Yes
William Henry FitzRoy
Liberal
Unopposed
Yes
1865 (2 seats)
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Elected
Robert John Harvey Harvey
Conservative
193
48.4%
Yes
Alexander Hugh Baring
Liberal
137
34.3%
Yes
Thomas Dakin
Liberal
69
17.3%
No
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.
Trend
Thetford has been contested at 9 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Thetford in the 1865 general election?
Robert John Harvey Harvey (Conservative), Alexander Hugh Baring (Liberal) won Thetford in 1865.
Which parties have won Thetford since 1832?
Since 1832, Thetford has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Whig.
What was the closest result in Thetford?
The closest result on record for Thetford was 1841, when Conservative beat Conservative by just 0 votes (0.0 percentage points).
Did Thetford ever elect more than one MP at a time?
Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Thetford 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.