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Whitby — UK General Election Results

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

Whitby was won by Conservative at the Dec 1910 general election, with a majority of 452 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in Whitby from 1832 to Dec 1910.

Full Election History, 1832–Dec 1910

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Aaron Chapman (Conservative) 217 61.0% Richard Moorson (Whig) 78 (21.9 pts) 84.4%
1835 Aaron Chapman (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1837 Aaron Chapman (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1841 Aaron Chapman (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1847 Robert Stephenson (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1852 Robert Stephenson (Conservative) 218 66.7% Edmund Phipps (Whig) 109 (33.3 pts) 72.0%
1857 Robert Stephenson (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Robert Stephenson (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 Charles Bagnall (Conservative) 305 52.0% Harry Stephen Thompson (Liberal) 23 (3.9 pts) 83.5%
1868 William Henry Gladstone (Liberal) 894 63.3% William Cayley Worsley (Conservative) 376 (26.6 pts) 68.6%
1874 William Henry Gladstone (Liberal) 873 53.7% Charles Bagnall (Conservative) 119 (7.3 pts) 78.6%
1880 Arthur Pease (Liberal) 1,072 60.5% Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray (Conservative) 373 (21.1 pts) 81.9%
1885 Ernest William Beckett-Denison (Conservative) 5,049 51.7% Arthur Pease (Liberal) 340 (3.5 pts) 86.0%
1886 Ernest William Beckett (Conservative) 5,078 56.3% James Menzies Clayhills (Liberal) 1,138 (12.6 pts) 79.5%
1892 Ernest William Beckett (Conservative) 4,909 56.2% Frank Pyman (Liberal) 1,083 (12.4 pts) 80.8%
1895 Ernest William Beckett (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Ernest William Beckett (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 William Gervase Beckett (Conservative) 4,780 50.4% Noel Edward Buxton (Liberal) 71 (0.8 pts) 84.2%
Jan 1910 William Gervase Beckett (Conservative) 5,161 52.9% James Willoughby Jardine (Liberal) 559 (5.7 pts) 87.2%
Dec 1910 William Gervase Beckett (Conservative) 4,960 52.4% Walter Herbert Septimus Pyman (Liberal) 452 (4.8 pts) 84.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aaron Chapman Conservative 21761.0% Yes
Richard Moorson Whig 13939.0% No

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aaron Chapman Conservative Unopposed Yes

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aaron Chapman Conservative Unopposed Yes

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aaron Chapman Conservative Unopposed Yes

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Stephenson Conservative Unopposed Yes

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Stephenson Conservative 21866.7% Yes
Edmund Phipps Whig 10933.3% No

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Stephenson Conservative Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Stephenson Conservative Unopposed Yes

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Bagnall Conservative 30552.0% Yes
Harry Stephen Thompson Liberal 28248.0% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Gladstone Liberal 89463.3% Yes
William Cayley Worsley Conservative 51836.7% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Gladstone Liberal 87353.7% Yes
Charles Bagnall Conservative 75446.3% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Pease Liberal 1,07260.5% Yes
Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray Conservative 69939.5% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest William Beckett-Denison Conservative 5,04951.7% Yes
Arthur Pease Liberal 4,70948.3% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest William Beckett Conservative 5,07856.3% Yes
James Menzies Clayhills Liberal 3,94043.7% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest William Beckett Conservative 4,90956.2% Yes
Frank Pyman Liberal 3,82643.8% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest William Beckett Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Ernest William Beckett Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Gervase Beckett Conservative 4,78050.4% Yes
Noel Edward Buxton Liberal 4,70949.6% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Gervase Beckett Conservative 5,16152.9% Yes
James Willoughby Jardine Liberal 4,60247.1% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Gervase Beckett Conservative 4,96052.4% Yes
Walter Herbert Septimus Pyman Liberal 4,50847.6% No

Margin Over Time

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

1832: Conservative margin 21.9 pts 1852: Conservative margin 33.3 pts 1865: Conservative margin 3.9 pts 1868: Liberal margin 26.6 pts 1874: Liberal margin 7.3 pts 1880: Liberal margin 21.1 pts 1885: Conservative margin 3.5 pts 1886: Conservative margin 12.6 pts 1892: Conservative margin 12.4 pts 1906: Conservative margin 0.8 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 5.7 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 4.8 pts 1832 1852 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910

Trend

Whitby has been contested at 20 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Whitby in the Dec 1910 general election?

Conservative won Whitby in Dec 1910 with 4,960 votes (52.4%), a majority of 452 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won Whitby since 1832?

Since 1832, Whitby has been won by: Conservative, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Whitby?

The closest result on record for Whitby was 1906, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 71 votes (0.8 percentage points).

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