General Election Results

Horsham

3rd to 19th December 1910

Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton (elected)

Conservative

Unopposed

Electorate: 44,355

15th January to 10th February 1910

Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton (elected)	Conservative	6,324	64.2%
R.L. Outhwaite	Liberal	3,534	35.8%

Electorate: 11,484

12th January to 8th February 1906

Edward Turnour, Viscount (elected)	Conservative	4,903	53.4%
L.R. Erskine	Liberal	4,286	46.6%

Electorate: 10,508

11th November 1904 Bye-election

Edward Turnour, Viscount (elected)	Conservative	4,388	54.9%
L.R. Erskine	Liberal	3,604	45.1%

Electorate: 10,193

26th September to 24th October 1900

John Heywood Johnstone (elected)

Conservative

Unopposed

Electorate: 9,594

13th July to 7th August 1895

John Heywood Johnstone (elected)

Conservative

Unopposed

Electorate: 9,298

24th February 1893 Bye-election

John Heywood Johnstone (elected)	Conservative	4,150	60.9%
Regd. G Wilberforce	Liberal	2,666	39.1%

Electorate: 9,157

4 July to 26 July 1892

Sir Walter B. Barttelot (elected)	Conservative	4,393	66.0%
Regd. G Wilberforce	Liberal	2,268	34.0%

Electorate: 8,938

1st to 27th July 1886

Sir Walter B. Barttelot (elected)

Conservative

Unopposed

Electorate: 8,582

24 November to 18 December 1885

Sir Walter B. Barttelot (elected)	Conservative	4,483	64.5%
Samuel Barrow	Liberal	2,467	35.5%

Electorate: 8,582

The Representation of the People Act 1884 extended the borough franchise of 1867 to the counties.

March to April 1880

Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher (elected)

Conservative

Electorate: 1,214

1876 Bye-election

James Clifton Brown (elected)

Liberal

Electorate: 1,007

December 1875 Bye-election

Robert Henry Hurst (elected)

Liberal

Electorate: 992

March 1874

Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-Fitzgerald (elected)

Conservative

Electorate: 955

1869 Bye-election

Robert Henry Hurst (elected)

Liberal

Electorate:

December 1868

John Aldridge (elected)	Conservative
Robert Henry Hurst	Liberal

Electorate:

After the 1868 election, petitions were lodged against both candidates and Aldridge chose not to defend his claim so Hurst was declared elected in 1869.

July 1865

Robert Henry Hurst (elected)

Liberal

Electorate: 970

The Reform Act 1867 significantly widened the suffrage.

The Reform Act 1832 gave suffrage to propertied male adults.