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'''''Salammbô''''' is an [[opera]] in four acts composed by [[Ernest Reyer]] to a [[French language|French]] [[libretto]] by [[Camille du Locle]]. It is based on the novel ''[[Salammbô (novel)|Salammbô]]'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]]. The opera was first performed at the [[La Monnaie|Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie]] in [[Brussels]] on [[February 10]] [[1890]]. It debuted at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in [[New York City]] on [[March 20]], [[1901]].

{{UK former constituency infobox|

| Name = Stamford

| Type = Borough

| Year = [[1295]], [[1467]]

| Abolition = [[1307]], [[1885]]

}}

==Characters==

{{UK former constituency infobox|

*Salammbô (Soprano), Hamilcar's daughter

| Name = Stamford

*Shahabarim (Tenor), High Priest of Tanit

| Type = County

*Narr'Havas (Basse chantante), King of Numidia

| Year = [[1885]]

*Giscon (Bass), Carthaginian general

| Abolition = [[1918]]

*Mathô (Tenor), Lybian mercenary

}}

*Hamilcar (Baritone), Carthaginian Suffete

*Spendius (Baritone), Greek slave

*Autharite (Bass), Gaulish mercenary

*Taanach (Mezzo-soprano), Salammbo's servant

==Setting==

'''Stamford''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] in the county of [[Lincolnshire]] of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] for the [[Parliament of England]] to 1706 then of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]] from 1707 to 1800 and of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] until 1868 when this was reduced to one.

*Place: [[Carthage]]

*Time: 240 BC

==Other opera adaptations==

==Boundaries==

In [[1863]], [[Modest Mussorgsky]] also started writing text and music for an opera based on Flaubert's novel, but he never managed to complete the work.

The [[parliamentary borough]] was based upon the town of [[Stamford, Lincolnshire|Stamford]] in the Parts of [[Kesteven]] (a traditional sub-division of the county of [[Lincolnshire]]).

For the film score of [[Orson Welles]]' ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', [[Bernard Herrmann]] wrote an aria for the fictional opera ''Salammbô'' performed by Kane's wife.

When the borough constituency was abolished in 1885, the '''Stamford''' (or South Kesteven) division of Lincolnshire was created. This included the town of Stamford and surrounding territory. The [[county division]] was a considerably larger constituency than the borough one had been.

Contemporary French composer [[Philippe Fénélon]]'s ''Salammbô'' was first performed in the [[Opéra Bastille]] in [[1998]].

From the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885 general election]] until the dissolution before the [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918 election]] the constituency was surrounded by to the north [[Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)|Sleaford]]; to the east [[Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)|Spalding]]; to the south east [[Wisbech (UK Parliament constituency)|Wisbech]]; to the south [[North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Northamptonshire]]; to the south west [[Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland]]; to the west [[Melton (UK Parliament constituency)|Melton]] and to the north west [[Newark (UK Parliament constituency)|Newark]]. The constituency of [[Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)|Grantham]] was an enclave wholly surrounded by '''Stamford'''.

[[Category:Operas by Ernest Reyer]]

==History==

[[Category:French-language operas]]

The ''Victoria County History of the County of Lincoln'' includes some information about the representation of Stamford in early times.

[[Category:1901 operas]]

[[Category:Operas]]

{{opera-stub}}

<blockquote>

Stamford, on the other hand, which had sent Nicholas de Burton and Clement de Melton to the Parliament of 1295, only exercised what its burghers probably regarded as an onerous privilege once in the reign of Edward II when in 1322 it elected Eustace Malherbe and Hugh de Thurleby.

</blockquote>

A further paragraph relates the position before and after the borough began to send representatives regularly in 1467.

<blockquote>

Stamford for some 150 years after the reign of Edward II apparently forbore to exercise its onerous privilege of returning members. In the seventeenth century it was afflicted with the usual controversy prevalent in small communities as to where the right of election lay, and the Committee of Privileges reported in 1661 'That the right of election was in such freemen only as paid scot and lot'.

</blockquote>

Namier and Brooke in ''The House of Commons 1754-1790'' explained that before the [[Reform Act 1832]] the right of election was in the inhabitants of the [[parliamentary borough]] paying [[scot and lot]], a local tax. They estimated the number of voters at about 500. In that period, despite the comparatively large electorate, the constituency was a [[pocket borough]] of [[Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter|the Earl of Exeter]] and elections were uncontested formalities.

The Reform Act replaced the scot and lot franchise with an occupation franchise, which slightly reduced the size of the electorate. This was because the value of the property occupation of which conferred a vote, was higher than that for houses upon which scot and lot became payable.

The area was strongly Tory or Conservative in politics. From 1801 until 1918 it only twice elected an MP from other parties (a Whig in 1831 and a Liberal in 1880). Elections before the [[United Kingdom general election, 1874]] were usually uncontested.

The borough had some distinguished representatives in the nineteenth century. It returned two of the three members of the triumvirate which attempted to lead the protectionist Tories in the House of Commons. The [[Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland|Marquess of Granby]] had little to commend himself as a political leader, apart from the social prestige of being the heir to the [[Duke of Rutland]]. He was briefly sole leader in 1848 before the triumvirate was created in the following year and continued until his resignation in 1851. [[John Charles Herries|J.C. Herries]] had at least held senior ministerial office. Both the Stamford MPs were easily eclipsed by the rising star of their colleague [[Benjamin Disraeli]].

A more significant historical figure was Lord Robert Cecil (Viscount Cranborne 1865-1868) who represented the borough between 1853 and 1868. As the [[Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Marquess of Salisbury]] he was the leading figure in the Conservative Party from the death of Disraeli in 1881 until he retired as Prime Minister in 1902.

Another leading Conservative with connections to the borough was [[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt]] the party leader in the House of Commons 1876-1885 (from 1881 at the same time as Salisbury was leader in the House of Lords). Northcote was a Stamford MP from 1858 to 1866.

Under the [[Reform Act 1867]] the borough electorate was expanded, but it lost one seat in Parliament from the [[United Kingdom general election, 1868]].

The [[Representation of the People Act 1884]] further expanded the electorate. The [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]] abolished the borough constituency but created an expanded county division of the same name. These changes took effect with the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885]].

Under the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]] the electorate was again expanded, but the Stamford area was combined with the county of Rutland in a new [[Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutland and Stamford]] constituency.

==Members of Parliament==

This is a list of people who were elected to represent the borough in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] between 1754 and 1918.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

!colspan="3"|Year!!First member!!First party!!Second member!!Second party

|-

|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" | || style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1754|1754]]

| [[John Harvey Thursby]] || [[Non Partisan]]

| [[Robert Barbor]] || [[Non Partisan]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" | || style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1761|1761]]

| [[John Chaplin]] || [[Non Partisan]]

|rowspan="2"| [[George Bridges Brudenell]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Non Partisan]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" |

| [[Stamford by-election, 1765 (January)|1765]]

|rowspan="2"| [[George René Aufrère]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Non Partisan]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" rowspan="3"|

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1768|1768]]

|rowspan="3"| [[George Howard (MP)|Sir George Howard]] ||rowspan="3"| [[Non Partisan]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1774|1774]]

| [[Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter|Henry Cecil]] || [[Non Partisan]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" rowspan="2"|

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1790|1790]]

|rowspan="2"| [[John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort|The Earl of Carysfort]] ^a ||rowspan="2"| [[Non Partisan]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" rowspan="2"|

| [[Stamford by-election, 1796|1796]]

|rowspan="3"| [[John Leland (MP)|John Leland]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Non Partisan]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="3"|

| [[Stamford by-election, 1801|1801]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey|Albemarle Bertie]] ||rowspan="3"| [[Tory Party|Tory]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1802|1802]]

| [[Tory Party|Tory]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="3" |

| [[Stamford by-election, 1808|1808]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Evan Foulkes]] ||rowspan="3"| [[Tory Party|Tory]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" |

| [[Stamford by-election, 1809|1809]]

| [[Charles Chaplin (MP)|Charles Chaplin]] || [[Tory Party|Tory]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1812|1812]]

| [[John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker|The Lord Henniker]] ^a || [[Tory Party|Tory]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="3" | || style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1818|1818]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Lord Thomas Cecil]] ||rowspan="3"| [[Tory Party|Tory]]

| [[William Henry Percy|Hon. William Henry Percy]] || [[Tory Party|Tory]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Tory Party/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1826|1826]]

| [[Thomas Chaplin]] || [[Tory Party|Tory]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{British Whig Party/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1831|1831]]

| [[Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt|Charles Tennyson]] || [[British Whig Party|Whig]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" | || style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1832|1832]]

|rowspan="2"| [[Thomas Chaplin]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

| [[George Finch (politician)|George Finch]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" rowspan="3" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1837|1837]]

|rowspan="3"| [[Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland|Marquess of Granby]] ||rowspan="3"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |

| [[Stamford by-election, 1838|1838]]

| [[Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet|Sir George Clerk, Bt]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1847|1847]]

|rowspan="2"| [[John Charles Herries|Rt Hon. John Charles Herries]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" |

| [[United Kingdom general election, 1852|1852]]

|rowspan="2"| [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford|Sir Frederic Thesiger]] ||rowspan="2"| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |

| [[Stamford by-election, 1853|1853]]

| [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Robert Cecil<br />''(Viscount Cranborne)'']] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |

| [[Stamford by-election, 1858 (March)|1858]]

| [[John Inglis, Lord Glencorse|John Inglis]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]

|-

|}

*''Constituency abolished ([[1918]])''

Notes:-

* ^a An Irish peer.

{{expand list}}

==Election notes==

The [[bloc vote]] electoral system was used in two seat elections and [[first past the post]] for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the [[hustings]] (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).

''Note on percentage change calculations:'' Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.

''Note on sources:'' The information for the election results given below is taken from Namier and Brooke 1754-1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and Craig from the [[United Kingdom general election, 1832]]. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.

==Elections before 1754==

{{expand list}}

==Election results 1754-1800==

{| class="toccolours" align="center"

|[[#Elections_in_the_1750s|1750s]] &ndash;

[[#Elections_in_the_1760s|1760s]] &ndash;

[[#Elections_in_the_1770s|1770s]] &ndash;

[[#Elections_in_the_1780s|1780s]] &ndash;

[[#Elections_in_the_1790s|1790s]]

|}

===Elections in the 1750s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1754|General Election 16 April 1754]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[John Harvey Thursby]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[Robert Barbor]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1760s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1761|General Election 30 March 1761]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[John Chaplin]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Bridges Brudenell]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Death of Chaplin''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1765 (January)|By-Election 21 January 1765]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George René Aufrère]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Non Partisan

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Brudenell to an office''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1765 (December)|By-Election 26 December 1765]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Bridges Brudenell]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Non Partisan

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1768|General Election 19 March 1768]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Howard (MP)|George Howard]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George René Aufrère]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1770s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1774|General Election 11 October 1774]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Howard (MP)|Sir George Howard]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter|Henry Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1780s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1780|General Election 13 September 1780]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Howard (MP)|Sir George Howard]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter|Henry Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1784|General Election 1 April 1784]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Howard (MP)|Sir George Howard]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter|Henry Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1790s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1790|General Election 1790]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Howard (MP)|Sir George Howard]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort|The Earl of Carysfort]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1796|General Election 1796]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[George Howard (MP)|Sir George Howard]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort|The Earl of Carysfort]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Death of Howard''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1796|By-Election October 1796]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Non Partisan

|candidate = '''[[John Leland (MP)|John Leland]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Non Partisan

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

==Election Results 1801-1918==

{| class="toccolours" align="center"

|[[#Elections_in_the_1800s|1800s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1810s|1810s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1820s|1820s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1830s|1830s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1840s|1840s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1850s|1850s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1860s|1860s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1870s|1870s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1880s|1880s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1890s|1890s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1900s|1900s]] &ndash; [[#Elections_in_the_1910s|1910s]]

|}

===Elections in the 1800s===

* ''Creation of Carysfort as a peer of the United Kingdom''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1801|By-Election February 1801]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey|Albemarle Bertie]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Tory Party

|loser = Non Partisan

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1802|General Election 1802]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[John Leland (MP)|John Leland]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey|Albermarle Bertie]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1806|General Election 1806]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[John Leland (MP)|John Leland]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey|Albemarle Bertie]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1807|General Election 1807]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[John Leland (MP)|John Leland]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey|Albemarle Bertie]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Death of Leland''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1808|By-Election January 1808]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Evan Foulkes]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Tory Party

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Succession of Bertie as the 9th [[Earl of Lindsey]]''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1809|By-Election February 1809]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Charles Chaplin (MP)|Charles Chaplin]]'''

|votes = 306

|percentage = 68.30

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British Whig Party

|candidate = [[Jephson Oddy|J. Jephson Oddy]]

|votes = 142

|percentage = 31.70

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 154

|percentage = 36.61

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 448

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Tory Party

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Note (1809): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for two days''

===Elections in the 1810s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1812|General Election 1812]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Evan Foulkes]]'''

|votes = 360

|percentage = 36.51

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker|The Lord Henniker]]'''

|votes = 354

|percentage = 35,90

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British Whig Party

|candidate = [[Gerard Noel Noel]]

|votes = 272

|percentage = 27.59

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 986 (626 voted)

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1812): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for two days''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1818|General Election 1818]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Lord Thomas Cecil]]'''

|votes = 328

|percentage = 49.10

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[William Henry Percy|Hon. William Henry Percy]]'''

|votes = 324

|percentage = 48.50

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British Whig Party

|candidate = [[Joseph Clayton Jennyns]]

|votes = 12

|percentage = 1.80

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British Whig Party

|candidate = [[Thomas Best]]

|votes = 4

|percentage = 0.60

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 668 (336 voted)

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1818): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for one day''

===Elections in the 1820s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1820|General Election 1820]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Lord Thomas Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[William Henry Percy|Hon. William Henry Percy]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1826|General Election 1826]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Lord Thomas Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Thomas Chaplin]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1830s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1830|General Election 1830]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Lord Thomas Cecil]]'''

|votes = 467

|percentage = 41.85

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Thomas Chaplin]]'''

|votes = 335

|percentage = 30.02

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British Whig Party

|candidate = [[Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt|Charles Tennyson]]

|votes = 314

|percentage = 28.14

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,116 (667 voted)

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1830): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for four days''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1831|General Election 1831]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = '''[[Lord Thomas Cecil]]'''

|votes = 390

|percentage = 37.21

|change = -4.64

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = British Whig Party

|candidate = '''[[Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt|Charles Tennyson]]'''

|votes = 356

|percentage = 33.97

|change = +5.83

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Tory Party

|candidate = [[Thomas Chaplin]]

|votes = 302

|percentage = 28.82

|change =-1.20

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,048 (666 voted)

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1831): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1832|General Election 1832]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Thomas Chaplin]]'''

|votes = 526

|percentage = 40.93

|change = +12.11

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[George Finch (politician)|George Finch]]'''

|votes = 463

|percentage = 36.03

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = A.F. Gregory

|votes = 296

|percentage = 23.04

|change = -10.93

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,285 (766 voted)

|percentage = 90.01

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 851

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1832): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Finch as Tories and Gregory as a Whig candidate.''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1835|General Election 1835]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Thomas Chaplin]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[George Finch (politician)|George Finch]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 755

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1835): Stooks Smith classified Chaplin and Finch as Tory candidates.''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1837|General Election 1837]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Thomas Chaplin]]'''

|votes = 201

|percentage = 50.00

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland|Marquess of Granby]]'''

|votes = 200

|percentage = 49.75

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = [[Hercules Langford Rowley, 2nd Baron Langford|The Lord Langford]]

|votes = 1

|percentage = 0.25

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 402 (201 voted)

|percentage = 29.39

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 684

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1837): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Granby as Tories and Langford as a Whig candidate. Langford retired before the poll.''

* ''Resignation of Chaplin''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1838|By-Election 1 May 1838]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet|Sir George Clerk, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1838): Stooks Smith classifies Clerk as a Tory.''

===Elections in the 1840s===

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1841|General Election 1841]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet|Sir George Clerk, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland|

Marquess of Granby]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 661

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Note (1841): Stooks Smith classified Clerk and Granby as Tory candidates.''

* ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Clerk as [[Master of the Mint]]''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1845|By-Election 10 February 1845]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet|Sir George Clerk, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1847|General Election 1847]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland|

Marquess of Granby]]'''

|votes = 349

|percentage = 39.98

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Charles Herries|Rt Hon. John Charles Herries]]'''

|votes = 288

|percentage = 32.99

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = [[John Rolt]]

|votes = 236

|percentage = 27.03

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 873 (524 voted)

|percentage = 85.06

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 616

}}

{{Election box end}}

''Note (1847): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified all three candidates as Tories. Stooks Smith has a registered electorate figure of 613, but Craig's figure of 616 is used to calculate turnout.''

===Elections in the 1850s===

* ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Herries as [[President of the Board of Control|Pesident of the Board of Control for India]]''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1852|By-Election 6 March 1852]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Charles Herries|Rt Hon. John Charles Herries]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1852|General Election 1852]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Charles Herries|Rt Hon. John Charles Herries]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford|Sir Frederic Thesiger]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 661

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Resignation of Herries''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1853|By-Election 22 August 1853]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Robert Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1857|General Election 1857]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Robert Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford|Sir Frederic Thesiger]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 529

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Thesiger as [[Lord Chancellor]] and his elevation to the peerage as the 1st [[Baron Chelmsford]]''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1858 (March)|By-Election 3 March 1858]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Inglis, Lord Glencorse|John Inglis]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Inglis as [[Lord Justice Clerk]] with the Scottish judicial title of Lord Glencorse''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1858 (July)|By-Election 17 July 1858]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1859|General Election 1859]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Robert Cecil]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 539

}}

{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s===

* ''Lord Robert Cecil became known by the courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne, following the death of his brother in 1865.''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1865|General Election 1865]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Viscount Cranborne]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh|Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 512

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Resignation of Northcote, to contest [[North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)|North Devon]], in [[1866]].''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1866 (May)|By-Election 18 May 1866]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Charles Dalrymple Hay|Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Seats vacated on the appointment of Cranborne as [[Secretary of State for India]] and Hay as a [[Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty]].''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1866 (July)|By-Election 12 July 1866]]: Stamford (2 seats)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|Rt Hon. Viscount Cranborne]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Charles Dalrymple Hay|Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Succession of Cranborne as the 3rd [[Marquess of Salisbury]]''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1868 (May)|By-Election 4 May 1868]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury|Viscount Ingestre]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Succession of Ingestre as the 19th [[Earl of Shrewsbury]]''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1868 (June)|By-Election 24 June 1868]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[William Unwin Heygate]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box end}}

* ''Constituency electorate expanded and representation reduced to one seat, by the [[Reform Act 1867]] with effect from the [[United Kingdom general election, 1868]].''

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1868|General Election 1868]]: Stamford}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Charles Dalrymple Hay|Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,094

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1874|General Election 1874]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Charles Dalrymple Hay|Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt]]'''

|votes = 557

|percentage = 57.74

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = [[Marston Clarke Buszard]]

|votes = 411

|percentage = 42.46

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 146

|percentage = 15.08

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 968

|percentage = 81.83

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,183

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1880s===

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1880|General Election 1880]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Marston Clarke Buszard]]'''

|votes = 601

|percentage = 52.17

|change = +9.71

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = [[John Charles Dalrymple Hay|Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt]]

|votes = 551

|percentage = 47.83

|change = -9.71

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 50

|percentage = 4.34

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,152

|percentage = 91.79

|change = +9.96

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,255

}}

{{Template:Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -9.71 (C to L)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

* ''Electorate expanded by the [[Representation of the People Act 1884]] and parliamentary borough abolished and replaced by a county division (under the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]]) with substantial boundary changes; with effect from the [[United Kingdom general election, 1885]].''

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1885|General Election 1885]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Compton Lawrance]]'''

|votes = 4,647

|percentage = 56.94

|change = +9.11

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = J.S. Cudlip

|votes = 3,514

|percentage = 43.06

|change = -9.11

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 1,133

|percentage = 13.88

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,161

|percentage = 83.78

|change = -8.01

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,741

}}

{{Template:Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +9.11 (L to C)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1886|General Election 1886]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[John Compton Lawrance]]'''

|votes = Unopposed

|percentage = ''N/A''

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

* ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Lawrance as a Justice of the [[High Court of Justice]] ([[Queen's Bench Division]]).''

{{Election box begin |

|title=[[Stamford by-election, 1886|By-Election 7 March 1886]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Henry John Cockayne Cust]]'''

|votes = 4,236

|percentage = 51.72

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = [[Arthur Priestley]]

|votes = 3,954

|percentage = 48.28

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 282

|percentage = 3.44

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,190

|percentage = 77.81

|change = ''N/A''

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,526

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = ''N/A''

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1890s===

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1892|General Election 1892]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Henry John Cockayne Cust]]'''

|votes = 4,150

|percentage = 50.76

|change = -0.96

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = [[Arthur Priestley]]

|votes = 4,026

|percentage = 49.24

|change = +0.96

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 124

|percentage = 1.52

|change = -1.92

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,176

|percentage = 84.00

|change = +6.19

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,733

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -0.96 (C to L)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1895|General Election 1895]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[William Younger]]'''

|votes = 4,203

|percentage = 52.43

|change = +1.67

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = [[Arthur Priestley]]

|votes = 3,814

|percentage = 47.57

|change = -1.67

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 389

|percentage = 4.85

|change = +3.33

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,017

|percentage = 83.02

|change = -0.98

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,657

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.67 (L to C)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1900s===

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1900|General Election 1900]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[William Younger]]'''

|votes = 4,292

|percentage = 55.83

|change = +3.40

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = [[Lewis Haslam]]

|votes = 3,395

|percentage = 44.17

|change = -3.40

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 897

|percentage = 11.67

|change = +6.82

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,687

|percentage = 80.63

|change = -1.39

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,534

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +3.40 (L to C)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1906|General Election 1906]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Lord John Joicey-Cecil]]'''

|votes = 4,559

|percentage = 53.15

|change = -2.68

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = F.P. Rawson

|votes = 4,018

|percentage = 46.85

|change = +2.68

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 541

|percentage = 6.31

|change = -5.36

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,577

|percentage = 87.68

|change = +7.05

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,782

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -2.68 (C to L)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1910s===

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1910 (January)|General Election January 1910]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Claude Willoughby|Hon. Claude Willoughby]]'''

|votes = 4,666

|percentage = 51.98

|change = -1.17

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = G.H. Parkin

|votes = 4,310

|percentage = 48.02

|change = +1.17

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 356

|percentage = 3.97

|change = -2.34

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,976

|percentage = 89.26

|change = +1.58

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,056

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -1.17 (C to L)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

{{Template:Election box begin |

|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 1910 (December)|General Election December 1910]]: Stamford}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = '''[[Claude Willoughby|Hon. Claude Willoughby]]'''

|votes = 4,545

|percentage = 51.94

|change = -0.04

}}

{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = G.H. Parkin

|votes = 4,206

|percentage = 48.06

|change = +0.04

}}

{{Template:Election box majority|

|votes = 339

|percentage = 3.87

|change = -0.10

}}

{{Template:Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,751

|percentage = 87.02

|change = -2.24

}}

{{Election box Registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,056

}}

{{Template:Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = -0.04 (C to L)

}}

{{Template:Election box end}}

* ''Constitiuency abolished ([[1918]]}''

==Sources==

*[http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/scommons4.htm Historical list of MPs]

==References==

* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)

* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)

* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)

* ''The House of Commons 1754-1790'', by Sir [[Lewis Namier]] and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)

* ''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)) ''out of copyright''

* ''The Victoria County History of the County of Lincoln: Volume 2'', edited by William Page (First published in 1906; reprinted 1988 by Dawsons for the University of London Institute of Historical Research) ''out of copyright''

* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885'', edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)

* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918'', edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)

* ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945'', edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)

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[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1295]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918]]

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