_Dudley, November 14th, 1860._
The following list of returns of the various Parliamentary Elections in
this Borough may be useful as an occasional reference:--
A LIST OF THE DUDLEY BOROUGH ELECTIONS, SINCE THE BOROUGH WAS
ENFRANCHISED IN 1832.
1832. Votes.
John Campbell, Reformer 318
Sir Horace St. Paul, Tory 229
----
Majority 89
1834.
Mr. Thos. Hawkes, Tory 322
Sir John Campbell, Reformer 254
----
Majority 68
1835.
Mr. Thos. Hawkes, Tory 327
Mr. Forbes, Radical 250
----
Majority 77
1837.
Mr. Thos. Hawkes, Tory 385
Mr. Merryweather Turner, Radical 289
----
Majority 96
1841.
Mr. Thos. Hawkes, Tory 436
Mr. Smith, Radical 189
----
Majority 247
1844.
Mr. Jno. Benbow, Tory 388
Mr. Wm. Rawson, Freetrader 175
----
Majority 213
1852.
Mr. Jno. Benbow, Tory 400
Mr. Jas. Baldwin, Radical 231
----
Majority 169
1855.
Mr. Jno. Benbow. Died, February 26th, 1855.
1855.
Sir Stafford Northcote, Conservative 346
Mr. Jas. Baldwin, Radical 3
----
Majority 343
1857.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Doubtful
Mr. Sandars, resigned, Conservative
1859.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Radical 432
Viscount Monck, Liberal Conservative 361
----
Majority 71
1865.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Radical 526
Mr. Francis Truscott, Conservative 275
----
Majority 251
1868.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Radical. Unopposed.
February, 1874.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Radical 5149[36]
Mr. Fred Smith Shenstone, Liberal Conservative 4181[36]
----
Majority 968
May, 1874.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Radical 5607
Mr. Noah Hingley, Conservative 4889
----
Majority 718
1880.
Mr. H. B. Sheridan, Radical 6948
Mr. Alfred Waterman, Conservative 4163
----
Majority 2785