# Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)

Wallingford was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
It was a parliamentary borough created in 1295, centred on the market town Wallingford in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). It used to return two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons; this was cut to one in 1832, and the constituency was abolished in 1885. The town of Wallingford is now within the constituency of Wantage.

## History

Before 1832 the borough consisted only of the town of Wallingford, which by the 19th century was divided into four parishes. The franchise was limited to (male) inhabitants paying scot and lot, a local tax. Namier and Brooke estimated that the number of electors in the mid-18th century was about 200; but the number fluctuated considerably with the fortunes of the town, which had no manufacturing interests and considerable unemployment at some periods. There were never enough voters to avoid the risk of corruption, and systematic bribery generally prevailed, with anything up to 150 votes being bought and sold at any one election. (In 1754, Thomas Sewell, one of the Whig candidates, spent over £1000 of his own money and not only was this reimbursed from the "secret service" funds but the government spent further money unsuccessfully attempting to secure him a seat in Wallingford.) By the 19th century Wallingford was regarded as one of the worst of the rotten boroughs, and Oldfield recorded in 1816 that the price of a vote was 40 guineas.
The 1831 census found the borough had a population of about 2,500, and 485 houses. Under the Reform Act 1832, the constituency was allowed to survive and to keep one of its two MPs, but the boundaries were considerably extended, taking in the Wallingford Castle precincts, which had previously been excluded, and all or part of a dozen neighbouring parishes including Benson and Crowmarsh, and part of Cholsey. This change of boundaries almost trebled the population, but the effect on the electorate was much smaller. According to the reports on which the Reform Act was based, Wallingford had about 300 men qualified to vote in 1831 (though no more than 230 had ever voted in the previous thirty years). Yet despite the widening of the right to vote, which preserved the ancient right voters of the borough while adding new electors on an occupation franchise, there were only 453 names on the 1832 electoral register for the extended borough. (Stooks Smith records that 166 of these claimed their vote as scot and lot payers, while 287 qualified as £10 occupiers; but many of the latter group presumably paid scot and lot within the old boundaries and could have voted before the Reform Act.)
In 1868 the franchise was further extended and there were 942 registered electors, but the constituency was much too small to survive the Third Reform Act, and was abolished with effect from the general election of 1885. The constituency was mostly included in the new Berkshire North or Abingdon county constituency, but Benson and the other parts of the extended borough on the Oxfordshire side of the Thames were placed in the Oxfordshire South or Henley division of that county.

## Members of Parliament
### 1295–1640

| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1302 | Osbert de Notele | William Clericus |
| 1304 | Nicholas de la Barre | William Mareschal |
| 1306 | Nicholas de la Barre | Richard de Cippenham |
| 1306 | John Mariot | Osbert de Notele |
| 1307 | Nicholas de la Barre | John Mariot |
| 1309 | Thomas de Morton | Thomas Bene |
| 1311 | Nicholas de la Barre | Osbert de Notele |
| 1311 | Nicholas de la Barre | Osbert de Notele |
| 1312 | Nicholas de la Barre | Richard de Cippenham |
| 1313 | Nicholas de la Barre | William Butty |
| 1314 | Walter at Russhe | William Butty |
| 1314–5 | Osbert de Notele | Thomas Bone |
| 1318 | Thomas Garston | Thomas Bone |
| 1327 | John Osbern | Richard Grotard |
| 1320 | Thomas Bone | Thomas Bortorat |
| 1321 | Nicholas de la Barre | John Osbern |
| 1322 | Reginald de Bradebourn | Alexander le Vacher |
| 1322 | Thomas at Gaston | Alexander le Vacher |
| 1323 | Osbert de Notele | Reginald de Bradebourn |
| 1325 | Robert Butty | Richard Reswald |
| 1327 | John Osbern | Roger de Saucer |
| 1328 | Thomas Bone | John Osbern |
| 1328 | John Osbern | John Breton |
| 1329 | John Mariot | William Arnyot |
| 1330 | John Mariot | Robert Butty |
| 1331 | John Mariot | Robert Butty |
| 1331 | Thomas Bone | William de Dene |
| 1333 | John Mariot | John de Preston |
| 1335 | William de Cornwall | Philip Preston |
| 1335 | William de Cornwall | Thomas Bone |
| 1336 | William de Cornwall | Edmund Bonham |
| 1336 | William de Cornwall | Thomas Bone |
| 1337 | John Mariot | William de Cornwall |
| 1337 | John Mariot | William de Cornwall |
| 1338 | William le Goldsmith | John Berewyk |
| 1338 | John Mariot | William Arnyat |
| 1339 | John Stacy | Thomas Batheshall |
| 1339 | Robert Butty | William le Goldsmith |
| 1341 | John Mariot | Robert Butty |
| 1344 | Roger Tylewyne | John Berewyk |
| 1347 | John atte Ruysshe | John at Barston |
| 1348 | Philip de Preston | William le Goldsmith |
| 1350–1 | William Harewell | Thomas Reynald |
| 1355 | John Louch | John Brightwalton |
| 1357–8 | Robert Berot | John Heronn |
| 1360 | John Louch | John Andrew |
| 1360 | Nicholas Payable | Roger Preston |
| 1362 | William Harewell | Henry Redyng |
| 1363 | William Harewell | Alexander Absolan |
| 1364 | John James | Roger Preston |
| 1366 | John James | Nicholas Payable |
| 1368 | Nicholas Tanner | |
| 1369 | John James | Nicholas Tanner |
| 1370 | John James | Richard Attefelde |
| 1371 | John James | Richard Attefelde |
| 1372 | Richard Attefelde | Roger Melbourne |
| 1373 | Thomas Grove | Roger Arnyate |
| 1375 | John James | Richard Attefelde |
| 1376 | Thomas Beneshef | Henry de Bedyng |
| 1377 | Thomas Reynald | Richard Attefelde |
| 1378 | Roger Arnyate |
| 1379–80 | Roger Melbourne | Walter Hervy |
| 1381 | Roger Melbourne |
| 1383 | Thomas Grove | Robert Oxenford |
| 1383 | Roger Melbourne | John Kerre |
| 1383 | Roger Arnyate | John Kerre |
| 1384 | Thomas Grove | John Lyttel |
| 1384 | Thomas Grove | Walter Harby |
| 1385 | Thomas Beneshef | Robert Oxenford |
| 1386 | Thomas Beneshef | John Derby |
| 1387 | Thomas Beneshef | Roger Melbourne |
| 1388 | Richard de Brugge | John Bernard |
| 1389 | John Cotterell | Roger Melbourne |
| 1391 | Richard Hovelock | William Hende |
| 1392 | John Cotterell | William Cary |
| 1393 | John Cotterell | John Derby |
| 1394 | John Cotterell | John Derby |
| 1396 | John Cotterell | Robert Oxenford |
| 1397 | John Cotterell | Walter Colete |
| 1399 | Walter Hervy | John Culham |
| 1405–6 | William Essex | Walter Hyndon |
| 1407 | John Culham | William Clowd |
| 1409–10 | John Cotterell | William Cotterell |
| 1413 | Thomas Ravening | Lewis John |
| 1413–4 | Robert Deffonte | Robert Carswell |
| 1419 | John Denby | Richard Algate |
| 1420 | John Cotterell | Richard Algate |
| 1421 | John Cotterell | John Mercham |
| 1421 | John Warfeld | William Bodyngton |
| 1422 | John Warfeld | Laurence Haweman |
| 1423 | Laurence Haweman | Henry Payne |
| 1429 | John Mercham | Thomas Jones |
| 1425–6 | Laurence Haweman | John Denby |
| 1427 | John Warfeld | William Borde |
| 1429 | John Warfeld | Laurence Haweman |
| 1430–1 | John Warfeld | Thomas Ramsey |
| 1432 | John Warfeld | William Bodyngton |
| 1433 | John Warfeld | William Bodyngton |
| 1435 | John Warfeld | William Borde |
| 1436–7 | John Warfeld | William Borde |
| 1441–2 | John Bruggewater | John Stoke |
| 1446 | John Stoke | Robert Dalby |
| 1448 | Thomas Carlyll | Henry Herleton |
| 1449 | Robert Hopton | Thomas Browne |
| 1450 | Henry Spencer | Richard Bulstrode |
| 1452–3 | Thomas Preston | John Burgh |
| 1459 | Richard Houghton | Henry Spencer |
| 1460 | William Bedeston | John Bydon |
| 1467 | John Colynggrugge | Robert Hopton |
| 1472 | Thomas Roos | Thomas Ashynden |
| 1477–8 | Thomas Wode | Thomas Vynsent |
| 1529 | Edward Chamberlain | Godelacius Overton |
| 1536 | Thomas Denton |
| 1547 | Sir Thomas Parry | Henry Hontley |
| 1552-3 | Sir Thomas Parry | George Wright |
| 1553 | George Wright | Edmund Plowden |
| 1554 | Edmund Ashfield | Anthony Butler |
| 1554 | Edmund Ashfield | Robert Cockson |
| 1555 | Sir Thomas Parry | Thomas Mynde |
| 1557 | Thomas Mynde | Radulphus Pollyngton |
| 1558-9 | Thomas Mynde | John Fortesque |
| 1563 | William Dunch | Thomas Browne |
| 1571 | Sir Edmund Dunch | Thomas Dudley |
| 1572 | Thomas Digges | John Fortesque |
| 1584 | Christopher Edmonds | Richard Knollys |
| 1586 | Richard Knollys | Thomas Stampe |
| 1588–9 | Michael Molyns | Thomas Stampe |
| 1592–3 | Thomas Fortescue | Anthony Bacon |
| 1597 | Thomas Fortescue | Owen Oglethorpe |
| 1601 | (Sir John Herbert) sat for Glamorgan and replaced by Thomas Fortescue | Henry Doyley |
| 1604 | Sir William Dunch | Griffith Payne |
| 1614 | Sir Carew Reynell | Sir George Simeon |
| 1621–1622 | Sir George Simeon | Samuel Dunch |
| 1624 | (Sir Edward Howard) sat for Calne, Wiltshire and replaced by Sir Anthony Forrest | Sir George Simeon |
| 1625 | Sir Anthony Forrest | Michael Molyns |
| 1625 | Sir Anthony Forrest | Unton Croke |
| 1628–1629 | Sir Robert Knollys | Edmund Dunch |
| 1629–1640 | No parliaments summoned | No parliaments summoned |

### 1640–1832

* 1640 (Apr): Edmund Dunch (Parliamentarian); Unton Croke
* 1640 (Nov): Edmund Dunch; Thomas Howard (Royalist) – disabled to sit, January 1644
* 1645: Edmund Dunch; Robert Packer – excluded in Pride's Purge, December 1648
* 1648: Edmund Dunch (one seat only)
* 1653: Wallingford not represented in Barebones Parliament
* 1654: Wallingford not represented in first Protectorate Parliament
* 1656: Wallingford not represented in second Protectorate Parliament
* 1659: William Cook; Walter Bigg
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| April 1660 | Robert Packer | | Hungerford Dunch | |
| June 1660 | Robert Packer | | Thomas Saunders | |
| 1661 | Robert Packer | | Hon. George Fane | |
| 1663 | Robert Packer | | Sir John Bennet | |
| February 1679 | John Stone | | Scorey Barker | |
| August 1679 | William Lenthall | | Scorey Barker | |
| 1681 | Taverner Harris | | Scorey Barker | |
| 1685 | John Stone | | John Holloway | |
| 1689 | Thomas Tipping | | William Jennens | |
| 1690 | John Wallis | | William Jennens | |
| 1695 | Sir Thomas Tipping | | William Jennens | |
| 1698 | Sir Thomas Tipping | | Richard Pye | |
| 1701 | William Jennens | | Thomas Renda | |
| 1705 | William Jennens | | Clement Kent | |
| 1708 | William Jennens | | Grey Neville | |
| 1709 | Thomas Renda | | Grey Neville | |
| 1710 | Thomas Renda | | Simon Harcourt | |
| 1713 | Richard Bigg | | Simon Harcourt | |
| 1714 | Richard Bigg | | Thomas Renda | |
| 1715 | Edmund Dunch | Whig | William Hucks | |
| 1719 | Henry Grey | Whig | William Hucks | |
| 1722 | Viscount Parker | | William Hucks | |
| 1727 | George Lewen | | William Hucks | |
| 1734 | Thomas Tower | | William Hucks | |
| 1740 | Thomas Tower | | Joseph Townsend | |
| 1741 | John Bance | | John Rush | |
| 1747 | Joseph Townsend | | Richard Tonson | |
| 1754 | John Hervey | | Richard Ashcroft | Bedford Whig |
| 1761 | John Hervey | | Sir John Gibbons, Bt | |
| 1765 | Sir George Pigot, Bt | | Sir John Gibbons, Bt | |
| 1768 | Robert Pigot | | John Aubrey | |
| 1772 | John Cator | | John Aubrey | |
| 1774 | John Cator | | Sir Robert Barker | |
| 1780 | Chaloner Arcedeckne | | John Aubrey | |
| 1784 | Chaloner Arcedeckne | | Sir Francis Sykes, Bt | |
| 1784 | Thomas Aubrey | | Sir Francis Sykes, Bt | |
| 1790 | Nathaniel Wraxall | | Sir Francis Sykes, Bt | |
| 1794 | Francis Sykes | Tory | Sir Francis Sykes, Bt | |
| 1796 | The Lord Eardley | Whig | Sir Francis Sykes, Bt | Tory |
| 1802 | William Hughes | Whig | Sir Francis Sykes, Bt | Tory |
| 1804 | William Hughes | Whig | George Galway Mills | |
| 1806 | William Hughes | Whig | Richard Benyon | Tory |
| 1812 | William Hughes | Whig | Ebenezer Maitland | Tory |
| 1820 | William Hughes | Whig | George James Robarts | Whig |
| 1826 | William Hughes | Whig | Robert Knight | Whig |
| 1831 | Thomas Leigh | Whig | Robert Knight | Whig |
* Constituency reduced to one seat, (1832)

### 1832–1885

| Year | Member | Party | Note |
| 1832 | William Seymour Blackstone | Tory |
| 1834 | William Seymour Blackstone | Conservative |
| 1852 | Richard Malins | Conservative |
| 1865 | Sir Wentworth Dilke, Bt | Liberal |
| 1868 | Stanley Vickers | Conservative | Died 24 February 1872 |
| 1872 | Edward Wells | Conservative |
| 1880 | Walter Wren | Liberal | Election declared void, on petition, 19 June 1880 |
| 1880 | Pandeli Ralli | Liberal |
* Constituency abolished (1885)

## Elections

Electoral system: The block vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member 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).
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.
Sources (unless otherwise indicated): (1754–1784) Namier and Brooke; (1790–1831) Stooks Smith; (1832–1880) Craig. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
Swing: Positive swing is from Whig/Liberal to Tory/Conservative. Negative swing is from Tory/Conservative to Whig/Liberal.

### Elections in the 1750s and 1760s

General election 15 April 1754: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Nonpartisan | John Hervey | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Nonpartisan | Richard Ashcroft | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Sewell | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
| Nonpartisan | The Viscount Castlecomer $^1$ | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
General election 25 March 1761: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | John Hervey | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan | John Gibbons | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
* Death of Hervey
By-Election 15 January 1765: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | George Pigot | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold |
* Creation of Pigot as the 1st Baron Pigot in the Peerage of Ireland, 1766
General election 16 March 1768: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | John Aubrey | 69 | 39.7 | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Robert Pigot | 67 | 38.5 | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | John Gibbons | 38 | 21.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174 | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1770s and 1780s

* Seat vacated on the appointment of Pigot as Warden of the Mint
By-Election 27 January 1772: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | John Cator | 90 | 52.9 | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Robert Pigot | 80 | 47.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 5.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 170 | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 8 October 1774: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Nonpartisan | John Cator | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Barker | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Nonpartisan | Thomas Wenman | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
| Nonpartisan | William Nedham | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
General election 8 September 1780: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | John Aubrey | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan | Chaloner Arcedeckne | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Aubrey as a Lord of the Admiralty $^2$
By-Election 15 July 1782: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | John Aubrey | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Aubrey to an office
By-Election 30 December 1783: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | John Aubrey | 113 | 66.1 | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan | Thomas Keating | 58 | 33.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 55 | 32.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 171 | N/A | N/A |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Seat vacated on the appointment of Aubrey as a Commissioner of the Treasury $^2$
By-Election January 1784: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Francis Sykes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold | Nonpartisan hold |
* Note (1784 by-election): Namier and Brooke do not include this by-election, which is noted in Stooks Smith's book. Stooks Smith does not include the previous by-election won by Aubrey.
General election 31 March 1784: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Francis Sykes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan | Thomas Aubrey | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Elections in the 1790s

General election 1790: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | Francis Sykes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan | Nathaniel Wraxall | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
* Resignation of Wraxall
By-Election March 1794: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Francis Sykes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory gain from Nonpartisan | Tory gain from Nonpartisan | Tory gain from Nonpartisan | Tory gain from Nonpartisan | Tory gain from Nonpartisan |
General election 1796: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Francis Sykes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | Sampson Eardley $^1$ | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Elections in the 1800s

General election 1802: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Francis Sykes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | William Hughes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
* Death of Sykes
By-Election February 1804: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Nonpartisan | George Galway Mills | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Nonpartisan gain from Tory | Nonpartisan gain from Tory |
General election 1806: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Hughes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | Richard Benyon | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
General election 1807: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Hughes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | Richard Benyon | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |

### Elections in the 1810s

General election 1812: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Hughes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | Ebenezer Maitland | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
General election 1818: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | William Hughes | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Tory | Ebenezer Maitland | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Whig | George James Robarts | Defeated | N/A | N/A |

### Elections in the 1820s

General election 1820: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Whig | William Hughes | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Whig | George James Robarts | Elected | N/A | N/A |
| Tory | Ebenezer Maitland | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
General election 1826: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Hughes | 151 | 42.4 | N/A |
| | Whig | George James Robarts | 125 | 35.1 | N/A |
| | Tory | John Dodson | 80 | 22.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 356 | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | | |
* Resignation of Robarts
By-Election December 1826: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Robert Knight | 117 | 58.2 | N/A |
| | Tory | John Bailey (candidate) | 84 | 41.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | 16.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 201 | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Hughes | 47 | 47.0 | +4.6 |
| | Whig | Robert Knight | 31 | 31.0 | −4.1 |
| | Tory | John Bayley | 22 | 22.0 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 9.0 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | c. 50 | c. 17.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 290 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | | |
General election 1831: Wallingford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Hughes | 196 | 48.8 | +1.8 |
| | Whig | Robert Knight | 152 | 37.8 | +6.8 |
| | Tory | William Seymour Blackstone | 54 | 13.4 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98 | 24.4 | +15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | c. 201 | c. 69.3 | c. +52.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 290 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | +5.6 | |
* Creation of Hughes as the 1st Baron Dinorben
By-election, 21 September 1831: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Thomas Charles Leigh | 119 | 63.6 | −23.0 |
| | Tory | William Seymour Blackstone | 68 | 36.4 | +23.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 27.2 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 187 | c. 64.5 | −4.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 290 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | −23.0 | |
General election 1832: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | William Seymour Blackstone | 202 | 55.0 | +41.6 |
| | Whig | Charles Eyston | 165 | 45.0 | −41.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | 10.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 367 | 81.0 | c. +11.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 453 | | |
| | Tory gain from Whig | Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +41.6 | |
* Note (1832): Blackstone used crimson and white colours and Eyston used green.
General election 1835: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Seymour Blackstone | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 366 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
* Note (1835): Stooks Smith gives the registered electors as 344.
General election 1837: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Seymour Blackstone | 159 | 57.4 |
| | Whig | Thomas Teed | 118 | 42.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 277 | 83.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 333 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
* Note (1837): Stooks Smith gives the registered electorate as 322. Blackstone used crimson and white colours and Teed used light blue.

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Seymour Blackstone | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 386 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1847: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Seymour Blackstone | 166 | 51.9 | N/A |
| | Whig | Alfred Morrison | 154 | 48.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 320 | 80.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 398 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Malins | 174 | 50.9 | −1.0 |
| | Whig | Alfred Morrison | 168 | 49.1 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 1.8 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 342 | 79.9 | −0.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 428 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -1.0 | |
General election 1857: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Malins | 149 | 52.5 | +1.6 |
| | Whig | Alfred Sartoris | 135 | 47.5 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 5.0 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 284 | 76.5 | −3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 371 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |
General election 1859: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Malins | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 381 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Wentworth Dilke | 158 | 54.5 | New |
| | Conservative | Richard Malins | 132 | 45.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 9.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 290 | 81.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 357 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1868: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stanley Vickers | 453 | 55.9 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal | Wentworth Dilke | 358 | 44.1 | −10.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 11.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 811 | 86.1 | +4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 942 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.3 | |

### Elections in the 1870s

* Death of Vickers
By-Election 9 March 1872: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Wells | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1874: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Wells | 575 | 56.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Edwin Jones | 437 | 43.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 138 | 13.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,012 | 88.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,141 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Walter Wren | 582 | 51.8 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | Edward Wells | 541 | 48.2 | −8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 3.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,123 | 91.6 | +2.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,226 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | -8.7 | |
* Election declared void on petition
By-Election 1 July 1880: Wallingford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Pandeli Ralli | 567 | 50.9 | −0.9 |
| | Conservative | Robert William Hanbury | 548 | 49.1 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 1.8 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,115 | 91.0 | −0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,226 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 | |
* Constituency abolished (1885)
Notes:-
* $^1$ A Peer of Ireland.
* $^2$ This is the office attributed to the MP by Stooks Smith. However Pigot in 1772 does not appear on the Wikipedia list of Masters of the Mint.