The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

ELECTION STATISTICS.

A correspondent of The Timex has published the
following analysis of the New Parliament, as returned
up to December 1 :

Liberah. Conservatives.
England and Wales, boroughs 212 93
Scotland, boroughs .•26 .. 0
Ireland, boroughs ..... 2.3 .. 13
England and Wales, counties.... Cal • . 131
Scotland, counties
Ireland, counties 36 .. 26

majority, 112.
This majority is composed as follows :
Liberal Majority. Cons.
England and Wales, borough' ll7
Scotland, boroughs ........ 26
Ireland, boroughs ...... l5
England and Wales, countles 75
Scotland, countiea l7
Ireland, counties P.!

Deduct Conservative majority in
English counties

Total Liberal majority ........ 112
Three seats remain to be tilled—Orkney and the 4wo
Scotch Universities.
COUNTINS.—ENGLAND AND WALES.
OLD SEATO.

LIBERAL GAINS. CoNSEIWATIvi GAINS.
Berkshire . .. ... 1 Cumberland East,
Buckinghamshire
- 2 , Carmartheninire
2 1 Carnarvonshire
3 , Cornwall (East . 1 F:sex East)
- 2 1 Durham (South .1 Kent East .
1I Gloucestershire • West •
I 11 ertf ortl.ll ire 1 Lancashire (South,
7 Merionetshire ............ 1 Leicestershire South)
Oxfordshire 1 Lincolnshire ,South ....
Middlesex.. ... ... .
Nottinehamshire(North
Shropshire . south , .....
1 2 Staffordshire West) ..
WILMIIItII (15). ' Sussex • East ........
2 Northern Division .... 1 1 Worceitershire (East)
-- 1 Southern Division .... 1 1
Caine . 1
3 Chippenham ...... • ... 1 NEW SEATS.
Cricklade .. ..... ..... 1 1
2 Devizes ....... ....... 1
2 Malmeshury ..... ..... 1
2 Marlborough 1
2 Salisbury .. 2 Lancashire 'North-East ..
1 Westbury 1 Lancashire South-East) .. 2
1 1 Wilton
1 _ , Norfolk North .......... 2
2 8 7 Somersetshire ,Mid)
1 WORCESTER (11).
2 Eastern Division ...... 1 1 Yorkshire West Riding,
2 Western Division .... 2 Eastern Division)
.... 2 Bewilley 1
14 7 Dudley ....... ....... 1 -.-
LANCASHIRN 33). Evesham
Northern Division . .. 2 K idderminster 1
North Eastern Division 2 Worcester
South Eastern Division 2
South Western Division 2 4 7
Ashton .... ...... .. 1 . YORKSHIRE (40).
Blickburn . 2 North Riding
Bolton " East Riling
Burnley ......... ..... 1 West Riding, North
Bury 1 West Riding, South
Clitheroe ....... • .... 1 West Riding, East .. • • •
Liverpool 1 `, Beverley
Manchester ----------2 1 Bradford
01.lh-im -------------2 Dewsbury
Preston ... .... ..... 2 Halifax
Rochdale
Salford ----------- 2 Hull
Stay bridge ...... 1 Knaresborough
Warrington
Wigan . -
Middlesbro ....
It 22 Northallerton .
' Pontefract ....
. 2 Richmond ....
2 Scarborough

- - WARWICK :11'
Northern Division
8 8 Southern Division
HEREFORD (0). Birmingham
County ........ 1 2 Coventry.
Hereford City ..... 2 Warwick
Leominster....... ..... 1
3 3

HERTFOM,
County ....... • •
Hertford Borough ..

WERTMORELAND
2 1 County
I Kendal

;3‘,
Hootingdon Borough.

Total

Total

KENT 21
Eastern Division
Mitt Division
Western Division
Canterbury .... • •
Chatham .....
Dover ....... • •
;ra veseml
I:reeowieh
Hythe
Mai.' stone
Hocheeter.
Sanawleh

Derbyshire !East)
Essex South` ...

till'enold;hir—e. • I:lh.t.
Staffordshire (East

Total

Total..
COUNTIES.--SCOTLAND
01.1,
.....I B,lultgtoeshnt.rhia
r.e..
••••• • • • • •

Ayrshire North
Edinburghshire .
Dunitrieshire
Perthshire .....

NNW SELTS.

Aberdeenshire (West) .... 1
Ayrshire South .... 1
Lanarkshire South ...... 1

Total

Total

Cork
King's County
Queen's Couuty
Wexford

IAreEsTER
Northern Division ..
Southern Division ..
Leicester Borough ..

Total
EDUNTIES.—IRELAND.
......... 1 Monaghan ...

England and Wales— England and Wales—
Old Seats
New Seats ....... ......
Scotland— Scotland—
Old Seats
New Seats... ... .
Ireland

2 4 Thirsk
Erten!! (14 Wakefield
Northern Division 1 1 Whitby .
-others Division 2 York
Mid Division
Boston li
BERALS
CONSERVATIVES
It will thus be seen that the counties which, as a
whole, return an equal number of liberals and conser-
vatives are ten in number, viz., Berks, Bucks, Cum-
berland, Dorset, Essex, Hants, Hereford, Hertford,
Lincoln, and Northampton.
Fifteen counties send a majority of liberals: -Bed-
ford, Cambridge, Cornwall, Derby, Devon, Durham,
Gloucester, Kent, Middlesex, Northumberland, Ox-
ford, Stafford, Surrey, Wilts, and York.
In fifteen others a majority of conservatives are
returned, viz., in Cheshire, Huntingdon, Lancashire,
Leicester, Nottingham, Monmouth, Norfolk, Rutland,
Shropehire, tioinerarl, Suffolk, Sussex, Warwick,
Westmoreland, and Worcester.
There are one or two facts connected with the county
representation, irrespective of any reference to the
cities and boroughs, which may be added. The only
divided county which returns liberals exclusively is
Cornwall, and only one—Durham—sends a majority of
liberals in its two divisions. In five divided counties
parties are equally balanced, viz., in Derby, Gloucester,
Stafford, Surrey, and Wilts.
In nine the conservatives are in a majority -Cum-
berland, Devon, Essex, Hants, Lincoln, Northumber-
land, Nottingham, Sussex, and 'Worcester.
In ten others the conservatives monopolise the entire
county representation, viz., in Cheshire, Kent,
Lancashire, Leicester, Norfolk, Northampton, Shrop-
shire, Somerset, Suffolk, and Warwick.

28 12

Total ....... •-29 Total .....
Conservative gains in the United Kingdom, 11.