1816—APRIL—Sir Thomas Winnington having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, Lord Sefton is elected in his stead. 1818—JUNE—(General Election.)—Hon. A. Foley and the Earl of Sefton reëlected. 1819—FEBRUARY—(Vacancy on the death of the Hon. Andrew Foley.)—Colonel Foley, son of the late member, elected. 1820—MARCH—(General Election.)—Earl of Sefton and Colonel Foley reëlected. 1822—FEBRUARY—(Vacancy on the death of Colonel Foley.)—John Hodgetts Hodgetts Foley, Esq., elected. 1826—JUNE—(General Election.)—Lord Sefton and J. H. H. Foley, Esq., reëlected. 1830—(General Election.)—Earl of Sefton and J. H. H. Foley, Esq., reëlected. 1831—MAY—(General Election.)—Mr. J. H. H. Foley and Sir T. E. Winnington elected; the Earl of Sefton making way for the hon. baronet. 1832—DECEMBER—(General Election.)—The borough was deprived of one of its members by the Reform Bill; and on this occasion J. H. H. Foley, Esq., was returned alone, having been proposed by Sir A. Lechmere, Bart., and seconded by T. T. Vernon, Esq. 1835—(General Election.)—For the first time since 1711 this borough was contested and a Tory returned. The candidates were J. H. H. Foley, Esq. (the former member), and John Barneby, Esq., of Brockhampton. The former was proposed by Captain Vernon and Mr. Francis; the latter, by Dr. Steward and Mr. Lilley, of Wichbold. The Rev. Mr. Topham also addressed the populace in Mr. Foley’s favour, and bore testimony to his attachment to the Church. The show of hands was in Mr. Foley’s favour. At the end of the first day the numbers were—Barneby, 115; Foley, 113: and at the close of the poll—Barneby, 125; Foley, 122: majority for Barneby, 3. Out of a constituency of only 281, 34 did not vote. The election issued in a petition against the return, and on the 17th of March a committee of the house was ballotted for to decide the matter; but it was constituted very unfavourably to Mr. Foley, having at least eight Tories upon it. They refused to reopen the register, so the inquiry was limited to a few disputed votes on either side. Mr. Foley succeeded in striking off three of Mr. Barneby’s votes, and so reducing matters to an equality; but Mr. Barneby then struck off Lord Southwell’s vote, objected to on account of his peerage. This left Mr. Foley in a minority of one, and Mr. Barneby retained his seat.