Register of electors for Bucks, 1784

There had been no contested election in Bucks since 1734 (see poll books 1701-34). Two Winslow residents who voted elsewhere have been traced. William Patten, with property at Rickmansworth voted in the 1774 Herts election, and John Howes with property at Clanfield voted for the Tory candidates in the 1754 Oxon election.

Winslow
Name		Abode	Freehold	Occupier / tenant (own occupation unless stated)	Voted for
Bigg	Richard	Leighton	House	Richard Barton	Verney, Grenville
Blake	William	Winslow	House	Thomas Newman	Verney, Grenville
Burnham	James	Winslow	Land		Grenville, Aubrey
Cocks	John	Winslow	Land		Verney
Gibbs	Robert	Winslow	Land		Verney, Grenville
Goodman	John	Winslow	House & land		Verney, Grenville
Ingram	Benjamin	E. Claydon	Land	Robert Gibbs	Verney
Lowndes	William Selby	Winslow	House & land		Verney
Mayne	William	Winslow	Land		Verney, Grenville
Turner	William	Winslow	House	John Bunce	Grenville, Aubrey

Winslow had remarkably few electors because you had to have freehold property, and nearly all property in Winslow was copyhold.

The candidates and overall result (the first two were elected) were:

21 Apr. 1784	William Wyndham Grenville	2261
	John Aubrey	1740
	Ralph Verney, Earl Verney	1716

Earl Verney of Claydon House was one of the sitting members but lost support because he backed Charles James Fox; he was also in a very bad financial position. Aubrey was a follower of William Pitt the Younger, the beneficiary of George III's overthrow of the Fox-North coalition. Grenville was the younger brother of Earl Temple of Stowe.

For more on the constituency and this election see History of Parliament.

The full electoral index for Bucks, transcribed by Sue O'Neill, is available online.