The stalemate continued for a further eight years. In 1851, another Jewish Disabilities Bill was thrown out by the Lords. The following year, Lionel was re-elected for London for the third time. In each year from 1853 to 1857, with the exception of 1855, the Bill was put to the Lords and defeated.
In 1857, Lionel went to the polls twice more. Re-elected, he resigned again when the Disabilities Bill was yet again defeated and was returned unopposed in the City. He had now had his election confirmed five times by the voters.
Meanwhile, in 1851, another Jew had been elected to Parliament. David Salomons (1797-1873), already the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London, was elected for Greenwich. He decided on a less conspicuous approach, entering the House one Friday unannounced. He was not spotted until the Monday afternoon when he was summarily ejected and subsequently prosecuted for not having followed House procedures. The voters of Greenwich subsequently rejected him at the next election, but the campaign was becoming more heated.
