Beverley (UK Parliament constituency)

Beverley has been the name of a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

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for three separate periods. From medieval times until 1869, it was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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, consisting solely of the market town of Beverley

Beverley

Beverley is a market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, located between the River Hull and the Westwood. The town is noted for Beverley Minster and architecturally-significant religious buildings along New Walk and other areas, as well as the Beverley...

, which returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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.

The name was revived for a single-member county constituency created in 1950

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

, but abolished in 1955

United Kingdom general election, 1955

The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year...

, and again between the 1983

United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

and 1997 general elections

United Kingdom general election, 1997

The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...

, after which the Beverley constituency was largely incorporated into the new Beverley and Holderness constituency.

The Parliamentary Borough

Beverley was first represented in the Model Parliament

Model Parliament

The Model Parliament is the term, attributed to Frederic William Maitland, used for the 1295 Parliament of England of King Edward I. This assembly included members of the clergy and the aristocracy, as well as representatives from the various counties and boroughs. Each county returned two knights,...

of 1295, but after 1306 it did not elect members again until 1563. Thereafter it maintained two members continuously until being disfranchised in 1870. The borough consisted of the three parishes of the town of Beverley, and by 1831 had a population of 7,432 and 1,928 houses. The right of election was vested not in the population as a whole, but in the freemen of the borough, whether resident or not; at the contested election of 1826

United Kingdom general election, 1826

The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....

, 2,276 votes were cast.
The town was of a sufficient size for the borough to retain its two members in the Great Reform Act of 1832, although its boundaries were slightly extended to include some outlying fringes, increasing the population by roughly 800.

For much of the borough's history, elections in Beverley were notorious for their corruption. In 1727, one of the victorious candidates was unseated on petition, his agents were imprisoned and Parliament passed a new Bribery Act as a result. Between 1857 and 1868 six petitions were lodged against election results, of which three succeeded in voiding the election and unseating one or more of the victors. After the 1868

United Kingdom general election, 1868

The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...

election, the writ for the borough was suspended and a Royal Commission

Royal Commission

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appointed to inquire into the conduct of elections in Beverley; when it reported that it had found proof of extensive bribery, an Act of Parliament

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was passed permanently depriving Beverley of the right to return Members of Parliament, abolishing the constituency and incorporating it within the East Riding

East Riding of Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

constituency.

The novelist Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire...

was one of the defeated candidates in the final corrupt election for which Beverley was disfranchised. He drew on his experience directly for his description of the Percycross election in his novel Ralph the Heir
Ralph the Heir
Ralph the Heir is a novel by Anthony Trollope, originally published in 1871. Although Trollope described it as "one of the worst novels I have written",it was well received by contemporary critics....

, and also told the story in his Autobiography. He found that corruption was taken for granted and that the price of a vote was between 15 shillings and £1. His unsuccessful campaign cost him £400.

1950 to 1955

The Beverley constituency which existed from 1950 to 1955 was a predominantly rural one. Under the boundary revisions introduced by the Representation of the People Act 1948

Representation of the People Act 1948

The Representation of the People Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the law relating to parliamentary and local elections...

, which came into effect at the 1950 general election, the three existing county constituencies of the East Riding

East Riding of Yorkshire

were abolished, and the county was divided into two new constituencies, each named after their biggest towns - Bridlington

Bridlington (UK Parliament constituency)

Bridlington was a constituency in East Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election....

and Beverley. The new Beverley constituency comprised the western half of the Riding, including in addition to the borough of Beverley itself the town of Norton and the rural districts of Beverley

Beverley Rural District

Beverley was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974.The district surrounded but did not include Beverley, which formed a municipal borough.The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894...

, Derwent

Derwent Rural District

Derwent was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1935 to 1974.It was created under a County Review Order in 1935, from most of the Escrick Rural District and the Riccal Rural District, and part of the Howden Rural District....

, Howden

Howden Rural District

Howden was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the Howden rural sanitary district. It lost a few parishes to the newly created Derwent Rural District and parts to Beverley Rural District in...

, Norton and Pocklington

Pocklington Rural District

Pocklington was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974.The district surrounded but did not originally include Pocklington, which formed a separate urban district.The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894...

. This encompassed parts of all three of the county's previously existing constituencies (Buckrose

Buckrose (UK Parliament constituency)

Buckrose was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a county constituency comprising the northern part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, represented by one Member of Parliament, and was created for the 1885 general election.It was redefined in...

, Holderness

Holderness (UK Parliament constituency)

Holderness was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

and Howdenshire

Howdenshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Howdenshire was a county constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system....

).

The Beverley constituency was abolished in further boundary changes implemented at the 1955 general election, being divided between the new Haltemprice

Haltemprice (UK Parliament constituency)

Haltemprice was a constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire, a traditional sub-division of the historic county of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

and Howden

Howden (UK Parliament constituency)

Howden was a constituency in Yorkshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

seats.

1983 to 1997

Beverley again became a constituency name in 1983, this time for a constituency mostly suburban in character. The new constituency replaced, and strongly resembled, the Haltemprice

Haltemprice (UK Parliament constituency)

constituency which had been introduced in 1955: its main components apart from Beverley were the prosperous suburbs to the north and west of Hull, such as Cottingham

Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire

Cottingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies just to the north-west of the city of Kingston upon Hull...

, Anlaby

Anlaby

Anlaby is a village located just west of Kingston upon Hull, and is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is bordered by Anlaby Common , Willerby, Kirk Ella and Hessle. It lies to the east of the B1232 road and on the B1231 road...

and Kirk Ella

Kirk Ella

Kirk Ella is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is located around west of the city of Kingston upon Hull. Together with West Ella it forms the civil parish of Kirk Ella and West Ella....

.

The Beverley constituency was abolished in 1997 general election, Beverley itself moving to the new Beverley and Holderness constituency.

Proposed re-creation

By virtue of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

The Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, also known as the 2013 Review, is an ongoing process by which parliamentary constituencies to the British House of Commons will be reformed, to comply with the revised rules for the number and size of constituencies introduced by the...

, the Boundary Commission for England in September 2011 proposed re-creating Beverley as a stand-alone seat. It would cover Beverley and its rural environs, Market Weighton, Pocklington, Driffield and intermediate communities.

1563-1660

Parliament	Year	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1563-1567		Nicholas Bacon Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet, of Redgrave Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet , of Redgrave in Suffolk, English Member of Parliament, and in 1611 was the first man to be created a baronet, making his successors Premier Baronets of England....	Robert Hall
Parliament of 1571		Edward Ellerker	Thomas Layton
Parliament of 1572-1583		Richard Topcliffe Richard Topcliffe Richard Topcliffe was a landowner and Member of Parliament during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. He became notorious as a priest-hunter and torturer and was often referred to as the Queen's principal "interrogator"....	Thomas Aglionby
Parliament of 1584-1585		Robert Wrote	John Stanhope
Parliament of 1586-1587		Michael Warton	George Purefoy
Parliament of 1588-1589		Lancelot Alford	John Truslove
Parliament of 1593		John Mansfield	Edward Alford
Parliament of 1597-1598		Thomas Crompton	Edward Fraunceys Edward Fraunceys Edward Fraunceys was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1626.Fraunceys may be the Edward Francis who was at Shrewsbury School in 1577 and at St John's College, Cambridge in 1582. He was steward to Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland by 1594...
Parliament of 1601		Edward Fraunceys Edward Fraunceys Edward Fraunceys was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1626.Fraunceys may be the Edward Francis who was at Shrewsbury School in 1577 and at St John's College, Cambridge in 1582. He was steward to Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland by 1594...	Randolph Ewens
Parliament of 1604-1611		William Gee	Allan Percy
Addled Parliament (1614) Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...		William Towse William Towse William Towse was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1626.Towse was from Hingham, Norfolk. He was admitted at Inner Temple in 1571 and was called to the bar...	Edmund Scott
Parliament of 1621-1622		Sir Christopher Hildyard
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...		Sir Henry Vane the elder Henry Vane the Elder Sir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent... , replaced 1824 by Sir Henry Carey Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth was an English nobleman and translator born in Bolton, Lancashire, England to Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth and Elizabeth Trevannion. On 6 November 1652 Henry married Martha Cranfield daughter of Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex and Elizabeth Shepard...
Useless Parliament (1625) Useless Parliament The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...		Sir John Hotham, Bt John Hotham Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet, of Scorborough , English parliamentarian, belonged to a Yorkshire family, and fought on the continent of Europe during the early part of the Thirty Years' War....	Sir William Alford
Parliament of 1625-1626
Parliament of 1628-1629
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640
Short Parliament (1640) Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Sir John Hotham, Bt John Hotham Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet, of Scorborough , English parliamentarian, belonged to a Yorkshire family, and fought on the continent of Europe during the early part of the Thirty Years' War....	Michael Warton Michael Warton (died 1645) Michael Warton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1644. He fought and died on the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
Long Parliament (1640-1653) Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	1640	Sir John Hotham, Bt John Hotham Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet, of Scorborough , English parliamentarian, belonged to a Yorkshire family, and fought on the continent of Europe during the early part of the Thirty Years' War.... (Royalist) disabled to sit, September 1643	Michael Warton Michael Warton (died 1645) Michael Warton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1644. He fought and died on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.... (Royalist) disabled to sit, January 1644
	1645	James Nelthorpe	John Nelthorpe
	1648	James Nelthorpe	John Nelthorpe excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
Barebones Parliament (1653) Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...	Beverley not represented
First Protectorate Parliament (1654-1655) First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....		Francis Thorpe	(One member only)
Second Protectorate Parliament (1656-1658) Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...		Francis Thorpe	(One member only)
Third Protectorate Parliament (1659) Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Thomas Strickland Sir Thomas Strickland, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Strickland, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Strickland was son of Sir William Strickland, 1st Baronet of Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire, and his second wife Frances Finch, daughter of Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea...	John Anlaby
Long Parliament (restored, 1659-1660) Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		James Nelthorpe

1660-1869

	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
April 1660	Hugh Bethall Hugh Bethell (died 1679) Hugh Bethell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1679....		Sir John Hotham, Bt Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685 and in 1689.Hotham was the son of John Hotham...
June 1660	Michael Warton
1685	Michael Warton		Sir Ralph Warton
1689	Sir Michael Warton	Tory	Sir John Hotham, Bt Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685 and in 1689.Hotham was the son of John Hotham...
1689			Sir John Hotham, Bt Sir John Hotham, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hotham, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1689 to 1690.Hotham was the son of Sir John Hotham, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sapcote Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont of Swords...
1690			William Gee
1695			Ralph Warton	Tory
1701			William Gee	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1702	Sir Charles Hotham, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	William Gee
1705			John Moyser
1708			Sir Michael Warton
1722			Michael Newton
1723	Sir Charles Hotham, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Michael Newton
1727	Ellerker Bradshaw	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Charles Pelham	Tory
1729	Sir Charles Hotham, Bt	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Charles Pelham	Tory
1734	Sir Charles Hotham, Bt		Ellerker Bradshaw	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1738	Charles Pelham	Tory	Ellerker Bradshaw
1741			William Strickland
1747			Sir William Codrington, Bt
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....	John Tufnell		Sir William Codrington, Bt
1761	Michael Newton		George Tufnell
1768	Hugh Bethell		Charles Anderson-Pelham Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough Charles Anderson-Pelham, 1st Baron Yarborough , was a British politician.Anderson-Pelham was the son of Francis Anderson and his wife Eleanor . Born Charles Anderson he assumed the additional surname of Pelham, which was the maiden name of his paternal grandmother...
1772	Sir Griffith Boynton, Bt
1774	George Tufnell		Sir James Pennyman, Bt
1780	Francis Evelyn Anderson
1784	Sir Christopher Sykes, Bt Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet D.C.L. was an English Tory politician and a Member of Parliament for Beverley from 1784 to 1790....
1790	John Wharton	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1796	William Tatton		Napier Christie Burton
1799	John Morritt	Tory
1802	John Wharton	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1806			Richard Vyse Richard Vyse General Richard Vyse was a British general, and briefly a Member of Parliament for Beverley.Vyse was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire the younger son of William Vyse , of Lichfield, and younger brother of William Vyse , canon residentiary and chancellor of Lichfield...
1807			Richard William Howard Vyse Richard William Howard Vyse Major-General Sir Richard William Howard Vyse, KCMG was a British soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist. He was also Member of Parliament for Beverley and Honiton .-Family life:...
1812			Charles Forbes	Tory
1818			Robert Christie Burton	Tory
1820			George Lane-Fox George Lane-Fox (MP) George Lane-Fox , of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician.Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by the Honourable Mary Lucy, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers...	Tory
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....	John Stewart	Tory	Charles Harrison Batley	Tory
1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...	Daniel Sykes	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Henry Burton Henry Burton-Peters Henry Burton-Peters was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1830 to 1837.Peters was the son of Henry Peters and Charlotte Mary Morrison, daughter of General George Morrison....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1831 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...	William Marshall	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Hon. Charles Langdale Charles Langdale - External references :...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1835	James Hogg	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1837			George Lane-Fox George Lane-Fox (MP) George Lane-Fox , of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician.Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by the Honourable Mary Lucy, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1840			Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Walter Lane-Fox , was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background:Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by the Honourable Mary Lucy, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1841			John Towneley John Towneley John Towneley was an English Whig politician.He was elected at the 1841 general election as a Member of Parliament for Beverley, and held the seat until he did not stand at the 1852 general election.- Personal Life :...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1847	Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Walter Lane-Fox , was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background:Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by the Honourable Mary Lucy, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1852	Hon. Francis Charles Lawley Francis Charles Lawley Francis Charles Lawley was a British journalist and Liberal Party politician.He was the youngest son of Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock, and after schooling in Hatfield attended Rugby School in May 1837. In 1848 he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with a second-class honours degree in...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	William Wells William Wells (1818–1889) William Wells was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1857 and from 1868 to 1874....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1854	Hon. Arthur Hamilton-Gordon	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1857	Edward Auchmuty Glover	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Hon. William Denison William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough William Henry Forester Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough , known as The Lord Londesborough from 1860 to 1887, was a British peer and Liberal politician. He was also one of the main founders of Scarborough FC....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1857	Henry Edwards Sir Henry Edwards, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Edwards, 1st Baronet CB was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1847 and 1869.Edwards was the son of Henry Lees Edwards and Lea Priestley. He was J.P...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1859			Ralph Walters	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1860			James Walker Sir James Walker, 2nd Baronet Sir James Robert Walker, 2nd Baronet JP, DL was a British Conservative politician.He was the son of Sir James Walker, 1st Baronet and his first wife Mary Denison. Walker was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1851 and a Master of Arts in 1860...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1865			Christopher Sykes Christopher Sykes (MP) Sir Christopher Sykes was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1892. He was a friend of Edward VII as Prince of Wales....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868			Edmund Hegan Kennard Edmund Hegan Kennard Colonel Edmund Hegan Kennard VD FRGS was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1885.Kennard was the son of John Peirse Kennard and his wife Sophia Chapman...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

Writ suspended 1869, constituency abolished 1870

Beverley County Constituency (1950-1955)

Election		Member	Party
	1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	George William Odey	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year...	constituency abolished

Beverley County Constituency (1983-1997)

Election		Member	Party
	1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...	Sir Patrick Wall Patrick Wall Major Sir Patrick Henry Bligh Wall KBE , MC, VRD was a British senior commando in the Royal Marines during World War II and later a Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Haltemprice, East Yorkshire and subsequently for Beverley...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1987 United Kingdom general election, 1987 The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987, to elect 650 members to the British House of Commons. The election was the third consecutive election victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher, who became the first Prime Minister since the 2nd...	James Cran James Cran James Douglas Cran is a British former Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness in northern England until he stepped down at the 2005 general election, being succeeded as Conservative candidate and MP by Graham Stuart...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...	constituency abolished

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1860s

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" (3rd edition, London: Croom Helm, 1987)
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