Boroughbridge was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 in Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 from 1553 until 1832, when it was abolished under the Great Reform Act. Throughout its existence it was represented by two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

.

The constituency consisted of the market town of Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge is a small town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of York. Until its bypass was built, it was on the main A1 road from London to Edinburgh...

 in the parish of Aldborough

Aldborough, North Yorkshire

Aldborough is a village in the civil parish of Boroughbridge, part of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England.Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, what is now known as Aldborough was built on the site of a major Romano-British town, Isurium Brigantum...

 (which was also a borough with two MPs of its own). By 1831 it contained only 154 houses, and had a population of 947.

Boroughbridge was a burgage

Burgage

Burgage is a medieval land term used in England and Scotland, well established by the 13th century. A burgage was a town rental property , owned by a king or lord. The property usually, and distinctly, consisted of a house on a long and narrow plot of land, with the narrow end facing the street...

 borough, meaning that the right to vote was vested in the tenants of certain specified properties, of which there seem to have been about 65 by the time the borough was abolished. Since these properties could be freely bought and sold, the effective power of election rested with whoever owned the majority of the burgages (who, if necessary, could simply assign the tenancies to reliable placemen shortly before an election). For more than a century before the Reform Act, Boroughbridge was owned by the Dukes of Newcastle

Duke of Newcastle

Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne is a title which has been created three times in British history while the title of Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne has been created once. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1664 when William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne...

, who controlled around fifteen seats across the country; however in the 1790s they sold one of the seats for £4,000 to the banker Thomas Coutts

Thomas Coutts

Thomas Coutts was an Anglo-Scottish banker who was the founder of the banking house of Coutts & Co.He was the fourth son of John Coutts , who carried on business in Edinburgh as a corn factor and negotiator of bills of exchange, and who in 1742 was elected lord provost of the city...

, who used it to put his son-in-law, Francis Burdett, into Parliament.

1553-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1553 (Oct)	William Tancred	Christopher Wray Christopher Wray Sir Christopher Wray was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Wray, the third son of Thomas Wray, seneschal in 1535 of Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, in the same county, was born at Bedale in 1524...
1554 (Apr)	Ralph Cholmley	Christopher Wray Christopher Wray Sir Christopher Wray was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Wray, the third son of Thomas Wray, seneschal in 1535 of Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, in the same county, was born at Bedale in 1524...
1554 (Nov)	Christopher Wray Christopher Wray Sir Christopher Wray was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Wray, the third son of Thomas Wray, seneschal in 1535 of Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, in the same county, was born at Bedale in 1524...	John Holmes
1555	Christopher Wray Christopher Wray Sir Christopher Wray was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Wray, the third son of Thomas Wray, seneschal in 1535 of Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, in the same county, was born at Bedale in 1524...	Robert Kempe
1558	William Fairfax	Christopher Wray Christopher Wray Sir Christopher Wray was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:Wray, the third son of Thomas Wray, seneschal in 1535 of Coverham Abbey, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of Robert Jackson of Gatenby, Bedale, in the same county, was born at Bedale in 1524...
1558/9	Sir John York John York (Master of the Mint) Sir John York or Yorke was an English merchant who became Master of the Mint.-Life:He was third son of John Yorke, by his wife Katherine Patterdale or Patterdall. On 3 September 1535 he arrived at Calais from Antwerp with intelligence of a sermon preached against King Henry VIII, by a friar in ...	Richard Bunny
1562/3	John Astley John Astley (courtier) John Astley was an English courtier, Marian exile, and Master of the Jewel House. He was a Member of Parliament on many occasions.-Life:...	Thomas Disney
1571	Cotton Gargrave	Thomas Boynton
1572 (Apr)	Thomas Eynns (died 1578)	Cotton Gargrave
1584 (Oct)	Henry Cheke	Nicholas Faunt Nicholas Faunt Nicholas Faunt was an English clerk of the signet, agent of the Crown, and politician.-Life:Faunt was a native of Norfolk. A person of the same names, who was mayor of Canterbury and M.P...
1586 (Sep)	George Savile	Robert Briggs
1588/9	Sir Edward Fitton	Francis Moore Francis Moore (barrister) Sir Francis Moore was a prominent Jacobean barrister and MP.He was born the posthumous son of Edward Moore, a yeoman of East Ilsley in Berkshire and educated at Reading Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford....
1593	John Brograve John Brograve Sir John Brograve was an English lawyer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston on several occasions, and once for Boroughbridge.-Life:...	Vincent Skinner Vincent Skinner Sir Vincent Skinner was an English politician, who sat in parliament for numerous constituencies.The son of John Skinner of Thorpe-by-Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1557, graduating B.A. in 1561 and M.A. in 1564.He was a Member of Parliament for Truro in...
1597 (Sep)	Henry Fanshawe Henry Fanshawe -Early life:Henry Fanshawe, baptised 15 August 1569, was the elder son of Thomas Fanshawe by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Antony Bourchier and was thus a half-brother of Thomas Fanshawe. In November 1586 he became a student of the Inner Temple...	Thomas Crompton Thomas Crompton (died 1609) Sir Thomas Crompton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1609.Crompton was the son of Sir Thomas Crompton. He matriculated at St Alban Hall, Oxford under date 20 December 1577, aged19 and was awarded BA from Merton College, Oxford on 28...
1601	Richard Whaley	Thomas Fairfax
1604	John Ferne, died and repl. by Sir Richard Gargrave Richard Gargrave Sir Richard Gargrave was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1609.... , and then by Sir Thomas Vavasour Thomas Vavasour Thomas Vavasour was an English Roman Catholic physician, and pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge.-Life:...	Sir Henry Jenkins
1614	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron , English parliamentary general.-Early life:He was born in Yorkshire the eldest son of Thomas Fairfax, whom Charles I in 1627 created Lord Fairfax of Cameron in the Peerage of Scotland and received a military education in the Netherlands. Two of his...	George Marshall
1621	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax	George Wethered
1624	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax	Christopher Mainwaring
1625	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax	William Mainwaring
1626	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax	Philip Mainwaring Philip Mainwaring Sir Philip Mainwaring was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1661.Mainwaring was the son of Randall Mainwaring, of Peover, Cheshire. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 14 March 1609, and matriculated at Cambridge from Brasenose College, Oxford on 29...
1628	Sir Ferdinando Fairfax	Francis Neville
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640-1832

Year			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		April 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....	Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron , English parliamentary general.-Early life:He was born in Yorkshire the eldest son of Thomas Fairfax, whom Charles I in 1627 created Lord Fairfax of Cameron in the Peerage of Scotland and received a military education in the Netherlands. Two of his...
		November 1640 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...	Sir Philip Stapylton Philip Stapleton Sir Philip Stapleton , of Warter-on-the Wolds in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament, a supporter of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. His surname is also sometimes spelt Stapylton or Stapilton.-Life:...  (d. September 1647)	Parliamentarian	Thomas Mauleverer Thomas Mauleverer Sir Thomas Mauleverer, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Mauleverer was born into an ancient family with large estates in Yorkshire. His father, Sir Richard Mauleverer , had been High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Mauleverer served as a Justice of the Peace in the West Riding...	Parliamentarian
		1648	Henry Stapylton Sir Henry Stapylton, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Stapylton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1648 and 1660.Stapylton was the son of Brian Stapylton and his wife Frances Slingsby, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven....
		December 1648	Stapylton 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...  - seat vacant
		1653	Boroughbridge not represented in the Barebones Parliament 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...  and the First 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....  and Second 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...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
		January 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...	Colonel Laurence Parsons		Robert Stapylton Robert Stapylton Sir Robert Stapylton or Stapleton was an English courtier, dramatic poet and translator.-Life:He was the third son of Richard Stapleton of Carlton by Snaith, Yorkshire, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepoint of Holme Pierrepoint. He was educated in the Benedictine convent of St. Gregory...
		May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....  as Thomas Mauleverer had died in the interim
		1660	Conyers Darcy Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness Conyers Darcy, 2nd Earl of Holderness was an English nobleman and Member of Parliament.Conyers Darcy was the eldest son of Conyers Darcy, 8th Lord Darcy of Knayth and 5th Lord Conyers, who was created Earl of Holderness in 1682....		Sir Henry Stapylton Sir Henry Stapylton, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Stapylton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1648 and 1660.Stapylton was the son of Brian Stapylton and his wife Frances Slingsby, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby of Scriven....
		1661	Sir Richard Mauleverer, Bt		Robert Long Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Long, 1st Baronet was a courtier, administrator and politician in 17th century England.He was the son of Sir Walter Long of South Wraxall and Draycot in Wiltshire, and his wife Catherine Thynne of Longleat...
		1673			Sir Henry Goodricke, Bt Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet was the son of Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet whom he succeeded in 1670. He inherited the family estate of Ribston Hall in North Yorkshire and in 1674 replaced the old house with a new mansion.-Career:...
		1675	Sir Michael Warton
		March 1679	Sir Thomas Mauleverer, Bt
		August 1679			Sir John Brookes, Bt
		1685			Sir Henry Goodricke, Bt Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Goodricke, 2nd Baronet was the son of Sir John Goodricke, 1st Baronet whom he succeeded in 1670. He inherited the family estate of Ribston Hall in North Yorkshire and in 1674 replaced the old house with a new mansion.-Career:...
		1689	Christopher Vane Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard Christopher Vane, 1st Baron Barnard was an English peer. He is known for his treatment of his heirs, and his employment as steward of Peter Smart, father of the poet Christopher Smart.-Biography:...	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...
		1690	Sir Brian Stapylton Sir Brian Stapylton, 2nd Baronet Sir Brian Stapylton, 2nd Baronet , of Myton in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Stapylton, who had been a Member of Parliament during the Commonwealth and who was created a baronet shortly after the Restoration in 1660; Sir Bryan succeeded to the...
		1695	Thomas Harrison
		1698	Sir Brian Stapylton Sir Brian Stapylton, 2nd Baronet Sir Brian Stapylton, 2nd Baronet , of Myton in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Stapylton, who had been a Member of Parliament during the Commonwealth and who was created a baronet shortly after the Restoration in 1660; Sir Bryan succeeded to the...
		1705	John Stapylton Sir John Stapylton, 3rd Baronet Sir John Stapylton, 3rd Baronet , of Myton in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir Brian Stapylton, Member of Parliament for Aldborough and Boroughbridge, and succeeded to the baronetcy following his father's death on 23 November 1727.He entered Parliament in...		Craven Peyton
		1708	Sir Brian Stapylton Sir Brian Stapylton, 2nd Baronet Sir Brian Stapylton, 2nd Baronet , of Myton in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of Sir Henry Stapylton, who had been a Member of Parliament during the Commonwealth and who was created a baronet shortly after the Restoration in 1660; Sir Bryan succeeded to the...
		1713			Edmund Dunch Edmund Dunch Edmund Dunch was Master of the Royal Household to Queen Anne and a British Member of Parliament .-Biography:...	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...
		1715	Thomas Wilkinson		Sir Richard Steele Richard Steele Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator....	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...
		1718	Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bt Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet, of Isell Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 3rd Baronet of Isell FRS , was a British politician. He was educated Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in 1713; and was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1715. He was Groom of the Bedchamber to George I from 1720 to 1725; and was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718...
		March 1722	Conyers Darcy Conyers Darcy Sir Conyers Darcy or Darcey, KB was a British politician and courtier of the 18th century. He was a younger brother of Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness....		James Tyrrell
		October 1722	Joseph Danvers
		1727	George Gregory
		1742			William Murray William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, SL, PC was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
		1746	Earl of Dalkeith Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith was a Scottish nobleman.He was the eldest child of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith by his wife Jane, daughter of James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry. In 1732 his father succeeded as second Duke of Buccleuch and Francis assumed the courtesy title Earl of Dalkeith...
		1750	Hon. Lewis Monson Watson
		1754	John Fuller
		1755	Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt
		1756			Earl of Euston	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...
		1757			Thomas Thoroton
		1761			Brice Fisher
		1767			James West the younger
		1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...	Nathaniel Cholmley		James West James West (antiquary) James West FRS was a British politician and antiquary, who served as President of the Royal Society between 1768 and 1772....
		1772			Major-General Henry Clinton Henry Clinton (American War of Independence) General Sir Henry Clinton KB was a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence. First arriving in Boston in May 1775, from 1778 to 1782 he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America...
		1774 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...	Anthony Eyre		Charles Mellish Charles Mellish Charles Mellish was a British MPHe was born in London the only surviving son of William Mellish, MP, of Blyth, Nottinghamshire and his wife Catherine da Costa Villa Real. He entered Lincolns Inn in 1761 and was called to the Bar in 1766. He was the Recorder of Newarke, Nottinghamshire from 1770 to...
		1775			Colonel William Phillips William Phillips (General) William Phillips was a renowned artilleryman and general officer in the British Army who served as a major-general in the American War of Independence.- Early career :...
		1780			Charles Ambler, KC
		1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...	Sir Richard Sutton, Bt Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet , of Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire was an English Member of Parliament....		The Viscount Palmerston Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston FRS was a British politician.-Life:He succeeded to the peerage in 1757, and was educated at Clare College, Cambridge from 1757 to 1759...
		1790			Morris Robinson
		1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...	Francis Burdett Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet was an English reformist politician, the son of Francis Burdett and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Jones of Ramsbury manor, Wiltshire, and grandson of Sir Robert Burdett, Bart...	Independent	Sir John Scott John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon PC KC FRS FSA was a British barrister and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806 and again between 1807 and 1827.- Background and education :...	Tory
		1799			Hon. John Scott	Tory
		1802	Edward Berkeley Portman Edward Berkeley Portman Edward Berkeley Portman was an 18th century housing developer and politician. He was the son of Henry Portman, and ultimately a descendant of the Tudor landowner Sir William Portman. Edward continued his father's work developing the family lands in London into the Portman Estate...	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...
		January 1806			Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC, PC , usually known as Lord CastlereaghThe name Castlereagh derives from the baronies of Castlereagh and Ards, in which the manors of Newtownards and Comber were located...	Tory
		November 1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Brigadier William Henry Clinton William Henry Clinton General Sir William Henry Clinton GCB was a British general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars as well as the First Miguelist War...	Tory	Henry Dawkins	Tory
		1808			Henry Clinton Henry Clinton (Napoleonic Wars) Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, GCB, GCH was a British Army officer and a general officer during the Napoleonic Wars.He came from a family of soldiers...	Tory
		1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...	Marmaduke Lawson	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...	George Mundy George Mundy Admiral Sir George Mundy, KCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, serving principally in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...	Tory
		March 1820			Richard Spooner Richard Spooner (MP) Richard Spooner was a British businessman and politician. In his youth he was a Radical reformer, but in later life he moved to the political right to become an Ultra-Tory.-Early life and family:...	Radical Radicals (UK) The Radicals were a parliamentary political grouping in the United Kingdom in the early to mid 19th century, who drew on earlier ideas of radicalism and helped to transform the Whigs into the Liberal Party.-Background:...
		June 1820 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....	Captain George Mundy George Mundy Admiral Sir George Mundy, KCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, serving principally in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars... , RN	Tory	Lt Colonel Henry Dawkins	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...	Sir Charles Wetherell Charles Wetherell Sir Charles Wetherell , was an English lawyer, politician and judge.Wetherell was born in Oxford, the third son of Reverend Nathan Wetherell, of Durham, Master of the University College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford...	Tory	Matthias Attwood	Tory

• Constituency abolished (1832)

Elections

Source: The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)

Elections in the 1800s

At the 1802, Edward Berkeley Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman

Edward Berkeley Portman was an 18th century housing developer and politician. He was the son of Henry Portman, and ultimately a descendant of the Tudor landowner Sir William Portman. Edward continued his father's work developing the family lands in London into the Portman Estate...

 and John Scott were elected unopposed.

At the 1806 and 1807 UK general election, William Henry Clinton

William Henry Clinton

General Sir William Henry Clinton GCB was a British general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars as well as the First Miguelist War...

 and Henry Dawkins were elected unopposed.

At the Boroughbridge by-election, 1808, Henry Clinton

Henry Clinton (Napoleonic Wars)

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, GCB, GCH was a British Army officer and a general officer during the Napoleonic Wars.He came from a family of soldiers...

 was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1810s

At the 1812 UK general election, William Henry Clinton

William Henry Clinton

General Sir William Henry Clinton GCB was a British general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars as well as the First Miguelist War...

 and Henry Clinton

Henry Clinton (Napoleonic Wars)

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, GCB, GCH was a British Army officer and a general officer during the Napoleonic Wars.He came from a family of soldiers...

 were elected unopposed.

In the Boroughbridge by-election, 1819, Marmaduke Lawson was elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1820s

Mundy and Dawkins were seated on petition.

At the 1826 UK general election, George Mundy

George Mundy

Admiral Sir George Mundy, KCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, serving principally in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...

 and Henry Dawkins were elected unopposed.

Elections in the 1830s

At the 1831 UK general election, Charles Wetherell

Charles Wetherell

Sir Charles Wetherell , was an English lawyer, politician and judge.Wetherell was born in Oxford, the third son of Reverend Nathan Wetherell, of Durham, Master of the University College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford...

 and Matthias Attwood were elected unopposed.