Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)
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Bristol was a two member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons
in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707–1800) and the United Kingdom (from 1801). The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885.
, is located in what is now the South West Region
of England
. It straddles the border between the historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the later part of the 19th and the 20th centuries.
The parliamentary borough
of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the 13th century, as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom. Namier and Brooke comment that in 1754 the city was the second largest in the Kingdom and had the third largest electorate for an urban seat.
From the United Kingdom general election, 1885
the city was divided into four single member seats. These were Bristol East
, Bristol North
, Bristol South and Bristol West.
Non Partisan denotes that the politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party (not necessarily that he was not). It should be noted that whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century, the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics.
Notes:-
included those qualified on the same 40 shilling freeholder franchise as that for a county constituency. Other electors qualified as freemen of the borough. These were the ancient right franchises, applicable to Bristol, preserved by the Reform Act 1832
, which also introduced a broader occupation franchise for all borough constituencies.
The bloc vote
electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).
Namier and Brooke, in The House of Commons 1754-1790, estimated the electorate of Bristol to number about 5,000. When registration of electors was introduced in 1832 the city had 10,315 names on the electoral register.
Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715-1754, Namier and Brooke 1754-1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
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...
in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707–1800) and the United Kingdom (from 1801). The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885.
Boundaries
The historic port city of BristolBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, is located in what is now the South West Region
South West England
South West England is one of the regions of England defined by the Government of the United Kingdom for statistical and other purposes. It is the largest such region in area, covering and comprising Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. ...
of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It straddles the border between the historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the later part of the 19th and the 20th centuries.
The parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the 13th century, as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom. Namier and Brooke comment that in 1754 the city was the second largest in the Kingdom and had the third largest electorate for an urban seat.
From the United Kingdom general election, 1885
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
the city was divided into four single member seats. These were Bristol East
Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)
Bristol East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
, Bristol North
Bristol North (UK Parliament constituency)
Bristol North was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.- Members of Parliament :...
, Bristol South and Bristol West.
List of Members of Parliament
The use of roman numerals in the list below denotes different politicians of the same name, not that the individuals concerned would have used the roman numerals as part of their name.Non Partisan denotes that the politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party (not necessarily that he was not). It should be noted that whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century, the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics.
| Year | |2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1295 | John le Taverner | |||||
| 1298 | John le Taverner | |John de Cheddre | ||||
| 1301 | John de Malmesbury | |||||
| 1305 | Thomas Welishote | |John Hasard | ||||
| 1306 | John le Taverner | |Robert de Holhurst | ||||
| 1307 (Jan) | Geoffrey Comper | |Nicholas Coker | ||||
| 1309 | Stephen de Bello Monte | |Robert Martyn | ||||
| 1311 (Aug) | Richard Colpeck | |John Fraunceys | ||||
| 1311 (Nov) | John Haszard | |John le Lun | ||||
| 1313 (Mar) | John de Wellescoten | |John Methelan | ||||
| 1313 (Sep) | John Fraunceys | |John Tropyn | ||||
| 1315 | Robert Wyldemersh | |Thomas le Spicer | ||||
| 1316 (Jan) | Nicholas de Roubergwe | |John Veys | ||||
| 1318 | Gilbert Pickering | |Richard de Woodhall | ||||
| 1319 | Thomas de Salop | |Robert de Lyncoln | ||||
| 1320 | John le Hunte | |John Welishote | ||||
| 1321 | John de Romeneye | |William de Hanyngfeld | ||||
| 1322 (May) | William de Clyf | |John Fraunceys jnr (son of 1311) | ||||
| 1322 (Nov) | John le Taverner | |John Fraunceys jnr | ||||
| 1324 (Jan) | John de Axebridge | |John Fraunceys jnr | ||||
| 1325 | John de Axebridge | |John Fraunceys jnr | ||||
| 1327 | John de Axebridge | |John de Romeneye | ||||
| 1328 (Feb) | Richard de Panes | |Hugh le Hunte | ||||
| 1328 (Apr) | William de Trowbridge | |Hugh de Langebridge | ||||
| 1330 (Mar) | John Fraunceys | |Hugh le Hunte | ||||
| 1330 (Nov) | Hugh le Hunte | |Richard de Panes | ||||
| 1332 (Mar) | John de Romeneye | |John de Axebridge | ||||
| 1332 (Sep) | Hugh de Langebridge | |John de Axebridge | ||||
| 1332 (Dec) | Richard de Chelreye | |John Fraunceys snr | ||||
| 1334 (Feb) | John Otery | |John de Strete | ||||
| 1334 (Sep) | Robert Gyene or Gwyen | |||||
| 1335 | Hugh de Langebridge | |John de Strete | ||||
| 1336 (Mar) | Robert de Gyn or de Gyeyn | |John Franceys | ||||
| 1336 (Sep) | John Fraunceys jnr | |Thomas Tropin | ||||
| 1336 (Dec) | Hugh de Langebridge | |John le Spycer William le Haukare |
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| 1337 (Jan) | Robert de Gyene | |John de Strete | ||||
| 1338 (Jan) | Everard le Fraunceys | |Philip de Torynton | ||||
| 1338 (Jul) | Everard le Fraunceys | |Philip de Torynton | ||||
| 1339 (Jan) | Everard le Fraunceys | |John de Strete | ||||
| 1340 (Jan) | Thomas Tropyn | |John le Spicer | ||||
| 1341 | Robert Guyene | |Philip de Toryton | ||||
| 1344 | Roger Turtle | |John de Horncastle | ||||
| 1346 (Sep) | John de Wycoumbe | |John Neel | ||||
| 1348 (Jan) | Everard Fraunceys or le Freynshe | |John de Strete | ||||
| 1348 (Mar) | Everard le Fraunceys | |Thomas de Lodelawe | ||||
| 1351 | John de Colyngton or Cobbington | |John Seymour | ||||
| 1353 | Thomas Babbecary | |William Coumbe | ||||
| 1354 | Richard le Spicer | |Reginald le French | ||||
| 1358 | Reginald French | |Richard Brompton | ||||
| 1360 | Thomas Babbecari | |Galfridus Beauflour (Geoffrey Beauflower) | ||||
| 1361 | Reginald le French | |William Yonge | ||||
| 1362 | Walter Frompton | |Edmund Blanket | ||||
| 1363 | John Serjaunt | |John Stoke | ||||
| 1365 | William Haye | |William Cannings | ||||
| 1366 | William Somerwell | |Thomas Denbaud | ||||
| 1368 | Richard Chaimburleyn | |Richard Sydenham | ||||
| 1369 | Robert Cheddre | |Edmund Blanket | ||||
| 1371 (Jun) | John Bathe | |||||
| 1372 | Walter Derby | |John Stoke | ||||
| 1373 | Walter Derby | |Thomas Beaupyne or Beaupenny | ||||
| 1377 (Jan) | Ehas Spelly | |Thomas Beaupyne or Beaupenny | ||||
| 1378 | Thomas Beaupyne | |Walter de Frompton | ||||
| 1381 | Elias Spelly | |John Stokes | ||||
| 1382 (May) | Thomas Beaupyne | |John Viell | ||||
| 1382 (Oct) | Walter Derby | |John Fullbroke | ||||
| 1383 (Feb) | William I Canynges(d.1396) | |John Candavere | ||||
| 1383 (Oct) | John Canynges(d.1405) | |William Frome | ||||
| 1384 (Apr) | William I Canynges(d.1396) | |William Somerwell | ||||
| 1384 (Nov) | Elias Spelly | |Walter Tedistill (Tyddeley?) | ||||
| 1385 | Elias Spelly | |Thomas Knap | ||||
| 1386 | Elias Spelly | |William I Canynges(d.1396) | ||||
| 1388 (Feb) | Thomas Beaupyne | |Thomas Knapp | ||||
| 1388 (Sep) | Robert Gardiiner | |John Fulbrook | ||||
| 1390 (Jan) | John Viell | |William Frome | ||||
| 1391 | William Frome | |John Stephens | ||||
| 1393 | Thomas Beaupyne | |John Stephens | ||||
| 1397 (Jan) | William Frome | |John Bannebury | ||||
| 1399 | Thomas Norton | |Richard Pavys or Pannys | ||||
| 1402 | Thomas Norton | |John Droyes | ||||
| 1406 | Henry Bokerell | |Gilbert Joce | ||||
| 1407 (Oct) | John Droys, merchant | |John Newton, merchant | ||||
| 1411 (Oct) | Thomas Norton | |David Dudbroke | ||||
| 1413 (Apr) | Thomas Norton | |John Leycester | ||||
| 1414 (Jan) | Thomas Young | |John Spine | ||||
| 1414 (Oct) | Thomas Blount, merchant | |John Clyve, merchant | ||||
| 1416 (Feb) | Robert Russell | |Robert Colville | ||||
| 1417 (Oct) | Thomas Norton | |John Burton | ||||
| 1419 (Sep) | Robert Russell | |Marcus William | ||||
| 1420 (Nov) | Thomas Norton | |John Spine | ||||
| 1421 (Mar) | Thomas Norton snr | |Henry Gildeney | ||||
| 1421 (Nov) | Marcus William. | |Richard Trenode | ||||
| 1422 (Oct) | John Burton | |Roger Lyveden or Lavindon | ||||
| 1423 (Oct) | John Burton | |Roger Leveden or Lavindon | ||||
| 1425 (Mar) | Richard Trenode | |Walter Power or Powell | ||||
| 1426 (Feb) | Henry Gildeney | |John Langley | ||||
| 1427 (Sep) | John Burton | |Henry Gildeney | ||||
| 1429 (Sep) | Richard Trenode | |John Sharp | ||||
| 1430 (Dec) | Thomas Fish | |Walter Power or Powell | ||||
| 1432 (Apr) | John Burton | |John Sharp | ||||
| 1433 (Jun) | Robert Russell | |Walter Power | ||||
| 1435 (Sep) | Thomas Fisshe | |Thomas Young(d.1476) | ||||
| 1436 (Dec) | Thomas Young(d.1476) | |Thomas Norton | ||||
| 1439 | William II Canynges(d.1474) | | | ||||
| 1442 (Jan) | Thomas Young(d.1476) | |John Sharp | ||||
| 1447 (Jan) | Thomas Young(d.1476) | |John Sharp, jnr (son of John Sharp 1429) | ||||
| 1449 (Jan) | Thomas Young(d.1476) | |John Sharp, jnr | ||||
| 1449 (Nov) | Thomas Young(d.1476) | |John Sharp, jnr | ||||
| 1450 (Oct) | Thomas Young(d.1476) | |William II Canynges(d.1474) | ||||
| 1453 (Feb) | John Shipward | |William Pa(vy?) | ||||
| 1455 (Jul) | Thomas Young(d.1476) | |William II Canynges(d.1474) | ||||
| 1459 (Nov) | John Shipward | |Philip Meede | ||||
| 1460 (Sep) | John Shipward | |Philip Meede | ||||
| 1462 | Thomas Meede | |||||
| 1467 (Apr) | William Spencer | |John Bagod | ||||
| 1472 (Aug) | John Twynhoe | |John Bagot | ||||
| 1478 (Jan) | John Hawkes | |Edmund Westcote | ||||
| 1483 (Jan) | Edmund Westcote | |William Wykam | ||||
| 1484 (Jan) | John Twynhoe | |Robert Strange | ||||
| 1485 (Oct) | John Esterfield | |Robert Strange | ||||
| 1487 (Oct) | John Esterfield | |Henry Vaughan | ||||
| 1490 (Jan) | William Toker | |John Foster | ||||
| 1491 (Oct) | John Syram™ (or Seymour?) | |John Pynke | ||||
| 1495 (Oct) | Henry Vaughan. | |Philip Kingston | ||||
| 1505 | Henry Dale | |Thomas Snigg | ||||
| 1510 )Jan) | Richard Vaughan | |Henry Dale | ||||
| 1512 (Jan) | Thomas Smith | |Richard Hobby | ||||
| 1523 (Apr) | Robert Thorn | |Kichard Hobby | ||||
| 1529 | Thomas Jubbes | Richard Abingdon | ||||
| 1536 | Nicholas Thorn | Roger Coke | ||||
| 1539 | Thomas White | David Broke David Broke David Brook was an English judge and Member of Parliament.-Life:He was of a West country family living at Glastonbury, Somerset. His father, John Brook, was also a lawyer and serjeant-at-law; he died in 1525, and was buried in the church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, having been principal... 1 |
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| 1541 | David Broke David Broke David Brook was an English judge and Member of Parliament.-Life:He was of a West country family living at Glastonbury, Somerset. His father, John Brook, was also a lawyer and serjeant-at-law; he died in 1525, and was buried in the church of St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, having been principal... |
Robert Elyot | ||||
| 1545 | Robert Keilway Robert Keilway Robert Keilway was an English politician and court official.He was Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries, Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire, the Member of Parliament for Bristol and legal advisor to the Lord Protector of England, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. He lived at Minster Lovell... |
John Drewes | ||||
| 1553 | John Walshe | David Harris | ||||
| 1554 | Thomas Lansden | |||||
| 1555 | William Chester | |||||
| 1558 | William Tyndall | Robert Butler | ||||
| 1559 | John Walsh | William Carr | ||||
| 1563 | John Walsh, made judge, repl. by Thomas Chester |
William Carr | ||||
| 1571 | John Popham | Philip Langley | ||||
| 1584 | Thomas Hanham | Richard Cole | ||||
| 1586 | Thomas Aldworth | |||||
| 1588 | William Saltern | |||||
| 1593 | Richard Cole | |||||
| 1597 | George Snigge George Snigge Sir George Snigge was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1605.... |
Thomas James Thomas James (died 1615) Thomas James was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614.James was the son of William James of Wollaston. He became a merchant of Bristol and and was Sheriff in 1591. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol. He... |
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| 1601 | John Hopkins John Hopkins (Bristol MP) John Hopkins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601.Hopkins was a merchant of Bristol. He was an Alderman and became Sheriff in 1586 and Mayor in 1600. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol..... |
Non Partisan | ||||
| 1604 | Thomas James Thomas James (died 1615) Thomas James was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614.James was the son of William James of Wollaston. He became a merchant of Bristol and and was Sheriff in 1591. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol. He... |
Non Partisan | ||||
| 1605 | John Whitson John Whitson John Whitson was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1605 and 1626.Whitson was a merchant and alderman of Bristol. He was Sheriff in 1589. In 1605, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in a by-election to replace Sir George Snigge... |
Non Partisan | ||||
| 1614 | John Whitson John Whitson John Whitson was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1605 and 1626.Whitson was a merchant and alderman of Bristol. He was Sheriff in 1589. In 1605, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in a by-election to replace Sir George Snigge... |
Non Partisan | Thomas James Thomas James (died 1615) Thomas James was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614.James was the son of William James of Wollaston. He became a merchant of Bristol and and was Sheriff in 1591. In 1597, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol. He... |
Non Partisan | ||
| 1620 | John Guy | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1624 | John Barker John Barker (Bristol MP) John Barker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons twice between 1624 and 1628.Barker was a merchant of Bristol and an alderman. He was Sheriff in 1612. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol. He was Mayor of Bristol in 1625... |
Non Partisan | John Guy | Non Partisan | ||
| 1625 | Nicholas Hyde Nicholas Hyde Sir Nicholas Hyde was Lord Chief Justice of England.He was the son of Lawrence Hyde and Ann Sybill and the brother of Henry Hyde and Lawrence Hyde, who became attorney-general... |
Non Partisan | John Whitson John Whitson John Whitson was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1605 and 1626.Whitson was a merchant and alderman of Bristol. He was Sheriff in 1589. In 1605, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in a by-election to replace Sir George Snigge... |
Non Partisan | ||
| 1626 | John Whitson John Whitson John Whitson was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1605 and 1626.Whitson was a merchant and alderman of Bristol. He was Sheriff in 1589. In 1605, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in a by-election to replace Sir George Snigge... |
Non Partisan | John Doughty John Doughty (MP) John Doughty was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629.Doughty was an alderman of Bristol and was sheriff in 1606 and mayor in 1620. In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol. He was re-elected MP for Bristol in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King... |
Non Partisan | ||
| 1628 | John Doughty John Doughty (MP) John Doughty was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1626 to 1629.Doughty was an alderman of Bristol and was sheriff in 1606 and mayor in 1620. In 1626, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol. He was re-elected MP for Bristol in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King... |
Non Partisan | John Barker John Barker (Bristol MP) John Barker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons twice between 1624 and 1628.Barker was a merchant of Bristol and an alderman. He was Sheriff in 1612. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol. He was Mayor of Bristol in 1625... |
Non Partisan | ||
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John Glanville John Glanville Sir John Glanville the younger , of Broad Hinton in Wiltshire, was a Speaker of the English House of Commons during the Short Parliament.... |
Non Partisan | Humphrey Hooke Humphrey Hooke Humphrey Hooke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
Non Partisan | ||
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Humphrey Hooke Humphrey Hooke Humphrey Hooke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
Non Partisan | Richard Longe Richard Longe Richard Longe was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
Non Partisan | ||
| 1642 | John Glanville John Glanville Sir John Glanville the younger , of Broad Hinton in Wiltshire, was a Speaker of the English House of Commons during the Short Parliament.... |
Non Partisan | John Tailer John Tailer John Tailer was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1642 to 1644. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War.... |
Non Partisan | ||
| 1646 | Richard Aldworth Richard Aldworth (MP) Richard Aldworth was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.Aldworth was an alderman of Bristol. He was Sheriff of Bristol in 1627 and Mayor in 1642... |
Non Partisan | Luke Hodges Luke Hodges Luke Hodges was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.... |
Non Partisan | ||
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Non Partisan | Miles Jackson Miles Jackson Miles Jackson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.Jackson was an alderman of Bristol and served as Sheriff of Bristol in 1631 and as Mayor in 1649. In April 1654, Jackson was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in the First Protectorate Parliament... |
Non Partisan | ||
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Non Partisan | John Dodderidge John Dodderidge (died 1658) John Dodderidge was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1656.Dodderidge was the son of Pentecost Dodderidge of Barnstaple and nephew of John Dodderidge, the judge... Miles Jackson Miles Jackson Miles Jackson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656.Jackson was an alderman of Bristol and served as Sheriff of Bristol in 1631 and as Mayor in 1649. In April 1654, Jackson was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol in the First Protectorate Parliament... |
Non Partisan | ||
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Non Partisan | Joseph Jackson Joseph Jackson (MP) Joseph Jackson was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Jackson was an alderman of Bristol and was Sheriff of Bristol in 1642 and Mayor in 1651. In 1655 he was made a Military Commissioner for Bristol on 14 March and added to the Trade Committee and made one of the Trade... |
Non Partisan | ||
| 1660 | John Stephens John Stephens (politician) John Stephens was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1645 and 1660.Stephens was the second son of Thomas Stephens of Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire and was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. In 1620 he entered the Middle Temple, where he was called... |
Non Partisan | Sir John Knight John Knight the Elder Sir John Knight was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1681.Knight was the son of George Knight of Bristol and his wife Martha Cole, daughter of Thomas Cole.... |
Non Partisan | ||
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Non Partisan | ||||
| 1666 | Sir Humphrey Hooke 3 | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1678 | Sir Robert Cann | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1681 | Thomas Earle | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1681 | Sir Richard Hart | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1685 | Sir John Churchill 4 | Non Partisan | Sir Richard Crumpe | Non Partisan | ||
| 1685 | Sir Richard Hart | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1689 | Sir John Knight II | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1695 English general election, 1695 -Summary of the Constituencies:See British general election, 1796 for details. The constituencies used in England and Wales were the same throughout the period... |
Sir Thomas Day | Non Partisan | Robert Yate | Non Partisan | ||
| 1701 | Sir William Daines | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1710 British general election, 1710 The British general election, 1710 produced a landslide victory for the Tory party in the wake of the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell and the collapse of the previous Whig government lead by Godolphin and the Whig junto... |
Edward Colston Edward Colston Edward Colston was a Bristol-born English merchant and Member of Parliament. Much of his wealth, although used often for philanthropic purposes, was acquired through the trade and exploitation of slaves... |
Tory | Joseph Earle | Non Partisan | ||
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Non Partisan | ||||
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Sir William Daines | Non Partisan | ||||
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Sir Abraham Elton, Bt I | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections... |
John Scrope John Scrope John Scrope was a British lawyer and politician.He was the son of Thomas Scrope, a Bristol merchant, the third son and ultimate heir of Colonel Adrian Scrope of Wormsley in Oxfordshire, hung drawn and quartered after the restoration as one of the regicides of Charles I.Scrope was educated at the... |
Non Partisan | Sir Abraham Elton, Bt II 6 | Non Partisan | ||
| 1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the... |
Thomas Coster 5 | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1739 | Edward Southwell | Non Partisan | ||||
| 1742 | Robert Hoblyn Robert Hoblyn -Life:Hoblyn was born at Nanswhyden House, and baptised at St. Columb Major in Cornwall 5 May 1710. His father, Francis Hoblyn, born in 1687, a J.P. for Cornwall and a member of the Stannary parliament, was buried at St. Columb on 9 Nov. 1711. His mother was Penelope, daughter of Colonel Sidney... |
Non Partisan | ||||
| 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.... |
Robert Craggs-Nugent (later The Viscount Clare) Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC was an Irish politician and poet.-Background:The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath... 8 |
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Richard Beckford 7 | Tory | ||
| 1756 | Jarrit Smith | Tory | ||||
| 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:... |
Matthew Brickdale | Tory | ||||
| 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:... |
Henry Cruger Henry Cruger Henry Cruger, Jr. was an American and British merchant at the time of the American Revolution. He has a unique distinction of having been elected to both the Parliament of Great Britain and the New York State Senate .Henry Cruger was born in New York a member of a wealthy merchant family... |
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Edmund Burke Edmund Burke Edmund Burke PC was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party.... |
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... |
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| 1780 British general election, 1780 The British general election, 1780 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain to be held after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707... |
Matthew Brickdale | Tory | Sir Henry Lippincott, Bt 9 | Tory | ||
| 1781 | George Daubeny | Tory | ||||
| 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:... |
Henry Cruger Henry Cruger Henry Cruger, Jr. was an American and British merchant at the time of the American Revolution. He has a unique distinction of having been elected to both the Parliament of Great Britain and the New York State Senate .Henry Cruger was born in New York a member of a wealthy merchant family... |
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... |
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| 1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:... |
Marquess of Worcester | Tory | The Lord Sheffield John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield was an English politician who came from a Yorkshire family, a branch of which had settled in the Kingdom of Ireland.- Biography :... 10 |
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| 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... |
Charles Bragge (later Charles Bragge Bathurst) Charles Bathurst Charles Bathurst PC , known as Charles Bragge from 1754 to 1804, was a British politician of the early 19th century.-Background and education:... 11 |
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| 1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... |
Evan Baillie Evan Baillie Evan Baillie was a British West Indes merchant, landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1802 to 1812.... |
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| 1812 | Richard Hart Davis | Tory | ||||
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Edward Protheroe I | 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... |
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| 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.... |
Henry Bright | 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... |
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| 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... |
James Evan Baillie James Evan Baillie James Evan Baillie was a British West Indies merchant, landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1813 and 1835.... |
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| 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... |
Edward Protheroe II | 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... |
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| 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.... |
Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, Bt Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, 8th Baronet was an English landowner and Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1825 and 1857.-Early life:... |
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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... |
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| 1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large... |
Philip John Miles | 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... |
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| 1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.... |
Philip William Skinner Miles | 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... |
Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 13 | 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... |
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| 1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising... |
Henry Gore-Langton Henry Gore-Langton (William Henry Gore-Langton (1802 – 16 May 1875), was a British Liberal Party politician.-Background:Gore-Langton was a younger son of William Gore-Langton by his second wife Mary, daughter of John Browne.-Political career:... |
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... |
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| 1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same... |
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bt Samuel Morton Peto Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet was an English entrepreneur and civil engineer in the 19th century. A partner in Grissell and Peto, he managed construction firms that built many major buildings and monuments in London... 12 |
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... |
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| 1868 | John William Miles | 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... |
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| 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... |
Samuel Morley Samuel Morley (MP) Samuel Morley , was an English woollen manufacturer, philanthropist, dissenter , abolitionist, political radical, and statesman.-Introduction:... |
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... |
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| 1870 | Elisha Smith Robinson Elisha Smith Robinson Elisha Smith Robinson 1817-1885 was the son of a Gloucestershire paper maker Edward Robinson. In 1840 his father threatened to replace him within the family business with a Londoner so he ventured to Bristol with a small loan and within 20 years his own printing and packaging business E. S. & A.... 14 |
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... |
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| 1870 | Kirkman Daniel Hodgson Kirkman Daniel Hodgson Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, JP was an East India merchant and banker, later Governor of the Bank of England and a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.... 12 |
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... |
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| 1878 | Lewis Fry Lewis Fry Lewis Fry DL, was a Quaker, lawyer, philanthropist and a Liberal and later Liberal and Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons in three spells between 1878 and 1900.-Early life:... |
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... |
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
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Notes:-
- 1 By 4 February 1536 David Broke had been elected vice Thomas Jubbes deceased. He was probably re-elected in the 1536 general election and certainly was at the 1539 and 1542 elections..
- 2 A Peer of Ireland. He was created a Peer of England, as 1st Baron Butler, in 1666.
- 3 Died 16 October 1677.
- 4 Died 11 October 1685.
- 5 Died 30 September 1739.
- 6 Died 20 October 1742.
- 7 Died 24 January 1756.
- 8 Created a Peer of Ireland, as 1st Viscount Clare, in 1767.
- 9 Died 30 December 1780.
- 10 A Peer of Ireland, as 1st Baron Sheffield, created in 1781.
- 11 Adopted a new surname of Bathurst, in 1804.
- 12 Resigned.
- 13 Died 10 March 1870.
- 14 Election declared void on petition.
Elections
During the existence of this constituency, Bristol was a city with the status of being a county of itself. That meant that the city was not subject to the administration of the officials of the geographic counties in which it was situated. In electoral terms it meant that the voters for the parliamentary boroughParliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
included those qualified on the same 40 shilling freeholder franchise as that for a county constituency. Other electors qualified as freemen of the borough. These were the ancient right franchises, applicable to Bristol, preserved by the Reform Act 1832
Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...
, which also introduced a broader occupation franchise for all borough constituencies.
The bloc vote
Plurality-at-large voting
Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...
electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).
Namier and Brooke, in The House of Commons 1754-1790, estimated the electorate of Bristol to number about 5,000. When registration of electors was introduced in 1832 the city had 10,315 names on the electoral register.
Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715-1754, Namier and Brooke 1754-1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s – 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s |
Elections in the 1710s
- Note (1715): Although the Whig candidates received fewer votes than the Tory ones, the Returning Officer declared them elected and the House of Commons did not hear the petitions against the return; so Daines and Earle continued to sit throughout the Parliament.
Elections in the 1720s
- Note (1727): William Hart (Tory) was a candidate, but he did not go to a poll after Mr Elton paid him £1,000 to cover his election expenses.
- Elton became the 2nd Baronet, upon the death of his father (the MP of the same name elected in 1722) in 1728.
Elections in the 1730s
- Death of Coster
- Note (1759): Southwell was an Opposition Whig
Elections in the 1740s
- Death of Elton
Elections in the 1750s
- Note (1754): Nugent 2,601; Philips 2,165. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Death of Beckford
- Seat vacated by appointment of Craggs-Nugent as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland
Elections in the 1760s
- Seat vacated by appointment of Craggs-Nugent as First Commissioner of the Board of Trade and PlantationsSecretary of State for Trade and IndustryThe Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade...
- Creation of Craggs-Nugent as the 1st Viscount Clare, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1767
- Seat vacated by appointment of Viscount Clare as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland
Elections in the 1770s
- Note (1774): 5,384 voted. Lord Clare resigned on the second day when Mr. Burke was first proposed. Mr. Burke was at the time in MaltonMalton (UK Parliament constituency)Malton, also called New Malton, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295 and 1298, and again from 1640, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885...
, for which place he had been returned when the deputation arrived to invite him to Bristol, where he arrived on the sixth day's poll. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1780s
- Note (1780): Lippincott 3,518; Burke 0. Mr. Rich. Combe, late member of AldeburghAldeburgh (UK Parliament constituency)Aldeburgh was a parliamentary borough represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessor bodies.The town was enfranchised in 1571 as a borough constituency...
, was a Candidate, but died the day before the commencement of the poll. (Source: Stooks Smith) - Death of Lippincott
- Note (1784): 6,094 voted. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1790s
- Note (1796): Poll 1 day. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1800s
- Members of the last Parliament of Great Britain, continued in office for the first Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Treasurer of the NavyTreasurer of the NavyThe Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the British government between the mid-16th and early 19th century. The office-holder was responsible for the financial maintenance of the Royal Navy. The office was a political appointment, and frequently was held by up-and-coming young politicians who...
- Note (1802): Sir Frederick Eden was a candidate, but retired before the election. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Secretary at WarSecretary at WarThe Secretary at War was a political position in the English and later British government, with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the Army, but not over military policy. The Secretary at War ran the War Office. It was occasionally a cabinet level position, although...
- Bragge changed his surname to Bathurst in 1804
Elections in the 1810s
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Bathurst as Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterChancellor of the Duchy of LancasterThe Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...
on 23 June 1812
- Note (1812 by-election): Poll 13 days; 2,142 electors voted. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Note (1812): Poll 10 days; 4,389 electors cast 7,415 votes. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Note (1818): Poll 5 days; 4,121 electors cast 7,320 votes. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1820s
Elections in the 1830s
- Note (1830): Poll 4 days; 6,311 electors cast 11,240 votes. (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Note (1832): Candidates classified as Tory (Vyvyan) and Whig (Baillie, Protheroe and Williams). 6,631 electors voted (used to calculate turnout). (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Note (1835): Candidates classified as Tory (Miles and Vyvyan) and Whig (Baillie and Hobhouse). 10,112 registered electors (difference from Craig +12); 5,879 electors voted (used to calculate turnout, with Craig's electorate figure). (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Note (1837): Candidates classified as Tory (Miles and Fripp) and Whig (Berkeley). 3,837 votes for Miles (difference from Craig -2); 6,375 electors voted (used to calculate turnout). (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1840s
- Note (1841): Candidates classified as Tory (Miles and Fripp) and Whig (Berkeley). 11,112 registered electors (difference from Craig -38); number voted unspecified (division of votes by two used to calculate an estimated minimum turnout). (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Note (1847): Candidates classified as Tory (Miles and Fripp), Whig (Berkeley) and Radical (Pellatt). 6,913 voted (used to calculate turnout). (Source: Stooks Smith)
Elections in the 1850s
- Note (1852): From this election the number of electors who voted is unknown, so the number of votes cast is divided by two, and the resultant figure is used to calculate an estimated minimum turnout. To the extent that electors did not cast both their possible votes the turnout figure will be an underestimate.
Elections in the 1860s
- Resignation of Peto
- McCalmont reports that Miles was unseated on petition, but that no new writ was issued before the 1868 general election.
Elections in the 1870s
- Death of Berkeley
- Election of Robinson declared void on petition
- Swing from Liberal to Conservative
- Resignation of Hodgson
Elections in the 1880s
- Constituency abolished - city split into four divisions (1885)
See also
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of CommonsUnreformed House of CommonsThe unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act 1832.Until the Act of Union of 1707 joining the Kingdoms of Scotland and England , Scotland had its own Parliament, and the term refers to the House of Commons of England...