Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland was 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:...

covering the county of Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford

Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)

Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.The...

constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

. Since 1983, Rutland has formed part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray

Melton Mowbray is a town in the Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is to the northeast of Leicester, and southeast of Nottingham...

from Leicestershire.

The constituency elected two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs), traditionally known as Knights of the Shire

Knights of the Shire

From the creation of the Parliament of England in mediaeval times until 1826 each county of England and Wales sent two Knights of the Shire as members of Parliament to represent the interests of the county, when the number of knights from Yorkshire was increased to four...

, until 1885, when it was reduced to one Member.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the whole of the historic county

Historic counties of England

The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...

of Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

, in the East Midlands

East Midlands

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England, consisting of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire and most of Lincolnshire...

. Rutland, the smallest of the historic counties of England, never had any Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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

constituencies within its borders.

The place of election for the county was at Oakham

Oakham

-Oakham's horseshoes:Traditionally, members of royalty and peers of the realm who visited or passed through the town had to pay a forfeit in the form of a horseshoe...

. This was where the hustings were held; at which candidates were nominated (before the Ballot Act of 1872), polling took place (before the introduction of multiple polling places in county constituencies) and where the result was announced.

Pelling in his Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910 describes most of the people in this county as "engaged in or dependent upon agriculture". The constituency was a safe Conservative one and was rarely contested in the period covered by the book. G.H. Finch MP had personally owned almost one tenth of the county he represented.

1295-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1310	Ralf de Beaufoy
1312	William de St Liz
1318	John de Beaufoy
1328	Richard de St Liz
1330	Richard de St Liz
1335	Richard de St Liz
1336	Richard de St Liz
1337	John de Seyton
1363	William Beaufoy
1365	William Beaufoy
1369	William Beaufoy
1377	Thomas de Burton
1380	Thomas de Burton
1382	Thomas de Burton
1383	John Calveley
1385	Hugh Calveley Hugh Calveley Sir Hugh Calveley was an English soldier and commander, who took part in the Hundred Years' War, gaining fame during the War of the Breton Succession and the Castilian Civil War...
1386	John Wittlebury	Walter Scarle
1388 (Feb)	Sir Hugh Browe	Sir Oliver Mauleverer
1388 (Sep)	Sir John Daneys	Walter Scarle
1390 (Jan)	Hugh Calveley Hugh Calveley Sir Hugh Calveley was an English soldier and commander, who took part in the Hundred Years' War, gaining fame during the War of the Breton Succession and the Castilian Civil War...	Sir Oliver Mauleverer
1390 (Nov)	Sir Hugh Browe	Sir John Calveley
1391	Sir John Bussy John Bussy Sir John Bussy of Hougham in Lincolnshire was a Member of Parliament representing Lincolnshire or Rutland eleven times from 1383 to 1398 as a Knight of the Shire and was also Speaker of the House of Commons at the three Parliaments between 1393 and 1398...	Sir Hugh Greenham
1393	Sir Walter Scarle	Sir John Elme
1394	Sir John Daneys	Sir John Elme
1395	John Wittlebury	Sir Walter Scarle
1397 (Jan)	Sir Robert Plesington	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...
1397 (Sep)	Sir Oliver Mauleverer	Sir Thomas Oudeby
1399	John Durant	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:... >-
1401	John Durant	William Oudeby
1402	Sir Thomas Oudeby	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...
1404 (Jan)	Thomas Thorpe	John Pensax
1404 (Oct)	Sir Thomas Oudeby	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...
1406	John Pensax	Robert Scarle
1407	Robert Browe	William Sheffield
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Pensax	John Burgh
1414 (Apr)	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	Robert Browe
1414 (Nov)	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	John Newbold
1415	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	John Burgh
1416 (Mar)	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	Geoffrey Paynell
1416 (Oct)	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...
1417	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	?
1419	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	Robert Browe
1420	Sir Thomas de Burton (son of Thomas, HS 1377)	Sir Henry Plesington
1421 (May)	John Pensax	William Sheffield
1421 (Dec)	John Culpepper	Thomas Greenham
1422	Roger Flore Roger Flower Roger Flower or Flore was an English politician, 12 times MP for Rutland and four times Speaker of the House of Commons.-Life:...	Sir Henry Plesington
1432	Thomas Flore
1433	William Beaufoy
1434	William Beaufoy
1445	Thomas Flore
1449	Everard Digby	John Browe
1450	Thomas Palmer	Everard Digby
1510–1523	No names known
1529	Sir Everard Digby	John Harington I
1536
1539	John Harington I	Edward Sapcote
1542	John Harington I	Simon Digby
1545	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...	Anthony Colly
1547	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...	Anthony Colly
1553 (Mar)	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...	Anthony Colly
1553 (Oct)	Andrew Nowell	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...
1554 (Apr)	Anthony Colly	John Hunt
1554 (Nov)	James Harington James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...	Anthony Colly
1555	James Harington James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...
1558	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...	James Harington James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...
1558–1559	James Harington James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...
1562–1563	Anthony Colly	John Flower
1571	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...	John Harington John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584...
1572 (Apr)	Sir James Harington James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...
1584	Kenelm Digby Kenelm Digby (of Stoke Dry) Kenelm Digby was an English MP and High Sheriff.He was born in Stoke Dry in Rutland, the eldest son of Sir Everard Digby and Margery Digby and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford and the Middle Temple...	(Sir) Andrew Noel
1586 (Oct)	Sir James Harington James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...	(Sir) Andrew Noel
1588	Sir James Harington James Harington (lawyer) Sir James Harington was a 16th century English public servant who fulfilled a number of legal, legislative and law enforcement duties and was knighted in 1565.-Public career:...	(Sir) Andrew Noel
1593	Sir John Harington John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584...	(Sir) Andrew Noel
1597	William Cecil William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter PC KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1605 to 1623, was an English peer.-Life:...	Sir James Harington
1601 (Oct)	Sir John Harington John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton John Harington was an English courtier and politician.-Life:He was the son of James Harington and was knighted in 1584...	(Sir) Andrew Noel, declared void, Nov 1601 replaced by Edward Noel
1604-1611	Sir James Harington	Sir William Bulstrode
1614	Sir Guy Palmes Guy Palmes Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....	Basil Fielding
1621-1622	Sir Guy Palmes Guy Palmes Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....	Sir William Bulstrode
1624	Sir Guy Palmes Guy Palmes Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....	Sir William Bulstrode
1625	Sir Guy Palmes Guy Palmes Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....	Sir William Bulstrode
1626	Sir William Bulstrode	Sir Francis Bodenham
1628	Sir Guy Palmes Guy Palmes Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....	Sir William Bulstrode
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

1640-1885

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
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...		Hon. Baptist Noel Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden Sir Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden was an English politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Rutland, Custos Rotulorum of Rutland and the Member of Parliament for Rutland....	Royalist		Sir Guy Palmes Guy Palmes Sir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....	Royalist
1643	Noel succeeded to peerage, August 1643 - seat vacant			Palmes disabled from sitting, September 1643 - seat vacant
1646		James Harington			Thomas Waite Thomas Waite (regicide) Thomas Waite, also known as Thomas Wayte was an English soldier who fought for Parliament in the English Civil War, a member of the Long Parliament, and one of the regicides of King Charles I....
1653		Edward Horseman		Rutland had only one representative 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...
1654 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....		Edward Horseman			William Shield
1656 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...		Abel Barker
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...		Edward Horseman
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....		Sir James Harington		Thomas Waite not recorded as participating 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....
April 1660		Philip Sherard Philip Sherard (MP) Philip Sherard was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1685.Sherard was the son of William Sherard, 1st Baron Sherard and his wife Abigail Cave....			Samuel Browne Samuel Browne (MP for Rutland) Samuel Browne of Sutton Hall, Stretton in the county of Rutland, was a nephew of Samuel Browne . He may have been the Samuel Browne admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1650. He was appointed a militia commissioner by the Rump Parliament in 1659, and was M.P...
1661					Edward Noel Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough was a British peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. Edward Noel from 1660 to 1681....
February 1679					Sir Thomas Mackworth
August 1679					Sir Abel Barker
1680					Sir Thomas Mackworth
1681					Edward Fawkener
1685		Baptist Noel Baptist Noel (MP) Baptist Noel was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Rutland.He was the second surviving son of Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden and Elizabeth Bertie. He succeeded his half-brother Henry in 1677....	Tory		Sir Thomas Mackworth
1689		Bennet Sherard			Sir Thomas Mackworth
1694					Sir Thomas Mackworth
1695					Lord Burghley John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley from 1678 to 1700, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.- Biography :...
1698		Richard Halford
1701					Sir Thomas Mackworth
1708					Philip Sherard Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough was a British peer.He was appointed a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Anne in 1705. In 1708, he was returned as Member of Parliament for Rutland, holding the seat until 1710. In 1714, his appointment as Gentleman of the Privy Chamber was renewed by...
1710		Lord Finch Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham, KG, PC was a British politician. Styled Lord Finch until 1730, he was the eldest son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham and his second wife Anne Hatton, daughter of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton...			John Noel
1711					Richard Halford
1713					The Lord Sherard Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough Bennet Sherard, 1st Earl of Harborough was a British peer and Member of Parliament....
1715					John Noel
1719					Marquess of Granby John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland KG PC was an English nobleman, the eldest son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and Catherine Russell...	Whig
1721					Sir Thomas Mackworth
1727					John Noel
1728					Thomas Noel
1730		William Burton
1734		James Noel
1741					John Finch
1747					Lord Burghley Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter , known as Lord Burghley from 1725 to 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Life:...
1753		Thomas Noel
1754					George Bridges Brudenell
1761					Hon. Thomas Chambers Cecil
1768					George Bridges Brudenell
1788		Gerard Edwardes Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet , of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.-Background:...	Whig		George Bridges Brudenell
1790					John Heathcote
1795					Lord Sherard
1796					Sir William Lowther, Bt William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale of the second creation KG was a British Tory politician and nobleman.-Life:...
1802					The Lord Carbery George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:Carbery was the son of George Carbery, 3rd Baron Carbery, and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Horton. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.-Political career:Carbery...
1805					The Lord Henniker John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker was a British peer and Member of Parliament .Henniker was the son of John Henniker, 1st Baron Henniker, and Anne Major. He was elected to the House of Commons for New Romney in 1785, a seat he held until 1790, and then represented Steyning from 1794 to 1802...
1808		Charles Noel Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough Charles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough , known as Charles Edwardes until 1798, as Charles Noel between 1798 and 1823 and as the Lord Barham between 1823 and 1841, was a British peer and Whig politician....
1812					Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 4th Baronet was a British Member of Parliament.Heathcote was the son of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 3rd Baronet by his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hudson...	Whig
1814		Sir Gerard Noel, Bt Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baronet , of Welham Grove in Leicestershire and Exton Park in Rutland, known as Gerard Edwardes until 1798, was an English Member of Parliament.-Background:...	Tory
1838		Hon. William Noel William Noel -Background:Noel was the third son of Sir Gerard Noel, 2nd Baronet, and Diana, Baroness Barham, daughter of Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham. Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, was his elder brother.-Political career:...	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		Hon. Charles Noel Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough Charles George Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough , styled Viscount Campden between 1841 and 1866, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...	Whig
1841		Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland Gilbert John Heathcote, 1st Baron Aveland , known as Sir Gilbert John Heathcote, 5th Baronet, from 1851 to 1856, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:...	Whig		Hon. William Dawnay William Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe William Henry Dawnay, 7th Viscount Downe was a British politician.-Background:Downe was the son of Reverend William Henry Dawnay, 6th Viscount Downe, Rector of Sessay and Thormanby.-Political career:...	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...
1846			Whig		George Finch George Finch (1794–1870) George Finch , of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland, was a British landowner and politician.-Background:Finch was the illegitimate son of George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea. In 1808 he was granted a license to use the Finch arms...	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...
1847			Protectionist		Hon. Gerard Noel	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			Whig
1856		Hon. Gilbert Heathcote Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster Sir Gilbert Henry Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 6th Baronet, 1st Earl of Ancaster PC , known as 2nd Baron Aveland from 1867 to 1888 and as 25th Baron Willoughby de Eresby from 1888 to 1892, was a British Liberal politician and court official.Born Gilbert Henry Heathcote, he was the son of Gilbert...	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...
1867		George Finch	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...
1883		George Finch			James Lowther James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL was a British Conservative politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921.-Background and education:The son of Hon...	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...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Representation reduced to one member

1885-1918

Year		Member of Parliament	Party
1885		George Finch	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...
1907		John Gretton John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton PC CBE , was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games.-Biography:...	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...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Constituency abolished: see Rutland and Stamford Rutland and Stamford (UK Parliament constituency) Rutland and Stamford was a county constituency comprising the area centred on the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, and the county of Rutland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the first-past-the-post voting system.The...

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Elections

Population in 1831: 19,380

General Election 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....

(December 14)

Registered Electors: 1,296

Sir G N Noel, Bart. 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...

Sir G Heathcote Whig

General Election 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...

(January 10)

Sir G N Noel, Bart. Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Sir G Heathcote Whig

General Election 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....

(July 29)

Sir G N Noel, Bart. Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Sir G Heathcote Whig

Following the death of Sir G N Noel:

By-Election 1838 (March 13)

Hon W M Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Mr Noel accepts Chiltern Hundreds

Chiltern Hundreds

Appointment to the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is a sinecure appointment which is used as a device allowing a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament to resign his or her seat...

(a procedural device to allow resignation from the House of Commons

Resignation from the British House of Commons

Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...

).

By-Election 1840 (January 28)

Hon C G Noel Whig

General Election 1841
United Kingdom general election, 1841
-Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...

(July 12)

G J Heathcote Whig (767 votes)

Hon W H Dawnay Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

(676 votes)

- Hon C G Noel Whig (664 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

Mr Dawnay accepts Chiltern Hundreds

Chiltern Hundreds

.

By-Election 1846 (February 14)

Geo Finch Protectionist

General Election 1847
United Kingdom general election, 1847
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

(August 7)

Sir G J Heathcote Protectionist

Hon G J Noel Protectionist

General Election 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...

(July 13)

Sir G J Heathcote Whig

Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Sir G J Heathcote created 1st Lord Aveland

By-Election 1856 (March 4)

Hon G H Heathcote Whig

General Election 1857
United Kingdom general election, 1857
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

(March 30)

Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Hon G H Heathcote Whig

General Election 1859
United Kingdom general election, 1859
In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...

(May 3)

Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Hon G H Heathcote Whig

Population in 1861: 21,861

General Election 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...

(July 18)

Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Hon G H Heathcote Whig

Mr Noel appointed Lord of the Treasury. Members of some parliaments were required to seek re-election upon being appointed to a ministerial post. The subsequent by-elections were termed ministerial by-elections

Ministerial By-Election 1866 (July 14)

Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Mr Heathcote succeeded to Peerage (Lord Aveland). Peers are not eligigble to sit in the House of Commons.

By-Election 1867 (November 23)

Geo H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

General Election 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...

(November 19)

Registered Electors: 2,200

Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Geo H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Population in 1871: 22,073

General Election 1874
United Kingdom general election, 1874
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

(February 5)

Registered Electors: 1,840

Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Hon G J Noel appointed First Commander of Works

Ministerial By-Election 1876 (August 17)

Rt Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

General Election 1880
United Kingdom general election, 1880
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

(April )

Rt Hon G J Noel Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Population in 1881: 21,434

Mr Noel accepts Chiltern Hundreds

Chiltern Hundreds

.

By-Election 1883 (August )

J W Lowther Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

(860 votes)

- J W Davenport Handley Liberal Party

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...

(194 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

Rutland reduced to one Member of Parliament

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:...

(November 28)

Registered Electors: 1,725

G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

(2,366 votes)

- M C Buzzard, QC Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

(1,110 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

General Election 1886
United Kingdom general election, 1886
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...

(July 2)

G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Population in 1891: 20,659

General Election 1892
United Kingdom general election, 1892
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

(July)

G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

General Election 1895
United Kingdom general election, 1895
The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...

(July 13)

G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

General Election 1900
United Kingdom general election, 1900
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...

(October 1)

Rt Hon G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Population in 1901: 19,709

General Election 1906
United Kingdom general election, 1906
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...

(January 17)

Registered Electors: 4,042

Rt Hon G H Finch Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

(2,047 votes)

- H W Pearson Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

(1,564 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

Following the death of Mr G H Finch:

By-Election 1907 (June 11)

John Gretton Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

(2,213 votes)

- W F H Lyon Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

(1,362 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

January 1910 Election (January 20)

John Gretton Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

(2,235 votes)

- W F H Lyon Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

(1,531 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

December 1910 Election (December )

Population: 19,709; Registered Electors: 4,128

John Gretton Liberal Unionist Party (2,169 votes)

- J N Emery Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

(1,367 votes - unsuccessful candidate)

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