Rye 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:...

 centred on the town of Rye

Rye, East Sussex

Rye is a small town in East Sussex, England, which stands approximately two miles from the open sea and is at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede...

 in East Sussex

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

. It returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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

 to 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 its representation was halved under 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...

.

From the 1832 general election

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....

, Rye returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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

 until its abolition for the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

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

, when the town of Rye was transferred to the enlarged seat of Hastings

Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)

Hastings was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member....

 where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the Rye seat. The town of Battle was contained in the constituency until 1918, and also (along with Bexhill) from 1955 to 1983 when the Bexhill and Battle seat was created.

The constituency was re-established for the 1955 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1955

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

, and abolished again for the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

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

.

MPs 1366–1640

Parliament	First Member	Second Member
1386	Stephen Elyot	John Baddyng
1388 (Feb)	Stephen Elyot	William Marchaunt II
1388 (Sep)	William atte Vawte	John Macop
1390 (Jan)	Laurence Lunceford	Laurence Corboyle
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Salerne I	Laurence Lunceford
1393	John Baddyng	John Bertelot
1394
1395	John Baddyng	William Ormed
1397 (Jan)	Richard Tichebourne	John Langeport
1397 (Sep)
1399	John Baddyng	William atte Vawte
1401
1402	John Baddyng	John Roberd
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	William atte Vawte	Laurence Mersey
1407	John Baddyng	Thomas Long
1410	John Shelley	William Long II
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	William Long II	Robert Onewyn
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	William Long II	Robert Onewyn
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Shelley	Richard Posterf
1419	Robert Onewyn	William Long II
1420	John Shelley	William Long II
1421 (May)	Robert Onewyn	Thomas Piers
1421 (Dec)	William Thirlwall	John Shelley
1504	Richard Berkeley
1510	Nicholas Sutton	Richard Berkeley
1512	Nicholas Sutton	Robert Mede
1515	Robert Mede	Nicholas Sutton
1523	Thomas Cheseman alias Baker	Thomas Basseden
1529	Nicholas Sutton, died and replaced by 1534 by Richard Inglet	John Fletcher
1536	Richard Inglet	John Fletcher
1539	Thomas Birchet	William Mede
1542	John Fletcher	William Oxenbridge
1545	Alexander Welles	Robert Wymond
1547	Alexander Welles	George Reynolds
1553 (Mar)	Richard Fletcher	John Holmes I
1553 (Oct)	Clement Heigham	John Holmes I
1554 (Apr)	John Holmes I	Richard Fletcher
1554 (Nov)	John Holmes I	Thomas Smith
1555	John Holmes I	Reginad Mohun
1558	Thomas Fletcher	Thomas Cheyne
1559	Richard Fletcher I	Robert Marche
1562/3	George Reynolds I	John Bredes
1571	John Donning	Thomas Fanshawe Thomas Fanshawe (remembrancer of the exchequer) Thomas Fanshawe , was remembrancer of the exchequer.-Background:Fanshawe was the eldest son of John Fanshawe of Fanshawe Gate, Derbyshire, where he was born some time in the reign of Henry VIII, and probably about 1530...
1572	Clement Cobbe, died and replaced July 1575 by Robert Carpenter	Henry Gaymer
1534	John Hammond	Robert Carpenter
1586	Henry Gaymer	Robert Carpenter
1588/9	Audley Dannett	Robert Carpenter
1593	Henry Gaymer	Robert Carpenter
1597	Sampson Lennard Sampson Lennard Sampson Lennard , of Chevening in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament who represented an unusually large number of different constituencies during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I....	Thomas Hamon
1601	Sir Arthur Gorges Arthur Gorges Sir Arthur Gorges , was a sea captain, poet, translator and courtier.-Early life:He was born the son of Sir William Gorges of Charlton and his wife Winifred Budockshede, heiress to the manor of Budockshede.Sir William Gorges died in Dec 1584, in the Tower of London: he was knighted in Ireland in...	Thomas Colepeper
1604–1611	Thomas Hamon, died and replaced by ?Heneage Finch Heneage Finch (Speaker) Sir Heneage Finch was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1607 and 1626. He was Speaker of the English House of Commons in 1626....	John Young
1614	Edward Hendon	Thomas Watson
1621–1622	Emmanuel Gifford	John Angell
1624	Thomas Conway	Sir Edward Conway Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway Edward Conway, 2nd Viscount Conway PC was an English politician, military commander and peer.-Early life and education:... , sat for Warwick and replaced by John Angel
1625	Tomas Fotherby	John Sackvill
1626
1628	Richard Tufton	Thomas Fotherby
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1832

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...		Sir John Jacob Sir John Jacob, 1st Baronet Sir John Jacob, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 and 1641. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Royalist		John White	Royalist
1641		William Hay William Hay (died 1664) William Hay was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1641 and 1660.In 1641, Hay was elected Member of Parliament for Rye in the Long Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Rye in the Second Protectorate Parliament in 1656 and in the Third Protectorate Parliament...	Parliamentarian
February 1644				White disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645					John Fagg Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet Sir John Fagg, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1645 and 1701...
1653	Rye was unrepresented 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....		Herbert Morley Herbert Morley Herbert Morley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1667. He fought for the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....		Rye had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....   and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
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...		William Hay William Hay (died 1664) William Hay was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1641 and 1660.In 1641, Hay was elected Member of Parliament for Rye in the Long Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Rye in the Second Protectorate Parliament in 1656 and in the Third Protectorate Parliament...
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...					Mark Thomas
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		Herbert Morley Herbert Morley Herbert Morley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1667. He fought for the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....			William Hay William Hay (died 1664) William Hay was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1641 and 1660.In 1641, Hay was elected Member of Parliament for Rye in the Long Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Rye in the Second Protectorate Parliament in 1656 and in the Third Protectorate Parliament...
May 1661					Richard Spencer
November 1661					Sir John Robinson Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of London Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of London was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1667. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1662....
1667		Sir John Austen
February 1679		Thomas Frewen Thomas Frewen Thomas Frewen, M.D. , was an English physician.Frewen was born in 1704. He practised as a surgeon and apothecary at Rye, Sussex, and afterwards as a physician at Lewes, having obtained the M.D. degree previous to 1755. He became known as one of the first in this country to adopt the practice of...
October 1679					Sir John Darell
1685					Sir Thomas Jenner Thomas Jenner Sir Thomas Jenner was an English barrister, baron of the exchequer and justice of the common pleas, closely associated with the Stuart kings Charles II and James II of England.-Life:...
January 1689					Sir John Darell
April 1689		Sir John Austen
1694					Thomas Frewen Thomas Frewen Thomas Frewen, M.D. , was an English physician.Frewen was born in 1704. He practised as a surgeon and apothecary at Rye, Sussex, and afterwards as a physician at Lewes, having obtained the M.D. degree previous to 1755. He became known as one of the first in this country to adopt the practice of...
1698					Joseph Offley	Country Whig
1699		Sir Robert Austen Sir Robert Austen, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Austen, 3rd Baronet of Bexley, Kent , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1699 to 1701....
1701		Thomas Fagg
1702					Edward Southwell
1705		Philip Herbert
1707		Phillips Gybbon Phillips Gybbon Phillips Gybbon , of Hole Park, Rolvenden, in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament.Gybbon entered Parliament in 1707 as Whig member for Rye, and represented the constituency until his death 55 years later...
1708					Admiral Sir John Norris
1722					The Lord Aylmer Henry Aylmer, 2nd Baron Aylmer Henry Aylmer, 2nd Baron Aylmer was a British Whig politician.-Background:Aylmer was the son of Rear-Admiral Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer, and Sarah, daughter of Edward Ellis.-Political career:...
1727					John Norris
1733					Matthew Norris
1734					Admiral Sir John Norris
1749					Thomas Pelham Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester Thomas Pelham, 1st Earl of Chichester PC , known as the Lord Pelham of Stanmer from 1768 to 1801, was a British Whig politician.Pelham was the son of Thomas Pelham and his wife Annetta, daughter of Thomas Bridges...
1754					George Onslow George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....
1761					Captain John Bentinck John Bentinck John Albert Bentinck was a British Navy captain and MP.John Albert was a member of the younger line of the house of Bentinck. His father, William, Count Bentinck, was a younger son of the first Earl of Portland, and married the daughter of the last Count of Aldenburg...
1762		John Norris
1768					Rose Fuller Rose Fuller Rose Fuller was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1777.Fuller was the son of John Fuller, of Brightling, Sussex, and his wife Elizabeth Rose, daughter of Fulke Rose of Jamaica. He studied medicine at Cambridge University and was also a student at Leyden in the...
1774		Middleton Onslow Middleton Onslow Middleton Onslow was an English landowner, who briefly entered Parliament on behalf of the senior branch of his family.The elder son of Denzil Onslow and his wife Anne, he belonged to the Onslows of Drungewick, Sussex, a junior branch of the Surrey political family. Through his father, he was...
1775		Hon. Thomas Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow Thomas Onslow, 2nd Earl of Onslow was an English nobleman and courtier who succeeded to his title in 1814. Originally the Honourable Tom Onslow, he was styled Viscount Cranley from 1801 to 1814...
1777					William Dickinson
1784		Charles Wolfran Cornwall Charles Wolfran Cornwall Charles Wolfran Cornwall was a British politician.In 1768, he was returned as MP for Grampound. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1780....
1789		Charles Long Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough GCB PC PC FRS FSA was an English politician and connoisseur of the arts.-Early life:...	Tory
1790					Hon. Robert Banks Jenkinson	Tory
1796		Robert Saunders Dundas Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville KT, PC, FRS was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801. He was also Keeper of the Signet for Scotland from 1800...	Tory
1801		The Lord de Blaquiere
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...		Thomas Davis Lamb	Tory
1803 by-election					Sir Charles Talbot Sir Charles Talbot, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Talbot, 2nd Baronet was Member of Parliament for several constituencies in the British House of Commons. From 1800 to 1802, he represented Weobly; from 1803 to 1806 he represented Rye; and in 1812 he represented Bletchingley....
April 1806 by-election		Major General the Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...	Tory
November 1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Patrick Crauford Bruce			Michael Angelo Taylor Michael Angelo Taylor Michael Angelo Taylor was an English politician.He was a son of Sir Robert Taylor , the architect, and was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, becoming a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in 1774...
May 1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Sir John Nicholl John Nicholl Sir John Nicholl was a Welsh Member of Parliament and judge. As a judge he was noted 'for inflexible impartiality and great strength and soundness of judgement'.-Early history:...			The Earl of Clancarty
July 1807 by-election		Sir William Elford Sir William Elford, 1st Baronet Sir William Elford, 1st Baronet , was an English banker, politician, and amateur artist.-Background:William Elford of Bickham, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, was the elder son of the Reverend Lancelot Elford, of Bickham, and Grace, daughter of Alexander Wills of Kingsbridge, Devonshire...			Stephen Rumbold Lushington Stephen Rumbold Lushington Stephen Rumbold Lushington was an English Tory politician and an administrator in India. He was Governor of Madras from 1827 to 1835....
1808 by-election		William Jacob William Jacob William Jacob was an English merchant, scientist, parliamentarian, public official and advocate for expanded British trade...
October 1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Thomas Phillipps Lamb			Sir Henry Sullivan
December 1812 by-election					Charles Wetherell Charles Wetherell Sir Charles Wetherell , was an English lawyer, politician and judge.Wetherell was born in Oxford, the third son of Reverend Nathan Wetherell, of Durham, Master of the University College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford...
1813 by-election					Richard Arkwright
1816 by-election		John Maberly John Maberly John Maberly was a British entrepreneur and Member of Parliament .John Maberly was born in London in 1770, the second child of London currier Stephen Maberly and Mary Maberly. In 1796 he married Mary Rose Leader, a well-to-do MP's daughter, with whom he was to have six children...
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...		Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington...	Tory		Peter Browne
February 1819 by-election		Thomas Phillipps Lamb
July 1819		John Dodson
1823 by-election		Robert Knight
1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....		Richard Arkwright			Henry Bonham Henry Bonham Henry Bonham was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire when their matches were organised by the Hambledon Club.Bonham played one first-class match in 1778 against pre-county club Surrey.-External sources:* at CricketArchive...
March 1830 by-election					Philip Pusey Philip Pusey Philip Pusey was a reforming agriculturalist, a Tory Member of Parliament and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel....
May 1830					De Lacy Evans
August 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...		Hugh Duncan Baillie			Francis Robert Bonham Francis Robert Bonham Francis Robert Bonham was a British party agent and politician. He was the only surviving son of Francis Warren Bonham, a landowner from Kildare who had moved to London with his wife Dorothea...
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...		Thomas Pemberton			De Lacy Evans
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....	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1950

Election		Member	Party
	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....	Edward Barrett Curteis	Whig
	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....	Thomas Gybbon Monypenny	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1841 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...	Herbert Barrett Curteis	Whig
	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 *...	Herbert Mascall Curteis	Whig
	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...	William Alexander Mackinnon	Whig
	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...		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...
	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...	Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon	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...
	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...	John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy	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...
	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 *...	Frederick Andrew Inderwick Frederick Andrew Inderwick Frederick Andrew Inderwick QC was an English lawyer, and antiquarian and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885....	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...
	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:...	Arthur Montagu Brookfield Arthur Montagu Brookfield Arthur Montagu Brookfield was a British army officer, diplomat author and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1903.-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...
	1903 by-election	Charles Frederick Hutchinson	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...
	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**...	George Courthope George Courthope, 1st Baron Courthope George Loyd Courthope, 1st Baron Courthope PC, MC , known as Sir George Courthope, Bt, from 1925 to 1945, was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...	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...
	1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	William Nicolson Cuthbert	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...
	1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...	constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955 The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year...	Bryant Godman Irvine	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...
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...		constituency abolished