Stamford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Stamford was a constituency
in the county of Lincolnshire
of the House of Commons
for the Parliament of England
to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain
from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by two Members of Parliament
until 1868 when this was reduced to one.
was based upon the town of Stamford
in the Parts of Kesteven
(a traditional sub-division of the county of Lincolnshire
).
When the borough constituency was abolished in 1885, the Stamford (or South Kesteven) division of Lincolnshire was created. This included the town of Stamford and surrounding territory. The county division was a considerably larger constituency than the borough one had been.
From the 1885 general election
until the dissolution before the 1918 election
the constituency was surrounded by to the north Sleaford
; to the east Spalding
; to the south east Wisbech
; to the south North Northamptonshire
; to the south west Rutland
; to the west Melton
and to the north west Newark
. The constituency of Grantham
was an enclave wholly surrounded by Stamford.
A further paragraph relates the position before and after the borough began to send representatives regularly in 1467.
Sedgwick explained in The House of Commons 1715-1754 that before 1727 the Bertie
and Cecil
families each nominated one member. From 1727 the Cecil interest controlled both seats. An attempt was made by Savile Cust in 1734 to establish an electoral interest in the borough, but when this failed the Cecils were left with a secure pocket borough.
Namier and Brooke in The House of Commons 1754-1790 confirmed that before the Reform Act 1832
the right of election was in the inhabitants of the parliamentary borough
paying scot and lot
, a local tax. They estimated the number of voters at about 500 (unchanged from Sedgwick's estimate for the earlier part of the century). In 1754-1790, despite the comparatively large electorate, the constituency was under the control of the Earl of Exeter
(the head of the senior branch of the House of Cecil) and elections were uncontested formalities.
The Reform Act replaced the scot and lot franchise with an occupation franchise, which slightly reduced the size of the electorate. This was because the value of the property occupation of which conferred a vote, was higher than that for houses upon which scot and lot became payable.
The area was strongly Tory
or Conservative in politics. From 1801 until 1918 it only twice elected an MP from other parties (a Whig in 1831 and a Liberal
in 1880). Elections before the United Kingdom general election, 1874
were usually uncontested.
The borough had some distinguished representatives in the 19th century. It returned two of the three members of the triumvirate which attempted to lead the protectionist Tories in the House of Commons. The Marquess of Granby
had little to commend himself as a political leader, apart from the social prestige of being the heir to the Duke of Rutland
. He was briefly sole leader in 1848 before the triumvirate was created in the following year and continued until his resignation in 1851. J.C. Herries
had at least held senior ministerial office. Both the Stamford MPs were easily eclipsed by the rising star of their colleague Benjamin Disraeli.
A more significant historical figure was Lord Robert Cecil (Viscount Cranborne 1865-1868) who represented the borough between 1853 and 1868. As the Marquess of Salisbury he was the leading figure in the Conservative Party from the death of Disraeli in 1881 until he retired as Prime Minister in 1902.
Another leading Conservative with connections to the borough was Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt
the party leader in the House of Commons 1876-1885 (from 1881 at the same time as Salisbury was leader in the House of Lords). Northcote was a Stamford MP from 1858 to 1866.
Under the Reform Act 1867
the borough electorate was expanded, but it lost one seat in Parliament from the United Kingdom general election, 1868
.
The Representation of the People Act 1884
further expanded the electorate. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
abolished the borough constituency but created an expanded county division of the same name. These changes took effect with the United Kingdom general election, 1885
.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1918
the electorate was again expanded, but the Stamford area was combined with the county of Rutland
in a new Rutland and Stamford
constituency.
Notes
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).
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 Namier and Brooke 1754-1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and Craig from the United Kingdom general election, 1832
. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
Note:-
Note (1818): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for one day
Note (1831): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days
Note (1832): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Finch as Tories and Gregory as a Whig candidate.
Note (1835): Stooks Smith classified Chaplin and Finch as Tory candidates.
Note (1837): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Granby as Tories and Langford as a Whig candidate. Langford retired before the poll.
Note (1838): Stooks Smith classifies Clerk as a Tory.
Note (1847): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified all three candidates as Tories. Stooks Smith has a registered electorate figure of 613, but Craig's figure of 616 is used to calculate turnout.
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
in the county of 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...
of the House of Commons
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for the Parliament of England
Parliament of England
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to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...
from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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until 1868 when this was reduced to one.
Boundaries
The parliamentary boroughParliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...
was based upon the town of Stamford
Stamford, Lincolnshire
Stamford is a town and civil parish within the South Kesteven district of the county of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately to the north of London, on the east side of the A1 road to York and Edinburgh and on the River Welland...
in the Parts of Kesteven
Kesteven
The Parts of Kesteven are a traditional subdivision of Lincolnshire, England. This subdivision had long had a separate county administration , along with the other two parts, Lindsey and Holland.-Etymology:...
(a traditional sub-division of the county of 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...
).
When the borough constituency was abolished in 1885, the Stamford (or South Kesteven) division of Lincolnshire was created. This included the town of Stamford and surrounding territory. The county division was a considerably larger constituency than the borough one had been.
From the 1885 general election
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:...
until the dissolution before the 1918 election
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...
the constituency was surrounded by to the north Sleaford
Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)
Sleaford was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, centred on the town of Sleaford. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
; to the east Spalding
Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)
Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
; to the south east Wisbech
Wisbech (UK Parliament constituency)
Wisbech is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of an undivided Cambridgeshire county constituency in 1885 and was itself abolished in 1918.-Boundaries:...
; to the south North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :...
; to the south west Rutland
Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...
; to the west Melton
Melton (UK Parliament constituency)
Melton was a county constituency centred on the town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
and to the north west Newark
Newark (UK Parliament constituency)
Newark is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885, it has elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
. The constituency of Grantham
Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)
Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain...
was an enclave wholly surrounded by Stamford.
History
The Victoria County History of the County of Lincoln includes some information about the representation of Stamford in early times.
Stamford, on the other hand, which had sent Nicholas de Burton and Clement de Melton to the Parliament of 1295, only exercised what its burghers probably regarded as an onerous privilege once in the reign of Edward II when in 1322 it elected Eustace Malherbe and Hugh de Thurleby.
A further paragraph relates the position before and after the borough began to send representatives regularly in 1467.
Stamford for some 150 years after the reign of Edward II apparently forbore to exercise its onerous privilege of returning members. In the seventeenth century it was afflicted with the usual controversy prevalent in small communities as to where the right of election lay, and the Committee of Privileges reported in 1661 'That the right of election was in such freemen only as paid scot and lotScot and lotScot and lot is a phrase common in the records of English medieval boroughs, applied to householders who were assessed for a tax paid to the borough for local or national purposes.They were usually members of a merchant guild.Before the Reform Act 1832, those who paid scot and bore...
'.
Sedgwick explained in The House of Commons 1715-1754 that before 1727 the Bertie
Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Baron Willoughby de Eresby is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ in 1313 for Robert de Willoughby of Eresby Manor, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire. The fourteenth Baron was created Earl of Lindsey in 1626. His great-grandson, the fourth Earl and seventeenth Baron, was created...
and Cecil
Marquess of Exeter
Marquess of Exeter is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1525 for Henry Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon...
families each nominated one member. From 1727 the Cecil interest controlled both seats. An attempt was made by Savile Cust in 1734 to establish an electoral interest in the borough, but when this failed the Cecils were left with a secure pocket borough.
Namier and Brooke in The House of Commons 1754-1790 confirmed that before 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...
the right of election was in the inhabitants of 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...
paying scot and lot
Scot and lot
Scot and lot is a phrase common in the records of English medieval boroughs, applied to householders who were assessed for a tax paid to the borough for local or national purposes.They were usually members of a merchant guild.Before the Reform Act 1832, those who paid scot and bore...
, a local tax. They estimated the number of voters at about 500 (unchanged from Sedgwick's estimate for the earlier part of the century). In 1754-1790, despite the comparatively large electorate, the constituency was under the control of the Earl of Exeter
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:...
(the head of the senior branch of the House of Cecil) and elections were uncontested formalities.
The Reform Act replaced the scot and lot franchise with an occupation franchise, which slightly reduced the size of the electorate. This was because the value of the property occupation of which conferred a vote, was higher than that for houses upon which scot and lot became payable.
The area was strongly Tory
Tory
Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
or Conservative in politics. From 1801 until 1918 it only twice elected an MP from other parties (a Whig in 1831 and a 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...
in 1880). Elections before the United Kingdom 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 *...
were usually uncontested.
The borough had some distinguished representatives in the 19th century. It returned two of the three members of the triumvirate which attempted to lead the protectionist Tories in the House of Commons. The Marquess of Granby
Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland
Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG , styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
had little to commend himself as a political leader, apart from the social prestige of being the heir to the Duke of Rutland
Duke of Rutland
Earl of Rutland and Duke of Rutland are titles in the peerage of England, derived from Rutland, a county in the East Midlands of England. The Earl of Rutland was elevated to the status of Duke in 1703 and the titles were merged....
. He was briefly sole leader in 1848 before the triumvirate was created in the following year and continued until his resignation in 1851. J.C. Herries
John Charles Herries
John Charles Herries PC , known as J. C. Herries, was a British politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid 19th century.-Background and education:...
had at least held senior ministerial office. Both the Stamford MPs were easily eclipsed by the rising star of their colleague Benjamin Disraeli.
A more significant historical figure was Lord Robert Cecil (Viscount Cranborne 1865-1868) who represented the borough between 1853 and 1868. As the Marquess of Salisbury he was the leading figure in the Conservative Party from the death of Disraeli in 1881 until he retired as Prime Minister in 1902.
Another leading Conservative with connections to the borough was Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC , known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician...
the party leader in the House of Commons 1876-1885 (from 1881 at the same time as Salisbury was leader in the House of Lords). Northcote was a Stamford MP from 1858 to 1866.
Under the Reform Act 1867
Reform Act 1867
The Representation of the People Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 was a piece of British legislation that enfranchised the urban male working class in England and Wales....
the borough electorate was expanded, but it lost one seat in Parliament from the United Kingdom 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...
.
The Representation of the People Act 1884
Representation of the People Act 1884
In the United Kingdom, the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrage in Britain after the Disraeli Government's Reform Act 1867...
further expanded the electorate. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...
abolished the borough constituency but created an expanded county division of the same name. These changes took effect with 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:...
.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1918
Representation of the People Act 1918
The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an Act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in the United Kingdom. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act...
the electorate was again expanded, but the Stamford area was combined with 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....
in a new 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.
MPs 1295–1322
- 1295: Nicholas de Burton, Clement de Melton
- 1322: Eustace Malherbe, Hugh de Thurleby
- After this date no members were returned for a considerable period.
MPs 1467–1640
- 1543(?): William CecilWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron BurghleyWilliam Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572...
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1510 | David Cecil | Francis Browne |
| 1512 | David Cecil | William Hussey |
| 1515 | David Cecil | George Kirkham |
| 1523 | David Cecil | Maurice Johnson |
| 1529 | John Hardgrave | Maurice Johnson |
| 1536 | Henry Lacy | Maurice Johnson |
| 1539 | Richard Cecil | 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... |
| 1542 | Henry Lacy | John Allen |
| 1545 | Henry Lacy | Leonard Irby |
| 1547 | William Cecil William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , KG was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572... |
John Allen |
| 1553 (Mar) | Richard Cooke | Robert Lacy |
| 1553 (Oct) | Thomas Heneage Thomas Heneage Sir Thomas Heneage PC was an English politician and a courtier at the court of Elizabeth I.-Early and personal life:... |
John Allen |
| 1554 (Apr) | John Allen | Roland Durrant |
| 1554 (Nov) | John Fenton | Henry Lee |
| 1555 | Francis Yaxley Francis Yaxley Francis Yaxley was an English politician and conspirator.-Life:Yaxley was the eldest son of Richard Yaxley of Mellis, Suffolk, by his wife Anne, daughter of Roger Austin of Earlsham, Suffolk... |
Francis Thorneff |
| 1558 | Francis Thorneff | John Houghton |
| 1559 | William Cooke | John Houghton |
| 1562/3 | Thomas Cecil Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician and soldier.-Life:... |
Francis Thorneff |
| 1571 | Thomas Cecil Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician and soldier.-Life:... |
Michael Lewis |
| 1572 | Thomas Cecil Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, KG , known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician and soldier.-Life:... |
Francis Hsrington |
| 1584 | Robert Wingfield | George Lynne |
| 1586 | William Cecil, Lord Burghley 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:... |
Robert Wingfield |
| 1588/9 | William Cecil,Lord Burghley 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:... |
Robert Wingfield |
| 1593 | Robert Wingfield | Richard Shute |
| 1597 | Robert Wingfield | Thomas Balgaye |
| 1601 | Robert Wingfield | Edward Watson |
| 1604 | Sir Robert Wingfield | Henry Hall |
| 1614 | Richard Cecil Richard Cecil (died 1633) Sir Richard Cecil was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622.... |
John Jay |
| 1621 | Sir Richard Cecil Richard Cecil (died 1633) Sir Richard Cecil was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1622.... |
John Wingfield |
| 1624 | Sir George Goring George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich was an English soldier.He was the son of George Goring of Hurstpierpoint and Ovingdean, Sussex, and of Anne Denny, sister of Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich. He matriculated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1600, and may subsequently have spent some... Goring, sat for Lewes replaced by Sir Edward Ayscough |
John St Amand |
| 1625 | Montagu Bertie Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, 15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, KG, PC was the eldest son of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey and his wife Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton.-Early life:... |
John St Amand |
| 1626 | Montagu Bertie Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey, 15th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, KG, PC was the eldest son of Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey and his wife Elizabeth Montagu, daughter of Edward Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton.-Early life:... |
Brian Palmes Brian Palmes Sir Bryan Palmes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626 and 1640. He fought on the Royalist side in the English Civil War.... |
| 1628-1629 | Thomas Hatton Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1621 and 1640.... |
Sir Edward Bashe Edward Bashe Sir Edward Bashe was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1640.Bashe was the son of Ralph Bashe, of Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire and his wife Frances Carey, daughter of Sir Edward Carey, Master of the Jewel Office. He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in... |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | |
MPs 1640–1868
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| April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks.... |
Thomas Hatton Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Hatton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1621 and 1640.... |
Thomas Hatcher Thomas Hatcher Thomas Hatcher was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1659. He fought on the Parliamentary side during the English Civil War.... |
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| 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... |
Geoffrey Palmer Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Baronet Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Baronet, SL was an English lawyer and politician.Born in Carlton, Northamptonshire, he obtained a BA from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1616 and a MA 1619. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 14 June 1616 and called to the bar on 23 May 1623... |
Royalist | Thomas Hatcher Thomas Hatcher Thomas Hatcher was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1659. He fought on the Parliamentary side during the English Civil War.... |
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| September 1642 | Palmer disabled to sit - seat vacant | |||||
| 1645 | John Weaver | |||||
| December 1648 | Hatcher excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant |
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| 1653 | Stamford 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... |
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| 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.... |
John Weaver | Stamford 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 |
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| 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... |
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| 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... |
Christopher Clapham Christopher Clapham Christopher Clapham was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Clapham was the eldest son of George Clapham of Beamsley, Skipton, Yorkshire and his wife Martha Heber, daughter of Reginald Heber of Marton, Yorks. He succeeded his father in 1629... |
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| 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.... |
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| April 1660 | John Hatcher | Francis Wingfield Francis Wingfield Francis Wingfield or Francis Wingfeild was a Stamford lawyer in the mid-seventeenth century. He went on to become Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1660 and first Serjeant-at-law to Charles II of England in 1677.... |
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| 1661 | William Stafford | William Montagu William Montagu (judge) Sir William Montagu was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1676.... |
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| 1665 | Hon. Peregrine Bertie Peregrine Bertie (senior) Peregrine Bertie was an English politician, the second son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey.One of the English volunteers in the French army in 1654, Bertie subsequently served as a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards in 1661, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1667 and captain from 1676 until... |
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| 1677 | Henry Noel | |||||
| 1678 | Hon. Charles Bertie Charles Bertie (senior) Captain Charles Bertie , British diplomat, was the fifth son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his first wife, Martha Cokayne. He rose to serve as Secretary to the Treasury under his brother-in-law, the Earl of Danby, from 1673 until 1679, but did not wield significant political power... |
Tory | ||||
| 1679 | Sir Richard Cust, Bt. Sir Richard Cust, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Cust, 1st Baronet was a British barrister and Member of Parliament.Cust was the son of Samuel Cust and Ann Burrell. He represented Lincolnshire in the House of Commons in 1653 and Stamford from 1679 to 1685... |
William Hyde | ||||
| 1685 | Hon. Peregrine Bertie Peregrine Bertie (senior) Peregrine Bertie was an English politician, the second son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey.One of the English volunteers in the French army in 1654, Bertie subsequently served as a cornet in the Royal Horse Guards in 1661, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1667 and captain from 1676 until... |
Tory | Hon. Charles Bertie Charles Bertie (senior) Captain Charles Bertie , British diplomat, was the fifth son of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey by his first wife, Martha Cokayne. He rose to serve as Secretary to the Treasury under his brother-in-law, the Earl of Danby, from 1673 until 1679, but did not wield significant political power... |
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| 1689 | William Hyde | |||||
| 1694 | Hon. Philip Bertie Philip Bertie Philip Bertie was an English courtier and politician, the third son of Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey.Bertie was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, from which he took a BA in 1685, and trained a company of volunteers of foot from among the Oxford scholars to support James II during the... |
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| 1698 | Hon. William Cecil | |||||
| 1705 | Charles Cecil | |||||
| 1711 | Charles Bertie Charles Bertie (of Uffington) Charles Bertie was a British politician, the son of Charles Bertie and grandson of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey.In 1704, he married Mary Narbonne, by whom he had several children, including:... |
Tory | ||||
| March 1722 | Hon. Brownlow Cecil Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter Brownlow Cecil, 8th Earl of Exeter , known as the Honourable Brownlow Cecil from 1701 to 1722, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Life:... |
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| October 1722 | William Noel | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Shirley | |||||
| 1734 | John Proby John Proby (d. 1762) John Proby , was a British Member of Parliament.Proby was the son of William Proby, Governor of Fort St George, Madras, and his wife Henrietta . He was elected to the House of Commons for Huntingdonshire in 1722, a seat he held until 1727, and later represented Stamford from 1734 to 1747. He... |
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| June 1747 | John Proby, junior John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort KB PC was a British Whig politician.Carysfort was the son of John Proby, of Elton Hall, Huntingdonshire, and his wife Jane, daughter of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Baron Gower, and was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge... |
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:... |
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| December 1747 | Robert Barbor | Non partisan Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
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| 1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.... |
John Harvey-Thursby | Non partisan | ||||
| 1761 British general election, 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707... |
John Chaplin | Non partisan | George Bridges Brudenell | Non partisan | ||
| 1765 by-election | George René Aufrère | Non partisan | ||||
| 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:... |
Lieutenant-General (Sir) George Howard | Non partisan | ||||
| 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 Cecil Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter Henry Cecil, 1st Marquess of Exeter , known as Henry Cecil from 1754 to 1793 and as The Earl of Exeter from 1793 to 1801, was a British peer and Member of Parliament.-Background:... |
Non partisan | ||||
| 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:... |
The Earl of Carysfort John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort John Joshua Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort, KP, PC, PC , FRS was a British judge, diplomat Whig politician and poet.-Background and education:... |
Non partisan | ||||
| 1796 by-election | Lieutenant-General John Leland John Leland (politician) John Leland was a Member of Parliament serving in the House of Commons of Great Britain representing the Stamford constituency from 1796 until his death in 1808.... |
Non partisan | ||||
| 1801 by-election | Lieutenant-General Albemarle Bertie Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey Lieutenant-General Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey was a British nobleman and general.He was the son of Peregrine Bertie, a barrister and great-great-grandson of Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey.... |
Tory | ||||
| 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... |
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| 1808 by-election | Evan Foulkes Evan Foulkes Evan Foulkes was a politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament from 1807 to 1818.- External links :... |
Tory | ||||
| 1809 by-election | Charles Chaplin Charles Chaplin (younger) Charles Chaplin was an English Member of Parliament . He represented Stamford from 1809 to 1812 and Lincolnshire from 1818 to 1831.- References:**- External links :... |
Tory | ||||
| 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.... |
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... |
Tory | ||||
| 1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats... |
Lord Thomas Cecil | Tory | Captain the Hon. William Percy William Henry Percy William Henry Percy was a Royal Navy officer.-Family:... |
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| 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.... |
Thomas Chaplin Thomas Chaplin Thomas Chaplin was an English draper and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Chaplin was the son of William Chaplin of Semer by his first wife Agnes and was baptised on 21 October 1591. His father was bailiff of Semer manor. Chaplin set himself up as a linen-draper in Bury... |
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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... |
Charles Tennyson Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt , born Charles Tennyson, was a British politician, landowner and Member of Parliament for Stamford from 1831 to 1832 and for Lambeth from 1832 to 1852... |
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.... |
Thomas Chaplin Thomas Chaplin Thomas Chaplin was an English draper and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Chaplin was the son of William Chaplin of Semer by his first wife Agnes and was baptised on 21 October 1591. His father was bailiff of Semer manor. Chaplin set himself up as a linen-draper in Bury... |
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... |
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... |
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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.... |
Marquess of Granby Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland KG , styled Marquess of Granby before 1857, was an English Conservative 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... |
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| 1838 by-election | Sir George Clerk, Bt Sir George Clerk, 6th Baronet Sir George Clerk of Pennycuik, 6th Baronet PC, DL , was a British Tory politician.-Background:Clerk was the son of James Clerk, third son of Sir George Clerk-Maxwell, 4th Baronet, by his wife Janet Irving, daughter of George Irving, of Newton.-Political career:Clerk sat as Member of Parliament for... |
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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| 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 *... |
Rt Hon. John Charles Herries John Charles Herries John Charles Herries PC , known as J. C. Herries, was a British politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid 19th century.-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... |
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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... |
Sir Frederic Thesiger Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford PC KC FRS was a British jurist and Conservative politician. He was twice Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.-Early life:... |
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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| 1853 by-election | Lord Robert Cecil Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC , styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years... |
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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| March 1858 by-election | John Inglis John Inglis, Lord Glencorse John Inglis, Lord Glencorse FRSE was a Scottish politician and judge. He was Lord President of the Court of Session .... |
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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| July 1858 by-election | Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC , known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician... |
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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| 1866 by-election | Sir John Dalrymple-Hay, Bt | 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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| May 1868 by-election | Viscount Ingestre Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 19th Earl of Waterford, 4th Earl Talbot, PC , styled Viscount Ingestre between 1849 and 1868, was a British Conservative politician... |
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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| June 1868 by-election | William Unwin Heygate | 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... |
Reform Act 1867 Reform Act 1867 The Representation of the People Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 was a piece of British legislation that enfranchised the urban male working class in England and Wales.... : constituency reduced to one seat |
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MPs 1868–1918
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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... |
Sir John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Bt John Charles Dalrymple Hay Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Baronet GCB was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He succeeded to the Baronetcy on 19 March 1861 and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1874.-Naval 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... |
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| 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 *... |
Marston Clarke Buszard Marston Clarke Buszard Marston Clarke Buszard Q.C. was an English barrister and a Liberal 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... |
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| 1885: Borough constituency abolished. Name transferred to county division | ||||||
| 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:... |
John Compton Lawrance John Compton Lawrance Sir John Compton Lawrance DL was an English judge and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:Lawrance was the son of Thomas Munton Lawrance of Dunsby Hall, Lincolnshire and his wife Louisa Compton. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1859, and became a Q.C. in 1877. He became Recorder... |
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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| 1890 by-election | Henry John Cockayne Cust Henry Cust Henry John "Harry" Cockayne-Cust was an English politician and editor who served as a Member of Parliament for the Unionist Party.-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... |
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| 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... |
William Younger | 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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| 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**... |
Lord John Joicey-Cecil Lord John Joicey-Cecil Lord John Pakenham Joicey-Cecil , was a British Conservative politician.Joicey-Cecil was the fourth son of William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter, and his wife Lady Georgina Sophia, daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford. Brownlow Cecil, 4th Marquess of Exeter, was his elder brother... |
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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| 1910 | Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby Lieutenant-Colonel Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby was a British Conservative Party politician.Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby was the second son of Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster, and his wife Lady Evelyn Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly... |
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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| 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... |
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Notes
Election notes
The bloc votePlurality-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).
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 Namier and Brooke 1754-1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and Craig from the United Kingdom 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....
. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
Elections before 1715
Dates of Parliaments 1660-1715| Summoned | Elected | Opened | Dismissed |
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| 16 March 1660 | 1660 | 25 April 1660 | 29 December 1660 |
| 18 February 1661 | 1661 | 8 May 1661 | 24 January 1679 |
| 25 January 1679 | 1679 | 6 March 1679 | 12 July 1679 |
| 24 July 1679 | 1679–1680 | 21 October 1680 | 18 January 1681 |
| 20 January 1681 | 1681 | 21 March 1681 | 28 March 1681 |
| 14 February 1685 | 1685 | 19 May 1685 | 2 July 1687 |
| 29 December 1688 | 1688–1689 | 22 January 1689 | 6 February 1690 |
| 6 February 1690 | 1690 | 20 March 1690 | 11 October 1695 |
| 12 October 1695 | 1695 | 22 November 1695 | 6 July 1698 |
| 13 July 1698 | 1698 | 24 August 1698 | 19 December 1700 |
| 26 December 1700 | 1700–1701 | 6 February 1701 | 11 November 1701 |
| 3 November 1701 | 1701 | 30 December 1701 | 2 July 1702 |
| 2 July 1702 | 1702 | 20 August 1702 | 5 April 1705 |
| 1705 | 7 May-6 June 1705 | 14 June 1705 | see Note |
| 1707 | see Note | 23 October 1707 | 3 April 1708 |
| 1708 | 30 April-7 July 1708 | 8 July 1708 | 21 September 1710 |
| 1710 | 2 October-16 November 1710 | 25 November 1710 | 8 August 1713 |
| 1713 | 22 August-12 November 1713 | 12 November 1713 | 15 January 1715 |
Note:-
- The MPs of the Parliament of England (elected 1705) and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of ScotlandParliament of ScotlandThe Parliament of Scotland, officially the Estates of Parliament, was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland. The unicameral parliament of Scotland is first found on record during the early 13th century, with the first meeting for which a primary source survives at...
, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain in 1707.
Election results 1715-1800
1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s |
Elections in the 1710s
Elections in the 1720s
- Succession of Cecil as 8th Earl of Exeter
Elections in the 1730s
- Seat vacated when Noel was appointed to an office
Elections in the 1740s
- Seat vacated when Burghley chose to sit for RutlandRutland (UK Parliament constituency)Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire...
Elections in the 1750s
Elections in the 1760s
- Death of Chaplin
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Brudenell to an office
Elections in the 1770s
Elections in the 1780s
Elections in the 1790s
- Death of Howard
Election Results 1801-1918
| 1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s – 1890s – 1900s – 1910s |
Elections in the 1800s
- Creation of Carysfort as a peer of the United Kingdom
- Death of Leland
- Succession of Bertie as the 9th Earl of LindseyEarl of LindseyEarl of Lindsey is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for the 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby . He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1635 to 1636 and also established his claim in right of his mother to the hereditary office of Lord Great Chamberlain of England...
- Note (1809): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for two days
Elections in the 1810s
Note (1812): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for two daysNote (1818): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for one day
Elections in the 1820s
Elections in the 1830s
Note (1830): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for four daysNote (1831): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days
Note (1832): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Finch as Tories and Gregory as a Whig candidate.
Note (1835): Stooks Smith classified Chaplin and Finch as Tory candidates.
Note (1837): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified Chaplin and Granby as Tories and Langford as a Whig candidate. Langford retired before the poll.
- Resignation of Chaplin
Note (1838): Stooks Smith classifies Clerk as a Tory.
Elections in the 1840s
- Note (1841): Stooks Smith classified Clerk and Granby as Tory candidates.
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Clerk as Master of the MintMaster of the MintMaster of the Mint was an important office in the governments of Scotland and England, and later Great Britain, between the 16th and 19th centuries. The Master was the highest officer in the Royal Mint. Until 1699, appointment was usually for life. Its holder occasionally sat in the cabinet...
Note (1847): Stooks Smith was the source for the number of electors voting and classified all three candidates as Tories. Stooks Smith has a registered electorate figure of 613, but Craig's figure of 616 is used to calculate turnout.
Elections in the 1850s
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Herries as President of the Board of Control for IndiaPresident of the Board of ControlThe President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs. The position was frequently a cabinet...
- Resignation of Herries
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Thesiger as Lord ChancellorLord ChancellorThe Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...
and his elevation to the peerage as the 1st Baron Chelmsford
- Seat vacated on the appointment of Inglis as Lord Justice ClerkLord Justice ClerkThe Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session.The holder has the title in both the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary and is in charge of the Second Division of Judges in the Court of Session...
with the Scottish judicial title of Lord Glencorse
Elections in the 1860s
- Lord Robert Cecil became known by the courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne, following the death of his brother in 1865.
- Resignation of Northcote, to contest North DevonNorth Devon (UK Parliament constituency)North Devon is a county 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....
, in 1866.
- Seats vacated on the appointment of Cranborne as Secretary of State for IndiaSecretary of State for IndiaThe Secretary of State for India, or India Secretary, was the British Cabinet minister responsible for the government of India and the political head of the India Office...
and Hay as a Lord Commissioner of the AdmiraltyLord Commissioner of the AdmiraltyThe Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of the Board of Admiralty, which exercised command over the Royal Navy.Officially known as the Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland &c. The Lords...
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- Succession of Cranborne as the 3rd Marquess of SalisburyMarquess of SalisburyMarquess of Salisbury is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1789 for the 7th Earl of Salisbury. Most of the holders of the title have been prominent in British political life over the last two centuries, particularly the 3rd Marquess, who served three times as Prime Minister...
- Succession of Ingestre as the 19th Earl of ShrewsburyEarl of ShrewsburyEarl of Shrewsbury is a hereditary title of nobility created twice in the peerage of England.-First creation, 1074:The first creation occurred in 1074 for Roger de Montgomerie, one of William the Conqueror's principal counselors...
- Constituency electorate expanded and representation reduced to one seat, by the Reform Act 1867Reform Act 1867The Representation of the People Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 was a piece of British legislation that enfranchised the urban male working class in England and Wales....
with effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1868United Kingdom general election, 1868The 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...
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Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
- Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884Representation of the People Act 1884In the United Kingdom, the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrage in Britain after the Disraeli Government's Reform Act 1867...
and parliamentary borough abolished and replaced by a county division (under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885Redistribution of Seats Act 1885The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...
) with substantial boundary changes; with effect from the United Kingdom general election, 1885United 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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- Seat vacated on the appointment of Lawrance as a Justice of the High Court of JusticeHigh Court of JusticeThe High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
(Queen's Bench Division).
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
- Constitiuency abolished (1918)