Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcestershire was a county constituency of the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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

of the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

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

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...

from 1801 to 1832. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament, traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire. It was split then into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, Worcestershire Eastern

East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

and Worcestershire Western constituencies.

Boundaries

Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

was one of the historic counties of England

Historic counties of England

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

. The constituency comprised the whole county, except for the boroughs

Parliamentary borough

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

of Bewdley

Bewdley (UK Parliament constituency)

Bewdley was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1605 until 1950. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough in Worcestershire, represented by one Member of Parliament; the name was then transferred to a county constituency from 1885 until...

, Droitwich

Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Droitwich was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of England in 1295, and again from 1554, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918...

, Evesham

Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)

Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295...

and Worcester

Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)

Worcester is a borough 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; from 1295 to 1885 it elected two MPs....

1294–1478

Year	Location	First Member	Second Member
23 Edward I	Westminster	William de Senescal	Simon de Crombe
25 Edward I	Westminster	William de Senescal	William de Fokerham
26 Edward I	York	William de Senescal	Simon de Crombe
28 Edward I	London	Roger de Tracy	Thomas de Botteley
29 Edward I		Robert Bracy
33 Edward I	Westminster	William de Fokerham
34 Edward I	Great Council at Westminster	William de Fokerham	Peter Salcomb
35 Edward I	Carlisle	Peter de Salso Marisco	Walter Haket
2 Edward II	Westminster	Robert Sturmy	Robert de Somery
5 Edward II	Westminster	John de Washbourne	Edmund de Grafton
6 Edward II	Westminster	William de Galeys	William de Senescal
6 Edward II	Westminster	Edmund de Grafton	Alexander de Besford
6 Edward II	Westminster	Robert Somery	John le Rous
7 Edward II	Westminster	Edmund de Grafton	Alexander de Besford
8 Edward II	Westminster	Robert de Sturmy	Alexander de Besford
8 Edward II	Westminster	Edmund de Grafton	John de Bishopsden
9 Edward II	Lincoln	Richard de Clebury
9 Edward II	Great Council at Westminster	Robert Somery	Thomas de Lyttelton
12 Edward II	York	Walter de Beauchamp	Walter de Blount
12 Edward II	York	Roger Mael	John Fitz Simon le Brun
15 Edward II	York	William de Bradewell	Hugh de Hawleslowe
16 Edward II	York	John de Stone	John de Offley
17 Edward II	Westminster	William de Bradewell	Alexander de Besford
19 Edward II	Westminster	Robert de Somery	Henry de Wenlond
20 Edward II	Westminster	Richard de Hawkeslowe	Robert Attwode
1 Edward III	Lincoln	John de Stone	Robert Attwode
1 Edward III	York	Richard de Hawkeslowe	John de Stone
1 Edward III	Westminster	Richard de Hawkeslowe	Robert Attwode
2 Edward III	New Sarum	Peter de Grete	Richard Bertram
2 Edward III	Northampton	Richard de Hawkeslowe	John de Stone
3 Edward III	New Sarum	Peter de Grete
4 Edward III	Westminster	Henry de Hanbury	Robert de Graas
4 Edward III	Westminster	John de Stone	Edmund de Dunclent
5 Edward III	Westminster	William le Blount	Richard Hawkeslowe
6 Edward III	Westminster	Richard Hawkeslowe	William de Bradewell
6 Edward III	Westminster	Robert Somery	John le Rous
7 Edward III	Westminster	Peter de Grete	John de la More
7 Edward III	Westminster	William de Bradewell	Peter de Grete
8 Edward III	Westminster	Peter de Grete	John de Stone
8 Edward III	York	Peter de Grete	John de la More
9 Edward III	York	Peter de Grete	John de la More
10 Edward III	Westminster	Walter be Newington	Peter de Grete
10 Edward III	Westminster	John de Bruning	John Aleyn
11 Edward III	Westminster	John Golafre	William D'Abetot
11 Edward III	Council at Westminster	William Corbet	John de Stone
11 Edward III	Westminster	Peter de Grete	John Golafre
11 Edward III	Westminster	Peter de Grete	John Golafre
12 Edward III	Northampton (Council)	Peter de Grete	John Golafre
12 Edward III	Westminster	Walter de Berathorpe	Walter de Blount
13 Edward III	Westminster	John Sapey	John de Stone
13 Edward III	Westminster	Walter de Shekerhurst	Thomas de Loughtre
14 Edward III	Westminster	John de Lee	Walter de Newington
14 Edward III	Westminster	Badw. Frevell	John de Hull
14 Edward III	Westminster	Robert Corbet	William de Bracy
14 Edward III	Westminster	John de Evelen	John de Stone
15 Edward III	Westminster	John de Hull	Richard de Eastham
15 Edward III	Westminster	Richard de Hawkeslowe	John de Stone
17 Edward III	Westminster	Richard de Hawkeslowe	John de Stone
17 Edward III	Westminster	John le Brugh	Thomas de Slaughtre
18 Edward III	Westminster	Robert Attwode	John le Brugh
18 Edward III	Sarum	William de Bradewell	Alexander Besford
20 Edward III	Westminster	Thomas de Slaughtre	William de Norton
21 Edward III	Westminster	John de Hull	John de Brugh (Brayne)
22 Edward III	Westminster	John de Lokynton	William de Norton
22 Edward III	Westminster	John de Hull	John de Brugh
24 Edward III	Westminster	Walter de Shekerhurst	Thomas Cassy
25 Edward III	Westminster	Walter de Shekerhurst	Edward le Brugge
26 Edward III	Westminster	John de Beauchamp of Holt	John de Harley
26 & 27 Edward III	Council at Westminster	Gilbert Chasteleyn
28 Edward III	Westminster	Gilbert Chasteleyn	William de Shakenhrust
29 Edward III	Westminster	John de Beauchamp	John Musard
31 Edward III	Westminster	Robert de Bracy	John de Lokynton
32 Edward III	Westminster	Robert de Bracy	William le Spencer
34 Edward III	Westminster	William de Shakenhurst	Roger le Brugge
34 Edward III	Westminster	Robert Bracy	Roger de Brugge
35 Edward III	Westminster	Robert Bracy	Roger de Brugge
36 Edward III	Westminster	Lionius de Perton	Edward Kerdiffe
37 Edward III	Westminster	Thomas Foliot	Reginald de Hanbury
38 Edward III	Westminster	Robert Bracy	Robert Russel
39 Edward III	Westminster	Robert Bracy	Robert Russel
40 Edward III	Westminster	Robert de la More	Nicholas Bottham
42 Edward III	Westminster	Henry Sturmy	Thomas de la Rivere
42 Edward III	Westminster	John Horsley	Nicholas Moxhall
45 Edward III	Westminster	Richard Fyton	John Meyn
45 Edward III	Council at Westminster	Richard Fyton	John Meyn
46 Edward III	Westminster	John Attwood	Richard Fyton
47 Edward III	Westminster	John Attwode	Edmund de Brugge
50 Edward III	Westminster	Sir J Attwode	Sir R Fyton
51 Edward III	Westminster	John de Sapy	John Beauchamp
1 Richard II	Westminster	Sir R Fyton	John Beauchamp
2 Richard II	Gloucester	Sir William Cokesey	Sir John Russel
2 Richard II	Westminster	Sir William Wasteneys	Sir John Russel
2 Richard II	Westminster	Sir John Attwode	John Beauchamp of Holt
2 Richard II	Northampton	Sir John Attwode	John Beauchamp of Holt
5 Richard II	Westminster	Henry de Arden	John de Sapy
5 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Richard Fyton	John de Sapy
6 Richard II	Westminster	Alexander de Besford
6 Richard II	Westminster	Ralf Stafford	Roger de Hanbury
7 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Nicholas Sellyng	Henry Bruyn
7 Richard II	Sarum	Sir John Herle	--- de Stafford
8 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Walter Cokesey	Sir John Herle
9 Richard II	Westminster	Sir John de Sapy	Henry Bruyn
10 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Nicholas Sellyng (Lilling)	Henry Bruyn
11 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Nicholas Sellyng (Lilling)	Sir Hugh Cheyne
12 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Nicholas Sellyng (Lilling)	Alexander de Besford
13 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Nicholas Sellyng (Lilling)	Sir Hugh Cheyne
14 Richard II	Westminster	Sir Nicholas Sellyng (Lilling)	Sir Hugh Cheyne
15 Richard II	Westminster	Alexander Besford	Henry Bruyn
16 Richard II	Winchester	Nicholas Sellyng (Lilling)	William Spernore
17 Richard II	Westminster	Richard Thurgrym	William Spernore
18 Richard II	Westminster	Alexander Besford	Robert Russel
20 Richard II	Westminster	William Spernore	Richard Ruyhall
21 Richard II	Westminster	Sir John Russel	Richard Ruyhall
1 Henry IV	Westminster	John Blount	William Spernore
2 Henry IV	Westminster	Sir John Beauchamp of Holt	Ralf Stafford
3 Henry IV	Westminster	Thomas Throgmorton	John Bracy
4 Henry IV	Westminster	Thomas Throgmorton	John Bracy
5 Henry IV	Westminster	Sir Simon Blount	John Washbourne
6 Henry IV	Coventry	John Beauchamp of Holt	Ralf Stafford
8 Henry IV	Westminster	Ralph Ardern	Thomas Hodyngton
9 Henry IV	Gloucester	Sir William Beauchamp	Richard Ruyhall
1 Henry V	Westminster	William Beauchamp of Powick	Sir John Phelys
2 Henry V	Leicester	William Beauchamp of Powick	John Beauchamp of Holt
3 Henry V	Westminster	William Beauchamp of Powick	William Russel
3 Henry V	Westminster	Humphrey Stafford	John Bracy
5 Henry V	Westminster	William Wollashall	Thomas Morant
8 Henry V	Westminster	John Throgmorton	John Weston
8 Henry V	Westminster	William Beauchamp	Richard Ruyhall
9 Henry V	Westminster	Walter Corbet	John Bracy
1 Henry VI	Westminster	John Throgmorton	John Vampage
2 Henry VI	Westminster	William Wollashall	John Bracy
4 Henry VI	Westminster	Sir William Lichfield	Thomas Heuster
5 Henry VI	Leicester	Humphrey Stafford of Grafton	John Vampage
8 Henry VI	Westminster	John Huband	John Vampage
9 Henry VI	Westminster	William Wollashall	John Wode
13 Henry VI	Westminster	John Wode	Robert Russel
20 Henry VI	Westminster	Hugh Cokesey	Walter Skull
25 Henry VI	Cambridge	Humphrey Stafford	Walter Skull
27 Henry VI	Westminster	Humphrey Stafford	John Throgmorton
28 Henry VI	Westminster	Humphrey Stafford	Thomas Windeslawe
29 Henry VI	Westminster	Humphrey Stafford	John Throgmorton
31 Henry VI	Reading	Sir Walter Skull	Humphrey Stafford
33 Henry VI	Westminster	Humphrey Stafford	Fulk Stafford
35 Henry VI	Westminster	John Stafford	Fulk Stafford
6 Edward IV	Westminster	Renefred Arundel	Thomas Lygon
12 Edward IV	Westminster	Richard Hyde	Thomas Lygon
17 Edward IV	Westminster	William Berkley	John Acton

Source: Treadway Russell Nash

Treadway Russell Nash

Treadway Russell Nash was English clergyman, now known as an early historian of Worcestershire, and the author of Collections for the History of Worcestershire, an important source document for Worcestershire county histories. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London...

1479–1552

Parliament	First member	Second member
1510-1532	Not known
1529	Sir Gilbert Talbot	John Russell
1536	Not known
1539 (30 Henry VIII)	Sir John Russell	Sir John Pakington John Pakington (serjeant-at-law) Sir John Pakington , was a serjeant-at-law, MP and Sheriff.-Early life:Pakington was eldest son of John Pakington, by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Washbourne of Stanford, Worcestershire. He entered the Inner Temple, and was Lent reader in 1520.-Career:He must have had influence at...
1542 (33 Henry VIII)	Sir Gilbert Talbot, died and replaced by Thomas Russell	William Sheldon
1547	Thomas Russell	William Sheldon

1553–1649

Year	Location	First Member	Second Member
7 Edward VI 1553	Westminster	Walter Blount	Francis Savage
1 Mary 1553	Westminster	Sir Thomas Russell	John Lyttelton
1 Mary 1554	Westminster	John Bourne	William Sheldon
1 Mary 1554	Westminster	Sir John Bourne	Walter Blount
2&3 Ph & Mary	Westminster	Sir John Bourne	William Sheldon
4&5 Ph & Mary	Westminster	Sir John Bourne	Sir Thomas Baskerville
1 Elizabeth	Westminster	Sir Thomas Russell	Thomas Blount of Kidderminster
5 Elizabeth	Westminster	Thomas Blount of Kidderminster	Ralph Sheldon
13 Elizabeth	Westminster	Sir Thomas Russell	Gilbert Lyttelton jnr Gilbert Lyttelton Gilbert Lyttelton was the eldest son of Sir John Lyttelton .He was Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in 1570 and in 1571. He inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley on his father's death...
14 Elizabeth	Westminster	Gilbert Lyttelton jnr Gilbert Lyttelton Gilbert Lyttelton was the eldest son of Sir John Lyttelton .He was Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in 1570 and in 1571. He inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley on his father's death...	John Talbot
27 Elizabeth	Westminster	John Russell	John Lyttelton jnr John Lyttelton (MP) Sir John Lyttelton was a Member of Parliament for Worcestershire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.He was the eldest son of Gilbert Lyttelton and married Meriel, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England...
28 Elizabeth	Westminster	John Russell	John Lyttelton jnr John Lyttelton (MP) Sir John Lyttelton was a Member of Parliament for Worcestershire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.He was the eldest son of Gilbert Lyttelton and married Meriel, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England...
31 Elizabeth	Westminster	Sir John Russell	William Lygon William Lygon Sir William Lygon was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1608.Lygon was the eldest son of Richard Lygon of Madresfield, Worcestershire and his wife Mary Russelll, daughter of Sir Thomas Russell of Strensham...
35 Elizabeth	Westminster	Sir Henry Bromley	William Walshe
39 Elizabeth	Westminster	John Lyttelton jnr John Lyttelton (MP) Sir John Lyttelton was a Member of Parliament for Worcestershire during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.He was the eldest son of Gilbert Lyttelton and married Meriel, daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England...	Edward Colles
1601	Westminster	Thomas Leighton	Thomas Russell Thomas Russell (died 1632) Thomas Russell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and in 1614.Russell was the son of Sir John Russell of Strensham. He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford on 5 November 1591, aged 14. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He was...
1603	Westminster	Sir Henry Bromley Henry Bromley (died 1615) Sir Henry Bromley was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1584 and 1604....	Sir William Lygon William Lygon Sir William Lygon was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1608.Lygon was the eldest son of Richard Lygon of Madresfield, Worcestershire and his wife Mary Russelll, daughter of Sir Thomas Russell of Strensham... (died 1609) repl Sir Samuel Sandys Samuel Sandys (died 1623) Sir Samuel Sandys was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1622....
1614	Westminster	Sir Thomas Bromley Thomas Bromley (died 1641) Sir Thomas Bromley was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629....	Sir Samuel Sandys Samuel Sandys (died 1623) Sir Samuel Sandys was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1622....
1621	Westminster	Sir Thomas Lyttelton Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, to whom the estates had been restored by James I, after their...	Sir Samuel Sandys Samuel Sandys (died 1623) Sir Samuel Sandys was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1622....
1624	Westminster	Sir Thomas Lyttelton Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, to whom the estates had been restored by James I, after their...	Sir Walter Devereux, Bt Walter Devereux, 5th Viscount Hereford Sir Walter Devereux was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1624 and became the 5th Viscount Hereford, a peer in the peerage of England....
1625	Westminster and Oxford	Sir Thomas Lyttelton Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, to whom the estates had been restored by James I, after their...	William Russell Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley , was an English politician.Russell was the son of Sir Thomas Russell and his wife Elizabeth Spencer daughter of Sir William Spencer. He was the Member of Parliament for Worcestershire and one of the Russell Baronets. The title was created for him on 12...
1626	Westminster	Sir Thomas Lyttelton Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, to whom the estates had been restored by James I, after their...	Sir John Rouse John Rouse (MP) Sir John Rouse was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1626.Rouse was the son of Edward Rouse of Rouse Lench. He was knighted in July 1606. In 1611 he inherited the estates of his father. He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1611. In 1620 he became a J.P.....
1628	Westminster	Thomas Coventry Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry Thomas Coventry, 2nd Baron Coventry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1626 and 1629 and was subsequently a member of the House of Lords. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	Sir Thomas Bromley Thomas Bromley (died 1641) Sir Thomas Bromley was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1629....
April 1640	Westminster	Sir Thomas Lyttelton Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 1st Baronet was the eldest son of John Lyttelton and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley from his mother, Meriel daughter of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, to whom the estates had been restored by James I, after their...	Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
November 1640	Westminster	John Wilde John Wilde (jurist) John Wilde was an English lawyer and politician. As a serjeant-at-law he was referred to as Serjeant Wilde before he was appointed judge...	Humphrey Salwey Humphrey Salwey Humphrey Salwey was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1652. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....

Source: TR Nash

Commonwealth Parliaments

	Year	First Member	Second Member	Third Member	Fourth Member
1653	Richard Salwey Richard Salwey Richard Salwey was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1659. He was a republican in politics and fought on the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.-Life:...	John James John James (Parliamentarian) John James was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....
1654	Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1660....	Edward Pytts Edward Pytts Edward Pytts was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.Pytts was the son of Sir James Pytts of Kyre who had been High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1633....	Nicholas Lechmere Nicholas Lechmere Sir Nicholas Lechmere , of Hanley Castle in Worcestershire, was an English Judge and Member of Parliament.A nephew of Sir Thomas Overbury, Lechmere was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and called to the bar as a member of Middle Temple in 1641. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he sided with...	John Bridges John Bridges (Parliamentarian) John Bridges was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656. He fought in the Parliamentarian army in the English Civil War....	Talbot Badger Talbot Badger Talbot Badger was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.Badger was the son of John Badger, of Poole House, Hanley, Worcestershire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 5 April 1639, aged 17. In 1654, he was elected Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in the...
1656	Col. James Berry James Berry (Major-General) James Berry was a Parliamentary Major-General who fought in the English Civil War.Berry was a major-general; clerk in ironworks, Shropshire, ca...	Edward Pytts Edward Pytts Edward Pytts was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.Pytts was the son of Sir James Pytts of Kyre who had been High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1633....	Nicholas Lechmere Nicholas Lechmere Sir Nicholas Lechmere , of Hanley Castle in Worcestershire, was an English Judge and Member of Parliament.A nephew of Sir Thomas Overbury, Lechmere was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and called to the bar as a member of Middle Temple in 1641. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he sided with...	Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1660....	John Nanfan John Nanfan John Nanfan was a lieutenant governor of the Province of New York from 1698 to 1702. He served as acting governor for about a year between the death of the Earl of Bellomont and the arrival of Bellomont's successor, Lord Cornbury...
1658-9	Nicholas Lechmere Nicholas Lechmere Sir Nicholas Lechmere , of Hanley Castle in Worcestershire, was an English Judge and Member of Parliament.A nephew of Sir Thomas Overbury, Lechmere was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, and called to the bar as a member of Middle Temple in 1641. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he sided with...	Thomas Foley

Source: T. R. Nash, Collections for a History of Worcestershire (1783)

MPs 1660–1832

Election	\|Second member	Second party
1660		Henry Bromley		John Talbot John Talbot (died 1714) Sir John Talbot was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1660 and 1687. He was a second in a duel between George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury.Talbot was son of Sherington Talbot...
1661		Sir John Pakington, 2nd Bt Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1679. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....	Royalist	Samuel Sandys
1679		Thomas Foley Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701) Thomas Foley was the eldest son of the ironmaster Thomas Foley. He succeeded his father to the Great Witley estate, including Witley Court, in 1677....		Samuel Sandys
1681				Bridges Nanfan
1685		Sir John Pakington, 3rd Bt Sir John Pakington, 3rd Baronet Sir John Pakington of Westwood , 3rd Baronet, was the only surviving son of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet. Like most of his family he was a Tory and served as Member of Parliament for Worcestershire in James II's Parliament...	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...	James Pytts
1689		Sir James Rushout, Bt Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and baronet.Sir James was made a Baronet at the young age of 17 in 1661 , and later served as Member of Parliament for Evesham and Worcestershire in the Parliament of England.He had several children,...		Thomas Foley Thomas Foley (c. 1641–1701) Thomas Foley was the eldest son of the ironmaster Thomas Foley. He succeeded his father to the Great Witley estate, including Witley Court, in 1677....
1690		Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet was a British politician. He represented Aylesbury and Worcestershire. He was known for his Tory and High Church views.He succeeded Sir John Pakington, 3rd Baronet in 1688...	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...
1695		Edwin Sandys
1698		Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet Sir John Pakington, 4th Baronet was a British politician. He represented Aylesbury and Worcestershire. He was known for his Tory and High Church views.He succeeded Sir John Pakington, 3rd Baronet in 1688...	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...	William Walsh
1701				William Bromley	Whig
1702				William Walsh
1705				William Bromley	Whig
1707				Sir Thomas Winford, Bt
1710				Samuel Pytts
1715				Thomas Vernon
1720				Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Bt Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet was the eldest son of Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Baronet and inherited the family estates in Frankley, Halesowen, Hagley, and Upper Arley on his death in 1716....
1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...		Sir Herbert Pakington, Bt
1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...				Edmund Lechmere
1741 British general election, 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...				Edmund Pytts I
1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...		Viscount Deerhurst George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry George William Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry , known as Viscount Deerhurst from 1744 to 1751, was a British peer and Tory politician....
1751 by-election		John Bulkeley Coventry
1753 by-election		John Bulkeley Coventry		Edmund Pytts II
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 Ward John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward was a British peer and politician.Ward was the son of John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, and his first wife Anna Maria . He was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Marlborough in 1754, a seat he held until 1761, and then...		William Dowdeswell	Whig
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:...		Edward Foley Edward Foley (1747–1803) Edward Foley was the second son of Thomas, 1st Lord Foley.Like his brother, he was profligate with the great family wealth...		William Dowdeswell	Whig
1775 by-election				William Lygon
1803 by-election		John Ward	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...	William Lygon
1806 by-election		John Ward		William Lygon
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....		William Henry Lyttelton William Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton , was the son of William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton by his second marriage to Caroline Bristow. He married Lady Sarah Spencer daughter of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, by whom he had several children including his heir....		William Lygon
1816 by-election				Henry Beauchamp Lygon
1820 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....		Sir Thomas Winnington, Bt Sir Thomas Winnington, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Edward Winnington was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1807 and 1837....
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...		Thomas Foley Thomas Foley, 4th Baron Foley Thomas Henry Foley, 4th Baron Foley was a British peer and Liberal politician. He held office in every Whig/Liberal government between 1833 and 1869.- Family and estate :...	Whig
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...			Whig	Frederick Spencer Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer KG, CB, PC , styled The Honourable Frederick Spencer until 1845, was a British naval commander, courtier and Whig politician. He initially served in the Royal Navy and fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence, eventually rising...	Whig
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....	constituency divided. See Worcestershire Eastern East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency) East Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.... and Worcestershire Western

Elections

The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each voter had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in the county town

County town

A county town is a county's administrative centre in the United Kingdom or Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county. The concept of a county town eventually became detached from its...

of Worcester

Worcester

The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...

. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of voters, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.

The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual.