Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)
Middlesex | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1265–1885 | |
Number of members | two |
Replaced by | Brentford, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hornsey, Tottenham and Uxbridge |
Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
Contents
Boundaries and boundary changes
This county constituency consisted of the historic county of Middlesex, in south-eastern England, comprising Spelthorne, Colnbrook, and Potters Bar in other modern counties, together with the north, west, and north-west sectors of the present-day Greater London. Its southern boundary was the River Thames.
The county seat returned two Members of Parliament (sometimes referred to by the medieval term of knights of the shire) until 1885. The place of election for the county was at Brentford.
Until 1832 the county franchise was limited to forty shilling freeholders. The decrease in the value of money due to inflation and the expansion of the wealth and population as the urbanised area in the east around London and Westminster grew contributed to gradually expanding the electorate. The county was estimated by Henning to have about 1,660 voters in 1681. Sedgwick estimated about 3,000 electors in the 1715-1754 period. Namier and Brook suggested there were about 3,500 county voters 1754-1790. The number had reached about 6,000 by 1790-1820, according to Thorne.
For subsequent changes in the franchise see Reform Act 1832 and Reform Act 1867. From 1832 voters were registered; the size of the electorate is shown below.
The geographic county until 1885 also contained the borough constituencies of City of London (first recorded as having its extraordinary four members from 1298) and Westminster (enfranchised with two members from 1545). In 1832 three two-seat Boroughs were added (or enfranchised): Finsbury, Marylebone, and Tower Hamlets. In 1868 two further metropolitan Boroughs were each granted two members of parliament: Chelsea and Hackney. The single-member non-territorial University constituency of London University (1868–1950) was somewhat connected to the county by having most of its graduates eligible to vote.
Possession of a county electoral qualification, relating to property situated in an area not otherwise represented, conferred the right to vote in the county elections.
In 1885 the county constituency was split into a number of single-member boroughs in the more urban south-east and seven county divisions elsewhere, while the City of London was reduced to two members.
In 1889 the borough constituencies that comprised the eastern part of the historic county became part of the new administrative county of London. The seven county divisions in the fringe part of the historic county, in what became the administrative county of Middlesex, were Brentford, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hornsey, Tottenham and Uxbridge. None of these formed parliamentary boroughs and were in the administrative county of Middlesex until it was disbanded in 1965.
Members of Parliament
Preliminary note: The English civil year started on Lady Day, 25 March, until 1752 (Scotland having changed to 1 January in 1600). The year used in the lists of Parliaments in this article have been converted to the new style where necessary. It should be noted that old style dates for days between 1 January and 24 March actually referred to days after 31 December. No attempt has been made to compensate for the eleven days which did not occur in September 1752 in both England and Scotland as well as other British controlled territories (when the day after 2 September was 14 September), so as to bring the British Empire fully in line with the Gregorian calendar.
Constituency created (1265): See Montfort's Parliament for further details. Knights of the shire are known to have been summoned to most Parliaments from 1290 (19th Parliament of King Edward I of England) and to every one from 1320 (19th Parliament of King Edward II of England).
Knights of the shire 1265–1660
Some of the members elected during this period have been identified, but this list does not include Parliaments where no member has been identified before the reign of King Henry VIII. In the list (as opposed to the table below) the year given is for the first meeting of the Parliament, with the month added where there was more than one Parliament in the year. If a second year is given this is a date of dissolution. Early Parliaments usually only existed for a few days or weeks, so dissolutions in the same year as the first meeting are not recorded in this list If a specific date of election is known this is recorded in italic brackets. The Roman numerals in brackets, following some names, are those used to distinguish different politicians of the same name in 'The House of Commons' 1509-1558 and 1558-1603.
In this period, Parliament was not an institution with a regular pattern of elections and sittings. Therefore, a separate entry is made for each Parliament, even if the same Knight of the Shire served in successive Parliaments.
List of known Knights of the Shire before 1509
Table of Knights of the Shire 1509-1660
Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | First Member | Second Member |
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17 October 1509 | 1509/10 | 21 January 1510 | 23 February 1510 | Sir Thomas Lovell (I) | unknown |
28 November 1511 | 1511/12 | 4 February 1512 | 4 March 1514 | unknown | unknown |
23 November 1514 | 1514/15 | 5 February 1515 | 22 December 1515 | unknown | unknown |
unknown | 1523 | 15 April 1523 | 13 August 1523 | Sir Thomas More (I) a | unknown |
9 August 1529 | 1529 | 3 November 1529 | 14 April 1536 | Robert Wroth b | Richard Hawkes c |
27 April 1536 | 1536 | 8 June 1536 | 18 July 1536 | unknown | unknown |
1 March 1539 | 1539 | 28 April 1539 | 24 July 1540 | Sir Ralph Sadler | Robert Cheeseman |
23 November 1541 | 1541/42 | 16 January 1542 | 28 March 1544 | Robert Cheeseman | John Hughes d |
1 December 1544 | 1544/45 | 23 November 1545 | 31 January 1547 | Sir William Paget | Thomas Wroth |
2 August 1547 | 1547 | 4 November 1547 | 15 April 1552 | Sir Thomas Wroth | John Newdigate |
5 January 1553 | 1553 | 1 March 1553 | 31 March 1553 | Sir Robert Bowes | Sir Thomas Wroth |
14 August 1553 | 1553 | 5 October 1553 | 5 December 1553 | Sir Edward Hastings | John Newdigate |
17 February 1554 | 1554 | 2 April 1554 | 3 May 1554 | Sir Edward Hastings | John Newdigate |
3 October 1554 | 1554 | 12 November 1554 | 16 January 1555 | Sir Edward Hastings | Sir Roger Cholmley |
3 September 1555 | 1555 | 21 October 1555 | 9 December 1555 | Sir Edward Hastings | Sir Roger Cholmley |
6 December 1557 | 1557/58 | 20 January 1558 | 17 November 1558 | Sir Roger Cholmley | John Newdigate |
5 December 1558 | 29 December 1558 | 23 January 1559 | 8 May 1559 | Sir Roger Cholmley | Sir Thomas Wroth |
10 November 1562 | 1562/63 | 11 January 1563 | 2 January 1567 | Sir William Cordell | Sir Thomas Wroth |
unknown | 1571 | 2 April 1571 | 29 May 1571 | Francis Newdigate | John Newdigate |
28 March 1572 | 1572 | 8 May 1572 | 19 April 1583 | Robert Wroth (I) | Sir Owen Hopton |
12 October 1584 | 1584 | 23 November 1584 | 14 September 1585 | Robert Wroth (I) | Sir Owen Hopton |
15 September 1586 | 1586 | 15 October 1586 | 23 March 1587 | Robert Wroth (I) | William Fleetwood (III) |
18 September 1588 | 19 December 1588 | 4 February 1589 | 29 March 1589 | Robert Wroth (I) | William Fleetwood (III) |
4 January 1593 | 1593 | 18 February 1593 | 10 April 1593 | Robert Wroth (I) | Francis Bacon |
23 August 1597 | 15 September 1597 | 24 October 1597 | 9 February 1598 | Sir Robert Wroth (I) | Sir John Peyton (I) |
11 September 1601 | 8 October 1601 | 27 October 1601 | 19 December 1601 | Sir John Fortescue (I) | Sir Robert Wroth (I) |
31 January 1604 | 1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | Sir William Fleetwood | Sir Robert Wroth |
unknown | 1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | Sir Julius Caesar | Sir Thomas Lake |
13 November 1620 | 1620/21 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | Sir Francis Darcy | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt |
20 December 1623 | 1623/24 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt | Sir John Suckling |
2 April 1625 | 1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | Sir John Francklyn | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt |
20 December 1625 | 1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt | Sir Edward Spencer |
31 January 1628 | 1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | Sir Francis Darcy | Sir Henry Spiller |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | ||||
20 February 1640 | 1640 | 13 April 1640 | 5 May 1640 | Sir John Francklyn | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt |
24 September 1640 | 1640 | 3 November 1640 | 16 March 1660 e | Sir John Francklyn f | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt g |
18 May 1648 | Sir Edward Spencer h |
Notes:-
- a Speaker of the House of Commons.
- b Wroth ceased to be an MP after 11 May 1535. It is unknown if there was a by-election.
- c Hawkes ceased to be MP by May/June 1532. It is unknown if there was a by-election.
- d Hughes ceased to be an MP after January/April 1543. It is unknown if there was a by-election.
- e In theory the Long Parliament existed throughout the 1640-1660 term, as it could not be lawfully dissolved without its own consent which was not given until 1660. In practice all or part of the membership of the House of Commons were not permitted to sit for lengthy periods. Other bodies considered to be Parliaments existed within parts of the term of the Long Parliament.
- f Francklyn died and a by-election was held.
- g In December 1648, Gilbert was excluded from Parliament in Pride's Purge and the seat was left vacant.
- h Spencer is not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge in December 1648.
Table of Members of the Commonwealth Parliaments 1653-1659
The County had three nominated members in the Barebones Parliament, four representatives in the First and Second and the usual two in the Third of the Protectorate Parliaments
Summoned | Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | 1st Member | 2nd Member | 3rd Member | 4th Member |
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4 July 1653 | 12 December 1653 | Sir William Roberts | Augustine Wingfield | Arthur Squib | |||
1 June 1654 | 1654 | 3 September 1654 | 22 January 1655 | Sir James Harrington, Bt | Sir William Roberts | Josiah Berners | Edmund Harvey |
10 July 1656 | 1656 | 17 September 1656 | 4 February 1658 | Sir John Barkstead | Sir William Roberts | Chaloner Chute | William Kiffen |
9 December 1658 | 1658/59 | 27 January 1659 | 22 April 1659 | Francis Gerard | Chaloner Chute |
Knights of the shire 1660–1885
Notes:-
- a Smithson, not the same man as the former member of the same name, changed his surname to Percy before the 1741 general election.
- b Byng received the courtesy title of Viscount Enfield in 1860.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)[self-published source][better source needed]
Elections
General notes
In multi-member elections the bloc voting system was used. Voters could cast a vote for one or two candidates, as they chose. The leading candidates with the largest number of votes were elected.
In by-elections, to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.
After 1832, when registration of voters was introduced, a turnout figure is given for contested elections. In two-member elections, when the exact number of participating voters is unknown, this is calculated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes this will be an underestimate of turnout.
Where a party had more than one candidate in one or both of a pair of successive elections change is calculated for each individual candidate, otherwise change is based on the party vote.
Candidates for whom no party has been identified are classified as Non Partisan. The candidate might have been associated with a party or faction in Parliament or consider himself to belong to a particular political tradition. Political parties before the nineteenth century were not as cohesive or organised as they later became. Contemporary commentators (even the reputed leaders of parties or factions) in the eighteenth century did not necessarily agree who the party supporters were. The traditional parties, which had arisen in the late seventeenth century, became increasingly irrelevant to politics in the eighteenth century (particularly after 1760), although for some contests in some constituencies party labels were still used. It was only towards the end of the century that party labels began to acquire some meaning again, although this process was by no means complete for several more generations.
Sources: The results for elections 1660-1790 were taken from the History of Parliament Trust publications. The results are based on Stooks Smith from 1790 until the UK general election, 1832 and Craig from 1832. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information after 1832 this is indicated in a note.
Results 1660–1885
Parliament of England
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Lancelot Lake | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir William Waller | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir William Roberts | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir James Harington, Bt | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | John Page | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1660) vote totals unavailable
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir Lancelot Lake | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir Thomas Allen | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir John Robinson, Bt | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1661) vote totals unavailable
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir Robert Peyton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir William Roberts, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1679): Roberts was not the same man as the 1660 candidate of the same name.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir William Roberts, Bt | 720 | 45.37 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir Robert Peyton | 670 | 42.22 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir Francis Gerard, Bt | 194 | 12.22 | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir William Smyth, Bt | 3 | 0.19 | N/A |
- Note (1679): Smyth is referred to as Smith in House of Commons 1660-1690, but Smyth seems to be correct from Leigh Rayment's list of baronets.
- Expulsion from the House of Peyton [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Robert Atkyns | 680 | 55.78 | +55.78 | |
Non Partisan | Hugh Middleton | 379 | 31.09 | +31.09 | |
Non Partisan | Charles Umfrevile | 160 | 13.13 | +13.13 | |
Majority | 301 | 24.69 | N/A | ||
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir William Roberts, Bt | 1,054 | 35.73 | +35.73 | |
Non Partisan | Nicholas Raynton | 874 | 29.63 | +29.63 | |
Non Partisan | Hugh Middleton | 607 | 20.58 | -10.51 | |
Non Partisan | Sir Charles Gerard, Bt | 415 | 14.07 | +14.07 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir Charles Gerard, Bt | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Roger Hawtrey | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir Hugh Middleton, Bt | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Nicholas Raynton | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Thomas Johnson | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir William Smyth, Bt | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1685) vote totals unavailable. Smyth is referred to as Smith in House of Commons 1660-1690, but Smyth seems to be correct from Leigh Rayment's list of baronets.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir Charles Gerard, Bt | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Roger Hawtrey | Elected | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir Robert Peyton | Defeated | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Thomas Johnson | Defeated | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1689) vote totals unavailable
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir Charles Gerard, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Roger Hawtrey | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Edward Russell | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir John Wolstenholme, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Choice of Russell to sit for Cambridgeshire
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Sir John Bucknall | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Warwick Lake | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir John Wolstenholme, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Warwick Lake | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Warwick Lake | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | John Austen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Warwick Lake | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Scorie Barker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir John Wolstenholme, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Parliament of Great Britain
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Non Partisan | Scorie Barker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Sir John Wolstenholme, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Wolstenholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | John Austen (again) | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig gain from Non Partisan | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Hon. James Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Hon. James Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Hon. James Bertie | 1,604 | 27.60 | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | 1,553 | 26.72 | N/A | |
Whig | Sir John Austen (again) | 1,330 | 22.80 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Barker | 1,325 | 22.80 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Hon. James Bertie | 1,800 | 39.43 | +11.83 | |
Whig | Sir John Austen (again) | 967 | 21.18 | -1.62 | |
Whig | Henry Barker | 908 | 18.89 | -3.91 | |
Tory | Sir George Cooke | 662 | 14.50 | +14.50 | |
Tory | William Withers | 228 | 5.00 | +5.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Hon. James Bertie | 1,410 | 29.21 | -10.22 | |
Tory | Sir Francis Child | 1,305 | 27.03 | +27.03 | |
Whig | Henry Barker | 1,074 | 22.25 | +3.36 | |
Whig | Lord Paget | 1,039 | 21.52 | +21.52 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Sir Francis Child | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | William Pulteney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Child
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Sir Hugh Smithson, Bt | 382 | 72.21 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Barker | 147 | 27.79 | N/A | |
Majority | 235 | 44.42 | N/A | ||
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
- Smithson (not the same person as the former MP of the same name) subsequently changed his surname to Percy
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | William Pulteney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Sir Hugh Percy, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Creation of Pulteney as 1st Earl of Bath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Sir Roger Newdigate, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Sir Hugh Percy, Bt | 1,797 | 36.33 | N/A | |
Whig | Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt | 1,457 | 29.45 | N/A | |
Tory | George Cooke | 899 | 18.17 | N/A | |
Tory | Sir Roger Newdigate, Bt | 794 | 16.05 | N/A |
- Succession of Percy as 2nd Earl of Northumberland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Cooke | 1,617 | 57.38 | +39.21 | |
Whig | Fraser Honywood | 1,201 | 42.62 | +42.62 | |
Majority | 416 | 14.76 | N/A | ||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Cooke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Cooke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Appointment of Cooke as Joint Paymaster of the Forces
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Cooke | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Wilkes | 1,297 | 44.33 | N/A | |
Tory | George Cooke | 827 | 28.26 | N/A | |
Whig | Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt | 802 | 27.41 | N/A |
- Note (1768): Stooks Smith attributes 1,292 votes to Wilkes. Stooks Smith does not give candidates party labels in Middlesex until after this election.
- Death of Cooke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Glynn | 1,548 | 54.89 | +54.89 | |
Tory | Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt | 1,272 | 45.11 | +17.70 | |
Majority | 276 | 9.79 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
- Note (1768): Poll 6 days (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Expulsion from the House of Wilkes, declared incapable of being elected 3 February 1769
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Wilkes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
- Expulsion from the House of Wilkes, election declared void
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Wilkes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
- Expulsion from the House of Wilkes, election declared void 17 March 1769
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Wilkes | 1,143 | 79.16 | N/A | |
Tory | Hon. Henry Lawes Luttrell | 296 | 20.50 | N/A | |
Whig | William Whitaker | 5 | 0.35 | N/A | |
Majority | 847 | 58.66 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
- Expulsion from the House of Wilkes 14 April 1769, election declared void and Luttrell seated as the MP 15 April 1769
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Glynn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Radical | John Wilkes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Glynn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Wood | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Radical | John Wilkes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Mainwaring | 2,118 | 36.72 | N/A | |
Radical | John Wilkes | 1,858 | 32.21 | N/A | |
Whig | George Byng | 1,792 | 31.07 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Mainwaring | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Note (1790): The George Byng who contested Middlesex elections from this year is a different person from the one who stood previously
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Mainwaring | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | 3,848 | 38.52 | N/A | |
Whig | Sir Francis Burdett, Bt | 3,207 | 32.10 | N/A | |
Tory | William Mainwaring | 2,936 | 29.39 | N/A |
- Note (1802): Poll 15 days (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Election of Burdett declared void 9 July 1804
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Boulton Mainwaring | 2,828 | 50.04 | N/A | |
Whig | Sir Francis Burdett, Bt | 2,823 | 49.96 | N/A | |
Majority | 5 | 0.09 | N/A | ||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
- Note (1804): Poll 15 days (Source: Stooks Smith)
- Election of Mainwearing challenged by a petition of Burdett. Mainwaring unseated and Sir Francis Burdett, Bt seated on 5 March 1805. (Source: The Times (of London), edition of 6 March 1805)
- Election of Burdett challenged by a petition of Mainwearing. Burdett unseated and George Boulton Mainwaring seated with effect from 10 February 1806. (Source: The Times (of London), edition of 10 February 1806)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Mellish | 3,213 | 47.86 | -2.18 | |
Whig | George Byng | 2,304 | 34.32 | +34.32 | |
Whig | Sir Francis Burdett, Bt | 1,197 | 17.83 | -32.13 |
- Note (1806): Poll 15 days (Source: Stooks Smith)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Mellish | 2,706 | 42.78 | -5.08 | |
Whig | George Byng | 2,368 | 37.43 | +3.11 | |
Tory | Sir Christopher Baynes, Bt | 1,252 | 19.79 | +19.79 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Mellish | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | William Mellish | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | 4,004 | 37.55 | N/A | |
Whig | Samuel Charles Whitbread | 3,585 | 33.62 | N/A | |
Tory | William Mellish | 3,073 | 28.82 | N/A |
- Note (1820): Poll 12 days (Source: Stooks Smith)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | Samuel Charles Whitbread | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Radical | Joseph Hume | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Radical | Joseph Hume | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Hume | 3,238 | 36.93 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Byng | 3,033 | 34.59 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sir Charles Forbes, Bt | 1,494 | 17.04 | N/A | |
Liberal | Sir J.S. Lillie | 1,004 | 11.45 | N/A | |
Turnout | 6,939 | 73.96 | N/A |
- Note (1832): 5,132 voted. Hume was classified as a Radical candidate. (Source: Stooks Smith).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Byng | 3,505 | 37.66 | +3.07 | |
Liberal | Joseph Hume | 3,096 | 33.26 | -3.67 | |
Conservative | Thomas Wood | 2,707 | 29.08 | +12.04 | |
Turnout | 8.005 | 75.53 | +1.57 |
- Note 1 (1835): 6,046 voted. Hume was classified as a Radical candidate. (Source: Stooks Smith).
- Note 2 (1835): The Thomas Wood who contested Middlesex elections from this year is a different person from the one who was elected in 1779
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Byng | 4,796 | 26.60 | -11.06 | |
Conservative | Thomas Wood | 4,582 | 25.41 | -3.67 | |
Liberal | Joseph Hume | 4,380 | 24.29 | -8.97 | |
Conservative | Henry Pownall | 4,273 | 23.70 | +23.70 | |
Turnout | 12,817 | 72.25 | -3.28 |
- Note (1837): 9,260 voted. Hume was classified as a Radical candidate. (Source: Stooks Smith).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Wood | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Byng
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lord Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lord Robert Grosvenor | 4,944 | 39.31 | N/A | |
Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | 4,175 | 33.20 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Wood | 3,458 | 27.49 | N/A | |
Turnout | 13,781 | 45.63 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lord Robert Grosvenor | 5,241 | 37.73 | -1.58 | |
Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | 4,390 | 31.61 | -1.59 | |
Conservative | Marquess of Blandford | 4,258 | 30.66 | +3.17 | |
Turnout | 14,610 | 47.53 | +1.90 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Culling Hanbury | 5,426 | 39.66 | +39.66 | |
Liberal | Lord Robert Grosvenor | 5,327 | 38.94 | +1.21 | |
Conservative | Viscount Chelsea | 2,928 | 21.40 | -9.26 | |
Turnout | 14,977 | 45.67 | -1.86 |
- Creation of Grosvenor as 1st Baron Ebury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hon. George Henry Charles Byng | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Culling Hanbury | 3,678 | 43.56 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hon. George Henry Charles Byng | 3,618 | 42.85 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Haig | 1,147 | 13.59 | N/A | |
Turnout | 14,847 | 28.43 | N/A |
- Byng became known by the courtesy title of Viscount Enfield when his father became 2nd Earl of Strafford in 1860
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Viscount Enfield | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal | Robert Culling Hanbury | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Hanbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry du Pre Labouchere | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord George Francis Hamilton | 7,850 | 37.86 | N/A | |
Liberal | Viscount Enfield | 6,487 | 31.29 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry du Pre Labouchere | 6,397 | 30.85 | N/A | |
Turnout | 25,196 | 41.15 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord George Francis Hamilton | 10,343 | 33.34 | -4.52 | |
Conservative | Octavius Edward Coope | 9,867 | 31.80 | +31.80 | |
Liberal | Viscount Enfield | 5,623 | 18.12 | -13.17 | |
Liberal | Frederick Lehmann | 5,192 | 16.74 | +16.74 | |
Turnout | 25,071 | 61.87 | +20.72 |
- Appointment of Hamilton as Vice-President of the Privy Council Committee on Education
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton | 12,904 | 37.83 | N/A | |
Conservative | Octavius Edward Coope | 12,328 | 36.14 | N/A | |
Liberal | Herbert John Gladstone | 8,876 | 26.02 | N/A | |
Turnout | 30,717 | 55.52 | N/A |
- Appointment of Hamilton as First Lord of the Admiralty
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Lord George Francis Hamilton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
- Constituency divided in the 1885 redistribution
See also
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
- List of Parliaments of England
- Duration of English, British and United Kingdom Parliaments from 1660
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
- The House of Commons 1509-1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
- The House of Commons 1558-1603, by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)
- The House of Commons 1660-1690, by Basil Duke Henning (Secker & Warburg 1983)
- The House of Commons 1715-1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
- The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
- The House of Commons 1790-1820, by R.G. Thorne (Secker & Warburg 1986)
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- List of members nominated for Parliament of 1653 at British History Online [3]
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1265
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- Political history of Middlesex