Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middlesex
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1265–1885
Number of memberstwo
Replaced by
Brentford, Ealing, Enfield, Hampstead, Harrow, Hornsey, Tottenham and Uxbridge
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:
City of London (1298)

Westminster (1545)
Finsbury, Marylebone and Tower Hamlets (1832)


Hackney and Chelsea (1867)

Middlesex is a former 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. It returned two members by various voting systems including hustings.




Contents





  • 1 Boundaries and boundary changes


  • 2 Members of Parliament

    • 2.1 Knights of the shire 1265–1660


    • 2.2 Knights of the shire 1660–1885



  • 3 Elections

    • 3.1 General notes


    • 3.2 Results 1660–1885

      • 3.2.1 Parliament of England


      • 3.2.2 Parliament of Great Britain


      • 3.2.3 Parliament of the United Kingdom




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




Boundaries and boundary changes





Soliciting Votes by William Hogarth, of Chiswick, Middlesex, 1754.




Map of Middlesex, drawn by Thomas Kitchin, geographer 1769 (with some towns not in the county i.e. south of the river or outside of the dashed line). It has a heading of Remarks that mentions 2 seats of Westminster and 4 of the City of London




Map of the seven single-MP county constituencies created by subdivision of the final version of the seat which existed between 1867 and 1885 and returned two MPs. Brentford division is highlighted which was named after the town where the hustings took place after 1700.


This county constituency consisted of the historic county of Middlesex, in south-eastern England, comprising Spelthorne, Poyle, South Mimms and Potters Bar in other modern counties, together with the north, west, and north-west sectors of the present-day Greater London. Central London was gradually removed from the seat. 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). The place of election for the county was until 1700 at Hampstead Heath, thereafter at The Butts in the town centre of Brentford.[1]Hustings were typically over a period of a fortnight when candidates set out their stall, and visible bribery had become not uncommon in closer contests around the country in such larger seats at the time, inspiring William Hogarth’s series of four pictures titled ‘Four Prints of An Election’ (when printed).[1]


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 in the 1715–54 period. Namier and Brook suggested there were about 3,500 in 1754–90. The number had reached about 6,000 by 1790–1820, according to Thorne. Close elections between popular candidates would therefore be expensive - the worth of being a local magistrate, major landowner or other dignitary carrying little weight among such a generally urban and numerous upper-middle class forming the bulk of the electorate.


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 1867 two new parliamentary boroughs each returning two MPs were constituted: 'Hackney' (St Leonard's Shoreditch, St Matthew's Bethnal Green and St John's Hackney) formerly represented in borough elections via Tower Hamlets and 'Chelsea' (parishes of Chelsea, Kensington, Hammersmith and Fulham).[2] 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, deriving from owning various types of property or having ecclesiastical 'offices' (controversially and sporadically defined) in an area not otherwise represented, conferred the right to vote in the county elections.


An 1885 redistribution of seats saw Middlesex and its early breakaway seats in and around the City reformed under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 reflecting the wider electorate of the Reform Act 1884 and need to 'liberate' boroughs, i.e. urban areas without properly apportioned representation:


  • Constituencies in the urban south-east part that returned 18 MPs were replaced by 38 single-member seats.

  • the City of London constituency (loosely considered with the county) was reduced from 4 to 2 members.

  • the Middlesex constituency latterly covering the north, west and south-west of the county returning 2 MPs was replaced by 7 single-member seats.

Local government bodies

In 1889 the 40 urban constituencies that comprised the south-eastern part fell into (for local government) a County of London save for the much smaller City of London which remained a separate quasi-county and legal jurisdiction. The seven county divisions (constituencies) in the north and west of the historic county came under a new local government body, the administrative county of Middlesex. Both counties were also known by their governing bodies' name, County Councils (abbreviated to LCC and MCC). The seven successor seats were Brentford, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hornsey, Tottenham and Uxbridge. These (and numerous later successor seats) had MCC local governance until its abolition 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














































































































































ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1295 (Nov)William de Brook
Stephen de Gravesend
1296Richard de Wyndesor
Richard le Rous
1297 (Oct)Richard le Rous?
1298 (Mar)Richard le Rous?
1298 (May)Richard le Rous?
1300Richard le Rous?
1301Richard le Rous?
1302 (Oct)Richard le Rous?
1305 (Feb)Richard le Rous?
1306Richard le Rous?
1386Sir Adam Francis
William Swanland [3]
1388 (Feb)Sir Adam Francis
William Swanland [3]
1388 (Sep)William Barnville
Godfrey Atte Perry [3]
1390 (Jan)John Shorditch I
Thomas Coningsby [3]
1390 (Nov)John Shorditch I
Sir Adam Francis [3]
1391Thomas Bray
William Norton [3]
1393William Tamworth
Thomas Maidstone [3]
1394John Shorditch II
James Ormesby [3]
1395John Shorditch II
Thomas Coningsby [3]
1397 (Jan)Thomas Goodlake
Thomas Maidstone [3]
1397 (Sep)Sir Adam Francis
Sir John Wroth [3]
1399John Durham
Thomas Maidstone [3]
1401William Loveney
Sir John Wroth [3]
1402James Northampton
Thomas Coningsby [3]
1404 (Jan)William Wroth
Sir John Wroth [3]
1404 (Oct)Sir Roger Strange
William Powe [3]
1406Henry Somer
Sir John Wroth [3]
1407Henry Somer
William Loveney [3]
1410
1411Sir Adam Francis
Sir Roger Strange [3]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)William Loveney
Richard Wyot [3]
1414 (Apr)Simon Camp
Walter Green [3]
1414 (Nov)Thomas Charlton
John Walden [3]
1415Simon Camp
Thomas Coningsby [3]
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)Henry Somer
Walter Gawtron [3]
1419Thomas Frowyk
Thomas Coningsby [3]
1420Sir John Boys
Walter Green [3]
1421 (May)Henry Somer
Sir Thomas Charlton [3]
1421 (Dec)Richard Maidstone
Edmund Bibbesworth [3]
1429
Henry Somer
1442
Thomas Charlton [4]

John Somerset
1447
Thomas Charlton [4]
1449
Thomas Charlton [4]
1453
Thomas Charlton [4]
1459
Sir Thomas Charlton [4]
1460
Sir Thomas Charlton [4]
1491
Sir Thomas Lovell [5]

Table of Knights of the Shire 1509-1660






























































































































































































































SummonedElectedAssembledDissolvedFirst MemberSecond Member
17 October 15091509/1021 January 151023 February 1510
Sir Thomas Lovell (I)

unknown
28 November 15111511/124 February 15124 March 1514unknown
unknown
23 November 15141514/155 February 151522 December 1515unknown
unknown
unknown152315 April 152313 August 1523
Sir Thomas More (I) a

unknown
9 August 152915293 November 152914 April 1536
Robert Wroth b

Richard Hawkes c
27 April 153615368 June 153618 July 1536unknown
unknown
1 March 1539153928 April 153924 July 1540Sir Ralph Sadler
Robert Cheeseman
23 November 15411541/4216 January 154228 March 1544Robert Cheeseman
John Hughes d
1 December 15441544/4523 November 154531 January 1547Sir William Paget
Thomas Wroth
2 August 154715474 November 154715 April 1552Sir Thomas Wroth
John Newdigate
5 January 155315531 March 155331 March 1553Sir Robert Bowes
Sir Thomas Wroth
14 August 155315535 October 15535 December 1553Sir Edward Hastings
John Newdigate
17 February 155415542 April 15543 May 1554Sir Edward Hastings
John Newdigate
3 October 1554155412 November 155416 January 1555Sir Edward Hastings
Sir Roger Cholmley
3 September 1555155521 October 15559 December 1555Sir Edward Hastings
Sir Roger Cholmley
6 December 15571557/5820 January 155817 November 1558Sir Roger Cholmley
John Newdigate
5 December 155829 December 155823 January 15598 May 1559Sir Roger Cholmley
Sir Thomas Wroth
10 November 15621562/6311 January 15632 January 1567Sir William Cordell
Sir Thomas Wroth
unknown15712 April 157129 May 1571Francis Newdigate
John Newdigate
28 March 157215728 May 157219 April 1583
Robert Wroth (I)

Sir Owen Hopton
12 October 1584158423 November 158414 September 1585
Robert Wroth (I)

Sir Owen Hopton
15 September 1586158615 October 158623 March 1587
Robert Wroth (I)

William Fleetwood (III)
18 September 158819 December 15884 February 158929 March 1589
Robert Wroth (I)

William Fleetwood (III)
4 January 1593159318 February 159310 April 1593
Robert Wroth (I)

Francis Bacon
23 August 159715 September 159724 October 15979 February 1598
Sir Robert Wroth (I)

Sir John Peyton (I)
11 September 16018 October 160127 October 160119 December 1601
Sir John Fortescue (I)

Sir Robert Wroth (I)
31 January 1604160419 March 16049 February 1611Sir William Fleetwood
Sir Robert Wroth
unknown16145 April 16147 June 1614Sir Julius Caesar
Sir Thomas Lake
13 November 16201620/2116 January 16218 February 1622Sir Francis Darcy
Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt
20 December 16231623/2412 February 162427 March 1625Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt
Sir John Suckling
2 April 1625162517 May 162512 August 1625Sir John Francklyn
Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt
20 December 162516266 February 162615 June 1626Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt
Sir Edward Spencer
31 January 1628162817 March 162810 March 1629Sir Francis Darcy
Sir Henry Spiller
1629–1640
No Parliaments summoned
20 February 1640164013 April 16405 May 1640Sir John Francklyn
Sir Gilbert Gerard, Bt
24 September 164016403 November 164016 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








































SummonedElectedAssembledDissolved1st Member2nd Member3rd Member4th Member
4 July 165312 December 1653Sir William RobertsAugustine WingfieldArthur Squib
1 June 165416543 September 165422 January 1655Sir James Harrington, BtSir William RobertsJosiah Berners
Edmund Harvey
10 July 1656165617 September 16564 February 1658Sir John BarksteadSir William RobertsChaloner Chute
William Kiffen
9 December 16581658/5927 January 165922 April 1659Francis GerardChaloner Chute


Knights of the shire 1660–1885






















































































































































































































Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party

1660


Sir Lancelot Lake
Non Partisan


Sir William Waller
Non Partisan

1661


Sir Thomas Allen
Non Partisan

1679


Sir Robert Peyton
Non Partisan


Sir William Roberts, Bt
Non Partisan

1681


Robert Atkyns
Non Partisan

1681


Nicholas Raynton
Non Partisan

1685


Sir Charles Gerard, Bt
Non Partisan


Ralph Hawtrey
Non Partisan

1695


Edward Russell
Non Partisan


Sir John Wolstenholme, Bt
Non Partisan

1696


Sir John Bucknall
Non Partisan

1698


Warwick Lake
Non Partisan

1701


Hugh Smithson

Tory

1701


John Austen

Whig

1702


Hugh Smithson

Tory

1705


Scorie Barker
Non Partisan


Sir John Wolstenholme, Bt
Non Partisan

1709


John Austen

Whig

1710


Hon. James Bertie

Tory


Hugh Smithson

Tory

1722


Sir John Austen, Bt.

Whig

1727


Sir Francis Child

Tory

1734


William Pulteney

Whig

1740


Sir Hugh Smithson, Bt
(later Sir Hugh Percy, Bt) a

Tory

1742


Sir Roger Newdigate, Bt

Tory

1747


Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, Bt

Whig


Whig

1750


George Cooke

Tory

1768


John Wilkes

Radical

1768


John Glynn

Whig

1769


Henry Luttrell

Tory

1774


John Wilkes

Radical

1779


Thomas Wood

Whig

1780


George Byng

Whig

1784


William Mainwaring

Tory

1790


George Byng

Whig

1802


Sir Francis Burdett, Bt

Whig

1804


George Boulton Mainwaring

Tory
1805


Sir Francis Burdett, Bt

Whig
1806


George Boulton Mainwaring

Tory

1806


William Mellish

Tory

1820


Samuel Charles Whitbread

Whig

1830


Joseph Hume

Radical

1837


Thomas Wood

Conservative

1847


Lord Robert Grosvenor

Whig[6][7][8]

1847


Ralph Bernal Osborne

Radical[9][10][11][12][13][14]

1857


Robert Culling Hanbury

Whig[15][16]

1857


Hon. George Byng
(later Viscount Enfield) b

Whig[17][18][19]

1859


Liberal


Liberal

1867


Henry Labouchère

Liberal

1868


Lord George Hamilton

Conservative

1874


Octavius Coope

Conservative

1885

constituency divided

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)


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 1832 general election and Craig from 1832. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information after 1832 this is indicated in a note.



Results 1660–1885



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General Election 5 April 1660: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Lancelot Lake
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

William Waller
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Gilbert Gerard
Defeated

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan
William Roberts
Defeated

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

James Harington
Defeated

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

John Page
Defeated

N/A

N/A
  • Note (1660) vote totals unavailable

























General Election 4 April 1661: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Lancelot Lake
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Thomas Allen
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

John Robinson
Defeated

N/A

N/A
  • Note (1661) vote totals unavailable



















General Election 21 February 1679: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Robert Peyton
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

William Roberts
Unopposed

N/A

N/A
  • Note (1679): Roberts was not the same man as the 1660 candidate of the same name.































General Election 3 September 1679: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

William Roberts
720
45.37

N/A


Non Partisan

Robert Peyton
670
42.22

N/A


Non Partisan

Francis Gerard
194
12.22

N/A


Non Partisan

William Smyth
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]



































By-Election 13 January 1681: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


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
































General Election 3 March 1681: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

William Roberts
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

Charles Gerard
415
14.07
+14.07











































General Election 18 March 1685: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Charles Gerard
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Roger Hawtrey
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Hugh Middleton
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

William Smyth
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.































General Election 11 January 1689: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Charles Gerard
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Roger Hawtrey
Elected

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Robert Peyton
Defeated

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Thomas Johnson
Defeated

N/A

N/A
  • Note (1689) vote totals unavailable



















General Election 1690: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Charles Gerard
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

Roger Hawtrey
Unopposed

N/A

N/A



















General Election 14 November 1695: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Edward Russell
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

John Wolstenholme
Unopposed

N/A

N/A
  • Choice of Russell to sit for Cambridgeshire


















By-Election 8 January 1696: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

John Bucknall
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan hold

Swing

N/A




















General Election 4 August 1698: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Warwick Lake
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

John Wolstenholme
Unopposed

N/A

N/A



















General Election 16 January 1701: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Warwick Lake
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory

Hugh Smithson
Unopposed

N/A

N/A



















General Election 3 December 1701: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Warwick Lake
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Whig

John Austen
Unopposed

N/A

N/A



















General Election 30 July 1702: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Warwick Lake
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory

Hugh Smithson
Unopposed

N/A

N/A



















General Election 28 May 1705: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Scorie Barker
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

John Wolstenholme
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


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General Election 1708: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Non Partisan

Scorie Barker
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Non Partisan

John Wolstenholme
Unopposed

N/A

N/A
  • Death of Wolstenholme


















By-Election 3 March 1709: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Austen
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Whig gain from Non Partisan

Swing

N/A




















General Election 12 October 1710: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

James Bertie
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory

Hugh Smithson
Unopposed

N/A

N/A



















General Election 1713: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

James Bertie
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory

Hugh Smithson
Unopposed

N/A

N/A































General Election 27 January 1715: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

James Bertie
1,604
27.60

N/A


Tory

Hugh Smithson
1,553
26.72

N/A


Whig

John Austen
1,330
22.80

N/A


Whig
Henry Barker
1,325
22.80

N/A





































General Election 30 March 1722: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

James Bertie
1,800
39.43
+11.83


Whig

John Austen
967
21.18
-1.62


Whig
Henry Barker
908
18.89
-3.91


Tory

George Cooke
662
14.50
+14.50


Tory

William Withers
228
5.00
+5.00































General Election 6 September 1727: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

James Bertie
1,410
29.21
-10.22


Tory

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



















General Election 25 April 1734: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

Francis Child
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Whig

William Pulteney
Unopposed

N/A

N/A
  • Death of Child




























By-Election 15 March 1740: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

Hugh Smithson
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



















General Election 14 May 1741: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

William Pulteney
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory

Hugh Percy
Unopposed

N/A

N/A
  • Creation of Pulteney as 1st Earl of Bath


















By-Election 5 August 1742: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

Roger Newdigate
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory gain from Whig

Swing

N/A
































General Election 2 July 1747: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Hugh Percy
1,797
36.33

N/A


Whig

William Beauchamp-Proctor
1,457
29.45

N/A


Tory

George Cooke
899
18.17

N/A


Tory

Roger Newdigate
794
16.05

N/A
  • Succession of Percy as 2nd Earl of Northumberland




























By-Election 8 March 1750: Middlesex
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




















General Election 2 May 1754: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

George Cooke
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Whig

William Beauchamp-Proctor
Unopposed

N/A

N/A



















General Election 7 April 1761: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

George Cooke
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Whig

William Beauchamp-Proctor
Unopposed

N/A

N/A
  • Appointment of Cooke as Joint Paymaster of the Forces


















By-Election 27 November 1766: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

George Cooke
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory hold

Swing

N/A


























General Election 28 March 1768: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Radical

John Wilkes
1,297
44.33

N/A


Tory

George Cooke
827
28.26

N/A


Whig

William Beauchamp-Proctor
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





























By-Election 14 December 1768: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Glynn
1,548
54.89
+54.89


Tory

William Beauchamp-Proctor
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



















By-Election 16 February 1769: Middlesex
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


















By-Election 16 March 1769: Middlesex
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


































By-Election 13 April 1769: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Radical

John Wilkes
1,143
79.16

N/A


Tory

Henry 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

  • Election return of Wilkes amended to Luttrell by Parliament on 14 April 1769 and Luttrell seated as the MP 15 April 1769



















General Election 20 October 1774: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

John Glynn
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Radical

John Wilkes
Unopposed

N/A

N/A
  • Death of Glynn


















By-Election 28 October 1779: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Thomas Wood
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Whig hold

Swing

N/A




















General Election 14 September 1780: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Radical

John Wilkes
Unopposed

N/A

N/A

























General Election 22 April 1784: Middlesex (2 seats)
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



















General Election 28 June 1790: Middlesex (2 seats)
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



















General Election 3 June 1796: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Tory

William Mainwaring
Unopposed

N/A

N/A


Parliament of the United Kingdom



























General Election 13 July 1802: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

3,848

38.5

N/A


Radical

Francis Burdett

3,207

32.1

N/A


Tory

William Mainwaring
2,936
29.4

N/A
  • Note (1802): Poll 15 days (Source: Stooks Smith)

  • Election of Burdett declared void 9 July 1804





























By-Election 23 July 1804: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

George Boulton Mainwaring

2,828

50.0

N/A


Radical

Francis Burdett
2,823
50.0

N/A
Majority
5
0.0

N/A


Tory gain from Radical

Swing

N/A

  • Note (1804): Poll 15 days (Source: Stooks Smith)

  • Election of Mainwearing challenged by a petition of Burdett. Mainwaring unseated and Francis Burdett 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)


























General Election 10 November 1806: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

William Mellish

3,213

47.9

-2.2


Whig

George Byng

2,304

34.3

+34.3


Radical

Francis Burdett
1,197
17.8
-32.1
  • Note (1806): Poll 15 days (Source: Stooks Smith)

























General Election 18 May 1807: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Tory

William Mellish

2,706

42.8

-5.1


Whig

George Byng

2,368

37.4

+3.1


Tory

Christopher Baynes
1,252
19.8
+19.8















General Election 12 October 1812: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

Unopposed


Tory

William Mellish

Unopposed















General Election 26 June 1818: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

Unopposed


Tory

William Mellish

Unopposed

























General Election 17 March 1820: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

4,004

37.6

N/A


Whig

Samuel Charles Whitbread

3,585

33.6

N/A


Tory

William Mellish
3,073
28.8

N/A
  • Note (1820): Poll 12 days (Source: Stooks Smith)















General Election 1826: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

Unopposed


Whig

Samuel Charles Whitbread

Unopposed















General Election 5 August 1830: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

Unopposed


Radical

Joseph Hume

Unopposed















General Election 1831: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

Unopposed


Radical

Joseph Hume

Unopposed



































General Election 1832: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Joseph Hume

3,238

36.9

N/A


Liberal

George Byng

3,033

34.6

N/A


Conservative

Charles Forbes
1,494
17.0

N/A


Liberal

J.S. Lillie
1,004
11.5

N/A

Turnout
6,939
74.0

N/A
  • Note (1832): 5,132 voted. Hume was classified as a Radical candidate. (Source: Stooks Smith).





























General Election 1835: Middlesex (3 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

George Byng

3,505

37.7

+3.1


Liberal

Joseph Hume

3,096

33.3

-3.7


Conservative

Thomas Wood
2,707
29.1
+12.0

Turnout
8.005
75.5
+1.6
  • 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




































General Election 31 July 1837: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

George Byng

4,796

26.6

-11.1


Conservative

Thomas Wood

4,582

25.4

-3.7


Liberal

Joseph Hume
4,380
24.3
-9.0


Conservative

Henry Pownall
4,273
23.7
+23.7

Turnout
12,817
72.3
-3.3
  • Note (1837): 9,260 voted. Hume was classified as a Radical candidate. (Source: Stooks Smith).















General Election 1841: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

George Byng

Unopposed


Conservative

Thomas Wood

Unopposed
  • Death of Byng













By-Election 3 February 1847: Middlesex
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Robert Grosvenor

Unopposed


Liberal hold





























General Election 4 August 1847: Middlesex (2 seats)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Robert Grosvenor

4,944

39.3

N/A


Liberal

Ralph Bernal Osborne

4,175

33.2

N/A


Conservative

Thomas Wood
3,458
27.5

N/A

Turnout
13,781
45.6

N/A



















































General Election 1852: Middlesex (2 seats)[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Robert Grosvenor

5,241

37.7




Radical

Ralph Bernal Osborne

4,390

31.6




Conservative

John Spencer-Churchill
4,258
30.7


Turnout
6,945 (est)
47.5 (est)


Registered electors
14,610


Majority
851
6.1



Whig hold

Swing


Majority
132
1.0



Radical hold

Swing

















































General Election 29 April 1857: Middlesex (2 seats)[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Robert Culling Hanbury

5,426

39.7

+8.1


Whig

Robert Grosvenor

5,327

38.9

+1.2


Conservative

Henry Cadogan
2,928
21.4
−9.3
Majority
2,399
17.5
+11.4

Turnout
8,305 (est)
55.4 (est)
+7.9

Registered electors
14,977




Whig hold

Swing
+6.4



Whig gain from Radical

Swing
+2.9

  • Creation of Grosvenor as 1st Baron Ebury













By-election, 3 September 1857: Middlesex[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

George Byng

Unopposed


Whig hold















































General Election 1859: Middlesex (2 seats)[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Robert Culling Hanbury

3,678

43.6

+3.9


Liberal

George Byng

3,618

42.9

+4.0


Conservative
James Haig[21]1,147
13.6
−7.8
Majority
2,471
29.3
+11.8

Turnout
4,795 (est)
31.6 (est)
−23.8

Registered electors
15,171




Liberal hold

Swing
+3.9



Liberal hold

Swing
+4.0

  • Byng became known by the courtesy title of Viscount Enfield when his father became 2nd Earl of Strafford in 1860























General Election 1865: Middlesex (2 seats)[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

George Byng

Unopposed


Liberal

Robert Culling Hanbury

Unopposed

Registered electors
14,847




Liberal hold


Liberal hold
  • Death of Hanbury













By-election 15 April 1867: Middlesex[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Henry Labouchere

Unopposed


Liberal hold















































General Election 21 November 1868: Middlesex (2 seats)[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Hamilton

7,850

37.9

N/A


Liberal

George Byng

6,487

31.3

N/A


Liberal

Henry Labouchere
6,397
30.9

N/A
Majority
1,363
6.6

N/A

Turnout
14,292 (est)
56.7 (est)

N/A

Registered electors
25,196




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing

N/A



Liberal hold

Swing

N/A






















































General Election 14 February 1874: Middlesex (2 seats)[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Hamilton

10,343

33.3

+14.3


Conservative

Octavius Coope

9,867

31.8

+12.8


Liberal

George Byng
5,623
18.1
−13.2


Liberal

Frederick Lehmann
5,192
16.7
−14.2
Majority
4,244
13.7
+7.1

Turnout
15,513 (est)
61.9 (est)
+5.2

Registered electors
25,071




Conservative hold

Swing
+14.0



Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+13.3

  • Appointment of Hamilton as Vice-President of the Privy Council Committee on Education













By-election, 12 April 1878: Middlesex[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Hamilton

Unopposed


Conservative hold















































General Election 1880: Middlesex (2 seats)[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Hamilton

12,904

37.8

+4.5


Conservative

Octavius Coope

12,328

36.1

+4.3


Liberal

Herbert Gladstone
8,876
26.0
−8.8
Majority
3,452
14.3
+0.6

Turnout
21,492 (est)
70.0 (est)
+8.1

Registered electors
30,707




Conservative hold

Swing
+4.5



Conservative hold

Swing
+4.4

  • Appointment of Hamilton as First Lord of the Admiralty













By-election, 3 July 1885: Middlesex[20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Hamilton

Unopposed


Conservative hold
  • 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


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