Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)
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Middlesex | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1265–1885 | |
Number of members | two |
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) 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
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
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1295 (Nov) | William de Brook | Stephen de Gravesend |
1296 | Richard de Wyndesor | Richard le Rous |
1297 (Oct) | Richard le Rous | ? |
1298 (Mar) | Richard le Rous | ? |
1298 (May) | Richard le Rous | ? |
1300 | Richard le Rous | ? |
1301 | Richard le Rous | ? |
1302 (Oct) | Richard le Rous | ? |
1305 (Feb) | Richard le Rous | ? |
1306 | Richard le Rous | ? |
1386 | Sir 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] |
1391 | Thomas Bray | William Norton [3] |
1393 | William Tamworth | Thomas Maidstone [3] |
1394 | John Shorditch II | James Ormesby [3] |
1395 | John Shorditch II | Thomas Coningsby [3] |
1397 (Jan) | Thomas Goodlake | Thomas Maidstone [3] |
1397 (Sep) | Sir Adam Francis | Sir John Wroth [3] |
1399 | John Durham | Thomas Maidstone [3] |
1401 | William Loveney | Sir John Wroth [3] |
1402 | James Northampton | Thomas Coningsby [3] |
1404 (Jan) | William Wroth | Sir John Wroth [3] |
1404 (Oct) | Sir Roger Strange | William Powe [3] |
1406 | Henry Somer | Sir John Wroth [3] |
1407 | Henry Somer | William Loveney [3] |
1410 | ||
1411 | Sir 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] |
1415 | Simon Camp | Thomas Coningsby [3] |
1416 (Mar) | ||
1416 (Oct) | Henry Somer | Walter Gawtron [3] |
1419 | Thomas Frowyk | Thomas Coningsby [3] |
1420 | Sir 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
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
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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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
Parliament of England
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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
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
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.
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]
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 |
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 |
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.
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Charles Gerard | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | Roger Hawtrey | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | 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 | John Wolstenholme | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Warwick Lake | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Warwick Lake | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | John Austen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Warwick Lake | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Scorie Barker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | John Wolstenholme | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Parliament of Great Britain
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non Partisan | Scorie Barker | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Non Partisan | John Wolstenholme | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Wolstenholme
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Austen | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig gain from Non Partisan | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | James Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | James Bertie | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory | Hugh Smithson | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Francis Child | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Whig | William Pulteney | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
- Death of Child
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Roger Newdigate | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
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
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 | William Beauchamp-Proctor | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
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
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 | 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
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
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 | 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
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 | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 38.5 | 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
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)
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)
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Tory | William Mellish | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Tory | William Mellish | Unopposed |
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)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Samuel Charles Whitbread | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Joseph Hume | Unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Joseph Hume | Unopposed |
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).
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
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).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Thomas Wood | Unopposed |
- Death of Byng
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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 |
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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Byng | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Robert Culling Hanbury | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 14,847 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
- Death of Hanbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Labouchere | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Hamilton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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
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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