Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| Cheshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1545–1832 |
Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency for the county of Cheshire. 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 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
As a county palatine it was unrepresented in the Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen VIII. c. 13). Cheshire was represented by two Knights of the Shire from 1545, with only County Durham out of the English counties being left unrepresented after that.
It was divided between the constituencies of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1832.
Members of Parliament[]
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1545–1659[]
- Constituency created (1545)
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1545 | ||
| 1547 | ||
| Mar 1553 | Sir Thomas Holcroft | |
| Oct 1553 | Edward Fitton (the elder) | |
| Apr 1554 | ||
| Nov 1554 | Sir Richard Cotton | |
| 1555 | ||
| 1558 | ||
| 1559 | ||
| 1563 | ||
| 1571 | ||
| 1572 | William Booth | |
| 1584 | Thomas Egerton | |
| 1586 | ||
| 1589 | Sir George Beeston | |
| 1593 | John Done | |
| 1597 | Sir William Brereton | |
| 1601 | ||
| 1604 | Sir Roger Aston | |
| 1614 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Roger Wilbraham |
| 1621 | Sir Richard Grosvenor | |
| 1624 | ||
| 1625 | Sir Robert Cholmondeley, Bt | Sir Anthony St John |
| 1626 | Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet | Peter Daniell |
| 1628 | Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet | |
| April 1640 | Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet | |
| November 1640 | Peter Venables | |
| 1646 | George Booth | |
| 1653 | Robert Duckenfield |
- Four members returned to First Protectorate Parliament (1654)
| Year | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1654 | John Bradshaw | Sir George Booth, Bt | John Crew | |
| 1656 | Richard Legh | Thomas Marbury | Peter Brooke |
1659–1832[]
- Two members returned to Third Protectorate Parliament (1659)
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1659 | John Bradshaw | Richard Legh | ||||
| 1660 | Sir George Booth, Bt | Sir Thomas Mainwaring, Bt | ||||
| 1661 | The Lord Brereton | Peter Venables | ||||
| 1664 | ||||||
| 1670 | ||||||
| 1678 | Hon. Henry Booth | Whig | ||||
| February 1679 | ||||||
| September 1679 | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig | ||||
| 1685 | ||||||
| 1689 | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig | Sir John Mainwaring, Bt | Whig | ||
| 1702 | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt | Tory | ||
| 1705 | Whig | Whig | ||||
| 1710 | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Charles Cholmondeley | |||
| 1715 | Whig | |||||
| 1722 | Charles Cholmondeley | Whig | ||||
| 1727 | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1734 | ||||||
| 1753 | ||||||
| 1754 | Samuel Egerton | |||||
| 1756 | ||||||
| 1768 | John Crewe | Whig | ||||
| 1780 | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt | |||||
| 1796 | Thomas Cholmondeley | |||||
| 1802 | William Egerton | |||||
| 1806 | ||||||
| 1812 | Wilbraham Egerton | Tory | ||||
| 1830 | Viscount Belgrave | Conservative | ||||
| 1831 | George Wilbraham | Whig | ||||
- Constituency abolished (1832)
See also[]
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
- History of Parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire
References[]
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1545
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832