Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)
Warwick | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Warwickshire |
Major settlements | Warwick |
1295–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | Warwick & Leamington |
Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885[citation needed].
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new single-member constituency of Warwick and Leamington.
Members of Parliament[]
MPs 1295–1640[]
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Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1386 | [1] | |
1388 (Feb) | [1] | |
1388 (Sep) | [1] | |
1390 (Jan) | [1] | |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | [1] | |
1393 | [1] | |
1394 | [1] | |
1395 | John Allerwich[1] | |
1397 (Jan) | [1] | |
1397 (Sep) | [1] | |
1399 | [1] | |
1401 | ? | ?[1] |
1402 | [1] | |
1404 (Jan) | Simon Bennett | John Weston[1] |
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | John Weston[1] | |
1407 | [1] | |
1410 | John Weston | Roger Wootton[1] |
1411 | John Weston | Roger Wootton[1] |
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Roger Wootton[1] | |
1414 (Apr) | Roger Wootton[1] | |
1414 (Nov) | Roger Wootton[1] | |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | ||
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | ||
1419 | Roger Wootton[1] | |
1420 | [1] | |
1421 (May) | [1] | |
1421 (Dec) | [1] | |
1510–1523 | No names known [2] | |
1529 | Thomas Holte[2] | |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | Clement Throckmorton | William Webbe[2] |
1545 | [2] | |
1547 | Clement Throckmorton[2] | |
1553 (Mar) | Clement Throckmorton | John Throckmorton[2] |
1553 (Oct) | Clement Throckmorton | [2] |
1554 (Apr) | George Throckmorton | Thomas Fisher[2] |
1554 (Nov) | Thomas Fisher | [2] |
1555 | Thomas Fisher[2] | |
1558 | Thomas Fisher | John Butler[2] |
1558/1559 | Thomas Throckmorton | Thomas Fisher[3] |
1562/1563 | Walter Haddon | John Butler[3] |
1571 (Mar) | Edward Aglionby | John Fisher[3] |
1572 (Apr) | Thomas Dudley | John Fisher[3] |
1584 (Nov) | Thomas Dudley | John Fisher[3] |
1586 (Oct) | Thomas Dudley | Job Throckmorton[3] |
1588 (Oct) | James Dyer | Thomas Dudley[3] |
1593 | William Combe[3] | |
1597 (Sep) | John Townsend | [3] |
1601 (Oct) | John Townsend | [3] |
1604 | John Townsend | |
1614 | Sir Greville Verney | John Townsend |
1621 | John Coke | Sir Greville Verney |
1624 | Sir Edward Conway | Francis Lucy |
1625 | Sir Francis Leigh, Bt | Francis Lucy |
1626 | Sir Francis Leigh, Bt. | Francis Lucy |
1628 | Francis Lucy | Hon. Robert Greville Election declared void Replaced by Anthony Stoughton[4] |
1629-1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
MPs 1640–1885[]
Election results[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles John Greville | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Tomes (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Tomes (MP) | 698 | 40.4 | ||
Whig | Edward Bolton King | 523 | 30.3 | ||
Tory | Charles John Greville | 505 | 29.3 | ||
Majority | 18 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,019 | c. 78.4 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,300 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Charles John Greville | 701 | 40.8 | +11.5 | |
Whig | Edward Bolton King | 553 | 32.2 | +1.9 | |
Whig | John Tomes (MP) | 463 | 27.0 | −13.4 | |
Turnout | 1,248 | 93.1 | c. +14.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,340 | ||||
Majority | 148 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Tory gain from Whig | Swing | +11.5 | |||
Majority | 90 | 5.2 | +4.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Greville's election was later declared void but no writ was issued for a by-election to elect a new MP.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles John Greville | 564 | 38.7 | +18.3 | |
Whig | Edward Bolton King | 478 | 32.8 | −26.4 | |
Conservative | John Halcomb | 416 | 28.5 | +8.1 | |
Turnout | 930 | 95.8 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 971 | ||||
Majority | 86 | 5.9 | −2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +15.8 | |||
Majority | 62 | 4.3 | −0.9 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −26.4 |
Greville resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Canning | 463 | 51.6 | −15.6 | |
Whig | Henry William Hobhouse | 434 | 48.4 | +15.6 | |
Majority | 29 | 3.2 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 897 | 85.8 | −10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,046 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −15.6 |
Canning was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl Canning and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Collins | 457 | 52.0 | +19.2 | |
Conservative | John Adams | 422 | 48.0 | −19.2 | |
Majority | 35 | 4.0 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 879 | 86.8 | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +19.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Collins | 498 | 35.4 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Eurwicke Douglas | 468 | 33.3 | −33.9 | |
Whig | Edward Bolton King | 439 | 31.2 | +14.8 | |
Turnout | 909 | 89.7 | −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 2.1 | −2.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +18.0 | |||
Majority | 29 | 2.1 | −3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −33.9 |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Collins | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Eurwicke Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 957 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Douglas was appointed a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Eurwicke Douglas | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Collins | 443 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Eurwicke Douglas | 407 | 46.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Roberts[17] | 30 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 440 (est) | 57.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 770 | ||||
Majority | 36 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 377 | 42.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Repton | 383 | 36.2 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | Edward Greaves | 348 | 32.9 | +9.7 | |
Whig | John Mellor[18][19] | 327 | 30.9 | −22.8 | |
Majority | 21 | 2.0 | −40.8 | ||
Turnout | 693 (est) | 95.8 (est) | +38.7 | ||
Registered electors | 723 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Repton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Greaves | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 734 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Repton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Greaves | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 721 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Repton | 342 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Arthur Peel | 315 | 33.0 | New | |
Conservative | Edward Greaves | 297 | 31.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 635 (est) | 92.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 690 | ||||
Majority | 27 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 18 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Peel | 873 | 43.7 | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Greaves | 863 | 43.2 | −23.7 | |
Lib-Lab | Randal Cremer | 260 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 998 (est) | 59.1 (est) | −32.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,688 | ||||
Majority | 10 | 0.5 | −1.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +17.2 | |||
Majority | 603 | 30.2 | +27.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −17.2 |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Repton | 836 | 32.9 | +11.3 | |
Liberal | Arthur Peel | 783 | 30.8 | −12.9 | |
Conservative | Augustus Godson[20] | 740 | 29.1 | +7.5 | |
Lib-Lab | Randal Cremer | 180 | 7.1 | −5.9 | |
Turnout | 1,571 (est) | 94.4 (est) | +35.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,664 | ||||
Majority | 53 | 2.1 | −28.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.9 | |||
Majority | 43 | 1.7 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −11.2 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Peel | 981 | 40.5 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | George Repton | 768 | 31.7 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Augustus Godson[20] | 676 | 27.9 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 213 | 8.8 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,703 (est) | 96.9 (est) | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,758 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "History of Parliament". Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "History of Parliament". Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". Retrieved 19 September 2011.
- ^ Ann Hughes Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire, 1620–1660
- ^ Died December 1640
- ^ Succeeded to a peerage as 5th Baron Coventry, July 1687, but the vacancy as MP for Warwick was not immediately filled
- ^ On petition, Keyt and Bromley were declared not to have been duly re-elected in 1734
- ^ Created Earl of Hillsborough (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1751
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 100–102. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ 1832: Greville's election was declared void on petition, and the constituency's writ was suspended
- ^ "State of Polls, & Members Returned". Worcester Journal. 27 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Appropriation Clause". London Evening Standard. 28 August 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Elections". Saunders's News-Letter. 28 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 60. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Escott, Margaret. "Warwick". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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(help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. - ^ "Opinions of Public Men on Excise Reform". Fife Herald. 15 July 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Coventry Standard". 13 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Local Election Movements". Aris's Birmingham Gazette. 23 March 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 31 March 1880. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 23 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
References[]
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
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- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) [3]
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
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