Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Worcestershire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1290–1832 | |
Number of members | two |
Worcestershire was a county 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. It was represented until 1832 by two Members of Parliament traditionally referred to as Knights of the Shire. It was split then into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, Worcestershire Eastern and Worcestershire Western constituencies.
Boundaries[]
Worcestershire was one of the historic counties of England. The constituency comprised the whole county, except for the boroughs of Bewdley, Droitwich, Evesham and Worcester.
Members of Parliament[]
1294–1478[]
Year | Location | First Member | Second Member |
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23 Edward I | Westminster | ||
25 Edward I | Westminster | ||
26 Edward I | York | ||
28 Edward I | London | ||
29 Edward I | |||
33 Edward I | Westminster | ||
34 Edward I | Great Council at Westminster | ||
35 Edward I | Carlisle | ||
2 Edward II | Westminster | ||
5 Edward II | Westminster | ||
6 Edward II | Westminster | ||
6 Edward II | Westminster | ||
6 Edward II | Westminster | ||
7 Edward II | Westminster | ||
8 Edward II | Westminster | ||
8 Edward II | Westminster | ||
9 Edward II | Lincoln | ||
9 Edward II | Great Council at Westminster | ||
12 Edward II | York | Walter de Beauchamp | |
12 Edward II | York | ||
15 Edward II | York | ||
16 Edward II | York | ||
17 Edward II | Westminster | ||
19 Edward II | Westminster | ||
20 Edward II | Westminster | ||
1 Edward III | Lincoln | ||
1 Edward III | York | ||
1 Edward III | Westminster | ||
2 Edward III | New Sarum | ||
2 Edward III | Northampton | ||
3 Edward III | New Sarum | ||
4 Edward III | Westminster | ||
4 Edward III | Westminster | ||
5 Edward III | Westminster | ||
6 Edward III | Westminster | ||
6 Edward III | Westminster | ||
7 Edward III | Westminster | ||
7 Edward III | Westminster | ||
8 Edward III | Westminster | ||
8 Edward III | York | ||
9 Edward III | York | ||
10 Edward III | Westminster | ||
10 Edward III | Westminster | ||
11 Edward III | Westminster | ||
11 Edward III | Council at Westminster | ||
11 Edward III | Westminster | ||
11 Edward III | Westminster | ||
12 Edward III | Northampton (Council) | ||
12 Edward III | Westminster | ||
13 Edward III | Westminster | ||
13 Edward III | Westminster | ||
14 Edward III | Westminster | ||
14 Edward III | Westminster | ||
14 Edward III | Westminster | ||
14 Edward III | Westminster | ||
15 Edward III | Westminster | ||
15 Edward III | Westminster | ||
17 Edward III | Westminster | ||
17 Edward III | Westminster | ||
18 Edward III | Westminster | ||
18 Edward III | Sarum | ||
20 Edward III | Westminster | ||
21 Edward III | Westminster | (Brayne) | |
22 Edward III | Westminster | ||
22 Edward III | Westminster | ||
24 Edward III | Westminster | ||
25 Edward III | Westminster | ||
26 Edward III | Westminster | ||
26 & 27 Edward III | Council at Westminster | ||
28 Edward III | Westminster | ||
29 Edward III | Westminster | ||
31 Edward III | Westminster | ||
32 Edward III | Westminster | ||
34 Edward III | Westminster | ||
34 Edward III | Westminster | ||
35 Edward III | Westminster | ||
36 Edward III | Westminster | ||
37 Edward III | Westminster | ||
38 Edward III | Westminster | ||
39 Edward III | Westminster | ||
40 Edward III | Westminster | ||
42 Edward III | Westminster | ||
42 Edward III | Westminster | ||
45 Edward III | Westminster | ||
45 Edward III | Council at Westminster | ||
46 Edward III | Westminster | John Attwood | |
47 Edward III | Westminster | ||
50 Edward III | Westminster | ||
51 Edward III | Westminster | ||
1 Richard II | Westminster | ||
2 Richard II | Gloucester | Sir John Russell | |
2 Richard II | Westminster | Sir John Russell | |
2 Richard II | Westminster | ||
2 Richard II | Northampton | ||
5 Richard II | Westminster | ||
5 Richard II | Westminster | ||
6 Richard II | Westminster | ||
6 Richard II | Westminster | Ralf Stafford | |
7 Richard II | Westminster | ||
7 Richard II | Sarum | ||
8 Richard II | Westminster | ||
9 Richard II | Westminster | ||
10 Richard II | Westminster | ||
11 Richard II | Westminster | ||
12 Richard II | Westminster | ||
13 Richard II | Westminster | ||
14 Richard II | Westminster | ||
15 Richard II | Westminster | ||
16 Richard II | Winchester | ||
17 Richard II | Westminster | ||
18 Richard II | Westminster | ||
20 Richard II | Westminster | ||
21 Richard II | Westminster | Sir John Russell | |
1 Henry IV | Westminster | ||
2 Henry IV | Westminster | Ralf Stafford | |
3 Henry IV | Westminster | ||
4 Henry IV | Westminster | ||
5 Henry IV | Westminster | Sir | |
6 Henry IV | Coventry | ||
8 Henry IV | Westminster | Ralph Ardern | |
9 Henry IV | Gloucester | ||
1 Henry V | Westminster | Sir | |
2 Henry V (Apr) | Leicester | ||
1414 (Nov) | John Wood[1] | ||
3 Henry V | Westminster | Humphrey Stafford | |
3 Henry V | Westminster | ||
5 Henry V | Westminster | ||
1419 | [1] | ||
8 Henry V | Westminster | John Weston | |
8 Henry V | Westminster | ||
1421 (Apr) | Westminster | John Wood | |
1421 (Dec) | Westminster | ||
1422 | Westminster | ||
2 Henry VI | Westminster | John Wood | |
4 Henry VI | Westminster | Sir | |
5 Henry VI | Leicester | Humphrey Stafford of Grafton | |
8 Henry VI | Westminster | John Huband | |
9 Henry VI | Westminster | John Wood | |
13 Henry VI | Westminster | John Wood | |
20 Henry VI | Westminster | ||
25 Henry VI | Cambridge | Humphrey Stafford | |
27 Henry VI | Westminster | Humphrey Stafford | |
28 Henry VI | Westminster | Humphrey Stafford | |
29 Henry VI | Westminster | Humphrey Stafford | |
31 Henry VI | Reading | Humphrey Stafford | |
33 Henry VI | Westminster | Humphrey Stafford | |
35 Henry VI | Westminster | ||
6 Edward IV | Westminster | ||
12 Edward IV | Westminster | ||
17 Edward IV | Westminster |
Source: Treadway Russell Nash.[2]
1479–1552[]
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Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1510-1532 | Not known | |
1529 | ||
1536 | Not known | |
1539 (30 Henry VIII) | Sir John Pakington | |
1542 (33 Henry VIII) | , died and replaced by |
|
1547 |
1553–1649[]
Year | Location | First Member | Second Member |
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7 Edward VI 1553 | Westminster | Walter Blount | |
1 Mary 1553 | Westminster | John Lyttelton | |
1 Mary 1554 | Westminster | John Bourne | |
1 Mary 1554 | Westminster | Sir John Bourne | Walter Blount |
2&3 Ph & Mary | Westminster | Sir John Bourne | |
4&5 Ph & Mary | Westminster | Sir John Bourne | |
1559 | Westminster | ||
1562 | Westminster | Ralph Sheldon | |
1571 | Westminster | Gilbert Lyttelton | |
1572 | Westminster | Gilbert Lyttelton | John Talbot |
1584 | Westminster | John Lyttelton (II) | |
1586 | Westminster | John Lyttelton (II) | |
1588 | Westminster | William Lygon | |
1593 | Westminster | Sir Henry Bromley | |
1597 | Westminster | John Lyttelton (II) | Edmund Colles |
1601 | Westminster | Thomas Leighton | Thomas Russell |
1604 | Westminster | Sir Henry Bromley | Sir William Lygon (died 1609) repl Sir Samuel Sandys |
1614 | Westminster | Sir Thomas Bromley | Sir Samuel Sandys |
1621 | Westminster | Sir Thomas Lyttelton | Sir Samuel Sandys |
1624 | Westminster | Sir Thomas Lyttelton | Sir Walter Devereux, Bt |
1625 | Westminster and Oxford | Sir Thomas Lyttelton | William Russell |
1626 | Westminster | Sir Thomas Lyttelton | Sir John Rouse |
1628 | Westminster | Thomas Coventry | Sir Thomas Bromley |
April 1640 | Westminster | Sir Thomas Lyttelton | Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet |
November 1640 | Westminster | John Wilde | Humphrey Salwey |
Source: TR Nash[2]
Commonwealth Parliaments[]
!Year | First Member | Second Member | Third Member | Fourth Member | Fifth Member |
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1653 | Richard Salwey | John James | |||
1654 | Sir Thomas Rouse, Bt | Edward Pytts | Nicholas Lechmere | John Bridges | Talbot Badger |
1656 | Col. James Berry | Edward Pytts | Nicholas Lechmere | Sir Thomas Rouse, Bt | John Nanfan |
1658-9 | Nicholas Lechmere | Thomas Foley |
Source: T. R. Nash, Collections for a History of Worcestershire (1783)
MPs 1660–1832[]
Elections[]
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The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each voter had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in the county town of Worcester. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of voters, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.
The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual.
See also[]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
- List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
- Unreformed House of Commons
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Worcestershire - History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Treadway Russell Nash, Collections for a History of Worcestershire (1783)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Worcestershire (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1290
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832