Downton was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, which elected two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 (MPs) to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 from 1295 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.

History

The borough consisted of part of the parish of Downton, a small town six miles south of Salisbury

Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...

. By the 19th century, only about half of the town was within the boundaries of the borough, and the more prosperous section was excluded: at the 1831 census the borough had 166 houses and a tax assessment of £70, whereas the whole town consisted of 314 houses, and was assessed at £273.

Downton was a burgage

Burgage

Burgage is a medieval land term used in England and Scotland, well established by the 13th century. A burgage was a town rental property , owned by a king or lord. The property usually, and distinctly, consisted of a house on a long and narrow plot of land, with the narrow end facing the street...

 borough, meaning that the right to vote rested solely with the freeholders of 100 specified properties or "burgage tenements"; it was not necessary to be resident on the tenement, or even in the borough, to exercise this right. Indeed, some of the tenements could not realistically be occupied, and one was in the middle of a watercourse. At the time of the Great Reform Act, The Earl of Radnor

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor , styled Viscount Folkestone until 1828, was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor and Hon. Anne Duncombe....

 (who supported the Reform) told the House of Lords

House of Lords

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

 that he owned 99 of the 100 tenements — which, of course, gave him absolute power in choosing both the borough's MPs. Earlier, in the 18th century, the Duncombe

Baron Feversham

Baron Feversham is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first creation, in the Peerage of Great Britain, came in 1747 in favour of Anthony Duncombe, who had earlier represented Salisbury and Downton in the House...

 family had been the owners.

Corruption was rife at 18th century elections in Downton, and the House of Commons at one point proposed to "throw it into the hundred", that is to extend the boundaries to include the whole of the Hundred of Downton and to abolish the restrictive franchise — one of the earliest examples of such a proposal being debated; however, the proposal was not adopted.

Although there was supposedly a property qualification to become an MP (borough MPs were required to have an annual income of at least £300 derived from the ownership of land), this was routinely ignored or evaded, and Downton offers perhaps the only example of an election being re-run because the victor lacked the qualification. On 11 June 1826 the poet Southey

Robert Southey

Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...

 was elected MP for Downton, but he did not take his seat when Parliament assembled in July, and in November wrote to the Speaker

Speaker of the British House of Commons

The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin...

: "Having while I was on the continent been, without my knowledge, elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Downton, it has become my duty to take the earliest opportunity of requesting you to inform the honourable House that I am not qualified to take a seat therein, inasmuch as I am not possessed of such an estate as is required by the Act passed in the ninth year of Queen Anne." A by-election had to be held to replace him.

By 1831 the parish of Downton had a population of around 450, too small to retain representation after the Reform Act, and yet in the original Reform Bill it was proposed that Downton should lose only one of its two members, its boundaries being extended to include Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge

Fordingbridge is a town and civil parish with a population of 5,700 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, near to the Dorset and Wiltshire borders and on the edge of the New Forest. It is south west of London, and south of the city of Salisbury. Fordingbridge is a...

, over the county border in Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

. However, the Earl of Radnor pushed for its complete disfranchisement as it would be too difficult to make even an extended borough free of the influence of himself and his family. (He also made it a condition of becoming MP for Downton that its members should vote for its abolition.) As this abolition of a Whig

British Whig Party

The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...

-owned borough was useful to the Whig government in demonstrating their even-handedness, they backed an amendment to move Downton into Schedule A, the list of boroughs that were to lose both seats; but the government majority in the Commons fell to 30 in the vote on the amendment, the narrowest of all the votes on the details of the eventual Act.

The Reform Act being passed, Downton ceased to be represented from the general election of 1832, those of its residents who were qualified voting instead in the county constituency of Southern Wiltshire

South Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Wiltshire, formally known as the Southern division of Wiltshire or Wiltshire Southern was a county constituency in the county of Wiltshire in South West England...

.

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1295–1298	John Spede	Richard de la Sale
1298–1300	Reginald Dt. Aula	John Whitthorn
1300–1304	Roger de Portsmouth	Wh. Leicester
1304–1306	Roger le Large	John Ervye
1306	John de Downton
1306–1311	Randolph Lavering	John Spede
1311–1312	Robert le Wryere	William Osgod
1312–1313	John le Cove	John Arny
1313–1314	Walter Nymethalf	Roger de Portsmouth
1314–1318	Nicholas de Mareshal	William de Whytham
1318–1319	William Rotarius	Henry le Drapier
1319–1323	? Norreys	Walter le Whlere
1323–1326	John Curtoys
1323–1325	Nicholas Laveryng
1325–1326	Nicholas de Cove
1326–1328	Edward de Tarante	Nicholas de Becklesnade
1328	Henricus le Meyre
1328–1329	Stephanus de Regate	Edwardus Taraunt
1360–1361	Ricardus Whithorn	Johannes Meyer
1362–1364	Johannes Dryewods	Willielmus Benert
1364–1365	Willielmus Wartier	Johannes Willeymn
1413 (May)	Johannes Brut	Thomas Knyf
1441–1442	Johannes Whitesmede	Raduiphus Lygh
1446–1447	Johannes Brekenok	Johannes Bailey
1448–1449	Johannes Lawley	Andreas Sparowe
1449–1450	Johannes Rokes	Robertus Tilleney
1450–1452	Walterus Bergn	Johannes Wynge
1452–1455	Radulphus Alye	Thomas Wells
1455–1459	Edwardus Asshewell	Willielmus Brigg
1459	Johannes Wolfe	Thomas Danvers
1467	Thomas Wells	Radulphus Alegh
1472–1477	Thomas Damers	Richard Jaye
1529	Nicholas Hare Nicholas Hare Sir Nicholas Hare of Bruisyard, Suffolk was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1539-1540.He was born the eldest son of John Hare of Homersfield, Suffolk, educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1515...	William Horwood
1547	William Morice	William Green
1553 (Mar)	William Thomas	Robert Warner
1553 (Oct)	John Norris	John Bekynsale
1554 (Apr)	James Bassit	John Norris
1554 (Nov)	John Bekynsale	William Barnes
1555	Henry White	Thomas White
1558	Thomas White	Thomas Girdler
1550	John Story John Story Blessed John Story , English Roman Catholic martyr, was born the son of Nicholas Story of Salisbury and educated at Hinxsey Hall, University of Oxford, where he became lecturer on civil law in 1535, being made later principal of Broadgates Hall, afterwards Pembroke College.He appears to have...	Thomas Girdler
1562	Tristram Matthew	Henry Kingsmill
1571	George Penruddocke	Sir Henry Cocke
1572	William Darrell	Edward St Loe
1584	Thomas Wilkes	Richard Cosin Richard Cosin Richard Cosin was an English jurist. He became prominent as an ecclesiastical lawyer in the service of Archbishop John Whitgift, active against the Puritans in the Church of England.-Life:...
1586	Thomas Gorges	Thomas Wilkes
1588	Richard Cosin Richard Cosin Richard Cosin was an English jurist. He became prominent as an ecclesiastical lawyer in the service of Archbishop John Whitgift, active against the Puritans in the Church of England.-Life:...	Lawrence Tompson
1593	John Goldwell	Thomas Willoughby
1597	Robert Turner	George Powell
1601	Thomas Penruddocke	Sir Edward Barker
1604	Carew Raleigh Carew Raleigh Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh , elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, was an English naval commander who served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in 1578, and was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion in 1586; from 1591 to 1603 he...	William Stockman
1614	Thomas Morgan	Sir Robert Sidney
1621	Carew Raleigh Carew Raleigh Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh , elder brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, was an English naval commander who served on the expedition led by his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, in 1578, and was on the list of sea-captains drawn up to meet the threat of a Spanish invasion in 1586; from 1591 to 1603 he...	Thomas Hinton
1624	Sir Clipsby Crew	Sir William Dodington
1625	Sir Clipsby Crew	Edward Herbert
1626	Edward Herbert	Sir William Tremhall William Trumbull (diplomat) William Trumbull was an English diplomat, administrator and politician.-Life:He was son of John Trumbull of Craven, Yorkshire, and his wife, Elizabeth Brogden or Briggden. He seems to have been introduced at court by Sir Thomas Edmondes...
1628–1629	Sir Benjamin Rudyerd Benjamin Rudyerd Sir Benjamin Rudyerd or Rudyard , of West Woodhay in Berkshire, was an English politician and poet, Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1620 and 1648, and a colonial investor who was one of the incorporators of the Providence Company in 1630.Benjamin was the son of James Rudyerd...	Edward Herbert
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1832

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
Apr 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Sir Edward Griffin Edward Griffin (MP) Sir Edward Griffin was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644.Griffin was the son of Sir Edward Griffin of Dingley and Gumley Ewing Northamptonshire. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 16 October 1601, aged 14. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1604...	Royalist		William Eyre William Eyre William Eyre was an English landscape painter. He exhibited at the Croydon Art Society for 20 years but travelled extensively. From early on it the 1970s he lived in North Wales and continued to paint and exhibit. Eyre was a most accomplished artist working in both oil and watercolour. His work is...
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		Sir Edward Griffin	Royalist		Seat vacant pending resolution of disputed election
February 1644	Griffin disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645		Alexander Thistlethwaite
December 1648	Thistlethwaite excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...  - seat vacant
1653	Downton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...  and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....  and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Colonel Thomas Fitzjames Thomas Fitzjames Thomas Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 25 January 1639, aged 16...			William Coles William Coles William Edward Coles was a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished fifth in the two-man and seventh in the four-man events.-References:***...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	One seat vacant				Vacant pending resolution of disputed election
January 1660					Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury PC , known as Anthony Ashley Cooper from 1621 to 1631, as Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 2nd Baronet from 1631 to 1661, and as The Lord Ashley from 1661 to 1672, was a prominent English politician during the Interregnum and during the reign of King Charles...
April 1660		Thomas Fitzjames Thomas Fitzjames Thomas Fitzjames was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Fitzjames was the son of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 25 January 1639, aged 16...			William Coles William Coles William Edward Coles was a British bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, he finished fifth in the two-man and seventh in the four-man events.-References:***...
May 1660		Giles Eyre Giles Eyre Sir Giles Eyre was an Engish politician and judge. The son of Giles Eyre and his wife Anne, Eyre attended Winchester College before gaining admittance to Exeter College, Oxford in 1653, then joining Lincoln's Inn on 19 October 1654...			John Elliott
1661		Gilbert Raleigh			Walter Bockland
1670					Sir Joseph Ashe Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet was an English Whig politician and merchant.Originally from Somerset, he was the third son of James Ashe and his wife Grace Pitt, daughter of Richard Pitt. In 1757, he settled in Twickenham and bought Cambridge Park, Middlesex...
1675		Henry Eyre Henry Eyre (barrister) Henry Eyre was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1659 and 1678.Eyre was the son of Giles Eyre, of Whiteparish, Wiltshire. He was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1647 and became a fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1648...
February 1679 Habeas Corpus Parliament The Habeas Corpus Parliament, also known as the First Exclusion Parliament, was a short-lived English Parliament which assembled on 6 March 1679 during the reign of Charles II of England, the third parliament of the King's reign. It is named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May,...		Maurice Bocland
1685					Sir Charles Raleigh
1695		Charles Duncombe	Tory
February 1698		Maurice Bocland
May 1698					John Eyre John Eyre (MP) John Eyre , was an English politician.Eyre was the son of Sir Giles Eyre of Brickworth House and his wife Dorothy Ryves. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1688....
July 1698		Carew Raleigh
1701					Sir James Ashe, 2nd Bt Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet Sir James Ashe, 2nd Baronet was an English baronet and Whig politician.-Background:He was the oldest surviving son of Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson. In 1686, aged only eleven, he succeeded his father as baronet...	Whig
1702		Sir Charles Duncombe	Tory
1705					John Eyre John Eyre (MP) John Eyre , was an English politician.Eyre was the son of Sir Giles Eyre of Brickworth House and his wife Dorothy Ryves. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1688....
1711		Thomas Duncombe
1713		John Sawyer
January 1715 British general election, 1715 The British general election of 1715 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...		Charles Longueville
December 1715 by-election					Giles Eyre Giles Eyre Sir Giles Eyre was an Engish politician and judge. The son of Giles Eyre and his wife Anne, Eyre attended Winchester College before gaining admittance to Exeter College, Oxford in 1653, then joining Lincoln's Inn on 19 October 1654...
1722 British general election, 1722 The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This event took place following the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place...		John Verney
1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...		Anthony Duncombe			Joseph Windham-Ashe
1741 British general election, 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...					John Verney
1742 by-election					Joseph Windham-Ashe
November 1746 by-election					George Proctor
June 1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...		George Lyttelton George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...
December 1747 by-election		Richard Temple
November 1749 by-election		Colonel Henry Vane Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington was a British peer, the son of the 1st Earl of Darlington.He married Margaret Lowther, a daughter of Robert Lowther, the Governor of Barbados, on 19 March 1757 in London. They had three children:*Lady Grace Vane Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (1726 – 8...
April 1751 by-election					Thomas Duncombe
May 1753 by-election		James Hayes
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....					James Cope
1756 by-election					Edward Poore
1757 by-election		Charles Pratt Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl of Camden...
1761 British general election, 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...					James Hayes
February 1762 by-election		Thomas Pym Hales Sir Thomas Hales, 4th Baronet Sir Thomas Pym Hales, 4th Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament.Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet, a long-serving Member of Parliament who held a series of lucrative posts in the Royal Household. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 6...
1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...		Thomas Duncombe			Richard Croftes
1771 by-election					James Hayes
1774 British general election, 1774 The British general election, 1774 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...					Thomas Dummer Thomas Dummer Thomas Dummer was an English Member of Parliament for Newport , Yarmouth , Downton in Wiltshire , Wendover in Buckinghamshire and Lymington in Hampshire ....
1775		John Cooper			Sir Philip Hales Sir Philip Hales, 5th Baronet Sir Philip Hales, 5th Baronet , of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament.Hales was the sixth son of Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet, a long-serving Member of Parliament who held a series of lucrative posts in the Royal Household...
September 1779 by-election		Thomas Duncombe
December 1779 by-election		Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
February 1780		Robert Shafto Bobby Shafto Robert Shafto was an 18th-century British Member of Parliament , who was the likeliest subject of a famous North East English folk song and nursery rhyme "Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea".-Biography:...
September 1780 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...					Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway Lord Henry Seymour-Conway Lord Henry Seymour was a British politician, the second son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford. He was known as Hon...
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...					Hon. William Seymour-Conway
1790 British general election, 1790 The British general election, 1790 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Political Situation:...		Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie			Sir William Scott William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell was an English judge and jurist.-Background and education:Scott was born at Heworth, a village about four miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of a coalfitter . His younger brother John Scott became Lord Chancellor and was made Earl of Eldon...
1796 British general election, 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...		Hon. Edward Bouverie
March 1801 by-election					Viscount Folkestone William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor , styled Viscount Folkestone until 1828, was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor and Hon. Anne Duncombe....
1802 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...					Hon. John William Ward	Tory
June 1803 by-election		The Lord de Blaquiere	Tory
August 1803 by-election					Viscount Marsham Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney Charles Marsham, 2nd Earl of Romney , styled Viscount Marsham between 1801 and 1811, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...	Tory
1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie	Whig		Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Admiral The Honourable Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie , was a British naval commander and Whig politician.Pleydell-Bouverie was the second son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor of Coleshill House in Berkshire , and the Honourable Anne, daughter of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham...	Whig
1807 United Kingdom general election, 1807 The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....					Sir Thomas Plumer Thomas Plumer Sir Thomas Plumer MR was a British judge and politician , the first Vice Chancellor of England and later Master of the Rolls....	Tory
1812 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Charles Henry Bouverie	Whig
1813 by-election		Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell			Edward Golding
1818 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...		Viscount Folkestone William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor , styled Viscount Folkestone until 1828, was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor and Hon. Anne Duncombe....	Whig		Sir William Scott William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell was an English judge and jurist.-Background and education:Scott was born at Heworth, a village about four miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of a coalfitter . His younger brother John Scott became Lord Chancellor and was made Earl of Eldon...	Tory
Feb 1819 by-election		Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie	Whig		Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell	Tory
June 1826 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....		Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt	Tory		Robert Southey Robert Southey Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843...	Tory
December 1826 by-election		Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie	Whig		Alexander Powell	Tory
1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...		James Brougham James Brougham James Brougham was a British Whig politician.-Background:Brougham was the second son of Henry Brougham and his wife Eleanor. She was the daughter of James Syme and the niece of William Robertson...	Whig		Charles Shaw-Lefevre Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley Charles Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Viscount Eversley GCB, PC , was a British Whig politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857...	Whig
May 1831 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...					Thomas Creevey Thomas Creevey Thomas Creevey was an English politician, son of William Creevey, a Liverpool merchant, and was born in that city....	Whig
July 1831 by-election		Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie Philip Pleydell-Bouverie The Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie , was a British Whig politician.-Background:Pleydell-Bouverie was a younger son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor, by his wife the Hon. Anne, daughter of Anthony Duncombe, 1st Baron Feversham...	Whig
1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Constituency abolished

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