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Former British parliamentary constituency (1295–1885) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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].
Warwick | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Warwickshire |
Major settlements | Warwick |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | Warwick & Leamington |
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.
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Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1386 | Robert Norton | Henry Trymenell[1] |
1388 (Feb) | Robert Norton | Henry Trymenell[1] |
1388 (Sep) | John Raines | John Russell[1] |
1390 (Jan) | John Buckmore | Henry Filongley [1] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | Henry de la Chamber | John Raines [1] |
1393 | Maurice de la Chamber | Henry ?[1] |
1394 | Maurice Luttrell | John Russell [1] |
1395 | Maurice de la Chamber | John Allerwich[1] |
1397 (Jan) | Henry Trymenell | Robert Walden[1] |
1397 (Sep) | John Brome | William Ilshawe[1] |
1399 | William Ruding | William Hull[1] |
1401 | ?John Brome | ?William Hopkins[1] |
1402 | John Brome | Richard Hewe[1] |
1404 (Jan) | Simon Bennett | John Weston[1] |
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | John Brome | John Weston[1] |
1407 | Thomas Ellam | Richard Ferrour alias Barkes[1] |
1410 | John Weston | Roger Wootton[1] |
1411 | John Weston | Roger Wootton[1] |
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Nicholas Rody | Roger Wootton[1] |
1414 (Apr) | John Brome | Roger Wootton[1] |
1414 (Nov) | Nicholas Rody | Roger Wootton[1] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | ||
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | ||
1419 | Nicholas Rody | Roger Wootton[1] |
1420 | John Rody | John Usk[1] |
1421 (May) | Nicholas Rody | John Upton[1] |
1421 (Dec) | Nicholas Rody | John Rody[1] |
1510–1523 | No names known [2] | |
1529 | William Newenham | Thomas Holte[2] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | Clement Throckmorton | William Webbe[2] |
1545 | Kenelm Throckmorton | William Pinnock[2] |
1547 | Sir William Pickering | Clement Throckmorton[2] |
1553 (Mar) | Clement Throckmorton | John Throckmorton[2] |
1553 (Oct) | Clement Throckmorton | Edward Ferrers[2] |
1554 (Apr) | George Throckmorton | Thomas Fisher[2] |
1554 (Nov) | Thomas Fisher | Ralph Broune[2] |
1555 | Kenelm Throckmorton | 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 | John Hugford | William Combe[3] |
1597 (Sep) | John Townsend | William Spicer [3] |
1601 (Oct) | John Townsend | William Spicer [3] |
1604 | John Townsend | William Spicer |
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 |
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 | 238 | 13.8 | 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 | −7.9 | ||
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 |
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 |
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 | −40.9 | ||
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 |
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 | +27.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −17.2 |
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 |
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 |
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