- Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
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Clitheroe Former County constituency for the House of Commons County Lancashire 1885–1983 Number of members 1 Replaced by Ribble Valley 1559–1983 Number of members 1559–1832: Two
1832–1885: OneType of constituency Borough constituency Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.
The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832. The borough's representation was reduced to one MP by the Reform Act 1832.
The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name transferred to a new county division with effect from the 1885 general election. The county division returned one MP until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Ribble Valley constituency.
Contents
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Borough of Clitheroe
MPs 1559–1660
Parliament First member Second member 1559 (Jan) Thomas Greenacres Walter Horton [1] 1563 (Jan) Thomas Greenacres John Jsffrey [1] 1571 Richard Greenacres George Horsey [1] 1572 William Wynter Thomas Docwray [1] 1584 Michael Purefoy Alexander Fisher [1] 1586 Edmund Poley John Walmesley [1] 1588 (Oct) Robert Pilkington John White [1] 1593 William Twysden John Chamberlain [1] 1597 (Oct) William Holt George Rotheram [1] 1601 (Oct) John Osbaldestone Anthony Dering [1] 1604 Sir John Dormer Martin Lister 1614 Sir Gilbert Hoghton, 2nd Baronet Clement Coke 1621-1622 Sir Thomas Walmsley William Fanshaw 1624 William Fanshaw Ralph Whitfield 1625 Ralph Assheton William Fanshaw 1626 Ralph Assheton William Kirke 1628 Thomas Jermyn William Newell 1629-1640 No Parliament summoned 1640 (Apr) Sir Ralph Assheton Richard Shuttleworth 1640 (Nov) Sir Ralph Assheton Richard Shuttleworth, jnr 1645 Sir Ralph Assheton Richard Shuttleworth, jnr 1648 Richard Shuttleworth 1653–1660 Clitheroe not represented in Barebones or Protectorate Parliaments MPs 1660–1832
Two members returned to Parliament
Year First member[2] First party[3] Second member Second party Apr 1660 Sir Ralph Assheton William White Jul 1660 William Hulton Apr 1661 John Heath 1662 Ambrose Pudsay 1675 Sir Thomas Stringer 1679 Sir Ralph Assheton 1680 Henry Marsden 1685 Lord Strange Edmund Assheton 1689 Anthony Parker Christopher Wilkinson 1690 Roger Kenyon 1693 Fitton Gerard 1695 Christopher Lister Ambrose Pudsay 1698 Thomas Stringer 1701 Ambrose Pudsay 1705 Edward Harvey 1707 Daniel Harvey 1708 Christopher Parker Apr 1713 Thomas Lister I Sep 1713 Charles Zedenno Stanley 1715 Edward Harvey 1722 Nathaniel Curzon 1727 The Viscount Galway 1734 William Curzon 1745 Thomas Lister II 1747 Nathaniel Curzon 1754 Assheton Curzon Tory Dec 1761 by-election Nathaniel Lister Tory 1773 by-election Thomas Lister III Tory 1780 John Parker Tory 1782 by-election John Lee Tory 1790 Sir John Aubrey, Bt Tory Penn Curzon Tory 1792 by-election Assheton Curzon Tory 1795 by-election Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor Tory 1796 Lord Edward Bentinck Tory Hon. Robert Curzon Tory 1802 Hon. John Cust Tory 1808 by-election James Gordon Tory Oct 1812 Viscount Castlereagh Tory Dec 1812 by-election Edward Wilbraham-Bootle Tory 1818 Hon. William Cust Tory 1822 by-election Henry Porcher Tory 1826 Hon. Peregrine Cust Tory 1831 Hon. Robert Curzon Tory MPs 1832–1885
Election Member[2] Party 1832 representation reduced to one member 1832 John Fort Liberal 1841[4] Mathew Wilson Liberal 1842 [4] Edward Cardwell Conservative 1847 Mathew Wilson Liberal May 1853 by-election[5] John Thomas Walshman Aspinall Conservative Aug 1853 by-election[5] Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie Liberal 1857 John Turner Hopwood Liberal 1865 Richard Fort Liberal 1868 by-election Ralph Assheton Conservative 1880 Richard Fort Liberal 1885 Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to new county division Clitheroe division of Lancashire
MPs 1885–1983
Election Member[2] Party 1885 Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth Liberal 1902 by-election David James Shackleton Labour 1910 Albert Smith Labour 1918 Alfred Davies Labour 1922 Sir William Brass Conservative 1945 Harry Randall Labour 1950 Richard Fort Conservative 1959 Sir Francis Pearson Conservative 1970 David Walder Conservative 1979 by-election David Waddington Conservative 1983 constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley Election results
1906 General Election: Clitheroe Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour David James Shackleton 12,035 75.9 Independent Conservative B J Belton 3,828 24.1 Majority 8,207 51.8 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1970s
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j {{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/clitheroe%7C title= History of Parliament| accessdate= 2011-09-26))
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
- ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ a b The election of Wilson in 1841 was voided on petition, and Cardwell declared elected in 1842 after scrutiny of the ballots
- ^ a b The result of the 1852 general election in Clitheroe was voided on petition, and a by-election held in May 1853. The by-election result was also voided on petition, and a second by-election held in August 1853
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1559
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- Clitheroe
- Politics of Ribble Valley
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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