- Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)
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Nottingham Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1295–1885 Number of members two Replaced by Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies.
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History
Nottingham sent two representatives to Parliament from 1283 onwards.
The constituency was abolished in 1885 and replaced by Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West.
Members of Parliament
1295–1640
- 1386: William Butler; Robert Howden [1]
- 1388 (Feb): John Crowshaw; John Plumtre [1]
- 1388 (Sep): William Butler; Thomas Mapperley [1]
- 1390 (Jan): William Butler; Robert German [1]
- 1390 (Nov):
- 1391: William Butler; Thomas Mapperley [1]
- 1393: William Butler; Nicholas Alestre [1]
- 1394:
- 1395: Thomas Mapperley; Robert German [1]
- 1397 (Jan): Thomas Mapperley; Robert German [1]
- 1397 (Sep): William Gresley; John Hodings [1]
- 1399: John Plumtre; John Tansley [1]
- 1401:
- 1402:
- 1404 (Jan):
- 1404 (Oct):
- 1406: Walter Stacy; Thomas Fox [1]
- 1407: John Bothall; John Jorce [1]
- 1410:
- 1411: Thomas Mapperley; John Hodings [1]
- 1413 (Feb): Thomas Mapperley; John Hodings 1 [1]
- 1413 (May): Thomas Mapperley; John Tansley [1]
- 1414 (Apr): John Tansley; Robert Glade [1]
- 1414 (Nov): Walter Stacy; Henry Preston [1]
- 1415
- 1416 (Mar): John Alestre; John Bingham [1]
- 1416 (Oct):
- 1417: Henry Preston; William Burton [1]
- 1419: Robert Glade; Richard Samon [1]
- 1420: John Bingham; Thomas Poge [1]
- 1421 (May): Robert Glade; John Alestre [1]
- 1421 (Dec): Richard Samon; Thomas Poge [1]
- 1510–1523: No names known [2]
- 1529: Anthony Babington; Henry Statham, died and replaced Jan 1535 by Nicholas Quarnby [2]
- 1536: ?Sir Anthony Babington ; ? [2]
- 1539: Sir John Markham; George Pierrepont [2]
- 1542: Edward Chamberlain; ?Sir John Markham [2]
- 1545: Sir John Markham; Nicholas Powtrell [2]
- 1547: John Paston; Nicholas Powtrell [2]
- 1553 (Mar): Robert Haselrigg; Francis Colman [2]
- 1553 (Oct): Humphrey Quarnby; Thomas Markham [2]
- 1554 (Apr): Humphrey Quarnby; Francis Colman [2]
- 1554 (Nov): Nicholas Powtrell; William Markham [2]
- 1555: Hugh Thornhill; John Bateman [2]
- 1558: Francis Colman; Edward Boun [2]
- 1558 (Dec): Thomas Markham; John Bateman[3]
- 1562/1563: Humphrey Quarnby, died and replaced 1566 by Ralph Barton; John Bateman [3]
- 1571: Ralph Barton ; William Ball; Nicholas Plumtre; Edward Goodwin (Plumptre's and Goodwin's election declared void, 5 Apr. 1571) [3]
- 1572 (Apr): Sir Thomas Manners; John Bateman [3]
- 1584 (Oct): Richard Parkins; John Bateman [3]
- 1586: Sir Robert Constable; Richard Parkins [3]
- 1588/1589: Richard Parkins; George Manners [3]
- 1593: Richard Parkins; Humphrey Bonner [3]
- 1597 (Sep): Humphrey Bonner; Anchor Jackson [3]
- 1601: William Gregory; William Greaves [3]
- 1604–1611: Richard Harte (or Hunt) ; Anchor Jackson
- 1614: Sir William Willoughby
- 1621: Michael Purefoy ; George Lascelles
- 1623: John Byron;Sir Charles Cavendish
- 1625: Sir Gervase Clifton; John Stanhope
- 1625: Sir Gervase Clifton; John Byron
- 1628: Sir Charles Cavendish; Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
- 1629–1640: No Parliaments convened
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1640–1885
Year First member First party Second member Second party November 1640 William Stanhope Royalist Gilbert Millington Parliamentarian January 1644 Stanhope disabled to sit – seat vacant 1645 Francis Pierrepont 1653 Nottingham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament 1654 James Chadwick John Mason 1656 William Drury January 1659 John Whalley John Parker May 1659 Gilbert Millington One seat vacant April 1660 Arthur Stanhope John Hutchinson (banned as Regicide) June 1660 Robert Pierrepont 1679 Richard Slater 1685 John Beaumont Sir William Stanhope 1689 Francis Pierrepont Edward Bigland 1690 Charles Hutchinson Richard Slater 1695 William Pierrepont 1699 Robert Sacheverell January 1701 George Gregory June 1701 Robert Sacheverell December 1701 Robert Sacheverell 1702 George Gregory 1705 Robert Sacheverell 1706 John Plumptre 1708 Roby Sherwin 1710 Robert Sacheverell 1713 Borlase Warren 1715 John Plumptre George Gregory 1727 John Stanhope Borlase Warren 1734 John Plumptre May 1747 Sir Charles Sedley June 1747 The Viscount Howe Whig 1754 Sir Willoughby Aston 1758 Colonel the Hon. (Sir) William Howe [4] Whig 1761 John Plumptre 1774 Sir Charles Sedley 1778 Abel Smith 1779 Robert Smith 1780 Daniel Parker Coke 1797 Captain Sir John Borlase Warren [5] 1802 Joseph Birch [6] 1803 Daniel Parker Coke 1806 John Smith Tory 1812 The Lord Rancliffe 1818 Joseph Birch 1820 Thomas Denman Whig 1826 The Lord Rancliffe 1830 Thomas Denman Whig Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson Whig 1832 Viscount Duncannon Whig 1834 Sir John Cam Hobhouse Whig April 1841 John Walter Conservative June 1841 George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent Whig 1842 John Walter [7] Conservative 1843 Thomas Gisborne Whig 1847 John Walter (junior) Conservative Feargus Edward O'Connor Chartist 1852 Edward Strutt Radical 1856 Charles Paget Whig 1859 John Mellor Liberal Liberal 1861 Sir Robert Juckes Clifton Liberal 1865 [8] Samuel Morley Liberal 1866 Ralph Bernal Osborne Liberal Viscount Amberley Liberal 1868 Sir Robert Juckes Clifton Liberal Charles Ichabod Wright Conservative 1869 Charles Seely Liberal 1870 Hon. Auberon Herbert Liberal 1874 William Evelyn Denison Conservative Saul Isaac Conservative April 1880 Charles Seely Liberal John Skirrow Wright Liberal May 1880 Arnold Morley Liberal 1885 Constituency abolished Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/nottingham. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/nottingham. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/nottingham. Retrieved 2011-09-20.
- ^ Later General; knighted 1775
- ^ Later Rear-Admiral
- ^ On petition, Birch was found not to have been duly elected
- ^ On petition, Walter's election was declared void and a by-election held, in which his son, John Walter (junior), took his place as Conservative candidate and was defeated
- ^ On petition, the election of 1865 was declared void and a by-election held
Election results
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References
- Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1295
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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