Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)

Marylebone
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1832–1885
Number of members two
Replaced by Marylebone East, Marylebone West, Paddington North, Paddington South, St Pancras East, St Pancras North, St Pancras South and St Pancras West
Created from Middlesex

Marylebone was a parliamentary constituency in Middlesex, England from 1832 to 1885. The parliamentary borough formed part of the built up area of London, and returned two members to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament and was created under the Reform Act 1832. It was abolished and divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 into seats.

Boundaries

Marylebone in the Metropolitan area, showing boundaries used from 1868 to 1885.

Marylebone was one of five parliamentary boroughs in the metropolitan area of London enfranchised in 1832.[1] The constituency was defined as consisting of three civil parishes in Middlesex:[2]

The commissioners appointed to fix parliamentary boundaries recommended that the part of St Pancras parish north of the Regent's Canal should not form part of the constituency and should remain in the parliamentary county of Middlesex as this was still a largely rural area.[3] The inhabitants of St. Pancras, however, petitioned parliament for the inclusion of the entire parish, and this was accepted.[4]

In 1885 the parliamentary borough was split into eight new single-member divisions. These were Marylebone East, Marylebone West, Paddington North, Paddington South, St. Pancras East, St. Pancras North, St. Pancras South and St. Pancras West.

Members of Parliament

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1832 Edward PortmanLiberal Sir William HorneLiberal
1833 by-election Sir Samuel Whalley 1Liberal
1835 Sir Henry BulwerLiberal
1837 Sir Benjamin Hall, BtWhig[5]
1838 by-election Charles Shore 2Conservative
1841 Sir Charles NapierRadical[6][7][8]
1847 Lord Dudley StuartWhig[9]
1854 by-election Hugh FortescueWhig[10]
February 1859 by-election Edwin James Radical[11]
1859 Liberal Liberal
July 1859 by-election Edmond Roche 2Liberal
1861 by-election Harvey LewisLiberal
1865 Sir Thomas ChambersLiberal
1874 William ForsythConservative
1880 Daniel GrantLiberal
1885 constituency abolished

Notes

  • 1 Election of Whalley in 1837 declared void on petition, as he could not prove his eligibility.
  • 2 A peer of Ireland.

Elections

Turnout, in multi-member elections, is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure given will be an underestimate.

Change is calculated for individual candidates, when a party had more than one candidate in an election or the previous one. When a party had only one candidate in an election and the previous one change is calculated for the party vote.

Elections in the 1830s

General Election 1832: Marylebone (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Edward Portman 4,317 39.1 N/A
Whig William Horne 3,320 30.1 N/A
Radical Samuel Whalley 2,165 19.6 N/A
Chartist Thomas Murphy 913 8.3 N/A
Radical Leslie Grove Jones 316 2.9 N/A
Marylebone by-election 1833
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Radical Samuel Whalley 2,869 48.7 +29.1
Conservative Henry Thomas Hope 2,055 34.9 N/A
Whig Charles Murray † 791 13.4 -16.7
Chartist Thomas Murphy 172 2.9 -5.4

† Murray was the government-approved candidate, but withdrew from the contest prior to the completion of polling.[12][13]

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Benjamin Hall Unopposed
Whig Dudley Stuart Unopposed
Registered electors 19,710
Whig hold
Whig hold

Hall was appointed President of the General Board of Health, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 16 August 1854: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Benjamin Hall Unopposed
Whig hold

Stuart's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 20 December 1854: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Hugh Fortescue 6,919 62.4 N/A
Whig Jacob Bell 4,166 37.6 N/A
Majority 2,753 24.8 N/A
Turnout 11,085 55.7 N/A
Registered electors 19,892
Whig hold

Hall was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 28 July 1855: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Benjamin Hall Unopposed
Whig hold
General Election 1857: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Benjamin Hall Unopposed
Whig Hugh Fortescue Unopposed
Registered electors 20,851
Whig hold
Whig hold

Fortescue resigned after being called to the House of Lords via a writ of acceleration, causing a by-election.[15]

By-election, 25 February 1859: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Radical Edwin James 6,803 67.0 N/A
Radical Frederick Romilly[16][17] 3,354 33.0 N/A
Majority 3,449 34.0 N/A
Turnout 10,157 59.6 N/A
Registered electors 20,490
Radical gain from Whig
General Election 1859: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edwin James 5,029 46.6 N/A
Liberal Benjamin Hall 4,663 43.2 N/A
Conservative Edward Stanley 1,102 10.2 N/A
Majority 3,561 33.0 N/A
Turnout 5,948 (est) 29.0 (est) N/A
Registered electors 20,490
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Hall succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Llanover and causing a by-election.

By-election, 7 July 1859: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edmond Roche 4,219 55.4 N/A
Liberal William Lyon[18] 2,318 30.4 N/A
Liberal Lothian Sheffield Dickson 1,083 14.2 N/A
Majority 1,901 24.9 −8.1
Turnout 7,620 37.2 +8.2
Registered electors 20,490
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

James' resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 19 April 1861: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harvey Lewis 5,269 51.1 N/A
Conservative Robert Carden 2,612 25.3 +15.1
Liberal George Wingrove Cooke[19] 2,369 23.0 N/A
Liberal John Clark Marshman 65 0.6 N/A
Liberal Harper Twelvetrees[20] 1 0.0 N/A
Majority 2,657 25.8 −7.2
Turnout 10,316 49.1 +20.1
Registered electors 21,022
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1865: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harvey Lewis 7,159 40.3 N/A
Liberal Thomas Chambers 6,488 36.5 N/A
Liberal Edmond Roche 4,121 23.2 N/A
Majority 2,367 13.3 −19.7
Turnout 8,884 (est) 37.7 (est) +4.7
Registered electors 23,588
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1868: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harvey Lewis 9,782 29.8 −10.5
Liberal Thomas Chambers 9,444 28.7 −7.8
Liberal Humphry Sandwith 5,591 17.0 N/A
Liberal Daniel Grant 4,058 12.3 N/A
Conservative Thomas Parkyns 3,989 12.1 N/A
Majority 3,853 11.7 −1.6
Turnout 18,427 (est) 51.8 (est) +14.1
Registered electors 35,575
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Forsyth 9,849 37.5 +25.4
Liberal Thomas Chambers 8,251 31.4 +2.7
Liberal Daniel Grant 7,882 30.0 +17.7
Liberal Thomas Hughes 294 1.1 N/A
Majority 1,598 6.1 N/A
Turnout 18,063 (est) 58.8 (est) +7.0
Registered electors 30,740
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +7.6
Liberal hold Swing −11.4

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Marylebone[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Daniel Grant 14,147 27.2 −2.8
Liberal Thomas Chambers 14,003 27.0 −4.4
Conservative Charles Allanson-Winn 11,890 22.9 +4.1
Conservative Frederick Seager Hunt 11,888 22.9 +4.1
Majority 2,113 4.1 N/A
Turnout 25,964 (est) 73.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 35,535
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing −3.5
Liberal hold Swing −4.3
  • Constituency abolished (1885)

References

  1. ↑ Representation of the People Act 1832 c.45 Sch.L
  2. ↑ Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 c.64 Sch.O
  3. ↑ Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs (1832). Parliamentary representation: further return to an address to His Majesty, dated 12 December, 1831; for copies of instructions given by the Secretary of State for the Home department with reference to Parliamentary representation; likewise copies of letters of reports received by the Secretary of state for the Home department in answer to such instructions. London. p. 118.
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  11. ↑ Steele, E. D. (1991). "At home". Palmerston and Liberalism, 1855-1865. Cambridge University Press. p. 100. ISBN 9780521400459. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Mr Murray Resigns". The Times. 19 March 1833. p. 5.
  13. ↑ Brooke, James Williamson (1839). The Democrats of Marylebone. London: William Jones Cleaver. pp. 144–145.
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