Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Warwick
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County Warwickshire
Major settlements Warwick
1295–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by Warwick & Leamington

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.

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.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

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ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386Robert NortonHenry Trymenell [1]
1388 (Feb)Robert NortonHenry Trymenell [1]
1388 (Sep)John RainesJohn Russell [1]
1390 (Jan)John BuckmoreHenry Filongley [1]
1390 (Nov)
1391Henry de la ChamberJohn Raines [1]
1393Maurice de la ChamberHenry ? [1]
1394Maurice LuttrellJohn Russell [1]
1395Maurice de la ChamberJohn Allerwich [1]
1397 (Jan)Henry TrymenellRobert Walden [1]
1397 (Sep)John BromeWilliam Ilshawe [1]
1399William RudingWilliam Hull [1]
1401?John Brome?William Hopkins [1]
1402John BromeRichard Hewe [1]
1404 (Jan)Simon BennettJohn Weston [1]
1404 (Oct)
1406John BromeJohn Weston [1]
1407Thomas EllamRichard Ferrour alias Barkes [1]
1410John WestonRoger Wootton [1]
1411John WestonRoger Wootton [1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton [1]
1414 (Apr)John BromeRoger Wootton [1]
1414 (Nov)Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton [1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton [1]
1420John RodyJohn Usk [1]
1421 (May)Nicholas RodyJohn Upton [1]
1421 (Dec)Nicholas RodyJohn Rody [1]
1510–1523No names known [2]
1529William NewenhamThomas Holte [2]
1536?
1539?
1542Clement ThrockmortonWilliam Webbe [2]
1545Kenelm ThrockmortonWilliam Pinnock [2]
1547Sir William PickeringClement Throckmorton [2]
1553 (Mar)Clement ThrockmortonJohn Throckmorton [2]
1553 (Oct)Clement ThrockmortonEdward Ferrers [2]
1554 (Apr)George ThrockmortonThomas Fisher [2]
1554 (Nov)Thomas FisherRalph Broune [2]
1555Kenelm ThrockmortonThomas Fisher [2]
1558Thomas FisherJohn Butler [2]
1558/1559Thomas ThrockmortonThomas Fisher[3]
1562/1563Walter HaddonJohn Butler [3]
1571 (Mar)Edward AglionbyJohn Fisher [3]
1572 (Apr)Thomas DudleyJohn Fisher [3]
1584 (Nov)Thomas DudleyJohn Fisher [3]
1586 (Oct)Thomas DudleyJob Throckmorton [3]
1588 (Oct)James DyerThomas Dudley [3]
1593John HugfordWilliam Combe [3]
1597 (Sep)John TownsendWilliam Spicer [3]
1601 (Oct)John TownsendWilliam Spicer [3]
1604John TownsendWilliam Spicer
1614Sir Greville VerneyJohn Townsend
1621John CokeSir Greville Verney
1624Sir Edward ConwayFrancis Lucy
1625Sir Francis Leigh, BtFrancis Lucy
1626Sir Francis Leigh, Bt.Francis Lucy
1628Francis LucyHon. Robert Greville Election declared void
Replaced by Anthony Stoughton[4]
1629-1640No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1885

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
November 1640 William PurefoyParliamentarian Sir Thomas Lucy [5]
December 1640 Godfrey BosvileParliamentarian
1653 Warwick was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Richard Lucy Warwick had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 Clement Throckmorton
January 1659 Fulke Lucy Thomas Archer
May 1659 William Purefoy One seat vacant
August 1659 Both seats vacant after Purefoy's death
April 1660 Sir Clement Throckmorton John Rous
1661 Henry Puckering
1664 Fulke Greville Sir Francis Compton
1677 Lord Robert Digby
1678 Sir John Bowyer, Bt
February 1679 Sir John Clopton Sir Henry Puckering, Bt
August 1679 Thomas Lucy Richard Booth
1681 Hon. Thomas Coventry [6]
1685 Lord Simon Digby
1689 William Colemore Lord William Digby
1695 Francis Greville
1698 Robert Greville Sir Thomas Wagstaffe
1699 Algernon Greville
January 1701 Francis Greville
November 1701 Algernon Greville
1705 Dodington Greville
1710 Charles Leigh
1713 William Colemore
1722 Sir William Keyt
1727 William Bromley
1735[7] Thomas Archer Henry Archer
1741 Wills Hill [8]
1756 John Spencer
1761 Hamilton Boyle
1762 Paul Methuen
March 1768 Lord George Greville
May 1768 Paul Methuen
January 1774 Hon. Charles Greville
October 1774 Hon. Robert Fulke Greville Tory
1780 Robert Ladbroke
1790 Charles Perceval Major Henry Gage
1792 Hon. George Villiers
1796 Samuel Gaussen
1802 Charles Mills Henry Greville Tory
1816 Hon. Sir Charles Greville Tory
1826 John Tomes
1831 Edward Bolton King Whig
1832 Hon. Sir Charles Greville [9] Conservative
1833 Writ suspended – seat vacant
1835 Hon. Sir Charles Greville Conservative
1836 Hon. Charles Canning Conservative
March 1837 William Collins Whig[10][11][12]
July 1837 Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas Conservative
1852 George Repton Conservative Edward Greaves Conservative
1865 Arthur Peel Liberal
1868 Edward Greaves Conservative
1874 George Repton Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished: see Warwick and Leamington

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Warwick[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Repton 383 36.2
Conservative Edward Greaves 348 32.9
Whig John Mellor[14][15] 327 30.9
Majority 21 2.0
Turnout 693 (est) 95.8 (est)
Registered electors 723
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Whig Swing
General Election 1857: Warwick[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Repton Unopposed
Conservative Edward Greaves Unopposed
Registered electors 734
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General Election 1859: Warwick[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Repton Unopposed
Conservative Edward Greaves Unopposed
Registered electors 721
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Warwick[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Repton 342 35.8 N/A
Liberal Arthur Peel 315 33.0 N/A
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
General Election 1868: Warwick[13]
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 +27.2
Conservative hold Swing −17.2

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Warwick[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Repton 836 32.9 +11.3
Liberal Arthur Peel 783 30.8 −12.9
Conservative Augustus Godson[16] 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

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Warwick[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Arthur Peel 981 40.5 +9.7
Conservative George Repton 768 31.7 −1.2
Conservative Augustus Godson[16] 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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-09-19.
  4. ↑ Ann Hughes Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire, 1620–1660
  5. ↑ Died December 1640
  6. ↑ Succeeded to a peerage as 5th Baron Coventry, July 1687, but the vacancy as MP for Warwick was not immediately filled
  7. ↑ On petition, Keyt and Bromley were declared not to have been duly re-elected in 1734
  8. ↑ Created Earl of Hillsborough (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1751
  9. ↑ 1832: Greville's election was declared void on petition, and the constituency's writ was suspended
  10. ↑ "State of Polls, & Members Returned". Worcester Journal. 27 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ "The Appropriation Clause". London Evening Standard. 28 August 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ "Elections". Saunders's News-Letter. 28 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  14. ↑ "Coventry Standard". 13 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  15. ↑ "Local Election Movements". Aris's Birmingham Gazette. 23 March 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  16. 1 2 "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 31 March 1880. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 23 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

References

  • Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
  • D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
  • Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
  • F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
  • Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
  • J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Cambridgeshire		 Constituency represented by the Speaker
1884–1885		 Succeeded by
Warwick and Leamington
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