Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire. Since 1983, Rutland has formed part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton Mowbray from Leicestershire.
Rutland | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Rutland |
Major settlements | Oakham and Uppingham |
1290–1918 | |
Number of members | 1290–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Replaced by | Rutland & Stamford |
The constituency elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as Knights of the Shire, until 1885, when it was reduced to one Member.
Boundaries
The constituency comprised the whole of the historic county of Rutland, in the East Midlands. Rutland, the smallest of the historic counties of England, never had any Parliamentary borough constituencies within its borders.
The place of election for the county was at Oakham. This was where the hustings were held; at which candidates were nominated (before the Ballot Act 1872), polling took place (before the introduction of multiple polling places in county constituencies) and where the result was announced.
Pelling in his Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910 describes most of the people in this county as "engaged in or dependent upon agriculture". The constituency was a safe Conservative one and was rarely contested in the period covered by the book. G. H. Finch MP had personally owned almost one tenth of the county he represented.
Members of Parliament
1295–1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1295 (Nov) | Robert de Flixthorpe[1] | Simon de Bokminster[1] |
1297 (Sep) | William Murdak[1] | Adam de Jernemuta[1] |
1298 (May) | John Folville[1] | William de Berck[1] |
1301 (Jan) | William Blount[1] | John Folville[1] |
1302 (Oct) | John de Seyton[1] | Robert de Flixthorpe[1] |
1310 | Ralf de Beaufoy | |
1312 | William de St Liz | |
1313 (Mar) | William de Hellewell[1] | Alan de Frankton[1] |
1318 | John de Beaufoy | |
1328 | Richard de St Liz | |
1330 | Richard de St Liz | |
1335 | Richard de St Liz | |
1336 | Richard de St Liz | |
1337 | John de Seyton | |
1340 (Jan) | Robert de Hellewell[1] | no 2nd member[1] |
1363 | William Beaufoy | |
1365 | William Beaufoy | |
1368 | Walter Scarle [2] | |
1369 | William Beaufoy | |
1372 | John Wittlebury[3] | |
1377 | Thomas de Burton | |
1378 | Walter Scarle [2] | |
1380 (Jan) | Walter Scarle [2] | |
1380 (Nov) | John Wittlebury [3] | |
1380 | Thomas de Burton | |
1381 | John Wittlebury [3] | |
1382 | Thomas de Burton | |
1383 | John Calveley | |
1383 (Oct) | John Wittlebury [3] | |
1384 | Robert Harrington[4] | |
1385 | Hugh Calveley | Walter Scarle |
1386 | John Wittlebury | Walter Scarle [5] |
1388 (Feb) | Sir Hugh Browe | Sir Oliver Mauleverer [5] |
1388 (Sep) | Sir John Daneys[5] | Walter Scarle[2] |
1390 (Jan) | Hugh Calveley | Sir Oliver Mauleverer [5] |
1390 (Nov) | Sir Hugh Browe | Sir John Calveley [5] |
1391 | Sir John Bussy | Sir Hugh Greenham [5] |
1393 | Sir Walter Scarle | Sir John Elme [5] |
1394 | Sir John Daneys | Sir John Elme [5] |
1395 | John Wittlebury | Sir Walter Scarle[5] |
1397 (Jan) | Sir Robert Plesington | Roger Flore [5] |
1397 (Sep) | Sir Oliver Mauleverer | Sir Thomas Oudeby [5] |
1399 | John Durant | Roger Flore [5]|- [5] |
1401 | John Durant | William Oudeby [5] |
1402 | Sir Thomas Oudeby | Roger Flore [5] |
1404 (Jan) | Thomas Thorpe | John Pensax [5] |
1404 (Oct) | Sir Thomas Oudeby | Roger Flore [5] |
1406 | John Pensax | Robert Scarle [5] |
1407 | Robert Browe | William Sheffield [5] |
1410 | ||
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | John Pensax | John Burgh [5] |
1414 (Apr) | Roger Flore | Robert Browe [5] |
1414 (Nov) | Roger Flore | John Newbold [5] |
1415 | Roger Flore | John Burgh [5] |
1416 (Mar) | Roger Flore | Geoffrey Paynell [5] |
1416 (Oct) | Roger Flore [5] | |
1417 | Roger Flore | ? [5] |
1419 | Roger Flore | Robert Browe [5] |
1420 | Sir Thomas Burton | Sir Henry Pleasington [5] |
1421 (May) | John Pensax | William Sheffield [5] |
1421 (Dec) | John Culpepper | Thomas Greenham [5] |
1422 | Roger Flore | Sir Henry Pleasington |
1423 | Robert Browe | |
1425 | Sir Thomas Burton | Sir Henry Pleasington |
1427 | Sir Thomas Burton | |
1429 | Robert Browe | |
1431 | Robert Browe | |
1432 | Thomas Flore | |
1433 | William Beaufoy | |
1434 | William Beaufoy | |
1439–40 | Robert Browe | Hugh Boivyle[6] |
1445 | Thomas Flore | |
1447 | Hugh Boyvyle | Everard Dygby[7] |
1449 | Everard Digby | John Browe |
1450 | Thomas Palmer | Everard Digby |
1510–1523 | No names known[8] | |
1529 | Sir Everard Digby | John Harington [8] |
1536 | ||
1539 | John Harington | Edward Sapcote [8] |
1542 | John Harington | Simon Digby [8] |
1545 | Kenelm Digby | Anthony Colly [8] |
1547 | Kenelm Digby | Anthony Colly [8] |
1553 (Mar) | Kenelm Digby | Anthony Colly [8] |
1553 (Oct) | Andrew Nowell | Kenelm Digby [8] |
1554 (Apr) | Anthony Colly | John Hunt [8] |
1554 (Nov) | James Harington | Anthony Colly [8] |
1555 | James Harington | Kenelm Digby [8] |
1558 | Kenelm Digby | James Harington [8] |
1558–1559 | James Harington | Kenelm Digby[9] |
1562–1563 | Anthony Colly | John Flower [9] |
1571 | Kenelm Digby | John Harington [9] |
1572 (Apr) | Sir James Harington | Kenelm Digby [9] |
1584 | Kenelm Digby | (Sir) Andrew Noel [9] |
1586 (Oct) | Sir James Harington | (Sir) Andrew Noel [9] |
1588 | Sir James Harington | (Sir) Andrew Noel [9] |
1593 | Sir John Harington | (Sir) Andrew Noel [9] |
1597 | William Cecil | Sir James Harington [9] |
1601 (Oct) | Sir John Harington | (Sir) Andrew Noel, declared void, Nov 1601 [10] replaced by Edward Noel [9][11] |
1604–1611 | Sir James Harington | Sir William Bulstrode |
1614 | Sir Guy Palmes | Basil Fielding |
1621–1622 | Sir Guy Palmes | Sir William Bulstrode |
1624 | Sir Guy Palmes | Sir William Bulstrode |
1625 | Sir Guy Palmes | Sir William Bulstrode |
1626 | Sir William Bulstrode | Sir Francis Bodenham |
1628 | Sir Guy Palmes | Sir William Bulstrode |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened |
1640–1885
Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 1640 | Hon. Baptist Noel | Royalist | Sir Guy Palmes | Royalist | ||
1643 | Noel succeeded to peerage, August 1643 – seat vacant | Palmes disabled from sitting, September 1643 – seat vacant | ||||
1646 | James Harington | Thomas Waite | ||||
1653 | Edward Horseman | Rutland had only one representative in the Barebones Parliament | ||||
1654 | William Shield | |||||
1656 | Abel Barker | |||||
January 1659 | Edward Horseman | |||||
May 1659 | Sir James Harington | Thomas Waite not recorded as participating in the restored Rump | ||||
April 1660 | Philip Sherard | Samuel Browne | ||||
1661 | Edward Noel | |||||
February 1679 | Sir Thomas Mackworth | |||||
August 1679 | Sir Abel Barker | |||||
1680 | Sir Thomas Mackworth | |||||
1681 | Edward Fawkener | |||||
1685 | Baptist Noel | Tory | Sir Thomas Mackworth | |||
1689 | Bennet Sherard | |||||
1694 | Sir Thomas Mackworth | |||||
1695 | Lord Burghley | |||||
1698 | Richard Halford | |||||
1701 | Sir Thomas Mackworth | |||||
1708 | Philip Sherard | |||||
1710 | Lord Finch | John Noel [12] | ||||
1711 | Richard Halford | |||||
1713 | The Lord Sherard | |||||
1715 | John Noel | |||||
1719 | Marquess of Granby | Whig | ||||
1721 | Sir Thomas Mackworth | |||||
1727 | John Noel | |||||
1728 | Thomas Noel | |||||
1730 | William Burton | |||||
1734 | James Noel | |||||
1741 | John Finch | |||||
1747 | Lord Burghley | |||||
1753 | Thomas Noel | |||||
1754 | George Bridges Brudenell | |||||
1761 | Hon. Thomas Chambers Cecil | |||||
1768 | George Bridges Brudenell | |||||
1788 | Gerard Edwardes [13] | Tory[14] | ||||
1790 | John Heathcote | Tory[14] | ||||
1795 | Lord Sherard | Tory[14] | ||||
1796 | Sir William Lowther, Bt | Tory[14] | ||||
1802 | The Lord Carbery | Tory[14] | ||||
1805 | The Lord Henniker | Tory[14] | ||||
1808 | Charles Noel | Tory[14] | ||||
1812 | Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt | Tory[14] | ||||
1814 | Sir Gerard Noel, Bt | Tory[14] | ||||
1830 | Whig[14] | |||||
1834 | Conservative[14] | |||||
1838 | Hon. William Noel | Conservative[14] | ||||
1840 | Hon. Charles Noel | Whig[14][15] | ||||
1841 | Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt | Whig[14][16][17] | Hon. William Dawnay | Conservative[14] | ||
1846 | George Finch | Conservative | ||||
1847 | Hon. Gerard Noel | Conservative | ||||
1856 | Hon. Gilbert Heathcote | Whig[18] | ||||
1859 | Liberal | |||||
1867 | George Finch | Conservative | ||||
1883 | James Lowther | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Representation reduced to one member |
1885–1918
Year | Member of Parliament | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | George Finch | Conservative | |
1907 | John Gretton | Conservative | |
1918 | Constituency abolished: see Rutland and Stamford |
Elections
Population in 1831: 19,380
General Election 1832 (December 14)
Registered Electors: 1,296
G N Noel, Bart. Conservative
G Heathcote Whig
General Election 1835 (January 10)
G N Noel, Bart. Conservative
G Heathcote Whig
General Election 1837 (July 29)
G N Noel, Bart. Conservative
G Heathcote Whig
Following the death of Sir G N Noel:
By-Election 1838 (March 13)
W M Noel Conservative
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Gerard Noel Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 800 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Gerard Noel Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 800 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Gerard Noel Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,296 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,264 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,325 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Noel's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Noel | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Noel resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Noel | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert John Heathcote | 767 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Dawnay | 676 | 32.1 | N/A | |
Whig | Charles Noel | 664 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,341 | 86.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,557 | ||||
Majority | 91 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 12 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Dawnay resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert John Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,887 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert John Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,876 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Heathcote was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Aveland and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,822 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,810 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gilbert Heathcote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,774 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Noel was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Heathcote succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Aveland and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,200 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,950 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Noel was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Gerard Noel | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,736 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Noel's resignation caused a by-election, which was the first contest in the constituency for 42 years.[21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Lowther | 860 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | John William Davenport-Handley[22] | 194 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 666 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,054 | 59.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,768 | ||||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | 2,366 | 68.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Marston Clarke Buszard | 1,110 | 31.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,256 | 36.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,476 | 83.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,166 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Finch | 2,047 | 56.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Harold Pearson | 1,564 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 483 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,611 | 89.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,042 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gretton | 2,213 | 61.9 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | W F H Lyon | 1,362 | 38.1 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 851 | 23.8 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,575 | 87.6 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 4,083 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gretton | 2,235 | 59.3 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Joseph Nathaniel Emery | 1,531 | 40.7 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 704 | 18.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,766 | 91.2 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,128 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gretton | 2,169 | 61.3 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Joseph Nathaniel Emery | 1,367 | 38.7 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 802 | 22.6 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,536 | 85.7 | −5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,128 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: John Gretton
- Liberal:
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