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.
Nottingham | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West |
Nottingham sent two representatives to Parliament from 1283 onwards.
In the mid eighteenth century it was influenced by the large local landowners the Duke of Newcastle for the Whigs and Lord Middleton for the Tories and as a consequence would tend to return MP from each party.[2]
The constituency was abolished in 1885 and replaced by Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) |
Parliament | First member | Second member | ||
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1318 | Robert Ingram[3] | Simon Folville[3] | ||
1322 (May) | Geoffrey le Flemyng[3] | Simon Folville[3] | ||
1327 (Jan) | Robert Ingram of Nottingham[3] | Simon Folville[3] | ||
1384 (Apr) | John Tansley[4] | |||
1385 | John Crowshaw[5] | |||
1386 | William Butler | Robert Howden[6] | ||
1388 (Feb) | John Crowshaw | John Plumtre[6] | ||
1388 (Sep) | William Butler | Thomas Mapperley[6] | ||
1390 (Jan) | William Butler | Robert German[6] | ||
1390 (Nov) | ||||
1391 | William Butler | Thomas Mapperley[6] | ||
1393 | William Butler | Nicholas Alestre[6] | ||
1394 | ||||
1395 | Thomas Mapperley | Robert German (MP)[6] | ||
1397 (Jan) | Thomas Mapperley | Robert German (MP)[6] | ||
1397 (Sep) | William Gresley | John Hodings[6] | ||
1399 | John Plumtre | John Tansley[6] | ||
1401 | ||||
1402 | ||||
1404 (Jan) | ||||
1404 (Oct) | ||||
1406 | Walter Stacy | Thomas Fox[6] | ||
1407 | John Bothall | John Jorce[6] | ||
1410 | ||||
1411 | Thomas Mapperley | John Hodings[6] | ||
1413 (Feb) | Thomas Mapperley | John Hodings 1[6] | ||
1413 (May) | Thomas Mapperley | John Tansley[6] | ||
1414 (Apr) | John Tansley | Robert Glade[6] | ||
1414 (Nov) | Walter Stacy | Henry Preston[6] | ||
1415 | ||||
1416 (Mar) | John Alestre | John Bingham[6] | ||
1416 (Oct) | ||||
1417 | Henry Preston | William Burton[6] | ||
1419 | Robert Glade | Richard Samon[6] | ||
1420 | John Bingham | Thomas Poge[6] | ||
1421 (May) | Robert Glade | John Alestre[6] | ||
1421 (Dec) | Richard Samon | Thomas Poge[6] | ||
1422 | John Alestre[7] | Thomas Poge[8] | ||
1423 | Thomas Poge[8] | |||
1425 | John Alestre[7] | |||
1427 | Thomas Poge[8] | |||
1510–1523 | No names known[9] | |||
1529 | Anthony Babington | Henry Statham, died and replaced Jan 1535 by Nicholas Quarnby[9] | ||
1536 | ?Sir Anthony Babington | ?[9] | ||
1539 | Sir John Markham | George Pierrepont[9] | ||
1542 | Edward Chamberlain | ?Sir John Markham[9] | ||
1545 | Sir John Markham | Nicholas Powtrell[9] | ||
1547 | John Paston | Nicholas Powtrell[9] | ||
1553 (Mar) | Robert Haselrigg | Francis Colman[9] | ||
1553 (Oct) | Humphrey Quarnby | Thomas Markham[9] | ||
1554 (Apr) | Humphrey Quarnby | Francis Colman[9] | ||
1554 (Nov) | Nicholas Powtrell | William Markham[9] | ||
1555 | Hugh Thornhill | John Bateman[9] | ||
1558 | Francis Colman | Edward Boun[9] | ||
1558 (Dec) | Thomas Markham | John Bateman[9] | ||
1562–1563 | Humphrey Quarnby, died and replaced 1566 by Ralph Barton |
John Bateman[9] | ||
1571 | Ralph Barton | William Ball[9] | ||
1572 (Apr) | Sir Thomas Manners | John Bateman[9] | ||
1584 (Oct) | Richard Parkins | John Bateman[9] | ||
1586 | Sir Robert Constable | Richard Parkins[9] | ||
1588–1589 | Richard Parkins | George Manners[9] | ||
1593 | Richard Parkins | Humphrey Bonner[9] | ||
1597 (Sep) | Humphrey Bonner | Anchor Jackson[9] | ||
1601 | William Gregory | William Greaves[9] | ||
1604–1611 | Richard Harte (or Hunt) | Anchor Jackson | ||
1614 | William Gregory | Robert Staples | ||
1621 | Michael Purefoy | George Lascelles | ||
1623 | John Byron | Sir Charles Cavendish | ||
1625 | Robert Greaves | John Martyn | ||
1626 | Sir Gervase Clifton | John Byron | ||
1628 | Sir Charles Cavendish | Viscount Newark | ||
1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened |
Notes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Denman | 1,206 | 46.2 | ||
Whig | Ronald Craufurd Ferguson | 1,180 | 45.2 | ||
Tory | Thomas Bailey | 226 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 954 | 36.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,413 | c. 28.3 | |||
Registered electors | c. 5,000 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ||||
Whig hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Denman | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Ronald Craufurd Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 5,000 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Ronald Craufurd Ferguson | 2,399 | 41.9 | ||
Whig | John Ponsonby | 2,349 | 41.0 | ||
Tory | James Edward Gordon | 976 | 17.1 | ||
Majority | 1,373 | 23.9 | |||
Turnout | 3,322 | 63.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,220 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Ponsonby was appointed Home Secretary and elevated to the House of Lords as Lord Duncannon, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | John Hobhouse | 1,591 | 73.8 | N/A | |
Radical | William Eagle | 566 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,025 | 47.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,157 | 41.8 | -21.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,166 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Ronald Craufurd Ferguson | Unopposed | |||
Radical | John Hobhouse | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,454 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Hobhouse was appointed as President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Radical | John Hobhouse | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Ronald Craufurd Ferguson | 2,056 | 29.8 | ||
Radical | John Hobhouse | 2,052 | 29.7 | ||
Conservative | William Plowden[38] | 1,397 | 20.2 | ||
Conservative | Horace Twiss | 1,396 | 20.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,728 | 68.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,475 | ||||
Majority | 4 | 0.1 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 655 | 9.5 | |||
Radical hold |
Ferguson's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Walter Sr. | 1,983 | 53.2 | +12.8 | |
Whig | George Larpent | 1,745 | 46.8 | +17.0 | |
Majority | 238 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,728 | 79.7 | +11.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,678 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | George Larpent | 529 | 39.4 | +9.6 | |
Radical | John Hobhouse | 527 | 39.3 | +9.6 | |
Conservative | John Walter Sr. | 144 | 10.7 | −9.5 | |
Conservative | Thomas Broughton Charlton[39] | 142 | 10.6 | −9.6 | |
Turnout | 671 (est) | 14.3 (est) | c. −53.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,260 | ||||
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | ±0.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +9.6 | |||
Majority | 383 | 28.6 | +19.1 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +9.6 |
Walter and Charlton retired half an hour after the poll opened.[10]
Larpent resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Walter Sr. | 1,885 | 51.1 | +29.8 | |
Radical | Joseph Sturge[40] | 1,801 | 48.9 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 84 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,686 | 67.8 | +53.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,436 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +10.1 |
Walter's election was declared void, on petition, due to bribery by his agents, on 23 March 1843, causing a by-election.[41]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Gisborne | 1,839 | 51.6 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | John Walter Jr. | 1,728 | 48.4 | +27.1 | |
Majority | 111 | 3.0 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,567 | 69.0 | +54.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,172 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −7.5 |
Hobhouse was appointed President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | John Hobhouse | Unopposed | |||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Walter Jr. | 1,683 | 34.8 | +13.5 | |
Chartist | Feargus O'Connor | 1,257 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Gisborne | 999 | 20.7 | −18.7 | |
Radical | John Hobhouse | 893 | 18.5 | −20.8 | |
Turnout | 2,416 (est) | 46.9 (est) | +32.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,148 | ||||
Majority | 684 | 13.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +16.1 | |||
Majority | 364 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Chartist gain from Radical | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Strutt | 1,960 | 45.2 | +24.5 | |
Peelite | John Walter Jr. | 1,863 | 43.0 | +8.2 | |
Chartist | Charles Sturgeon[42] | 512 | 11.8 | −14.2 | |
Turnout | 2,168 (est) | 41.2 (est) | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,260 | ||||
Majority | 1,448 | 33.4 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Chartist | Swing | +15.8 | |||
Majority | 1,351 | 31.2 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.7 |
Strutt was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Strutt | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Strutt was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Belper, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Charles Paget | Unopposed | |||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Radical | Charles Paget | 2,393 | 49.4 | +4.2 | |
Peelite | John Walter Jr. | 1,836 | 37.9 | −5.1 | |
Chartist | Ernest Charles Jones[43] | 614 | 12.7 | +0.9 | |
Turnout | 2,422 (est) | 42.9 (est) | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,650 | ||||
Majority | 557 | 11.5 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Majority | 1,222 | 25.2 | −6.0 | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | −2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Paget | 2,456 | 37.1 | +12.4 | |
Liberal | John Mellor | 2,181 | 32.9 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Bromley[44] | 1,836 | 27.7 | −10.2 | |
Chartist | Ernest Charles Jones | 151 | 2.3 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 345 | 5.2 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,312 (est) | 55.1 (est) | +12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,012 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 |
Mellor resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Liberal | Robert Juckes Clifton[33] | 2,513 | 69.1 | New | |
Liberal | Henry Pelham-Clinton | 1,122 | 30.9 | −29.1 | |
Majority | 1,391 | 38.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,635 | 55.6 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,533 | ||||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Samuel Morley | 2,393 | 25.7 | −7.2 | |
Independent Liberal | Robert Juckes Clifton[33] | 2,352 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Paget | 2,327 | 25.0 | −12.1 | |
Conservative | Alfred Marten[45] | 2,242 | 24.1 | −3.6 | |
Turnout | 4,657 (est) | 78.5 (est) | +23.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,934 | ||||
Majority | 41 | 0.4 | −4.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
Majority | 25 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal | Swing |
The election, "won by violence" and bribery was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.[46][33]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | 2,518 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Russell | 2,494 | 25.6 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | George Jenkinson | 2,411 | 24.8 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Handel Cossham | 2,307 | 23.7 | −1.3 | |
Independent Liberal | David Faulkner[47] | 3 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 4,867 (est) | 82.0 (est) | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,934 | ||||
Majority | 24 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
Independent Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 83 | 0.8 | +0.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Robert Juckes Clifton | 5,285 | 28.4 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Ichabod Wright | 4,591 | 24.6 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Seely | 4,004 | 21.5 | −4.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Clayden[48] | 2,716 | 14.6 | −10.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | 2,031 | 10.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 11,609 (est) | 81.9 (est) | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 14,168 | ||||
Majority | 694 | 3.8 | +3.5 | ||
Independent Liberal hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Majority | 587 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.0 |
Clifton's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | 4,627 | 50.6 | +14.5 | |
Independent Liberal | William Digby Seymour | 4,517 | 49.4 | +10.1 | |
Majority | 110 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,144 | 64.5 | −17.4 | ||
Registered electors | 14,168 | ||||
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal | Swing |
Wright's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Auberon Herbert | 4,971 | 51.5 | +15.4 | |
Independent Liberal | William Digby Seymour[49] | 4,675 | 48.5 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 296 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,646 | 68.1 | −13.8 | ||
Registered electors | 14,168 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Evelyn Denison | 5,268 | 24.9 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Saul Isaac | 4,790 | 22.6 | +10.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Laycock[51] | 3,732 | 17.6 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Labouchère | 3,545 | 16.8 | +2.2 | |
Lib-Lab | David Heath[52] | 2,752 | 13.0 | New | |
Independent Liberal | Richard Birkin[53] | 1,074 | 5.1 | -34.2 | |
Majority | 1,058 | 5.0 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,581 (est) | 65.5 (est) | −16.4 | ||
Registered electors | 16,154 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Seely | 8,499 | 31.3 | +13.7 | |
Liberal | John Skirrow Wright | 8,055 | 29.6 | +12.8 | |
Conservative | Saul Isaac | 5,575 | 20.5 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | William Gill[54] | 5,052 | 18.6 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 2,480 | 9.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,591 (est) | 72.7 (est) | +7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 18,699 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.6 |
Wright's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arnold Morley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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