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Helston, sometimes known as Helleston, was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

centred on the small town of Helston

Helston

Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...

in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

.

Using the bloc vote

Plurality-at-large voting

Plurality-at-large voting is a non-proportional voting system for electing several representatives from a single multimember electoral district using a series of check boxes and tallying votes similar to a plurality election...

system of election, it returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs) to the House of Commons of England

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

until 1707, then to House of Commons of Great Britain

House of Commons of Great Britain

The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain between 1707 and 1801. In 1707, as a result of the Acts of Union of that year, it replaced the House of Commons of England and the third estate of the Parliament of Scotland, as one of the most significant...

until 1800, and to House of Commons of the United Kingdom until the 1832 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1832

-Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....

.

The Reform Act 1832

Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...

reduced its representation to one member, elected by the first-past-the-post

First-past-the-post

First-past-the-post voting refers to an election won by the candidate with the most votes. The winning potato candidate does not necessarily receive an absolute majority of all votes cast.-Overview:...

system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

, it was abolished with effect from the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

Before 1640

Constituency created (1298)

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1386	Roger Trewythenick	John Urban
First Parliament of 1388 (Feb)	Thomas Tregadereth	Roger Trewythenick
Second Parliament of 1388 (Sep)	Thomas Bray	John Symon
First Parliament of 1390 (Jan)	Roger Trewythenick	John Urban
Second Parliament of 1390 (Nov)	?	?
Parliament of 1391	Roger Trewythenick	William Glasen
Parliament of 1393	John Trereise	Michael Trereise
Parliament of 1394	?	?
Parliament of 1395	Roger Trewythenick	Roger Skewys
First Parliament of 1397 (Jan)	Thomas Beville	John Urban
Second Parliament of 1397 (Sep)	John Pengersick	John Skewys
Parliament of 1399	Roger Trewythenick	John Pengersick
Parliament of 1401	?	?
Parliament of 1402	Roger Trewythenick	John Masselegh
First Parliament of 1404 (Jan)
Second Parliament of 1404 (Oct)
Parliament of 1406	Walter Badrygy	William Penalewy
Parliament of 1407	John Pengersick	Matthew Skewys
Parliament of 1410
Parliament of 1411	John Glasen	Thomas Pellour
First Parliament of 1413 (Feb)
Second Parliament of 1413 (May)	Thomas Treffidowe	Thomas Polglas
First Parliament of 1414 (Apr)
Second Parliament of 1414 (Nov)	John Clink	John Baker
Parliament of 1415 or 1416 (Mar)	John Glasen	Robert Treage
Parliament of 1416 (Oct)
Parliament of 1417	John Glasen	Thomas Gurtaboys
Parliament of 1419	Robert Treage	John Cork
Parliament of 1420	William Richard	William Trethake
First Parliament of 1421 (May)	Thomas Carathyn	John Treffridowe
Second Parliament of 1421 (Dec)	William Penpons	Adam Vivian
Parliament of 1529	Edmund Smith	John Holdiche
Parliament of 1542	William Trewynnard	?
Parliament of 1545	John Arundell I	Richard Heywood
Parliament of 1547	Thomas Mildmay	John Trengove
First Parliament of 1553 (Mar)	Thomas Mildmay	Robert Docatt
Second Parliament of 1553 (Oct)	William Bendlowes	Henry Trengove alias Nance
First Parliament of 1554 (Apr)	William St Aubyn	John Kyme
Second Parliament of 1554 (Nov)	Reginald Mohun	William St Aubin
Parliament of 1555	Thomas Mildmay	Edward Neville
Parliament of 1558	Thomas Mildmay	Peter Martyn Peter Martyn Peter Martyn, Irish soldier, 1772-1827.Martyn was a member of one of the Tribes of Galway. He was born in Castlebar, County Mayo in 1772. He joined the Austria-Hungary Imperial Service in June 1790 as a Second-Lieutenant in the 1st Cuirassier Regiment...
Parliament of 1559	John Trendeneck	Francis Goldsmith
Parliament of 1562-1567	William Porter	John Dudley
Parliament of 1571	Sir Edward Bray	John Gayer
Parliament of 1572-1581	William Killigrew William Killigrew (Chamberlain of the Exchequer) Sir William Killigrew was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1571 and 1614. He was chamberlain of the exchequer between 1605 and 1608....	John Vyvyan (died c.1578)
Parliament of 1584-1585	Humphrey Prideaux	William Lewis
Parliament of 1586-1587	Hannibal Vyvyan Hannibal Vyvyan Hannibal Vyvyan , of Trelowarren in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament ; his surname is sometimes spelt Vivian. The eldest son of John Vyvyan , also an MP, and head of one of Cornwall's leading families, he represented Plympton Erle in the Parliament of 1585, Helston in 1586-7 and 1601,...	William Godolphin William Godolphin (1547-1589) Sir William Godolphin , of Treveneage in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. He was the younger son of Thomas Godolphin, Captain of the Scilly Isles, a member of one of Cornwall's leading families; his older brother, Sir Francis, who took over the governorship of the Scillies from...
Parliament of 1588-1589	William Buggin	Christopher Osborne
Parliament of 1593	William Gardiner	Ralph Knevitt
Parliament of 1597-1598	William Cooke William Cooke (of Highnam) Sir William Cooke was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614....	Nicholas Saunders
Parliament of 1601	William Twysden Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1628....	Hannibal Vyvyan Hannibal Vyvyan Hannibal Vyvyan , of Trelowarren in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament ; his surname is sometimes spelt Vivian. The eldest son of John Vyvyan , also an MP, and head of one of Cornwall's leading families, he represented Plympton Erle in the Parliament of 1585, Helston in 1586-7 and 1601,...
Parliament of 1604-1611	Sir John Leigh John Leigh (died 1612) Sir John Leigh was an English landowner, soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1611.Leigh was the son of John Leigh of Coldrey, Hampshire and his wife Margaret or Margery Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, Middlesex...	John Bogans (died) Robert Naunton Robert Naunton Sir Robert Naunton was an English writer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1606 and 1626.-Life:... (from 1606)
Addled Parliament (1614) Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...	Sir Robert Killigrew Robert Killigrew Sir Robert Killigrew was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1629. He served as Ambassador the the United Provinces.-Life:...	Henry Bulstrode
Parliament of 1621-1622	Sir Thomas Stafford Thomas Stafford (MP) Sir Thomas Stafford was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1625....	William Noy William Noy William Noy was a noted British jurist.He was born on the family estate of Pendrea in St Buryan, Cornwall. He left Exeter College, Oxford without taking a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1594. From 1603 until his death he was elected, with one exception, to each parliament, sitting...
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...	Thomas Carey Thomas Carey (died 1634) Thomas Carey was an English Member of Parliament.The second son of Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth, he represented Helston , Tregony and St Mawes . He lived at Sunninghill Park in Berkshire and died in 1634, and was buried in Westminster Abbey...	Francis Carew
Useless Parliament (1625) Useless Parliament The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...
Parliament of 1625-1626	Francis Godolphin
Parliament of 1628-1629	Sidney Godolphin Sidney Godolphin (poet) Sidney Godolphin , was an English poet, courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1643. He died fighting in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.-Biography:...	William Noy William Noy William Noy was a noted British jurist.He was born on the family estate of Pendrea in St Buryan, Cornwall. He left Exeter College, Oxford without taking a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1594. From 1603 until his death he was elected, with one exception, to each parliament, sitting...
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

1640-1832

Year	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Sidney Godolphin Sidney Godolphin (poet) Sidney Godolphin , was an English poet, courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1628 and 1643. He died fighting in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.-Biography:...	Royalist		William Godolphin William Godolphin (Royalist) Sir William Godolphin was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640. He fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...			Royalist		Francis Godolphin	Royalist
February 1643	Sidney Godolphin killed in battle - seat vacant				Francis Godolphin	Royalist
January 1644	Sidney Godolphin killed in battle - seat vacant			Francis Godolphin disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1646		John Penrose John Penrose (Parliamentarian) John Penrose was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648.Penrose was the son of John Penrose of Helston and his wife Jane Trefusis. In 1645, Penrose was elected Member of Parliament for Helston in the Long Parliament. In 1647 he was a commissioner for raising...			John Thomas
December 1648	Penrose not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...			Thomas excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant
1653	Unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Robert Rous			Thomas Juxon
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Helston was unrepresented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		Anthony Rous Anthony Rous Anthony Rous was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1660. He was an officer in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War....			Alexander Penhellick Alexander Penhellick Alexander Penhellick was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Penhellick was the eldest son of Humphrey Penhellick of Helston and his wife Grace Bolithoe. His father was mayor of Helston in 1638. Penhellick was a merchant and in 1652 he was granted a commission for a...
July 1660		Thomas Robinson			(Sir) Francis Godolphin
1661		Thomas Robinson			Sir Peter Killigrew
1665		Sir William Godolphin, Bt Sir William Godolphin, 1st Baronet Sir William Godolphin, 1st Baronet , of Godolphin in Cornwall, was an English Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of Sir Francis Godolphin, KB, who had been a Member of Parliament until being barred from sitting because of his Royalist sympathies during the Civil War, and who after the...			Sir Peter Killigrew
1668					Sidney Godolphin Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Sir Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, KG, PC was a leading English politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries...	Tory
Feb 1679					Sir Vyell Vyvyan, Bt
Sep 1679		Sidney Godolphin Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin Sir Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, KG, PC was a leading English politician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries...	Tory		Sir Vyell Vyvyan, Bt
1681			Tory		Charles Godolphin
1685		Sidney Godolphin
1689		Sir John St Aubyn, Bt
1695		Francis Godolphin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC was a British politician, styled Viscount Rialton between 1706 and 1712.-Biography:...
1698		Sidney Godolphin
1701					Francis Godolphin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, PC was a British politician, styled Viscount Rialton between 1706 and 1712.-Biography:...
1708					John Evelyn Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet of Wotton -Biography:He was born in Deptford, Kent, the son of John Evelyn the Younger, Barrister of the Middle Temple and Commissioner of the Revenue, and his wife, Martha, daughter of Richard Spencer. He was the grandson of the famous diarist John Evelyn...
Oct 1710					George Granville George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne PC was an English poet, playwright, and politician who served as a Privy Counsellor from 1712.-Early life:...	Tory
Dec 1710					Robert Child
1713		Henry Campion			Charles Coxe
1714		Thomas Tonkin Thomas Tonkin -Early Life:He was born at Trevaunance, St Agnes, Cornwall, and baptised in its parish church on 26 September 1678, was the eldest son of Hugh Tonkin , vice-warden of the Stannaries 1701, and High Sheriff of Cornwall 1702, by his first wife, Frances , daughter of Walter Vincent of Trelevan, near...			Alexander Pendarves Alexander Pendarves Alexander Pendarves, MP was an English politician of the Tory party, and a wealthy landowner.-Early life:...	Tory
1715		Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt	Whig		Sidney Godolphin
1722		Sir Robert Raymond Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond PC was a British judge.Robert Raymond was the son of the judge Thomas Raymond. He was educated at Eton and Christ's College, Cambridge. Said to have been admitted to Gray's Inn aged nine, he became a barrister in 1697 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1710...	Tory		Walter Carey
1724		Sir Clement Wearg Clement Wearg Sir Clement Wearg was an English lawyer and politician, solicitor-general from 1724.-Life:He was son and heir of Thomas Wearg of the Inner Temple, who married in 1679 Mary Fletcher of Ely, and was born in London. He was baptised at St. Botolph Without, Aldersgate, where his grandfather, Thomas...	Whig
1726		Exton Sayer
1727		John Evelyn			John Harris John Harris (courtier) John Harris was a British courtier and politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Helston from 1727 and then sat for Ashburton from 1741 to 1767. From 1741 he also held the post of Master of the Household to George II and III....
1741		Francis Godolphin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin was a British peer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the borough of Helston in Cornwall from 1741 to 1766, when he succeeded to the peerage on the death of his cousin Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin....			Thomas Walker
1747					(Sir) John Evelyn
1766		William Windham William Windham (of Earsham, junior) William Windham was a British landowner and politician. The son of William Windham of Earsham and Anne Tyrrell, he came of an old Norfolk family....			(Sir) John Evelyn
1767					William Evelyn
1768		The Earl of Clanbrassil James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil KP PC was an Irish peer, styled Viscount Limerick from 1756 to 1758....			William Evelyn
1774		Marquess of Carmarthen Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds KG, PC , styled Marquess of Carmarthen until 1789, was a British politician...	Tory		Francis Owen
1775		Francis Cust			Philip Yorke Philip Yorke Philip Yorke was an antiquary who developed a great interest in Welsh history and genealogy relatively late in his life. He is the author of The Royal Tribes of Wales .-Background:...
1780		Jocelyn Deane Jocelyn Deane Jocelyn Deane JP was an Irish politician.He was the third son of Sir Robert Deane, 5th Baronet and his wife Charleton Tilson, second daughter of Thomas Tilson. Deane was a Justice of the Peace and represented Baltimore in the Irish House of Commons from 1771 to until his death in 1780...
March 1781		Richard Barwell Richard Barwell Richard Barwell was an Anglo-Indian writer and politician.Barwell was the son of William Barwell, governor of Bengal in 1748, and afterwards a director of the East India Company, and Sheriff of Surrey in 1768...
June 1781					Lord Hyde Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon Thomas Villiers, 2nd Earl of Clarendon , known as Lord Hyde from 1776 to 1786, was a British peer and Tory Member of Parliament....	Tory
1784		John Rogers John Rogers (MP) John Rogers was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Helston from 1784 to 1786.-References:...
1786		Roger Wilbraham
1787		Roger Wilbraham			James Burges
1790		Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bt Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto PC , known as Sir Gilbert Elliott between 1777 and 1797 and as The Lord Minto between 1797 and 1813, was a Scottish politician diplomat....	Whig		Stephen Lushington Sir Stephen Lushington, 1st Baronet Sir Stephen Lushington, 1st Baronet , of South Hill Park in Easthampstead, Berkshire, was an English Member of Parliament and Chairman of the East India Company....	Whig
1795		Charles Abbot Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester PC, FRS was a British barrister and statesman. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1802 and 1817.-Background and education:...	Tory			Whig
1796					Richard Richards Richard Richards (MP) Sir Richard Richards SL was a Welsh politician and judge. He was Member of Parliament for Helston on two occasions, but only made one speech in Parliament...
1799					Lord Francis Osborne Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin Francis Godolphin Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin , styled Lord Francis Osborne from 1789 to 1832, was a British politician.-Background:...
1802		Viscount Fitzharris			John Penn John Penn (writer) John Penn was an Anglo-American writer, a part proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania , and a governor of the Isle of Portland.-Life:John Penn was the son of Thomas Penn and his wife Juliana John Penn (aka "John Penn, Jr."[sic], "John Penn of Stoke") (22 February 1760, London, England – 21...
1804		Davies Giddy Davies Gilbert Davies Gilbert FRS was a British engineer, author, and politician. He was elected to the Royal Society on 17 November 1791 and served as President of the Royal Society from 1827 to 1830....
1805					Viscount Primrose Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery Sir Archibald John Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery KT, PC, FRS was a British Member of Parliament.Archibald Primrose was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, gaining his MA in 1804...
April 1806		Sir John Shelley, Bt Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet was an English amateur cricketer who made 10 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1792 to 1795....
November 1806		Nicholas Vansittart Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history.-Background and education:...	Tory		John Du Ponthieu
January 1807		Thomas Brand Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre Thomas Brand, 20th Baron Dacre was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background:Dacre was the eldest son of Thomas Brand, of The Hoo, Hertfordshire, and Gertrude, 19th Baroness Dacre, daughter of the Hon...	Whig		John Du Ponthieu
May 1807		Sir John St Aubyn, Bt Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet , was a British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons....			Richard Richards Richard Richards (MP) Sir Richard Richards SL was a Welsh politician and judge. He was Member of Parliament for Helston on two occasions, but only made one speech in Parliament...
July 1807					The Lord Dufferin and Claneboye
1812		William Horne William Horne (Liberal politician) Sir William Horne was a British barrister and Liberal politician.-Background and education:The son of the Reverend Thomas Horne of Chiswick, Horne studied law at Lincoln's Inn, being called to the Bar in 1798....	Whig		Hugh Hammersley
1818		Lord James Townshend Lord James Townshend Captain Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo Townshend KCH , was a British naval commander and Tory politician.Townshend was the younger son of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, by his second wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet...	Tory		Harrington Hudson
1820					The Marquess of Carmarthen Francis D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds , styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1799 and Marquess of Carmarthen from 1799 until 1838, was a British peer and politician.-Background:...
1830					Sir Samuel Brooke-Pechell, Bt	Whig
1831					Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Walter Lane-Fox , was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background:Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by the Honourable Mary Lucy, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers...	Tory
1832 Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...	Representation reduced to one member

1832-1885

Election		Member	Party
1832 Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...		Representation reduced to one member
	1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Lane-Fox Sackville Walter Lane-Fox , was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background:Lane-Fox was the son of James Fox-Lane, of Bramham Park, Yorkshire, by the Honourable Mary Lucy, daughter of George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...	Lord James Townshend Lord James Townshend Captain Lord James Nugent Boyle Bernardo Townshend KCH , was a British naval commander and Tory politician.Townshend was the younger son of George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, by his second wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Montgomery, 1st Baronet...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade....	Viscount Cantelupe	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1840	John Basset	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for IrelandSir George Strickland, BtSir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...	Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt Sir Richard Vyvyan, 8th Baronet Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, 8th Baronet was an English landowner and Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1825 and 1857.-Early life:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Charles Trueman	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...	John Jope Rogers	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...	Adolphus William Young Adolphus William Young Adolphus William Young was an English solicitor who spent some years in New South Wales and became involved in local politics...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1866	Robert Campbell	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1866	Sir William Brett	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...	Adolphus William Young Adolphus William Young Adolphus William Young was an English solicitor who spent some years in New South Wales and became involved in local politics...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	William Molesworth-St Aubyn William Molesworth-St Aubyn William Napleton Molesworth-St Aubyn was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...		constituency abolished