. Established in 1885, it is a county constituency in
. It comprises the
, all of which were transferred to other constituencies at subsequent boundary redistributions.
as a result of an electoral corruption in 1852. The constituency was re-established in 1885.
The constituency was historically held by the Conservative Party.
was a notable recent Conservative MP for the constituency. Following boundary changes in 1997, he moved to the newly created constituency of
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1553 (Oct) |
John Maynard |
Thomas Johnson |
| 1554 (Apr) |
Thomas Wendy |
Oliver Starkey |
| 1554 (Nov) |
John Maynard |
Oliver Starkey |
| 1555 |
John Astley |
Robert Stepneth |
| 1558 |
Henry Heydon |
Francis Southwell |
| 1559 (Jan) |
Christopher Smith |
John Dodmer |
| 1562/3 |
Robert Wroth -Life:Robert, born in Middlesex about 1540, was eldest son of Sir Thomas Wroth by his wife Mary, daughter of Richard, Lord Rich. He was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, on 21 April 1553, but, owing to the religious changes consequent on the accession of Mary, Queen of Scots,...
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Roger Carew |
| 1571 |
William Skipwith |
George Ferrers George Ferrers was a courtier and writer. In an incident which arose in 1542 while he was a Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of England, he played a key role in the development of parliamentary privilege.-Life:...
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| 1572 (Apr) |
Henry Cocke |
Charles Smythe |
| 1584 |
Henry MaynardSir Henry Maynard was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became a substantial landowner.-Origins:...
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Humphrey Coningsby |
| 1586 (Oct) |
Henry MaynardSir Henry Maynard was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became a substantial landowner.-Origins:...
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Humphrey Coningsby |
| 1588 (Oct) |
Henry MaynardSir Henry Maynard was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became a substantial landowner.-Origins:...
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Humphrey Coningsby |
| 1593 |
Henry MaynardSir Henry Maynard was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became a substantial landowner.-Origins:...
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Humphrey Coningsby |
| 1597 (Oct) |
Henry MaynardSir Henry Maynard was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became a substantial landowner.-Origins:...
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Humphrey Coningsby |
| 1601 |
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
, sat for Ipswich,
replaced Nov 1601 by Henry Frowick |
Adolph Carey |
| 1604 |
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
, sat for Ipswich
repl. by Tobie MatthewSir Tobie Matthew , born in Salisbury, was an English member of parliament and courtier who converted to Roman Catholicism and became a priest...
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Adolph Carey , died,
repl. by Sir Thomas Parry |
| 1614 |
Robert Shute Robert Shute was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1621.Shute was the son of Robert Shute, Justice of the Queen's Bench and his wife Thomasine Burgoyne, daughter of Christopher Burgoyne, of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire...
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Sir Thomas RichardsonSir Thomas Richardson was successively Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Origins and early career:...
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Robert Shute Robert Shute was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1621.Shute was the son of Robert Shute, Justice of the Queen's Bench and his wife Thomasine Burgoyne, daughter of Christopher Burgoyne, of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire...
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| 1624 |
Robert Kirkham |
Sir John Jennings |
| 1625 |
Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1628....
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John Laken |
| 1626 |
Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1628....
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Sir Edward Goring |
| 1628 |
Sir John Jennings |
Robert Kirkham |
| 1629–1640 |
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| April 1640 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....
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| November 1640 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...
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Edward Wingate Edward Wingate was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
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Richard Jennings |
Parliamentarian |
| December 1648 |
Wingate and Jennings excluded in Pride's PurgePride’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...
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| 1653 |
St Albans was unrepresented in the Barebones ParliamentBarebone'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...
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| 1654 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....
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St Albans had only one seat in the First 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 SecondThe 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...
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| 1656 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...
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| January 1659 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...
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Richard Jennings |
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| May 1659 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....
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Not represented in the restored Rump 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....
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William Foxwist William Foxwist was a Welsh judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1647 and 1660.-Life:...
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Richard Jennings |
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Thomas Arris |
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Samuel Grimston Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet , was a politician.Grimston was the second and only one of the six sons of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet who survived him. He was born 7 January 1643. His mother was Sir Harbottle's first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir George Croke. He was elected member of...
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Sir Thomas Pope Blount |
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John Gape |
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Samuel Grimston Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet , was a politician.Grimston was the second and only one of the six sons of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet who survived him. He was born 7 January 1643. His mother was Sir Harbottle's first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir George Croke. He was elected member of...
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Captain George Churchill |
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Thomas Docwra |
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Sir Samuel Grimston Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet , was a politician.Grimston was the second and only one of the six sons of Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet who survived him. He was born 7 January 1643. His mother was Sir Harbottle's first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir George Croke. He was elected member of...
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Joshua Lomax |
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John Gape |
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| 1705 |
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Admiral Henry Killigrew Vice Admiral Henry Killigrew was an English Royal Navy officer. He was the son of the playwright Henry Killigrew. He was active in the 1670s and 1680s, and was promoted to vice-admiral in 1689. He was suspected of Jacobite sympathies, and not given a sea command after 1693...
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| 1708 |
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John Gape |
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Joshua Lomax |
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| 1710 |
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William Grimston William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Born William Luckyn, Grimston was the younger son of Sir William Luckyn, 3rd Baronet, and Mary Sherrington. In 1700 he succeeded to the estates of his great-uncle Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet, of Bradfield, and...
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| 1713 |
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William Hale |
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| 1714 |
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John Gape |
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| 1715 |
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William Hale |
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| 1717 |
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Joshua Lomax |
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| 1722 The British general election of 1722 elected members to serve in the House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain. This event took place following the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was fiercely fought, with contests taking place...
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William Gore |
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William Clayton William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...
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| 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...
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The Viscount Grimston William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Born William Luckyn, Grimston was the younger son of Sir William Luckyn, 3rd Baronet, and Mary Sherrington. In 1700 he succeeded to the estates of his great-uncle Sir Samuel Grimston, 3rd Baronet, of Bradfield, and...
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Caleb Lomax |
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| 1730 by-election |
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Thomas Gape |
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| 1733 by-election |
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John Merrill |
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| 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...
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Sir Thomas Aston |
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Thomas Ashby |
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| 1741 The British general election, 1741 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...
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James West James West FRS was a British politician and antiquary, who served as President of the Royal Society between 1768 and 1772....
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Hans Stanley Hans Stanley was a British diplomat and statesman.-Peace negotiator:In 1761 Stanley was Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy to France...
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| 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...
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Sir Peter Thompson |
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| 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....
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Hon. James Grimston James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Grimston was the son of William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston, and Jean Cooke. He was elected to the House of Commons for St Albans in 1754, a seat he held until 1761...
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| 1761 The British general election, 1761 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707...
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Viscount Nuneham |
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| 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...
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(Sir) Richard Sutton Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet , of Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire was an English Member of Parliament....
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John Radcliffe |
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William Charles Sloper |
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The Viscount Grimston James Bucknall Grimston, 3rd Viscount Grimston was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Grimston was the son of James Grimston, 2nd Viscount Grimston, and Mary Bucknall. He was educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge...
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| 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...
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Hon. William Grimston |
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Hon. Richard Bingham Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan , styled The Honourable from 1776 to 1795 and subsequently Lord Bingham until 1799, was an Irish peer and Tory politician.- Background :...
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John Calvert |
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| 1796 The British general election, 1796 returned members to serve in the 18th and last House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain to be held before the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...
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Thomas Skip Dyot Bucknall |
Tory |
| June 1800 by-election |
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William Stephen Poyntz William Stephen Poyntz was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1800 and 1837.Poyntz was the son of William Poyntz and his wife Isabella Courtenay...
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1802The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
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Hon. James Grimston James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam , styled Lord Dunboyne from 1775 until 1808 and known as Viscount Grimston from 1808 to 1815, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....
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1807The election to the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1807 was the third general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....
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Joseph Thompson Halsey |
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| 1809 by-election |
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Daniel Giles |
Whig |
1812The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....
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Christopher Smith |
Tory |
| February 1818 by-eelction |
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William Tierney Robarts |
Whig |
June 1818The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...
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Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill |
Tory |
1820The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....
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Sir Henry Wright-Wilson |
Tory |
1826The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....
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John Easthope Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet MP was a politician and journalist.Easthope, born at Tewkesbury on 29 October 1784, was the eldest son of Thomas Easthope by Elizabeth, daughter of John Leaver of Overbury, Worcestershire....
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1830The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...
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Viscount Grimston James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam , known as Viscount Grimston from 1815 to 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson...
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Charles Tennant |
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1831The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...
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Sir Francis Vincent, Bt Sir Francis Vincent, 10th Baronet was a British Whigpolitician.He was elected at the 1831 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament for the borough of St Albans in Hertfordshire....
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Richard Godson |
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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....
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Henry George Ward Sir Henry George Ward GCMG was an English diplomat and politician. The son of politician and, in his retirement, writer Robert Ward and his first wife Catherine Julia Maling, and the cousin of William Ward and William George Ward, he entered the diplomatic service in 1816...
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1835The 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...
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Hon. Edward Harbottle Grimston The Honourable Edward Harbottle Grimston was an English amateur cricketer and a Conservative Party politician who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841.- Cricket :...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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1837The 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....
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The Earl of Listowel William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel KP , known as Viscount Ennismore from 1827 to 1837, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament....
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June 1841-Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...
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George Repton George William John Repton was a British Conservative Party politician who held a seat in the House of Commons for most of the period from 1841 to 1885, first as a Member of Parliament for St Albans and then for Warwick.-Family:...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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Benjamin Bond Cabbell Benjamin Bond Cabbell FRS DL , British politician and philanthropist, was educated at Westminster School, and went up to Oriel College, Oxford, in June 1800, but left the university in 1803 without a degree. He was called to the bar of the Middle Temple in 1816 and practised on the western circuit...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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1847-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 *...
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Alexander Raphael Alexander Raphael was the first British-Armenian to serve in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was returned as a Liberal MP from the Irish constituency of County Carlow, at a by-election in June 1835. However the election was challenged on petition and he was unseated on 19 August 1835...
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Jacob Bell Jacob Bell was a British pharmaceutical chemist who worked to reform the profession. He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament for St Albans from 1850 to 1852.- Career :...
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1852The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...
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Viscount Grimston James Walter Grimston, 3rd Earl of Verulam , known as Viscount Grimston from 1852 to 1895, was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. He inherited his peerage in 1895.Grimston was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam, and...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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| 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...
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Vicary Gibbs The Hon. Vicary Gibbs was a British barrister, merchant and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1904.- Early life and family :Gibbs came from an old Devon family....
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ConservativeThe 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...
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| 1904 by-election The St Albans by-election of 1904 was a parliamentary by-election held in England in February 1904 for the House of Commons. It elected a new Member of Parliament for the constituency of St Albans, a county division of Hertfordshire....
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John Slack Sir John Bamford Slack was a British politician, member of the Liberal Party and Methodist lay preacher.He was elected to the House of Commons for the division of St Albans 27th Parliament at a by-election on 12 February 1904, replacing Vicary Gibbs.In 1905, he introduced a bill for women's...
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Liberal 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...
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Sir Hildred Carlile Sir Hildred Carlile, 1st Baronet CBE was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician.- Early life :...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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John Grimston John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam , known as the Honourable John Grimston until 1960, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament ....
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1945The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
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Cyril Dumpleton Cyril Walter Dumpleton JP was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the St Albans division of Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1950.-Early life and family:...
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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1950The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
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John Grimston John Grimston, 6th Earl of Verulam , known as the Honourable John Grimston until 1960, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament ....
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ConservativeThe 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...
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1959This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...
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Sir Victor Goodhew Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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1983The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...
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Peter Lilley Peter Bruce Lilley MP is a British Conservative Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament MP since 1983. He currently represents the constituency of Hitchin and Harpenden and, prior to boundary changes, represented St Albans...
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ConservativeThe 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...
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1997The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...
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Kerry PollardKerry Patrick Pollard is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected at the 1997 general election as Member of Parliament for St Albans, and held the seat until his defeat at the 2005 general election....
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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2005The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, but with a majority of 66, reduced from 160....
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Anne Main Anne Margaret Main is a Conservative Party politician in Britain. She was elected at the 2005 general election as the Member of Parliament for St Albans, defeating the Labour incumbent Kerry Pollard, and was re-elected in 2010....
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ConservativeThe 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...
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