Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division usually covering urban areas that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords
History
Members of Parliament
1295-1640
- 1584-1587: Thomas Johnson
- 1601: George Belgrave
- 1614: Henry Rich
- 1621-1622: Sir Richard Morrison
- 1621-1622: Sir William Herrick
- 1625: Thomas Jermyn
1640-1918
| Year | | First member | First party | | Second member | Second party |
|---|
| April 1640 | | Simon Every | | | ? | |
| November 1640 | | Thomas Coke | Royalist | | Lord Grey of Groby | Parliamentarian |
| January 1644 | Coke disabled from sitting - seat vacant |
| 1645 | | Peter Temple | |
| 1653 | Leicester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament |
| 1654 | | Sir Arthur Hesilrige | | | William Stanley | |
| 1656 |
| January 1659 |
| May 1659 | | Peter Temple | | One seat vacant through the death of Lord Grey of Groby |
| 1660 | | Thomas Armeston | | | John Grey | |
| 1661 | | Sir William Hartopp | | | Sir John Pretyman | |
| 1677 | | John Grey | |
| 1679 | | Sir Henry Beaumont | |
| 1685 | | Thomas Babington | |
| 1689 | | Lawrence Carter | |
| 1690 | | Sir Edward Abney | |
| 1695 | | Archdale Palmer | |
| 1698 | | Sir William Villiers | | | Lawrence Carter | |
| 1701 | | James Winstanley | | | Lawrence Carter | |
| 1702 | | Sir George Beaumont | |
| 1719 | | Thomas Noble | |
| 1722 | | (Sir) Lawrence Carter | |
| January 1727 | | Thomas Boothby-Skrymsher | |
| August 1727 | | George Wrighte | |
| 1737 | | James Wigley | |
| 1765 | | Anthony James Keck | |
| 1766 | | John Darker | |
| 1768 | | Hon. The Short Parliament ( 13 April - 5 May 1640) of King Charles I is so called because it lasted only three weeks The Long Parliament is the name of the English Parliament called by Charles I, on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I during the English Civil War ( 1642 &ndash 1651 Thomas Grey Lord Grey of Groby (c 1623&ndash1657 was the Member of Parliament for Leicester during the English Long Parliament, an active member of " Roundheads " was the Nickname given to the Puritan supporters of Parliament during the English Civil War. Peter Temple was a Regicide, living from about 1599 to 1663. Born at Sibson Leicestershire, he was apprenticed to a linen draper but inherited Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653 and was the last attempt of the English The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. Sir Arthur Haselrig 2nd Baronet (died 7 January 1661 English parliamentarian, is best remembered as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas The Rump Parliament was the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride on December 6 1648 had purged Long Parliament of those Peter Temple was a Regicide, living from about 1599 to 1663. Born at Sibson Leicestershire, he was apprenticed to a linen draper but inherited Hon John Grey (died 1709 of Enville Hall Staffordshire was a Member of Parliament for that county. Hon John Grey (died 1709 of Enville Hall Staffordshire was a Member of Parliament for that county. Henry Frederick Beaumont DL JP ( 10 March 1833 - 13 October 1913) was a British Liberal politician Year 1702 ( MDCCII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1722 ( MDCCXXII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1766 ( MDCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Booth Grey | | | Eyre Coote | |
| 1774 | | John Darker | |
| February 1784 | | Shukburgh Ashby | |
| April 1784 | | John Macnamara | | | Charles Loraine-Smith | |
| 1790 | | Thomas Boothby Parkyns | | | Samuel Smith | |
| 1800 | | Thomas Babington | |
| 1818 | | John Mansfield | | | Thomas Pares | |
| 1826 | | Sir Charles Abney-Hastings | | | Robert Otway-Cave | |
| 1830 | | William Evans | Whig |
| 1831 | | Wynne Ellis | Whig |
| 1835 | | Edward Goulburn | Conservative | | Thomas Gladstone | Conservative |
| 1837 | | Samuel Duckworth | Whig | | Sir John Easthope | Whig |
| 1839 | | Wynne Ellis | Whig |
| 1847 [1] | | Sir Joshua Walmsley | Whig | | Richard Gardner | Whig |
| 1848 | | J Ellis | Whig | | R Harris | Whig |
| 1852 | | Sir Joshua Walmsley | Whig | | Richard Gardner | Whig |
| 1856 | | John Biggs | Whig |
| 1857 | | John Dove Harris | Whig |
| 1859 | | Joseph William Noble | Liberal | | Liberal |
| 1861 | | William Unwin Heygate | Conservative |
| 1862 | | Peter Alfred Taylor | Liberal |
| 1865 | | John Dove Harris | Liberal |
| 1874 | | Alexander McArthur | Liberal |
| 1884 | | James Allanson Picton | Liberal |
| 1892 | | Sir James Whitehead | Liberal |
| 1894 | | Henry Broadhurst | Liberal | | Walter Hazell | Liberal |
| 1900 | | Sir John Fowke Lancelot Rolleston | Conservative |
| January 1906 | | James Ramsay Macdonald | Labour |
| March 1906 | | Franklin Thomasson | Liberal |
| 1910 | | Eliot Crawshay-Williams | Liberal |
| 1913 | | Sir Gordon Hewart | Liberal |
| 1918 | Constituency abolished: see Leicester East, Leicester South, Leicester West |
Notes
- ^ The election of 1847 was declared void on petition and a by-election was held
Election results
References
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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