Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Seats1547–1832: two
1832–1983: one
Created fromHampshire
Petersfield
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Petersfield in Hampshire, showing boundaries used from 1974–1983
1547–1983
Seats1547–1832: two
1832–1983: one
Created fromHampshire
Replaced byEast Hampshire, Winchester and Fareham[1]

Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election.

Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Thereafter, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and part of the Sessional Division of Winchester.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, and the Rural Districts of Alresford, Alton, Catherington, Droxford, and Petersfield.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, the Rural Districts of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and in the Rural District of Winchester the parishes of Botley, Burlesdon, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.

1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, and the Rural Districts of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield.

Members of Parliament

MPs for Petersfield borough (1547–1885)

MPs 1547–1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1547George TadloweLawrence Elveden alias Cattaneo[2]
1553 (Mar)Sir Anthony BrowneJohn Vaughan[2]
1553 (Oct)Sir Anthony BrowneGeorge Rithe[2]
1554 (Apr)John VaughanHenry Weston[2]
1554 (Nov)John VaughanHenry Weston[2]
1555Christopher RitheHenry Weston[2]
1558Henry WestonChristopher Rithe[2]
1559Sir Henry WestonGeorge Rithe[3]
1563Sir Henry WestonTomas Dering[3]
1571John CowperRobert Rithe[3]
1572Richard NortonRalph Bourchier, sat for Newcastle-under-Lyme
and repl. Apr 1572 by
Thomas Chatterton[3]
1584Sir Henry WestonEdmund Marvyn[3]
1586Edward RadclyffeEdmund Marvyn[3]
1588Benjamin TichborneEdmund Marvyn[3]
1593Sir Walter CovertRichard Weston (MP for Petersfield)[3]
1597William KingswellThomas Hanbury[3]
1601William KingswellJohn Swynnerton[3]
1604Sir William HerveySir William Kingswell
1614Sir Walter TichborneWalter Savage
1621-1622Richard NortonJohn Hippisley
1624Sir John JephsonSir John Hippisley
1625Sir John JephsonWilliam Uvedale
1626Benjamin TichborneWilliam Uvedale
1628-1629Benjamin TichborneWilliam Uvedale
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)William UvedaleSir William Lewis
1640 (Nov)William Uvedale, disabledSir William Lewis
1645Sir William Lewis,excluded 1648William Uvedale
1653Petersfield not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654Petersfield not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament
1656Petersfield not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament
1659Josias ChildSir Henry Norton

MPs 1660–1832

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1660 Thomas Cole[4] Arthur Bold
1661 Sir Humphrey Bennet
1668 Thomas Neale
1677 Leonard Bilson
1679 Sir John Norton, Bt
1685 Thomas Bilson
1689 Robert Michell
1690 Richard Holt
1698 Peter Bettesworth
January 1701 Ralph Bucknall Richard Markes
November 1701 Robert Michell
1704 Leonard Bilson
1705 Norton Powlett Whig
1715 Samuel Pargiter-Fuller
1722 Edmund Miller
January 1727 Joseph Taylor[5] Tory
May 1727 Edmund Miller
August 1727 Joseph Taylor Tory
1734 Sir William Jolliffe Edward Gibbon
1741 John Jolliffe Francis Fane
1747 William Conolly Whig
February 1754 William Gerard Hamilton
April 1754 William Beckford[6]
December 1754 Sir John Philipps, Bt
1761 John Jolliffe Richard Pennant
1767 Richard Croftes
1768 William Jolliffe Welbore Ellis
1774 Sir Abraham Hume
1780 Tory[7] Thomas Samuel Jolliffe Tory[7]
1787 The Viscount Downe
June 1790 Hon. George North Whig[7]
December 1790 Marquess of Titchfield
1791 Welbore Ellis
1795 Hon. Charles Greville
1796 Hylton Jolliffe
1797 Sir John Sinclair, Bt
March 1802 Hylton Jolliffe
July 1802 Tory[7] William Best
1806 Hon. John Ward
1807 Booth Grey
October 1812 George Canning Tory[7]
December 1812 George Canning, junior Tory[7]
March 1820 The Lord Hotham[8] Tory[7]
June 1820 Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt Tory[7]
1825 James Lushington Tory[7]
1826 William Marshall Whig[7]
1830 Sir William Jolliffe, Bt Tory[7] Gilbert East Jolliffe Tory[7]
1831 Hylton Jolliffe Tory[7]
1832 Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1885

ElectionMemberParty
1832[9] John Shaw-Lefevre Whig[7]
1833 [9] Hylton Jolliffe Tory[7]
1834 Conservative Party[7]
1835 Cornthwaite Hector Radical[7][10][11]
1837[12] Sir William Jolliffe, Bt Conservative Party[7]
1838 [12] Cornthwaite Hector Radical[7][10][11]
1841 Sir William Jolliffe Conservative Party[7]
1866 by-election William Nicholson Liberal Party
1874[13] William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe Conservative Party
1880 William Nicholson Liberal Party
1885 Borough abolished - name transferred to county division

MPs for Petersfield county constituency (1885–1983)

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Viscount Wolmer Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1892 William Wickham Conservative
1897 William Graham Nicholson Conservative
1935 Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith Conservative
1941 Sir George Jeffreys Conservative
1951 Peter Legh Conservative
1960 Joan Quennell Conservative
1974 Michael Mates Conservative
1983 Constituency abolished

Elections

References

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