Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Former British parliamentary constituency (1295–1885) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885[citation needed].

CountyWarwickshire
Major settlementsWarwick
SeatsTwo
Replaced byWarwick & Leamington
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Warwick
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyWarwickshire
Major settlementsWarwick
1295–1885
SeatsTwo
Replaced byWarwick & Leamington
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Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new single-member constituency of Warwick and Leamington.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

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ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386Robert NortonHenry Trymenell[1]
1388 (Feb)Robert NortonHenry Trymenell[1]
1388 (Sep)John RainesJohn Russell[1]
1390 (Jan)John BuckmoreHenry Filongley [1]
1390 (Nov)
1391Henry de la ChamberJohn Raines [1]
1393Maurice de la ChamberHenry ?[1]
1394Maurice LuttrellJohn Russell [1]
1395Maurice de la ChamberJohn Allerwich[1]
1397 (Jan)Henry TrymenellRobert Walden[1]
1397 (Sep)John BromeWilliam Ilshawe[1]
1399William RudingWilliam Hull[1]
1401?John Brome?William Hopkins[1]
1402John BromeRichard Hewe[1]
1404 (Jan)Simon BennettJohn Weston[1]
1404 (Oct)
1406John BromeJohn Weston[1]
1407Thomas EllamRichard Ferrour alias Barkes[1]
1410John WestonRoger Wootton[1]
1411John WestonRoger Wootton[1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton[1]
1414 (Apr)John BromeRoger Wootton[1]
1414 (Nov)Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton[1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419Nicholas RodyRoger Wootton[1]
1420John RodyJohn Usk[1]
1421 (May)Nicholas RodyJohn Upton[1]
1421 (Dec)Nicholas RodyJohn Rody[1]
1510–1523No names known [2]
1529William NewenhamThomas Holte[2]
1536?
1539?
1542Clement ThrockmortonWilliam Webbe[2]
1545Kenelm ThrockmortonWilliam Pinnock[2]
1547Sir William PickeringClement Throckmorton[2]
1553 (Mar)Clement ThrockmortonJohn Throckmorton[2]
1553 (Oct)Clement ThrockmortonEdward Ferrers[2]
1554 (Apr)George ThrockmortonThomas Fisher[2]
1554 (Nov)Thomas FisherRalph Broune[2]
1555Kenelm ThrockmortonThomas Fisher[2]
1558Thomas FisherJohn Butler[2]
1558/1559Thomas ThrockmortonThomas Fisher[3]
1562/1563Walter HaddonJohn Butler[3]
1571 (Mar)Edward AglionbyJohn Fisher[3]
1572 (Apr)Thomas DudleyJohn Fisher[3]
1584 (Nov)Thomas DudleyJohn Fisher[3]
1586 (Oct)Thomas DudleyJob Throckmorton[3]
1588 (Oct)James DyerThomas Dudley[3]
1593John HugfordWilliam Combe[3]
1597 (Sep)John TownsendWilliam Spicer [3]
1601 (Oct)John TownsendWilliam Spicer [3]
1604John TownsendWilliam Spicer
1614Sir Greville VerneyJohn Townsend
1621John CokeSir Greville Verney
1624Sir Edward ConwayFrancis Lucy
1625Sir Francis Leigh, BtFrancis Lucy
1626Sir Francis Leigh, Bt.Francis Lucy
1628Francis LucyHon. Robert Greville Election declared void
Replaced by Anthony Stoughton[4]
1629-1640No Parliaments summoned
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MPs 1640–1885

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ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
November 1640 William PurefoyParliamentarian Sir Thomas Lucy[5]
December 1640 Godfrey BosvileParliamentarian
1653 Warwick was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Richard Lucy Warwick had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 Clement Throckmorton
January 1659 Fulke Lucy Thomas Archer
May 1659 William Purefoy One seat vacant
August 1659 Both seats vacant after Purefoy's death
April 1660 Sir Clement Throckmorton John Rous
1661 Henry Puckering
1664 Fulke Greville Sir Francis Compton
1677 Robert Digby
1678 John Bowyer
February 1679 John Clopton Henry Puckering
August 1679 Thomas Lucy Richard Booth
1681 Thomas Coventry[6]
1685 Simon Digby
1689 William Colemore William Digby
1695 Francis Greville
1698 Robert Greville Thomas Wagstaffe
1699 Algernon Greville
January 1701 Francis Greville
November 1701 Algernon Greville
1705 Dodington Greville
1710 Charles Leigh
1713 William Colemore
1722 William Keyt
1727 William Bromley Tory
1735[7] Thomas Archer Henry Archer
1741 Wills Hill[8]
1756 John Spencer
1761 Hamilton Boyle
1762 Paul Methuen
March 1768 George Greville
May 1768 Paul Methuen
January 1774 Charles Francis Greville Tory[9]
October 1774 Robert Fulke Greville Tory
1780 Robert Ladbroke Whig[9]
1790 Charles Perceval Tory[9] Henry Gage Tory[9]
1792 George Villiers Tory[9]
1796 Samuel Gaussen Tory[9]
1802 Charles Mills Tory[9] Henry Greville Tory[9]
1816 Charles John Greville Tory[9]
1826 John Tomes Whig[9]
1831 Edward Bolton King Whig[9]
1832 Charles John Greville[10] Tory[9]
1833 Writ suspended – seat vacant
1835 Charles John Greville Conservative[9]
1836 Charles Canning Conservative[9]
March 1837 William Collins Whig[9][11][12][13][14]
July 1837 Charles Eurwicke Douglas Conservative[9]
1852 George William John Repton Conservative Edward Greaves Conservative
1865 Arthur Peel Liberal
1868 Edward Greaves Conservative
1874 George Repton Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished: see Warwick and Leamington
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Election results

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Warwick[9][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Charles John Greville Unopposed
Whig John Tomes (MP) Unopposed
Tory hold
Whig hold
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General election 1831: Warwick[9][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Tomes (MP) 698 40.4
Whig Edward Bolton King 523 30.3
Tory Charles John Greville 505 29.3
Majority 18 1.0
Turnout 1,019 c. 78.4
Registered electors c. 1,300
Whig hold
Whig gain from Tory
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General election 1832: Warwick[9][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Charles John Greville 701 40.8 +11.5
Whig Edward Bolton King 553 32.2 +1.9
Whig John Tomes (MP) 463 27.0 −13.4
Turnout 1,248 93.1 c. +14.7
Registered electors 1,340
Majority 238 13.8 N/A
Tory gain from Whig Swing +11.5
Majority 90 5.2 +4.2
Whig hold Swing −1.9
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Greville's election was later declared void but no writ was issued for a by-election to elect a new MP.

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General election 1835: Warwick[9][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles John Greville 564 38.7 +18.3
Whig Edward Bolton King 478 32.8 −26.4
Conservative John Halcomb 416 28.5 +8.1
Turnout 930 95.8 +2.7
Registered electors 971
Majority 86 5.9 −7.9
Conservative hold Swing +15.8
Majority 62 4.3 −0.9
Whig hold Swing −26.4
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Greville resigned, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 23 August 1836: Warwick[9][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Canning 463 51.6 −15.6
Whig Henry William Hobhouse 434 48.4 +15.6
Majority 29 3.2 −2.7
Turnout 897 85.8 −10.0
Registered electors 1,046
Conservative hold Swing −15.6
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Canning was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl Canning and causing a by-election.

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By-election, 28 March 1837: Warwick[9][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Collins 457 52.0 +19.2
Conservative John Adams 422 48.0 −19.2
Majority 35 4.0 −0.3
Turnout 879 86.8 −9.0
Registered electors 1,013
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +19.2
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General election 1837: Warwick[9][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Collins 498 35.4 +19.0
Conservative Charles Eurwicke Douglas 468 33.3 −33.9
Whig Edward Bolton King 439 31.2 +14.8
Turnout 909 89.7 −6.1
Registered electors 1,013
Majority 30 2.1 −2.2
Whig hold Swing +18.0
Majority 29 2.1 −3.8
Conservative hold Swing −33.9
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Warwick[9][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Collins Unopposed
Conservative Charles Eurwicke Douglas Unopposed
Registered electors 957
Whig hold
Conservative hold
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Douglas was appointed a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 13 August 1845: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Eurwicke Douglas Unopposed
Conservative hold
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General election 1847: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Collins 443 50.3 N/A
Conservative Charles Eurwicke Douglas 407 46.3 N/A
Whig Henry Roberts[17] 30 3.4 N/A
Turnout 440 (est) 57.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 770
Majority 36 4.0 N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
Majority 377 42.9 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Repton 383 36.2 +13.0
Conservative Edward Greaves 348 32.9 +9.7
Whig John Mellor[18][19] 327 30.9 −22.8
Majority 21 2.0 −40.9
Turnout 693 (est) 95.8 (est) +38.7
Registered electors 723
Conservative hold Swing +12.2
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +10.6
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General election 1857: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Repton Unopposed
Conservative Edward Greaves Unopposed
Registered electors 734
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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General election 1859: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Repton Unopposed
Conservative Edward Greaves Unopposed
Registered electors 721
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Repton 342 35.8 N/A
Liberal Arthur Peel 315 33.0 New
Conservative Edward Greaves 297 31.1 N/A
Turnout 635 (est) 92.0 (est) N/A
Registered electors 690
Majority 27 2.8 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority 18 1.9 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
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General election 1868: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Peel 873 43.7 +10.7
Conservative Edward Greaves 863 43.2 −23.7
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 260 13.0 N/A
Turnout 998 (est) 59.1 (est) −32.9
Registered electors 1,688
Majority 10 0.5 −1.4
Liberal hold Swing +17.2
Majority 603 30.2 +27.4
Conservative hold Swing −17.2
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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Repton 836 32.9 +11.3
Liberal Arthur Peel 783 30.8 −12.9
Conservative Augustus Godson[20] 740 29.1 +7.5
Lib-Lab Randal Cremer 180 7.1 −5.9
Turnout 1,571 (est) 94.4 (est) +35.3
Registered electors 1,664
Majority 53 2.1 −28.1
Conservative hold Swing +8.9
Majority 43 1.7 +1.2
Liberal hold Swing −11.2
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Warwick[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur Peel 981 40.5 +9.7
Conservative George Repton 768 31.7 −1.2
Conservative Augustus Godson[20] 676 27.9 −1.2
Majority 213 8.8 +6.7
Turnout 1,703 (est) 96.9 (est) +2.5
Registered electors 1,758
Liberal hold Swing +5.2
Conservative hold Swing −5.2
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