MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885

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This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 23rd Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1885 general election, held over several days from 24th November 1885 to 18th December 1885.

Table of contents:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z By-elections Changes

[edit] A

Constituency MP Party
Aberdeen North William Alexander Hunter Liberal
Aberdeen South Rt. Hon. James Bryce Liberal
Aberdeenshire East Peter Esslemont Liberal
Aberdeenshire West Dr. Robert Farquharson Liberal
Abingdon Philip Wroughton Conservative
Accrington Frederick William Grafton
Altrincham John Baguley Brooks Conservative
Andover William Withey Bramston Beach Conservative
Anglesey Richard Davies Liberal
Antrim East Col. James Martin McCalmont Conservative
Antrim Mid Robert Torrens O'Neill Conservative
Antrim North Edward Macnaghten Consrvative
Antrim South William Grey Ellison Macartney Conservative
Appleby William Lowther
Arfon William Rathbone Liberal
Argyllshire Donald Horne Macfarlane Crofters' Party
Armagh Mid John McKane Conservative
Armagh North Rt Hon Edward James Saunderson Conservative
Armagh South Alexander Blaine
Ashburton Charles Seale-Hayne Liberal
Ashford William Pomfret Pomfret
Ashton-under-Lyne John Wentworth Addison Conservative
Aston Manor Hugh Gilzean Reid Liberal
Attercliffe Bernard John Seymour Coleridge Liberal
Aylesbury Ferdinand de Rothschild Liberal
Ayr District of Burghs Richard Frederick Fotheringham Campbell
Ayrshire North Hugh Frederick Hislop Elliot
Ayrshire South Eugene Wason

[edit] B

Banbury Sir Bernhard Samuelson
Banffshire Robert William Duff Liberal
Barkston Ash Robert Gunter Conservative
Barnard Castle
Barnsley Courtney Stanhope Kenny Liberal
Barnstaple
Barrow-in-Furness
Basingstoke
Bassetlaw
Bath
(Two members)
Battersea
Bedford
Belfast East
Belfast North
Belfast South
Belfast West
Bermondsey
Berwick-upon-Tweed Edward Grey Liberal
Berwickshire Edward Marjoribanks Liberal
Bethnal Green North East George Howell Lib-Lab
Bethnal Green South West
Bewdley
Biggleswade
Birkenhead
Birmingham Bordesley Henry Broadhurst Lib-Lab
Birmingham Central John Bright Lib
Birmingham East William Cooke Lib
Birmingham Edgbaston George Dixon Lib
Birmingham North William Kenrick Lib
Birmingham South Joseph Powell Williams Lib
Birmingham West Joseph Chamberlain Lib
Birr
Bishop Auckland
Blackburn
(Two members)
Blackpool
Bodmin
Bolton
(Two members)
Bootle
Boston
Bosworth
Bow and Bromley
Bradford Central
Bradford East
Bradford West
Brecknockshire
Brentford
Bridgwater
Brigg Sir Henry Meysey-Thompson Bt. Liberal
Brighton
(Two members)
David Smith Conservative
Rt Hon. Sir William Thackeray Marriott Conservative
Bristol East
Bristol North
Bristol South
Bristol West
Brixton
Buckingham
Buckrose
Burnley
Burton
Bury
Bury St Edmunds
Buteshire

[edit] C

Caithness-shire
Camberwell North Richard Strong Liberal
Camborne Charles Augustus Vansittart Conybeare
Cambridge
Cambridge University
(Two members)
Henry Cecil Raikes Conservative
Alexander James Beresford Beresford-Hope Conservative
Canterbury John Henniker Heaton Conservative
Cardiff District
Cardiganshire
Carlisle
County Carlow
Carmarthen District
Carmarthenshire East
Carmarthenshire West
Carnarvon
Cavan East
Cavan West
Chatham
Chelmsford
Chelsea
Cheltenham
Chertsey
Chester
Chester-le-Street Sir James Joicey, Bt. Liberal
Chesterfield
Chesterton
Chichester
Chippenham
Chorley
Christchurch
Cirencester
Clackmannan and Kinrossshire
Clapham
Clare East
Clare West
Clerkenwell
Cleveland Henry Fell Pease
Clitheroe
Cockermouth
Colchester
Colne Valley
Connemara
Cork City
(Two members)
Charles Stewart Parnell Irish Parliamentary Party
Maurice Healy Irish Parliamentary Party
County Cork East William John Lane Irish Parliamentary Party
County Cork Mid Charles Kearns Deane Tanner Irish Parliamentary Party
County Cork North James Christopher Flynn Irish Parliamentary Party
County Cork North East Edmund Leamy Irish Parliamentary Party
County Cork South Joseph Edward Kenny Irish Parliamentary Party
County Cork South East John Hooper Irish Parliamentary Party
County Cork West James Gilhooly Irish Parliamentary Party
Coventry Henry Eaton
Crewe
Cricklade Nevil Story Maskelyne Liberal
Croydon William Grantham Conservative

[edit] D

Darlington Arthur Pease
Dartford Sir William Hart Dyke, Bt. Conservative
Darwen James Gascoyne-Cecil Conservative
Denbigh District
Denbighshire East
Denbighshire West
Deptford William John Evelyn
Derby
(Two members)
Thomas Roe
William Vernon Harcourt Liberal
Derbyshire Mid Sir James Alfred Jacoby Liberal
Derbyshire North East Francis Egerton Liberal
Derbyshire South Henry Wardle
Derbyshire West Lord Edward Cavendish Liberal
Devizes
Devonport
(Two members)
Dewsbury
Doncaster Walter Shirley Shirley Liberal
Donegal East
Donegal North
Donegal South
Donegal West
Dorset East Pascoe Charles Glyn Liberal
Dorset North Edwin Berkeley Portman Liberal
Dorset South Edwin Berkeley Portman Liberal
Dorset West
Dover
Down East
Down North
Down South
Down West
Dublin County North J. J. Clancy Irish Nationalist
Dublin County South Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde Irish Nationalist
Dublin College Green
Dublin Harbour
Dublin St Patrick's
Dublin St Stephen's Green
Dublin University
(Two members)
Hugh Holmes Conservative
David Plunket Conservative
Dudley Henry Brinsley Sheridan
Dulwich John Morgan Howard Conservative
Dumbartonshire
Dumfries District of Burghs
Dumfriesshire
Dundee
(Two members)
Charles Carmichael Lacaita Liberal
Edmund Robertson Liberal
Durham Thomas Milvain
Durham Mid William Crawford
Durham North West Llewellyn Archer Atherley-Jones
Durham South East Sir Henry Marshman Havelock-Allan

[edit] E

East Lothian Richard Haldane Liberal
Ealing
East Grinstead
Eastbourne
Eccles
Eddisbury
Edinburgh Central
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh West
Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities
Egremont
Eifion
Elgin District of Burghs Alexander Asher Liberal
Elgin and Nairnshires
Elland
Enfield
Epping
Epsom
Eskdale
Essex South East
Everton
Evesham
Exeter
Eye

[edit] F

Falkirk District of Burghs
Fareham
Fermanagh North
Fermanagh South
Fife East
Fife West
Finsbury Central Howard Spensley
Finsbury East
Flint District
Flintshire
Forest of Dean
Forfarshire
Frome
Fulham

[edit] G

Gainsborough
Galway
Galway East Matthew Harris Irish Parliamentary
Galway North
Galway South
Gateshead
Glamorganshire, East Sir Alfred Thomas Liberal
Glamorganshire, Mid Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Liberal
Glamorganshire, South Arthur John Williams
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities
Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown
Glasgow Bridgeton
Glasgow Camlachie
Glasgow Central
Glasgow College
Glasgow Govan
Glasgow Partick
Glasgow St Rollox
Glasgow Tradeston
Gloucester
Gorton
Gower District
Grantham
Gravesend
Greenock
Greenwich
Grimsby
Guildford

[edit] H

Hackney Central
Hackney North Lt Gen Sir Lewis Pelly Conservative
Hackney South
Haddingtonshire
Halifax
(Two members)
Hallamshire
Hammersmith
Hampstead
Handsworth
Hanley
Harborough
Harrow
Hartlepools, The
Harwich
Hastings
Hawick District of Burghs
Henley
Hereford
Hertford
Hexham
Heywood
High Peak
Hitchin
Holborn
Holderness
Holmfirth
Honiton
Horncastle
Hornsey
Horsham
Houghton-le-Spring John Wilson Liberal-Labour
Howdenshire
Hoxton
Huddersfield
Hull Central
Hull East
Hull West
Huntingdon
Hyde
Hythe

[edit] I

Ilkeston
Ince
Inverness District of Burghs
Inverness-shire
Ipswich
(Two members)
Isle of Wight
Islington East
Islington North
Islington South
Islington West

[edit] J

Jarrow Sir Charles M Palmer, Bt Liberal

[edit] K

Keighley
Kendal
Kennington
Kensington North
Kensington South
Kerry East Jeremiah Daniel Sheehan Irish Parliamentary Party
Kerry North John Stack Irish Parliamentary Party
Kerry South John O'Connor Irish Parliamentary Party
Kerry West Edward Harrington Irish Parliamentary Party
Kidderminster
Kildare North
Kildare South
Kilkenny
County Kilkenny North
County Kilkenny South
Kilmarnock
Kincardineshire
King's Lynn
Kingston
Kingston-upon-Hull Central
Kingston-upon-Hull East
Kingston-upon-Hull West
Kingswinford
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs
Kirkcudbrightshire
Knutsford

[edit] L

Lambeth North
Lanarkshire Mid
Lanarkshire North East
Lanarkshire North West John Baird
Lanarkshire South
Lancaster
Launceston
Leeds Central
Leeds East
Leeds North
Leeds South
Leeds West Herbert Gladstone Liberal
Leek
Leicester (two members)
Leicester (two members)
Leigh Caleb Wright Liberal
Leith District of Burghs
Leitrim North
Leitrim South Luke Patrick Hayden Nationalist
Leix
Leominster
Lewes
Lewisham
Lichfield
Limehouse
Limerick
County Limerick East
County Limerick West
Lincoln
Linlithgowshire
Liverpool Abercromby
Liverpool East Toxteth
Liverpool Exchange
Liverpool Kirkdale
Liverpool Scotland
Liverpool Walton
Liverpool West Derby
Liverpool West Toxteth
City of London (two members)
City of London (two members)
Londonderry City
Londonderry North
Londonderry South T. M. Healy Irish Nationalist
Longford North
Longford South
Loughborough
Louth Francis Otter
Louth North Joseph Nolan Irish Parliamentary Party
Louth South Thomas Patrick Gill Irish Parliamentary Party
Lowestoft
Ludlow
Luton

[edit] M

Macclesfield
Maidstone
Maldon
Manchester East Arthur Balfour Conservative
Manchester North
Manchester North East
Manchester North West
Manchester South
Manchester South West
Mansfield
Marylebone East
Marylebone West
Mayo East John Dillon Irish Parliamentary Party
Mayo North Daniel Crilly Irish Parliamentary Party
Mayo South J. F. X. O'Brien Irish Parliamentary Party
Mayo West John Deasy Irish Parliamentary Party
Meath North Kevin Izod O'Doherty Irish Parliamentary Party
Meath South Edward Sheil Irish Parliamentary Party
Medway
Melton
Merionethshire
Merthyr Tydfil
(Two members)
Middlesbrough
Middleton
Midlothian
Mile End
Monaghan North Timothy Michael Healy Irish Parliamentary Party
Monaghan South Sir Joseph Neale McKenna Irish Parliamentary Party
Monmouth
Monmouthshire North Thomas Phillips Price
Monmouthshire South Frederic Courtenay Morgan Conservative
Monmouthshire West Cornelius Marshall Warmington
Montgomery District
Montgomeryshire
Montrose District of Burghs
Morley
Morpeth Thomas Burt Lib-Lab

[edit] N

Newmarket George Newnes Liberal
Newry Justin McCarthy Irish Parliamentary Party
Norfolk North West Joseph Arch Liberal
Northampton Charles Bradlaugh
Northamptonshire Mid Hon Charles Spencer Liberal

[edit] P

Pontefract Rowland Winn

[edit] R

Rhondda William Abraham Lib-Lab
Richmond Sir Frederick Acclom Milbank
Ross Michael Biddulph Liberal Unionist
Ross and Cromarty Roderick Macdonald Crofters' Party
Rossendale Spencer Cavendish Liberal
Rotherham Arthur Dyke Acland Liberal

[edit] S

Sheffield, Attercliffe Bernard John Seymour Coleridge
Sheffield, Brightside Anthony John Mundella Liberal
Sheffield, Central Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent
Sheffield, Ecclesall Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Conservative
Sheffield, Hallam Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley Conservative
Somerset Northern Evan Henry Llewellyn Conservative
Southport Dr George Pilkington Liberal
Staffordshire North West George Granville Leveson-Gower
Staffordshire West Hamar Alfred Bass
Stirling Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal
Sudbury Sir William Cuthbert Quilter Bt

[edit] T

Tamworth
Taunton
Tavistock
Tewkesbury
Isle of Thanet
Thirsk and Malton
Thornbury
Tipperary East
Tipperary Mid
Tipperary North
Tipperary South
Tiverton
Torquay
Totnes
Tottenham
Truro
Tullamore
Tunbridge
Tynemouth
Tyneside
Tyrone East
Tyrone Mid
Tyrone North
Tyrone South

[edit] W

Wakefield
Walsall
Walthamstow
Walworth
Wandsworth
Wansbeck Charles Fenwick Liberal
Warrington
Warwick and Leamington
Waterford
County Waterford East
County Waterford West
Watford
Wednesbury
Wellington (Salop)
Wellington (Somerset)
Wells
West Bromwich
West Ham North
West Ham South
Westbury
Westhoughton
Westmeath North James Tuite Irish Parliamentary Party
Westmeath South Donal Sullivan Irish Parliamentary Party
Westminster
Wexford North
Wexford South
Whitby
Whitechapel
Whitehaven
Wick District of Burghs
Wicklow East William Joseph Corbet Irish Parliamentary Party
Wicklow West
Widnes
Wigan
Wigtownshire
Wilton
Wimbledon Henry Bonsor Conservative
Winchester
Windsor
Wirral
Wisbech
Wokingham
Wolverhampton East
Wolverhampton South
Wolverhampton West
Woodbridge
Woodstock
Woolwich
Worcester
Worcestershire East
Worcestershire North
Wycombe

[edit] Y

Great Yarmouth
York
(Two members)

[edit] See also

List of United Kingdom MPs:

By surname: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

By year elected: 1885 | 86 | 92 | 95 | 1900 | 06 | Jan 10 | Dec 10 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 45 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 66 | 70 | Feb 74 | Oct 74 | 79 | 83 | 87 | 92 | 97 | 2001 | 05

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