Wallingford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wallingford
Borough constituency
Created: 1295
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons

Wallingford was a constituency in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created in 1295 based on the borough of Wallingford, centred on the market town Wallingford in Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). It used to return two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons: this was cut to one in 1832 and none in 1885. The town of Wallingford is now within the constituency of Wantage.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

The constituency had some well-known MPs (often not resident) including:

[edit] List of Members of Parliament 1754-1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1754 John Hervey Richard Neville Aldworth
1761 Sir John Gibbons, Bt
1765 Sir George Pigot, Bt
later The Lord Pigot
1768 John Aubrey Robert Pigot
1772 John Cator
1774 Sir Robert Barker
1780 John Aubrey Chaloner Arcedeckne
1784 Sir Francis Sykes, Bt
1784 Thomas Aubrey
1790 Nathaniel William Wraxall
1794 Francis William Sykes Tory
1796 Tory The Lord Eardley Whig
1802 William Lewis Hughes Whig
1804 George Galway Mills
1806 Richard Benyon Tory
1812 Ebenezer Fuller Maitland Tory
1820 George James Robarts Whig
1826 Robert Knight Whig
1831 Thomas Charles Leigh Whig
  • Constituency reduced to one seat, (1832)

[edit] List of Members of Parliament 1832-1885

Year Member Party Note
1832 William Seymour Blackstone Conservative
1852 Richard Malins Conservative
1865 Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt Liberal
1868 Stanley Vickers Conservative Died 24 February 1872
1872 Edward Wells Conservative
1880 Walter Wren Liberal Election declared void, on petition, 19 June 1880
1880 Pandeli Ralli Liberal
  • Constituency abolished (1885)

[edit] Elections

Electoral system: The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).

Franchise: Before 1832 the franchise was limited to inhabitants paying scot and lot, a local tax. Namier and Brooke estimated that the number of electors in the mid-eighteenth century was about 200. The Reform Act 1832 preserved the ancient right voters of the borough, but added new electors on an occupation franchise. There were 453 names on the 1832 electoral register for the borough. Stooks Smith confirms that in 1832 there were 166 Scot and Lot voters, as well as 287 £10 occupiers. In 1868 the franchise was further extended and there were 942 registered electors.

Percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.

Sources (unless otherwise indicated): (1754-1784) Namier and Brooke; (1790-1831) Stooks Smith; (1832-1880) Craig. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.

Swing: Positive swing is from Whig/Liberal to Tory/Conservative. Negative swing is from Tory/Conservative to Whig/Liberal.

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[edit] Elections in the 1750-1760s

General Election 15 April 1754: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Hervey Elected N/A N/A
Non Partisan Richard Neville Aldworth Elected N/A N/A
Non Partisan Thomas Sewell Defeated N/A N/A
Non Partisan The 5th Viscount Castlecomer 1 Defeated N/A N/A
General Election 25 March 1761: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Hervey Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Sir John Gibbons, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Death of Hervey
By-Election 15 January 1765: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Sir George Pigot, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
  • Creation of Pigot as the 1st Baron Pigot in the Peerage of Ireland, 1766
General Election 16 March 1768: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Aubrey 69 39.66 N/A
Non Partisan Robert Pigot 67 38.51 N/A
Non Partisan Sir John Gibbons, Bt 38 21.84 N/A
Turnout 174 N/A N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1770-1780s

By-Election 27 January 1772: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Cator 90 52.94 N/A
Non Partisan Robert Pigot 80 47.06 N/A
Majority 10 5.88 N/A
Turnout 170 N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
General Election 8 October 1774: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Cator Elected N/A N/A
Non Partisan Sir Robert Barker Elected N/A N/A
Non Partisan Thomas Francis Wenman Defeated N/A N/A
Non Partisan William Nedham Defeated N/A N/A
General Election 8 September 1780: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Aubrey Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Chaloney Arcedeckne Unopposed N/A N/A
By-Election 15 July 1782: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Aubrey Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
  • Seat vacated on the appointment of Aubrey to an office
By-Election 30 December 1783: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan John Aubrey 113 66.08 N/A
Non Partisan Thomas Keating 58 33.92 N/A
Majority 55 32.16 N/A
Turnout 171 N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
By-Election January 1784: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Sir Francis Sykes, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1784 by-election): Namier and Brooke do not include this by-election, which is noted in Stooks Smith's book. Stooks Smith does not include the previous by-election won by Aubrey.
General Election 31 March 1784: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Sir Francis Sykes, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Thomas Aubrey Unopposed N/A N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1790s

General Election 1790: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan Sir Francis Sykes, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan Nathaniel William Wraxall Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Resignation of Wraxall
By-Election March 1794: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Francis William Sykes Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory gain from Non Partisan Swing N/A
General Election 1796: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Sir Francis Sykes, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig The 1st Lord Eardley 1 Unopposed N/A N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1800s

General Election 1802: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Sir Francis Sykes, Bt Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig William Lewis Hughes Unopposed N/A N/A
  • Death of Sykes
By-Election February 1804: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Non Partisan George Galway Mills Unopposed N/A N/A
Non Partisan gain from Tory Swing N/A
General Election 1806: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory Richard Benyon Unopposed N/A N/A
General Election 1807: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory Richard Benyon Unopposed N/A N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1810s

General Election 1812: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes Unopposed N/A N/A
Tory Ebenezer Fuller Maitland Unopposed N/A N/A
General Election 1818: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes Elected N/A N/A
Tory Ebenezer Fuller Maitland Elected N/A N/A
Whig George James Robarts Defeated N/A N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1820s

General Election 1820: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes Elected N/A N/A
Whig George James Robarts Elected N/A N/A
Tory Ebenezer Fuller Maitland Defeated N/A N/A
General Election 1826: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes 151 42.42 N/A
Whig George James Robarts 125 35.11 N/A
Tory John Dodson 80 22.47 N/A
Turnout 356 N/A N/A
  • Resignation of Robarts
By-Election December 1826: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Robert Knight 117 58.21 N/A
Tory John Bailey 84 41.79 N/A
Majority 33 16.42 N/A
Turnout 201 N/A N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1830s

General Election 1830: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Robert Knight Unopposed N/A N/A
General Election 1831: Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Lewis Hughes Unopposed N/A N/A
Whig Robert Knight Unopposed N/A N/A
By-Election September 1831: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Thomas Charles Leigh 119 63.64 N/A
Tory William Seymour Blackstone 68 36.36 N/A
Majority 51 27.27 N/A
Turnout 187 N/A N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
General Election 1832: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone 202 55.04 +18.68
Liberal Charles Eyston 165 44.96 -18.68
Majority 37 10.08 N/A
Turnout 367 81.02 N/A
Registered Electors 453
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +18.68
  • Note (1832): Change and swing calculated from the 1831 by-election. Stooks Smith classifies Blackstone as a Tory and Eyston as a Whig. Blackstone used crimson and white colours and Eyston used green.
General Election 1835: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered Electors 366
Conservative hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1835): Stooks Smith classifies Blackstone as a Tory and gives the registered electors as 344.
General Election 1837: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone 159 57.40 N/A
Liberal Thomas Teed 118 42.60 N/A
Majority 41 14.80 N/A
Turnout 277 83.18 N/A
Registered Electors 333
Conservative hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1837): Stooks Smith classifies Blackstone as a Tory and Teed as a Whig. He also gives the registered electorate as 322. Blackstone used crimson and white colours and Teed used light blue.

[edit] Elections in the 1840s

General Election 1841: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered Electors 386
Conservative hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1841): Stooks Smith classifies Blackstone as a Tory and gives the registered electors as 368.
General Election 1847: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Seymour Blackstone 166 51.88 N/A
Liberal Alfred Morrison 154 48.13 N/A
Majority 12 3.75 N/A
Turnout 320 80.40 N/A
Registered Electors 398
Conservative hold Swing N/A
  • Note (1847): Stooks Smith classifies Blackstone as a Tory and Morrison as a Whig.

[edit] Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Malins 174 50.88 -1.00
Liberal Alfred Morrison 168 49.12 +0.99
Majority 6 1.75 -2.00
Turnout 342 79.91 -0.49
Registered Electors 428
Conservative hold Swing -1.00
General Election 1857: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Malins 149 52.46 +1.58
Liberal A. Sartoris 135 47.54 -1.58
Majority 14 4.93 +3.18
Turnout 284 76.55 -3.36
Registered Electors 371
Conservative hold Swing +1.58
General Election 1859: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Malins Unopposed N/A N/A
Registered Electors 381
Conservative hold Swing N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt 158 54.48 N/A
Conservative Richard Malins 132 45.52 N/A
Majority 26 8.97 N/A
Turnout 290 81.23 N/A
Registered Electors 357
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General Election 1865: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Vickers 453 55.86 +10.34
Liberal Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Bt 358 44.14 -10.34
Majority 95 11.71 N/A
Turnout 811 86.09 +4.86
Registered Electors 942
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.34

[edit] Elections in the 1870s

  • Death of Vickers
By-Election 9 March 1872: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wells Unopposed N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1874: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Wells 575 56.82 N/A
Liberal E. Jones 437 43.18 N/A
Majority 138 13.64 N/A
Turnout 1,012 88.69 N/A
Registered Electors 1,141
Conservative hold Swing N/A

[edit] Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Wren 582 51.83 +8.65
Conservative Edward Wells 541 48.17 -8.65
Majority 41 3.65 N/A
Turnout 1,123 91.60 +2.91
Registered Electors 1,226
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing -8.65
  • Election declared void on petition
By-Election 1 July 1880: Wallingford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pandeli Ralli 567 50.85 -0.98
Conservative Robert William Hanbury 548 49.15 +0.98
Majority 19 1.70 -1.95
Turnout 1,115 90.95 -0.65
Registered Electors 1,226
Liberal hold Swing +0.98
  • Constituency abolished (1885)

Notes:-

  • 1 A Peer of Ireland.
  • 2 This is the office attributed to the MP by Stooks Smith. However Pigot in 1772 does not appear on the Wikipedia list of Masters of the Mint.

[edit] References

  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
  • The House of Commons 1754-1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
  • Wallingford History, by J.K. Hedges (Wm Clowes, London 1881)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)

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