Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Denbighshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1542 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | 1542–1832: One; 1832–1885: Two |
Denbighshire was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in North Wales, from 1542 to 1885.
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[edit] History
From 1542, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then to the Parliament of Great Britain until 1800, and to the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. These MPs were elected by the first past the post voting system.
Under the Reform Act 1832, the constituency's representation was increased to two members, elected by the bloc vote system.
The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when Denbighshire was split into two single-member constituencies: the Eastern and Western divisions, each returning one Member of Parliament.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1660-1832
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1660 | Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1st Baronet | ||
| 1664 | John Wynne | ||
| 1679 | Sir Thomas Myddelton, 2nd Baronet | ||
| 1681 | Sir John Trevor | Tory | |
| 1685 | Sir Richard Myddelton, 3rd Baronet | ||
| 1716 | Watkin Williams-Wynn | Tory | |
| 1741 | John Myddelton | ||
| 1742 | Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 3rd Baronet | Tory | |
| 1749 | Sir Lynch Cotton, 4th Baronet | ||
| 1774 | Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet | ||
| 1789 | Robert Watkin Wynne | ||
| 1796 | Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet | ||
| 1832 | Great Reform Act: representation increased to two members | ||
[edit] MPs 1832-1885
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 5th Baronet | Robert Myddleton-Biddulph | ||||
| 1835 | William Bagot | Conservative | ||||
| 1840 | Hugh Cholmondeley | Conservative | ||||
| 1841 | Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 6th Baronet | |||||
| 1852 | Robert Myddleton-Biddulph | |||||
| 1868 | George Osborne Morgan | Liberal | ||||
| May 1885 | Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet | |||||
| Nov. 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished: see East Denbighshire and West Denbighshire | |||||
[edit] Election results
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