Hertford (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hertfordshire, Hertford County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1974
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Hertford Borough constituency
Created:	1298
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	two (1298-1868), one (1868-1885)

Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which elected Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1298 until 1974. Initially it was a borough consisting of the town of Hertford, electing two MPs until 1868 and one from 1868 to 1885. In 1885 the borough was abolished and the name was transferred to the county constituency which contained the town.

From the general election of February 1974 the constituency ceased to exist, being mostly included in the new Hertford and Stevenage constituency.

Contents 1 History 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 Hertford borough (1298-1885) 2.1.1 1298-1660 2.1.2 1660-1868 2.1.3 1868-1885 2.2 Hertford county constituency (1885-1974) 3 References

[edit] History

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Hertford borough (1298-1885)

[edit] 1298-1660

• 1626: Sir Capell Bedell
• 1628: Sir Charles Morrison
• 1640-1648: Viscount Cranborne
• 1640-1643: Sir Thomas Fanshawe
• 1645-1653: William Leman
• 1659: William Leman

[edit] 1660-1868

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1660		Arthur Sparke			Sir Thomas Fanshawe
1661		Sir Edward Turnor			Thomas Fanshawe
1673		Sir Thomas Byde
1675					Edmund Feilde
1677					Sir John Gore
February 1679					Sir Charles Caesar
September 1679					Sir William Cowper
1685					Sir Francis Boteler
1689					Sir William Cowper
1690		Sir William Leman
1695		William Cowper
January 1701		Charles Caesar			Thomas Filmer
February 1701					Richard Goulston
1705					Sir Thomas Clarke
1708		William Monson
1710		Charles Caesar			Richard Goulston
1715		Sir Thomas Clarke			John Boteler
1722		Edward Harrison			Charles Caesar
1723					Sir Thomas Clarke
1727		George Harrison
1734		Nathaniel Brassey
1741					George Harrison
1759					Viscount Fordwich
1761		John Calvert			Timothy Caswall
1768					William Cowper
1770					Paul Feilde
1780		Thomas Dimsdale			William Baker
1784					John Calvert
1790		Nathaniel Dimsdale
1802		Edward Spencer Cowper			Nicolson Calvert
1817		Viscount Cranborne
1823		Thomas Byron
1826					Thomas Slingsby Duncombe	Radical
1830		Viscount Ingestrie
1831		John Currie
1832 [1]		Viscount Ingestrie	Conservative		Viscount Mahon	Conservative
1835		Hon. William Francis Cowper	Whig
1852					Thomas Chambers	Whig
1857					Sir Walter Minto Townshend-Farquhar	Conservative
1859			Liberal
1866					Robert Dimsdale	Conservative
1868	Representation reduced to one MP

[edit] 1868-1885

Year		Member	Party
1868		Robert Dimsdale	Conservative
1874		Arthur James Balfour	Conservative
1885	Constituency abolished; name transferred to county division

[edit] Hertford county constituency (1885-1974)

Year		Member	Party
1885		Abel Smith	Conservative
1898		Evelyn Cecil	Conservative
1900		Abel Henry Smith	Conservative
1910		Sir John Rolleston	Conservative
1916		Noel Pemberton Billing	Independent
1918			Silver Badge Party
1921		(Sir) Murray Sueter	Anti-Waste League/Independent Parliamentary Group
1922			Conservative
1945		Sir Derek Walker-Smith	Conservative
1955		Lord Balniel	Conservative
1974	Constituency abolished - see Hertford and Stevenage

Notes

1. ^ At the election of 1832 Ingestrie and Mahon were declared elected, but on petition was their election was declared void, Hertford's writ was suspended and the seats remained vacant until the next general election

[edit] References

• F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949" (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page