Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Nottingham Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1295 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies.
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[edit] History
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1295-1640
- 1559: Thomas Markham
- 1559-1567: John Bateman
- 1572-1585: John Bateman
- 1586: Sir Robert Constable
- 1604-1611: Alderman Richard Harte
- 1604-1611: Alderman A. Jackson
- 1621-1622: Michael Purefoy
- 1621-1622: George Lascelles
- 1623-1625: John Byron
- 1626: Sir Gervase Clifton
- 1627: John Byron
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[edit] 1640-1885
Notes
- ^ Later General; knighted 1775
- ^ Later Rear-Admiral
- ^ On petition, Birch was found not to have been duly elected
- ^ On petition, Walter's election was declared void and a by-election held, in which his son, John Walter (junior), took his place as Conservative candidate and was defeated
- ^ On petition, the election of 1865 was declared void and a by-election held
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
