Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 until 1800, and then to Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832.
History
The constituency was abolished by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when it was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs.
Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough and Melton.
Members of Parliament
1290–1640
Parliament |
First member |
Second member |
1295 |
Robert de Wyvill |
1297 |
Sir Thomas de Meynill |
1315 |
Robert de Wyvill (son of Robert, 1295) |
1322 |
Hugh de Prestwold |
1324 |
Sir Robert de Burdet |
1325 |
Ralph Beler |
1327 |
Sir Robert de Burdet |
1362–1391 |
William Flamville (13 times) |
1371–1397 |
Thomas Walsh (15 times) |
1376–1383 |
Ralph Bellers (4 times) |
1378 |
Ralph Hastings |
1378 |
Edmund Appleby |
1380 |
John Burdet |
1382 |
John Neville |
1385 |
John Calverley |
1386 |
Sir William Flamville |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1388 (Feb) |
Sir William Flamville |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1388 (Sep) |
Sir William Flamville |
Sir Roger Perwych [1] |
1390 (Jan) |
John Burdet |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1390 (Nov) |
Robert Langham |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1391 |
Sir William Flamville |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1393 |
Sir Robert Harrington |
Sir Hugh Shirley [1] |
1394 |
Sir Robert Harrington |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1395 |
Nicholas Colman |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1397 (Jan) |
Edmund Bugge |
Sir Thomas Walsh [1] |
1397 (Sep) |
Sir John Calverley |
Sir Henry Neville [1] |
1399 |
Thomas Mandeville |
Sir Thomas Maureward [1] |
1401 |
Thomas Derby |
Sir John Neville [1] |
1402 |
Sir John Berkeley II |
Sir Henry Neville [1] |
1404 (Jan) |
William Brokesby |
Edmund Bugge [1] |
1404 (Oct) |
Sir John Berkeley II |
Robert Veer [1] |
1406 |
Sir John Neville |
Sir Henry Neville [1] |
1407 |
John Blaket |
Robert Sherard [1] |
1410 |
John Blaket |
Bartholemew Brokesby [1] |
1411 |
Sir John Berkeley II |
Sir Thomas Maureward[1] |
1413 (Feb) |
|
1413 (May) |
James Bellers |
William Belgrave [1] |
1414 (Apr) |
Thomas Ashby |
John Blaket [1] |
1414 (Nov) |
James Bellers |
Richard Hotoft [1] |
1415 |
|
1416 (Mar) |
|
1416 (Oct) |
|
1417 |
|
1419 |
Thomas Ashby |
William Mallory [1] |
1420 |
James Bellers |
Sir Ralph Shirley [1] |
1421 (May) |
John Burgh III |
Richard Hotoft [1] |
1421 (Dec) |
Sir Laurence Berkeley |
Sir William Trussell [1] |
1422 |
Bartholemew Brokesby |
1433 |
Thomas Palmer |
John Burgh |
1439 |
Richard Hotoft |
Thomas Palmer |
1442 |
Thomas Palmer |
Richard Neel |
1449 |
Thomas Palmer |
|
1455 |
Sir Leonard Hastings |
Thomas Palmer |
1467 |
Thomas Palmer |
Robert Staunton |
1510–1515 |
No names known [2] |
1523 |
?Sir Richard Sacheverell |
? [2] |
1529 |
Sir Richard Sacheverell, died 1534 |
Sir William Skeffington, died 1535 [2] |
by 1536 |
?William Ashby [2] |
1536 |
?William Ashby |
? [2] |
1539 |
Sir John Villers |
John Digby [2] |
1542 |
Sir Richard Manners |
?Thomas Brokesby [2] |
1545 |
Sir Ambrose Cave |
Robert Burdett [2] |
1547 |
Edward Hastings |
Sir Ambrose Cave [2] |
1553 (Mar) |
Edward Hastings |
Sir Ambrose Cave [2] |
1553 (Oct) |
Robert Strelley |
Sir Thomas Hastings [2] |
1554 (Apr) |
Sir Thomas Hastings |
Henry Poole [2] |
1554 (Nov) |
Sir Thomas Hastings |
George Turpin [2] |
1555 |
William Faunt |
William Skeffington [2] |
1558 |
George Vincent |
George Sherard [2] |
1559 (Jan) |
Adrian Stokes |
Francis Cave [3] |
1562–1563 |
Nicholas Beaumont |
George Turpin [3] |
1571 |
Francis Hastings (died 1610) |
Adrian Stokes [3] |
1572 (Apr) |
(Sir) George Turpin |
Nicholas Beaumont [3] |
1584 |
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon |
Francis Hastings [3] |
1586 |
George Hastings, 4th Earl of Huntingdon |
Francis Hastings [3] |
1588 (Oct) |
Sir Henry Beaumont |
William Turpin [3] |
1593 |
Francis Hastings (son of George) |
Thomas Skeffington [3] |
1597 |
Sir Edward Hastings |
Sir Francis Hastings [3] |
1601 |
Henry Hastings |
William Skipwith [3] |
1604 |
Sir George Villiers |
Thomas Beaumont |
1614 |
Sir Thomas Hastings |
Sir Thomas Hesilrige |
1621-1622 |
Sir George Hastings |
Sir Henry Hastings [4] |
1624 |
Sir Thomas Hesilrige |
Sir Henry Hastings |
1625 |
Ferdinando Lord Hastings |
Sir Wolstan Dixie |
1626 |
Sir Henry Hastings |
Francis Staresmore |
1628-1629 |
Sir Edward Hartopp |
Ferdinando, Lord Hastings |
1629-1640 |
No Parliament convened |
1640–1832
Election results
References