Scarborough (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Scarborough County constituency |
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| Created: | 1974 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
| Scarborough Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1295 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two (1295-1885); one (1885-1918) |
Scarborough was the name of a constituency in Yorkshire, electing Members of Parliament to the House of Commons, at two periods. From 1295 until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough consisting only of the town of Scarborough, electing two MPs until 1885 and one from 1885 until; 1918. In 1974 the name was revived for a county constituency, covering a much wider area; this constituency was abolished in 1997.
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[edit] History
Scarborough was first represented in a Parliament held at Shrewsbury in 1282, and was one of the boroughs sending 2 MPs to the Model Parliament of 1295 which is now generally considered to be the first parliament in the modern sense.
Until the Great Reform Act of 1832 Scarborough was a corporation borough, the right of election resting solely with the 44-member corporation or "common council". At an earlier period, it seems to have been a matter of some dispute whether the freemen of the borough could also vote, but at an election in 1736 the corporation and the (much more numerous) freemen backed different candidates. The candidate of the freemen was returned to Parliament, but on petition from his defeated opponent the House of Commons decided that only the corporation votes should stand, and overturned the result. In later days the Corporation was entirely under the influence of the Duke of Rutland and Earl of Mulgrave, who each nominated one of the Members of Parliament; by 1832, Scarborough had continuously been represented by junior members of their respective families for more than half a century. The restriction on the franchise was challenged in 1791, and Parliament declared in favour of "the ancient right of inhabitant householders" in the borough to vote, but the decision seems to have been a dead-letter for at the election of 1802, the last to be contested before the Reform Act, only 33 voters cast their votes.
At the time of the Reform Act, the borough had a population of about 8,760 in just over 2,000 houses, and the Act left its boundaries and two members intact, though widening the franchise. (There were 431 electors registered at the 1832 election.) The constituency remained broadly unchanged until 1918, though from 1885 its representation was reduced from two MPs to one.
After abolition in 1918, the constituency was absorbed into the new Scarborough and Whitby county constituency. However, the boundary changes which came into effect at the February 1974 general election created a new constituency named Scarborough. This was a county constituency including, in addition to Scarborough itself and its suburb Scalby, the town of Pickering and the Scarborough and Pickering rural districts.
There were further boundary changes at the 1983 general election, which brought in Whitby and its surrounding area in place of the Pickering district. The constituency was abolished once more for the 1997 general election, when it was again largely replaced by a new Scarborough and Whitby constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1295)
[edit] 1295-1540
- 1298: John Rofton, Robert Pau
- 1301: John Pickford, John Hammond
- 1307: Amaury Gegg, Robert Wawayn
- 1308: Radus Godge, John Gegg
- 1310: Roger Oughtred, John de Cropton
- 1313: Roger Oughtred, John de Cropton
- 1314: Roger Oughtred, Thomas de Cropton
- 1315: Roger Oughtred, John Huterburgh
- 1319: Evericus Godge, William de St Thomas
- 1321: Adam de Seamer, Henry de Roston
- 1327: Henry de Roston, Robert de Hubthorpe
- 1327: Henry de Newcastle, John de Bergh
- 1328: Robert the Coroner, John le Skyron
- 1328: Henry de Newcastle, William de Hedon
- 1329: Henry de Newcastle, William de Hedon
- 1330: Philip Humbury, John le Serjeant
- 1332: Henry the Coroner, Henry de Roston
- 1333: Henry the Coroner, Henry de Roston
- 1334: Robert de Helperthorpe, Henry the Coroner
- 1335: Henry de Newcastle, William de Bedale
- 1335: Richard de Willsthorpe, John de Mounte Pesselers
- 1336: Thomas le Blound, Henry de Newcastle
- 1337: Henry de Newcastle, Thomas the Coroner
- 1338: Henry de Roston, Henry de Newcastle
- 1339: Henry de Roston, Henry de Newcastle
- 1340: Henry de Roston, Robert the Coroner
- 1346: William de Kilham, John de Ireland
- 1347: Robert Scardeburgh, William Cutt
- 1348: Robert Scardeburgh, William son of Roger
- 1351: John Beaucola, Henry de Roston
- 1354: Henry de Roston, Richard de Newcastle
- 1356: John Burniston, William Barton
- 1358: Robert the Coroner, John Hammund
- 1359: Henry Roston, Peter Percy
- 1360: Richard de Newcastle, Peter Percy
- 1361: Peter Percy, John del Aumery
- 1362: Edward Thwailes, ?
- 1365: Richard del Kichen, Richard Chelman
- 1368: Stephen Carter, Henry de Roston
- 1369: Robert Aclom, John de Barton
- 1373: William Cobberiham, John Aclom
- 1376: John de Stolwich, Henry de Roston
- 1378: William de Seamer, John de Moresham, junior
- 1379: Henry de Roston, Thomas de Brune
- 1382: Henry de Roston, John Aclom
- 1383: John Stockwich, Richard Chelman
- 1384: John Aclom, Henry de Roston
- 1385: Robert Martyn, John de Moresham
- 1386: William de Seamer, John Carter
- 1388: William Sage, John Aclom
- 1392: John Carter, John Martyn
- 1393: Robert de Alnwick, John de Moresham, junior
- 1394: Henry de Harrow, Robert Shillbottle
- 1397: John Carter, William Percy
- 1400: John Aclom, William Harum
- 1401: John Mosdale, Robert Aclom
- 1402: Thomas Carethorp, William Harum
- 1405: John Mosdale, Robert Aclom
- 1411: John Mosdale, William Sage
- 1413: Thomas Carethorp, John Mosdale
- 1414: John Mosdale, William Sage
- 1415: Thomas Carethorp, Roger de Stapelton
- 1419: John Carter, Thomas Copeland
- 1420: John Aclom, William Forester
- 1421: John Aclom, William Forester
- 1422: Hugo Raysyn, William Forester
- 1423: William Forester, John Daniel
- 1425: Robert Bambergh, William Forester
- 1428: John Danyell, William Forester
- 1429: John Danyell, William Forester
- 1432: William Forester, John Danyell
- 1442: William Forester, Robert Carethorp
- 1447: William Helperby, John Aclom
- 1449: Henry Eyre, William Paulin
- 1450: John Aclom, Robert Benton
- 1451: George Topcliff, Thomas Benton
- 1455: John Daniel, Robert Hoggson
- 1460: John Sherrifle, Thomas Hoggson
- 1467: John Paulin, John Robinson
[edit] 1542-1629
| Parliament | First Member | Second Member | |
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| Parliament of 1542-1544 | Sir Ralph Eure | Sir Nicholas Fairfax | |
| Parliament of 1545-1547 | ? | ? | |
| Parliament of 1547-1552 | Richard Whaley | Reginald Beseley | |
| First Parliament of 1553 | Thomas Eyns | General Dakins | |
| Second Parliament of 1553 | John Tregonwell | Leonard Chamberlain | |
| Parliament of 1554 | Anthony Brann | Robert Massye | |
| Parliament of 1554-1555 | Reginald Beseley | Tristram Cook | |
| Parliament of 1555 | William Hasye | Francis Ashley | |
| Parliament of 1558 | Richard Jones | Edward Beseley | |
| Parliament of 1559 | William Strickland | Sir Henry Gate | |
| Parliament of 1563-1567 | |||
| Parliament of 1571 | Edward Gate | ||
| Parliament of 1572-1583 | Sir Henry Gate | Edward Carey | |
| Parliament of 1584-1585 | William Strickland | John Hotham | |
| Parliament of 1586-1587 | Ralph Bourchier | Edward Hutchinson | |
| Parliament of 1588-1589 | Edward Gate | William Fish | |
| Parliament of 1593 | Roger Dalton | ||
| Parliament of 1597-1598 | Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby | Walter Pye | |
| Parliament of 1601 | Edward Stanhope | William Eure | |
| Parliament of 1604-1611 | Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby | Francis Eure | |
| Addled Parliament (1614) | William Conyers | ||
| Parliament of 1621-1622 | Sir Richard Cholmeley | ||
| Happy Parliament (1624-1625) | (Sir) Hugh Cholmeley [1] | ||
| Useless Parliament (1625) | William Thompson | ||
| Parliament of 1625-1626 | Stephen Hutchinson | ||
| Parliament of 1628-1629 | Sir William Constable | John Harrison | |
| No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 | |||
[edit] 1640-1885
- Representation reduced to one member (1885)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Knighted 1626
- ^ Cobbett's Parliamentary History records that "21 June 1660, Mr Robinson was discharged by an Order of the House from sitting, and a writ ordered to be issued to elect another in his room; but the Journals do not give us the reason for this expulsion"
- ^ Created a baronet as Sir John Legard, December 1660
- ^ Dupplin beat Osbaldeston in the by-election by 154 votes to 27, but Dupplin's votes came mostly from the freemen and Osbaldeston had the majority of corporation votes (26 to 18). On petition the freemen's votes were discounted, Dupplin's election voided and Osbaldeston declared duly elected.
- ^ Created a baronet as Sir John Major, 1765
- ^ Became Lord Mulgrave in 1792
[edit] 1885-1997
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Representation reduced to one member | ||
| 1885 | Sir George Reresby Sitwell | Conservative | |
| 1886 | Joshua Rowntree | Gladstonian Liberal | |
| 1892 | Sir George Reresby Sitwell | Conservative | |
| 1895 | Joseph Compton-Rickett | Liberal | |
| 1906 | Walter Russell Rea | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Scarborough and Whitby | ||
| 1974 | constituency recreated | ||
| 1974 | Michael Shaw | Conservative | |
| 1992 | John Sykes | Conservative | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Scarborough and Whitby | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Thomas Hinderwell, The history and antiquities of Scarborough and the vicinity (2nd edition, York: Thomas Wilson & Son, 1811) [2]
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Edward Porritt and Annie G Porritt, The Unreformed House of Commons (Cambridge University Press, 1903)
- Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
- Robert Walcott, English Politics in the Early Eighteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1956)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
