Dorchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Dorchester was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dorchester in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 to 1868, when its representation was reduced one member.
The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, after which Dorchester was placed in the new Dorset South constituency. In 1918 it was transferred to Dorset West, where it has remained since.
Contents
1 Members of Parliament
1.1 1295-1629
1.2 1640-1868
1.3 1868-1885
2 Election results
2.1 Elections in the 1840s
2.2 Elections in the 1850s
2.3 Elections in the 1860s
2.4 Elections in the 1870s
2.5 Elections in the 1880s
3 Notes
4 References
Members of Parliament
1295-1629
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
---|---|---|---|
1386 | Henry Cravell | Peter Blount [1] | |
1388 (Feb) | John Perle | Thomas Lamer [1] | |
1388 (Sep) | William Chuse | Thomas Gardener [1] | |
1390 (Jan) | William Tylle | John Blount [1] | |
1390 (Nov) | |||
1391 | Thomas Lamer | John Gould [1] | |
1393 | Robert Gutton | Thomas Gardener [1] | |
1394 | William Pullare | William Ash [1] | |
1395 | John Blount | Thomas Hussey[1][2] | |
1397 (Jan) | Robert Veel | John Jordan [1] | |
1397 (Sep) | Robert Gutton | John Jordan [1] | |
1399 | John Blount | John Westpray [1] | |
1401 | |||
1402 | John Bomel | John Jordan [1] | |
1404 (Jan) | John Blount | John Jordan [1] | |
1404 (Oct) | |||
1406 | Richard Hyde | John Jordan [1] | |
1407 | John Cheverell | John Jordan [1] | |
1410 | John Jordan [1] | ||
1411 | |||
1413 (Feb) | |||
1413 (May) | Walter Tracy | William Newton [1] | |
1414 (Apr) | John Blount | John Gryffyn [1] | |
1414 (Nov) | John Jordan | Richard Berell [1] | |
1415 | |||
1416 (Mar) | |||
1416 (Oct) | |||
1417 | Reynold Jacob | John Ford [1] | |
1419 | John Ford | [1] | |
1420 | John Stork | John Ford [1] | |
1421 (May) | John Stork | John Ford [1] | |
1421 (Dec) | Robert Mose | John Ford [1] | |
Second Parliament of 1553 | Christopher Hole | William Holman | |
Parliament of 1554 | Owen Hayman | ||
Parliament of 1554-1555 | John Davy | ||
Parliament of 1555 | Robert Robotham | Ralph Perne | |
Parliament of 1558 | Christopher Hole | John Hayward | |
Parliament of 1559 | William Holman | John Leweston | |
Parliament of 1563-1567 | Thomas Marten | Lewis Montgomery Chose to sit for Northampton By-election John Gardiner | |
Parliament of 1571 | Henry Macwilliam | William Adyn | |
Parliament of 1572-1581 | George Carleton | George Trenchard | |
Parliament of 1584-1585 | Robert Beale | Thomas Freke | |
Parliament of 1586-1587 | Robert Napier | ||
Parliament of 1588-1589 | Nowell Sotherton | ||
Parliament of 1593 | Dr Francis James | Thomas Dabridgecourt | |
Parliament of 1597-1598 | Robert Ashley | Richard Wright | |
Parliament of 1601 | Henry Brouncker[3] | Matthew Chubbe | |
Parliament of 1604-1611 | John Spicer | ||
Addled Parliament (1614) | Francis Ashley | George Horsey | |
Parliament of 1621-1622 | Sir Francis Ashley[4] | John Parkins | |
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) | William Whiteway | Richard Bushrode | |
Useless Parliament (1625) | Sir Francis Ashley | William Whiteway | |
Parliament of 1625-1626 | Michael Humphreys died replaced by William Whiteway jnr | Richard Bushrode | |
Parliament of 1628-1629 | Denzil Holles | John Hill | |
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 |
1640-1868
Year | First Member | First Party | Second Member | Second Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 1640 | Denzil Holles[5] | Parliamentarian | Denis Bond | Parliamentarian | ||
November 1640 | ||||||
December 1648 | Holles excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | |||||
1653 | Dorchester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | |||||
1654 | John Whiteway | Dorchester had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||
1656 | John Whiteway | |||||
January 1659 | James Gould | John Bushrode | ||||
May 1659 | Dorchester was not represented in the restored Rump | |||||
April 1660 | Denzil Holles | John Whiteway | ||||
March 1661 | James Gould | |||||
May 1661 | John Churchill | |||||
1677 | James Gould | |||||
1679 | Sir Francis Holles | Nicholas Gould | ||||
1680 | James Gould | |||||
1681 | Nathaniel Bond | |||||
1685 | Edward Meller | William Churchill | ||||
January 1689 | Gerard Napier | Thomas Trenchard | ||||
December 1689 | Thomas Chafin | |||||
March 1690 | James Gould | Sir Robert Napier, Bt | ||||
December 1690 | Thomas Trenchard | |||||
1695 | Nathaniel Bond | Nathaniel Napier | ||||
1698 | Sir Robert Napier, Bt | |||||
1701 | Thomas Trenchard | |||||
1702 | Sir Nathaniel Napier, Bt | |||||
1705 | Awnsham Churchill | |||||
1708 | John Churchill | |||||
1709 | Denis Bond | |||||
1710 | Sir Nathaniel Napier, Bt | Benjamin Gifford | ||||
1713 | Henry Trenchard | |||||
April 1720 | Robert Browne [6] | |||||
May 1720 | Abraham Janssen | |||||
1722 | Edmund Morton Pleydell [7] | Joseph Damer | ||||
1723 | William Chapple | |||||
1727 | John Browne | |||||
1737 | Robert Browne | |||||
1741 | Nathaniel Gundry | |||||
1751 | George Damer | John Pitt | ||||
1752 | George Clavell | |||||
1754 | The Lord Milton | |||||
1761 | Thomas Foster | |||||
1762 | John Damer | Tory[8] | ||||
1765 | William Ewer | Tory[8] | ||||
1780 | Hon. George Damer [9] | Tory[8] | ||||
1789 | Thomas Ewer | Tory[8] | ||||
Jan. 1790 | Hon. Cropley Ashley | Tory[8] | ||||
Jun. 1790 | Whig[8] | Francis Fane | Tory[8] | |||
1791 | Hon. Cropley Ashley | Tory[8] | ||||
1807 | Robert Williams | Whig[8] | ||||
1811 | Charles Henry Bouverie | |||||
October 1812 | Robert Williams | |||||
December 1812 | William A'Court | |||||
1814 | Sir Samuel Shepherd | |||||
1819 | Charles Warren | |||||
1826 | William Ashley-Cooper | Tory | Tory[8] | |||
Apr. 1830 | Henry Sturt | |||||
Aug. 1830 | Lord Ashley | Tory[8] | ||||
1831 | Hon. Henry Ashley-Cooper | Tory[8] | ||||
1834 | Conservative[8] | Conservative[8] | ||||
1835 | Robert Williams | Conservative[8] | ||||
1841 | Sir James Graham, Bt | Conservative[8] | ||||
1847 | Hon. George Dawson-Damer | Conservative | Henry Sturt | Conservative | ||
1852 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan [10] | Whig[11][12][13] | ||||
1856 | Charles Napier Sturt | Conservative | ||||
1859 | Liberal | |||||
1868 | representation reduced to one member |
1868-1885
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | representation reduced to one member | ||
1868 | Charles Napier Sturt | Conservative | |
1874 | William Brymer | Conservative | |
1885 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Ashley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Graham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 367 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Graham was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Graham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Dawson-Damer | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Sturt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 405 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 235 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Sturt | 215 | 33.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Dawson-Damer | 186 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 20 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 318 (est) | 73.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 432 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Sturt resigned in order to contest the 1856 by-election in Dorset, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Napier Sturt | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Napier Sturt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 451 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Napier Sturt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 442 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Napier Sturt | 268 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 255 | 40.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Drummond Wolff | 103 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 313 (est) | 72.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 432 | ||||
Majority | 13 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 152 | 24.3 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Seat reduced to one member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Napier Sturt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 628 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Brymer | 353 | 60.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Francis Somerville Head[15] | 233 | 39.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 120 | 20.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 586 | 85.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 688 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Brymer | 374 | 53.0 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | Algernon Greville | 332 | 47.0 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 42 | 5.9 | −14.6 | ||
Turnout | 706 | 86.4 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 817 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.2 |
Notes
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^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hussey-thomas-i
^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/brouncker-henry-1550-1607
^ Ashley resigned his place in favour of Sir Thomas Edmondes but was rechosen when Edmondes chose to sit for another constituency
^ Disabled from sitting January 1648 but re-instated June 1648
^ On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Browne was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Janssen, was seated in his place
^ On petition, Pleydell was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Chapple, was seated in his place
^ abcdefghijklmnop Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 85–87. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ Damer was declared re-elected in 1790, but on petition was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Ashley, was seated in his place
^ Sheridan was the grandson of his celebrated namesake Richard Brinsley Sheridan
^ "London Electoral History — Steps Towards Democracy: 6.2 History of Elections in Westminster, 1749–1852" (PDF). London Electoral History 1700-1850. Newcastle University. p. 11. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ Roberts, Andrew. "Biographies of Honorary (Unpaid) Lunacy Commissioners 1828-1912". THE LUNACY COMMISSION, A STUDY OF ITS ORIGIN, EMERGENCE AND CHARACTER. Middlesex University. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ The Illustrated London News, Volume 6. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1845. p. 151. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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^ "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 28 January 1874. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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