Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)
Lymington was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
Lymington | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1584–1885 | |
Number of members | Two (1584-1868); One (1868-1885) |
Replaced by | New Forest |
Members of Parliament
1584-1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
---|---|---|
1584 | Anthony Cooke | Richard Cooke [1] |
1586 (Oct) | Francis Keilway | William Wallop [1] |
1588 (Oct) | Francis Keilway | William White [1] |
1593 | Richard Blount | John Knight[1] |
1597 (Oct) | Thomas West | Henry Wallop[1] |
1601 (Oct) | Sir Francis Darcy | Thomas Ridley [1] |
1604 | Thomas Marshal | Thomas South |
1614 | Philip Fleming | Charles Thynne |
1621-1622 | Sir William Doddington | Henry Crompton |
1624 | Nicholas Ferrar | John More |
1625 | John Button | John Mills |
1626 | Herbert Doddington | John More |
1628–1629 | Herbert Doddington | Richard Whitehead |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned' |
1640-1868
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 1640 | John Doddington | John Kempe | |||||
November 1640 | John Button | Parliamentarian | Henry Campion | Parliamentarian | |||
December 1648 | Button excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | Campion not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | |||||
1653 | Lymington was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||||
January 1659 | John Button | Richard Whitehead | |||||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||||||
April 1660 | John Button | Henry Bromfield | |||||
1661 | Sir William Lewis | John Bulkeley | |||||
1663 | Sir Nicholas Steward | ||||||
1678 | Sir Richard Knight | ||||||
February 1679 | John Button | Bartholomew Bulkeley | |||||
May 1679 | John Burrard | ||||||
1680 | Henry Dawley | ||||||
1685 | Richard Holt | ||||||
1690 | Thomas Dore | ||||||
May 1698 | William Tulse | ||||||
July 1698 | George Burrard | ||||||
1701 | Paul Burrard | ||||||
May 1705 | Paul Burrard, junior | ||||||
December 1705 | Marquess of Winchester | ||||||
1708 | Richard Chaundler | ||||||
1710 | Lord William Powlett [2] | ||||||
1713 | Sir Joseph Jekyll | Whig | |||||
April 1715 | Richard Chaundler | ||||||
March 1722 | Lord Harry Powlett [3] | Paul Burrard, junior | |||||
October 1722 | Sir Gilbert Heathcote | Whig | |||||
1727 | Lord Nassau Powlett | Anthony Morgan | |||||
1729 | William Powlett | ||||||
1734 | Sir John Cope, Bt | Colonel Maurice Bocland | |||||
May 1741 | Lord Nassau Powlett | (Sir) Harry Burrard [4] | |||||
December 1741 | (Sir) Charles Powlett [5] | Whig | |||||
1755 | Lord Harry Powlett | ||||||
1761 | Adam Drummond [6] | ||||||
1769 | Hugo Meynell | Whig | |||||
1774 | Edward Morant | ||||||
1778 | Henry Goodricke | ||||||
1780 | Thomas Dummer | Harry Burrard [7] | |||||
1781 | Edward Gibbon | Whig | |||||
1784 | Robert Colt | ||||||
1788 | George Rose | Tory | |||||
1790 | Harry Burrard | (Sir) Harry Burrard (later Burrard-Neale) [8] | |||||
1791 | Nathaniel Brassey Halhed | ||||||
1796 | William Manning | ||||||
July 1802 | Harry Burrard | ||||||
December 1802 | John Kingston | ||||||
1806 | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt | ||||||
1807 | George Duckett | ||||||
1812 | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt | Tory[9] | |||||
1814 | John Taylor | ||||||
1818 | William Manning | Tory[9] | |||||
1820 | George Finch | Tory[9] | |||||
1821 | William Manning | Tory[9] | |||||
1823 | Walter Boyd | Tory[9] | |||||
1826 | Guy Lenox Prendergast | Tory[9] | |||||
1827 | Thomas Divett | ||||||
1828 | George Burrard | Tory[9] | |||||
1830 | William Egerton | Tory[9] | |||||
1831 | William Alexander Mackinnon | Tory[9] | |||||
1832 | John Stewart | Tory[9] | Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt | Tory[9] | |||
1834 | Conservative[9] | Conservative[9] | |||||
1835 | William Alexander Mackinnon | Conservative[9] | |||||
1847 | Hon. George Keppel | Whig[9][10][11][12] | Peelite[13][14][15] | ||||
1850 by-election | Edward John Hutchins | Whig[16][17][18] | |||||
1852 | Sir John Rivett-Carnac, Bt | Conservative | |||||
1857 | William Mackinnon (the younger) | Whig | |||||
1859 | Liberal | ||||||
1860 by-election | Lord George Gordon-Lennox | Conservative | |||||
1868 | representation reduced to one member |
1868-1885
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Lord George Gordon-Lennox | Conservative | |
1874 | Edmund Hegan Kennard | Conservative | |
1885 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Burrard | Unopposed | |||
Tory | William Egerton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 38 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | George Burrard | Unopposed | |||
Tory | William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 38 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Harry Burrard-Neale | 158 | 43.5 | ||
Tory | John Stewart | 128 | 35.3 | ||
Radical | John Blackiston | 77 | 21.2 | ||
Majority | 51 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 219 | 88.0 | |||
Registered electors | 249 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 294 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stewart | 161 | 40.7 | ||
Conservative | William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. | 138 | 34.8 | ||
Radical | Samuel Gregson | 97 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 41 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 227 | 76.7 | |||
Registered electors | 296 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stewart | 170 | 40.0 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. | 149 | 35.1 | +0.3 | |
Whig | George Keppel | 106 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 43 | 10.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 266 (est) | 86.5 (est) | c. +9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 307 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Keppel | 162 | 37.9 | +13.0 | |
Peelite | William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. | 146 | 34.1 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | John Stewart | 120 | 28.0 | −12.0 | |
Turnout | 295 (est) | 92.8 (est) | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 307 | ||||
Majority | 16 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.5 | |||
Majority | 26 | 6.1 | −4.0 | ||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Elections in the 1850s
Keppel resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward John Hutchins | 121 | 54.0 | +16.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Stewart[21] | 103 | 46.0 | +18.0 | |
Majority | 18 | 8.0 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 224 | 78.0 (est) | −14.8 | ||
Registered electors | 287 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Rivett-Carnac | 201 | 40.4 | +12.4 | |
Whig | Edward John Hutchins | 158 | 31.7 | −6.2 | |
Peelite | William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. | 139 | 27.9 | −6.2 | |
Turnout | 249 (est) | 73.7 (est) | −19.1 | ||
Registered electors | 338 | ||||
Majority | 43 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Peelite | Swing | +6.2 | |||
Majority | 19 | 3.8 | +0.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. | 194 | 40.8 | +9.1 | |
Conservative | John Rivett-Carnac | 187 | 39.4 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Warren William Richard Peacocke | 83 | 17.5 | N/A | |
Whig | Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnstone[23] | 11 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 238 (est) | 73.5 (est) | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 323 | ||||
Majority | 7 | 1.5 | −7.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Majority | 176 | 37.1 | +33.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. | 157 | 37.2 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | John Rivett-Carnac | 140 | 33.2 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | John Bramley-Moore[24] | 125 | 29.6 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 17 | 4.0 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 290 (est) | 88.8 (est) | +15.3 | ||
Registered electors | 326 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Elections in the 1860s
Carnac's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gordon-Lennox | 147 | 54.4 | −8.4 | |
Liberal | Henry Grenfell[25] | 123 | 45.6 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 24 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 270 | 81.8 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 330 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. | 192 | 49.1 | +30.5 | |
Conservative | George Gordon-Lennox | 174 | 44.5 | −18.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Norton[26] | 25 | 6.4 | −12.2 | |
Turnout | 183 (est) | 52.7 (est) | −36.1 | ||
Registered electors | 347 | ||||
Majority | 18 | 4.6 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +19.8 | |||
Majority | 149 | 38.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −18.3 |
Seat reduced to one member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Gordon-Lennox | 330 | 62.4 | +17.9 | |
Liberal | Daniel Pratt[27] | 199 | 37.6 | −17.9 | |
Majority | 131 | 24.8 | −13.3 | ||
Turnout | 529 | 79.9 | +27.2 | ||
Registered electors | 662 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +17.9 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Hegan Kennard | 449 | 74.0 | +11.6 | |
Liberal | William West[28] | 158 | 26.0 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 291 | 47.9 | +23.1 | ||
Turnout | 607 | 85.0 | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 714 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +11.6 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Hegan Kennard | 432 | 64.4 | −9.6 | |
Liberal | Hermes Southwood Smith[29] | 239 | 35.6 | +9.6 | |
Majority | 193 | 28.8 | −19.1 | ||
Turnout | 671 | 86.2 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 778 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.6 |
Notes
- "History of Parliament". Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- Powlett was re-elected in 1715, but had also been elected for Winchester, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
- Powlett was also elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Lymington
- Created a baronet, April 1769
- Styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754
- Drummond was re-elected in 1768, but had also been elected for St Ives, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
- Major from 1786
- Succeeded as a baronet, April 1791; Captain (RN) from 1793; took the surname Burrard-Neale in 1795
- Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 127–129. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- Robbins, Alfred Farthing (1894). The Early Public Life of William Ewart Gladstone: Four Times Prime Minister. London: Methuen & Co. p. 179. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- Chichester, Henry Manners (1892). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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- The Spectator, Volume 12. F.C. Westley. 1839. p. 1204. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- "The Recent Elections". Essex Standard. 31 January 1840. p. 1. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "The Elections". Dublin Morning Register. 29 January 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Salmon, Philip; Spencer, Howard. "Lymington". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- 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)
- 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 Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
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