Herefordshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Herefordshire |
1290–1885 | |
Seats | Two, then three from 1832 |
Replaced by | Leominster Ross |
The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.
The undivided county was represented from 1290 by two Knights of the Shire until 1832 and three thereafter. After the county was split two new county constituencies were created, the North division or Leominster and the South division or Ross.
The constituency consisted of the historic county of Herefordshire. Although Herefordshire contained a number of parliamentary boroughs, each of which elected one or two MPs in its own right for parts of the period when Herefordshire was a constituency, these areas were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning freehold property of the required value, within such boroughs, could confer a vote at the county election. From 1832 only non-resident owners of forty-shilling freeholds, situated in borough seats, could qualify for a county vote on the basis of that property.
Constituency created (1290)
As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given for those up to 1640. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.
Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | First member | Second member |
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1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | Sir James Scudamore | Sir Herbert Croft |
1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | Sir James Scudamore | Sir Herbert Croft |
1621 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | Sir John Scudamore, Bt | Fitzwilliam Coningsby |
1624 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | Sir John Scudamore, Bt | Sir Robert Harley |
1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | John Rudhale | Sir Giles Brydges, Bt |
1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | Sir Robert Harley | Sir Walter Pye |
1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | Sir Giles Brydges, Bt | Sir Walter Pye |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened |
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | Third member | Third party | |||
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1832 | Edward Thomas Foley | Tory [17] | Kedgwin Hoskins | Whig [17] [24] | Sir Robert Price, Bt | Whig [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [17] | |||
1834 | Conservative [17] | ||||||||
1841 | Thomas Baskerville | Conservative [17] | Joseph Bailey | Conservative [17] | |||||
1847 | Francis Haggitt (F.R. Wegg-Prosser, 1849) | Conservative | George Cornewall Lewis | Whig [25] [26] [27] | |||||
1850 by-election | Thomas William Booker-Blakemore | Conservative | |||||||
1852 | James King King | Conservative | Hon. Charles Hanbury | Conservative | |||||
1857 | Sir Geers Cotterell, Bt | Whig [28] | |||||||
1858 by-election | Lord Montagu Graham | Conservative | |||||||
1859 | Humphrey St John-Mildmay | Liberal | |||||||
1865 | Sir Joseph Bailey | Conservative | Michael Biddulph | Liberal | |||||
1868 | Sir Herbert Croft, Bt | Conservative | |||||||
1874 | Daniel Peploe Peploe | Conservative | |||||||
1880 | Thomas Duckham | Liberal | |||||||
1885 | Constituency abolished: see Leominster and Ross. | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | John Cotterell | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Robert Price | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 5,000 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Robert Price | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Kedgwin Hoskins | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 5,000 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Robert Price | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Kedgwin Hoskins | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Edward Thomas Foley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,013 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Kedgwin Hoskins | 3,012 | 28.9 | ||
Conservative | Edward Thomas Foley | 2,802 | 26.9 | ||
Whig | Robert Price | 2,657 | 25.5 | ||
Conservative | Edward Poole | 1,964 | 18.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,306 | 86.6 | |||
Registered electors | 4,970 | ||||
Majority | 210 | 2.0 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 145 | 1.4 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Majority | 693 | 6.7 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Robert Price | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Kedgwin Hoskins | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Thomas Foley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,216 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Baskerville Mynors Baskerville | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Joseph Bailey | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Kedgwin Hoskins | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,365 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Bailey | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Francis Haggitt | Unopposed | |||
Whig | George Cornewall Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,345 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Bailey's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas William Booker | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James King King | 3,167 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas William Booker | 3,143 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Bateman-Hanbury | 3,030 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Whig | George Cornewall Lewis | 2,836 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 194 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,949 (est) | 85.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,972 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Geers Cotterell | 3,352 | 29.4 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Thomas William Booker-Blakemore | 2,822 | 24.7 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | James King King | 2,771 | 24.3 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Charles Bateman-Hanbury | 2,475 | 21.7 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 877 | 7.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,041 (est) | 82.4 (est) | −2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,330 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Booker-Blakemore's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Montagu Graham | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James King King | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Humphrey Francis St John-Mildmay | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Montagu Graham | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,722 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Bailey | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Michael Biddulph | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James King King | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,179 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Herbert Croft | 3,351 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joseph Bailey | 3,341 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Michael Biddulph | 2,273 | 21.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Blake | 1,878 | 17.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,068 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,422 (est) | 56.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,528 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Bailey | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Michael Biddulph | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Daniel Peploe Peploe | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,977 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joseph Bailey | 3,077 | 27.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Michael Biddulph | 2,769 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Duckham | 2,726 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Daniel Peploe Peploe | 2,527 | 22.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,550 (est) | 67.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,222 | ||||
Majority | 308 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 199 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
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