Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lymington
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1584–1885
SeatsTwo (1584–1868);
One (1868–1885)
Replaced by New Forest

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.

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Members of Parliament

1584-1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond 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
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

1640-1868

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
November 1640 John Doddington John Kempe
November 1640 John Button Parliamentarian Henry Campion Parliamentarian
December 1648Button excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacantCampion not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653Lymington 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

ElectionMemberParty
1868 Lord George Gordon-Lennox Conservative
1874 Edmund Hegan Kennard Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Lymington [9] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory George Burrard Unopposed
Tory William Egerton Unopposed
Registered electors c. 38
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Lymington [9] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory George Burrard Unopposed
Tory William Alexander Mackinnon Sr.Unopposed
Registered electors c. 38
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1832: Lymington [20] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Harry Burrard-Neale 158 43.5
Tory John Stewart 128 35.3
Radical John Blackiston7721.2
Majority5114.1
Turnout 21988.0
Registered electors 249
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1835: Lymington [20] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Alexander Mackinnon Sr.Unopposed
Conservative John Stewart Unopposed
Registered electors 294
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Lymington [20] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Stewart 161 40.7
Conservative William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. 138 34.8
Radical Samuel Gregson 9724.5
Majority4110.3
Turnout 22776.7
Registered electors 296
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Lymington [20] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Stewart 170 40.0 −0.7
Conservative William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. 149 35.1 +0.3
Whig George Keppel 10624.9+0.4
Majority4310.2−0.1
Turnout 266 (est)86.5 (est)c. +9.8
Registered electors 307
Conservative hold Swing −0.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
General election 1847: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Keppel 162 37.9 +13.0
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. 146 34.1 −1.0
Conservative John Stewart 12028.0−12.0
Turnout 295 (est)92.8 (est)+6.3
Registered electors 307
Majority429.9N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +9.5
Majority266.1N/A
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1850s

Keppel resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 April 1850: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Edward John Hutchins 121 54.0 +16.1
Conservative Andrew Stewart [21] 10346.0+18.0
Majority188.0−1.9
Turnout 22478.0 (est)−14.8
Registered electors 287
Whig hold Swing −1.0
General election 1852: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Rivett-Carnac 201 40.4 +12.4
Whig Edward John Hutchins 158 31.7 −6.2
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon Sr.13927.9−6.2
Turnout 249 (est)73.7 (est)−19.1
Registered electors 338
Majority6212.5N/A
Conservative gain from Peelite Swing +6.2
Majority193.8−6.1
Whig hold Swing −6.2
General election 1857: Lymington [20] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. 194 40.8 +9.1
Conservative John Rivett-Carnac 187 39.4 −1.0
Conservative Warren William Richard Peacocke8317.5N/A
Whig Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnstone [23] 112.3N/A
Turnout 238 (est)73.5 (est)−0.2
Registered electors 323
Majority71.4−2.4
Whig hold Swing +4.8
Majority17637.1+24.6
Conservative hold Swing −4.8
General election 1859: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. 157 37.2 −5.9
Conservative John Rivett-Carnac 140 33.2 −6.2
Conservative John Bramley-Moore [24] 12529.6+12.1
Majority174.0+2.6
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.

By-election, 24 May 1860: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Gordon-Lennox 147 54.4 −8.4
Liberal Henry Grenfell [25] 12345.6+8.4
Majority248.8N/A
Turnout 27081.8−7.0
Registered electors 330
Conservative hold Swing −8.4
General election 1865: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. 192 49.1 +30.5
Conservative George Gordon-Lennox 174 44.5 −18.3
Liberal Thomas Norton [26] 256.4−12.2
Turnout 183 (est)52.7 (est)−36.1
Registered electors 347
Majority184.6+0.6
Liberal hold Swing +19.8
Majority14938.1N/A
Conservative hold Swing −18.3

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Gordon-Lennox 330 62.4 +17.9
Liberal Daniel Pratt [27] 19937.6−17.9
Majority13124.8−13.3
Turnout 52979.9+27.2
Registered electors 662
Conservative hold Swing +17.9

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Hegan Kennard 449 74.0 +11.6
Liberal William West [28] 15826.0−11.6
Majority29148.0+22.8
Turnout 60785.0+5.1
Registered electors 714
Conservative hold Swing +11.6

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Lymington [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edmund Hegan Kennard 432 64.4 −9.6
Liberal Hermes Southwood Smith [29] 23935.6+9.6
Majority19328.8−19.2
Turnout 67186.2+1.2
Registered electors 778
Conservative hold Swing −9.6

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Powlett was also elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Lymington
  4. ↑ Created a baronet, April 1769
  5. ↑ Styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Major from 1786
  8. ↑ Succeeded as a baronet, April 1791; Captain (RN) from 1793; took the surname Burrard-Neale in 1795
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Chichester, Henry Manners (1892). "Keppel, George Thomas"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  12. ↑ Gash, Norman (2013). Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830–1850. Faber & Faber. p. 250. ISBN   9780571302901 . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "John Stewart". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "The New Parliament" . Reading Mercury. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ↑ Roberts, David (2016). Paternalism in Early Victorian England. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 255. ISBN   978-1-315-61965-1 . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  16. ↑ The Spectator, Volume 12. F.C. Westley. 1839. p. 1204. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "The Recent Elections" . Essex Standard. 31 January 1840. p. 1. Retrieved 21 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ↑ "The Elections" . Dublin Morning Register. 29 January 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. 1 2 Salmon, Philip; Spencer, Howard. "Lymington". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  21. ↑ "Representation of Lymington" . Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. 27 April 1850. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ↑ "Lymington, March 14" . Hampshire Advertiser. 14 March 1857. p. 7. Retrieved 24 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ↑ "Lymington, March 21" . Hampshire Advertiser. 21 March 1857. p. 7. Retrieved 24 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ↑ "Lymington" . Hampshire Chronicle. 30 April 1859. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ↑ "Representation of Lymington" . The Morning Chronicle . London. 24 May 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ↑ "Expenses Incurred by or on Behalf of Thomas Norton" . Hampshire Advertiser . Hampshire. 28 October 1865. pp. 1, 4, 5, 8. Retrieved 1 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ↑ "Lymington" . Hampshire Advertiser . Hampshire. 24 October 1868. p. 12. Retrieved 1 March 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ↑ "Lymington" . Sheffield Independent. 7 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 6 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ↑ "Lymington" . Salisbury and Winchester Journal . 12 June 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 20 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.

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