Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Northallerton
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1640–1885
Replaced by Richmond

Northallerton was a parliamentary borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1640 to 1832, and by one member from 1832 until 1885.

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The constituency consisted of the market town of Northallerton, the county town of the North Riding. In 1831 it encompassed only 622 houses and a population of 3,004. The right to vote was vested in the holders of the burgage tenements, of which there were roughly 200 – most of which were ruined or consisted only of stables or cowhouses, and had no value except for the vote which was attached to them. As in most other burgage boroughs, the ownership of the burgages had early become concentrated in the hands of a single family, who in effect had a free hand to nominate both MPs. At the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, the patrons were the Earl of Harewood and Henry Peirse, who was the Earl's brother-in-law.

Under the Reform Act, the boundaries were extended to include neighbouring Romanby and Brompton, increasing the population to 4,839, and its representation was reduced to a single member. The Act also, of course, extended the franchise.

At the 1885 election, the constituency was abolished, being absorbed into the new Richmond division of the North Riding.

Members of Parliament

Northallerton re-enfranchised by Parliament, Nov 1640

MPs 1640–1832

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
November 1640 Henry Darley Parliamentarian John Wastell Parliamentarian
1653Northallerton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654,1656Northallerton was unrepresented in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 James Danby Major George Smithson
May 1659 Henry Darley One seat vacant
April 1660 Thomas Lascelles Francis Lascelles
July 1660 George Marwood [1]
1661 Gilbert Gerard [2] Roger Talbot
1679 Sir Henry Calverley
1685 Sir David Foulis Sir Henry Marwood
1689 Thomas Lascelles Sir William Robinson
1695 Sir William Hustler
1697 Ralph Milbancke
1701 Robert Dormer
February 1702 Daniel Lascelles
July 1702 John Aislabie Tory
November 1702 Robert Dormer
May 1705 Sir William Hustler
December 1705 Roger Gale
1710 Robert Raikes
1713 Leonard Smelt Henry Peirse
1715 Cholmley Turner
1722 Henry Peirse
1740 William Smelt
1745 Henry Lascelles
1752 Daniel Lascelles
1754 Tory [3] Edwin Lascelles Tory [3]
1761 Edward Lascelles Tory [3]
1774 Henry Peirse (younger) Whig [3]
1780 Edwin Lascelles Tory [3]
1790 Edward Lascelles Tory [3]
1796 Viscount Lascelles Tory [3]
1814 John Bacon Sawrey Morritt Tory [3]
1818 Viscount Lascelles Tory [3]
1820 William Lascelles Tory [3]
1824 Marcus Beresford Tory [3]
1826 Admiral Sir John Beresford Tory [3] Henry Lascelles Tory [3]
1831 William Lascelles Tory [3]

MPs 1832–1885

ElectionMemberParty
1832 Representation reduced to one member
1832 Capt. John Boss R.N. [4] Radical [5] [6]
1835 William Battie-Wrightson Whig [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [3]
1859 Liberal
1865 Charles Mills [12] Conservative
1866 Hon. Egremont Lascelles Conservative
1868 John Hutton Conservative
1874 George Elliot Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished: see Richmond (Yorks)

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Northallerton [3] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Henry Lascelles Unopposed
Tory John Beresford Unopposed
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Northallerton [3] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory William Lascelles Unopposed
Tory John Beresford Unopposed
Registered electors c. 200
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1832: Northallerton [14] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Radical John George Boss 108 52.7
Whig William Battie-Wrightson 9747.3
Majority115.4
Turnout 20588.4
Registered electors 232
Radical gain from Tory
General election 1835: Northallerton [14] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Battie-Wrightson Unopposed
Registered electors 261
Whig gain from Radical
General election 1837: Northallerton [14] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Battie-Wrightson Unopposed
Registered electors 278
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Northallerton [14] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Battie-Wrightson 129 53.1 N/A
Conservative Edwin Lascelles 11446.9New
Majority156.2N/A
Turnout 24386.5N/A
Registered electors 281
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Battie-Wrightson Unopposed
Registered electors 269
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Battie-Wrightson Unopposed
Registered electors 281
Whig hold
General election 1857: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig William Battie-Wrightson 129 50.6 N/A
Conservative Egremont Lascelles 12649.4New
Majority31.2N/A
Turnout 25593.8N/A
Registered electors 272
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1859: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Battie-Wrightson 138 50.4 −0.2
Conservative Charles Mills 13649.6+0.2
Majority20.8−0.4
Turnout 27496.8+3.0
Registered electors 283
Liberal hold Swing −0.2

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Mills 239 55.7 +6.1
Liberal Jasper Johns 19044.3−6.1
Majority4911.4N/A
Turnout 42997.1+0.3
Registered electors 442
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.1

The election was declared void on petition, due to bribery by agents, causing a by-election. [15]

By-election, 10 May 1866: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Egremont Lascelles 224 52.7 −3.0
Liberal William Battie-Wrightson 20147.3+3.0
Majority235.4−6.0
Turnout 42596.2−0.9
Registered electors 442
Conservative hold Swing −3.0
General election 1868: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hutton 386 50.9 −4.8
Liberal Jasper Johns 37249.1+4.8
Majority141.8−9.6
Turnout 75893.8−3.3
Registered electors 808
Conservative hold Swing −4.8

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Elliot 387 50.6 −0.3
Liberal William Battie-Wrightson 37849.4+0.3
Majority91.2−0.6
Turnout 76592.3−1.5
Registered electors 829
Conservative hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Northallerton [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Elliot 483 55.8 +5.2
Liberal Albert Osliff Rutson [16] 38344.2−5.2
Majority10011.6+10.4
Turnout 86695.0+2.7
Registered electors 912
Conservative hold Swing +5.2

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Created a baronet as Sir George Marwood, December 1660
  2. ↑ Created a baronet as Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1665
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 158–160 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Marshall, John (1833). "Boss, John George"  . Royal Naval Biography . 4, part 1. London: Longman and company.
  5. ↑ "NORTHALLERTON: Geographical and Historical information from the year 1834". GENUKI. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Northallerton" . Newcastle Chronicle. 15 December 1832. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 256.
  8. ↑ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. p. 242.
  9. ↑ Casey, Martin (2009). "WRIGHTSON, William Battie (1789–1879), of Cusworth Hall, Doncaster, Yorks. and 22 Upper Brook Street, Mdx". The History of Parliament.
  10. ↑ Casey, Martin (2009). "Northallerton". The History of Parliament.
  11. ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 9; Volume 163. E. Cave. 1838. p. 100.
  12. ↑ Mills' election was declared void on petition, and a by-election held in which he did not stand as a candidate
  13. 1 2 Casey, Martin. "Northallerton". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 223. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  15. ↑ "Northallerton Election Petition" . Armagh Guardian. 4 May 1866. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ↑ "Northallerton" . Dudley Herald. 3 April 1880. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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