Poole (UK Parliament constituency)

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Poole
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
South West England - Poole constituency.svg
Boundary of Poole in South West England
County Dorset
Electorate 72,162 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Poole
Current constituency
Created 1950
Member of Parliament Neil Duncan-Jordan (Independent)
SeatsOne
Created from East Dorset
1455–1885
SeatsTwo (1455–1868)
One (1868–1885)
Replaced by East Dorset

Poole is a constituency [n 1] in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Neil Duncan-Jordan. [n 2] On 16 July 2025, Duncan-Jordan was suspended by Labour for "persistent breaches of party discipline" which included rebelling against proposed welfare cuts and refusing to support the party's revised disability benefits policy. He now sits as an Independent. [2]

Contents

History

The first version of the Poole constituency existed from 1455 until 1885. During this period its exact status was a parliamentary borough, sending two burgesses to Westminster per year, except during its last 17 years when its representation was reduced to one member.

During its abeyance, most of Poole was in the East Dorset seat and, since its recreation in 1950, its area has been reduced as the harbour town's population has increased.

From its recreation in 1950, the seat had always elected Conservative MPs with comfortable majorities. However, at the 2024 general election, Labour captured the seat for the first time with a majority of just 18 votes.

Boundaries

Poole (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Poole.

1983–1997: The Borough of Poole wards of Broadstone, Canford Cliffs, Canford Heath, Creekmoor, Hamworthy, Harbour, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, and Penn Hill.

1997–2010: The Borough of Poole wards of Bourne Valley, Canford Cliffs, Hamworthy, Harbour, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, and Penn Hill.

2010–2019: The Borough of Poole wards of Branksome West, Canford Cliffs, Creekmoor, Hamworthy East, Hamworthy West, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, Penn Hill, and Poole Town.

2019–2024: The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council wards of Alderney and Bourne Valley (part), Broadstone (very small part), Canford Cliffs (nearly all), Canford Heath (very small part), Creekmoor, Hamworthy, Newtown and Heatherlands (most), Oakdale, Parkstone, Penn Hill and Poole Town [3]

Changes arising from re-organisation of local authorities and wards in Dorset; no change in boundaries.

2024–present: The District of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole wards of: Canford Cliffs; Creekmoor; Hamworthy; Newtown & Heatherlands; Oakdale; Parkstone; Penn Hill; Poole Town. [4]

Minor changes to align boundaries to those of local authority wards.

Constituency profile

The borough is an economically very diverse borough. In the centre and north are a significant minority of Output Areas which in 2001 had high rankings in the Index of Multiple Deprivation, contributing in 2012 with the remainder to producing for Poole the highest unemployment of the constituencies in the county. [5] [6] However, Canford Cliffs is epitomised by one sub-neighbourhood, Sandbanks with its multimillion-pound properties, the coastline area has been dubbed as "Britain's Palm Beach" by the national media. [7] Alongside oil extraction, insurance, care, retail and customer service industries choosing the town as their base tourism contributes to overall a higher income than the national average, however the divergence is not statistically significant and the size of homes varies extensively. [6] [8]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1455–1629

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1510No names known [9]
1512 Richard Phelips Ralph Worsley [9]
1515 Richard Phelips ? [9]
1523?
1529 William Thornhill William Biddlecombe [9]
1536?William Biddlecombe ? [9]
1539?William Biddlecombe ? [9]
1542 Oliver Lawrence John Carew [9]
1545 Oliver Lawrence John Harward [9]
1547 John Hannam John Harward [9]
1553 (Mar) William Newman Thomas White [9]
1553 (Oct) Anthony Dillington John Scryvin
Parliament of 1554 William Wightman Richard Shaw
Parliament of 1554–1555 Anthony Dillington Andrew Hourde
Parliament of 1555 Robert Whitt John Phelips
Parliament of 1558 Thomas Goodwin Thomas Phelips
Parliament of 1559 Walter Haddon Humphrey Mitchel
Parliament of 1563–1567 William Green
Parliament of 1571 George Carleton William Newman
Parliament of 1572–1581 William Green John Hastings
Parliament of 1584–1585 Francis Mills Thomas Vincent
Parliament of 1586–1587 William Fleetwood, junior
Parliament of 1588–1589 Henry Ashley Edward Man
Parliament of 1593 James Orrenge
Parliament of 1597–1598 Roger Mawdeley
Parliament of 1601 Robert Miller Thomas Billet
Parliament of 1604–1611 Thomas Robarts Edward Man
Addled Parliament (1614) Sir Walter Erle Sir Thomas Walsingham, junior
Parliament of 1621–1622 Sir George Horsey
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) Edward Pitt
Useless Parliament (1625) John Pyne Sir John Cooper
Parliament of 1625–1626 Christopher Erle
Parliament of 1628–1629 Sir John Cooper
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

MPs 1640–1868

YearFirst member [10] First partySecond member [10] Second party
April 1640 John Pyne Parliamentarian William Constantine Royalist
November 1640
September 1642Constantine disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645 George Skutt
December 1648Skutt excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653Poole was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper [11] Poole had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 Edward Boteler
January 1659 Colonel John Fitzjames [12] Samuel Bond
May 1659 John Pyne One seat vacant
April 1660 George Cooper Sir Walter Erle
1661 Sir John Fitzjames (Sir) John Morton [13]
1670 Thomas Trenchard
February 1673 George Cooper
March 1673 Thomas Strangways
1679 Henry Trenchard Thomas Chafin
1685 William Ettrick
1689 Henry Trenchard Sir Nathaniel Napier
1690 Sir John Trenchard Whig
1695 Lord Ashley
1698 William Joliffe Sir William Phippard
1705 Samuel Weston
1708 William Lewen Tory Thomas Ridge [14] Whig
1710 Sir William Phippard
1711 Sir William Lewen Tory
1713 George Trenchard Whig
1722 Thomas Ridge Whig
1727 Denis Bond [15]
1732 Thomas Wyndham Whig
1741 Joseph Gulston Thomas Missing
1747 George Trenchard Whig
1754Colonel Sir Richard Lyttelton [16]
1761Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Calcraft
1765 Joseph Gulston
1768 Joshua Mauger
1774Major-General Sir Eyre Coote
1780 Joseph Gulston William Morton Pitt
1784 Michael Angelo Taylor
1790Colonel Hon. Charles Stuart [17] Benjamin Lester
1791 Michael Angelo Taylor
1796Colonel Hon. Charles Stuart John Jeffery
1801 George Garland
1808 Sir Richard Bickerton
1809 Benjamin Lester Lester Whig [18]
1812 Michael Angelo Taylor Whig [18]
1818 John Dent Non-partisan [18]
1826 Hon. William Ponsonby Whig [18]
1831 Sir John Byng Whig [18]
January 1835 Charles Augustus Tulk Whig [18]
May 1835 Hon. George Byng Whig [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
1837 Hon. Charles Ponsonby Whig [18] [23] [24] [25] [21] George Philips Whig [26] [18] [27] [28] [23] [20] [21]
1847 George Richard Robinson Peelite [26]
1850 Henry Danby Seymour Whig
1852 George Woodroffe Franklyn Conservative
1859 Liberal
1865 Charles Waring Liberal
1868 Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1868–1885

ElectionMember [10] Party
1868 Arthur Guest Conservative
1874 Charles Waring Liberal
May 1874 by-election Hon. Evelyn Ashley Liberal
1880 Charles Schreiber Conservative
1884 by-election William James Harris Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1950

ElectionMember [10] PartyNotes
1950 Mervyn Wheatley Conservative
1951 Richard Pilkington Conservative
1964 Oscar Murton Conservative Chairman of Ways and Means 1976–79
1979 John Ward Conservative
1997 Sir Robert Syms Conservative
2024 Neil Duncan-Jordan Labour
July 2025 Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Poole [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Duncan-Jordan 14,168 31.84 +11.1
Conservative Robert Syms 14,15031.80−27.0
Reform UK Andrei Dragotoniu7,42916.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Oliver Walters5,50712.4−2.9
Green Sarah Ward2,2185.0+1.6
Independent Joe Cronin6981.6N/A
UKIP Leanne Barnes3250.7N/A
Majority 180.04N/A
Turnout 44,49561.4−6.2
Registered electors 72,509
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +19.1

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [30]
PartyVote%
Conservative 28,69558.8
Labour 10,08720.7
Liberal Democrats 7,49015.3
Green 1,6813.4
Others8481.7
Turnout48,80167.6
Electorate72,162
General election 2019: Poole [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Syms 29,599 58.7 +0.8
Labour Co-op Sue Aitkenhead10,48320.7−8.7
Liberal Democrats Victoria Collins 7,81915.5+6.6
Green Barry Harding-Rathbone [33] 1,7023.4+0.8
Independent David Young [n 3] 8481.7N/A
Majority 19,11638.0+9.5
Turnout 50,45168.2+0.7
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
General election 2017: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Syms 28,888 57.9 +7.8
Labour Katie Taylor14,67929.4+16.5
Liberal Democrats Mike Plummer4,4338.9−2.9
Green Adrian Oliver1,2992.6−2.0
Demos Direct InitiativeMarty Caine5511.1N/A
Majority 14,20928.5−4.8
Turnout 49,85067.5+2.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2015: Poole [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Syms 23,745 50.1 +2.6
UKIP David Young [35] 7,95616.8+11.5
Labour Helen Rosser6,10212.9+0.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Eades5,57211.8−19.8
Green Adrian Oliver [36] 2,1984.6N/A
Poole People Mark Howell [37] 1,7663.7N/A
Independent Ian Northover540.1−0.3
Majority 15,78933.3+17.4
Turnout 47,39365.3−8.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election 2010: Poole [38] [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Syms 22,532 47.5 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Phillip Eades14,99131.6+2.5
Labour Jason Sanderson6,04112.7−10.0
UKIP Nick Wellstead2,5075.3+1.8
BNP David Holmes1,1882.5+1.2
Independent Ian Northover1770.4N/A
Majority 7,54115.9+1.1
Turnout 47,43673.4+9.4
Conservative hold Swing +0.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Poole [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Syms 17,571 43.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Mike Plummer11,58328.6+3.1
Labour Darren Brown9,37623.1−3.8
UKIP John Barnes1,4363.5+1.0
BNP Peter Pirnie5471.4N/A
Majority 5,98814.8−3.4
Turnout 40,51363.1+2.4
Conservative hold Swing −2.4
General election 2001: Poole [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Syms 17,710 45.1 +3.0
Labour David Watt10,54426.9+5.3
Liberal Democrats Nick Westbrook10,01125.5−5.3
UKIP John Bass9682.5+1.5
Majority 7,16618.2+6.9
Turnout 39,23360.7−10.3
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Poole [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Syms 19,726 42.1 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Tetlow14,42830.8−2.0
Labour Haydn R White10,10021.6+10.6
Referendum John Riddington1,9324.1N/A
UKIP Philip Tyler4871.0N/A
Natural Law Jennifer Rosta1370.3+0.2
Majority 5,29811.3−9.1
Turnout 46,81071.0−8.4
Conservative hold Swing -4.6
General election 1992: Poole [43] [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ward 33,445 53.2 −4.3
Liberal Democrats BR Clements20,61432.8+0.2
Labour Haydn R White6,91211.0+1.1
Ind. Conservative M Steen1,6202.6N/A
Natural Law AL Bailey3030.5N/A
Majority 12,83120.4−4.5
Turnout 62,89479.4+1.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Poole [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ward 34,159 57.5 −0.8
SDP Robert Whitley19,35132.6+2.0
Labour Michael Shutler5,9019.9−0.9
Majority 14,80824.9−2.8
Turnout 59,41177.5+3.9
Conservative hold Swing -1.4
General election 1983: Poole [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ward 30,358 58.3 +1.3
Liberal Brian Clements15,92930.6+8.0
Labour Michael Castle5,59510.8−11.6
Servicemen & Citizen AssociationA Foster1770.3N/A
Majority 14,42927.7−6.9
Turnout 52,05973.6−4.5
Conservative hold Swing -3.3

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ward 38,846 57.01
Labour DA Bell15,29122.44
Liberal B Sutton14,00120.55
Majority 23,55534.57
Turnout 68,13878.13
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 28,982 46.15
Liberal Maxwell Goode 17,55727.96
Labour GW Hobbs16,26225.89
Majority 11,42518.19
Turnout 62,80175.30
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 31,156 46.04
Liberal Maxwell Goode 21,08831.16
Labour GW Hobbs15,43422.81
Majority 10,06814.88
Turnout 67,67881.88
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 31,100 53.11
Labour Ian S Campbell17,61030.07
Liberal Geoffrey Maxwell Goode9,84616.81
Majority 13,49023.04
Turnout 58,55675.06
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 25,451 47.59
Labour David A Sutton19,63036.71
Liberal Brian S Sherriff8,39415.70
Majority 5,82110.88
Turnout 53,47579.00
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oscar Murton 24,440 46.26
Labour Henry Toch16,15830.58
Liberal Herbert Charles Richard Ballam12,23423.16
Majority 8,28215.68
Turnout 52,83280.05
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Pilkington 26,956 52.84
Labour Alan Williams 15,32530.04
Liberal James Charles Holland8,73517.12
Majority 11,63122.80
Turnout 51,01680.27
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Pilkington 26,594 53.86
Labour Frederick Charles Reeves17,03234.49
Liberal James Charles Holland5,75011.65
Majority 9,56219.37
Turnout 49,37680.94
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Pilkington 26,998 53.60
Labour Leonard Joseph Matchan18,34636.42
Liberal William Ridgway5,0299.98
Majority 8,65217.18
Turnout 50,37384.97
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Poole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mervyn Wheatley 24,344 49.37
Labour Evelyn King 17,83136.16
Liberal William Ridgway7,13014.46
Majority 6,51313.21
Turnout 49,30587.10
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 19 Apr 1884: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William James Harris 877 51.8 +1.6
Liberal Thomas Chatfield Clarke [48] 81548.2−1.6
Majority 623.6+3.2
Turnout 1,69285.3−3.8
Registered electors 1,983
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
General election 1880: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Schreiber 854 50.2 +5.1
Liberal Charles Waring 84849.8−5.1
Majority 60.4N/A
Turnout 1,70289.1+4.9
Registered electors 1,911
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.1

Elections in the 1870s

1874 Poole by-election [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Evelyn Ashley 631 50.4 −4.5
Conservative Ivor Guest 62249.6+4.5
Majority 90.8−9.0
Turnout 1,25382.1−2.1
Registered electors 1,526
Liberal hold Swing -4.5
General election 1874: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Waring 705 54.9 +7.4
Conservative Arthur Guest 58045.1−7.4
Majority 1259.8N/A
Turnout 1,28584.2−10.2
Registered electors 1,526
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.4

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Guest 623 52.5 +26.5
Liberal Charles Waring 56347.5−26.5
Majority 605.0N/A
Turnout 1,18694.4+11.7
Registered electors 1,256
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +26.5
General election 1865: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Danby Seymour 258 37.7 +2.2
Liberal Charles Waring 248 36.3 +10.0
Conservative Stephen Lewin [50] 17826.0−12.2
Majority 7010.3N/A
Turnout 431 (est)82.7 (est)+14.7
Registered electors 521
Liberal hold Swing +4.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.1

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Woodroffe Franklyn 208 38.2 +0.2
Liberal Henry Danby Seymour 193 35.5 −6.9
Liberal William Taylor Haly14326.3+6.6
Majority 152.8−15.5
Turnout 376 (est)68.0 (est)+21.8
Registered electors 553
Conservative hold Swing +0.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.5
General election 1857: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Danby Seymour 211 42.4 N/A
Conservative George Woodroffe Franklyn 189 38.0 N/A
Radical William Taylor Haly [51] [52] 9819.7N/A
Turnout 249 (est)46.2 (est)N/A
Registered electors 539
Majority 224.4N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
Majority 9118.3N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1852: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Danby Seymour Unopposed
Conservative George Woodroffe Franklyn Unopposed
Registered electors 508
Whig hold
Conservative gain from Peelite
By-election, 24 September 1850: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry Danby Seymour 187 52.8 −6.4
Conservative John Savage [53] 16747.2+13.6
Majority 205.6−17.9
Turnout 35471.1+2.6
Registered electors 498
Whig gain from Peelite Swing −10.0

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Poole [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite George Richard Robinson 240 33.6 +3.6
Whig George Philips 220 30.8 −2.6
Whig Edward John Hutchins 20328.4−8.2
Radical Montague Merryweather Turner [54] [55] 527.3N/A
Turnout 358 (est)68.5 (est)−18.9
Registered electors 522
Majority 202.8N/A
Peelite gain from Whig Swing +7.2
Majority 16823.5+20.1
Whig hold Swing −2.2
General election 1841: Poole [47] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Charles Ponsonby 231 36.6 +8.8
Whig George Philips 211 33.4 +7.5
Conservative George Pitt Rose [56] 18930.0−16.4
Majority 223.4+1.7
Turnout 410 (est)87.4 (est)c. +9.3
Registered electors 469
Whig hold Swing +8.5
Whig hold Swing +7.9

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Poole [47] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Charles Ponsonby 278 27.8 −10.9
Whig George Philips 259 25.9 −7.6
Conservative Henry Willoughby 24224.2+4.2
Conservative John Walsh 22222.2+14.5
Majority 171.7−11.8
Turnout 50478.1c. +12.1
Registered electors 645
Whig hold Swing −10.1
Whig hold Swing −8.5
By-election, 21 May 1835: Poole [47] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Byng 199 53.4 −18.8
Conservative Colquhoun Grant 17446.6+18.9
Majority 256.8−6.7
Turnout 37382.9c. +16.9
Registered electors 450
Whig hold Swing −18.9
General election 1835: Poole [47] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig John Byng 230 38.7 +9.5
Whig Charles Augustus Tulk 199 33.5 +7.2
Conservative John Irving11920.0N/A
Conservative T Bonar467.7N/A
Majority 8013.5+10.6
Turnout c. 297c. 66.0c. −21.4
Registered electors 450
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Poole [47] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Benjamin Lester Lester 284 44.5
Whig John Byng 186 29.2
Whig Charles Augustus Tulk 16826.3
Majority182.9
Turnout 36087.4
Registered electors 412
Whig hold
Whig hold
By-election, 6 October 1831: Poole [18] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Byng 55 56.7
Whig Charles Augustus Tulk 4243.3
Majority1313.4
Turnout 97c. 60.6
Registered electors c. 160
Whig hold
General election 1831: Poole [18] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Benjamin Lester LesterUnopposed
Whig William Ponsonby Unopposed
Registered electors c. 160
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1830: Poole [18] [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Benjamin Lester LesterUnopposed
Whig William Ponsonby Unopposed
Registered electors c. 160
Whig hold
Whig hold

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer).
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every 5 years.
  3. ↑ Having stood for UKIP in 2015 Dr David Young was in September 2019 adopted to be the Brexit Party candidate. Following that party's withdrawal of all its candidates in seats held by the Conservatives he decided to stand as an Independent.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South West". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Editor, Geraldine Scott, Assistant Political (16 July 2025). "Keir Starmer suspends Labour MPs for 'breaches of discipline'". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 16 July 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ StreetCheck. "Wards in the Poole Constituency". StreetCheck. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 7 South West region.
  5. ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
  6. 1 2 "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk.
  7. ↑ Morris, Steven. "£3m for modest bungalow needing TLC", The Guardian 2 November 2005.
  8. ↑ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2)
  11. ↑ Browne Willis and Cobbett both list Cooper as Poole's MP. Cooper was also elected for Wiltshire, and seems to have been regarded as its Member, but there appears no record of another Member having been elected for Poole in his place
  12. ↑ Cobbett again lists Cooper (elected for Wiltshire) as Poole's MP together with Bond, but Browne Willis gives Fitzjames as the second member
  13. ↑ Succeeded to baronetcy, February 1662
  14. ↑ Expelled from the House of Commons, 15 February 1711, for "great Frauds and Abuses in his Contract for furnishing the Navy with Beer"
  15. ↑ Expelled from the House of Commons, 30 March 1732, for his role in the fraudulent sale of the Earl of Derwentwater's estate
  16. ↑ Major-General from 1758
  17. ↑ On petition, Stuart was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Taylor, was declared elected in his place
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp.  89–90. ISBN   0-900178-13-2.
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