Haverfordwest | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1545–1885 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Pembroke and Haverfordwest |
Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was enfranchised in 1545, as the second borough constituency in the historic county of Pembrokeshire. In the previous election of 1542, the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the Parliament of England, this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for Pembroke.
During the eighteenth century, Haverfordwest was considered to be little more than a pocket borough for the Philipps family of Picton Castle. [1]
From 1832 to 1885, it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of the three boroughs of Haverfordwest, Fishguard and Narberth. [2]
The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, and merged into the newly created constituency of Pembroke and Haverfordwest.
Parliament | Member |
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1547 | Richard Howell [3] |
1553 (Mar) | Richard Howell [3] |
1553 (Oct) | Richard Taylor [3] |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Howell [3] |
1554 (Nov) | Richard Howell [3] |
1555 | John Bolton or Button [3] |
1558 | Thomas ab Owen [3] |
1559 | Hugh Harris [4] |
1562–3 | Rice Morgan [4] |
1571 | John Garnons (Alban Stepneth cheated of seat by Sheriff) [4] |
1572 | Alban Stepneth [4] |
1584 | Alban Stepneth [4] |
1586 | Alban Stepneth [4] |
1588 | Sir John Perrot [4] |
1593 | Sir Nicholas Clifford [4] |
1597 | Sir James Perrot [4] |
1601 | John Canon [4] |
1604-1611 | Sir James Perrot |
1614 | Sir James Perrot |
1621-22 | Sir James Perrot |
1624 | Lewis Powell |
1625 | Sir Thomas Canon |
1626 | Sir James Perrot |
1628 | Sir James Perrot |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
1640 (Apr) | Hugh Owen |
1640 (Nov) | Sir John Stepney, 3rd Baronet, disabled 1643 |
1645 | Sir Robert Needham, secluded 1648 |
1653 | Not represented in Barebones Parliament |
1654 | Not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament |
1656 | John Upton |
1659 | John Upton |
1660 | William Philipps |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Richard Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 500 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Richard Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 500 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Richard Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 723 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Henry Scourfield | 241 | 65.8 | ||
Whig | Jonathan Haworth Peel | 125 | 34.2 | ||
Majority | 116 | 31.6 | |||
Turnout | 366 | 68.0 | |||
Registered electors | 538 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Philipps | 247 | 60.0 | +25.8 | |
Conservative | William Henry Scourfield | 165 | 40.0 | −25.8 | |
Majority | 82 | 20.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 412 | 58.4 | −9.6 | ||
Registered electors | 706 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +25.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Richard Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | John Evans | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Philipps | 297 | 59.4 | New | |
Whig | John Evans | 203 | 40.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 94 | 18.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 500 | 73.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 682 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Philipps | 258 | 50.2 | −9.2 | |
Radical | William Rees [13] [14] | 256 | 49.8 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.4 | −18.4 | ||
Turnout | 514 | 69.5 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 740 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 777 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Scourfield | 314 | 58.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Edwardes | 222 | 41.4 | New | |
Majority | 92 | 17.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 536 | 80.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 669 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edwardes | 638 | 56.2 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Samuel Pitman [15] | 497 | 43.8 | −14.8 | |
Majority | 141 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,135 | 74.4 | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,526 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.8 | |||
Edwardes was appointed a Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edwardes | 609 | 52.2 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Xavier de Castanos Royds Peel | 558 | 47.8 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 51 | 4.4 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,167 | 73.3 | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,592 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edwardes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,357 | ||||
Liberal hold |
The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election, after a separate potential candidate, Mr Davis, had been refused his nomination by the local sheriff without a deposit for security of costs. [16] However, in the resulting by-election, Davis did not stand and Edwardes was re-elected.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Edwardes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,357 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Edwardes | 686 | 56.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Denman Thornburgh-Cropper | 522 | 43.2 | New | |
Majority | 164 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,208 | 78.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,543 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Edwardes was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Edwardes | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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