| Morpeth Borough constituency |
|
|---|---|
| Created: | 1553 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | 1553–1832: two 1832–1983: one |
Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Morpeth elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until the 1832 general election, when the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to one MP, elected under the first past the post system. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
MPs 1660-1832
| Year | First Member | Second Member |
|---|---|---|
| April 1660 | Thomas Widdrington | Ralph Knight |
| June 1660 | Sir George Downing | |
| 1661 | Henry Widdrington | |
| 1666 | Edward Howard | |
| 1679 | Daniel Collingwood | |
| 1685 | Sir Henry Pickering | Theophilus Oglethorpe |
| 1689 | Charles Howard | Roger Fenwick |
| 1692 | George Nicholas | |
| 1695 | Sir Henry Belasyse | |
| 1698 | Philip Howard | |
| January 1701 | William Howard | |
| May 1701 | Sir Richard Sandford | |
| December 1701 | Emanuel Scrope Howe | Sir John Delaval |
| 1705 | Sir Richard Sandford | Edmund Maine |
| 1708 | Sir John Bennett | |
| 1710 | Christopher Wandesford | |
| 1713 | Sir John Germain | Oley Douglas |
| 1715 | Viscount Morpeth | The Viscount Castlecomer |
| 1717 | Hon. George Carpenter | |
| 1727 | Thomas Robinson | |
| 1734 | Sir Henry Liddell | |
| 1738 | Henry Furnese | |
| 1741 | Robert Ord | |
| 1747 | Viscount Limerick | |
| 1754 | Thomas Duncombe | |
| 1755 | Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh | |
| 1761 | Viscount Garlies | |
| 1768 | Pether Beckford | Sir Matthew White Ridley |
| 1774 | Francis Eyre | Peter Delme |
| 1775 | William Byron | |
| 1776 | Gilbert Elliot | |
| 1777 | John William Egerton | |
| 1780 | Anthony Morris Storer | |
| 1784 | Sir James Erskine | |
| 1790 | Francis Gregg | |
| 1795 | Viscount Morpeth | |
| 1796 | ||
| 1802 | William Ord | |
| 1806 | William Howard | |
| 1826 | Viscount Morpeth | |
| 1830 | William Howard | |
| 1832 | representation reduced to one member | |
MPs 1832-1983
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Frederick George Howard | Liberal | |
| 1834 | Edward George Granville Howard | Liberal | |
| 1837 | Granville George Leveson-Gower | Liberal | |
| 1840 | Edward George Granville Howard | Liberal | |
| 1853 | Sir George Grey | Liberal | |
| 1874 | Thomas Burt | Lib-Lab | |
| 1918 | John Cairns | Labour | |
| 1923 | Robert Smillie | Labour | |
| 1929 | Ebenezer Edwards | Labour | |
| 1931 | Godfrey Nicholson | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Robert John Taylor | Labour | |
| 1954 | Will Owen | Labour | |
| 1970 | George Grant | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1920s
| Morpeth by-election, 1923 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Robert Smillie | 20,053 | 60.5 | +12.2 | |
| Liberal | F.C. Thornborough | 13,087 | 39.5 | +7.3 | |
| Majority | 6,966 | 21.0 | −4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 33,140 | 76.9 | 48 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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