Warwick (UK Parliament constituency)

Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885.

Warwick
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Warwickshire
Major settlements	Warwick
1295–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Warwick & Leamington

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new single-member constituency of Warwick and Leamington.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Robert Norton	Henry Trymenell [1]
1388 (Feb)	Robert Norton	Henry Trymenell [1]
1388 (Sep)	John Raines	John Russell [1]
1390 (Jan)	John Buckmore	Henry Filongley [1]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Henry de la Chamber	John Raines [1]
1393	Maurice de la Chamber	Henry ? [1]
1394	Maurice Luttrell	John Russell [1]
1395	Maurice de la Chamber	John Allerwich [1]
1397 (Jan)	Henry Trymenell	Robert Walden [1]
1397 (Sep)	John Brome	William Ilshawe [1]
1399	William Ruding	William Hull [1]
1401	?John Brome	?William Hopkins [1]
1402	John Brome	Richard Hewe [1]
1404 (Jan)	Simon Bennett	John Weston [1]
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Brome	John Weston [1]
1407	Thomas Ellam	Richard Ferrour alias Barkes [1]
1410	John Weston	Roger Wootton [1]
1411	John Weston	Roger Wootton [1]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Nicholas Rody	Roger Wootton [1]
1414 (Apr)	John Brome	Roger Wootton [1]
1414 (Nov)	Nicholas Rody	Roger Wootton [1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419	Nicholas Rody	Roger Wootton [1]
1420	John Rody	John Usk [1]
1421 (May)	Nicholas Rody	John Upton [1]
1421 (Dec)	Nicholas Rody	John Rody [1]
1510–1523	No names known [2]
1529	William Newenham	Thomas Holte [2]
1536	?
1539	?
1542	Clement Throckmorton	William Webbe [2]
1545	Kenelm Throckmorton	William Pinnock [2]
1547	Sir William Pickering	Clement Throckmorton [2]
1553 (Mar)	Clement Throckmorton	John Throckmorton [2]
1553 (Oct)	Clement Throckmorton	Edward Ferrers [2]
1554 (Apr)	George Throckmorton	Thomas Fisher [2]
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Fisher	Ralph Broune [2]
1555	Kenelm Throckmorton	Thomas Fisher [2]
1558	Thomas Fisher	John Butler [2]
1558/1559	Thomas Throckmorton	Thomas Fisher[3]
1562/1563	Walter Haddon	John Butler [3]
1571 (Mar)	Edward Aglionby	John Fisher [3]
1572 (Apr)	Thomas Dudley	John Fisher [3]
1584 (Nov)	Thomas Dudley	John Fisher [3]
1586 (Oct)	Thomas Dudley	Job Throckmorton [3]
1588 (Oct)	James Dyer	Thomas Dudley [3]
1593	John Hugford	William Combe [3]
1597 (Sep)	John Townsend	William Spicer [3]
1601 (Oct)	John Townsend	William Spicer [3]
1604	John Townsend	William Spicer
1614	Sir Greville Verney	John Townsend
1621	John Coke	Sir Greville Verney
1624	Sir Edward Conway	Francis Lucy
1625	Sir Francis Leigh, Bt	Francis Lucy
1626	Sir Francis Leigh, Bt.	Francis Lucy
1628	Francis Lucy	Hon. Robert Greville Election declared void Replaced by Anthony Stoughton[4]
1629-1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
November 1640		William Purefoy	Parliamentarian		Sir Thomas Lucy [5]
December 1640					Godfrey Bosvile	Parliamentarian
1653	Warwick was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Richard Lucy		Warwick had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656		Clement Throckmorton
January 1659		Fulke Lucy			Thomas Archer
May 1659		William Purefoy		One seat vacant
August 1659		Both seats vacant after Purefoy's death
April 1660		Sir Clement Throckmorton			John Rous
1661					Henry Puckering
1664		Fulke Greville			Sir Francis Compton
1677		Robert Digby
1678		John Bowyer
February 1679		John Clopton			Henry Puckering
August 1679		Thomas Lucy			Richard Booth
1681					Thomas Coventry [6]
1685		Simon Digby
1689		William Colemore			William Digby
1695		Francis Greville
1698		Robert Greville			Thomas Wagstaffe
1699		Algernon Greville
January 1701		Francis Greville
November 1701					Algernon Greville
1705					Dodington Greville
1710		Charles Leigh
1713		William Colemore
1722		William Keyt
1727					William Bromley
1735[7]		Thomas Archer			Henry Archer
1741		Wills Hill [8]
1756		John Spencer
1761		Hamilton Boyle
1762		Paul Methuen
March 1768		George Greville
May 1768					Paul Methuen
January 1774		Charles Francis Greville	Tory[9]
October 1774					Robert Fulke Greville	Tory
1780					Robert Ladbroke	Whig[9]
1790		Charles Perceval	Tory[9]		Henry Gage	Tory[9]
1792					George Villiers	Tory[9]
1796		Samuel Gaussen	Tory[9]
1802		Charles Mills	Tory[9]		Henry Greville	Tory[9]
1816					Charles John Greville	Tory[9]
1826		John Tomes	Whig[9]
1831					Edward Bolton King	Whig[9]
1832		Charles John Greville [10]	Tory[9]
1833	Writ suspended – seat vacant
1835		Charles John Greville	Conservative[9]
1836		Charles Canning	Conservative[9]
March 1837		William Collins	Whig[9][11][12][13][14]
July 1837					Charles Eurwicke Douglas	Conservative[9]
1852		George William John Repton	Conservative		Edward Greaves	Conservative
1865					Arthur Peel	Liberal
1868		Edward Greaves	Conservative
1874		George Repton	Conservative
1885	Constituency abolished: see Warwick and Leamington

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Warwick[9][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Charles John Greville	Unopposed
	Whig	John Tomes (MP)	Unopposed
	Tory hold
	Whig hold

General election 1831: Warwick[9][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Tomes (MP)	698	40.4
	Whig	Edward Bolton King	523	30.3
	Tory	Charles John Greville	505	29.3
Majority			18	1.0
Turnout			1,019	c. 78.4
Registered electors			c. 1,300
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Tory

General election 1832: Warwick[9][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles John Greville	701	40.8	+11.5
	Whig	Edward Bolton King	553	32.2	+1.9
	Whig	John Tomes (MP)	463	27.0	−13.4
Turnout			1,248	93.1	c. +14.7
Registered electors			1,340
Majority			148	8.6	N/A
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+11.5
Majority			90	5.2	+4.2
	Whig hold		Swing	−1.9

Greville's election was later declared void but no writ was issued for a by-election to elect a new MP.

General election 1835: Warwick[9][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles John Greville	564	38.7	+18.3
	Whig	Edward Bolton King	478	32.8	−26.4
	Conservative	John Halcomb	416	28.5	+8.1
Turnout			930	95.8	+2.7
Registered electors			971
Majority			86	5.9	−2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+15.8
Majority			62	4.3	−0.9
	Whig hold		Swing	−26.4

Greville resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 August 1836: Warwick[9][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Canning	463	51.6	−15.6
	Whig	Henry William Hobhouse	434	48.4	+15.6
Majority			29	3.2	−2.7
Turnout			897	85.8	−10.0
Registered electors			1,046
	Conservative hold		Swing	−15.6

Canning was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl Canning and causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 March 1837: Warwick[9][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Collins	457	52.0	+19.2
	Conservative	John Adams	422	48.0	−19.2
Majority			35	4.0	−0.3
Turnout			879	86.8	−9.0
Registered electors			1,013
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.2

General election 1837: Warwick[9][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Collins	498	35.4	+19.0
	Conservative	Charles Eurwicke Douglas	468	33.3	−33.9
	Whig	Edward Bolton King	439	31.2	+14.8
Turnout			909	89.7	−6.1
Registered electors			1,013
Majority			30	2.1	−2.2
	Whig hold		Swing	+18.0
Majority			29	2.1	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−33.9

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Warwick[9][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Collins	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charles Eurwicke Douglas	Unopposed
Registered electors			957
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

Douglas was appointed a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 13 August 1845: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Eurwicke Douglas	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Collins	443	50.3	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Eurwicke Douglas	407	46.3	N/A
	Whig	Henry Roberts[17]	30	3.4	N/A
Turnout			440 (est)	57.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			770
Majority			36	4.0	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			377	42.9	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Repton	383	36.2	+13.0
	Conservative	Edward Greaves	348	32.9	+9.7
	Whig	John Mellor[18][19]	327	30.9	−22.8
Majority			21	2.0	−40.8
Turnout			693 (est)	95.8 (est)	+38.7
Registered electors			723
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.2
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+10.6

General election 1857: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Repton	Unopposed
	Conservative	Edward Greaves	Unopposed
Registered electors			734
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Repton	Unopposed
	Conservative	Edward Greaves	Unopposed
Registered electors			721
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Repton	342	35.8	N/A
	Liberal	Arthur Peel	315	33.0	New
	Conservative	Edward Greaves	297	31.1	N/A
Turnout			635 (est)	92.0 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			690
Majority			27	2.8	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			18	1.9	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election 1868: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Peel	873	43.7	+10.7
	Conservative	Edward Greaves	863	43.2	−23.7
	Lib-Lab	Randal Cremer	260	13.0	N/A
Turnout			998 (est)	59.1 (est)	−32.9
Registered electors			1,688
Majority			10	0.5	−1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+17.2
Majority			603	30.2	+27.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−17.2

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Repton	836	32.9	+11.3
	Liberal	Arthur Peel	783	30.8	−12.9
	Conservative	Augustus Godson[20]	740	29.1	+7.5
	Lib-Lab	Randal Cremer	180	7.1	−5.9
Turnout			1,571 (est)	94.4 (est)	+35.3
Registered electors			1,664
Majority			53	2.1	−28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.9
Majority			43	1.7	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.2

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Warwick[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Peel	981	40.5	+9.7
	Conservative	George Repton	768	31.7	−1.2
	Conservative	Augustus Godson[20]	676	27.9	−1.2
Majority			213	8.8	+6.7
Turnout			1,703 (est)	96.9 (est)	+2.5
Registered electors			1,758
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.2

Notes

1. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 19 September 2011.
2. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 19 September 2011.
3. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 19 September 2011.
4. Ann Hughes Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire, 1620–1660
5. Died December 1640
6. Succeeded to a peerage as 5th Baron Coventry, July 1687, but the vacancy as MP for Warwick was not immediately filled
7. On petition, Keyt and Bromley were declared not to have been duly re-elected in 1734
8. Created Earl of Hillsborough (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1751
9. 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. 100–102. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via Google Books.
10. 1832: Greville's election was declared void on petition, and the constituency's writ was suspended
11. "State of Polls, & Members Returned". Worcester Journal. 27 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "The Appropriation Clause". London Evening Standard. 28 August 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Elections". Saunders's News-Letter. 28 July 1837. p. 3. Retrieved 17 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 60. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via Google Books.
15. Escott, Margaret. "Warwick". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
16. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 320–321. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
17. "Opinions of Public Men on Excise Reform". Fife Herald. 15 July 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
18. "Coventry Standard". 13 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
19. "Local Election Movements". Aris's Birmingham Gazette. 23 March 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
20. "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 31 March 1880. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 23 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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