Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)
| Marylebone | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | two |
| Replaced by | Marylebone East, Marylebone West, Paddington North, Paddington South, St Pancras East, St Pancras North, St Pancras South and St Pancras West |
| Created from | Middlesex |
Marylebone was a parliamentary constituency in Middlesex, England from 1832 to 1885. The parliamentary borough formed part of the built up area of London, and returned two members to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832 and divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 into eight single member divisions (see below for details).
Boundaries
Marylebone was one of five parliamentary boroughs in the metropolitan area of London enfranchised in 1832.[1] The constituency was defined as consisting of three civil parishes in Middlesex:[2]
The commissioners appointed to fix parliamentary boundaries recommended that the part of St Pancras parish north of the Regent's Canal should not form part of the constituency and should remain in the parliamentary county of Middlesex as this was still a largely rural area.[3] The inhabitants of St. Pancras, however, petitioned parliament for the inclusion of the entire parish, and this was accepted.[4]
In 1885 the parliamentary borough was split into eight new single-member divisions. These were Marylebone East, Marylebone West, Paddington North, Paddington South, St. Pancras East, St. Pancras North, St. Pancras South and St. Pancras West.
Members of Parliament
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Edward Berkeley Portman | Liberal | Sir William Horne | Liberal | ||
| 1833 by-election | Sir Samuel St. Swithin Burden Whalley 1 | Liberal | ||||
| 1835 | Sir Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer | Liberal | ||||
| 1837 | Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt | Liberal | ||||
| 1838 by-election | The Lord Teignmouth 2 | Conservative | ||||
| 1841 | Sir Charles Napier | Liberal | ||||
| 1847 | Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart | Liberal | ||||
| 1854 by-election | Viscount Ebrington | Liberal | ||||
| December 1859 by-election | Edwin James | Liberal | ||||
| July 1859 by-election | The Lord Fermoy 2 | Liberal | ||||
| 1861 by-election | John Harvey Lewis | Liberal | ||||
| 1865 | Sir Thomas Chambers | Liberal | ||||
| 1874 | William Forsyth | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Daniel Grant | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
Notes
- 1 Election of Whalley in 1837 declared void on petition, as he could not prove his eligibility.
- 2 A peer of Ireland.
Elections
Turnout, in multi-member elections, is estimated by dividing the number of votes by two. To the extent that electors did not use both their votes, the figure given will be an underestimate.
Change is calculated for individual candidates, when a party had more than one candidate in an election or the previous one. When a party had only one candidate in an election and the previous one change is calculated for the party vote.
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Edward Berkeley Portman | 4,317 | 39.1 | N/A | |
| Whig | William Horne | 3,320 | 30.1 | N/A | |
| Radical | Sir Samuel St. Swithin Burden Whalley | 2,165 | 19.6 | N/A | |
| Chartist | Thomas Murphy | 913 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Radical | Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Grove Jones | 316 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Sir Samuel St. Swithin Burden Whalley | 2,869 | 48.7 | +29.1 | |
| Conservative | Henry Thomas Hope | 2,055 | 34.9 | N/A | |
| Whig | Hon. Charles Augustus Murray † | 791 | 13.4 | -16.7 | |
| Chartist | Thomas Murphy | 172 | 2.9 | -5.4 | |
† Murray was the government-approved candidate, but withdrew from the contest prior to the completion of polling.[5][6]
- Constituency abolished (1885)
References
- ↑ Representation of the People Act 1832 c.45 Sch.L
- ↑ Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 c.64 Sch.O
- ↑ Commissioners on Proposed Division of Counties and Boundaries of Boroughs (1832). Parliamentary representation: further return to an address to His Majesty, dated 12 December, 1831; for copies of instructions given by the Secretary of State for the Home department with reference to Parliamentary representation; likewise copies of letters of reports received by the Secretary of state for the Home department in answer to such instructions. London. p. 118.
- ↑ "House of Commons Debates 8 May 1832 vol 12 c752". Hansard 1803-2005.
- ↑ "Mr Murray Resigns". The Times. 19 March 1833. p. 5.
- ↑ Brooke, James Williamson (1839). The Democrats of Marylebone. London: William Jones Cleaver. pp. 144–145.
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
- The Times, 8th Dec. 1884; p. 13.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
External links
- MAPCO: Map And Plan Collection Online - Topographical Survey Of The Borough Of St. Marylebone 1834