Montgomery (UK Parliament constituency)
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Montgomery | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons |
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1542–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Montgomeryshire |
Montgomery was a constituency represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England and later in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member, but was abolished in 1918.
After 1832 the constituency was more usually called the Montgomery Boroughs or Montgomery District of Boroughs.
Contents
Boundaries
1885-1918
The constituency comprised the boroughs of Montgomery, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Newtown and Welshpool.
Members of Parliament
1542-1640
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Parliament | Member |
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1542 | William Herbert II [1] |
1545 | William Herbert II [1] |
1547 | William Herbert II [1] |
1553 (Mar) | Richard Herbert [1] |
1553 (Oct) | John ap Edmund [1] |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Lloyd [1] |
1554 (Nov) | Richard Lloyd [1] |
1555 | not known |
1558 | William Herbert II [1] |
1559 | John Man [1] |
1562/3 | John Price |
1571 | Arthur Price |
1572 | Rowland Pugh, thought to be dead repl. 1581 by Richard Herbert I |
1584 | Richard Herbert II |
1586 | Matthew Herbert |
1588 | Rowland Pugh |
1593 | Richard Morgan |
1597 | Thomas Jukes |
1601 | John Harris |
1601-1918
Notes
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- ↑ Created a baronet, July 1660
- ↑ Created a baronet, October 1740
- ↑ On petition, the election of 1832 was declared void and a by-election held
- ↑ At the election of 1847, Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley and David Pugh tied, with 389 votes each, and the returning officer made a double return. However, when a petition was lodged against Cholmondeley he decided not to defend his claim, and Pugh took the seat.
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John David Rees | 1,539 | |||
Conservative | Col E Pryce Jones | 1,526 | 27.4 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.38 | |||
Turnout | 3,065 | 91.83 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
References
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- Montgomeryshire
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Mid Wales
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1542
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918