Haverfordwest (UK Parliament constituency)
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.
Haverfordwest | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1545–1885 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Pembroke and Haverfordwest |
History
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.
Members of Parliament
1543–1660
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 |
1660–1885
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Richard Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 500 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Richard Philipps | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Evans | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 667 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
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 |
Elections in the 1860s
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 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Edwardes was appointed a Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Elections in the 1880s
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 | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Edwardes | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
References
- Williams 1960, p. 39.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 506. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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- 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. 198–199. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Google Books.
- Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 182. Retrieved 13 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- "Members Returned". Norfolk News. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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(help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. - Escott, Margaret. "Haverfordwest". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- "Election Intelligence". Globe. 7 March 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Glasgow Sentinel". 21 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "To the Electors of Haverfordwest". Potter's Electric News. 25 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Member of Parliament is unseated". Bolton Evening News. 3 June 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Sources
- Williams, David (1960). "The Pembrokeshire Elections of 1831" (PDF). Welsh History Review. 1 (1): 37–64. Retrieved 9 March 2020.