Dorchester (UK Parliament constituency)
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Dorchester was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dorchester in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 to 1868, when its representation was reduced one member.
The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1295-1629
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[edit] 1640-1868
[edit] 1868-1885
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | representation reduced to one member | ||
| 1868 | Charles Napier Sturt | Conservative | |
| 1874 | William Ernest Brymer | Conservative | |
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||
Notes
- ^ Ashley resigned his place in favour of Sir Thomas Edmondes but was rechosen when Edmondes chose to sit for another constituency
- ^ Disabled from sitting January 1648 but re-instated June 1648
- ^ On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Browne was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Janssen, was seated in his place
- ^ On petition, Pleydell was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Chapple, was seated in his place
- ^ Damer was declared re-elected in 1790, but on petition was found not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Ashley, was seated in his place
- ^ Sheridan was the grandson of his celebrated namesake Richard Brinsley Sheridan
[edit] References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- 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) [2]
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- M Stenton (ed), Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885 (The Harvester Press, 1976)
- Browne Willis, Notitia Parliamentaria (London, 1750) [3]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
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