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Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1570–1885
Seatsfour (1570–1832), two (1832–1885)
Replaced bySouth Dorset

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset represented in the English House of Commons, later in that of Great Britain, and finally in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed by an Act of Parliament of 1570 which amalgamated the existing boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Until 1832, the combined borough continued to elect the four Members of Parliament (MPs) to which its constituent parts had previously been entitled; the Great Reform Act reduced its representation to two Members, and the constituency was abolished altogether in 1885, becoming part of the new South Dorset constituency.

Members of Parliament

Members for Weymouth (1348–1570)

Parliament First member Second member
1386 John Gosselyn I John Hughelot[1]
1388 (Feb) John Wake Henry Hert[1]
1388 (Sep) Thomas Dovere John James[1]
1390 (Jan) Philip Brice Robert Gilbert[1]
1390 (Nov)
1391 Philip Brice John James[1]
1393 Henry Badecok John Avery[1]
1394 John Bassingbourne William Glover[1]
1395 John Bassingbourne Stephen Russell[1]
1397 (Jan) Thomas Cole John Fleet[1]
1397 (Sep) William Ford Nicholas Crabbe[1]
1399 John Brice William Clerk[1]
1401
1402 Robert Penne William Faringdon[1]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 Peter Dille William Rose I[1]
1407 John Aalday John Bassingbourne[1]
1410 Thomas Payn John Bassingbourne[1]
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Robert Penne John Wydeford[1]
1414 (Apr) Thomas Payn John Wodham[1]
1414 (Nov) John James John Wodham[1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417 John Brice Robert Penne[1]
1419 Robert Hillary Robert Penne[1]
1420 Robert Hillary Robert Penne[1]
1421 (May) John Bassingbourne Robert Penne[1]
1421 (Dec) William Payn John Penne[1]
1423 John Abbot[2]
1450 John Troutbeck
1472-5 William Twynyho[3]
1510–1523 No names known[4]
1529 William Bond Robert Aley[4]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 William Aubrey Richard Jenour[4]
1545 Roger Stourton Richard Duke[4]
1547 John Cornelius alias Johnson alias Welbored John Brace[4]
1553 (Mar) ?Richard Phelips ?[4]
1553 (Oct) Thomas Samways John Jordan alias Blancombe[4]
1554 (Apr) John Wadham John Williams[4]
1554 (Nov) John Phelips William Randall[4]
1555 John Buller Thomas Hobbs[4]
1558 Thomas Keynell John Cattell[4]
1559 Thomas Fitzwilliams John Fowler[5]
1562/3 Robert Eyre Reginald Gray[5]

Members for Melcombe Regis (1319–1570)

Parliament First member Second member
1386 Henry Ford John Northovere[1]
1388 (Feb) Henry Ford Thomas Russell[1]
1388 (Sep) Thomas Walsh Richard Morys[1]
1390 (Jan) John Northovere Thomas Russell[1]
1390 (Nov)
1391 John Northovere John Kete[1]
1393 John Abbot[2] Robert Veel[1]
1394 Robert Calche Robert Veel[1]
1395 Robert Calche William Helier[1]
1397 (Jan) Robert Calche Henry Ford[1]
1397 (Sep) William Helier William Coventre II[1]
1399 Thomas Cole Eustace Kymer[1]
1401
1402 John Wyot William Fowler[1]
1404 (Jan) Robert Penne William Helier[1]
1404 (Oct)
1406 Richard Hurst William Clerk[1]
1407 Thomas Cole Eustace Kymer[1]
1410 John Ford (_) Lane[1]
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) Ralph Burnage Thomas Lond[1]
1414 (Apr) Henry Barbour Ralph Burnage[1]
1414 (Nov) William Pyne William Helier[1]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417 Nicholas Pury John Gardener[1]
1419 Ralph Burnage Walter Reson[1]
1420 William Walkeden Robert Abbot[1]
1421 (May) William Benefeld Robert Abbot[1]
1421 (Dec) William Walkeden or Nicholas Moigne John Alysaundre[1]
1437 William Abbot[2]
1510–1523 No names known[4]
1529 Richard Phelips Oliver Lawrence[4]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 ?
1545 Anthony Cokett Thomas Poley[4]
1547 Thomas Phelips John Leweston[4]
1553 (Mar) John Wadham ?Owen Reynolds[4]
1553 (Oct) John Leweston Owen Reynolds[4]
1554 (Apr) Richard Mitchell Thomas Samways[4]
1554 (Nov) Thomas Phelips John Hannam[4]
1555 John Leweston William Crowche[4]
1558 John Mill Richard Shaw[4]
1559 John Maynes Richard Shaw
1563-7 Thomas Colby William Mere

Members for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (1570–1885)

1570–1629

Parliament First member Second member Third member Fourth member
Parliament of 1571 Thomas Hussey d. by 1581
Then Laurence Thompson 		Richard Tomlinson Ralph Browne Gwyn Reynolds
Parliament of 1572–1581 John Wolley Richard Bedell died
1576 Moyle Finch 		Thomas Hanham
Parliament of 1584–1585 Francis Bacon[6]
1586 Edward Bacon 		George Grenville Edward Penruddock
Parliament of 1586–1587 William Sprynt Edward Phelips
Parliament of 1588–1589 William Mill Robert Gregory Arthur Messenger William Hody
Parliament of 1593 William Weston Thomas Stafford Thomas Stevens
Parliament of 1597–1598[7] Richard Swayne Francis Leigh John Mockett John Brooke
Parliament of 1601 John Peyton Walter Cope Richard Swayne Edward Reynolds
Parliament of 1604–1611 Thomas Barefoot died
1610 Viscount Cranborne 		Robert Myddelton Robert White Vacated seat
replaced 1610 by Barnard Michell 		Sir John Hanham
Addled Parliament (1614) Sir Charles Caesar Robert Bateman John Roy
Parliament of 1621–1622 Matthew Pitt[8]
Died 1624
1624 (Sir) Thomas Myddelton 		Giles Green John Freke Christopher Erle[9]
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) Arthur Pyne Thomas Giear
Useless Parliament (1625) Barnard Michell (Sir) John Strangways Giles Green[10]
Parliament of 1625–1626
Parliament of 1628–1629[11] Hugh Pyne Sir Robert Napier Lewis Dyve Henry Waltham
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

1640–1832

Year First member Party Second member Party Third member Party Fourth member Party
April 1640 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | (Sir) John Strangways Royalist style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Giles Strangways Royalist rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Richard King Royalist style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Gyard
November 1640 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | (Sir) Gerrard Napier[12] Royalist rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" | Sir Walter Erle Parliamentarian
September 1642 Strangways disabled from sitting – seat vacant
February 1643 King disabled from sitting – seat vacant
January 1644 Napier disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Sydenham style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Bond style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Matthew Allen
December 1648 Erle, Allen and Bond all excluded in Pride's Purge – seats vacant
1653 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Denis Bond Weymouth and Melcombe Regis had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Trenchard style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Walden Lagoe style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Clark style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Peter Middleton
May 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Sydenham Three seats vacant
April 1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Montagu rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Penn rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Peter Middleton rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Waltham
June 1660 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Bullen Reymes
1661 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Winston Churchill style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Strangways
1667 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Coventry
1670 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lord Ashley
1673 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Man
February 1679 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Browne rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Michael Harvey
August 1679 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Morton
1680 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Henning
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Mohun style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Strangways
1689 rowspan="7" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Michael Harvey style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Robert Napier
1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Gould
1691 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Freke
1695 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Ashley style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Knight
March 1698 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Philip Taylor
August 1698 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur Shallett
January 1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Thynne rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Churchill rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Ashley
November 1701 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George St Loe rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Christopher Wren
February 1702 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Anthony Henley
July 1702 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Thynne
1705 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Maurice Ashley
1709 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Clavell
1710[13] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Littleton style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Betts
May 1711 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Hardy rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Harvey Tory
December 1711 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Reginald Marriott
1713[14] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Baker rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Rear-Admiral James Littleton style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey Whig style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Betts
1714 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Hardy style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Harvey Tory style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Reginald Marriott
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Baker rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Littleton rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey Whig rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Betts
1717 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Harrison
1722 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir James Thornhill rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Pearse style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Ward[15]
1726 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Willes
January 1727 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Tucker
August 1727 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Pearse[16]
1730 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Dodington
1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Bubb Dodington[17]
1735 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Tucker
1737 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Olmius
1741 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Damer style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Raymond style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Steuart
1747 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Welbore Ellis style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Plumer rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Dodington rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Hungate Beaghan
1751 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lord George Cavendish
1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lord John Cavendish style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Dodington rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Tucker
1761 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Francis Dashwood style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Olmius[18] rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Glover
1762 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Jackson
1763 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Walcott
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Lord Waltham style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Charles Davers style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Jeremiah Dyson
1774 rowspan="8" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Welbore Ellis rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Chaffin Grove rowspan="8" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Purling
1778 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gabriel Steward
September 1780 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Warren Lisle
November 1780 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gabriel Steward
1781 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Richard Rumbold
1784 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Rumbold
1786 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Jackson
1788 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gabriel Steward
1790 rowspan="7" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Colonel Sir James Murray[19] Tory rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | (Sir) Richard Bempde Johnstone[20] rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Andrew Stuart style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Jones
1791 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Johnstone
1794 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Gabriel Tucker Steward Tory[21]
1796 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Garthshore Tory[21]
1801 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Adams Tory[21]
1806 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Richard Augustus Tucker Steward Tory[21]
1810 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Lowther Johnstone
1811 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | General Sir John Murray
January 1812 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Joseph Hume Tory
October 1812[22] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Broadhurst style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Wallace style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Trail
1813 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Viscount Cranborne Tory[21] rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Christopher Idle Tory[21] rowspan="7" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Masterton Ure Tory[21]
1817 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Adolphus Dalrymple Tory[21]
1818 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Williams Whig[21] rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Fowell Buxton[21] Whig rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Thomas Wallace Tory[21]
1826 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Colonel John Gordon Tory[21]
1828 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Edward Sugden Tory[21]
May 1831 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Richard Weyland[23] Whig[21]
August 1831 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Baring Wall Tory[21]
1832 Representation reduced to two Members

1832–1885

Year First member First party Second member Second party
1832 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Frederick Johnstone Tory[21] rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Fowell Buxton Whig[21]
1834 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative[21]
1835 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Burdon Whig[21]
1837 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Viscount Villiers Conservative[21] style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | George William Hope Conservative[21]
1842[24] style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Ralph Bernal Whig[21][25][26][27][28][29] rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Dougal Christie Whig[30][21][29]
August 1847 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Freestun Whig[30]
December 1847 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hon. Frederick Child Villiers Conservative
1852 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Butt Conservative
1857 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Robert Campbell Whig[31]
1859 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Brooks Conservative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Viscount Grey de Wilton Conservative
1865 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Henry Gridley Liberal
1867 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Henry Edwards Liberal
1868 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Charles J. T. Hambro Conservative
1874 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Frederick Johnstone Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[21][32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Fowell Buxton Unopposed
Tory John Gordon Unopposed
Tory Masterton Ure Unopposed
Tory Edward Sugden Unopposed
Whig hold
Tory hold
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[21][32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Richard Weyland 14 23.7
Tory Masterton Ure 13 22.0
Tory John Gordon 13 22.0
Whig Fowell Buxton 13 22.0
Tory Michael Prendergast 2 3.4
Whig Henry William Tancred 2 3.4
Whig Thomas Bulkeley 2 3.4
Turnout c. 15 c. 2.1
Registered electors c. 700
Majority 1 1.7
Whig gain from Tory
Majority 0 0.0
Tory hold
Tory hold
Majority 11 18.6
Whig hold

Weyland was also elected for Oxfordshire and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

By-election, 1 August 1831 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[21][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Charles Baring Wall 425 72.0 +24.6
Whig Michael Prendergast 165 28.0 −24.5
Majority 260 44.0 +44.0
Turnout 590 c. 84.3 c. +82.2
Registered electors c. 700
Tory gain from Whig Swing +24.6

Representation reduced to two members.

General election 1832 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[21][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Fowell Buxton 238 28.3 +2.1
Tory Frederick Johnstone 215 25.5 +1.8
Whig William Burdon 214 25.4 −0.9
Tory George Bankes 176 20.9 −2.8
Turnout 431 90.7 c. +88.6
Registered electors 475
Majority 23 2.8 +1.1
Whig hold Swing +1.3
Majority 1 0.1 +0.1
Tory hold Swing +0.6
General election 1835 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[21][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Fowell Buxton 268 40.8 +12.5
Whig William Burdon 239 36.4 +11.0
Conservative George Child Villiers 150 22.8 −23.6
Majority 89 13.6 +10.8
Turnout c. 329 c. 63.4 c. −27.3
Registered electors 518
Whig hold Swing +12.2
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +11.4
General election 1837 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[21][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Child Villiers 291 31.6 +20.2
Conservative George William Hope 268 29.1 +17.7
Whig Fowell Buxton 211 22.9 −17.9
Whig George Stephen 151 16.4 −20.0
Majority 57 6.2 N/A
Turnout 481 81.7 c. +18.3
Registered electors 589
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +19.6
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +18.3

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Child Villiers 259 25.4 −6.2
Conservative George William Hope 257 25.2 −3.9
Whig Ralph Bernal 254 24.9 +2.0
Whig William Dougal Christie 251 24.6 +8.2
Majority 3 0.3 −5.9
Turnout 511 (est) 85.4 (est) c. +3.7
Registered electors 598
Conservative hold Swing −5.7
Conservative hold Swing −4.5

On petition the result was overturned on 4 April 1842 and the opponents, Bernal and Christie, were seated in their place.

General election 1847 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Dougal Christie 274 25.1 +0.5
Whig William Freestun 274 25.1 +0.2
Conservative George Butt 272 24.9 −0.3
Conservative Frederick Child Villiers 271 24.8 −0.6
Majority 2 0.2 N/A
Turnout 546 (est) 87.3 (est) +1.9
Registered electors 625
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +0.5
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +0.3

Christie resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 15 December 1847: Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Child Villiers Unopposed
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852 Weymouth[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Butt 386 38.4 −11.3
Whig William Freestun 336 33.4 −16.8
Peelite Alexander Haldane Oswald[34] 283 28.2 N/A
Turnout 503 (est) 74.0 (est) −13.3
Registered electors 679
Majority 50 5.0 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.8
Majority 53 5.2 +5.0
Whig hold Swing −2.8
General election 1857 Weymouth[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Freestun 446 41.8 +8.4
Whig Robert Campbell 349 32.7 +4.5
Conservative George Butt 272 25.5 −12.9
Majority 77 7.2 +2.0
Turnout 534 (est) 78.3 (est) +4.3
Registered electors 681
Whig hold Swing +7.4
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +5.5
General election 1859 Weymouth[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Brooks 341 26.5 +13.7
Conservative Arthur Egerton 340 26.4 +13.6
Liberal William Freestun 311 24.1 −17.7
Liberal Robert Campbell 297 23.0 −9.7
Majority 29 2.3 N/A
Turnout 645 (est) 86.2 (est) +7.9
Registered electors 748
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +13.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +13.7

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Brooks 381 47.6 +21.1
Liberal Henry Gridley 378 47.2 +23.1
Conservative Arthur Egerton 28 3.5 −22.9
Liberal Henry Edwards 14 1.7 −21.3
Turnout 759 (est) 83.8 (est) −2.4
Registered electors 906
Majority 3 0.4 −1.9
Conservative hold Swing +10.1
Majority 350 43.7 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +12.0

A late compromise between the Conservatives and Liberals, whereby Mr Brooks and Mr Gridley would be elected, came too late to cancel the election.

By-election, 11 June 1867: Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Edwards Unopposed
Liberal hold

The 1867 by-election followed the resignation of Henry Gillett Gridley.

General election 1868 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles J. T. Hambro 750 39.4 −11.7
Liberal Henry Edwards 701 36.8 −10.4
Liberal John Joseph Powell 452 23.8 +22.1
Majority 49 2.6 +2.2
Turnout 952 (est) 70.8 (est) −13.0
Registered electors 1,343
Conservative hold Swing −11.7
Liberal hold Swing +0.7

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Edwards 944 49.7 −10.9
Conservative Frederick Johnstone 504 26.5 +6.8
Conservative Charles J. T. Hambro 452 23.8 +4.1
Majority 440 23.2 N/A
Turnout 1,422 (est) 96.9 (est) +26.1
Registered electors 1,467
Liberal hold Swing −10.9
Conservative hold Swing +8.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Edwards 1,156 44.2 +19.3
Conservative Frederick Johnstone 807 30.8 −19.5
Liberal Alexander Coghill Wylie 653 25.0 +0.1
Turnout 1,308 (est) 81.1 (est) −15.8
Registered electors 1,612
Majority 349 13.4 N/A
Liberal hold Swing +14.5
Majority 154 5.8 −17.4
Conservative hold Swing −4.8

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c ABBOT, John, of Melcombe Regis, Dorset., History of Parliament Online
  3. ^ Biographical notes by I.S. Rogers, 2005
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  5. ^ a b "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  6. ^ Francis Bacon was re-elected in 1586, but had also been elected for Taunton, which he chose to represent
  7. ^ Browne Willis, working from the Parliamentary records, gives two names for Weymouth and four for Melcombe, remarking of these "Double return, as it seems to me". But it may equally be that two of the six were recorded against the wrong constituency (especially as, in the same Parliament, he has the same pair of the names with only minor variations for Corfe Castle and Wareham.
  8. ^ Matthew Pitt was re-elected to the Happy Parliament in January 1624, but died on 18 April. (Sir) Thomas Myddelton was returned in his stead on 10 May 1624.
  9. ^ Listed in some sources as Walter Erle; Alumni Oxonienses allocates Christopher to the seat
  10. ^ Sir Thomas Myddelton was re-elected to the Useless Parliament, but had also been elected for Denbighshire, which he chose to represent. Giles Green was returned in his stead.
  11. ^ Browne Willis suggests Thomas Gyard represented the boroughs in this Parliament, but other sources, including the official History of Parliament, confirm Sir Robert Napier was the representative
  12. ^ Created a baronet, June 1641
  13. ^ On petition, the election of Littleton and Betts was declared void, and a writ for a by-election was issued. Both were returned at the by-election, but were once again declared not to have been duly elected.
  14. ^ On petition, Baker, Harvey and Betts were all declared not to have been duly elected
  15. ^ Expelled from the House of Commons 1726 following his conviction for forgery
  16. ^ News Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, Saturday, February 10, 1728; Issue 142
  17. ^ Dodington was also elected for Bridgwater, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this parliament for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
  18. ^ Created The Lord Waltham (in the Peerage of Ireland), June 1762
  19. ^ Major-General from 1793, Lieutenant-General from 1799; adopted the surname Murray-Pulteney on his marriage in July 1794
  20. ^ Created a baronet, July 1795
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 94–97. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  22. ^ On petition, the election of Wallace, Broadhurst and Trail was declared void, and a by-election was held; Murray's election was not disturbed
  23. ^ Weyland was also elected for Oxfordshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis
  24. ^ At the election of 1841, the two sitting Conservative members, Villiers and Hope, were initially declared re-elected, by margins of 5 votes and 3 votes respectively, but on petition the result was overturned and the opponents, Bernal and Christie, were seated in their place
  25. ^ Farrell, Stephen (2009). "BERNAL, Ralph (1783–1854), of 11 Park Crescent, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  26. ^ "Ralph Bernal". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  27. ^ Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1843). Exercises, Political and Others: Vol. IV (2nd ed.). London: Effingham Wilson. p. 222. Retrieved 2 July 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  28. ^ Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L., eds. (2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Ango-Jewish History (eBook ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 84. doi:10.1057/978023034666 (inactive 15 January 2021). ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 2 July 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2021 (link)
  29. ^ a b "Morning Post". 30 June 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  30. ^ a b "Members Returned". Norfolk News. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  31. ^ "Election Intelligence". Globe. 21 March 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  32. ^ a b c Farrell, Stephen. "Weymouth and Melcombe Regis". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 327–328. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
  34. ^ "Bell's Weekly Messenger". 12 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

References

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  • Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
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