Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Petersfield
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1547–1983
Seats1547–1832: two
1832–1983: one
Created fromHampshire
Replaced byEast Hampshire, Winchester and Fareham[1]

Petersfield was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election.

Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Thereafter, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and part of the Sessional Division of Winchester.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, and the Rural Districts of Alresford, Alton, Gatherington, Droxford, and Petersfield.

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, the Rural Districts of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and in the Rural District of Winchester the civil parishes of Botley, Burlesdon, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.

1955-1983: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, and the Rural Districts of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield.

Members of Parliament

MPs for Petersfield borough (1547-1885)

MPs 1547–1660

Parliament First member Second member
1547 George Tadlowe Lawrence Elveden alias Cattaneo [2]
1553 (Mar) Sir Anthony Browne John Vaughan [2]
1553 (Oct) Sir Anthony Browne George Rithe [2]
1554 (Apr) John Vaughan Henry Weston [2]
1554 (Nov) John Vaughan Henry Weston [2]
1555 Christopher Rithe Henry Weston [2]
1558 Henry Weston Christopher Rithe [2]
1559 Sir Henry Weston George Rithe [3]
1563 Sir Henry Weston Tomas Dering [3]
1571 John Cowper Robert Rithe [3]
1572 Richard Norton Ralph Bourchier, sat for Newcastle-under-Lyme
and repl. Apr 1572 by Thomas Chatterton [3]
1584 Sir Henry Weston Edmund Marvyn [3]
1586 Edward Radclyffe Edmund Marvyn [3]
1588 Benjamin Tichborne Edmund Marvyn [3]
1593 Sir Walter Covert Richard Weston (MP for Petersfield) [3]
1597 William Kingswell Thomas Hanbury [3]
1601 William Kingswell John Swynnerton[3]
1604 Sir William Hervey Sir William Kingswell
1614 Sir Walter Tichborne Walter Savage
1621-1622 Richard Norton John Hippisley
1624 Sir John Jephson Sir John Hippisley
1625 Sir John Jephson William Uvedale
1626 Benjamin Tichborne William Uvedale
1628-1629 Benjamin Tichborne William Uvedale
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) William Uvedale Sir William Lewis
1640 (Nov) William Uvedale, disabled Sir William Lewis
1645 Sir William Lewis,excluded 1648 William Uvedale
1653 Petersfield not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Petersfield not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament
1656 Petersfield not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament
1659 Josias Child Sir Henry Norton

MPs 1660–1832

Year First member First party Second member Second party
April 1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Cole [4] rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Arthur Bold
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Humphrey Bennet
1668 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Neale
1677 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Leonard Bilson
1679 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Norton, Bt
1685 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Bilson
1689 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Michell
1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Holt
1698 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Peter Bettesworth
January 1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Ralph Bucknall rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Markes
November 1701 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Michell
1704 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Leonard Bilson
1705 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Norton Powlett
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Pargiter-Fuller
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmund Miller
January 1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Taylor [5]
May 1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmund Miller
August 1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Taylor
1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Jolliffe style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Gibbon
1741 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Jolliffe style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Fane
1747 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Conolly
February 1754 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Gerard Hamilton
April 1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Beckford [6]
December 1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Philipps, Bt
1761 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Jolliffe style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Pennant
1767 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Croftes
1768 rowspan="10" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Jolliffe style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Welbore Ellis
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Abraham Hume
1780 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Samuel Jolliffe
1787 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Viscount Downe
June 1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. George Augustus North
December 1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Marquess of Titchfield
1791 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Welbore Ellis
1795 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Charles Greville
1796 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hylton Jolliffe
1797 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Sinclair, Bt
March 1802 rowspan="10" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hylton Jolliffe
July 1802 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Draper Best
1806 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. John Ward
1807 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Booth Grey
October 1812 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Canning
December 1812 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | George Canning, junior
March 1820 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Lord Hotham [7]
June 1820 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Philip Musgrave, Bt
1825 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Law Lushington
1826 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Marshall
1830 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Jolliffe, Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Gilbert East Jolliffe
1831 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hylton Jolliffe
1832 Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1885

Election Member Party
1832 [8] style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Shaw-Lefevre Liberal Party
1833 [8] style="background-color: Template:Tory (British political party)/meta/color" | Hylton Jolliffe Tory
1834 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Conservative Party
1835 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cornthwaite Hector Liberal Party
1837 [9] style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir William Jolliffe, Bt Conservative Party
1838 [9] style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Cornthwaite Hector Liberal Party
1841 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir William Jolliffe Conservative Party
1866 by-election style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Nicholson Liberal Party
1874 [10] style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe Conservative Party
1880 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Nicholson Liberal Party
1885 Borough abolished - name transferred to county division

MPs for Petersfield county constituency (1885–1983)

Election Member Party
1885 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Viscount Wolmer Liberal
1886 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist/meta/color" | Liberal Unionist
1892 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Wickham Conservative
1897 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Graham Nicholson Conservative
1935 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith Conservative
1941 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir George Jeffreys Conservative
1951 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Legh Conservative
1960 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Joan Quennell Conservative
1974 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Mates Conservative
1983 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Petersfield [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Palmer 3,414 n/a
Independent Liberal William Nicholson 3,253 n/a
Ind. Conservative Douglas Henty 179 n/a
Majority 161 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Petersfield [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Palmer 3,188
Liberal William Nicholson 3,077
Majority 111
Turnout
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Wickham
General Election 1892: Petersfield [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wickham 3,912
Liberal John Bonham-Carter 3,008
Majority 904
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1895: Petersfield [11][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Wickham unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Petersfield by-election, 1897[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nicholson 3,748 n/a
Liberal John Bonham-Carter 3,328 n/a
Majority 420 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Petersfield [11][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nicholson unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1906: Petersfield [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nicholson 4,349 n/a
Liberal Hugh Money-Coutts 4,253 n/a
Majority 96 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Petersfield [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nicholson 6,279
Liberal Herbert Arthur Baker 3,594
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Petersfield [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nicholson unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1918: Petersfield[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist 10,730 71.5
Labour John Pile 4,267 28.5
Majority 6,463 43.0
Turnout 52.7
Unionist hold Swing
  • endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Petersfield [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Nicholson 12,600 64.2 -7.3
Labour Dudley Aman 7,036 35.8 +7.3
Majority 28.4
Turnout 65.7 +13.0
Unionist hold Swing -7.3
General Election 1923: Petersfield [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Nicholson 12,195 65.6 +1.4
Labour Dudley Aman 6,403 34.4 -1.4
Majority 5,792 31.2 +2.8
Turnout 60.6
Unionist hold Swing +1.4
General Election 1924: Petersfield [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Nicholson 14,646 69.8
Liberal George Spencer 3,755 17.9 n/a
Labour George Gilbert Desmond 2,582 12.3
Majority 10,891 51.9
Turnout 66.3
Unionist hold Swing
General Election 1929: Petersfield [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Nicholson 15,605 55.0 -14.8
Liberal Gerald Bailey 9,334 32.9 +15.0
Labour Gertrude Speedwell Massingham 3,418 12.1 -0.2
Majority 6,271 22.1 -29.8
Turnout 68.2 +1.9
Unionist hold Swing -14.9

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Petersfield[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Nicholson 26,081 88.0 +
Labour AE Albery 3,559 12.0 -0.1
Majority 22,522 76.0
Turnout 29,640 67.8
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1935: Petersfield[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Reginald Dorman-Smith 22,877 79.1 -8.9
Labour John Ernest Lionel Birch 6,061 20.9 +8.9
Majority 16,816 58.1 -18.0
Turnout 28,938 63.4 -4.4
Conservative hold Swing -8.9

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

Petersfield by-election, 1941[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Jeffreys unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1945: Petersfield[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Jeffreys 20,838 58.4 -20.7
Liberal Basil Goldstone 8,269 23.2 n/a
Common Wealth Thomas Sargant 6,600 18.5 n/a
Majority 12,569 35.2 -22.9
Turnout 64.4 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Jeffreys 27,401 55.15
Labour I Candy 15,472 31.14
Liberal Harold Hugh Lindsay Dickson 6,813 13.71
Majority 11,929 24.01
Turnout 78.36
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Legh 29,845 58.75
Labour Edward E Preidel 15,770 31.05
Liberal Harold Hugh Lindsay Dickson 5,182 10.20
Majority 14,075 27.71
Turnout 77.84
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Legh 24,826 69.81
Labour Frederick R Mason 10,736 30.19
Majority 14,090 39.62
Turnout 69.74
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Legh 23,687 60.93
Labour John Stuart Paul Davey 8,278 21.29
Liberal Richard Michael Digby 6,912 17.78
Majority 15,409 39.64
Turnout 73.64
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Petersfield by-election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Quennell 15,613 54.40 -6.53
Liberal Michael Digby 8,310 28.95 +11.17
Labour William Royle 4,777 16.64 -4.65
Majority 7,303 25.45 -14.19
Turnout 28,700
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Quennell 23,603 54.00
Liberal Michael Digby 11,338 25.94
Labour M C Wilson 8,477 19.39
Independent Loyalist Rosine M de Bounevialle 292 0.67
Majority 12,265 28.06
Turnout 75.50
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1966: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Quennell 23,933 52.33
Liberal Michael Digby 10,931 23.90
Labour M C Wilson 10,874 23.77
Majority 13,002 28.43
Turnout 75.72
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Quennell 30,414 60.50
Labour Kelvin Horrocks 10,307 20.50
Liberal Penelope Jessel 7,783 15.48
Independent Michael Digby 1,766 3.51
Majority 20,107 40.00
Turnout 72.12
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Quennell 30,732 51.49
Liberal Timothy Willatt Slack 21,152 35.44
Labour PF Whitely 7,703 12.91
Technical Consultant PHH Bishop 101 0.17
Majority 9,580 16.05
Turnout 81.13
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Mates 28,689 50.50
Liberal Timothy Willatt Slack 19,702 34.68
Labour JM Bloom 8,301 14.61
United Democratic Party PHH Bishop 117 0.21
Majority 8,987 15.82
Turnout 76.50
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1979: Petersfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Mates 39,200 61.15
Liberal J Madeley 16,825 26.25
Labour BW Clough 8,082 12.61
Majority 22,375 34.90
Turnout 78.29
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "'Petersfield', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  4. ^ April 1660: Cole was also elected for Winchester, but appears never to have chosen which constituency he would sit for so as to allow a replacement to be elected for the other
  5. ^ On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Taylor's election was declared void and his opponent, Miller, was declared to have been duly elected
  6. ^ Beckford was also elected for the City of London, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Petersfield
  7. ^ Hotham was also elected for Leominster, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Petersfield
  8. ^ a b In 1832 a petition was lodged against the result, and the election of John Shaw-Lefevre was declared void. After scrutiny of the ballots, Hylton Jolliffe was declared elected in 1833.
    F.W.S. Craig's British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 and Henry Stooks Smith's The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 record the member seated after the petition as William Jolliffe. However, The History of Parliament's article on Petersfield borough note in footnote 42 that both the official returns (PP (1878), lxii, pt. ii, 348) and the 1833 petition (CJ, lxxxviii. 13-14) confirm that the member seated was Hylton Jolliffe. This is as reported in the Times article on the petition committee's report: "Petersfield Election Committee", The Times, 7 March 1833, page 4.
  9. ^ a b In 1837 a petition was lodged against the result, and the election of Jolliffe was declared void. After scrutiny of the ballots, Hector was declared elected in 1838
  10. ^ In 1874, a petition was lodged against the election of Jolliffe. Scrutiny of the results led to a referral to the Court of Common Pleas on the validity of 64 of Joliffe's votes and 11 of those for Nicholson. The votes were declared valid and the election upheld.
  11. ^ a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  12. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  13. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  14. ^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 145 (169 in web page), Hampshire
  15. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  16. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  17. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  19. ^ British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
  20. ^ The Liberal Magazine, 1939
  21. ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
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