Lymington (UK Parliament constituency)

Lymington was a parliamentary borough in Hampshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.

Lymington
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1584–1885
SeatsTwo (1584-1868);
One (1868-1885)
Replaced byNew Forest

Members of Parliament

1584-1640
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1584Anthony CookeRichard Cooke[1]
1586 (Oct)Francis KeilwayWilliam Wallop[1]
1588 (Oct)Francis KeilwayWilliam White[1]
1593Richard BlountJohn Knight[1]
1597 (Oct)Thomas WestHenry Wallop[1]
1601 (Oct)Sir Francis DarcyThomas Ridley[1]
1604Thomas MarshalThomas South
1614Philip FlemingCharles Thynne
1621-1622Sir William DoddingtonHenry Crompton
1624Nicholas FerrarJohn More
1625John ButtonJohn Mills
1626Herbert DoddingtonJohn More
1628–1629Herbert DoddingtonRichard Whitehead
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned'

1640-1868
Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
November 1640 John Doddington John Kempe
November 1640 John ButtonParliamentarian Henry CampionParliamentarian
December 1648 Button excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant Campion not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653 Lymington was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 John Button Richard Whitehead
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 John Button Henry Bromfield
1661 Sir William Lewis John Bulkeley
1663 Sir Nicholas Steward
1678 Sir Richard Knight
February 1679 John Button Bartholomew Bulkeley
May 1679 John Burrard
1680 Henry Dawley
1685 Richard Holt
1690 Thomas Dore
May 1698 William Tulse
July 1698 George Burrard
1701 Paul Burrard
May 1705 Paul Burrard, junior
December 1705 Marquess of Winchester
1708 Richard Chaundler
1710 Lord William Powlett[2]
1713 Sir Joseph Jekyll Whig
April 1715 Richard Chaundler
March 1722 Lord Harry Powlett[3] Paul Burrard, junior
October 1722 Sir Gilbert Heathcote Whig
1727 Lord Nassau Powlett Anthony Morgan
1729 William Powlett
1734 Sir John Cope, Bt Colonel Maurice Bocland
May 1741 Lord Nassau Powlett (Sir) Harry Burrard[4]
December 1741 (Sir) Charles Powlett[5] Whig
1755 Lord Harry Powlett
1761 Adam Drummond[6]
1769 Hugo Meynell Whig
1774 Edward Morant
1778 Henry Goodricke
1780 Thomas Dummer Harry Burrard[7]
1781 Edward Gibbon Whig
1784 Robert Colt
1788 George Rose Tory
1790 Harry Burrard (Sir) Harry Burrard (later Burrard-Neale) [8]
1791 Nathaniel Brassey Halhed
1796 William Manning
July 1802 Harry Burrard
December 1802 John Kingston
1806 Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt
1807 George Duckett
1812 Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt Tory[9]
1814 John Taylor
1818 William Manning Tory[9]
1820 George Finch Tory[9]
1821 William Manning Tory[9]
1823 Walter Boyd Tory[9]
1826 Guy Lenox Prendergast Tory[9]
1827 Thomas Divett
1828 George Burrard Tory[9]
1830 William Egerton Tory[9]
1831 William Alexander Mackinnon Tory[9]
1832 John Stewart Tory[9] Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt Tory[9]
1834 Conservative[9] Conservative[9]
1835 William Alexander Mackinnon Conservative[9]
1847 Hon. George Keppel Whig[9][10][11][12] Peelite[13][14][15]
1850 by-election Edward John Hutchins Whig[16][17][18]
1852 Sir John Rivett-Carnac, Bt Conservative
1857 William Mackinnon (the younger) Whig
1859 Liberal
1860 by-election Lord George Gordon-Lennox Conservative
1868 representation reduced to one member

1868-1885
ElectionMemberParty
1868 Lord George Gordon-Lennox Conservative
1874 Edmund Hegan Kennard Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s
General election 1830: Lymington[9][19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory George Burrard Unopposed
Tory William Egerton Unopposed
Registered electors c. 38
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1831: Lymington[9][19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory George Burrard Unopposed
Tory William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. Unopposed
Registered electors c. 38
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1832: Lymington[20][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Harry Burrard-Neale 158 43.5
Tory John Stewart 128 35.3
Radical John Blackiston 77 21.2
Majority 51 14.1
Turnout 219 88.0
Registered electors 249
Tory hold
Tory hold
General election 1835: Lymington[20][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. Unopposed
Conservative John Stewart Unopposed
Registered electors 294
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Lymington[20][9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative John Stewart 161 40.7
Conservative William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. 138 34.8
Radical Samuel Gregson 97 24.5
Majority 41 10.3
Turnout 227 76.7
Registered electors 296
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s
General election 1841: Lymington[20][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Stewart 170 40.0 −0.7
Conservative William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. 149 35.1 +0.3
Whig George Keppel 106 24.9 +0.4
Majority 43 10.2 −0.1
Turnout 266 (est) 86.5 (est) c. +9.8
Registered electors 307
Conservative hold Swing −0.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.3
General election 1847: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Keppel 162 37.9 +13.0
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. 146 34.1 −1.0
Conservative John Stewart 120 28.0 −12.0
Turnout 295 (est) 92.8 (est) +6.3
Registered electors 307
Majority 16 3.8 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +9.5
Majority 26 6.1 −3.9
Peelite gain from Conservative Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1850s

Keppel resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 April 1850: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward John Hutchins 121 54.0 +16.1
Conservative Andrew Stewart[21] 103 46.0 +18.0
Majority 18 8.0 +4.2
Turnout 224 78.0 (est) −14.8
Registered electors 287
Whig hold Swing −1.0
General election 1852: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Rivett-Carnac 201 40.4 +12.4
Whig Edward John Hutchins 158 31.7 −6.2
Peelite William Alexander Mackinnon Sr. 139 27.9 −6.2
Turnout 249 (est) 73.7 (est) −19.1
Registered electors 338
Majority 43 8.7 N/A
Conservative gain from Peelite Swing +6.2
Majority 19 3.8 0.0
Whig hold Swing −6.2
General election 1857: Lymington[20][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. 194 40.8 +9.1
Conservative John Rivett-Carnac 187 39.4 −1.0
Conservative Warren William Richard Peacocke 83 17.5 N/A
Whig Patrick Francis Campbell-Johnstone[23] 11 2.3 N/A
Turnout 238 (est) 73.5 (est) −0.2
Registered electors 323
Majority 7 1.4 −7.3
Whig hold Swing +4.8
Majority 176 37.1 +33.3
Conservative hold Swing −4.8
General election 1859: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. 157 37.2 −5.9
Conservative John Rivett-Carnac 140 33.2 −6.2
Conservative John Bramley-Moore[24] 125 29.6 +12.1
Majority 17 4.0 +2.6
Turnout 290 (est) 88.8 (est) +15.3
Registered electors 326
Liberal hold Swing −5.9
Conservative hold Swing −1.6

Elections in the 1860s

Carnac's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 24 May 1860: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Gordon-Lennox 147 54.4 −8.4
Liberal Henry Grenfell[25] 123 45.6 +8.4
Majority 24 8.8 N/A
Turnout 270 81.8 −7.0
Registered electors 330
Conservative hold Swing −8.4
General election 1865: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Alexander Mackinnon Jr. 192 49.1 +30.5
Conservative George Gordon-Lennox 174 44.5 −18.3
Liberal Thomas Norton[26] 25 6.4 −12.2
Turnout 183 (est) 52.7 (est) −36.1
Registered electors 347
Majority 18 4.6 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing +19.8
Majority 149 38.1 N/A
Conservative hold Swing −18.3

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Gordon-Lennox 330 62.4 +17.9
Liberal Daniel Pratt[27] 199 37.6 −17.9
Majority 131 24.8 −13.3
Turnout 529 79.9 +27.2
Registered electors 662
Conservative hold Swing +17.9

Elections in the 1870s
General election 1874: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Hegan Kennard 449 74.0 +11.6
Liberal William West[28] 158 26.0 −11.6
Majority 291 48.0 +22.8
Turnout 607 85.0 +5.1
Registered electors 714
Conservative hold Swing +11.6

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: Lymington[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Hegan Kennard 432 64.4 −9.6
Liberal Hermes Southwood Smith[29] 239 35.6 +9.6
Majority 193 28.8 −19.2
Turnout 671 86.2 +1.2
Registered electors 778
Conservative hold Swing −9.6

Notes
  1. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. Powlett was re-elected in 1715, but had also been elected for Winchester, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
  3. Powlett was also elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Lymington
  4. Created a baronet, April 1769
  5. Styled Marquess of Winchester from 1754
  6. Drummond was re-elected in 1768, but had also been elected for St Ives, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Lymington
  7. Major from 1786
  8. Succeeded as a baronet, April 1791; Captain (RN) from 1793; took the surname Burrard-Neale in 1795
  9. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 127–129. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  10. Robbins, Alfred Farthing (1894). The Early Public Life of William Ewart Gladstone: Four Times Prime Minister. London: Methuen & Co. p. 179. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. Chichester, Henry Manners (1892). "Keppel, George Thomas" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  12. Gash, Norman (2013). Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830–1850. Faber & Faber. p. 250. ISBN 9780571302901. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. "John Stewart". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. "The New Parliament". Reading Mercury. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  15. Roberts, David (2016). Paternalism in Early Victorian England. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-315-61965-1. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  16. The Spectator, Volume 12. F.C. Westley. 1839. p. 1204. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  17. "The Recent Elections". Essex Standard. 31 January 1840. p. 1. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  18. "The Elections". Dublin Morning Register. 29 January 1840. p. 3. Retrieved 21 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  19. Salmon, Philip; Spencer, Howard. "Lymington". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  20. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 196–197. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  21. "Representation of Lymington". Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. 27 April 1850. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. "Lymington, March 14". Hampshire Advertiser. 14 March 1857. p. 7. Retrieved 24 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. "Lymington, March 21". Hampshire Advertiser. 21 March 1857. p. 7. Retrieved 24 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. "Lymington". Hampshire Chronicle. 30 April 1859. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. "Representation of Lymington". The Morning Chronicle. London. 24 May 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. "Expenses Incurred by or on Behalf of Thomas Norton". Hampshire Advertiser. Hampshire. 28 October 1865. pp. 1, 4, 5, 8. Retrieved 1 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. "Lymington". Hampshire Advertiser. Hampshire. 24 October 1868. p. 12. Retrieved 1 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  28. "Lymington". Sheffield Independent. 7 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  29. "Lymington". Salisbury and Winchester Journal. 12 June 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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