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Nottingham
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
Riotous hustings in the Great Marketplace on 26 June 1865
1295–1885
Seats	two
Replaced by	Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West

Nottingham was a parliamentary borough in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295. In 1885 the constituency was abolished and the city of Nottingham divided into three single-member constituencies.

History

Nottingham sent two representatives to Parliament from 1283 onwards.

In the mid eighteenth century it was influenced by the large local landowners the Duke of Newcastle for the Whigs and Lord Middleton for the Tories and as a consequence would tend to return MP from each party.

The constituency was abolished in 1885 and replaced by Nottingham East, Nottingham South and Nottingham West.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1640–1885

Notes

1. Later General; knighted 1775
2. Later Rear-Admiral
3. On petition, Birch was found not to have been duly elected
4. On petition, Walter's election was declared void and a by-election held, in which his son, John Walter (junior), took his place as Conservative candidate and was defeated
5. On petition, the election of 1865 was declared void and a by-election held

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Ponsonby was appointed Home Secretary and elevated to the House of Lords as Lord Duncannon, causing a by-election.

Hobhouse was appointed as President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Ferguson's death caused a by-election.

Walter and Charlton retired half an hour after the poll opened.

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

Walter's election was declared void, on petition, due to bribery by his agents, on 23 March 1843, causing a by-election.

Hobhouse was appointed President of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Strutt was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.

Strutt was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Belper, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Mellor resigned after being appointed a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.

The election, "won by violence" and bribery was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.

• Wright was a Liberal-Conservative candidate.

Clifton's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Wright's resignation caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Wright's death caused a by-election.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

References

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39. "The Elections". Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser. 3 July 1841. p. 23 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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Sources

• Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
• F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885