Helston (UK Parliament constituency)
| Helston | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Cornwall |
| Major settlements | Helston |
| 1298–1885 | |
| Number of members |
1298–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
| Replaced by | Truro |
Helston, sometimes known as Helleston,[1] was a parliamentary borough centred on the small town of Helston in Cornwall.
Using the bloc vote system of election, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and to House of Commons of the United Kingdom until the 1832 general election.
The Reform Act 1832 reduced its representation to one member, elected by the first-past-the-post system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was abolished with effect from the 1885 general election.
Members of Parliament
MPs before 1640
- Constituency created (1298)
| Parliament | First member | Second member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1298 | R de Rosemayn | I de Kellyhellan[2] | |
| 1358 | John Hamely [3] | ||
| 1361 | John Hamely [3] | ||
| 1384 | William Bodrugan[4] | ||
| Parliament of 1386 | Roger Trewythenick | John Urban | |
| First Parliament of 1388 (Feb) | Thomas Tregadereth | Roger Trewythenick | |
| Second Parliament of 1388 (Sep) | Thomas Bray | John Symon | |
| First Parliament of 1390 (Jan) | Roger Trewythenick | John Urban | |
| Second Parliament of 1390 (Nov) | ? | ? | |
| Parliament of 1391 | Roger Trewythenick | William Glasen | |
| Parliament of 1393 | John Trereise | Michael Trereise | |
| Parliament of 1394 | ? | ? | |
| Parliament of 1395 | Roger Trewythenick | Roger Skewys | |
| First Parliament of 1397 (Jan) | Thomas Beville | John Urban | |
| Second Parliament of 1397 (Sep) | John Pengersick | John Skewys | |
| Parliament of 1399 | Roger Trewythenick | John Pengersick | |
| Parliament of 1401 | ? | ? | |
| Parliament of 1402 | Roger Trewythenick | John Masselegh | |
| First Parliament of 1404 (Jan) | |||
| Second Parliament of 1404 (Oct) | |||
| Parliament of 1406 | Walter Badrygy | William Penalewy | |
| Parliament of 1407 | John Pengersick | Matthew Skewys | |
| Parliament of 1410 | |||
| Parliament of 1411 | John Glasen | Thomas Pellour | |
| First Parliament of 1413 (Feb) | |||
| Second Parliament of 1413 (May) | Thomas Treffidowe | Thomas Polglas | |
| First Parliament of 1414 (Apr) | |||
| Second Parliament of 1414 (Nov) | John Clink | John Baker | |
| Parliament of 1415 or 1416 (Mar) | John Glasen | Robert Treage | |
| Parliament of 1416 (Oct) | |||
| Parliament of 1417 | John Glasen | Thomas Gurtaboys | |
| Parliament of 1419 | Robert Treage | John Cork | |
| Parliament of 1420 | William Richard | William Trethake II | |
| First Parliament of 1421 (May) | Thomas Carathyn | John Treffridowe | |
| Second Parliament of 1421 (Dec) | William Penpons | Adam Vivian | |
| Parliament of 1529 | Edmund Smith | John Holdiche | |
| Parliament of 1542 | William Trewynnard | ? | |
| Parliament of 1545 | John Arundell | Richard Heywood | |
| Parliament of 1547 | Thomas Mildmay | John Trengove | |
| First Parliament of 1553 (Mar) | Thomas Mildmay | Robert Docatt | |
| Second Parliament of 1553 (Oct) | William Bendlowes | Henry Trengove alias Nance | |
| First Parliament of 1554 (Apr) | William St Aubyn | John Kyme | |
| Second Parliament of 1554 (Nov) | Reginald Mohun | William St Aubin | |
| Parliament of 1555 | Thomas Mildmay | Edward Neville | |
| Parliament of 1558 | Peter Martyn | ||
| Parliament of 1559 | John Trendeneck | Francis Goldsmith | |
| Parliament of 1562-1567 | William Porter | John Dudley | |
| Parliament of 1571 | Sir Edward Bray | John Gayer | |
| Parliament of 1572-1581 | William Killigrew | John Vivian (died c.1578) | |
| Parliament of 1584-1585 | Humphrey Prideaux | William Lewis | |
| Parliament of 1586-1587 | Hannibal Vyvyan | William Godolphin | |
| Parliament of 1588-1589 | William Buggin | Christopher Osborne | |
| Parliament of 1593 | William Gardiner | Ralph Knevitt | |
| Parliament of 1597-1598 | William Cooke | Nicholas Saunders | |
| Parliament of 1601 | William Twysden | Hannibal Vyvyan | |
| Parliament of 1604-1611 | Sir John Leigh | John Bogans (died) Robert Naunton (from 1606) | |
| Addled Parliament (1614) | Sir Robert Killigrew | Henry Bulstrode | |
| Parliament of 1621-1622 | Sir Thomas Stafford | William Noy | |
| Happy Parliament (1624-1625) | Thomas Carey | Francis Carew | |
| Useless Parliament (1625) | |||
| Parliament of 1625-1626 | Francis Godolphin | ||
| Parliament of 1628-1629 | Sidney Godolphin | William Noy | |
| No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 | |||
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MPs 1640–1832
MPs 1832–1885
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Representation reduced to one member | ||
| 1832 | Sackville Lane-Fox | Conservative | |
| 1835 | Lord James Townshend | Conservative | |
| 1837 | Viscount Cantelupe | Conservative | |
| 1840 by-election | John Basset | Conservative | |
| 1841 | Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bt | Conservative | |
| 1857 | Charles Trueman | Liberal | |
| 1859 | John Jope Rogers[16] | Conservative | |
| 1865 | Adolphus William Young | Liberal | |
| 1866 by-election[17] | Robert Campbell | Liberal | |
| Sir William Brett | Conservative | ||
| 1868 | Adolphus William Young | Liberal | |
| 1880 | William Molesworth-St Aubyn | Conservative | |
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Molesworth-St Aubyn | 466 | 52 | ||
| Liberal | Mr Young | 429 | 48 | ||
| Majority | 37 | 4 | −17 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The Liberal's majority in 1874 was 54.
Notes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19008. p. 2836. 28 December 1832.
- ↑ Toy, Henry, Spencer (1912). The Ancient Borough of Helston. Helston: John Lander & Son. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 1 2 "HAMELY (HAMYLYN), Sir John (aft.1324-1399), of Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset.". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/bodrugan-william-i
- ↑ Styled Viscount Rialton from 1706. He was re-elected for Helston in 1708, but had also been elected for Oxfordshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Helston
- ↑ Granville was also elected for Cornwall, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Pontefract
- ↑ Campion was also elected for Sussex, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Helston
- ↑ Coxe was also elected for Gloucester, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Helston
- ↑ Succeeded to a baronetcy, 1763
- ↑ Major-General from 1770
- ↑ On petition, Carmarthen and Owen were adjudged not to have been duly elected, and their opponents, Cust and Yorke, were declared to have been duly elected instead
- ↑ Dean was elected at a disputed election where the returning officer made a double return. Although eventually adjudged to have been duly elected, he never sat as he had died before the case was heard.
- ↑ Sir Stephen Lushington from 1791
- ↑ Speaker from 1802
- ↑ Vansittart was also elected for Old Sarum, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Helston
- ↑ Marchant, E. C. (1897). "Rogers, John (1778–1856), divine, by E. C. Marchant". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. IL. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- ↑ At the Helston by-election, 1866, both candidates polled exactly the same number of votes. The mayor, as returning officer, gave his casting vote for the Liberal candidate Robert Campbell. As this vote was given after four o'clock, however, an appeal was lodged, and the House of Commons declared that the returning officer had no right to a casting vote, and that he should have returned the names of both tied candidates. On scrutiny of the votes, one vote was struck off Campbell's total, and the Conservative candidate Sir William Baliol Brett declared duly elected.
- ↑ "Helston". The Cornishman (91). 8 April 1880. p. 5.
References
- Beatson, Robert (1807), A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament, London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme
- 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
- 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)
- Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. p. 1
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
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