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APPENDICES I Constituencies And Contested Elections
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Constituency Detail
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Elections
| Date | Candidate |
|---|---|
| BEDFORDSHIRE | 2,000 |
| BERKSHIRE | 3,000 |
| BUCKINGHAMSHIRE | 4,000 |
| CAMBRIDGESHIRE | 3,000 |
| CHESHIRE | 5,000 |
| CORNWALL | 2,500 |
| CUMBERLAND | 4,000 |
| DERBYSHIRE | 4,000 |
| DEVON | 3,000 |
| DORSET | 3,000 |
| DURHAM | 3,000 |
| ESSEX | 6,000 |
| GLOUCESTERSHIRE | 6,000 |
| HAMPSHIRE | 5,000 |
| HEREFORDSHIRE | 4,000 |
| HERTFORDSHIRE | 4,000 |
| HUNTINGDONSHIRE | 2,000 |
| KENT | 8,000 |
| LANCASHIRE | 8,000 |
| LEICESTERSHIRE | 6,000 |
| LINCOLNSHIRE | 5,000 |
| MIDDLESEX | 3,000 |
| MONMOUTHSHIRE | 1,500 |
| NORFOLK | 6,000 |
| NORTHAMPTONSHIRE | 3,000 |
| NORTHUMBERLAND | 2,000 |
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE | 3,000 |
| OXFORDSHIRE | 4,000 |
| RUTLAND | 800 |
| SHROPSHIRE | 4,000 |
| SOMERSET | 8,000 |
| STAFFORDSHIRE | 5,000 |
| SUFFOLK | 5,000 |
| SURREY | 4,000 |
| SUSSEX | 4,000 |
| WARWICKSHIRE | 4,000 |
| WESTMORLAND | 2,000 |
| WILTSHIRE | 3,000 |
| WORCESTERSHIRE | 4,000 |
| YORKSHIRE | 20,000 |
Main Article
| English Boroughs | Size of electorate | Franchise | General | elections | By-elections when contested | 1754 | 1761 | 1768 | 1774 | 1780 | 1784 |
| ABINGDON (Berks.) | S | SL | x | x | x | x | ||||
| ALDBOROUGH (Yorks.) | S | SL | No | Contests | ||||||
| ALDEBURGH (Suff.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| AMERSHAM (Bucks.) | S | SL | No | Contests | ||||||
| ANDOVER (Hants) | S | C | x | x | x | |||||
| APPLEBY (Westmld.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| ARUNDEL (Suss.) | S | SL | x | x | ||||||
| ASHBURTON (Devon) | S | B | x | x | ||||||
| AYLESBURY (Bucks.) | M | H | x | x | 1756; 1764; 1789 | |||||
| BANBURY (Oxon.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| BARNSTAPLE (Devon) | S | FM | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| BATH (Som.) | S | C | x | x | 1763; 1766 | |||||
| BEDFORD (Beds.) | L | FM | x | x | x | |||||
| BERE ALSTON (Devon) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| BERWICK-UPON-TWEED (Northumb.) | M | FM | x | x | x | 1786 | ||||
| BEVERLEY (Yorks.) | L | FM | x | x | x | 1772 | ||||
| BEWDLEY (Worcs.) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| BISHOP’S CASTLE (Salop) | S | FM | x | 1763 | ||||||
| BLETCHINGLEY (Surr.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| BODMIN (Cornw.) | S | C | x | x | ||||||
| BOROUGHBRIDGE (Yorks.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| BOSSINEY (Cornw.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| BOSTON (Lincs.) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| BRACKLEY (Northants.) | S | C | x | |||||||
| BRAMBER (Suss.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| BRIDGNORTH (Salop) | L | FM | x | |||||||
| BRIDGWATER (Som.) | S | SL | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| BRIDPORT (Dorset) | S | SL | x | x | x | |||||
| BRISTOL (Glos.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | 1756; 1781 | |||
| BUCKINGHAM (Bucks.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| BURY ST. EDMUNDS (Suff.) | S | C | x | x | 1775 | |||||
| CALLINGTON (Cornw.) | S | SL | x | 1771; 1778; 1779 | ||||||
| CALNE (Wilts.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| CAMBRIDGE (Cambs.) | S | FM | x | x | 1776; 1788 | |||||
| CAMELFORD (Cornw.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| CANTERBURY (Kent) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| CARLISLE (Cumb.) | L | FM | x | x | Apr. 1786; Nov. 1786 | |||||
| CASTLE RISING (Norf.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| CHESTER (Cheshire) | L | FM | x | |||||||
| CHICHESTER (Suss.) | M | SL | x | 1782 | ||||||
| CHIPPENHAM (Wilts.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| CHIPPING WYCOMBE (Bucks.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| CHRISTCHURCH (Hants) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| CIRENCESTER (Glos.) | M | H | x | x | x | |||||
| CLITHEROE (Lancs.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| COCKERMOUTH (Cumb.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| COLCHESTER (Essex) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | 1781; July 1784; 1788 | |||
| CORFE CASTLE (Dorset) | S | SL | No | Contests | ||||||
| COVENTRY (Warws.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | x | x | Dec. 1768 | |
| CRICKLADE (Wilts.)1 | S | FH | x | x | x | x | x | Dec. 1774; 1775; 1782 | ||
| DARTMOUTH (Devon) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| DERBY (Derbys.) | M | FM | x | 1772; 1775 | ||||||
| DEVIZES (Wilts.) | S | C | 1765 | |||||||
| DORCHESTER (Dorset) | S | SL | x | x | x | |||||
| DOVER (Cinque Port) | L | FM | x | x | 1770; 1773; 1789 | |||||
| DOWNTON (Wilts.) | S | B | x | x | x | 1779; July 1784 | ||||
| DROITWICH (Worcs.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| DUNWICH (Suff.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| DURHAM (co. Dur.) | L | FM | x | x | Dec. 1761 | |||||
| EAST GRINSTEAD (Suss.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| EAST LOOE (Cornw.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| EAST RETFORD (Notts.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| EVESHAM (Worcs.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | 1756 | |||
| EXETER (Devon) | L | FM | x | x | 1776 | |||||
| EYE (Suff.) | S | SL | No | Contests | ||||||
| FOWEY (Cornw.) | S | SL | x | x | 1765 | |||||
| GATTON (Surr.) | S | SL | No | Contests | ||||||
| GLOUCESTER (Glos.) | L | FM | x | 1789 | ||||||
| GRAMPOUND (Cornw.) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| GRANTHAM (Lincs.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| GREAT BEDWYN (Wilts.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| GREAT GRIMSBY (Lincs.) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| GREAT MARLOW (Bucks.) | S | SL | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| GREAT YARMOUTH (Norf.) | M | FM | x | x | 1756; 1777 | |||||
| GUILDFORD (Surr.) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| HARWICH (Essex) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| HASLEMERE (Surr.) | S | FH | x | x | x | x | ||||
| HASTINGS (Cinque Port) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| HEDON (Yorks.) | S | FM | x | x | 1776 | |||||
| HELSTON (Cornw.) | S | C | x | x | 1781 | |||||
| HEREFORD (Herefs.) | L | FM | x | x | 1764; July 1784 | |||||
| HERTFORD (Herts.) | M | FM | x | x | 1770 | |||||
| HEYTESBURY (Wilts.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| HIGHAM FERRERS (Northants.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| HINDON (Wilts.) | S | H | x | x | x | x | 1776; 1777; 1782; 1783 | |||
| HONITON (Devon) | M | H | x | x | x | x | x | 1763; 1781 | ||
| HORSHAM (Suss.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| HUNTINGDON (Hunts.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| HYTHE (Cinque Port) | S | FM | x | x | x | x | ||||
| ILCHESTER (Som.) | S | H | x | x | x | 1765; 1775; 1785 | ||||
| IPSWICH (Suff.) | M | FM | x | x | x | x | 1785 | |||
| KING’S LYNN (Norf.) | S | FM | x | x | ||||||
| KINGSTON-UPON-HULL (Yorks.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| KNARESBOROUGH (Yorks.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| LANCASTER (Lancs.) | L | FM | x | 1786 | ||||||
| LAUNCESTON (Cornw.) | S | FM | x | 1758 | ||||||
| LEICESTER (Leics.) | L | FM | x | x | 1766 | |||||
| LEOMINSTER (Herefs.) | M | SL | x | x | 1767 | |||||
| LEWES (Suss.) | S | SL | x | x | x | x | ||||
| LICHFIELD (Staffs.) | M | FM | x | x | 1755 | |||||
| LINCOLN (Lincs.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| LISKEARD (Cornw.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| LIVERPOOL (Lancs.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | ||||
| LONDON (Mdx.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1773; 1781; Jan. 1784 | |
| LOSTWITHIEL (Cornw.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| LUDGERSHALL (Wilts.) | S | FH | No | Contests | ||||||
| LUDLOW (Salop) | M | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| LYME REGIS (Dorset) | S | FM | x | x | ||||||
| LYMINGTON (Hants) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| MAIDSTONE (Kent) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | x | x | 1777; 1788 | |
| MALDON (Essex) | M | FM | x | x | x | x | 1763; 1773; 1787 | |||
| MALMESBURY (Wilts.) | S | C | x | |||||||
| MALTON (Yorks.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| MARLBOROUGH (Wilts.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| MIDHURST (Suss.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| MILBORNE PORT (Som.) | S | SL | x | x | 1772 | |||||
| MINEHEAD (Som.) | S | H | x | x | x | |||||
| MITCHELL (Cornw.) | S | SL | x | x | x | |||||
| MONMOUTH (Mon.) | M | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| MORPETH (Northumb.) | S | FM | x | x | x | |||||
| NEWARK (Notts.) | L | SL | x | x | ||||||
| NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME (Staffs.) | M | FM | x | |||||||
| NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (Northumb.) | L | FM | x | x | 1777 | |||||
| NEWPORT (Cornw.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| NEWPORT I.o.W. (Hants) | S | C | x | x | ||||||
| NEW ROMNEY (Cinque Port) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| NEW SHOREHAM (Suss.)2 | S | SL | x | 1770 | ||||||
| NEWTON (Lancs.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| NEWTOWN I.o.W. (Hants) | S | B | x | |||||||
| NEW WINDSOR (Berks.) | S | SL | x | 1757 | ||||||
| NEW WOODSTOCK (Oxon.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| NORTHALLERTON (Yorks.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| NORTHAMPTON (Northants.) | L | H | x | x | x | |||||
| NORWICH (Norf.) | L | FM | x | x | x | x | 1786; 1787 | |||
| NOTTINGHAM (Notts.) | L | FM | x | x | x | |||||
| OKEHAMPTON (Devon) | S | FM | x | x | ||||||
| OLD SARUM (Wilts.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| ORFORD (Suff.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| OXFORD (Oxon.) | L | FM | x | x | ||||||
| PENRYN (Cornw.) | S | SL | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| PETERBOROUGH (Northants.) | S | SL | x | x | ||||||
| PETERSFIELD (Hants) | S | B | x | |||||||
| PLYMOUTH (Devon) | S | FM | x | x | May 1780 | |||||
| PLYMPTON ERLE (Devon) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| PONTEFRACT (Yorks.) | S | B | x | x | x | Dec. 1768 | ||||
| POOLE (Dorset) | S | FM | x | x | x | x | 1765 | |||
| PORTSMOUTH (Hants) | S | FM | x | x | Mar. 1774; 1777 | |||||
| PRESTON (Lancs.) | M | H | x | x | x | |||||
| QUEENBOROUGH (Kent) | S | FM | x | x | x | |||||
| READING (Berks.) | M | SL | x | x | x | x | x | 1782 | ||
| REIGATE (Surr.) | S | FH | No | Contests | ||||||
| RICHMOND (Yorks.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| RIPON (Yorks.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| ROCHESTER (Kent) | M | FM | x | x | x | x | x | 1765; 1771; 1772 | ||
| RYE (Cinque Port) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| ST. ALBANS (Herts.) | M | FM | x | x | ||||||
| ST. GERMANS (Cornw.) | S | H | No | Contests | ||||||
| ST. IVES (Cornw.) | S | SL | x | x | ||||||
| ST. MAWES (Cornw.) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| SALISBURY (Wilts.) | S | C | x | x | x | 1765 | ||||
| SALTASH (Cornw.) | S | C | x | x | 1772; 1783; 1786 | |||||
| SANDWICH (Cinque Port) | M | FM | x | x | ||||||
| SCARBOROUGH (Yorks.) | S | C | x | x | 1770 | |||||
| SEAFORD (Cinque Port) | S | SL | x | x | x | x | Dec. 1780;1785; 1786 | |||
| SHAFTESBURY (Dorset) | S | SL | x | x | x | x | x | 1771; 1776 | ||
| SHREWSBURY (Salop) | S | FM | x | x | ||||||
| SOUTHAMPTON (Hants) | M | FM | x | x | ||||||
| SOUTHWARK (Surr.) | L | SL | x | x | x | x | x | 1782; June 1784 | ||
| STAFFORD (Staffs.) | S | FM | x | x | 1765 | |||||
| STAMFORD (Lincs.) | M | SL | No | Contests | ||||||
| STEYNING (Suss.) | S | SL | x | |||||||
| STOCKBRIDGE (Hants) | S | SL | x | x | 1772; 1775 | |||||
| SUDBURY (Suff.) | M | FM | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| TAMWORTH (Staffs.) | S | SL | x | x | ||||||
| TAUNTON (Som.) | M | H | x | Dec. 1754; 1782 | ||||||
| TAVISTOCK (Devon) | S | FH | No | Contests | ||||||
| TEWKESBURY (Glos.) | M | FM | x | x | ||||||
| THETFORD (Norf.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| THIRSK (Yorks.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| TIVERTON (Devon) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| TOTNES (Devon) | S | FM | x | x | x | x | ||||
| TREGONY (Cornw.) | S | H | x | |||||||
| TRURO (Cornw.) | S | C | x | |||||||
| WALLINGFORD (Berks.) | S | SL | x | x | 1772; 1783 | |||||
| WAREHAM (Dorset) | M | SL | x | |||||||
| WARWICK (Warws.) | M | SL | x | x | ||||||
| WELLS (Som.) | S | FM | x | x | x | 1765; 1782 | ||||
| WENDOVER (Bucks.) | S | H | x | |||||||
| WENLOCK (Salop) | M | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| WEOBLEY (Herefs.) | S | B | x | |||||||
| WESTBURY (Wilts.) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| WEST LOOE (Cornw.) | S | FM | 1765 | |||||||
| WESTMINSTER (Mdx.) | L | SL | x | x | x | x | 1788 | |||
| WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS (Dorset) | S | FH | No | Contests | ||||||
| WHITCHURCH (Hants) | S | B | No | Contests | ||||||
| WIGAN (Lancs.) | S | FM | x | x | 1763 | |||||
| WILTON (Wilts.) | S | C | No | Contests | ||||||
| WINCHELSEA (Cinque Port) | S | FM | x | |||||||
| WINCHESTER (Hants) | S | FM | No | Contests | ||||||
| WOOTTON BASSETT (Wilts.) | S | SL | x | x | ||||||
| WORCESTER (Worcs.) | L | FM | x | x | x | 1773; Mar. 1774 | ||||
| YARMOUTH I.o.W. (Hants) | S | C | x | |||||||
| YORK (Yorks.) | L | FM | x | x | 1758 |
Notes
- 1. 1 In 1782 the franchise at Cricklade was extended to include 40s. freeholders in the neighbouring hundreds, and the electorate increased to about 1,000.
- 2. In 1771 the franchise at New Shoreham was extended to include 40s. freeholders in the rape of Bramber, and the electorate increased to about 800.
