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.Pages 91 to 95,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)

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

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member 1318 Robert Ingram Simon Folville 1322 (May) Geoffrey le Flemyng Simon Folville 1327 (Jan) Robert Ingram of Nottingham Simon Folville 1384 (Apr)John Tansley 1385John Crowshaw 1386William Butler Robert Howden 1388 (Feb) John Crowshaw John Plumtre 1388 (Sep) William Butler Thomas Mapperley 1390 (Jan) William Butler Robert German 1390 (Nov) 1391William Butler Thomas Mapperley 1393William Butler Nicholas Alestre 1394 1395Thomas Mapperley Robert German (MP) 1397 (Jan) Thomas Mapperley Robert German (MP) 1397 (Sep) William Gresley John Hodings 1399John Plumtre John Tansley 1401 1402 1404 (Jan) 1404 (Oct) 1406Walter Stacy Thomas Fox 1407John Bothall John Jorce 1410 1411Thomas Mapperley John Hodings 1413 (Feb) Thomas Mapperley John Hodings 1 1413 (May) Thomas Mapperley John Tansley 1414 (Apr) John Tansley Robert Glade 1414 (Nov) Walter Stacy Henry Preston 1415 1416 (Mar) John Alestre John Bingham 1416 (Oct) 1417Henry Preston William Burton 1419Robert Glade Richard Samon 1420John Bingham Thomas Poge 1421 (May) Robert Glade John Alestre 1421 (Dec) Richard Samon Thomas Poge 1422 John AlestreThomas Poge 1423 Thomas Poge 1425 John Alestre 1427 Thomas Poge 1510–1523 No names known 1529Anthony Babington Henry Statham, died and replaced Jan 1535 by Nicholas Quarnby 1536?Sir Anthony Babington ? 1539Sir John Markham George Pierrepont 1542Edward Chamberlain ?Sir John Markham 1545Sir John Markham Nicholas Powtrell 1547John Paston Nicholas Powtrell 1553 (Mar) Robert Haselrigg Francis Colman 1553 (Oct) Humphrey Quarnby Thomas Markham 1554 (Apr) Humphrey Quarnby Francis Colman 1554 (Nov) Nicholas Powtrell William Markham 1555Hugh Thornhill John Bateman 1558Francis Colman Edward Boun 1558 (Dec) Thomas Markham John Bateman 1562–1563 Humphrey Quarnby, died and replaced 1566 by Ralph Barton John Bateman 1571 Ralph Barton William Ball 1572 (Apr) Sir Thomas Manners John Bateman 1584 (Oct) Richard Parkins John Bateman 1586Sir Robert Constable Richard Parkins 1588–1589 Richard Parkins George Manners 1593Richard Parkins Humphrey Bonner 1597 (Sep) Humphrey Bonner Anchor Jackson 1601William Gregory William Greaves 1604–1611 Richard Harte (or Hunt) Anchor Jackson 1614 William GregoryRobert Staples 1621 Michael Purefoy George Lascelles 1623 John ByronSir Charles Cavendish 1625 Robert Greaves John Martyn 1626 Sir Gervase Clifton John Byron 1628 Sir Charles Cavendish Viscount Newark 1629–1640 No Parliaments convened

1640–1885

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party April 1640 Charles CavendishRoyalist Gilbert Boone November 1640William StanhopeRoyalist Gilbert MillingtonParliamentarianJanuary 1644 Stanhope disabled to sit – seat vacant1645Francis Pierrepont1653Nottingham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament1654James Chadwick John Mason 1656William Drury January 1659John WhalleyJohn Parker May 1659Gilbert Millington One seat vacantApril 1660 Arthur Stanhope John Hutchinson (banned as Regicide) June 1660 Robert Pierrepont 1679 Richard Slater 1685 John Beaumont Sir William Stanhope 1689 Francis Pierrepont Edward Bigland 1690 Charles Hutchinson Richard Slater 1695 William Pierrepont 1699 Robert Sacheverell January 1701 George Gregory June 1701 Robert Sacheverell December 1701 Robert Sacheverell 1702 George Gregory 1705 Robert Sacheverell 1706 John Plumptre Whig 1708 Roby Sherwin 1710 Robert Sacheverell 1713 Borlase Warren Tory 1715 John Plumptre Whig George Gregory Whig 1727 John Stanhope Borlase Warren Tory 1734 John Plumptre WhigMay 1747 Sir Charles Sedley June 1747 George Howe Whig 1754 Sir Willoughby Aston Tory 1758 Colonel the Hon. (Sir) William HoweLater General; knighted 1775 Whig 1761 John Plumptre 1774 Sir Charles Sedley Tory 1778 Abel Smith 1779 Robert Smith Whig 1780 Daniel Coke Tory 1797 Captain Sir John Borlase WarrenLater Rear-Admiral Tory 1802 Joseph BirchOn petition, Birch was found not to have been duly elected Whig 1803 Daniel Coke Tory 1806 John Smith Whig 1812 George Parkyns Whig 1818 Joseph Birch Whig 1820 Thomas Denman Whig 1826 George Parkyns WHIG 1830 Thomas Denman Whig Sir Ronald Craufurd Ferguson Whig 1832 John Ponsonby Whig 1834 Sir John Hobhouse RadicalApril 1841 John Walter ConservativeJune 1841 George Larpent Whig 1842 John WalterOn 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 Conservative 1843 Thomas Gisborne Whig 1847 John Walter (junior) Conservative Feargus O'Connor Chartist 1852 Peelite Edward Strutt Whig 1856 Charles PagetRadical 1859 John Mellor Liberal Liberal 1861 Sir Robert Juckes Clifton Ind. Liberal 1865On petition, the election of 1865 was declared void and a by-election held Samuel Morley Liberal 1866 Ralph Bernal Osborne Ind. Liberal Viscount Amberley Liberal 1868 Sir Robert Juckes Clifton Ind. Liberal Charles Ichabod Wright Conservative 1869 Charles Seely Liberal 1870 Hon. Auberon Herbert Liberal 1874 William Evelyn Denison Conservative Saul Isaac ConservativeApril 1880 Charles Seely Liberal John Skirrow Wright LiberalMay 1880 Arnold Morley Liberal1885 Constituency abolished

Notes

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.

References

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)