This is a list of the 558 MPs or members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1708, the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.
The reference, in the constituency section of the table, to the numbers of seats in a constituency has no relevance except to make clear how many members were elected in a particular constituency. The candidates returned in contested elections are listed in the descending order of the number of votes received. Where vote totals are unknown, the MPs received the same number of votes or were returned unopposed the order is that given by Hayton et al.
Peers of Ireland are differentiated from the holders of courtesy titles by including the succession number to the peerage, i.e. The 1st Earl of Upper Ossory is an Irish peer and Viscount Dupplin is the holder of a courtesy title.
Elections took place in May, 1708.
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A Aberdeen Burghs (seat 1/1)John Gordon WhigAberdeenshire (seat 1/1)Lord Haddo - ineligible as son of Scottish peerReplaced by Sir Alexander Cumming 1709ToryToryAbingdon (seat 1/1)Sir Simon Harcourt - unseated on petitionReplaced by William Hucks 1709ToryWhig Aldborough (seat 1/2)Robert Monckton WhigAldborough (seat 2/2)William Jessop WhigAldeburgh (seat 1/2)Henry Johnson ToryAldeburgh (seat 2/2)William Johnson ToryAmersham (seat 1/2)Francis Duncombe ToryAmersham (seat 2/2)Sir Samuel Garrard, Bt ToryAndover (seat 1/2)John Smith WhigAndover (seat 2/2)William Guidott WhigAnglesey (seat 1/1)The 4th Viscount Bulkeley ToryAnstruther Easter Burghs (seat 1/1)Sir John Anstruther, Bt WhigAppleby (seat 1/2)Edward Duncombe ToryAppleby (seat 2/2)Nicholas Lechmere WhigArgyllshire (seat 1/1)James Campbell WhigArundel (seat 1/2)Sir Henry Peachey, Bt - sat for SussexReplaced by Viscount Lumley 1708WhigWhigArundel (seat 2/2)The 2nd Viscount Shannon WhigAshburton (seat 1/2)Roger Tuckfield WhigAshburton (seat 2/2)Robert Balle WhigAylesbury (seat 1/2)Sir John Wittewronge, Bt WhigAylesbury (seat 2/2)Simon Mayne WhigAyr Burghs (seat 1/1)James CampbellWhigAyrshire (seat 1/1)Francis MontgomerieWhig B Banbury (seat 1/1)Hon. Charles North ToryBanffshire (seat 1/1)Alexander AbercrombyWhigBarnstaple (seat 1/2)Richard Acland ToryBarnstaple (seat 2/2)Nicholas Hooper ToryBath (seat 1/2)William Blathwayt WhigBath (seat 2/2)Samuel Trotman ToryBeaumaris (seat 1/1)Hon. Henry Bertie ToryBedford (seat 1/2)William Farrer WhigBedford (seat 2/2)William Hillersden WhigBedfordshire (seat 1/2)Lord Edward Russell WhigBedfordshire (seat 2/2)Sir William Gostwick, Bt WhigBere Alston (seat 1/2)Spencer Cowper WhigBere Alston (seat 2/2)Peter King WhigBerkshire (seat 1/2)Sir John Stonhouse, Bt ToryBerkshire (seat 2/2)Richard Neville WhigBerwickshire (seat 1/1)George Baillie WhigBerwick-upon-Tweed (seat 1/2)Samuel Ogle WhigBerwick-upon-Tweed (seat 2/2)Jonathan Hutchinson WhigBeverley (seat 1/2)Sir Charles Hotham, Bt WhigBeverley (seat 2/2)Sir Michael Warton ToryBewdley (seat 1/1)Hon. Henry Herbert - succeeded to peerageReplaced by Charles Cornwall 1709 WhigWhigBishop's Castle (seat 1/2)Richard Harnage WhigBishop's Castle (seat 2/2)Charles Mason WhigBletchingley (seat 1/2)Thomas Onslow WhigBletchingley (seat 2/2)George Evelyn WhigBodmin (seat 1/2)Russell Robartes WhigBodmin (seat 2/2)John Trevanion ToryBoroughbridge (seat 1/2)Sir Brian Stapylton, Bt ToryBoroughbridge (seat 2/2)Craven Peyton WhigBossiney (seat 1/2)Samuel Travers WhigBossiney (seat 2/2)Francis Foote WhigBoston (seat 1/2)Hon. Peregrine Bertie ToryBoston (seat 2/2)Richard Wynn ToryBrackley (seat 1/2)Hon. Charles Egerton WhigBrackley (seat 2/2)Hon. William Egerton WhigBramber (seat 1/2)The 1st Viscount Windsor - unseated on petition Replaced by William Hale Jan 1709. ToryWhigBramber (seat 2/2)William Shippen - unseated on petitionReplaced by Sir Cleave More, Bt Jan 1709. ToryWhigBrecon (seat 1/1)Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys - diedReplaced by Edward Jeffreys 1709 ToryToryBreconshire (seat 1/1)Sir Edward Williams ToryBridgnorth (seat 1/2)William Whitmore WhigBridgnorth (seat 2/2)Sir Humphrey Brigges, Bt WhigBridgwater (seat 1/2)George Dodington WhigBridgwater (seat 2/2)George Balch WhigBridport (seat 1/2)Thomas Strangways ToryBridport (seat 2/2)William Coventry WhigBristol (seat 1/2)Robert Yate WhigBristol (seat 2/2)Sir William Daines WhigBuckingham (seat 1/2)Sir Richard Temple, Bt WhigBuckingham (seat 2/2)Alexander Denton WhigBuckinghamshire (seat 1/2)Sir Edmund Denton, Bt WhigBuckinghamshire (seat 2/2)Richard Hampden WhigBury St Edmunds (seat 1/2)Sir Thomas Felton, Bt - diedReplaced by Joseph Weld 1709 WhigToryBury St Edmunds (seat 2/2)Aubrey Porter Ind.Buteshire (seat 1/1)Dugald Stewart - resignedReplaced by John Montgomerie 1710 ToryWhig C Caernarvon Boroughs (seat 1/1)William Griffith ToryCaernarvonshire (seat 1/1)Sir John Wynn, Bt ToryCaithness (seat 0/0)unrepresented in this ParliamentCallington (seat 1/2)Sir William Coryton, Bt ToryCallington (seat 2/2)Samuel Rolle ToryCalne (seat 1/2)Edward Bayntun WhigCalne (seat 2/2)George Duckett WhigCambridge (seat 1/2)John Hynde Cotton ToryCambridge (seat 2/2)Samuel Shepheard - Election void, but re-elected 1710 ToryCambridgeshire (seat 1/2)Sir Rushout Cullen, Bt WhigCambridgeshire (seat 2/2)John Bromley ToryCambridge University (seat 1/2)Hon. Arthur Annesley ToryCambridge University (seat 2/2)Hon. Dixie Windsor ToryCamelford (seat 1/2)Richard Munden WhigCamelford (seat 2/2)John Manley ToryCanterbury (seat 1/2)Hon. Edward Watson WhigCanterbury (seat 2/2)Thomas D'Aeth WhigCardiff Boroughs (seat 1/1)Sir John Aubrey, Bt WhigCardigan Boroughs (seat 1/1)Lewis Pryse -sat for CardiganshireReplaced by Simon Harcourt 1710 ToryToryCardiganshire (seat 1/1)Lewis Pryse ToryCarlisle (seat 1/2)Sir James Montagu WhigCarlisle (seat 2/2)Thomas StanwixWhigCarmarthen (seat 1/1)Richard Vaughan WhigCarmarthenshire (seat 1/1)Griffith Rice WhigCastle Rising (seat 1/2)Hon. William Feilding WhigCastle Rising (seat 2/2)Horatio Walpole ToryCheshire (seat 1/2)Hon. Langham Booth WhigCheshire (seat 2/2)John Offley-Crewe WhigChester (seat 1/2)Sir Henry Bunbury, Bt ToryChester (seat 2/2)Peter Shakerley ToryChichester (seat 1/2)Sir Richard Farington, Bt WhigChichester (seat 2/2)Thomas Carr ToryChippenham (seat 1/2)Sir James Long, Bt ToryChippenham (seat 2/2)James MontaguWhigChipping Wycombe (seat 1/2)Charles Godfrey WhigChipping Wycombe (seat 2/2)Fleetwood Dormer WhigChristchurch (seat 1/2)Francis Gwyn ToryChristchurch (seat 2/2)William Ettrick ToryCirencester (seat 1/2)Allen Bathurst - Election void, but re-elected 1709 ToryCirencester (seat 2/2)Charles Coxe - Election void, but re-elected 1709 ToryClackmannanshire (seat 1/1)William Dalrymple WhigClitheroe (seat 1/2)Edward Harvey ToryClitheroe (seat 2/2)Christopher Parker ToryCockermouth (seat 1/2)James Stanhope WhigCockermouth (seat 2/2)Hon. Albemarle Bertie WhigColchester (seat 1/2)Sir Isaac Rebow WhigColchester (seat 2/2)Sir Thomas Webster, Bt WhigCorfe Castle (seat 1/2)John Bankes ToryCorfe Castle (seat 2/2)Richard Fownes ToryCornwall (seat 1/2)James Buller ToryCornwall (seat 2/2)Hugh Boscawen WhigCoventry (seat 1/2)Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt WhigCoventry (seat 2/2)Edward Hopkins WhigCricklade (seat 1/2)Edmund Dunch WhigCricklade (seat 2/2)James Vernon WhigCromartyshire (seat 0/0)unrepresented in this ParliamentCumberland (seat 1/2)James Lowther WhigCumberland (seat 2/2)Gilfrid LawsonTory D Dartmouth (seat 1/2)Nathaniel Herne ToryDartmouth (seat 2/2)Frederick Herne ToryDenbigh Boroughs (seat 1/1)Sir William Williams, Bt ToryDenbighshire (seat 1/1)Sir Richard Myddelton, Bt ToryDerby (seat 1/2)Lord James Cavendish WhigDerby (seat 2/2)Sir Thomas Parker - resignedReplaced by Richard Pye 1710 WhigWhigDerbyshire (seat 1/2)Thomas CokeToryDerbyshire (seat 2/2)John Curzon ToryDevizes (seat 1/2)Josiah Diston WhigDevizes (seat 2/2)Paul Methuen WhigDevon (seat 1/2)Sir William Courtenay, Bt ToryDevon (seat 2/2)Robert Rolle ToryDorchester (seat 1/2)John Churchill - diedReplaced by Denis Bond 1710 WhigWhigDorchester (seat 2/2)Awnsham Churchill WhigDorset (seat 1/2)Thomas Strangways ToryDorset (seat 2/2)Thomas Chafin ToryDover (seat 1/2)Matthew Aylmer WhigDover (seat 2/2)Philip Papillon WhigDownton (seat 1/2)Sir Charles Duncombe ToryDownton (seat 2/2)John Eyre WhigDroitwich (seat 1/2)Edward Foley ToryDroitwich (seat 2/2)Edward Winnington ToryDumfries Burghs (seat 1/1)William Johnstone ?Dumfriesshire (seat 1/1)Lord Johnstone - ineligible as eldest son of a Scottish peerReplaced by Sir William Grierson, Bt 1709 ?ToryDunbartonshire (seat 1/1)John Campbell WhigDunwich (seat 1/2)Sir Charles Blois, Bt - unseated on petitionReplaced by Sir Richard Allin, Bt 1709. ToryWhigDunwich (seat 2/2)Robert Kemp - unseated on petitionReplaced by Daniel Harvey 1709 ToryWhigDurham (City of) (seat 1/2)Thomas Conyers ToryDurham (City of) (seat 2/2)James Nicolson WhigDurham (County) (seat 1/2)Hon. William Vane WhigDurham (County) (seat 2/2)Sir Robert Eden, Bt ToryDysart Burghs (seat 1/1)Hon. John Sinclair - ineligible as the eldest son of a Scottish peerReplaced by James Abercrombie 1710 ToryWhig E East Grinstead (seat 1/2)Hon. Richard Lumley WhigEast Grinstead (seat 2/2)Henry Campion ToryEast Looe (seat 1/2)Sir Henry Seymour ToryEast Looe (seat 2/2)Harry TrelawnyToryEast Retford (seat 1/2)Thomas White WhigEast Retford (seat 2/2)William Levinz ToryEdinburgh (seat 1/1)Sir Samuel MacClellan - diedReplaced by Sir Patrick Johnston 1709 ?WhigEdinburghshire (seat 1/1)George Lockhart ToryElgin Burghs (seat 1/1)Hon. Patrick Ogilvy WhigElginshire (seat 1/1)Robert Urquhart WhigEssex (seat 1/2)Sir Francis MashamWhigEssex (seat 2/2)Thomas Middleton WhigEvesham (seat 1/2)Sir Edward Goodere WhigEvesham (seat 2/2)John Rudge WhigExeter (seat 1/2)Nicholas Wood ToryExeter (seat 2/2)John Harris WhigEye (seat 1/2)Hon. Spencer Compton WhigEye (seat 2/2)Sir Joseph Jekyll Whig F Fife (seat 1/1)Patrick Moncreiff -died Replaced by Sir Robert Anstruther 1710? ?Flint Boroughs (seat 1/1)Sir John Conway ToryFlintshire (seat 1/1)Sir Roger Mostyn ToryForfarshire (seat 1/1)John Carnegie ToryFowey (seat 1/2)George Granville ToryFowey (seat 2/2)Henry Vincent Ind. G Gatton (seat 1/2)Sir George Newland ToryGatton (seat 2/2)Paul Docminique ToryGlamorganshire (seat 1/1)Sir Thomas Mansel ToryGlasgow Burghs (seat 1/1)Robert Rodger WhigGloucester (seat 1/2)William Cooke - diedReplaced by Francis Wyndham 1709 WhigWhigGloucester (seat 2/2)Thomas Webb ToryGloucestershire (seat 1/2)Matthew Ducie MoretonWhigGloucestershire (seat 2/2)Sir John Guise Ind.Grampound (seat 1/2)James Craggs WhigGrampound (seat 2/2)Thomas Scawen WhigGrantham (seat 1/2)Marquess of Granby WhigGrantham (seat 2/2)Sir William EllysWhigGreat Bedwyn (seat 1/2)Lord Bruce ToryGreat Bedwyn (seat 2/2)Sir Samuel Sambrooke ToryGreat Grimsby (seat 1/2)Arthur Moore ToryGreat Grimsby (seat 2/2)William Cotesworth WhigGreat Marlow (seat 1/2)Sir James Etheridge ToryGreat Marlow (seat 2/2)James Chase WhigGreat Yarmouth (seat 1/2)Richard Ferrier ToryGreat Yarmouth (seat 2/2)Hon. Roger Townshend diedReplaced by Nathaniel Symonds WhigWhigGuildford (seat 1/2)Denzil Onslow WhigGuildford (seat 2/2)Morgan Randyll Tory H Haddington Burghs (seat 1/1)Hon. Sir David DalrympleWhigHaddingtonshire (seat 1/1)John CockburnWhigHampshire (seat 1/2)Marquess of WinchesterWhigHampshire (seat 2/2)Viscount Woodstock - succeeded to peerageReplaced by Thomas Jervoise 1709WhigWhigHarwich (seat 1/2)Sir John Leake - sat for RochesterReplaced by Kenrick Edisbury 1708 ?