Bristol was a two-member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707–1800), and the United Kingdom (from 1801). The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885.
The historic port city of Bristol is located in what is now the South West Region of England. It straddles the border between the historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the later part of the 19th and the 20th centuries.
The parliamentary borough of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the 13th century, as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom. Namier and Brooke comment that in 1754 the city was the second largest in the Kingdom and had the third largest electorate for an urban seat.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
The use of Roman numerals in the list below denotes different politicians of the same name, not that the individuals concerned would have used the Roman numerals as part of their name.
Non Partisan denotes that the politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party (not necessarily that he was not). Whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century, the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics.
1 By 4 February 1536 David Broke had been elected vice Thomas Jubbes deceased. He was probably re-elected in the 1536 general election and certainly was at the 1539 and 1542 elections..
2 A Peer of Ireland. He was created a Peer of England, as 1st Baron Butler, in 1666.
3 Died 16 October 1677.
4 Died 11 October 1685.
5 Died 30 September 1739.
6 Died 20 October 1742.
7 Died 24 January 1756.
8 Created a Peer of Ireland, as 1st Viscount Clare, in 1767.
9 Died 30 December 1780.
10 A Peer of Ireland, as 1st Baron Sheffield, created in 1781.
11 Adopted a new surname of Bathurst, in 1804.
12 Resigned.
13 Died 10 March 1870.
14 Election declared void on petition.
Elections
During the existence of this constituency, Bristol was a city with the status of being a county of itself. That meant that the city was not subject to the administration of the officials of the geographic counties in which it was situated. In electoral terms it meant that the voters for the parliamentary borough included those qualified on the same 40 shilling freeholder franchise as that for a county constituency. Other electors qualified as freemen of the borough. These were the ancient right franchises, applicable to Bristol, preserved by the Reform Act 1832, which also introduced a broader occupation franchise for all borough constituencies.
Bristol was a fairly partisan constituency in the eighteenth century with two rival clubs - the Union Club for the Whigs and the Steadfast Society for the Tories.[12]
The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings (until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).
Namier and Brooke, in The House of Commons 1754-1790, estimated the electorate of Bristol to number about 5,000.[13] When registration of electors was introduced in 1832 the city had 10,315 names on the electoral register.
Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.
Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790, Stooks Smith 1790-1832 and from Craig thereafter. Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
Note (1715): Although the Whig candidates received fewer votes than the Tory ones, the Returning Officer declared them elected and the House of Commons did not hear the petitions against the return; so Daines and Earle continued to sit throughout the Parliament.
Note (1774): 5,384 voted. Lord Clare resigned on the second day when Mr. Burke was first proposed. Mr. Burke was at the time in Malton, for which place he had been returned when the deputation arrived to invite him to Bristol, where he arrived on the sixth day's poll. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Note (1780): Lippincott 3,518; Burke 0. Mr. Rich. Combe, late member of Aldeburgh, was a Candidate, but died the day before the commencement of the poll. (Source: Stooks Smith)
Note (1852): From this election the number of electors who voted is unknown, so the number of votes cast is divided by two, and the resultant figure is used to calculate an estimated minimum turnout. To the extent that electors did not cast both their possible votes the turnout figure will be an underestimate.
McCalmont reports that Miles was unseated on petition, but that no new writ was issued before the 1868 general election. Craig also reports the election was voided.[14]
^Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004, Vol. "C", p.970, Canynges. Thomas Young was half-brother to William II Canynges
^Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004, Vol. "C", p.970, Canynges
^Robinson, W.J. (1915). West Country Churches. Bristol: Bristol Times and Mirror Ltd. p. 67.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuStooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 31–34. Retrieved 29 October 2018 – via Google Books.
^Terry Jenkins (2009). "BRIGHT, Henry (1784–1869), of 2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, Mdx.". In Fisher, David (ed.). The House of Commons 1820-1832. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^"Election Address". Discovering Bristol. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
^Terry Jenkins (2009). "Bristol". In Fisher, David (ed.). The House of Commons 1820-1832. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^Bush, Graham William Arthur (1976). "The Structure and Politics of the Council". Bristol and its Municipal Government 1820-1851. Bristol Record Society's Publications. Bristol Record Society. p. 147. ISSN 0305-8727. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^ abSteele, E. D. (1991). "At home". Palmerston and Liberalism, 1855-1865. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 72. ISBN0-521-40045-7. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^"Bristol". Worcester Journal. 5 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^John Brooke (1964). "Bristol". In Namier, Sir Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The House of Commons 1754-1790. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book: British Election Results 1832-1918 (8th edition, The Harvester Press 1971)
A. D.K. Hawkyard (1982). "Bristol". In Bindoff, S. T. (ed.). The House of Commons 1509-1558. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
P. W. Hasler (1981). "Bristol". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The House of Commons 1558-1603. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
Romney R. Sedgwick (1970). "Bristol". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) out of copyright
Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
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Bristol was a two member constituency used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England to 1707 Great Britain 1707 1800 and the United Kingdom from 1801 The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885 BristolFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons1295 1885SeatstwoReplaced byBristol EastBristol NorthBristol SouthBristol West Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1710s 3 2 Elections in the 1720s 3 3 Elections in the 1730s 3 4 Elections in the 1740s 3 5 Elections in the 1750s 3 6 Elections in the 1760s 3 7 Elections in the 1770s 3 8 Elections in the 1780s 3 9 Elections in the 1790s 3 10 Elections in the 1800s 3 11 Elections in the 1810s 3 12 Elections in the 1820s 3 13 Elections in the 1830s 3 14 Elections in the 1840s 3 15 Elections in the 1850s 3 16 Elections in the 1860s 3 17 Elections in the 1870s 3 18 Elections in the 1880s 4 See also 5 References 6 BibliographyBoundaries EditThe historic port city of Bristol is located in what is now the South West Region of England It straddles the border between the historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the later part of the 19th and the 20th centuries The parliamentary borough of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the 13th century as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom Namier and Brooke comment that in 1754 the city was the second largest in the Kingdom and had the third largest electorate for an urban seat From the 1885 United Kingdom general election the city was divided into four single member seats These were Bristol East Bristol North Bristol South and Bristol West Members of Parliament EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 The use of Roman numerals in the list below denotes different politicians of the same name not that the individuals concerned would have used the Roman numerals as part of their name Non Partisan denotes that the politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party not necessarily that he was not Whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party1295 John le Taverner 1 1298 John le Taverner John de Cheddre 1 1301 John de Malmesbury 1 1305 Thomas Welishote John Hasard 1 1306 John le Taverner Robert de Holhurst 1 1307 Jan Geoffrey Comper Nicholas Coker 1 1309 Stephen de Bello Monte Robert Martyn 1 1311 Aug Richard Colpeck John Fraunceys 1 1311 Nov John Haszard John le Lun 1 1313 Mar John de Wellescoten John Methelan 1 1313 Sep John Fraunceys John Tropyn 1 1315 Robert Wyldemersh Thomas le Spicer 1 1316 Jan Nicholas de Roubergwe John Veys 1 1318 Gilbert Pickering Richard de Woodhall 1 1319 Thomas de Salop Robert de Lyncoln 1 1320 John le Hunte John Welishote 1 1321 John de Romeneye William de Hanyngfeld 1 1322 May William de Clyf John Fraunceys jnr son of 1311 1 1322 Nov John le Taverner John Fraunceys jnr 1 1324 Jan John de Axebridge John Fraunceys jnr 1 1325 John de Axebridge John Fraunceys jnr 1 1327 John de Axebridge John de Romeneye 1 1328 Feb Richard de Panes Hugh le Hunte 1 1328 Apr William de Trowbridge Hugh de Langebridge 1 1330 Mar John Fraunceys Hugh le Hunte 1 1330 Nov Hugh le Hunte Richard de Panes 1 1332 Mar John de Romeneye John de Axebridge 1 1332 Sep Hugh de Langebridge John de Axebridge 1 1332 Dec Richard de Chelreye John Fraunceys snr 1 1334 Feb John Otery John de Strete 1 1334 Sep Robert Gyene or Gwyen 1 1335 Hugh de Langebridge John de Strete 1 1336 Mar Robert de Gyn or de Gyeyn John Franceys 1 1336 Sep John Fraunceys jnr Thomas Tropin 1 1336 Dec Hugh de Langebridge John le SpycerWilliam le Haukare 1 1337 Jan Robert de Gyene John de Strete 1 1338 Jan Everard le Fraunceys Philip de Torynton 1 1338 Jul Everard le Fraunceys Philip de Torynton 1 1339 Jan Everard le Fraunceys John de Strete 1 1340 Jan Thomas Tropyn John le Spicer 1 1341 Robert Guyene Philip de Toryton 1 1344 Roger Turtle John de Horncastle 1 1346 Sep John de Wycoumbe John Neel 1 1348 Jan Everard Fraunceys or le Freynshe John de Strete 1 1348 Mar Everard le Fraunceys Thomas de Lodelawe 1 1351 John de Colyngton or Cobbington John Seymour 1 1353 Thomas Babbecary William Coumbe 1 1354 Richard le Spicer Reginald le French 1 1358 Reginald French Richard Brompton 1 1360 Thomas Babbecari Galfridus Beauflour Geoffrey Beauflower 1 1361 Reginald le French William Yonge 1 1362 Walter Frompton Edmund Blanket 1 1363 John Serjaunt John Stoke 1 1365 William Haye William Cannings 1 1366 William Somerwell Thomas Denbaud 1 1368 Richard Chaimburleyn Richard Sydenham 1 1369 Robert Cheddre Edmund Blanket 1 1371 Jun John Bathe 1 1372 Walter Derby John Stoke 1 1373 Walter Derby Thomas Beaupyne or Beaupenny 1 1377 Jan Ehas Spelly Thomas Beaupyne or Beaupenny 1 1378 Thomas Beaupyne Walter de Frompton 1 1381 Elias Spelly John Stokes 1 1382 May Thomas Beaupyne John Viell 1 1382 Oct Walter Derby John Fullbroke 1 1383 Feb William I Canynges d 1396 John Candavere 1 1383 Oct John Canynges d 1405 William Frome 1 1384 Apr William I Canynges d 1396 William Somerwell 1 1384 Nov Elias Spelly Walter Tedistill Tyddeley 1 1385 Elias Spelly Thomas Knapp 1 1386 Elias Spelly William I Canynges d 1396 1 1388 Feb Thomas Beaupyne Thomas Knapp 1 1388 Sep Robert Gardiner John Fulbrook 1 1390 Jan John Viell William Frome 1 1391 William Frome John Stephens 1 1393 Thomas Beaupyne John Stephens 1 1397 Jan William Frome John Banbury 1 1399 Thomas Norton Richard Pavys or Pannys 1 1402 Thomas Norton John Droyes 1 1406 Henry Bokerell Gilbert Joce 1 1407 Oct John Droys merchant John Newton merchant 1 1411 Oct Thomas Norton David Dudbroke 1 1413 Apr Thomas Norton John Leycester 1 1414 Jan Thomas Young John Spyne 1 1414 Oct Thomas Blount merchant John Clyve merchant 1 1416 Feb Robert Russell Robert Colville 1 1417 Oct Thomas Norton John Burton 1 1419 Sep Robert Russell Mark William 1 1420 Nov Thomas Norton John Spyne 1 1421 Mar Thomas Norton Henry Gildeney 1 1421 Nov Mark William Richard Trenode 1 1422 Oct John Burton Roger Lyveden or Lavindon 1 1423 Oct John Burton Roger Leveden or Lavindon 1 1425 Mar Richard Trenode Walter Power or Powell 1 1426 Feb Henry Gildeney John Langley 1 1427 Sep John Burton Henry Gildeney 1 1429 Sep Richard Trenode John Sharp 1 1430 Dec Thomas Fish Walter Power or Powell 1 1432 Apr John Burton John Sharp 1 1433 Jun Robert Russell Walter Power 1 1435 Sep Thomas Fisshe Thomas Young d 1476 1 2 1436 Dec Thomas Young d 1476 Thomas Norton jnr 1 1439 William II Canynges d 1474 3 1442 Jan Thomas Young d 1476 John Sharp 1 1447 Jan Thomas Young d 1476 John Sharp jnr son of John Sharp 1429 1 1449 Jan Thomas Young d 1476 John Sharp jnr 1 1449 Nov Thomas Young d 1476 John Sharp jnr 1 1450 Oct Thomas Young d 1476 William II Canynges d 1474 1 1453 Feb John Shipward William Pa vy 1 1455 Jul Thomas Young d 1476 William II Canynges d 1474 1 1459 Nov John Shipward Philip Mede 1 1460 Sep John Shipward Philip Mede 1 1462 Thomas Meede 4 1467 Apr William Spencer John Bagot 1 1472 Aug John Twynyho John Bagot 1 1478 Jan John Hawkes Edmund Westcote 1 1483 Jan Edmund Westcote William Wykam 1 1484 Jan John Twynyho Robert Strange 1 1485 Oct John Esterfield Robert Strange MP for Bristol 1 1487 Oct John Esterfield Henry Vaughan 1 1490 Jan William Toker John Fisher 1 1491 Oct John Syram or Seymour John Pynke 1 1495 Oct Henry Vaughan Philip Kingston 1 1505 Henry Dale Thomas Snigg 1 1510 Jan Richard Vaughan Henry Dale 1 1512 Jan Thomas Smith Richard Hobby 1 1523 Apr Robert Thorn Richard Hobby 1 1529 Thomas Jubbes Richard Abingdon1536 Nicholas Thorn Roger Coke1539 Thomas White David Broke11541 David Broke Robert Elyot1545 Robert Keilway John Drewes1553 John Walshe David Harris1554 Thomas Lansden1555 William Chester1558 William Tyndall Robert Butler1559 John Walshe William Carr1563 John Walshe made judge repl by Thomas Chester William Carr1571 John Popham Philip Langley1584 Thomas Hanham Richard Cole1586 Thomas Aldworth1588 William Saltern1593 Richard Cole1597 George Snigge made Baron of the Court of Exchequer and replaced 1605 by John Whitson William Ellys1601 John Hopkins Non Partisan1604 Thomas James Non Partisan1614 John Whitson Non Partisan Thomas James Non Partisan1621 John Barker Non Partisan John Guy Non Partisan1624 John Barker Non Partisan John Guy Non Partisan1625 Nicholas Hyde Non Partisan John Whitson Non Partisan1626 John Whitson Non Partisan John Doughty Non Partisan1628 John Doughty Non Partisan John Barker Non Partisan1640 Mar John Glanville Non Partisan Humphrey Hooke Non Partisan1640 Oct Humphrey Hooke Non Partisan Richard Longe Non Partisan1642 John Glanville Non Partisan John Tailer Non Partisan1646 Richard Aldworth Non Partisan Luke Hodges Non Partisan1654 Richard Aldworth Non Partisan Miles Jackson Non Partisan1656 Robert Aldworth Non Partisan John DodderidgeMiles Jackson Non Partisan1659 Robert Aldworth Non Partisan Joseph Jackson Non Partisan1660 John Stephens Non Partisan Sir John Knight Non Partisan1661 The Earl of Ossory 2 Non Partisan1666 Sir Humphrey Hooke 3 Non Partisan1678 Sir Robert Cann Non Partisan1681 Thomas Earle Non Partisan1681 Sir Richard Hart Non Partisan1685 Sir John Churchill 4 Non Partisan Sir Richard Crumpe Non Partisan1685 Sir Richard Hart Non Partisan1689 Sir John Knight II Non Partisan1695 Sir Thomas Day Non Partisan Robert Yate Non Partisan1701 Sir William Daines Non Partisan1710 Edward Colston Tory Joseph Earle Non Partisan1713 Thomas Edwards Non Partisan1715 Sir William Daines Non Partisan1722 Sir Abraham Elton Bt I Non Partisan1727 John Scrope Non Partisan Sir Abraham Elton Bt II 6 Non Partisan1734 Thomas Coster 5 Non Partisan1739 Edward Southwell Non Partisan1742 Robert Hoblyn Non Partisan1754 Robert Craggs Nugent later The Viscount Clare 8 Whig Richard Beckford 7 Tory1756 Jarrit Smith Tory1768 Matthew Brickdale Tory1774 Henry Cruger Whig Edmund Burke Whig1780 Matthew Brickdale Tory 5 Sir Henry Lippincott Bt 9 Tory 5 1781 George Daubeny Tory 5 1784 Henry Cruger Whig 5 1790 Marquess of Worcester Tory The Lord Sheffield 10 Whig 5 1796 Charles Bragge later Charles Bragge Bathurst 11 Tory 5 1802 Evan Baillie Whig 5 1812 Richard Hart Davis Tory 5 1812 Edward Protheroe I Whig 5 1820 Henry Bright Whig 5 6 1830 James Evan Baillie Whig 5 7 1831 Edward Protheroe II Whig 5 8 1832 Sir Richard Vyvyan Bt Tory 5 1834 Conservative 5 1835 Philip John Miles Conservative 5 1837 Philip William Skinner Miles Conservative 5 Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 13 Radical 9 10 11 1852 Henry Gore Langton Whig 10 1859 Liberal Liberal1865 Sir Morton Peto 12 Liberal1868 John Miles Conservative1868 Samuel Morley Liberal1870 Elisha Smith Robinson 14 Liberal1870 Kirkman Hodgson 12 Liberal1878 Lewis Fry Liberal1885 constituency divided See Bristol East Bristol North Bristol South and Bristol West Notes 1 By 4 February 1536 David Broke had been elected vice Thomas Jubbes deceased He was probably re elected in the 1536 general election and certainly was at the 1539 and 1542 elections 2 A Peer of Ireland He was created a Peer of England as 1st Baron Butler in 1666 3 Died 16 October 1677 4 Died 11 October 1685 5 Died 30 September 1739 6 Died 20 October 1742 7 Died 24 January 1756 8 Created a Peer of Ireland as 1st Viscount Clare in 1767 9 Died 30 December 1780 10 A Peer of Ireland as 1st Baron Sheffield created in 1781 11 Adopted a new surname of Bathurst in 1804 12 Resigned 13 Died 10 March 1870 14 Election declared void on petition Elections EditDuring the existence of this constituency Bristol was a city with the status of being a county of itself That meant that the city was not subject to the administration of the officials of the geographic counties in which it was situated In electoral terms it meant that the voters for the parliamentary borough included those qualified on the same 40 shilling freeholder franchise as that for a county constituency Other electors qualified as freemen of the borough These were the ancient right franchises applicable to Bristol preserved by the Reform Act 1832 which also introduced a broader occupation franchise for all borough constituencies Bristol was a fairly partisan constituency in the eighteenth century with two rival clubs the Union Club for the Whigs and the Steadfast Society for the Tories 12 The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by elections Each voter had up to as many votes as there were seats to be filled Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration in public at the hustings until the secret ballot was introduced in 1872 Namier and Brooke in The House of Commons 1754 1790 estimated the electorate of Bristol to number about 5 000 13 When registration of electors was introduced in 1832 the city had 10 315 names on the electoral register Note on percentage change calculations Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections for the same number of seats change is calculated on the party percentage vote Where there was more than one candidate in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote Note on sources The information for the election results given below is taken from Sedgwick 1715 1754 Namier and Brooke 1754 1790 Stooks Smith 1790 1832 and from Craig thereafter Where Stooks Smith gives additional information or differs from the other sources this is indicated in a note after the result This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880sElections in the 1710s Edit General election 9 February 1715 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig William Daines 1 936 24 87 N AWhig Joseph Earle 1 879 24 14 N ATory Philip Freke 1 991 25 58 N ATory Thomas Edwards 1 978 25 41 N ANote 1715 Although the Whig candidates received fewer votes than the Tory ones the Returning Officer declared them elected and the House of Commons did not hear the petitions against the return so Daines and Earle continued to sit throughout the Parliament Elections in the 1720s Edit General election 28 March 1722 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Joseph Earle 2 141 37 22 13 08Whig Abraham Elton 1 869 32 49 N ATory William Hart 1 743 30 30 N AGeneral election 8 September 1727 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig John Scrope Unopposed N A N AWhig Abraham Elton Unopposed N A N ANote 1727 William Hart Tory was a candidate but he did not go to a poll after Mr Elton paid him 1 000 to cover his election expenses Elton became the 2nd Baronet upon the death of his father the MP of the same name elected in 1722 in 1728 Elections in the 1730s Edit General election 24 May 1734 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Abraham Elton 2 428 38 15 N ATory Thomas Coster 2 071 32 54 N AWhig John Scrope 1 866 29 32 N ADeath of CosterBy Election 12 December 1739 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Whig Edward Southwell 2 651 54 61 N ANon Partisan Henry Combe 2 203 45 39 N AMajority 448 9 23 N AWhig gain from Tory Swing N ANote 1759 Southwell was an Opposition WhigElections in the 1740s Edit General election 13 May 1741 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Abraham Elton Unopposed N A N AWhig Edward Southwell Unopposed N A N ADeath of EltonBy Election 24 November 1742 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Tory Robert Hoblyn Unopposed N A N ATory gain from Whig Swing N AGeneral election 1 July 1747 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Edward Southwell Unopposed N A N ATory Robert Hoblyn Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1750s Edit General election 1 May 1754 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Nugent 2 592 37 04 N ATory Richard Beckford 2 245 32 09 N ATory John Philipps 2 160 30 87 N ANote 1754 Nugent 2 601 Philips 2 165 Source Stooks Smith Death of BeckfordBy Election 18 March 1756 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Tory Jarrit Smith 2 418 50 75 N AWhig John Spencer 2 347 49 25 N AMajority 71 1 49 N ATory hold Swing N ASeat vacated by appointment of Craggs Nugent as a Vice Treasurer of IrelandBy Election 26 December 1759 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Nugent Unopposed N A N AWhig hold Swing N AElections in the 1760s Edit General election 27 March 1761 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Nugent Unopposed N A N ATory Jarrit Smith Unopposed N A N ASeat vacated by appointment of Craggs Nugent as First Commissioner of the Board of Trade and PlantationsBy Election 16 December 1766 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Nugent Unopposed N A N AWhig hold Swing N ACreation of Craggs Nugent as the 1st Viscount Clare in the Peerage of Ireland in 1767General election 16 March 1768 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Nugent Unopposed N A N ATory Matthew Brickdale Unopposed N A N ASeat vacated by appointment of Viscount Clare as a Vice Treasurer of IrelandBy Election 27 June 1768 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Whig Robert Nugent Unopposed N A N AWhig hold Swing N AElections in the 1770s Edit General election 3 November 1774 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Cruger 3 565 39 56 N AWhig Edmund Burke 2 707 30 04 N ATory Matthew Brickdale 2 456 27 26 N AWhig Robert Nugent 283 3 14 N ANote 1774 5 384 voted Lord Clare resigned on the second day when Mr Burke was first proposed Mr Burke was at the time in Malton for which place he had been returned when the deputation arrived to invite him to Bristol where he arrived on the sixth day s poll Source Stooks Smith Elections in the 1780s Edit General election 20 September 1780 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Matthew Brickdale 2 771 37 62 10 36Tory Henry Lippincott 2 518 34 18 N AWhig Henry Cruger 1 271 17 25 22 31Whig Samuel Peach 788 10 70 N AWhig Edmund Burke 18 0 24 29 80Note 1780 Lippincott 3 518 Burke 0 Mr Rich Combe late member of Aldeburgh was a Candidate but died the day before the commencement of the poll Source Stooks Smith Death of LippincottBy Election 26 February 1781 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Tory George Daubeny 3 143 53 15 N AWhig Henry Cruger 2 771 46 85 N AMajority 372 6 29 N ATory hold Swing N AGeneral election 10 May 1784 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Matthew Brickdale 3 458 35 05 2 57Whig Henry Cruger 3 052 30 93 13 68Tory George Daubeny 2 984 30 24 N AWhig Samuel Peach 373 3 73 6 97Note 1784 6 094 voted Source Stooks Smith Elections in the 1790s Edit General election 1790 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Henry Somerset 544 49 54 N AWhig John Baker Holroyd 537 48 91 N ANon Partisan Lewis 12 1 09 N ANon Partisan William Cunningham 5 0 46 N AGeneral election 1796 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Bragge 364 44 83 4 71Whig John Baker Holroyd 340 41 87 7 04Whig Benjamin Hobhouse 108 13 30 N ANote 1796 Poll 1 day Source Stooks Smith Elections in the 1800s Edit Members of the last Parliament of Great Britain continued in office for the first Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801Co option 1801 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Bragge Co opted N A N AWhig John Baker Holroyd Co opted N A N ASeat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Treasurer of the NavyBy Election November 1801 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Bragge Unopposed N A N ATory hold Swing N AGeneral election 1802 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Bragge Unopposed N A N AWhig Evan Baillie Unopposed N A N ANote 1802 Sir Frederick Eden was a candidate but retired before the election Source Stooks Smith Seat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Secretary at WarBy Election August 1803 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Bragge Unopposed N A N ATory hold Swing N ABragge changed his surname to Bathurst in 1804General election 1806 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Bathurst Unopposed N A N AWhig Evan Baillie Unopposed N A N AGeneral election 1807 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Bathurst Unopposed N A N AWhig Evan Baillie Unopposed N A N AElections in the 1810s Edit Seat vacated on the appointment of Bathurst as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 June 1812By Election July 1812 Bristol Party Candidate Votes Tory Richard Hart Davis 1 907 89 03 N ARadical Henry Hunt 235 10 97 N ARadical William Cobbett 0 0 00 N AMajority 1 672 78 06 N ATory hold Swing N ANote 1812 by election Poll 13 days 2 142 electors voted Source Stooks Smith General election 1812 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Richard Hart Davis 2 910 39 24 N AWhig Edward Protheroe 2 435 32 84 N AWhig Samuel Romilly 1 615 21 78 N ARadical Henry Hunt 455 6 14 N ANote 1812 Poll 10 days 4 389 electors cast 7 415 votes Source Stooks Smith General election 1818 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Richard Hart Davis 3 377 46 13 6 89Whig Edward Protheroe 2 259 30 86 1 98Whig Hugh Duncan Baillie 1 684 23 01 23 01Note 1818 Poll 5 days 4 121 electors cast 7 320 votes Source Stooks Smith Elections in the 1820s Edit General election 1820 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Whig Henry Bright 2 975 50 45 50 45Tory Richard Hart Davis 2 795 47 40 1 27Whig Hugh Duncan Baillie 127 2 15 20 86General election 1826 Bristol 2 seats Party Candidate Votes Tory Richard Hart Davis 3 887 48 14 0 74Whig Henry Bright 2 314 28 66 21 79Whig Edward Protheroe 1 874 23 21 23 21Elections in the 1830s Edit General election 1830 Bristol 2 seats 5 Party Candidate Votes Tory Richard Hart Davis 5 012 44 6Whig James Evan Baillie 3 378 30 1Whig Edward Davis Protheroe 2 842 25 3Radical James Acland 8 0 0 N ATurnout 6 311 N AMajority 1 634 14 5Tory hold SwingMajority 3 370 30 1 N AWhig hold SwingNote 1830 Poll 4 days Source Stooks Smith General election 1831 Bristol 2 seats 5 Party Candidate Votes Whig James Evan Baillie UnopposedWhig Edward Davis Protheroe UnopposedWhig holdWhig gain from ToryGeneral election 14 December 1832 Bristol 2 seats 5 14 Party Candidate Votes Tory Richard Vyvyan 3 697 29 3 NewWhig James Evan Baillie 3 159 25 0 N AWhig Edward Davis Protheroe 3 030 24 0 N AWhig John Williams 2 741 21 7 N AMajority 538 4 3 N ATurnout 6 631 64 3 N ARegistered electors 10 315Tory gain from Whig Swing N AWhig hold Swing N AGeneral election 9 January 1835 Bristol 2 seats 5 14 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Philip John Miles 3 709 32 7 18 1Conservative Richard Vyvyan 3 313 29 2 14 6Whig James Evan Baillie 2 518 22 2 48 5Radical John Hobhouse 15 1 808 15 9 N AMajority 795 7 0 2 7Turnout 5 879 58 2 6 1Registered electors 10 100Conservative hold Swing 21 2Conservative gain from Whig Swing 19 4General election 22 July 1837 Bristol 2 seats 5 14 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Philip William Skinner Miles 3 839 37 6 4 9Radical Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 3 212 31 5 15 6Conservative William Fripp 3 156 30 9 1 7Turnout 6 375 63 8 5 6Registered electors 9 992Majority 627 6 1 0 9Conservative hold Swing 1 5Majority 56 0 6 N ARadical gain from Conservative Swing 4 5Elections in the 1840s Edit General election 28 June 1841 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Philip William Skinner Miles 4 193 36 1 1 5Radical Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 3 739 32 2 0 7Conservative William Fripp 3 684 31 7 0 8Turnout 5 808 est 52 1 est 11 7Registered electors 11 150Majority 454 3 9 2 2Conservative hold Swing 0 9Majority 55 0 5 0 1Radical hold Swing 0 7General election 1847 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Radical Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 4 381 45 5 29 4Conservative Philip William Skinner Miles 2 595 27 0 9 1Conservative William Fripp 2 476 25 7 6 0Radical Apsley Pellatt 171 1 8 14 3Turnout 6 913 62 7 10 6Registered electors 11 032Majority 1 786 18 5 18 0Radical hold Swing 18 5Majority 2 424 25 0 21 1Conservative hold Swing 8 3Elections in the 1850s Edit General election 10 July 1852 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Radical Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 4 681 36 4 10 9Whig Henry Gore Langton 4 531 35 3 N AConservative Foster Alleyne McGeachy 3 632 28 3 24 4Turnout 6 422 est 51 2 est 11 5Registered electors 12 548Majority 150 1 1 17 4Radical hold Swing 6 8Majority 899 7 0 N AWhig gain from Conservative Swing N ANote 1852 From this election the number of electors who voted is unknown so the number of votes cast is divided by two and the resultant figure is used to calculate an estimated minimum turnout To the extent that electors did not cast both their possible votes the turnout figure will be an underestimate General election 27 March 1857 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Radical Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley UnopposedWhig Henry Gore Langton UnopposedRegistered electors 12 612Radical holdWhig holdGeneral election 30 April 1859 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 4 432 34 3 N ALiberal Henry Gore Langton 4 285 33 2 N AConservative Frederick William Slade 16 4 205 32 5 NewMajority 80 0 7 N ATurnout 6 461 est 50 0 est N ARegistered electors 12 929Liberal hold Swing N ALiberal hold Swing N AElections in the 1860s Edit General election 15 July 1865 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 5 296 35 8 1 5Liberal Morton Peto 5 228 35 3 2 1Conservative Thomas Fremantle 4 269 28 9 3 6Majority 959 6 5 5 8Turnout 9 531 est 84 3 est 34 3Registered electors 11 303Liberal hold Swing 1 7Liberal hold Swing 2 0Resignation of PetoBy Election 30 April 1868 Bristol 14 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Miles 5 173 51 0 22 1Liberal Samuel Morley 4 977 49 0 22 1Majority 196 2 0 N ATurnout 10 150 89 8 5 5Registered electors 11 303Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 22 1McCalmont reports that Miles was unseated on petition but that no new writ was issued before the 1868 general election Craig also reports the election was voided 14 General election 16 November 1868 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley 8 759 36 2 0 4Liberal Samuel Morley 8 714 36 1 0 8Conservative John Miles 6 694 27 7 1 2Majority 2 020 8 4 1 9Turnout 15 431 est 72 9 est 11 4Registered electors 21 153Liberal hold Swing 0 5Liberal hold Swing 0 7Elections in the 1870s Edit Death of BerkeleyBy Election 29 March 1870 Bristol 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Elisha Smith Robinson 7 882 52 7 19 6Conservative Sholto Vere Hare 17 7 062 47 3 19 6Majority 820 5 5 2 9Turnout 14 944 70 6 2 3Registered electors 21 153Liberal hold Swing 19 6Election of Robinson declared void on petitionBy Election 27 June 1870 Bristol 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Kirkman Hodgson 7 816 51 9 20 4Conservative Sholto Vere Hare 17 7 238 48 1 20 4Majority 578 3 8 4 6Turnout 15 054 71 2 1 7Registered electors 21 153Liberal hold Swing 20 4Swing from Liberal to ConservativeGeneral election 5 February 1874 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Kirkman Hodgson 8 888 26 3 9 9Liberal Samuel Morley 8 732 25 8 10 3Conservative Sholto Vere Hare 17 8 552 25 3 11 4Conservative George Henry Chambers 18 7 626 22 6 8 7Majority 180 0 5 7 9Turnout 16 899 est 73 9 est 1 0Registered electors 22 867Liberal hold Swing 9 4Liberal hold Swing 9 5Resignation of HodgsonBy Election 16 December 1878 Bristol 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Lewis Fry 9 342 54 5 2 4Conservative Ivor Guest 7 795 45 5 2 4Majority 1 547 9 0 8 5Turnout 17 137 69 0 4 9Registered electors 24 851Liberal hold Swing 2 4Elections in the 1880s Edit General election April 1880 Bristol 2 seats 14 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Samuel Morley 10 704 31 2 5 4Liberal Lewis Fry 10 070 29 4 3 1Conservative Ivor Guest 9 395 27 4 2 1Liberal Elisha Smith Robinson 4 100 12 0 N AMajority 675 2 0 N ATurnout 17 135 est 73 8 est 0 1Registered electors 23 229Liberal hold Swing 2 2Liberal hold Swing 1 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