The constituency was enfranchised in 1545, as the second borough constituency in the historic county of Pembrokeshire. In the previous election of 1542, the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the Parliament of England, this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for Pembroke.
During the eighteenth century, Haverfordwest was considered to be little more than a pocket borough for the Philipps family of Picton Castle.[1]
The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election, after a separate potential candidate, Mr Davis, had been refused his nomination by the local sheriff without a deposit for security of costs.[16] However, in the resulting by-election, Davis did not stand and Edwardes was re-elected.
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March 10, 2023
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Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency It returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom elected by the first past the post system HaverfordwestFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons1545 1885SeatsoneReplaced byPembroke and Haverfordwest Contents 1 History 2 Members of Parliament 2 1 1543 1660 2 2 1660 1885 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1830s 3 2 Elections in the 1840s 3 3 Elections in the 1850s 3 4 Elections in the 1860s 3 5 Elections in the 1870s 3 6 Elections in the 1880s 4 References 5 SourcesHistory EditThe constituency was enfranchised in 1545 as the second borough constituency in the historic county of Pembrokeshire In the previous election of 1542 the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the Parliament of England this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for Pembroke During the eighteenth century Haverfordwest was considered to be little more than a pocket borough for the Philipps family of Picton Castle 1 From 1832 to 1885 it was a district of boroughs constituency consisting of the three boroughs of Haverfordwest Fishguard and Narberth 2 The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election and merged into the newly created constituency of Pembroke and Haverfordwest Members of Parliament Edit1543 1660 Edit Parliament Member1547 Richard Howell 3 1553 Mar Richard Howell 3 1553 Oct Richard Taylor 3 1554 Apr Richard Howell 3 1554 Nov Richard Howell 3 1555 John Bolton or Button 3 1558 Thomas ab Owen 3 1559 Hugh Harris 4 1562 3 Rice Morgan 4 1571 John Garnons Alban Stepneth cheated of seat by Sheriff 4 1572 Alban Stepneth 4 1584 Alban Stepneth 4 1586 Alban Stepneth 4 1588 Sir John Perrot 4 1593 Sir Nicholas Clifford 4 1597 Sir James Perrot 4 1601 John Canon 4 1604 1611 Sir James Perrot1614 Sir James Perrot1621 22 Sir James Perrot1624 Lewis Powell1625 Sir Thomas Canon1626 Sir James Perrot1628 Sir James Perrot1629 1640 No Parliaments summoned1640 Apr Hugh Owen1640 Nov Sir John Stepney 3rd Baronet disabled 16431645 Sir Robert Needham secluded 16481653 Not represented in Barebones Parliament1654 Not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament1656 John Upton1659 John Upton1660 William Philipps1660 1885 Edit Election Member Party1660 Apr William Philipps election declared void June 1660 5 1660 Aug William Philipps re elected 5 1661 Isaac Lloyd election declared void May 1663 5 1663 c Jun Sir William Morton made judge 5 1666 Sir Frederick Hyde died 5 1667 Sir Herbert Perrott 5 1679 William Wogan 5 1679 Thomas Owen 5 1681 Thomas Howard 5 1685 William Wogan 5 6 1701 Jan William Wheeler 6 1702 John Laugharne died 6 7 1715 John Barlow died 6 7 1718 Sir John Philipps 4th Baronet 7 1722 Francis Edwardes died 7 1726 Sir Erasmus Philipps died 7 1743 George Barlow 7 1747 William Edwardes Baron Kensington from 1776 7 1780 Whig 8 1784 The Lord Milford1786 The Lord Kensington Whig 8 1801 Seat vacant1802 The Lord Kensington Whig 8 1818 William Henry Scourfield Tory 8 1826 Richard Philipps Whig 8 9 1835 William Henry Scourfield Conservative 8 1837 Sir Richard Philipps Bt Whig 8 9 1847 John Evans Whig 10 1852 John Scourfield Conservative 11 1868 Hon William Edwardes Baron Kensington from 1872 Liberal 11 Seat abolishedElection results EditElections in the 1830s Edit General election 1830 Haverfordwest 8 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Philipps UnopposedRegistered electors c 500Whig holdGeneral election 1831 Haverfordwest 8 12 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Philipps UnopposedRegistered electors c 500Whig holdGeneral election 1832 Haverfordwest 8 11 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Philipps UnopposedRegistered electors 723Whig holdGeneral election 1835 Haverfordwest 8 11 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Henry Scourfield 241 65 8Whig Jonathan Haworth Peel 125 34 2Majority 116 31 6Turnout 366 68 0Registered electors 538Conservative gain from WhigGeneral election 1837 Haverfordwest 8 11 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Philipps 247 60 0 25 8Conservative William Henry Scourfield 165 40 0 25 8Majority 82 20 0 N ATurnout 412 58 4 9 6Registered electors 706Whig gain from Conservative Swing 25 8Elections in the 1840s Edit General election 1841 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Whig Richard Philipps UnopposedRegistered electors 667Whig holdGeneral election 1847 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Evans UnopposedRegistered electors 667Whig holdElections in the 1850s Edit General election 1852 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Philipps 297 59 4 NewWhig John Evans 203 40 6 N AMajority 94 18 8 N ATurnout 500 73 3 N ARegistered electors 682Conservative gain from Whig Swing N AGeneral election 1857 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Philipps 258 50 2 9 2Radical William Rees 13 14 256 49 8 9 2Majority 2 0 4 18 4Turnout 514 69 5 3 8Registered electors 740Conservative hold Swing 9 2General election 1859 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Philipps UnopposedRegistered electors 777Conservative holdElections in the 1860s Edit General election 1865 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Scourfield 314 58 6 N ALiberal William Edwardes 222 41 4 NewMajority 92 17 2 N ATurnout 536 80 1 N ARegistered electors 669Conservative hold Swing N AGeneral election 1868 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Edwardes 638 56 2 14 8Conservative Samuel Pitman 15 497 43 8 14 8Majority 141 12 4 N ATurnout 1 135 74 4 5 7Registered electors 1 526Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 14 8Elections in the 1870s Edit Edwardes was appointed a Groom in Waiting requiring a by election By election 26 Nov 1873 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Edwardes 609 52 2 4 0Conservative Xavier de Castanos Royds Peel 558 47 8 4 0Majority 51 4 4 8 0Turnout 1 167 73 3 1 1Registered electors 1 592Liberal hold Swing 4 0General election 1874 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Edwardes UnopposedRegistered electors 1 357Liberal holdThe election was declared void on petition causing a by election after a separate potential candidate Mr Davis had been refused his nomination by the local sheriff without a deposit for security of costs 16 However in the resulting by election Davis did not stand and Edwardes was re elected By election 12 Jun 1874 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Edwardes UnopposedRegistered electors 1 357Liberal holdElections in the 1880s Edit General election 1880 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Edwardes 686 56 8 N AConservative Edward Denman Thornburgh Cropper 522 43 2 NewMajority 164 13 6 N ATurnout 1 208 78 3 N ARegistered electors 1 543Liberal hold Swing N AEdwardes was appointed Comptroller of the Household requiring a by election By election 12 May 1880 Haverfordwest 11 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Edwardes UnopposedLiberal holdReferences Edit Williams 1960 p 39 Craig F W S 1989 1977 British parliamentary election results 1832 1885 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 506 ISBN 0 900178 26 4 a b c d e f g History of Parliament History of Parliament Trust Retrieved 19 October 2011 a b c d e f g h i j History of Parliament History of Parliament Trust Retrieved 19 October 2011 a b c d e f g h i j History of Parliament History of Parliament Trust Retrieved 19 October 2011 a b c d History of Parliament History of Parliament Trust Retrieved 19 October 2011 a b c d e f g History of Parliament History of Parliament Trust Retrieved 19 October 2011 a b c d e f g h i j k l Stooks Smith Henry 1845 The Parliaments of England from 1st George I to the Present Time Vol II Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive London Simpkin Marshall amp Co pp 198 199 Retrieved 22 August 2018 via Google Books a b Churton Edward 1838 The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer p 182 Retrieved 13 August 2019 via Google Books Members Returned Norfolk News 7 August 1847 p 2 Retrieved 21 August 2018 via British Newspaper Archive a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Craig F W S ed 1977 British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 1885 e book 1st ed London Macmillan Press p 506 ISBN 978 1 349 02349 3 a b Escott Margaret Haverfordwest The History of Parliament Retrieved 5 May 2020 Election Intelligence Globe 7 March 1857 p 3 Retrieved 22 August 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Glasgow Sentinel 21 March 1857 p 2 Retrieved 22 August 2018 via British Newspaper Archive To the Electors of Haverfordwest Potter s Electric News 25 November 1868 p 1 Retrieved 16 February 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Member of Parliament is unseated Bolton Evening News 3 June 1874 p 2 Retrieved 31 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive Sources EditWilliams David 1960 The Pembrokeshire Elections of 1831 PDF Welsh History Review 1 1 37 64 Retrieved 9 March 2020 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies 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