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Biographies
Abercromby, James
Abercromby, Ralph
Addington, Henry
Aitken, William Maxwell
Archer, Jeffrey
Ashdown, Paddy
Ashley-Cooper, Anthony
Asquith, Henry Herbert
Astor, Nancy
Attlee, Clement Richard
Baldwin of Bewdley, 1st, Stanley
Baldwin, Stanley
Balfour, Arthur James
Bathurst, Henry
Becket, Margaret
Beith, Alan James
Benn, Anthony Wedgewood
Bevan, Aneurin
Bevan, Nye
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton
Blair, Cherie
Blunkett, David
Brown, George
Brown, Gordon
Brudenell, James Thomas
Butler, Richard Austen
Callaghan, James
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry
Canning, George
Cavendish, Spencer
Cavendish, William
Chamberlain, Austen
Chamberlain, Joseph
Chamberlain, Neville
Channon, Henry
Channon, Henry Paul Guinness
Churchill, Randolph
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Clarke, Kenneth
Clive, Robert
Clynes, John Robert
Coe, Sebastian Newbold
Cook, Robin Finlayson
Cooper, Alfred Duff
Cornwallis, Charles
Cousins, Frank
Crosland, Charles Anthony Raven
Cunningham, Jack
Day, Robin
Dewar, Donald
Disraeli, Benjamin
Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick
Duncan, Alan
Dundas, Henry Melville
Eden, Robert Anthony
Emmott, Alfred
Ewing, Winnie
Field, Frank
Foot, Michael
Fowler, Norman
Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor
Galloway, George
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
Gibson, Edward
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley
Gladstone, William Ewart
Gorst, John Eldon
Goschen
Gould, Bryan
Grafton
Graham, James Robert George
Greenwood, Arthur
Grey, Charles
Grey, Edward
Grimmond, Jo
Guest
Hague, William
Haig, William
Haldane, Robert Anthony
Hardie, James Keir
Harman, Harriet
Healey, Denis
Heal, Sylvia
Heath, Edward Richard George
Henderson, Arthur
Heppell, John
Heseltine, Michael
Hoare, Samuel
Hodge, Margaret
Holland
Hoon, Geoff
Hore-Belisha
Howe, Geoffrey
Hurd, Douglas Richard
Jackson, Glenda
Jenkins, Roy
Jervis, John
Jowell, Tessa
Kennedy, Charles
Key, Robert
Kilroy-Silk, Robert
Kinnock, Glenys
Kinnock, Neil
Lamb, William
Lamont, Norman
Lansbury, George
Law, Andrew Bonar
Lawson, Nigel
Lloyd George, David
Lubbock
MacDonald, James Ramsey
MacDonald, Margo
Maclean, David
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
Major, John Roy
Mallon, Seamus
Mason, Roy
Maudling, Reginald
Mawhinney, Brian
McIntyre, Robert
Meacher, Michael
Meyer, Anthony
Milburn, Alan
Morris, Estelle
Morrison, Herbert Stanley
O'Connell, Daniel
Owen, David
Pardoe, John
Parkinson, Cecil
Peel, Robert
Pitt the Elder, William
Pitt the Younger, William
Plummer, Leslie
Portillo, Michael
Postles, Graham
Powell, John Enoch
Prescott, John
Primarolo, Dawn
Pym, Francis
Redwood, John
Rifkind, Malcolm
Runciman, Walter
Russell
Scott
Shepherd, Gillian
Short, Clare
Skinner, Dennis
Smith, Arthur
Smith, Iain Duncan
Smith, John
Snowden, Philip
Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry
Stanley, Edward
Steel, David
Stewart
Straw, Jack
Taverne, Dick
Tebbit, Norman
Temple, Henry John
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
Thorpe, Jeremy
Townshend, Thomas
Trimble, David
Valera
Wakenham, John
Walker, Gordon
Walpole, Robert
Warren, Peter
Webb
Wellesley, Arthur
Wilberforce, William
Williams, Francis
Williams, Shirley
Wilson, James Harold
Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley
Wood, Thomas
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Election
History of Great Britain

              

1701
Walpole, Robert
Castle Rising Walpole is 1st elected to Parliament
1702
Walpole, Robert
King's Lynn Walpole is elected to Parliament for King's Lynn, elected every subsequent general election for the next 40 yrs
1734
Walpole, Robert
Wins his 3rd general election victory
1735
Bathurst, Henry
Cirencester Elected Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1735
Pitt the Elder, William
Pitt the Elder is 1st elected MP
1741
Cavendish, William
Elected Member of Parliament
1747
Warren, Peter
Westminster Elected Member of Parliament for Westminster
1754
Townshend, Thomas
Whitchurch Elected Member of Parliament for Whitchurch
1756
Grafton
Elected Member of Parliament
1760
Cornwallis, Charles
Elected Member of Parliament
1764
Clive, Robert
Shrewsbury Elected Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
1769
Holland
Elected Member of Parliament
1774
Abercromby, Ralph
Elected Member of Parliament
1774
Dundas, Henry Melville
Midlothian Elected Member of Parliament for Midlothian
1780
Wilberforce, William
Sep Hull Elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kings ton upon Hull, while still a student at Cambridge
1781
Pitt the Younger, William
Chatham First elected MP
1783
Bathurst, Henry
Cirencester Elected Member of Parliament for Cirencester
1783
Jervis, John
Launceston Elected Member of Parliament for Launceston
1783
Scott
Elected Member of Parliament
1784
Addington, Henry
Elected Member of Parliament
1784
Dundas, Henry Melville
Wins the Tories 22 of the 45 Scottish seats
1784
Wilberforce, William
6th April Yorkshire Returned as MP for Yorkshire at the age of twenty-four
1786
Grey, Charles
Northumberland 1st elected to Parliament, MP for Northumberland for the next 20 yrs
1790
Wellesley, Arthur
Trim Elected Member of Parliament for Trim, Ireland
1793
Canning, George
Newtown Elected Member of Parliament for Newtown on the Isle of Wight, a rotten borough
1794
Stewart
1st elected Member of Parliament
1796
Canning, George
Wendover Elected Member of Parliament for Wendover in Buckinghamshire
1802
Dundas, Henry Melville
Manages the election winning 43 Tory seats in Scotland to 2 Whigs
1806
Lamb, William
Northampton Elected Member of Parliament for Northampton
1806
Stewart
Elected Member of Parliament
1806
Wellesley, Arthur
1st April Rye Elected Member of Parliament or Rye
1807
Abercromby, James
Midhurst Elected Member of Parliament for Midhurst
1807
Temple, Henry John
Elected Member of Parliament
1812
Abercromby, James
Calne Elected Member of Parliament for Calne
1818
Graham, James Robert George
Hull Elected Member of Parliament for Hull
1819
Brudenell, James Thomas
Marlborough Elected Member of Parliament for Marlborough
1822
Stanley, Edward
30th July 1st enters Parliament, as a Whig
1826
Ashley-Cooper, Anthony
Elected Member of Parliament
1826
Graham, James Robert George
Carlisle Elected Member of Parliament for Carlisle
1828
O'Connell, Daniel
4th July County Clare Refuses to take the oath of supremacy & cannot take his seat in Parliament
1831
Grey, Charles
Dec The general election on the reformed franchise gives Grey a 300 majority
1831
Stanley, Edward
Elected Member of Parliament
Preston Elected Member of Parliament, calls himself "an old constitutional Whig"
1832
Gladstone, William Ewart
Oxford Elected Member of Parliament for Oxford
1832
Wood, Thomas
London After the passage of the 1832 reform act enters Parliament for Birmingham
1834
Peel, Robert
10th Dec The Conservatives win 273 seats, the Whigs & others 380 seats
1837
Disraeli, Benjamin
Elected Member of Parliament
1837
Graham, James Robert George
Pembroke Elected Member of Parliament for Pembroke
1841
Graham, James Robert George
Dorchester Elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester
1841
Lamb, William
Loses the General Election
1841
Peel, Robert
6th Sep The Conservatives win a majority for the 1st time, winning by 80 seats
6th Sep The Conservatives win their highest gains in the English Counties
1846
Russell
30th June Russell stays in office, the Conservatives are divided over protection
1853
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
Stamford Elected Member of Parliament for Stamford
1857
Cavendish, Spencer
Elected Member of Parliament
1857