Appendix XXII: Contested elections

Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715, ed. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, S. Handley, 2002
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Contested elections

General election dates are given in roman, by-election dates in italics. A question-mark before the date indicates that there is some evidence of a contest but not enough to enable certainty.1

ENGLAND

BEDFORDSHIRE

1695, 1698, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Bedford

1690, 1705, 1710, 1713

BERKSHIRE

1690, ?1702, 1705, 1710

Abingdon

1698, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1708

New Windsor

1690, 1698, 1712, 1713

Reading

1690, 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1708, 1713

Wallingford

?1690, ?1698, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1709, 1710, 1713, 1714

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Feb. 1696, Dec. 1696, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1704, 1705, 1710, 1713

Amersham

1695, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1705

Aylesbury

1691, 1695, 1698, 1699, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, July 1702, Dec. 1702, 1704, 1705, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1713

Buckingham

1690, 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, Dec. 1705, 1710, 1713

Chipping Wycombe

1698, ?1699, 1702

Great Marlow

1690, 1702, 1708, 1710, 1713

Wendover

?1695, 1702, 1705, 1710

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

1693, 1697, 1698, 1705, 1710

Cambridge

1698, 1705, 1708, Feb. 1710

Cambridge University

1690, 1692, 1695, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1710

CHESHIRE

1690, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1710

Chester

1690, 1695, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701

CORNWALL

1705, 1710

Bodmin

 

1706, 1708

Bossiney

Jan. 1701

Callington

No contests recorded

Camelford

1698, 1708, 1711

Fowey

1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1708

Grampound

No contests recorded

Helston

1690, 1714

Launceston

1690, 1692, 1695, 1698

Liskeard

1698

East Looe

No contests recorded

West Looe

No contests recorded

Lostwithiel

?1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Apr. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710

Mitchell

1690, 1695, 1697, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1713

Newport

Dec. 1690, 1699, Jan. 1701

Penryn

1699, 1710, 1714

St. Germans

No contests recorded

St. Ives

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

St. Mawes

1696, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701

Saltash

1698, 1708, 1713

Tregony

1690, 1695, Dec. 1701, Dec. 1710, Apr. 1713

Truro

1690

CUMBERLAND

1702

Carlisle

1690, 1695, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1710

Cockermouth

1690, 1695, Jan.1701, Dec. 1701, Feb. 1702, July 1702, 1705, 1710, 1711, 1713

DERBYSHIRE

1690, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701

Derby

1695, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1705, Mar. 1710, Oct. 1710

DEVON

1712

Ashburton

1705, Jan. 1708, May 1708, 1710, 1713

Barnstaple

1710

Bere Alston

No contests recorded

Dartmouth

1690, 1698, 1699, Jan. 1701

Exeter

1695, 1698, Jan. 1701

Honiton

Jan. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Okehampton

1705

Plymouth

1698, 1705

Plympton Erle

Mar. 1690, Apr. 1690, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1705

Tavistock

1690, 1695, 1696, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1710

Tiverton

Oct. 1710, Dec. 1710

Totnes

1695, 1708, 1710

DORSET

No contests recorded

Bridport

1690, 1695, 1697

Corfe Castle

1698, 1699

Dorchester

1690, Jan. 1701, 1705, 1710, 1713

Lyme Regis

Nov. 1701, 1708

Poole

1698, Jan. 1701, 1708

Shaftesbury

1695, Jan. 1701, 1710, 1713

Wareham

1690, 1702

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

1698, Jan.1701, Feb. 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1711, 1713

DURHAM COUNTY

1698, Dec. 1701

Durham city

1698, Jan. 1701, 1705, 1710, 1712

ESSEX

1690, 1693, 1694, 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1710

Colchester

1690, 1695, 1702, May 1705, Dec. 1705, 1710, 1713

Harwich

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, May 1708, Dec. 1708, 1713, 1714

Maldon

1693, 1695, 1698, Nov. 1701

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

1690, Nov. 1695, Dec. 1695, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Bristol

1690, 1695, 1698, 1705, 1710, 1713

Cirencester

1690, 1695, Dec. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1713

Gloucester

1690, Dec. 1702, 1709, 1710, 1713

Tewkesbury

1692, 1695, Jan. 1701, 1710, 1714

HAMPSHIRE

1698, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Andover

Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1713

Christchurch

1690, 1710

Lymington

1690, 1695, Jan. 1701, 1710

Newport (I.o.W.)

1699, Jan. 1701

Newtown (I.o.W.)

1695

Petersfield

No contests recorded

Portsmouth

1690, Nov. 1695, Dec. 1695, 1696, Jan. 1710, Oct.1710, 1713

Southampton

1690, 1695, 1699, Jan.1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708

Stockbridge

1690, 1691, 1693, 1695, 1705, 1713

Whitchurch

1695, 1702, 1705, Jan. 1708, May 1708, 1710

Winchester

1690, Jan. 1701

Yarmouth (I.o.W.)

Apr. 1695, Nov. 1695

HEREFORDSHIRE

1690, 1708, 1710

Hereford

Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1708, 1710, 1712

Leominster

1690, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1713

Weobley

1691, 1698, Jan.1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, Dec. 1708

HERTFORDSHIRE

1690, 1695, 1697, 1698, 1705, 1708

Hertford

1690, 1695, 1698, Jan.1701, Feb. 1701, Nov. 1701, ?1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

St. Albans

1690, Jan. 1701, Mar. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1713

HUNTINGDONSHIRE

1695, 1710, 1713

Huntingdon

Jan. 1701, 1702, 1705

KENT

1691, 1695, Dec. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Canterbury

1695, 1708, 1710

Maidstone

1690, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1704, 1705, 1708, 1710

Queenborough

1690, 1695, 1705, 1710, 1713

Rochester

Dec. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

LANCASHIRE

Feb. 1701, 1705

Clitheroe

1693, 1694, 1695, 1698, 1702, 1706, 1713

Lancaster

1695, 1698, Jan. 1701

Liverpool

1694, 1695, Jan. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710

Newton

1690

Preston

Mar. 1690, Dec. 1690, 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1706, 1710, 1713

Wigan

1694, 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1708, 1713

LEICESTERSHIRE

1695, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1707, 1708

Leicester

1690, 1702, 1705

LINCOLNSHIRE

1695, 1705, 1710

Boston

1705, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713

Grantham

1690, 1697, Nov. 1701, 1710

Great Grimsby

1690, 1699, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1710, 1713

Lincoln

1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1710, 1713

Stamford

1695

LONDON

1690, 1693, 1695, 1698, Feb. 1701, Mar. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1710, 1713

MIDDLESEX

1690, 1695, 1696, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1710

Westminster

1690, 1691, 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710

MONMOUTHSHIRE

1705, 1708, 1713

Monmouth

No contests recorded

NORFOLK

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1710

Castle Rising

No contests recorded

Great Yarmouth

Nov. 1701, 1702, 1708, 1710

King’s Lynn

1712

Norwich

1698, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1703, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Thetford

1690, 1698, 1699, 1700, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1708

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

1695, 1698, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705

Brackley

1698, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1710, 1713

Higham Ferrers

Jan. 1701, 1702

Northampton

1690, Feb. 1701, 1702, 1704, 1708, 1710

Peterborough

Jan. 1701, 1710

NORTHUMBERLAND

1698, Dec. 1701, 1705, 1710

Berwick-upon-Tweed

1695, 1708, 1711, 1713

Morpeth

1695, 1702, 1713

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1710

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

1698, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1710

East Retford

Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710

Newark 

 

 

1693, May 1695, 1698, Jan.1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1710, 1712, 1713

Nottingham

1695, 1699, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1708, 1710, 1713

OXFORDSHIRE

1690, 1698, 1699, Feb. 1710

Banbury

1690, Jan. 1701, 1705

New Woodstock

1702, 1705, 1713

Oxford

1690, 1695, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1706

Oxford University

1698, Jan.1701, Mar. 1701, 1703, 1705

RUTLAND

1698, 1708, 1710, 1713

SHROPSHIRE

1695, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1710, 1713

Bishop’s Castle

Mar. 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1710, 1713

Bridgnorth

1698, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1710

Ludlow

1690, 1691, 1695, 1698, Jan.1701, Dec. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Much Wenlock

1695, 1710

Shrewsbury

1695, 1702, 1708, Jan. 1710, Oct. 1710, 1713

SOMERSET

1690, 1698, 1702, 1705

Bath

Feb. 1690, Oct. 1690, 1695, 1698, 1702, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1710

Bridgwater

1692, 1698, 1710

Ilchester

Jan. 1701, 1702, 1708

Milborne Port

Nov. 1701. Feb. 1702, July 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710

Minehead

1698, 1713

Taunton

1695, 1698, Mar. 1701, 1702, 1710

Wells

1690, 1695

STAFFORDSHIRE

1698, 1708

Lichfield

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1710

Newcastle-under-Lyme

1699, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1708, 1713

Stafford

1690, 1698, 1710

Tamworth

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

SUFFOLK

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1707, 1710

Aldeburgh

1690, 1708, 1713

Bury St. Edmunds

1690, 1695, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1703, 1705, 1713

Dunwich

1691, 1695, 1698, 1708, 1710

Eye

No contests recorded

Ipswich

1690, 1695, 1698, Jan.1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1707, 1708, 1710, 1713

Orford

1698, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1708, 1710

Sudbury

1699, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1703, 1705, 1708, 1710

SURREY

1695, 1698, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Bletchingley

1690, 1695, Jan. 1701, Dec. 1702, 1710, 1713

Gatton

1696

Guildford

1698, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713, 1714

Haslemere

1698, 1702, 1710

Reigate

1690, 1695, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1710, 1713

Southwark

1690, 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, Nov. 1702, 1710, 1712, 1713, 1714

SUSSEX

1695, 1698, Dec. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Arundel

1690, 1694, 1695, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1709

Bramber

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1708

Chichester

1690, 1695, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

East Grinstead

1695, 1702, 1708

Horsham

Nov. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1713

Lewes

1705, 1710

Midhurst

1698, 1702, 1708, 1710, 1711

New Shoreham

1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705, May 1708, Dec. 1708, 1710

Steyning

Mar. 1701, Apr. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1712

WARWICKSHIRE

1690, 1695, 1705,

Coventry

1690, 1698, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1710, 1713

Warwick

1690, 1698, 1702, 1705, Dec. 1710

WESTMORLAND

Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1708

Appleby

Jan. 1701, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1708, 1710, 1713

WILTSHIRE

1690, Dec. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1713

Calne

1691, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Chippenham

Dec. 1690, 1691, 1694, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1705, 1710, 1713

Cricklade

1690, 1695, 1698, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713, 1714

Devizes

1690, 1695, Jan. 1701, 1705, 1706, 1708, 1710, 1713

Downton

Jan. 1701

Great Bedwyn

1698, 1705, 1707, 1708

Heytesbury

No contests recorded

Hindon

1697, 1698, Jan.1701, 1702, 1704, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Ludgershall

1690, Jan. 1695, 1698, 1705, 1710, 1713

Malmesbury

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1705, 1708

Marlborough

Jan. 1695, Nov. 1695, 1698, Jan. 1701, July 1702, Nov. 1702, May 1705, Nov. 1705, May 1708, Dec. 1708, 1710, 1712

Old Sarum

1705

Salisbury

1690, Jan. 1701, 1705, 1713

Westbury

1702, 1710

Wilton

1690, Jan. 1701, 1702, 1708, 1710

Wootton Bassett

1690, 1713

WORCESTERSHIRE

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705

Bewdley

1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Droitwich

1690, Jan. 1701

Evesham

1695, Mar. 1698, July 1698, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1713

Worcester

1693, 1698, 1708, 1710, 1713

YORKSHIRE

1698, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1710

Aldborough

1690, 1696, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1713

Beverley

1698, Nov. 1701

Boroughbridge

1690, 1698

Hedon

1710

Kingston-upon-Hull

1695, Jan. 1701

Knaresborough

1690

Malton

1708, 1710

Northallerton

Dec. 1705, 1710

Pontefract

1690, 1695, 1698, 1700, Jan. 1701, 1708, 1710, 1713

Richmond

1695, 1705, 1713

Ripon

Nov. 1701, 1708

Scarborough

1693, 1695, Nov. 1701, 1705

Thirsk

No contests recorded

York

1690, 1698, Dec. 1701, 1705, 1713

CINQUE PORTS

Dover

1690, 1697, ?1698, ?Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1713

Hastings

1690, 1698, Nov. 1701, 1710, 1714

Hythe

1690, 1695, 1708, 1710, 1713

New Romney

1690, 1695, 1696, Nov.1701, 1710

Rye

1690, ?1698, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, 1713

Sandwich

1690, 1695, Apr. 1698, Jan. 1701, Apr. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1705, 1708, 1710, Apr. 1713

Seaford

Dec. 1706, 1710

Winchelsea

Jan. 1701, Nov. 1701, 1702, 1710

WALES

ANGLESEY

1708

Beaumaris

1708

BRECONSHIRE

1695, 1697, 1702, 1705

Brecon

1690, 1698, 1713

CAERNARVONSHIRE

1713

Caernarvon Boroughs

1713

CARDIGANSHIRE

1690, 1708, 1710

Cardigan Boroughs

Dec. 1701, Feb. 1710

CARMARTHENSHIRE

Dec. 1701, 1710

Carmarthen

No contests recorded

DENBIGHSHIRE

No contests recorded

Denbigh Boroughs

1690, 1698, Jan. 1701, 1713

FLINTSHIRE

1702

Flintshire Boroughs

1697

GLAMORGAN

No contests recorded

Cardiff Boroughs

No contests recorded

MERIONETH

No contests recorded

MONTGOMERYSHIRE

No contests recorded

Montgomery Boroughs

1705

PEMBROKESHIRE

Jan. 1701, 1710

Haverfordwest

No contests recorded

Pembroke Boroughs

1710

RADNORSHIRE

1692, 1698

New Radnor Boroughs

1690

SCOTLAND

Aberdeenshire

1709, 1710, 1713

Argyllshire

No contests recorded

Ayrshire

1708

Banffshire

No contests recorded

Berwickshire

1708, 1710

Buteshire (1708, 1713 only)

No contests recorded

Caithness (1710 only)

No contests recorded

Clackmannanshire (1708, 1713 only)

1708

Cromartyshire (1710 only)

No contests recorded

Dumfriesshire

1708, 1710, 1713

Dunbartonshire

No contests recorded

Edinburghshire

1708, 1710

Elginshire

1708, 1713

Fifeshire

1708, 1710

Forfarshire

1710

Haddingtonshire

1708, 1713

Inverness-shire

1710

Kincardineshire

1710

Kinross-shire (1710 only)

1710

Kirkcudbright Stewartry

1708, 1713

Lanarkshire

1708, 1713

Linlithgowshire

1708, 1713

Nairnshire (1708, 1713 only)

No contests recorded

Orkney and Shetland

1713

Peeblesshire

1710, 1712

Perthshire

1708, 1710, 1713

Renfrewshire

No contests recorded

Ross-shire

1708, Mar. 1710, Oct. 1710

Roxburghshire

1708, 1710

Selkirkshire

No contests recorded

Stirlingshire

1708, 1710

Sutherland

No contests recorded

Wigtownshire

1708, 1710

Aberdeen Burghs

1708, 1710, 1713

Anstruther Easter Burghs

1710, 1713

Ayr Burghs

No contests recorded

Dumfries Burghs

1708

Dysart Burghs

1708

Edinburgh

1710

Elgin Burghs

1713

Glasgow Burghs

1708, 1710

Haddington Burghs

1708, ?1713

Inverness Burghs

1708, 1710, 1713

Linlithgow Burghs

1708, 1713

Perth Burghs

1708, 1710

Stirling Burghs

1708, 1710, 1713

Tain Burghs

1708, 1709, 1710, 1713

Wigtown Burghs

?1708

Ref Volumes: 1690-1715

Author: D. W. Hayton

End Notes

  • 1. These doubtful contests have not been included in the various statistical discussions relating to contests.