Lyme Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

Lyme Regis

Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1868
Seats| two (1295–1832); one (1832–1868)
Replaced by| Dorset

Lyme Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1868, when the borough was abolished.

## Members of Parliament[edit]

### 1295–1629[edit]

* Constituency created (1295)

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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Parliament | First member | Second member

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1386 | Walter Tropenell | Robert Membury[1]
1388 (Feb) | Walter Tropenell | Robert Membury[1]
1388 (Sep) | Walter Tropenell | John Dorset[1]
1390 (Jan) | Walter Tropenell | John Dorset[1]
1390 (Nov) |
1391 | Walter Tropenell | John Dorset[1]
1393 | Robert Membury | Roger Crogge[1]
1394 | Robert Membury | John Stikelane[1]
1395 | John Dorset | John Wade[1]
1397 (Jan) | Thomas Bathe | Hugh Sampford[1]
1397 (Sep) | John Stikelane | John Crone[1]
1399 | Roger Crogge | John Stikelane[1]
1401 |
1402 | Roger Crogge | Ralph Stikelane[1]
1404 (Jan) |
1404 (Oct) |
1406 | Roger Crogge | Ralph Stikelane[1]
1407 | Peter Richman | John Baker III[1]
1410 | Thomas Haseley | [1]
1411 |
1413 (Feb) |
1413 (May) | Thomas Walsingham | Roger Crogge[1]
1414 (Apr) | John Tynham | Thomas Stikelane[1]
1414 (Nov) | John Tynham | Roger Crogge[1]
1415 |
1416 (Mar) |
1416 (Oct) |
1417 | Thomas Est | William Taverner[1]
1419 | Thomas Stikelane | [1]
1420 | Edward Cukkford | John Richman[1]
1421 (May) | Thoms Lond | Nicholas Radford[1]
1421 (Dec) | Thomas Richman | Richard Parker[1]
1491 | John Burgh[2] |
1510–1523 | No names known
1529 | John Pyne, died
and repl. after 1532 by ?John Tudoll | Thomas Burgh
1536 | ?
1539 | ?
1542 | ?
1545 | John Fry | William Pole
1547 | Sir Francis Fleming | Henry Leke[3]
1553 (Mar) | ?
1553 (Oct)  | Thomas Goodwin | John Mallock
Parliament of 1554
Parliament of 1554–1555
Parliament of 1555  | John Strowbridge | Jasper Poyntz
Parliament of 1558  | Jasper Poyntz[4] | John Popham[n 1]
Parliament of 1559  | Nicholas Throckmorton | John Mallock
Parliament of 1563–1567  | Francis Walsingham | William Butler (or Boteler?)
Parliament of 1571  | John Astley | William Ellesdon
Parliament of 1572–1581  | George Ellesdon
Parliament of 1584–1585  | Edward Drew | John Hassard
Parliament of 1586–1587  | Thomas Hughes
Parliament of 1588–1589  | Hamden Paulet | Robert Hassard
Parliament of 1593  | Zachariah Bethel
Parliament of 1597–1598  | Richard Tichborne | Christopher Ellesdon
Parliament of 1601  | John FitzJames | Nicholas Throckmorton, later Nicholas Carew
Parliament of 1604–1611  | Sir George Somers died 1610
By-election Sir Francis Russell | John Hassard too ill to continue sitting 1610[n 2]
By-election George Jeffreys
Addled Parliament (1614) | Sir Edward Seymour | George Browne
Parliament of 1621–1622  | John Poulett | Robert Hassard
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | Sir John Drake | William Wynn
Useless Parliament (1625) | John Drake | Thomas Paramour
Parliament of 1625–1626  | Sir Walter Erle
Parliament of 1628–1629  | Christopher Erle
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

### 1640–1832[edit]

Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party

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April 1640[n 3] |  | Sir Walter Erle | Parliamentarian |  | Richard Rose | Parliamentarian
November 1640 |  | Edmund Prideaux | Parliamentarian
December 1648  | Rose not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653  | Lyme Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 |  | Sir Edmund Prideaux[n 4] |  | Lyme Regis had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656
January 1659 |  | Henry Henley |
May 1659 | One seat vacant
April 1660  |  | Walter Yonge |  |  | Thomas Moore (sat for Heytesbury) |
June 1660  |  | Henry Hyde, later Earl of Clarendon  |
1661  |  | Sir John Shaw |  |  | Henry Henley |
1679  |  | Sir George Strode |
1679  |  | Thomas Moore |
1685  |  | John Pole |  |  | Sir Winston Churchill |
1689  |  | John Burridge |
1690  |  | Henry Henley |
1695  |  | Robert Henley |
1701  |  | Joseph Paice |
1701  |  | John Burridge |
1702  |  | Henry Henley |
1705  |  | Thomas Freke |
1710  |  | Henry Henley |  |  | John Burridge, junior |
1715  |  | John Henley |
1722  |  | Henry Holt Henley |
1727  |  | Henry Drax |
1728  |  | Henry Holt Henley[n 5] |
1734  |  | John Scrope |
1748  |  | Robert Henley |
1753  |  | Thomas Fane, later Earl of Westmorland  | Tory[5]
1754  |  | Francis Fane | Tory[5]
1757  |  | Henry Fane | Tory[5]
1762  |  | Lord Burghersh, later Earl of Westmorland  | Tory[5]
1772  |  | Hon. Henry Fane | Tory[5]
1777  |  | Francis Fane | Tory[5]
1780[n 6] |  | David Robert Michel | Tory
1784  |  | Hon. Thomas Fane | Tory[5]
1802  |  | Henry Fane | Tory[5]
1806  |  | Lord Burghersh, later Earl of Westmorland  | Tory[5]
1816  |  | John Thomas Fane | Tory[5]
1818  |  | Vere Fane | Tory[5]
1826  |  | Hon. Henry Sutton Fane | Tory[5]
1832 | Representation reduced to one member

### 1832–1868[edit]

Election | Member | Party

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| 1832 | William Pinney | Whig[6][7][8][9][10]
| 1842[n 7] | Thomas Hussey | Conservative
| 1847 | Sir Thomas Abdy | Whig[11][12]
| 1852 | William Pinney | Whig[6][7][8][9][10]
| 1859 | Liberal
| 1865 | John Wright Treeby | Conservative
1868 | Constituency abolished

## Election results[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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### Elections in the 1830s[edit]

General election 1830: Lyme Regis[5][13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Tory | John Thomas Fane | Unopposed
| Tory | Henry Sutton Fane | Unopposed
Registered electors | c. 30 |
| Tory hold
| Tory hold
General election 1831: Lyme Regis[5][13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Tory | John Thomas Fane | Unopposed
| Tory | Henry Sutton Fane | Unopposed
Registered electors | c. 30 |
| Tory hold
| Tory hold
General election 1832: Lyme Regis[14][5][13] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Whig | William Pinney | 79  | 43.2
| Tory | John Fane | 60  | 32.8
| Whig | John Melville  | 44  | 24.0
Majority  | 19  | 10.4
Turnout | 183  | 82.2
Registered electors | 222  |
| Whig gain from Tory
General election 1835: Lyme Regis[14][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Whig | William Pinney | Unopposed
Registered electors | 250  |
| Whig hold
General election 1837: Lyme Regis[14][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Whig | William Pinney | 121  | 58.2
| Conservative | Renn Hampden | 87  | 41.8
Majority  | 34  | 16.4
Turnout | 208  | 85.6
Registered electors | 243  |
| Whig hold

### Elections in the 1840s[edit]

General election 1841: Lyme Regis[14][5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Pinney | 123  | 52.8  | −5.4
| Conservative | Thomas Hussey | 110  | 47.2  | +5.4
Majority  | 13  | 5.6  | −10.8
Turnout | 233  | 84.1  | −1.5
Registered electors | 277  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | −5.4  |

Pinney was unseated on petition on 31 May 1842, and Hussey was declared elected.

General election 1847: Lyme Regis[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Thomas Abdy | 146  | 50.5  | −2.3
| Conservative | Fitzroy Kelly[15] | 143  | 49.5  | +2.3
Majority  | 3  | 1.0  | −4.6
Turnout | 289  | 88.7  | +4.6
Registered electors | 326  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | −2.3  |

### Elections in the 1850s[edit]

General election 1852: Lyme Regis[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Pinney | 145  | 53.5  | +3.0
| Conservative | Phipps Hornby[16] | 126  | 46.5  | −3.0
Majority  | 19  | 7.0  | +6.0
Turnout | 271  | 87.7  | −1.0
Registered electors | 309  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | +3.0  |
General election 1857: Lyme Regis[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | William Pinney | 144  | 73.1  | +19.6
| Conservative | Thomas Hesketh | 53  | 26.9  | −19.6
Majority  | 91  | 46.2  | +39.2
Turnout | 197  | 74.9  | −12.8
Registered electors | 263  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | +19.6  |
General election 1859: Lyme Regis[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | William Pinney | 116  | 50.2  | −22.9
| Conservative | John Wright Treeby | 115  | 49.8  | +22.9
Majority  | 1  | 0.4  | −45.8
Turnout | 231  | 87.5  | +12.6
Registered electors | 264  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −22.9  |

### Elections in the 1860s[edit]

General election 1865: Lyme Regis[14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | John Wright Treeby | 116  | 52.0  | +2.2
| Liberal | John Clarke Hawkshaw[17] | 107  | 48.0  | −2.2
Majority  | 9  | 4.0  | N/A
Turnout | 223  | 89.2  | +1.7
Registered electors | 250  |  |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.2  |

## Notes and references[edit]

Notes

1. ^ This may be the future Speaker of the House of Commons, John Popham (1531–1607), but his entry in the Dictionary of National Biography judges this identification as "uncertain".
2. ^ In 1607, Sir George Somers reported to the Commons that his colleague, Hassard, was too ill from gout to continue serving, and attempted to have him dismissed from his seat. However, the House resolved "That he shall still serve, and that he shall not be removed". But in 1610 Sir John Jeffreys offered a petition on behalf of the borough to allow Hassard to be replaced, and a committee on investigation found that the 69-year-old MP was bed-ridden and incurable, and a new writ was ordered to replace him. (Oldfield, Vol I, p 372).
3. ^ Browne Willis gives three names for Lyme Regis in the Short Parliament, those of Erle, Rose and Prideaux. Other sources do not suggest that Prideaux sat in that Parliament (whereas Erle certainly did), and it is probably his name that is in error.
4. ^ Prideaux took his seat in the restored Rump, but died 1659
5. ^ Burridge was re-elected at the general election of 1727 but was subsequently judged to be ineligible since he was Mayor of the borough at the time of the election, and his defeated opponent Henley was declared elected in his place
6. ^ In 1780 there was a double return: on petition, the election was declared void and a new election held with the same candidates: Fane and Michel were elected in preference to Henry Harford and Lionel Darell, junior.
7. ^ Pinney was initially declared re-elected at the general election of 1841, but on petition his election was declared void and Hussey declared elected in his place after scrutiny of the votes

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3. ^ "LEKE, Henry (by 1526-58 or later), ?of London. | History of Parliament Online".
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