Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency)
Northallerton | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1640–1885 | |
Replaced by | Richmond |
Northallerton was a parliamentary borough in the North Riding of Yorkshire, represented by two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1640 to 1832, and by one member from 1832 until 1885.
The constituency consisted of the market town of Northallerton, the county town of the North Riding. In 1831 it encompassed only 622 houses and a population of 3,004. The right to vote was vested in the holders of the burgage tenements, of which there were roughly 200 – most of which were ruined or consisted only of stables or cowhouses, and had no value except for the vote which was attached to them. As in most other burgage boroughs, the ownership of the burgages had early become concentrated in the hands of a single family, who in effect had a free hand to nominate both MPs. At the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, the patrons were the Earl of Harewood and Henry Peirse, who was the Earl's brother-in-law.
Under the Reform Act, the boundaries were extended to include neighbouring Romanby and Brompton, increasing the population to 4,839, and its representation was reduced to a single member. The Act also, of course, extended the franchise.
At the 1885 election, the constituency was abolished, being absorbed into the new Richmond division of the North Riding.
Members of Parliament
Northallerton re-enfranchised by Parliament, Nov 1640
MPs 1640–1832
MPs 1832–1885
Election | Member | Party | |
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1832 | Representation reduced to one member | ||
1832 | Capt. John Boss R.N. | Radical | |
1835 | William Battie-Wrightson | Whig | |
1859 | Liberal | ||
1865 | Charles Mills | Conservative | |
1866 | Hon. Egremont Lascelles | Conservative | |
1868 | John Hutton | Conservative | |
1874 | George Elliot | Conservative | |
1885 | Constituency abolished: see Richmond (Yorks) |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Lascelles | Unopposed | |||
Tory | John Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | William Lascelles | Unopposed | |||
Tory | John Beresford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 200 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John George Boss | 108 | 52.7 | ||
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | 97 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 11 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 205 | 88.4 | |||
Registered electors | 232 | ||||
Radical gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 261 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 278 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | 129 | 53.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edwin Lascelles | 114 | 46.9 | New | |
Majority | 15 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 243 | 86.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 281 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 269 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 281 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Battie-Wrightson | 129 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Egremont Lascelles | 126 | 49.4 | New | |
Majority | 3 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 255 | 93.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 272 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Battie-Wrightson | 138 | 50.4 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Mills | 136 | 49.6 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 274 | 96.8 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 283 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Mills | 239 | 55.7 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | Jasper Johns | 190 | 44.3 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 49 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 429 | 97.1 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 442 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.1 |
The election was declared void on petition, due to bribery by agents, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Egremont Lascelles | 224 | 52.7 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | William Battie-Wrightson | 201 | 47.3 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 23 | 5.4 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 425 | 96.2 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 442 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hutton | 386 | 50.9 | −4.8 | |
Liberal | Jasper Johns | 372 | 49.1 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 14 | 1.8 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 758 | 93.8 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 808 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliot | 387 | 50.6 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | William Battie-Wrightson | 378 | 49.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 9 | 1.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 765 | 92.3 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 829 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Elliot | 483 | 55.8 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | Albert Osliff Rutson | 383 | 44.2 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 100 | 11.6 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 866 | 95.0 | +2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 912 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.2 |