Bridgnorth (UK Parliament constituency)


Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in Shropshire which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1885.
It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one Member of Parliament.

Boundaries

According to the 1881 census, the borough of Bridgnorth comprised the parishes of Quatford, part of Quatt, St. Leonard and St Mary, Astley Abbotts, Eardingdon, Oldbury, Romsley and Tasley. This was smaller than the municipal borough, which only contained the first four.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1388 John FarnalesWilliam Palmer I
1388 William Palmer IWilliam Goldsmith
1390 William Palmer IJohn Farnales
1390 -
1391William Palmer IThomas Horde
1393William Palmer IJohn Farnales
1394William Palmer IJohn Farnales
1395William Palmer IJohn Farnales
1397 William Palmer IJohn Blockley
1397 -
1399William Palmer IThomas Horde
1402Hugh HarnageJohn Bruyn
1404 -
1404 -
1406Hugh HarnageWalter Green
1407Walter GreenJohn Cook
1410... Lange-
1411Thomas HoptonHugh Stanford
1413 -
1413 Hugh StanfordThomas Green
1414 Richard ParlourThomas Odyes
1414 Richard HordeRichard Parlour
1415-
1416 Richard HordeRichard Parlour
1416 -
1417Richard HordeRichard Parlour
1419Richard HordeRichard Parlour
1420Richard HordeWilliam Stapeley
1421 Thomas GreenRobert Aylesbury
1421 Thomas GreenRichard Parlour
1425John Bruyn-
1510-1523No names known-
1529Humphrey GoldstonGeorge Hayward
1536?-
1539?-
1542Edward HallWilliam Grey
1545Edward HallHenry Blount
1547Roger SmithJohn Pulley
1553 Ambrose GilberdRoger Smith
1553 Sir George BlountJerome Horde
1554 Jerome HordeWilliam Acton
1554 John HordeJerome Horde
1555Jerome HordeWilliam Acton
1558John BrokeThomas Bromley
1559Sir George BlountRichard Prince
1562/3John BrokeEdward Cordell
1571Henry TownshendThomas Otley
1572Henry TownshendThomas Seckford, died
and replaced in 1580 by Edmund Molyneux
1584Jerome CorbetWalter Lee
1586Edward BromleyJohn Lutwich
1588Edward BromleyJohn Lutwich
1593Edward BromleyJohn Lutwich
1597Edward BromleyJohn Lutwich
1601Thomas HordeEdward Bromley
1604Sir Lewis LewknorEdward Bromley,
replaced by Francis Lacon
1614John PierseRichard Singe
1621-1622Sir John HaywardWilliam Whitmore
1624Sir William WhitmoreGeorge Smith
1625Sir William WhitmoreGeorge Vernon
1626Sir Richard SheltonGeorge Vernon
1628-1629Sir Richard SheltonSir George Paule
1629–1640No Parliaments summonedNo Parliaments summoned

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    MPs 1640–1868

MPs 1868–1885

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Hanbury-Tracy resigned, by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, after a petition was lodged against his election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Pigot's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, causing a by-election.
Whitmore was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
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    Elections in the 1860s

On 22 March 1866, after scrutiny, Dalberg-Acton was unseated and Whitmore was duly elected in his place.
Whitmore was then appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
The seat was reduced to one member for the 1868 election.
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    Elections in the 1870s

Whitmore resigned, causing a by-election.
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    Elections in the 1880s