144:"Having while I was on the continent been, without my knowledge, elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Downton, it has become my duty to take the earliest opportunity of requesting you to inform the honourable House that I am not qualified to take a seat therein, inasmuch as I am not possessed of such an estate as is required by the Act passed in the ninth year of Queen Anne.
199:
166:-owned borough was useful to the Whig government in demonstrating their even-handedness, they backed an amendment to move Downton into Schedule A, the list of boroughs that were to lose both seats; but the government majority in the Commons fell to 30 in the vote on the amendment, the narrowest of all the votes on the details of the eventual Act.
162:. However, the Earl of Radnor pushed for its complete disfranchisement as it would be too difficult to make even an extended borough free of the influence of himself and his family. (He also made it a condition of becoming MP for Downton that its members should vote for its abolition.) As this abolition of a
104:
borough, meaning that the right to vote rested solely with the freeholders of 100 specified properties or "burgage tenements"; it was not necessary to be resident on the tenement, or even in the borough, to exercise this right. Indeed, some of the tenements could not realistically be occupied, and
131:
Although there was supposedly a property qualification to become an MP (borough MPs were required to have an annual income of at least £300 derived from the ownership of land), this was routinely ignored or evaded, and
Downton offers a rare example of an English election being re-run because the
97:. By the 19th century, only about half of the town was within the boundaries of the borough, and the more prosperous section was excluded: at the 1831 census the borough had 166 houses and a tax assessment of £70, whereas the whole town consisted of 314 houses, and was assessed at £273.
153:
By 1831 the parish of
Downton had a population of around 450, too small to retain representation after the Reform Act, and yet in the original Reform Bill it was proposed that Downton should lose only one of its two members, its boundaries being extended to include
2852:
2802:
2847:
124:
Corruption was rife at 18th century elections in
Downton, and the House of Commons at one point proposed to "throw it into the hundred", that is to extend the boundaries to include the whole of the
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2390:
137:
2728:
2708:
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2403:
1280:
2696:
2179:
2018:
110:
178:
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that he owned 99 of the 100 tenements — which, of course, gave him absolute power in choosing both the borough's MPs. Earlier, in the 18th century, the
2744:
was proposed and elected without his knowledge, and declined to sit on the grounds that he did not meet the property qualification to be a borough MP
2758:
2548:
2467:
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and to abolish the restrictive franchise — one of the earliest examples of such a proposal being debated; however, the proposal was not adopted.
2700:
2051:
74:
33:
2463:
1677:
1608:
70:
2721:
2692:
2359:
2323:
2292:
2232:
2172:
2130:
2111:
2080:
2027:
170:
42:
2068:
2504:
1705:
1021:
2724:
1498:
1066:
1046:
1036:
2704:
2641:
2616:
2191:
1988:
1486:
1421:
2657:
2628:
2612:
2004:
1438:
1393:
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163:
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being declared duly elected. A by-election for the vacant seat was held on 26 July 1784, when another double return was made:
2594:
On petition it was decided that
Bouverie had not been duly elected and his opponent, Shafto, was declared elected in his place
2582:
it was decided that they had not been duly elected and their opponents, Cooper and Hales, were declared elected in their place
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1426:
1220:
2220:
2154:
206:
2604:
2575:
2559:
2459:
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1887:
1855:
1816:
1807:
1786:
1742:
1670:
1626:
1601:
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1229:
1216:
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736:
136:
was elected MP for
Downton, but he did not take his seat when Parliament assembled in July, and in November wrote to the
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1363:
2777:
1901:
1823:
1719:
1530:
1481:
1051:
2520:
2099:
1749:
781:
716:
2624:
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1963:
1947:
721:
2695:, both of the successful candidates in Downton were also returned for other sears, for which they chose to sit:
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2347:
2239:
1467:
1386:
806:
796:
731:
2480:
1691:
1326:
1184:
2532:
1846:
1793:
1733:
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456:
2470:, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Downton. A by-election was held in Downton in December 1747
1878:
791:
766:
746:
2669:
2137:
1377:
376:
2492:
1661:
1407:
551:
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476:
366:
276:
946:
851:
641:
521:
381:
251:
62:
671:
631:
601:
566:
526:
511:
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491:
466:
451:
431:
316:
261:
125:
976:
836:
646:
481:
441:
411:
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391:
361:
331:
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was elected in 1640, but the election was disputed, and resolution of the dispute was delayed by the
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2208:
2087:
1979:
1915:
1349:
1340:
1212:
991:
986:
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586:
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27:
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811:
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616:
611:
596:
291:
266:
2444:
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1647:
1633:
1617:
1592:
1561:
1120:
926:
821:
536:
336:
281:
174:
761:
691:
421:
346:
1303:
1245:
1146:
961:
941:
541:
90:
676:
626:
556:
321:
296:
246:
406:
351:
2579:
2407:
956:
2799:
Cobbett's
Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803
2280:
1294:
1236:
1198:
1113:
1061:
916:
706:
106:
78:
1832:
1576:
1254:
1139:
118:
2754:
2741:
2420:
2394:(2nd edition, London: St Martin's Press, 1957). They are in the text as Lord Feversham
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2299:
2251:
1515:
1452:
1031:
1016:
776:
751:
133:
114:
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2781:
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2118:
1862:
1006:
1001:
971:
911:
901:
896:
886:
881:
871:
701:
155:
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Leigh
Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 3)
2620:
2385:
1931:
1763:
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1317:
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832
1151:
1125:
159:
94:
66:
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Constituencies of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
169:
The Reform Act being passed, Downton ceased to be represented from the
101:
2578:, Duncombe and Dummer were initially declared the victors, but on
2543:
The by-election in
February 1762 was caused by the resignation of
173:, those of its residents who were qualified voting instead in the
2668:
The by-election in April 1813 was caused by the resignation of
2640:
The by-election in March 1801 was caused by the resignation of
2656:
The by-election in June 1803 was caused by the resignation of
2531:
The by-election in July 1757 was caused by the resignation of
193:
2503:
The by-election in May 1753 was caused by the resignation of
2519:
The by-election in December 1756 was caused by the death of
2479:
The by-election in November 1749 was caused by the death of
2443:
The by-election in November 1746 was caused by the death of
2419:
The by-election in December 1715 was caused by the death of
2753:
The July 1831 by-election was caused by the resignation of
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one was in the middle of a watercourse. At the time of the
132:
victor lacked the qualification. On 11 June 1826 the poet
2491:
The by-election in April 1751 was caused by the death of
2711:. A by-election was held for both seats in February 1819
2391:
The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III
2822:
Notes on the history of Downton, collected and arranged
210:
2631:. Seymour-Conway was declared elected on 11 March 1785
2808:
Parliamentary Representation 1832 — England and Wales
2774:
A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament
2843:
Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire (historic)
2619:
were declared not elected on 19 July 1784 with only
2410:. Cooper was not admitted to sit until January 1660.
2431:The by-election in 1742 was caused by the death of
77:from 1295 until 1832, when it was abolished by the
48:
40:
20:
2687:
2685:
2454:
2452:
2776:(London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
2590:
2588:
2570:
2568:
89:The borough consisted of part of the parish of
1267:Vacant pending resolution of disputed election
8:
149:A by-election had to be held to replace him.
1173:Griffin disabled from sitting - seat vacant
17:
2810:(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
2795:(London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
1088:
228:
2377:
2562:succeeded as baronet in December 1762
1258:
7:
2813:Edward Porritt and Annie G Porritt,
113:(who supported the Reform) told the
2731:and chose to sit for the university
2817:(Cambridge University Press, 1903)
93:, a small town six miles south of
14:
1211:Downton was unrepresented in the
2791:D Brunton & D H Pennington,
197:
2815:The Unreformed House of Commons
2801:(London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
2100:Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
1223:Parliaments of the Protectorate
2793:Members of the Long Parliament
2644:to stand at a by-election for
2605:general election in April 1784
1159:Seat vacant pending resolution
1:
2757:to contest a by-election for
2722:general election in June 1826
2607:, there was a double return.
2507:to contest a by-election for
2348:Hon. Philip Pleydell-Bouverie
2547:, who had been appointed as
158:, over the county border in
1964:Hon. William Seymour-Conway
1896:September 1779 by-election
1197:Thistlethwaite excluded in
2874:
2788:(London: Hutchinson, 1973)
2263:December 1826 by-election
1910:December 1779 by-election
1802:February 1762 by-election
1700:November 1749 by-election
1686:December 1747 by-election
1656:November 1746 by-election
1571:December 1715 by-election
2404:Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper
2363:
2334:
2329:
2327:
2303:
2298:
2296:
2269:Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
2221:Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell
2209:Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
2155:Sir Thomas Brooke-Pechell
2122:
2117:
2115:
2091:
2088:Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
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2055:
2050:
2048:
2038:
2033:
2031:
2008:
2003:
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1992:
1987:
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1980:Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
1948:Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway
1935:
1930:
1928:
1916:Hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
1891:
1886:
1884:
1827:
1822:
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1790:
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1774:
1767:
1762:
1760:
1737:
1732:
1730:
1723:
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1702:
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1519:
1514:
1512:
1502:
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1471:
1466:
1464:
1456:
1451:
1449:
1442:
1437:
1435:
1411:
1406:
1404:
1397:
1392:
1390:
1367:
1362:
1360:
1344:
1339:
1337:
1281:Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper
1209:
1195:
1171:
1164:
1157:
1155:
1075:
25:
2240:Thomas Grimston Estcourt
2063:August 1803 by-election
1237:Colonel Thomas Fitzjames
1185:Alexander Thistlethwaite
2672:and the appointment of
2013:March 1801 by-election
1714:April 1751 by-election
1077:No Parliaments summoned
457:Nicholas de Becklesnade
2365:Constituency abolished
2342:July 1831 by-election
2138:Charles Henry Bouverie
2046:June 1803 by-election
1482:Sir James Ashe, 2nd Bt
2727:was also elected for
2693:1818 general election
2576:1774 general election
2466:was also elected for
2460:1747 general election
2203:Feb 1819 by-election
2052:The Lord de Blaquiere
1728:May 1753 by-election
1022:Sir William Dodington
185:Members of Parliament
171:1832 general election
121:had been the owners.
71:Members of Parliament
63:parliamentary borough
2806:J Holladay Philbin,
2786:The Great Reform Act
2658:Hon. Edward Bouverie
2312:Charles Shaw-Lefevre
2005:Hon. Edward Bouverie
1499:Sir Charles Duncombe
1213:Barebones Parliament
1161:of disputed election
1062:Sir Benjamin Rudyerd
1052:Sir William Tremhall
377:Nicholas de Mareshal
211:adding missing items
69:, which elected two
28:borough constituency
2697:Viscount Folkestone
2445:Joseph Windham-Ashe
2180:Viscount Folkestone
2019:Viscount Folkestone
1648:Joseph Windham-Ashe
1618:Joseph Windham-Ashe
1562:Charles Longueville
1408:Sir Charles Raleigh
552:Johannes Whitesmede
477:Stephanus de Regate
367:Roger de Portsmouth
277:Roger de Portsmouth
175:county constituency
2740:The poet laureate
2549:Lord Chief Justice
2505:Colonel Henry Vane
1706:Colonel Henry Vane
1147:Sir Edward Griffin
1121:Sir Edward Griffin
852:George Penruddocke
642:Edwardus Asshewell
522:Willielmus Wartier
382:William de Whytham
252:Richard de la Sale
209:; you can help by
179:Southern Wiltshire
126:Hundred of Downton
111:The Earl of Radnor
2729:Oxford University
2709:Oxford University
2646:Oxford University
2642:Sir William Scott
2408:English Civil War
2370:
2369:
2192:Sir William Scott
2149:1813 by-election
2119:Sir Thomas Plumer
1989:Sir William Scott
1841:1771 by-election
1772:1757 by-election
1758:1756 by-election
1642:1742 by-election
1082:
1081:
962:Sir Edward Barker
957:Thomas Penruddock
932:Thomas Willoughby
602:Robertus Tilleney
567:Johannes Brekenok
527:Johannes Willeymn
512:Willielmus Benert
507:Johannes Dryewods
492:Ricardus Whithorn
467:Henricus le Meyre
452:Edward de Tarante
432:Nicholas Laveryng
317:Randolph Lavering
262:Reginald Dt. Aula
227:
226:
56:
55:
2865:
2772:Robert Beatson,
2761:
2751:
2745:
2738:
2732:
2718:
2712:
2689:
2680:
2666:
2660:
2654:
2648:
2638:
2632:
2601:
2595:
2592:
2583:
2572:
2563:
2560:Thomas Pym Hales
2557:
2551:
2541:
2535:
2529:
2523:
2517:
2511:
2501:
2495:
2489:
2483:
2477:
2471:
2464:George Lyttelton
2456:
2447:
2441:
2435:
2429:
2423:
2417:
2411:
2401:
2395:
2382:
2281:Alexander Powell
2069:Viscount Marsham
1888:Sir Philip Hales
1808:Thomas Pym Hales
1678:George Lyttelton
1609:Anthony Duncombe
1422:Charles Duncombe
1295:Thomas Fitzjames
1089:
1032:Sir Clipsby Crew
1017:Sir Clipsby Crew
977:William Stockman
917:Lawrence Tompson
837:Tristram Matthew
707:William Whorwood
647:Willielmus Brigg
482:Edwardus Taraunt
442:Nicholas de Cove
412:Walter le Whlere
397:Henry le Drapier
392:William Rotarius
362:Walter Nymethalf
332:Robert le Wryere
229:
222:
219:
201:
200:
194:
147:
143:
107:Great Reform Act
79:Great Reform Act
75:House of Commons
36:
34:House of Commons
18:
2873:
2872:
2868:
2867:
2866:
2864:
2863:
2862:
2858:Rotten boroughs
2833:
2832:
2820:Woodford, A.R.
2769:
2764:
2752:
2748:
2739:
2735:
2719:
2715:
2690:
2683:
2678:Vice Chancellor
2667:
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2598:
2593:
2586:
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2450:
2442:
2438:
2430:
2426:
2418:
2414:
2402:
2398:
2383:
2379:
1902:Thomas Duncombe
1833:Richard Croftes
1824:Thomas Duncombe
1720:Thomas Duncombe
1531:Thomas Duncombe
1439:Maurice Bocland
1394:Maurice Bocland
1364:Sir Joseph Ashe
1350:Walter Bockland
1341:Gilbert Raleigh
1260:One seat vacant
1160:
1087:
987:Gilbert Raleigh
867:William Darrell
857:Sir Henry Cocke
842:Henry Kingsmill
587:Andreas Sparowe
582:Johannes Lawley
572:Johannes Bailey
307:John de Downton
223:
217:
214:
198:
192:
187:
145:
141:
119:Duncombe family
87:
31:
30:
12:
11:
5:
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2818:
2811:
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2796:
2789:
2779:
2768:
2765:
2763:
2762:
2746:
2742:Robert Southey
2733:
2713:
2681:
2661:
2649:
2633:
2625:Seymour-Conway
2609:Seymour-Conway
2596:
2584:
2564:
2552:
2536:
2524:
2512:
2496:
2493:George Proctor
2484:
2481:Richard Temple
2472:
2448:
2436:
2424:
2412:
2396:
2376:
2368:
2367:
2362:
2356:
2355:
2350:
2345:
2343:
2339:
2338:
2333:
2331:Thomas Creevey
2328:
2326:
2320:
2319:
2314:
2309:
2307:
2302:
2300:James Brougham
2297:
2295:
2289:
2288:
2283:
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2276:
2271:
2266:
2264:
2260:
2259:
2254:
2252:Robert Southey
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2228:
2223:
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2194:
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2187:
2182:
2177:
2175:
2169:
2168:
2166:
2164:Edward Golding
2161:
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2152:
2150:
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2076:
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2064:
2060:
2059:
2054:
2049:
2047:
2043:
2042:
2037:
2035:Hon. John Ward
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1694:
1692:Richard Temple
1689:
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1664:
1662:George Proctor
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1555:January 1715
1327:John Elliott
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1097:First member
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797:Thomas White
762:James Bassit
692:Richard Jaye
672:Thomas Wells
632:Thomas Wells
422:John Curtoys
347:John le Cove
235:First member
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2433:John Verney
1879:John Cooper
1847:James Hayes
1794:James Hayes
1734:James Hayes
1634:John Verney
1593:John Verney
1546:John Sawyer
1289:April 1660
1100:First party
792:Henry White
767:John Norris
747:John Norris
542:Thomas Knyf
218:August 2008
2837:Categories
2767:References
2759:Winchelsea
2521:James Cope
2468:Okehampton
2384:Page 145,
1750:James Cope
1577:Giles Eyre
1462:July 1698
1378:Henry Eyre
1318:Giles Eyre
992:John Ryves
822:John Story
773:1554 (Nov)
758:1554 (Apr)
743:1553 (Oct)
728:1553 (Mar)
677:Ralph Legh
627:Ralph Legh
557:Ralph Legh
533:1413 (May)
322:John Spede
297:John Ervye
247:John Spede
232:Parliament
207:incomplete
2701:Salisbury
2421:John Eyre
2233:June 1826
1671:June 1747
1516:John Eyre
1453:John Eyre
1447:May 1698
1312:May 1660
1073:1629–1640
1058:1628–1629
683:1472–1477
638:1455–1459
623:1452–1455
608:1450–1452
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578:1448–1449
563:1446–1447
548:1441–1442
518:1364–1365
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488:1360–1361
473:1328–1329
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407:? Norreys
403:1319–1323
388:1318–1319
373:1314–1318
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352:John Arny
343:1312–1313
328:1311–1312
313:1306–1311
288:1304–1306
273:1300–1304
258:1298–1300
243:1295–1298
160:Hampshire
95:Salisbury
67:Wiltshire
2755:Brougham
2725:Estcourt
2670:Bouverie
2629:Bouverie
2613:Bouverie
2580:petition
2324:May 1831
1255:May 1659
1215:and the
1152:Royalist
1126:Royalist
1114:Apr 1640
32:for the
2720:At the
2691:At the
2603:At the
2574:At the
2458:At the
138:Speaker
134:Southey
102:burgage
91:Downton
85:History
59:Downton
26:Former
21:Downton
2674:Plumer
2621:Shafto
1221:Second
61:was a
2705:Scott
2617:Scott
2373:Notes
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1535:Tory
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1493:1702
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1457:Whig
1416:1695
1402:1685
1372:1675
1358:1670
1335:1661
1217:First
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1179:1645
49:Seats
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2703:and
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2336:Whig
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2305:Whig
2293:1830
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2197:Tory
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2143:Whig
2131:1812
2124:Tory
2112:1807
2105:Whig
2093:Whig
2081:1806
2074:Tory
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2040:Tory
2028:1802
1998:1796
1973:1790
1957:1784
1872:1775
1856:1774
1817:1768
1787:1761
1743:1754
1627:1741
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