Appendix XXII: Contested elections
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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.