|
1871 Ripon By-election
The 1871 Ripon (UK Parliament constituency), Ripon by-election was held on 15 February 1871. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Lord John Hay (Royal Navy admiral of the fleet), Lord John Hay. It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir Henry Knight Storks. References 1871 elections in the United Kingdom 1871 in England 19th century in Yorkshire Politics of the Borough of Harrogate History of Ripon By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in North Yorkshire constituencies Politics of Ripon {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ripon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Ripon was a constituency sending members to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1983, centred on the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire. History Ripon was first represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, and also returned members in 1307 and 1337, but it was not permanently represented until 1553, after which it returned two Members of Parliament. It was a parliamentary borough consisting only of the town of Ripon itself until the Great Reform Act of 1832; the right to vote was vested in the holders of the tightly controlled burgage tenements — count-of-head polls were accordingly rare — for, the last contested election in Ripon before the Reform Act 1832 was in 1715. By 1832 it was estimated that there were 43 men qualified to vote; the total of adult males over age 20 in the township in 1831 was recorded at 3,571. Such a burgeoning middle class population when considered under the 1832 Reform Act made for Ripon a relatively major b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |