Boundaries
The historic port city ofMembers of Parliament
The use of Roman numerals in the list below denotes different politicians of the same name, not that the individuals concerned would have used the Roman numerals as part of their name. Non Partisan denotes that the politician concerned is not known to have been associated with a party (not necessarily that he was not). Whilst Whig and Tory societies in the city continued to nominate candidates in the last half of the 18th century, the electoral labels used in Bristol had very little to do with what the MPs did in national politics. Notes:- * 1 By 4 February 1536 David Broke had been elected vice Thomas Jubbes deceased. He was probably re-elected in the 1536 general election and certainly was at the 1539 and 1542 elections.. * 2 A Peer of Ireland. He was created a Peer of England, as 1st Baron Butler, in 1666. * 3 Died 16 October 1677. * 4 Died 11 October 1685. * 5 Died 30 September 1739. * 6 Died 20 October 1742. * 7 Died 24 January 1756. * 8 Created a Peer of Ireland, as 1st Viscount Clare, in 1767. * 9 Died 30 December 1780. * 10 A Peer of Ireland, as 1st Baron Sheffield, created in 1781. * 11 Adopted a new surname of Bathurst, in 1804. * 12 Resigned. * 13 Died 10 March 1870. * 14 Election declared void on petition.Elections
During the existence of this constituency, Bristol was a city with the status of being a county of itself. That meant that the city was not subject to the administration of the officials of the geographic counties in which it was situated. In electoral terms it meant that the voters for theElections in the 1710s
* ''Note (1715): Although the Whig candidates received fewer votes than the Tory ones, the Returning Officer declared them elected and the House of Commons did not hear the petitions against the return; so Daines and Earle continued to sit throughout the Parliament.''Elections in the 1720s
* ''Note (1727): William Hart (Tory) was a candidate, but he did not go to a poll after Mr Elton paid him £1,000 to cover his election expenses.'' * ''Elton became the 2nd Baronet, upon the death of his father (the MP of the same name elected in 1722) in 1728.''Elections in the 1730s
* ''Death of Coster'' * ''Note (1759): Southwell was an Opposition Whig''Elections in the 1740s
* Death of Elton''Elections in the 1750s
* ''Note (1754): Nugent 2,601; Philips 2,165. (Source: Stooks Smith)'' * ''Death of Beckford'' * ''Seat vacated by appointment of Craggs-Nugent as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland''Elections in the 1760s
* ''Seat vacated by appointment of Craggs-Nugent as First Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations'' * ''Creation of Craggs-Nugent as the 1st Viscount Clare, in the Peerage of Ireland, in 1767'' * ''Seat vacated by appointment of Viscount Clare as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland''Elections in the 1770s
* ''Note (1774): 5,384 voted. Lord Clare resigned on the second day when Mr. Burke was first proposed. Mr. Burke was at the time in Malton, for which place he had been returned when the deputation arrived to invite him to Bristol, where he arrived on the sixth day's poll. (Source: Stooks Smith)''Elections in the 1780s
* ''Note (1780): Lippincott 3,518; Burke 0. Mr. Rich. Combe, late member ofElections in the 1790s
* ''Note (1796): Poll 1 day. (Source: Stooks Smith)''Elections in the 1800s
* ''Members of the last Parliament of Great Britain, continued in office for the first Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801'' * ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Treasurer of the Navy'' * ''Note (1802): Sir Frederick Eden was a candidate, but retired before the election. (Source: Stooks Smith)'' * ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Bragge as Secretary at War'' * ''Bragge changed his surname to Bathurst in 1804''Elections in the 1810s
* ''Seat vacated on the appointment of Bathurst as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 June 1812'' * ''Note (1812 by-election): Poll 13 days; 2,142 electors voted. (Source: Stooks Smith)'' * ''Note (1812): Poll 10 days; 4,389 electors cast 7,415 votes. (Source: Stooks Smith)'' * ''Note (1818): Poll 5 days; 4,121 electors cast 7,320 votes. (Source: Stooks Smith)''Elections in the 1820s
Elections in the 1830s
* ''Note (1830): Poll 4 days (Source: Stooks Smith)''Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
* ''Note (1852): From this election the number of electors who voted is unknown, so the number of votes cast is divided by two, and the resultant figure is used to calculate an estimated minimum turnout. To the extent that electors did not cast both their possible votes the turnout figure will be an underestimate.''Elections in the 1860s
* ''Resignation of Peto'' * ''McCalmont reports that Miles was unseated on petition, but that no new writ was issued before the 1868 general election. Craig also reports the election was voided.''Elections in the 1870s
* ''Death of Berkeley'' * ''Election of Robinson declared void on petition'' * ''Swing from Liberal to Conservative'' * ''Resignation of Hodgson''Elections in the 1880s
* ''Constituency abolished - city split into four divisions (1885)''See also
* List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies * Unreformed House of CommonsReferences
Bibliography
* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972) * ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977) * ''McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book: British Election Results 1832-1918'' (8th edition, The Harvester Press 1971) * * * * ''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) ''out of copyright'' * ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885'', edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bristol (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in South West England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885 Parliamentary constituencies in Bristol