List of Members of Parliament elected in the
1710 British general election
The 1710 British general election produced a landslide victory for the Tories. The election came in the wake of the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell, which had led to the collapse of the previous government led by Godolphin and the Whig Junto.
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, held in October of that year.
This is a list of the 558 MPs or Members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of Union which created a new unified Kingdo ...
in 1710, the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain, and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.
The reference, in the constituency section of the table, to the numbers of seats in a constituency has no relevance except to make clear how many members were elected in a particular constituency.
Peers of Ireland are differentiated from the holders of
courtesy title
A courtesy title is a title that does not have legal significance but rather is used through custom or courtesy, particularly, in the context of nobility, the titles used by children of members of the nobility (cf. substantive title).
In some co ...
s by including the succession number to the peerage, i.e. ''The 1st Earl of Upper Ossory'' is an Irish peer and ''Viscount Dupplin'' is the holder of a courtesy title.
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By-elections
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List of Great Britain by-elections (1707–15)
See also
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1710 British general election
The 1710 British general election produced a landslide victory for the Tories. The election came in the wake of the prosecution of Henry Sacheverell, which had led to the collapse of the previous government led by Godolphin and the Whig Junto.
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List of parliaments of Great Britain
This is a listing of sessions of the Parliament of Great Britain, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons of Great Britain for each session, and the list of members of the House.
The sessions are numbered from the formation of the ...
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Unreformed House of Commons
"Unreformed House of Commons" is a name given to the House of Commons of Great Britain and (after 1800 the House of Commons of the United Kingdom) before it was reformed by the Reform Act 1832, the Irish Reform Act 1832, and the Scottish Reform ...
References
* ''The House of Commons 1690–1715'', eds. D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks, and S. Handley (2002)
External links
History of Parliament: Members 1690–1715History of Parliament: Constituencies 1690–1715
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1708
In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 1 – Charles XII of Sweden invades Russia, by crossing th ...
1710
1710 in Great Britain
Lists of Members of the Parliament of Great Britain