Lymington was a
parliamentary borough in
Hampshire
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, which elected two
Members of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MPs) to the
House of Commons
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from 1584 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished.
Members of Parliament
1584-1640
1640-1868
1868-1885
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Keppel resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Carnac's resignation caused a by-election.
''Seat reduced to one member''
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Notes
References
*Robert Beatson, ''A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament'' (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807
*D Brunton & D H Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
*''Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803'' (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808
*F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885'' (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
* J Holladay Philbin, ''Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
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Lymington
Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1584
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885