List of MPs elected to the English parliament in 1640 (April)
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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) elected to the
Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks. Aft ...
in the reign of King Charles I in 1640. The
Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks. Aft ...
at Westminster began on 13 April 1640, and was held until 5 May. It sat for only 28 days, and was then dissolved. It was followed by the
Long Parliament The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660. It followed the fiasco of the Short Parliament, which had convened for only three weeks during the spring of 1640 after an 11-year parliamentary absence. In Septem ...
which began sitting in November 1640. Because of the short duration, several electoral disputes were not resolved before it was dissolved so in some instances there is an extra representative recorded.


List of constituencies and members


See also

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List of parliaments of the United Kingdom This is a list of parliaments of the United Kingdom, tabulated with the elections to the House of Commons and the list of members of the House. The parliaments are numbered from the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...
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Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on the 20th of February 1640 and sat from 13th of April to the 5th of May 1640. It was so called because of its short life of only three weeks. Aft ...


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* * * *{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria, chapter=Fourth Parliament, at Westminster, Anno 15 Charles I. 1640, part=2, pages=229–239 Parliaments of Charles I of England 1640 in England 1640 in politics
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