St Albans (UK Parliament constituency)




Coordinates: 51°44′24″N 0°20′13″W / 51.740°N 0.337°W / 51.740; -0.337


















































St Albans

County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of St Albans in Hertfordshire.


Outline map
Location of Hertfordshire within England.

County Hertfordshire
Electorate 70,298 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of parliament
Anne Main (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from Hertfordshire
1554–1852
Number of members Two
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Replaced by Hertfordshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East of England

St Albans is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Anne Main, a Conservative.[n 2]


This article also describes the parliamentary borough (1554-1852) of the same name, consisting only of the city of St Albans, which elected two MPs by the bloc vote system.




Contents






  • 1 Current boundaries


  • 2 Historic boundaries


  • 3 History


    • 3.1 1885 to date




  • 4 Constituency profile


  • 5 MPs since 1885


  • 6 Election Results


    • 6.1 Elections in the 2000s


    • 6.2 Elections in the 1990s


    • 6.3 Elections in the 1980s


    • 6.4 Elections in the 1970s


    • 6.5 Elections in the 1960s


    • 6.6 Elections in the 1950s


    • 6.7 Elections in the 1940s


    • 6.8 Elections in the 1930s


    • 6.9 Elections in the 1920s


    • 6.10 Elections in the 1910s


    • 6.11 Elections in the 1900s


    • 6.12 Elections in the 1890s


    • 6.13 Elections in the 1880s


    • 6.14 Elections in the 1850s


    • 6.15 Elections in the 1840s




  • 7 Members of Parliament


    • 7.1 MPs 1553–1640


    • 7.2 MPs 1640–1852




  • 8 See also


  • 9 Notes and references


  • 10 Sources


  • 11 External links





Current boundaries


The seat is in Hertfordshire, England. Specifically, it comprises the cathedral city of St Albans and some of the surrounding countryside, mainly to the south of the city.


Constituencies were most recently redrawn in 2007, with the new boundaries taking effect at the 2010 general election. The Boundary Commission for England decided to retain the existing 11 seats in Hertfordshire, making relatively minor adjustments to bring the parliamentary boundaries in line with those of local government wards, which had changed since the 1995 review.[2]


The seat since 2010 comprises the following electoral wards:[3]



  • Ashley, Batchwood, Clarence, Colney Heath, Cunningham, London Colney, Marshalswick North, Marshalswick South, Park Street, St Peter's, St Stephen, Sopwell, and Verulam in the City of St Albans


  • Bedmond and Primrose Hill in the Three Rivers District.



Historic boundaries


1885-1918:


1918-1945: The Municipal Borough of St Albans, the Urban Districts of Barnet and East Barnet Valley, the Rural Districts of Barnet and Hatfield, and the part of the Rural District of St Albans which was not included in the Hemel Hempstead constituency.


1945-1950:


1950-1955: The Municipal Borough of St Albans, the Urban District of Welwyn Garden City, the Rural District of Welwyn, and the Rural District of St Albans except the civil parishes of Harpenden Rural and Redbourn.


1955-1974: The Municipal Borough of St Albans, and in the Rural District of St Albans the civil parishes of Colney Heath, London Colney, Sandridge Rural, St Michael Rural, St Stephen, and Wheathampstead.


1974-1983: The Municipal Borough of St Albans, the Urban District of Harpenden, and in the Rural District of St Albans the civil parishes of Harpenden Rural, Redbourn, St Michael Rural, Sandridge, and Wheathampstead.


1983-1997: The District of St Albans wards of Ashley, Batchwood, Clarence, Colney Heath, Cunningham, Harpenden East, Harpenden North, Harpenden South, Harpenden West, Marshalswick North, Marshalswick South, Redbourn, St Peter's, Sandridge, Sopwell, and Verulam.


1997-2010: The District of St Albans wards of Ashley, Batchwood, Clarence, Colney Heath, Cunningham, London Colney, Marshalswick North, Marshalswick South, Park Street, St Peter's, St Stephen's, Sopwell, and Verulam, and the District of Three Rivers ward of Bedmond.



History


The constituency elected a borough representative for over 300 years, until it was disenfranchised as a result of electoral corruption in 1852.[4] The constituency was re-established in an enlarged form in 1885 with an alternative pseudonym, the Mid Division of Hertfordshire. Both names were used in the Redistribution of Seats Act, which dovetailed with the Third Reform Act.



1885 to date


Political history

The constituency was until 1997 held by a Conservative with the exception of five years of the Attlee ministry and early 20th century opposition of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and the first part of his premiership which was when he was in a minority.


Following boundary changes in 1997, and the founding of the New Labour movement which sought public sector reform and investment with expansion based on economic growth, the seat stood the possibility of, on the expected national swing led by Tony Blair, a win by a Labour politician, which took place when it was won for the party for the first time since the 1945 election.


Despite the former Labour MP for the seat, Kerry Pollard, standing there in 2015 and 2017, he has not come close to regaining it. This is in no small part due to the seat showing an unusually high level of support for the Liberal Democrats and their predecessor parties; they have only twice (in 2001 and 2015) failed to win at least 20% of the vote in St Albans since 1974, and in 2010 and 2017 came a strong second (4.4% and 10.7%) behind the Conservatives.


Prominent members

The noble and local landowning Grimston family have produced nine members throughout the seat's history. The three first heirs to the Earldom of Verulam have won election in the seat - the latest MP from the family was John Grimston who later became the 6th Earl.


Sir Hildred Carlile was a textiles entrepreneur and generous benefactor of Bedford College, University of London.


Francis Fremantle was chairman of the Parliamentary Medical Committee from 1923 to 1943.


Peter Lilley was a frontbench minister in government from 1992 until 1997, the Secretary of State for Social Security, after two years as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.



Constituency profile


Workless claimants (registered jobseekers) were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.9% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[5]



MPs since 1885
















































































Election
Member[6]
Party[7][8]

1885


James Grimston

Conservative

1892


Vicary Gibbs

Conservative

1904 by-election


John Slack

Liberal

1906

Sir Hildred Carlile

Conservative

1919 by-election

Sir Francis Fremantle

Conservative

1943 by-election[9]


John Grimston

Conservative

1945


Cyril Dumpleton

Labour

1950


John Grimston

Conservative

1959

Sir Victor Goodhew

Conservative

1983


Peter Lilley

Conservative

1997


Kerry Pollard

Labour

2005


Anne Main

Conservative


Election Results

































































General Election 2017: St Albans
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Anne Main
24,571
43.1

Decrease3.5


Liberal Democrat
Daisy Cooper
18,462
32.4

Increase13.9


Labour

Kerry Pollard
13,137
23.0

Decrease0.3


Green
Jack Easton
828
1.5

Decrease2.3
Majority
6,109
10.7

Decrease12.7

Turnout
56,998
78.3

Increase6.3


Conservative hold

Swing

Decrease8.65









































































General Election 2015: St Albans[10][11]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Anne Main
25,392
46.6

Increase5.9


Labour

Kerry Pollard
12,660
23.3

Increase5.7


Liberal Democrat
Sandy Walkington
10,076
18.5

Decrease17.9


UKIP
Chris Wright
4,271
7.8

Increase4.0


Green
Jack Easton
2,034
3.7

Increase2.3
Majority
12,732
23.4

Increase19.0

Turnout
54,433
72.0

Decrease3.4


Conservative hold

Swing

Increase0.1









































































General Election 2010: St Albans[12][13][14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Anne Main
21,533
40.8

Increase3.5


Liberal Democrat
Sandy Walkington
19,228
36.4

Increase11.0


Labour
Roma Mills
9,288
17.6

Decrease16.7


UKIP
John Stocker
2,028
3.8

Increase2.2


Green
Jack Easton
758
1.4

N/A
Majority
2,305
4.4

Increase1.4

Turnout
52,835
75.4

Increase5.4


Conservative hold

Swing

Decrease3.74



Elections in the 2000s

















































































General Election 2005: St Albans[15][16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Anne Main
16,953
37.3

Increase2.1


Labour

Kerry Pollard
15,592
34.3

Decrease11.1


Liberal Democrat
Michael Green
11,561
25.4

Increase7.5


UKIP
Richard Evans
707
1.6

Increase0.2

St Albans Party
Janet Girsman
430
0.9

N/A


Independent
Mark Reynolds
219
0.5

N/A
Majority
1,361
3.0

N/A

Turnout
45,462
70.00

Increase3.7


Conservative gain from Labour

Swing

Increase6.6

































































General Election 2001: St Albans[17][18]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Kerry Pollard
19,889
45.4

Increase3.4


Conservative

Charles Elphicke
15,423
35.2

Increase2.0


Liberal Democrat
Nick Rijke
7,847
17.9

Decrease3.1


UKIP
Chris Sherwin
602
1.4

N/A
Majority
4,466
10.2

Increase1.4

Turnout
43,761
66.3

Decrease11.2


Labour hold

Swing

Increase0.7



Elections in the 1990s

















































































General Election 1997: St Albans[19][20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Kerry Pollard
21,338
42.0
+17.0


Conservative

David Rutley
16,879
33.2
-12.4


Liberal Democrat
Anthony Rowlands
10,692
21.0
-6.9


Referendum
Jim Warrilow
1,619
3.2

N/A


Rainbow Dream Ticket
Sari Craigen
166
0.3

N/A


Natural Law
Ian Docker
111
0.2
-0.1
Majority
4,459
8.8

N/A

Turnout
50,805
77.5
-6.0


Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
+21.1









































































General Election 1992: St Albans[21][22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Lilley
32,709
52.8
+0.3


Liberal Democrat
Monica Howes
16,305
26.3
-8.2


Labour

Kerry Pollard
12,016
19.4
+7.9


Green
Craig Simmons
734
1.2
-0.1


Natural Law
David Lucas
161
0.3

N/A
Majority
16,404
26.5
+8.5

Turnout
61,925
83.5
+3.3


Conservative hold

Swing
-4.3



Elections in the 1980s









































































General Election 1987: St Albans[23][24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Lilley
31,726
52.5
+0.5


Liberal
Alexander Walkington
20,845
34.5
-2.5


Labour

Tony McWalter
6,922
11.5
+0.6


Green
Elaine Field
788
1.3

N/A

CPRP
William Pass
110
0.2

N/A
Majority
10,881
18.0
+3.0

Turnout
60,391
80.2
+2.0


Conservative hold

Swing
+1.5

























































General Election 1983: St Albans[25][26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Lilley
29,676
52.1
-1.0


Liberal
Alexander Walkington
21,115
37.0
+13.2


Labour
R Austin
6,213
10.9
-12.2
Majority
8,561
15.0
-14.2

Turnout
57,004
78.3
-2.1


Conservative hold

Swing
-7.1



Elections in the 1970s

























































General Election 1979: St Albans[27][28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victor Goodhew
31,301
53.1
+8.1


Liberal
David Michael Picton
14,057
23.8
-3.1


Labour
Ronald John Greaves
13,638
23.1
-5.0
Majority
17,244
29.2
+12.4

Turnout
58,996
80.4
+2.4


Conservative hold

Swing
+5.6

























































General Election, October 1974: St Albans[29][28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victor Goodhew
24,436
45.0
-0.2


Labour
Edwin Hudson
15,301
28.2
+4.1


Liberal
Charles Anthony Shaw
14,614
26.9
-3.8
Majority
9,135
16.8
+2.4

Turnout
54,351
78.0
-6.6


Conservative hold

Swing
-2.15

























































General Election, February 1974: St Albans[30][28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victor Goodhew
26,345
45.2
-6.4


Liberal
Charles Anthony Shaw
17,924
30.7
+17.2


Labour
Daniel Lipman Bernstein
14,077
24.1
-10.8
Majority
8,421
14.4
-2.2

Turnout
58,356
84.6
+8.4


Conservative hold

Swing
-11.8

























































General Election 1970: St Albans [31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victor Goodhew
24,503
51.5
+3.8


Labour
Christopher Hubert Beaumont
16,629
35.0
-6.7


Liberal
Charles Anthony Shaw
6,439
13.5
+2.9
Majority
7,874
16.6
+10.5

Turnout
47,571
76.2
-6.8


Conservative hold

Swing
+5.3



Elections in the 1960s

























































General Election 1966: St Albans [32]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victor Goodhew
22,260
47.7
-0.3


Labour

Keith Kyle
19,428
41.6
+5.4


Liberal
Julian J Wates
4,977
10.7
-5.1
Majority
2,832
6.1
-5.7

Turnout
46,665
83.0
+0.4


Conservative hold

Swing
-2.8

























































General Election 1964: St Albans [33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victor Goodhew
22,063
48.0
-4.9


Labour

Bruce Douglas-Mann
16,672
36.3
+2.8


Liberal
William Glanville Brown
7,231
15.7
+2.1
Majority
5,391
11.7
-7.7

Turnout
45,966
82.6
-0.2


Conservative hold

Swing
-3.9



Elections in the 1950s

























































General Election 1959: St Albans [34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victor Goodhew
23,157
52.9
-4.6


Labour
Lawrence William Carroll
14,650
33.5
-9.0


Liberal
WA Newton Jones
5,948
13.6

N/A
Majority
8,507
19.4
+4.4

Turnout
52,823
82.8
+3.5


Conservative hold

Swing
+2.2

















































General Election 1955: St Albans [35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Grimston
21,828
57.5
+3.0


Labour

Renée Short
16,107
42.5
-3.0
Majority
5,721
15.1
+6.2

Turnout
37,935
79.3
-4.8


Conservative hold

Swing
+3.0

















































General Election 1951: St Albans[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Grimston
28,602
54.5
+7.2


Labour
John McKnight
23,911
45.5
+2.9
Majority
4,691
8.9
+4.4

Turnout
52,513
84.1
-0.8


Conservative hold

Swing
+2.2

























































General Election 1950: St Albans [37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Grimston
24,733
47.2
+4.4


Labour

Cyril Dumpleton
22,351
42.7
-3.8


Liberal

Deryck Abel
5,280
10.1
-0.6
Majority
2,382
4.6

N/A

Turnout
52,464
85.0
+12.4


Conservative gain from Labour

Swing
-4.1



Elections in the 1940s

























































General Election 1945: St Albans[38][8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Cyril Dumpleton
22,421
46.5
+14.0


Conservative

John Grimston
22,362
42.8
-24.7


Liberal

Enid Lakeman
5,601
10.7

N/A
Majority
1,879
3.7

N/A

Turnout
50,384
72.6
+10.0


Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
+19.35
























St Albans by-election, 1943 [8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Grimston

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1930s

















































General Election 1935: St Albans[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Francis Fremantle
33,743
67.5
-10.6


Labour

Hugh Franklin
16,233
35.5
+10.6
Majority
17,510
35.0
-21.2

Turnout
49,976
62.6
-9.3


Conservative hold

Swing
-10.6

















































General Election 1931: St Albans[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Francis Fremantle
36,690
78.1
+30.0


Labour

Monica Whately
10,289
21.9
-5.7
Majority
26,401
56.2
+35.7

Turnout
46,979
71.9
-0.7


Conservative hold

Swing
+17.8



Elections in the 1920s

























































General Election 1929: St Albans[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Francis Fremantle
20,436
48.1
-19.4


Labour

Monica Whately
11,699
27.6
-4.9


Liberal
George Gordon Honeyman
10,299
24.3

N/A
Majority
8,737
20.5
-14.5

Turnout
41,434
72.6
+2.3


Unionist hold

Swing
-7.25

















































General Election 1924: St Albans[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Francis Fremantle
18,004
67.5
+19.8


Labour
Frank Herbert
8,862
32.5
+6.0
Majority
9,322
35.0
+13.8

Turnout
26,864
70.3
+1.5


Unionist hold

Swing
+6.9

























































General Election 1923: St Albans[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Francis Fremantle
11,968
47.7
-10.1


Labour

Christopher Thomson
6,640
26.5
-15.7


Liberal
Harry Krauss Nield
6,469
25.8

N/A
Majority
5,328
21.2
+5.6

Turnout
25,077
68.8
-2.3


Unionist hold

Swing
+2.8

















































General Election 1922: St Albans[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Francis Fremantle
14,594
57.8
+12.0


Labour

John W. Brown
10,662
42.2
-0.2
Majority
3,932
15.6
+12.2

Turnout
25,256
71.1
+8.3


Unionist hold

Swing
+6.1




Fremantle



Elections in the 1910s


























































St Albans by-election, 1919 [8][39]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Unionist

Francis Fremantle
9,621
45.8

N/A


Labour

John W. Brown
8,908
42.4

N/A


Liberal

Milner Gray
2,474
11.8

N/A
Majority
713
3.4

N/A

Turnout
21,003
62.8

N/A


Unionist hold

Swing

N/A


C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
























General Election 1918: St Albans[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Unionist

Hildred Carlile

Unopposed


Unionist hold

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.



Phillimore

















































General Election, December 1910: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Hildred Carlile
6,899
59.1
+1.0


Liberal

Robert Charles Phillimore
4,777
40.9
-1.0
Majority
2,122
18.2
+2.0

Turnout
11,676
83.8
-6.6


Conservative hold

Swing
+1.0

















































General Election, January 1910: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Hildred Carlile
7,323
58.1
+5.6


Liberal
Henry Roscoe Beddoes
5,271
41.9
-5.6
Majority
2,052
16.2
+11.2

Turnout
12,594
90.4
+10.1


Conservative hold

Swing
+5.6



Elections in the 1900s























































General Election 1906: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Hildred Carlile
5,856
52.5

N/A


Liberal

John Bamford Slack
5,304
47.5

N/A
Majority
552
5.0

N/A

Turnout
11,160
89.3

N/A

Registered electors
12,497




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A




Slack























































St Albans by-election, 1904 [7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Bamford Slack
4,757
50.7

N/A


Conservative

Vicary Gibbs
4,635
49.3

N/A
Majority
132
1.4

N/A

Turnout
9,382
81.5

N/A

Registered electors
11,518




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing

N/A
























General Election 1900: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Vicary Gibbs

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1890s
























General Election 1895: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Vicary Gibbs

Unopposed


Conservative hold



Gibbs































































General Election 1892: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Vicary Gibbs
3,417
45.1

N/A


Liberal
Thomas Morgan Harvey[40]
2,573
34.0

N/A


Ind. Conservative
William Henry Bingham-Cox
1,580
20.9

N/A
Majority
844
11.1

N/A

Turnout
7,570
78.3

N/A

Registered electors
9,672




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A



Elections in the 1880s
























General Election 1886: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Grimston

Unopposed


Conservative hold



















































General Election 1885: St Albans[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Grimston
4,108
57.5

N/A


Liberal

John Coles
3,037
42.5

N/A
Majority
1,071
15.0

N/A

Turnout
7,145
81.7

N/A

Registered electors
8,741




Conservative win (new seat)


Elections in the 1850s


On 3 May 1852, the borough was disenfranchised after a Royal Commission found proof of extensive bribery. The electorate was incorporated into Hertfordshire.[41]























































By-election, 24 December 1850: St Albans[41]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Jacob Bell
276
65.2
−5.0


Conservative

Robert Carden
147
34.8
+5.0
Majority
129
30.5
+28.5

Turnout
423
87.6
+0.5

Registered electors
483




Whig hold

Swing
−5.0


  • Caused by Raphael's death


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General Election 1847: St Albans[41][42]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Alexander Raphael
295
31.8
+4.6


Conservative

George Repton
276
29.8
−27.1


Whig

John Wilks
230
24.8
+9.0


Whig

Frederick Craven[43]
126
13.6

N/A

Turnout
464 (est)
87.1 (est)
−3.5

Registered electors
532


Majority
19
2.0
+1.3


Whig hold

Swing
+9.1

Majority
46
5.0
+1.8


Conservative hold

Swing
−27.1























































By-election, 11 August 1846: St Albans[41]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Benjamin Bond Cabbell
264
63.9
−7.0


Whig

William Hare
149
36.1
+6.9
Majority
115
27.8
+24.6

Turnout
413
76.3
−14.3

Registered electors
541




Conservative gain from Whig

Swing
−7.0


  • Caused by Hare's appointment as a Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria



















































































General Election 1841: St Albans[41][44]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Repton
288
30.4



Whig

William Hare
258
27.2



Conservative
Henry Thomas Worley
251
26.5



Whig

George Musket
150
15.8


Turnout
482
90.6


Registered electors
532


Majority
30
3.2



Conservative hold

Swing


Majority
7
0.7



Whig hold

Swing
























































By-election, 9 February 1841: St Albans[41][44]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

William Hare
252
55.1



Conservative

Benjamin Bond Cabbell
205
44.9

Majority
47
10.3


Turnout
457
85.9


Registered electors
532




Whig gain from Conservative

Swing



  • Caused by Grimston's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds


Members of Parliament



MPs 1553–1640




































































































































Parliament First member Second member
1553 (Oct) John Maynard
Thomas Johnson[45]
1554 (Apr) Thomas Wendy
Oliver Starkey[45]
1554 (Nov) John Maynard
Oliver Starkey[45]
1555 John Astley
Robert Stepneth[45]
1558 Henry Heydon
Francis Southwell[45]
1559 (Jan) Christopher Smith
John Dodmer[46]
1562/3
Robert Wroth[47]

Roger Carew [46]
1571 William Skipwith
George Ferrers[46]
1572 (Apr) Henry Cocke
Charles Smythe[46]
1584 Henry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby[46]
1586 (Oct) Henry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby[46]
1588 (Oct) Henry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby[46]
1593 Henry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby[46]
1597 (Oct) Henry Maynard
Humphrey Coningsby[46]
1601
Francis Bacon, sat for Ipswich,
replaced Nov 1601 by
Henry Frowick

Adolph Carey[46]
1604
Sir Francis Bacon, sat for Ipswich
repl. by
Tobie Matthew

Adolph Carey
1610 Sir Thomas Parry
Sir Henry Helmes
1614
Sir Francis Bacon, sat for Cambridge University
repl. by
Thomas Perient

Henry Finch
1620 Sir Thomas Richardson
Robert Shute
1621 Sir Thomas Richardson
Henry Meautys
1624 Sir Arthur Capell
Sir John Luke
1625 Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet
Sir John Luke
1626 Sir Charles Morrison, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Goring
1628 Sir John Jennings
Robert Kirkham
1629–1640
No Parliaments summoned


MPs 1640–1852
























































































































































































































































































































































































































Year First member First party Second member Second party

April 1640

Richard Coningsby

Sir John Jennings
Parliamentarian

November 1640

Edward Wingate
Parliamentarian
1642

Richard Jennings
Parliamentarian
December 1648

Wingate and Jennings excluded in Pride's Purge - both seats vacant
1653

St Albans was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament

1654

Alban Cox

St Albans had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate


1656

January 1659

Richard Jennings

May 1659

Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660


William Foxwist



Richard Jennings

1661


Thomas Arris

1668


Samuel Grimston

February 1679


Sir Thomas Blount



John Gape

August 1679


Samuel Grimston

1685


Captain George Churchill[48]



Thomas Docwra

1689


Sir Samuel Grimston

January 1701


Joshua Lomax

March 1701


John Gape

1705


Admiral Henry Killigrew

1708


John Gape



Joshua Lomax

1710


William Grimston[49]

1713


William Hale[50]

1714


John Gape

1715


William Hale

1717


Joshua Lomax


1722


William Gore



William Clayton


1727


The Viscount Grimston



Caleb Lomax

1730 by-election


Thomas Gape

1733 by-election


John Merrill


1734


Sir Thomas Aston



Thomas Ashby


1741


James West

1743 by-election


Hans Stanley


1747


Sir Peter Thompson


1754


Hon. James Grimston[51]


1761


Viscount Nuneham


1768


(Sir) Richard Sutton[52]



John Radcliffe


1780


William Charles Sloper

1783 by-election


The Viscount Grimston


1784


Hon. William Grimston


1790


Hon. Richard Bingham[53]

Tory[44]


John Calvert


1796


Thomas Bucknall

Tory[44]
June 1800 by-election


William Stephen Poyntz

Whig[44]

1802


Hon. James Grimston

Tory[44]

1807


Joseph Thompson Halsey

Whig[44]
1809 by-election


Daniel Giles

Whig[44]

1812


Christopher Smith

Tory[44]
February 1818 by-election


William Tierney Robarts

Whig[44]

June 1818


Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill

Tory[44]

1820


Christopher Smith

Tory[44]
1821 by-election


Sir Henry Wright-Wilson

Tory[44]

1826


John Easthope

Whig[44]

1830


Viscount Grimston

Tory[44]


Charles Tennant

Whig[44]

1831


Sir Francis Vincent, Bt

Whig[44]


Richard Godson

Whig[44][54]

1832


Henry George Ward

Whig[44]

1835


Hon. Edward Grimston

Conservative[44]

1837


George Muskett

Whig[44][55][56][57]

February 1841 by-election


William Hare

Whig[44][56][57]

June 1841


George Repton

Conservative[44]

1846 by-election


Benjamin Bond Cabbell

Conservative

1847


Alexander Raphael

Whig[58]

1850 by-election


Jacob Bell

Whig[59][60][61]

1852

Constituency disfranchised for corruption


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire


Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)


  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.



References




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  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1681)". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 21 August 2013.


  4. ^ Reform Act 1867


  5. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian


  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)


  7. ^ abcdefghij Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 297. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.


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  9. ^ New M.P. For St. Albans, The Times, October 06, 1943


  10. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  11. ^ "2015 Parliamentary Election Results". St Albans City and District Council. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.


  12. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  13. ^ City & District of St Albans - Statement of persons nominated


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  15. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


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  18. ^ "General Election result, June 2001". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  19. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  20. ^ "General Election result, May 1997". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  21. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  22. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  23. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  24. ^ "UK General Election results 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  25. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  26. ^ "UK General Election results June 1983". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  27. ^ "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  28. ^ abc "'St Albans', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 4 April 2016.


  29. ^ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  30. ^ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  31. ^ "UK General Election results June 1970". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  32. ^ "UK General Election results March 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  33. ^ "UK General Election results October 1964". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  34. ^ "UK General Election results October 1959". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  35. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  36. ^ "UK General Election results October 1951". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  37. ^ "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 4 February 2011.


  38. ^ For the 1945 general election, changes are calculated relative to the 1935 general election results, not the uncontested by-election in 1943


  39. ^ Large Labour Vote At St. Albans, Seat Held By Coalition, The Times, Wednesday 24 December 1919, page 10


  40. ^ Moore, Julie Patricia (September 2010). The Impact of Agricultural Depression and Land Ownership Change on the County of Hertfordshire, c.1870-1914 (PDF) (PhD). University of Hertfordshire. p. 214.


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  42. ^ "Wilks and Independence". Hertford Mercury and Reformer. 24 July 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 30 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


  43. ^ "St Albans". Bedfordshire Mercury. 31 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 30 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


  44. ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 147–149. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.


  45. ^ abcde "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-10-02.


  46. ^ abcdefghij "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-10-02.


  47. ^  "Wroth, Robert". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


  48. ^ Admiral from 1702


  49. ^ Created The Viscount Grimston (in the Peerage of Ireland), November 1719


  50. ^ On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Hale was found not to have been duly elected


  51. ^ The 2nd Viscount Grimston (in the Peerage of Ireland) from October 1756


  52. ^ Richard Sutton was created a baronet, 1772


  53. ^ Styled Lord Bingham from October 1795, when his father was raised to an Earldom


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Sources



  • Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]

  • 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) [2]

  • F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)

  • Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)

  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)



External links




  • 2005 voting statistics from the BBC


  • 2001 and 1997 voting statistics from the BBC

  • OBV


  • Coverage from The Times









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