Rutland (UK Parliament constituency)
























Rutland
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Rutland
Major settlements
Oakham and Uppingham
1290–1918
Number of members 1290–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Replaced by Rutland & Stamford

Rutland was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Rutland. It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, along with Stamford in Lincolnshire. Since 1983, Rutland has formed part of the Rutland and Melton constituency along with Melton Mowbray from Leicestershire.


The constituency elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as Knights of the Shire, until 1885, when it was reduced to one Member.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Members of Parliament


    • 2.1 1295–1640


    • 2.2 1640–1885


    • 2.3 1885–1918




  • 3 Elections


    • 3.1 Elections in the 1850s


    • 3.2 Elections in the 1860s


    • 3.3 Elections in the 1870s


    • 3.4 Elections in the 1880s


    • 3.5 Elections in the 1890s


    • 3.6 Elections in the 1900s


    • 3.7 Elections in the 1910s




  • 4 References





Boundaries


The constituency comprised the whole of the historic county of Rutland, in the East Midlands. Rutland, the smallest of the historic counties of England, never had any Parliamentary borough constituencies within its borders.


The place of election for the county was at Oakham. This was where the hustings were held; at which candidates were nominated (before the Ballot Act 1872), polling took place (before the introduction of multiple polling places in county constituencies) and where the result was announced.


Pelling in his Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910 describes most of the people in this county as "engaged in or dependent upon agriculture". The constituency was a safe Conservative one and was rarely contested in the period covered by the book. G. H. Finch MP had personally owned almost one tenth of the county he represented.



Members of Parliament



1295–1640































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Parliament First member Second member
1295 (Nov)
Robert de Flixthorpe[1]

Simon de Bokminster[1]
1297 (Sep)
William Murdak[1]

Adam de Jernemuta[1]
1298 (May)
John Folville[1]

William de Berck[1]
1301 (Jan)
William Blount[1]

John Folville[1]
1302 (Oct)
John de Seyton[1]

Robert de Flixthorpe[1]
1310
Ralf de Beaufoy
1312
William de St Liz
1313 (Mar)
William de Hellewell[1]

Alan de Frankton[1]
1318
John de Beaufoy
1328
Richard de St Liz
1330
Richard de St Liz
1335
Richard de St Liz
1336
Richard de St Liz
1337
John de Seyton
1340 (Jan)
Robert de Hellewell[1]
no 2nd member[1]
1363
William Beaufoy
1365
William Beaufoy
1368
Walter Scarle [2]
1369
William Beaufoy
1372
John Wittlebury[3]
1377
Thomas de Burton
1378
Walter Scarle [2]
1380 (Jan)
Walter Scarle [2]
1380 (Nov)
John Wittlebury [3]
1380
Thomas de Burton
1381
John Wittlebury [3]
1382
Thomas de Burton
1383
John Calveley
1383 (Oct)
John Wittlebury [3]
1384
Robert Harrington[4]
1385 Hugh Calveley
Walter Scarle
1386 John Wittlebury
Walter Scarle [5]
1388 (Feb) Sir Hugh Browe
Sir Oliver Mauleverer [5]
1388 (Sep)
Sir John Daneys[5]

Walter Scarle[2]
1390 (Jan) Hugh Calveley
Sir Oliver Mauleverer [5]
1390 (Nov) Sir Hugh Browe
Sir John Calveley [5]
1391 Sir John Bussy
Sir Hugh Greenham [5]
1393 Sir Walter Scarle
Sir John Elme [5]
1394 Sir John Daneys
Sir John Elme [5]
1395 John Wittlebury
Sir Walter Scarle[5]
1397 (Jan) Sir Robert Plesington
Roger Flore [5]
1397 (Sep) Sir Oliver Mauleverer
Sir Thomas Oudeby [5]
1399 John Durant
Roger Flore [5]|- [5]
1401 John Durant
William Oudeby [5]
1402 Sir Thomas Oudeby
Roger Flore [5]
1404 (Jan) Thomas Thorpe
John Pensax [5]
1404 (Oct) Sir Thomas Oudeby
Roger Flore [5]
1406 John Pensax
Robert Scarle [5]
1407 Robert Browe
William Sheffield [5]
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) John Pensax
John Burgh [5]
1414 (Apr) Roger Flore
Robert Browe [5]
1414 (Nov) Roger Flore
John Newbold [5]
1415 Roger Flore
John Burgh [5]
1416 (Mar) Roger Flore
Geoffrey Paynell [5]
1416 (Oct)
Roger Flore [5]
1417 Roger Flore ? [5]
1419 Roger Flore
Robert Browe [5]
1420 Sir Thomas Burton
Sir Henry Pleasington [5]
1421 (May) John Pensax
William Sheffield [5]
1421 (Dec) John Culpepper
Thomas Greenham [5]
1422 Roger Flore
Sir Henry Pleasington
1423
Robert Browe
1425 Sir Thomas Burton
Sir Henry Pleasington
1427
Sir Thomas Burton
1429
Robert Browe
1431
Robert Browe
1432
Thomas Flore
1433
William Beaufoy
1434
William Beaufoy
1439–40 Robert Browe
Hugh Boivyle[6]
1445
Thomas Flore
1447 Hugh Boyvyle Everard Dygby[7]
1449 Everard Digby
John Browe
1450 Thomas Palmer
Everard Digby
1510–1523
No names known[8]
1529 Sir Everard Digby
John Harington [8]
1536
1539 John Harington
Edward Sapcote [8]
1542 John Harington
Simon Digby [8]
1545 Kenelm Digby
Anthony Colly [8]
1547 Kenelm Digby
Anthony Colly [8]
1553 (Mar) Kenelm Digby
Anthony Colly [8]
1553 (Oct) Andrew Nowell
Kenelm Digby [8]
1554 (Apr) Anthony Colly
John Hunt [8]
1554 (Nov) James Harington
Anthony Colly [8]
1555 James Harington
Kenelm Digby [8]
1558 Kenelm Digby
James Harington [8]
1558–1559 James Harington
Kenelm Digby[9]
1562–1563 Anthony Colly
John Flower [9]
1571 Kenelm Digby
John Harington [9]
1572 (Apr) Sir James Harington
Kenelm Digby [9]
1584 Kenelm Digby
(Sir) Andrew Noel [9]
1586 (Oct) Sir James Harington
(Sir) Andrew Noel [9]
1588 Sir James Harington
(Sir) Andrew Noel [9]
1593 Sir John Harington
(Sir) Andrew Noel [9]
1597 William Cecil
Sir James Harington [9]
1601 (Oct) Sir John Harington
(Sir) Andrew Noel, declared void, Nov 1601
[10] replaced by Edward Noel [9][11]
1604–1611 Sir James Harington
Sir William Bulstrode
1614 Sir Guy Palmes
Basil Fielding
1621–1622 Sir Guy Palmes
Sir William Bulstrode
1624 Sir Guy Palmes
Sir William Bulstrode
1625 Sir Guy Palmes
Sir William Bulstrode
1626 Sir William Bulstrode
Sir Francis Bodenham
1628 Sir Guy Palmes
Sir William Bulstrode
1629–1640
No Parliaments convened


1640–1885












































































































































































































































































































































































Year First member First party Second member Second party

November 1640

Hon. Baptist Noel
Royalist

Sir Guy Palmes
Royalist
1643

Noel succeeded to peerage, August 1643 – seat vacant

Palmes disabled from sitting, September 1643 – seat vacant
1646

James Harington

Thomas Waite
1653

Edward Horseman

Rutland had only one representative in the Barebones Parliament

1654

William Shield

1656

Abel Barker

January 1659

Edward Horseman

May 1659

Sir James Harington

Thomas Waite not recorded as participating in the restored Rump
April 1660


Philip Sherard



Samuel Browne

1661


Edward Noel

February 1679


Sir Thomas Mackworth

August 1679


Sir Abel Barker

1680


Sir Thomas Mackworth

1681


Edward Fawkener

1685


Baptist Noel

Tory


Sir Thomas Mackworth

1689


Bennet Sherard

1694


Sir Thomas Mackworth

1695


Lord Burghley

1698


Richard Halford

1701


Sir Thomas Mackworth

1708


Philip Sherard

1710


Lord Finch



John Noel [12]

1711


Richard Halford

1713


The Lord Sherard

1715


John Noel

1719


Marquess of Granby

Whig
1721


Sir Thomas Mackworth

1727


John Noel

1728


Thomas Noel

1730


William Burton

1734


James Noel

1741


John Finch

1747


Lord Burghley

1753


Thomas Noel

1754


George Bridges Brudenell

1761


Hon. Thomas Chambers Cecil

1768


George Bridges Brudenell

1788


Gerard Edwardes [13]

Whig
1790


John Heathcote

1795


Lord Sherard

1796


Sir William Lowther, Bt

1802


The Lord Carbery

1805


The Lord Henniker

1808


Charles Noel

1812


Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt

Whig
1814


Sir Gerard Noel, Bt

Tory
1838


Hon. William Noel

Conservative
1840


Hon. Charles Noel

Whig
1841


Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bt

Whig[14][15]


Hon. William Dawnay

Conservative
1846


George Finch

Conservative
1847


Hon. Gerard Noel

Conservative
1856


Hon. Gilbert Heathcote

Whig[16]
1859


Liberal
1867


George Finch

Conservative
1883


James Lowther

Conservative

1885

Representation reduced to one member


1885–1918

























Year Member of Parliament Party
1885


George Finch

Conservative

1907


John Gretton

Conservative

1918

Constituency abolished: see Rutland and Stamford


Elections


Population in 1831: 19,380


General Election 1832 (December 14)

Registered Electors: 1,296

G N Noel, Bart. Conservative

G Heathcote Whig


General Election 1835 (January 10)

G N Noel, Bart. Conservative


G Heathcote Whig

General Election 1837 (July 29)

G N Noel, Bart. Conservative

G Heathcote Whig


Following the death of Sir G N Noel:


By-Election 1838 (March 13)

W M Noel Conservative


Noel accepted the Chiltern Hundreds (a procedural device to allow resignation from the House of Commons).


By-Election 1840 (January 28)


C G Noel Whig

General Election 1841 (July 12)

G J Heathcote Whig (767 votes)

W H Dawnay Conservative (676 votes)

- C G Noel Whig (664 votes – unsuccessful candidate)


Dawnay accepts Chiltern Hundreds.


By-Election 1846 (February 14)

Geo Finch Protectionist


General Election 1847 (August 7)

G J Heathcote Protectionist

G J Noel Protectionist



Elections in the 1850s








































General Election 1852: Rutland (2 seats) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Gilbert John Heathcote

Unopposed


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,876




Whig hold


Conservative hold

Heathcote was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Aveland and causing a by-election.
























By-election, 4 March 1856: Rutland[17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Gilbert Heathcote

Unopposed


Whig hold







































General Election 1857: Rutland (2 seats) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Gilbert Heathcote

Unopposed


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,822




Whig hold


Conservative hold







































General Election 1859: Rutland (2 seats) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Gilbert Heathcote

Unopposed


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,810




Liberal hold


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1860s








































General Election 1865: Rutland (2 seats) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Gilbert Heathcote

Unopposed


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,774




Liberal hold


Conservative hold

Noel was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
























By-election, 14 July 1866: Rutland [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed


Conservative hold

Heathcote succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Aveland and causing a by-election.
























By-election, 23 November 1867: Rutland [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative gain from Liberal







































General Election 1868: Rutland (2 seats) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed

Registered electors
2,200




Conservative hold


Conservative gain from Liberal


Elections in the 1870s








































General Election 1874: Rutland (2 seats) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,950




Conservative hold


Conservative hold

Noel was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings.
























By-election, 17 Aug 1876: Rutland (1 seat) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1880s








































General Election 1880: Rutland (2 seats) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative

Gerard Noel

Unopposed

Registered electors
1,736




Conservative hold


Conservative hold

Noel's resignation caused a by-election.




















































By-election, 1 Sep 1883: Rutland (1 seat) [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Lowther
860
81.6

N/A


Liberal
John William Davenport-Handley[18]
194
18.4

N/A
Majority
666
63.2

N/A

Turnout
1,054
59.6

N/A

Registered electors
1,768




Conservative hold



Buszard























































General Election 1885: Rutland [19][20][21]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch
2,366
68.1

N/A


Liberal

Marston Clarke Buszard
1,110
31.9

N/A
Majority
1,256
36.2

N/A

Turnout
3,476
83.4

N/A

Registered electors
4,166




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A




Finch
























General Election 1886: Rutland [19][20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1890s
























General Election 1892: Rutland [19][20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative hold























General Election 1895: Rutland [19][20][22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1900s
























General Election 1900: Rutland [19][20][22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch

Unopposed


Conservative hold



Pearson























































General Election 1906: Rutland [19][20]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

George Finch
2,047
56.7

N/A


Liberal

Harold Pearson
1,564
43.3

N/A
Majority
483
13.4

N/A

Turnout
3,611
89.3

N/A

Registered electors
4,042




Conservative hold

Swing

N/A




John Gretton























































Rutland by-election, 1907[19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Gretton
2,213
61.9
+5.2


Liberal
W F H Lyon
1,362
38.1
−5.2
Majority
851
23.8
+10.4

Turnout
3,575
87.6
−1.7

Registered electors
4,083




Conservative hold

Swing
+5.2



Elections in the 1910s























































General Election January 1910: Rutland [19][22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Gretton
2,235
59.3
+2.6


Liberal
Joseph Nathaniel Emery
1,531
40.7
−2.6
Majority
704
18.6
+5.2

Turnout
3,766
91.2
+1.9

Registered electors
4,128




Conservative hold

Swing
+2.6























































General Election December 1910: Rutland [19][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Gretton
2,169
61.3
+2.0


Liberal
Joseph Nathaniel Emery
1,367
38.7
−2.0
Majority
802
22.6
+4.0

Turnout
3,536
85.7
−5.5

Registered electors
4,128




Conservative hold

Swing
+2.0


General Election 1914/15:


Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;




  • Unionist: John Gretton


  • Liberal:



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  12. ^ On petition, Noel was declared not to have been duly elected


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