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Revision as of 03:37, 3 December 2017

Truro
Former
Borough constituency
Replaced byTruro

Truro was the name of a

first past the post system. In 1997, although there had been no changes to its boundaries, it was renamed as Truro and St Austell, reflecting the fact that St Austell by then had a larger population than Truro
.

Boundaries

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Truro, the Urban District of St Austell, the Rural District of Truro except the civil parish of Gwennap, and in the Rural District of St Austell the civil parishes of Creed, Grampound, Roche, St Dennis, St Ewe, St Goran, St Mewan, St Michael Caerhays, and St Stephen-in-Brannel.

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Truro, and St Austell with Fowey, the Rural District of Truro except the civil parish of Gwennap, and in the Rural District of St Austell the civil parishes of Creed, Grampound, Roche, St Dennis, St Ewe, St Goran, St Mewan, St Michael Caerhays, and St Stephen-in-Brannel.

1983-1997: The District of Carrick wards of Boscawen, Chacewater, Feock, Kea, Kenwyn, Moresk, Newlyn, Perranzabuloe, Probus, Roseland, St Agnes, St Clement, Tregolls, and Trehaverne, and the Borough of Restormel wards of Crinnis, Mevagissey, Poltair, Rock, St Ewe, St Mewan, St Stephen-in-Brannel, Trevarna, and Treverbyn.

History

The constituency has existed in a number of different forms. The constituency of Truro, up until 1885 elected two members to parliament; this was reduced to one. In 1918 the constituency was abolished but it was recreated again in 1950.

The seat became a safe Lib Dem bet thanks to the popularity and eloquence of its former MP,

Matthew Taylor
, held the seat comfortably from a by-election in 1987, and remained its MP after the name change in 1997.

Members of Parliament

Truro Parliamentary borough

MPs 1295–1629

  • Constituency created (1295)
Parliament First member Second member
1358 John Hamely[1]
1386 John Tregoose Robert Clerk[2]
1388 (Feb) Henry Gourlyn John Tremayne[2]
1388 (Sep) John Tr...uran John Trebernet[2]
1390 (Jan) John Coke Walter Bloyowe[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391 John Urban Roger Juyl[2]
1393 Ralph Trenewith I Walter Bloyowe[2]
1394
1395 Richard Respryn Andrew Borlase[2]
1397 (Jan) John Trereise John Megre[2]
1397 (Sep) Nicholas Trenewith John Lawhire[2]
1399 Richard Carhorta Pascoe Polruddan[2]
1401
1402 Ralph Kayl John Trereise[2]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 Ralph Cardrewe Thomas Brunsham[2]
1407
1410
1411 Thomas Paderda William Colyn[2]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May) John Chinals William Chamberlain[2]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov) John Trereise William Trethake I[2]
1415
1416 (Mar) Peter Hayme William Moun[2]
1416 (Oct)
1417 John Megre Andrew Hirnans[2]
1419 John Trewint John Langedon[2]
1420 William Panter Robert Trenerth[2]
1421 (May) William Trethake II William Richard[2]
1421 (Dec) Robert Treage William Richard[2]
1422 John But
1425 John But
1510–1523 No names known
1529 Roger Corbet John Thomas
1536 ?Roger Corbet ?
1539 ?
1542 ?
1545 Francis Smith Robert Trencreke
1547 Robert Trencreke Nicholas Randall
First Parliament of 1553 Nicholas Randall Thomas Roydon
Second Parliament of 1553
John Methnes[3]
Parliament of 1554 William Iseham Thomas Duppa
Parliament of 1554–1555 John Melhuish Thomas Roydon
Parliament of 1555 Nicholas Randall
Thomas Randall[4]
Parliament of 1558 Thomas Roydon
Parliament of 1563–1567 John Carminow
John Mitchell[5]
Parliament of 1571 Henry Killigrew Vincent Skinner
Parliament of 1572–1581 Oliver Carminow
Parliament of 1584–1585 Edward Darcy
Michael Hicks
Parliament of 1586–1587 John Stanhope Roland Lytton
Parliament of 1588–1589 Hannibal Vyvyan John Woolton
Parliament of 1593
John Parker
Nicholas Smith
Parliament of 1597–1598
Maurice Berkeley
Reade Stafford
Parliament of 1601
William Daniel
Thomas Harris
Parliament of 1604–1611 Henry Cossen Thomas Burgess
Addled Parliament (1614) Thomas Russell Thomas Burgess, junior
Parliament of 1621–1622
Barnaby Gough, sat for Cambridge Univ.
and replaced by Sir John Catcher[6]
John Trefusis[7]
Happy Parliament (1624)
Richard Daniel Thomas Burgess
Useless Parliament (1625)
William Rous
Henry Rolle
Parliament of 1626 Francis Rous
Parliament of 1628 Richard Daniel
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

MPs 1640–1885

Election 1st Member[8] 1st Party 2nd Member[8] 2nd Party
April 1640 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" | Francis Rous Parliamentarian rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" | John Rolle Parliamentarian
November 1640
November 1648 Rolle died – seat left vacant
1653 Truro was unrepresented in the
Barebones Parliament
1654 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Rous Truro had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Walter Vincent
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Boscawen
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Walter Vincent rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |
Edward Boscawen
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Arundell
1666 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Arundell
1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Boscawen
1681 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Ashurst
1685 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Arundell rowspan="14" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Vincent
1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Ashurst, Bt
1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Cloberry
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Fortescue
Whig
March 1701 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir John Hawles
Whig
December 1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |
Sir William Scawen
sat for Grampound
February 1702 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Robert Cotton
Tory
July 1702 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Powys
November 1702 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Philip Meadowes
May 1705 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Hugh Boscawen
Whig
November 1705 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Peregrine Bertie
Whig
May 1708
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Brydges[9]
December 1708 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |
Robert Furnese
Whig
1710
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Hugh Boscawen
Whig
1713
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Hare style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Collier
1715
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Selwyn rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Spencer Cowper
Whig
1721 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Wyndham
1727
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Boscawen style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sidney Meadows
1734
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Kelland Courtenay style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Trefusis
1741
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Hamilton style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |
James Hammond
1742 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen
Tory
1747
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Hon. John Boscawen[10]
Tory
1761
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |
Lt General the Hon. George Boscawen
Tory
1767 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Edward Hugh Boscawen
Tory
1774
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" |
George Boscawen
Tory
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |
Bamber Gascoyne
Whig
1780
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Henry Rosewarne
Whig
1783 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Pollexfen Bastard
Tory
February 1784 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir John St Aubyn, Bt
Whig
April 1784
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Macarmick
Tory
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Augustus Spencer Boscawen
Tory
1787 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Hiley Addington
Tory
1790
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | James Gordon
Tory
1792 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Ingoldsby Paulet[11]
Tory
1796
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Lt Colonel John Leveson-Gower
Tory
rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | John Lemon
Whig
1802
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Captain Edward Leveson-Gower
Tory
1807
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Edward Boscawen
Tory
1808 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Powlett Townshend
Tory
1810 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William John Bankes
Tory
1812
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir George Warrender, Bt
Tory
1814 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | George Dashwood
Tory
1818
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Lord FitzRoy Somerset
Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Edward Tomline
Tory
1820
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Hussey Vivian
Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |
William Gossett
Whig
1826
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Lord FitzRoy Somerset
Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Edward Tomline
Tory
1829 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Viscount Encombe
Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Nathaniel William Peach
Tory
1832
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Hussey Vivian
Whig
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" |
William Tooke
Whig
1835
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Ennis Vivian Conservative
1837
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Edmund Turner
Whig
1849 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Humphrey Willyams
Whig
1852
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir Henry Vivian
Whig
1857
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Augustus Smith
Whig
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Edward Brydges Willyams
Whig
1859
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Liberal style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Montague Edward Smith Conservative
February 1865 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Frederick Williams, Bt Conservative
July 1865
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
Hon. John Vivian
Liberal
1871
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir James McGarel-Hogg, Bt Conservative
1878
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Tremayne Conservative
1880 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Edward Brydges Willyams Liberal
1885 Borough constituency abolished – name transferred to single-member county constituency

Truro County constituency

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member[8] Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
1885
William Bickford-Smith Liberal later Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" |
1892
John Charles Williams Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" |
1895
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
1906
George Hay Morgan Liberal
1918
constituency abolished

MPs 1950–1997

Election Member[8] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
1950
Geoffrey Wilson Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
1970
Piers Dixon Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
Oct 1974
David Penhaligon Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
1987 by-election
Matthew Taylor Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" | 1988 Liberal Democrats
1997
name changed to Truro & St. Austell

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Truro (2 seats) [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James McGarel-Hogg 781 45.6
Liberal Brydges Willyams 751 43.8
Conservative John Chester 181 10.6
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal win
General Election 1885: Truro [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bickford-Smith 3,816 57.0 n/a
Conservative William Molesworth-St Aubyn 2,883 43.0 n/a
Majority 933 14.0 n/a
Turnout 75.9 n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
Thomas Lough
General Election 1886: Truro [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist William Bickford-Smith 3,522 69.5 n/a
Liberal Thomas Lough 1,546 30.5 -26.5
Majority 1,976 39.0 n/a
Turnout 57.4 -18.5
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Truro [15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist John Williams 4,029 61.5 -8.0
Liberal John Henry Lile 2,518 38.5 +8.0
Majority 1,511 23.0 -16.0
Turnout 6,547 76.5 +19.1
Registered electors 8,556
Liberal Unionist hold Swing -8.0
General Election 1895: Truro [17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Edwin Lawrence 3,282 52.1 -9.4
Liberal Henry Turner Waddy 3,012 47.9 +9.4
Majority 270 4.2 -18.8
Turnout 6,294 69.5 -7.0
Registered electors 9,057
Liberal Unionist hold Swing -9.4

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Truro [19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Edwin Durning-Lawrence 3,869 55.9 +3.8
Liberal Charles W Thornton 3,051 44.1 -3.8
Majority 818 11.8 +7.6
Turnout 6,920 74.5 +5.0
Registered electors 9,290
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +3.8
Hay Morgan
General Election 1906: Truro [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Hay Morgan 4,187 53.2 +9.1
Liberal Unionist Edwin Durning-Lawrence 3,683 46.8 -9.1
Majority 504 6.4 N/A
Turnout 7,870 83.7 +9.2
Registered electors 9,403
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +9.1

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Truro [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Hay Morgan 4,874 53.4 +0.2
Liberal Unionist Edwin Durning-Lawrence 4,261 46.6 -0.2
Majority 613 6.8 +0.4
Turnout 89.9 +6.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.2
General Election December 1910: Truro [23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Hay Morgan 4,573 52.3 -1.1
Conservative Charles Williams 4,176 47.7 +1.1
Majority 397 4.6 -2.2
Turnout 86.1 -3.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.1

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;

  • Liberal: Walter Burt[25]
  • Unionist:

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Truro [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wilson 18,910 41.8 n/a
Labour Henry A Brinton 15,617 34.5 n/a
Liberal Gerald Edward Leaman Whitmarsh 10,746 23.7 n/a
Majority 3,293 7.3 n/a
Turnout 83.3 n/a
Conservative win
General Election 1951: Truro [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wilson 24,883 55.7 +13.9
Labour John N Newby 19,752 44.2
Majority 5,131 11.4
Turnout 81.2
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Truro [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wilson 19,900 46.1
Labour John N Newby 15,183 35.2
Liberal
Nancy Seear
8,056 18.7 n/a
Majority 4,717 10.9
Turnout 43,139 78.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: Truro [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wilson 19,544 44.2 -1.9
Labour Ronald James R Blindell 15,057 34.0 -1.2
Liberal
Nancy Seear
9,637 21.8 +3.1
Majority 4,487 10.2 -0.8
Turnout 44,238 80.2
Conservative hold Swing -0.4

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Truro [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wilson 18,328 40.6 -3.6
Labour Douglas W J Grazier 14,224 31.5 -2.5
Liberal William Rowse Hosking 12,575 27.9 +8.1
Majority 4,104 9.1 -1.0
Turnout 45,127 79.2
Conservative hold Swing -0.5
General Election 1966: Truro [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Wilson 18,701 40.4 -0.2
Labour Reginald Cyril J Scott 17,093 37.0 +5.5
Liberal William Rowse Hosking 10,450 22.6 -5.3
Majority 1,608 3.5 -5.6
Turnout 46,244 79.2 0.0
Conservative hold Swing -2.8

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Truro [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Piers Dixon 24,894 49.3 +8.9
Labour Raymond Charles Cuss 16,684 33.0 −4.0
Liberal Michael Steed 8,923 17.7 −4.9
Majority 8,210 16.3 +12.8
Turnout 50,501 76.0 −3.2
Conservative hold Swing +6.4
General Election February 1974: Truro [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Piers Dixon 23,493 40.3
Liberal David Penhaligon 20,932 35.9
Labour M.W. White 12,945 22.2
Mebyon Kernow James Whetter 850 1.5 n/a
Majority 2,561 4.3
Turnout 58,220 81.5
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974: Truro [34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Penhaligon 22,549 39.8 +3.9
Conservative Piers Dixon 22,085 39.0 -1.3
Labour A F Long 11,606 20.5 -1.7
Mebyon Kernow James Whetter 384 0.7 -0.8
Majority 464 0.8
Turnout 56,624 78.6 -2.9
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1979: Truro [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Penhaligon 33,571 52.8 +13.0
Conservative R A Brown 24,863 39.1 +0.1
Labour Bruce Malcolm Tidy 4,689 7.4 -13.4
Cornish Nationalist Party James Whetter 227 0.4
National Front NF Hedger 182 0.3
Majority 8,708 13.7 +12.9
Turnout 63,532 82.9 +4.3
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Truro[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) David Penhaligon 31,279 57.3
Conservative Philip D. Buddell 20,799 38.1
Labour Janet Beecroft 2,479 4.6
Majority 10,480 19.2
Turnout 54,447 79.6
Alliance hold Swing
By-election 1987
: Truro
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal)
Matthew Taylor
30,599 60.4 +3.1
Conservative
Nick St. Aubyn
15,982 31.5 −6.6
Labour John King 3,603 7.1 +2.6
Green Howard Hoptrough 403 0.8
Death off Road: Freight on Rail Helen Anscomb 75 0.1
Majority 14,617 28.9 +9.7
Turnout 50,662 70.2 −9.4
Alliance hold Swing
General Election 1987: Truro[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Alliance (Liberal) Matthew Taylor 28,368 49.0 -8.3
Conservative Nick St Aubyn 23,615 40.8 +2.7
Labour John King 5,882 10.2 +5.6
Majority 4,753 8.2 -11.0
Turnout 57,865 79.9 +0.3
Alliance hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Truro[38][39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Taylor 31,230 50.5 +1.5
Conservative Nick St Aubyn 23,660 38.3 −2.6
Labour James H. Geach 6,078 9.8 −0.3
Green Liam Keating 569 0.9 N/A
Liberal Christopher Tankard 208 0.3 N/A
Natural Law Margot Hartley 108 0.2 +0.2
Majority 7,570 12.2 +4.0
Turnout 61,853 82.3 +2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.0

See also

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
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  5. ^ Willis 1750, p. 71.
  6. ^ Gough sat for Cambridge University ([citation needed]).
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  9. ^ Brydges was also elected for Hereford, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Truro ([citation needed]).
  10. ^ Lieutenant-Colonel from 1748, Colonel 1758, Major General 1761 ([citation needed]).
  11. ^ Styled Earl of Wiltshire from December 1794 ([citation needed]).
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  34. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1974-1983 by FWS Craig
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Further reading

  • 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)
  • Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
  • Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754–1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
  • J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
  • Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
  • Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991)