THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
		CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "B"
		Last updated 14/07/2011
Date		Name	Born	Died	Age
		Dates in italics in the first column denote that the election held on that
		date was a by-election. Dates shown in normal type were general elections,
		or, in some instances, the date of a successful petition against a
		previous election result.
		BETHNAL GREEN
23 Feb 1950		Percy Holman	5 Apr 1891	9 Jun 1978	87
31 Mar 1966		William Samuel Hilton	21 Mar 1926	12 Jun 1999	73
		NAME ALTERED TO "BETHNAL
		GREEN & BOW" FEB 1974
		BETHNAL GREEN & BOW
28 Feb 1974		Ian Mikardo	9 Jul 1908	6 May 1993	84
		NAME ALTERED TO "BETHNAL GREEN
		& STEPNEY"  1983,BUT REVERTED 1997
1 May 1997		Oona Tamsyn King	22 Oct 1967
5 May 2005		George Galloway	16 Aug 1954
6 May 2010		Rushanara Ali	14 Mar 1975
		BETHNAL GREEN & STEPNEY
9 Jun 1983		Peter David Shore,later [1997] Baron Shore [L]	20 May 1924	24 Sep 2001	77
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1997
		BETHNAL GREEN NORTH EAST
25 Nov 1885		George Howell	5 Oct 1833	16 Sep 1910	76
16 Jul 1895		Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownaggree  [kt 1897]	15 Aug 1851	14 Nov 1933	82
16 Jan 1906		Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall,later [1918] 1st
		baronet	30 Jun 1863	27 Feb 1953	89
15 Nov 1922		Garnham Edmonds	1866	9 Apr 1946	79
6 Dec 1923		Walter Windsor	18 Jul 1884	29 Jun 1945	60
30 May 1929		Harry Louis Nathan,later [1940] 1st Baron Nathan	2 Feb 1889	23 Oct 1963	74
14 Nov 1935		Daniel Chater	1870	25 May 1959	88
		NAME ALTERED TO "BETHNAL GREEN" 1950
		BETHNAL GREEN SOUTH WEST
25 Nov 1885		Edward Hare Pickersgill	1850	13 Oct 1911	61
4 Oct 1900		Samuel Forde Ridley	1864	17 Nov 1944	80
16 Jan 1906		Edward Hare Pickersgill	1850	13 Oct 1911	61
29 Jul 1911		Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman	25 Oct 1873	17 Nov 1927	54
19 Feb 1914		Sir Mathew Richard Henry Wilson	25 Aug 1875	17 May 1958	82
15 Nov 1922		Percy Alfred Harris,later [1932] 1st baronet	6 Mar 1876	28 Jun 1952	76
26 Jul 1945		Percy Holman	5 Apr 1891	9 Jun 1978	87
		NAME ALTERED TO "BETHNAL GREEN" 1950
		BEVERLEY (YORKSHIRE)
2 Apr 1660		Sir John Hotham,2nd baronet  (to 1685)	21 Mar 1632	29 Mar 1689	57
		Hugh Bethell  [he was also returned for Hedon,	1 Oct 1615	3 Oct 1679	64
		for which he chose to sit]
14 Jun 1660		Michael Warton   (to 1689)	27 Apr 1623	9 Aug 1688	65
26 Mar 1685		Sir Ralph Warton	17 Jan 1628	6 Nov 1700	72
11 Jan 1689		Sir John Hotham,2nd baronet	21 Mar 1632	29 Mar 1689	57
		Sir Michael Warton  (to 1702)	c 1648	25 Mar 1725
7 May 1689		Sir John Hotham,3rd baronet	2 Aug 1655	25 Aug 1691	36
3 Mar 1690		William Gee	c 1648	15 Oct 1718
31 Oct 1695		Ralph Warton	11 Jul 1656	22 Mar 1709	52
26 Nov 1701		William Gee  (to 1705)	c 1648	15 Oct 1718
23 Jul 1702		Sir Charles Hotham,4th baronet  (to 1723)	c 1663	8 Jan 1723
16 May 1705		John Moyser	c 1659	1739
10 May 1708		Sir Michael Warton	c 1648	25 Mar 1725
30 Mar 1722		Michael Newton,later [1734] 4th baronet	c 1695	6 Apr 1743
		(to 1727)
31 Jan 1723		Sir Charles Hotham,5th baronet	25 Apr 1693	15 Jan 1738	44
18 Aug 1727		Charles Pelham  (to 1734)	c 1679	6 Feb 1763
		Ellerker Bradshaw   [he was unseated on petition	1 Dec 1680	28 Jun 1742	61
		in favour of Sir Charles Hotham 8 Mar 1729]
8 Mar 1729		Sir Charles Hotham,5th baronet    (to 1738)	25 Apr 1693	15 Jan 1738	44
26 Apr 1734		Ellerker Bradshaw  (to 1741)	1 Dec 1680	28 Jun 1742	61
2 Feb 1738		Charles Pelham  (to 1754)	c 1679	6 Feb 1763
5 May 1741		William Strickland	9 Oct 1714	3 Jun 1788	73
1 Jul 1747		Sir William Codrington,2nd baronet  (to 1761)	26 Oct 1719	11 Mar 1792	72
16 Apr 1754		John Jolliffe Tufnell	27 Jun 1720	23 Sep 1794	74
27 Mar 1761		Michael Newton	c 1727	3 Oct 1803
		George Forster Tufnell	1723	10 Jul 1798	75
18 Mar 1768		Hugh Bethell	17 Nov 1727	8 May 1772	44
		Charles Anderson-Pelham,later [1794] 1st
		Baron Yarborough  (to 1774)	3 Feb 1749	22 Sep 1823	74
22 May 1772		Sir Griffith Boynton,6th baronet	22 Feb 1745	6 Jan 1778	32
7 Oct 1774		Sir James Pennyman,6th baronet  (to 1796)	6 Dec 1736	27 Mar 1808	71
		George Forster Tufnell	1723	10 Jul 1798	75
8 Sep 1780		Francis Evelyn Anderson	8 Apr 1752	12 Sep 1821	69
2 Apr 1784		Sir Christopher Sykes,2nd baronet	23 May 1749	17 Sep 1801	52
19 Jun 1790		John Wharton	21 Jun 1765	29 May 1843	77
28 May 1796		William Tatton	6 Jan 1774	9 Feb 1799	25
		Napier Christie-Burton  (to 1806)	31 Aug 1758	2 Jan 1835	76
2 Mar 1799		John Bacon Sawrey Morritt	1771	12 Jul 1843	72
5 Jul 1802		John Wharton  (to 1826)	21 Jun 1765	29 May 1843	77
31 Oct 1806		Richard Vyse	11 Jul 1746	30 May 1825	78
8 May 1807		Richard William Howard Vyse	25 Jul 1784	8 Jun 1853	68
8 Oct 1812		Charles Forbes,later [1823] 1st baronet	3 Apr 1773	20 Nov 1849	76
17 Jun 1818		Robert Christie-Burton	1784	13 Apr 1822	37
8 Mar 1820		George Lane-Fox	4 May 1793	15 Nov 1848	55
9 Jun 1826		John Stewart	29 May 1784	5 Mar 1873	88
		Charles Harrison-Batley	c 1787	1 Aug 1835
31 Jul 1830		Henry Burton (later Henry Burton Peters)	12 Jan 1792	24 Nov 1874	82
		(to 1837)
		Daniel Sykes	12 Nov 1766	24 Jan 1832	65
30 Apr 1831		William Marshall	26 May 1796	16 May 1872	75
10 Dec 1832		Charles Langdale	19 Sep 1787	1 Dec 1868	81
5 Jan 1835		James Weir Hogg,later [1846] 1st baronet	7 Sep 1790	27 May 1876	85
		(to 1847)
25 Jul 1837		George Lane-Fox	4 May 1793	15 Nov 1848	55
24 Jan 1840		Sackville Walter Lane Fox	24 Mar 1797	18 Aug 1877	80
30 Jun 1841		John Towneley  (to 1852)	1806	21 Feb 1878	71
30 Jul 1847		Sackville Walter Lane Fox	24 Mar 1797	18 Aug 1877	80
7 Jul 1852		Francis Charles Lawley	24 May 1825	18 Sep 1901	76
		For further information on this MP, see
		the note at the foot of this page
		William Wells  (to 1857)	15 Mar 1818	1 May 1889	71
31 Jul 1854		Arthur Hamilton-Gordon,later [1893] 1st
		Baron Stanmore	26 Nov 1829	30 Jan 1912	82
28 Mar 1857		William Henry Forester Denison,later [1860] 2nd
		Baron Londesborough and [1887] 1st Earl of
		Londesborough  (to 1859)	19 Jun 1834	19 Apr 1900	65
		Edward Auchmuty Glover   [his election was	c 1816	17 Mar 1862
		declared void 3 Aug 1857]
		For further information on this MP,see the
		note at the foot of this page
11 Aug 1857		Henry Edwards,later [1866] 1st baronet  (to 1869)	20 Jul 1812	23 Apr 1886	73
29 Apr 1859		Ralph Walters   [he was unseated on petition	c 1800	20 Apr 1865
		but no writ was issued until Jan 1860]
31 Jan 1860		James Robert Walker,later [1883] 2nd baronet	19 Oct 1829	12 Jun 1899	69
12 Jul 1865		Christopher Sykes	10 Jan 1831	15 Dec 1898	67
17 Nov 1868		Edmund Hegan Kennard   [following the general	14 Oct 1834	9 Jul 1912	77
		election in Nov 1868, the election of the two
		sitting members (Edwards and Kennard) was
		declared void 11 Mar 1869. No writ was issued
		to replace these members and an Act to
		disenfranchise this seat received Royal assent
		on 4 Jul 1870]
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1870,
		BUT REVIVED 1950
23 Feb 1950		George William Odey	21 Apr 1900	16 Oct 1985	85
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1955
		BUT REVIVED 1983
9 Jun 1983		Sir Patrick Henry Bligh Wall	19 Oct 1916	15 May 1998	81
11 Jun 1987		James Douglas Cran	28 Jan 1944
		NAME ALTERED TO "BEVERLEY AND
		HOLDERNESS" 1997
		BEVERLEY AND HOLDERNESS (YORKSHIRE)
1 May 1997		James Douglas Cran	28 Jan 1944
5 May 2005		Graham Charles Stuart	12 Mar 1962
		BEWDLEY (WORCESTERSHIRE)
13 Apr 1660		Thomas Foley	3 Dec 1617	10 Mar 1677	59
15 Apr 1661		Sir Henry Herbert	c 1595	27 Apr 1673
7 Nov 1673		Thomas Foley  [he was unseated on petition	3 Dec 1617	1 Oct 1677	59
		in favour of Henry Herbert 10 Mar 1677]
10 Mar 1677		Henry Herbert,later [1694] 1st Baron Herbert of
		Chirbury	24 Jul 1654	22 Jan 1709	54
14 Feb 1679		Philip Foley	12 May 1648	c 1716
12 May 1685		Sir Charles Lyttelton,later [1693] 3rd baronet	c 1629	2 May 1716
11 Jan 1689		Henry Herbert,later [1694] 1st Baron Herbert of
		Chirbury	24 Jul 1654	22 Jan 1709	54
19 Nov 1694		Salwey Winnington	28 Aug 1666	6 Nov 1736	70
13 May 1708		Henry Herbert,later [1709] 2nd Baron Herbert of
		Chirbury	after 1678	Apr 1738
2 Mar 1709		Charles Cornwall	9 Aug 1669	7 Oct 1718	49
11 Oct 1710		Anthony Lechmere  [he was unseated on petition	17 Jun 1674	8 Feb 1720	45
		in favour of Salwey Winnington 20 Dec 1710]
20 Dec 1710		Salwey Winnington	28 Aug 1666	6 Nov 1736	70
28 Jan 1715		Grey James Grove	10 Nov 1682	Apr 1742	59
27 Mar 1722		Crewe Offley	c 1683	28 Jun 1739
30 Apr 1734		William Bowles   [he was also returned for	11 Feb 1686	14 May 1748	62
		Bridport,for which he chose to sit]
20 Feb 1735		Phineas Bowles	24 Jan 1690	22 Oct 1749	59
13 May 1741		William Bowles	11 Feb 1686	14 May 1748	62
9 Dec 1748		William Henry Lyttelton,later [1776] 1st Baron
		Westcote [I] and [1794] 1st Baron Lyttelton [GB]	24 Dec 1724	14 Sep 1808	83
5 Feb 1755		William Finch	18 Jan 1691	25 Dec 1766	75
30 Mar 1761		Sir Edward Winnington,1st baronet	c 1727	9 Dec 1791
21 Mar 1768		Thomas Lyttelton,later [1773] 2nd Baron Lyttelton	30 Jan 1744	27 Nov 1779	35
		[he was unseated on petition in favour of Sir
		Edward Winnington 25 Jan 1769]
25 Jan 1769		Sir Edward Winnington,1st baronet	c 1727	9 Dec 1791
14 Oct 1774		William Henry Lyttelton,later [1776] 1st Baron
		Westcote [I] and [1794] 1st Baron Lyttelton [GB]	24 Dec 1724	14 Sep 1808	83
21 Jun 1790		George Fulke Lyttelton,later [1808] 2nd Baron
		Lyttelton	27 Oct 1763	12 Nov 1828	65
30 May 1796		Miles Peter Andrews	c 1742	18 Jul 1814
3 Aug 1814		Charles Edward Wilsonn	c 1752	14 Feb 1829
19 Jun 1818		Wilson Aylesbury Roberts	23 Jun 1770	28 Nov 1853	83
12 Dec 1832		Sir Thomas Edward Winnington,3rd baronet	13 Mar 1779	24 Sep 1839	60
24 Jul 1837		Sir Thomas Edward Winnington,4th baronet	11 Nov 1811	16 Jun 1872	60
30 Jul 1847		Thomas James Ireland   [his election was	10 Jan 1792	2 Jul 1863	71
		declared void 20 Mar 1848]
18 Apr 1848		William Drogo Montagu,styled Viscount
		Mandeville,later [1855] 7th Duke of Manchester	15 Oct 1823	22 Mar 1890	66
7 Jul 1852		Sir Thomas Edward Winnington,4th baronet	11 Nov 1811	16 Jun 1872	60
17 Nov 1868		Sir Richard Atwood Glass   [his election was	1820	22 Dec 1873	53
		declared void 16 Feb 1869]
11 Mar 1869		John Cunliffe Pickersgill Cunliffe   [he was		6 Oct 1873
		unseated on petition in favour of Augustus
		Henry Archibald Anson 30 Apr 1869]
30 Apr 1869		Augustus Henry Archibald Anson VC	5 Mar 1835	17 Nov 1877	42
		For further information on this MP and VC
		winner, the the note under the page containing
		details of the members for Lichfield
2 Feb 1874		Charles Harrison   [following the general election	1830	11 May 1888	57
		in Apr 1880, his election was declared void
		29 Jun 1880]
13 Jul 1880		Enoch Baldwin	1822	after 1895
30 Nov 1885		Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere,3rd
		baronet	8 Dec 1826	18 Dec 1894	68
Jul 1892		Alfred Baldwin	4 Jun 1841	13 Feb 1908	66
29 Feb 1908		Stanley Baldwin,later [1937] 1st Earl Baldwin
		of Bewdley	3 Aug 1867	14 Dec 1947	80
24 Jun 1937		Roger John Edward Conant,later [1954] 1st	28 May 1899	30 Mar 1973	73
		baronet
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
		BEXHILL & BATTLE (EAST SUSSEX)
9 Jun 1983		Charles Frederick Wardle	23 Aug 1939
7 Jun 2001		Gregory Leonard George Barker	8 Mar 1966
		BEXLEY (KENT)
26 Jul 1945		Janet Laurel Adamson	9 May 1882	25 Apr 1962	79
22 Jul 1946		Ernest Ashley Bramall  [kt 1975]	6 Jan 1916	10 Feb 1999	83
23 Feb 1950		Edward Richard George Heath  [KG 1992]	9 Jul 1916	17 Jul 2005	89
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974
		BEXLEYHEATH (KENT)
28 Feb 1974		Cyril David Townsend  [kt 1997]	21 Dec 1937
		NAME ALTERED TO "BEXLEYHEATH &
		CRAYFORD" 1997
		BEXLEYHEATH AND CRAYFORD
1 May 1997		Christopher Nigel Beard	10 Oct 1936
5 May 2005		David Anthony Evennett	3 Jun 1949
		BIGGLESWADE (BEDFORDSHIRE)
28 Nov 1885		Charles Magniac	1827	23 Nov 1891	64
10 Jul 1886		Francis George Baring,styled Viscount Baring,
		later [1904] 2nd Earl of Northbrook	6 Dec 1850	12 Apr 1929	78
Jul 1892		George William Erskine Russell	3 Feb 1853	17 Mar 1919	66
15 Jul 1895		Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton	5 Jun 1855	16 Dec 1911	56
19 Jan 1906		Arthur William Black  [kt 1916]	28 Feb 1863	13 Jul 1947	84
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		BILLERICAY (ESSEX)
23 Feb 1950		Bernard Richard Braine [kt 1972],later [1992]
		Baron Braine of Wheatley [L]	24 Jun 1914	4 Jan 2000	85
26 May 1955		Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body  [kt 1986]	18 May 1927
8 Oct 1959		Edward Lucas Gardner  [kt 1983]	10 May 1912	2 Aug 2001	89
31 Mar 1966		Eric Moonman	29 Apr 1929
18 Jun 1970		Robert Arthur McCrindle  [kt 1990]	19 Sep 1929	8 Oct 1998	69
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974,
		BUT REVIVED 1983
9 Jun 1983		Keith Harvey Proctor	16 Jan 1947
11 Jun 1987		Teresa Ellen Gorman	Sep 1931
7 Jun 2001		John Charles Baron	21 Jun 1959
		UNITED WITH "BASILDON" TO FORM NEW
		CONSTITUENCY OF "BASILDON AND
		BILLERICAY" 2010
		BILSTON (WOLVERHAMPTON)
14 Dec 1918		Thomas Edgecomb Hickman	25 Jul 1859	23 Oct 1930	71
15 Nov 1922		Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury	15 Aug 1883	20 Sep 1963	80
29 Oct 1924		John Baker	8 Apr 1867	3 May 1939	72
27 Oct 1931		Geoffrey Kelsall Peto  [kt 1939]	8 Sep 1878	8 Jan 1956	77
14 Nov 1935		Ian Campbell Hannah	16 Dec 1874	7 Jul 1944	69
20 Sep 1944		William Ernest Gibbons	24 Apr 1898	15 Aug 1976	78
26 Jul 1945		Will Nally	13 Dec 1914	4 Aug 1965	50
26 May 1955		Robert Edwards	16 Jan 1905	4 Jun 1990	85
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED FEB 1974
		BIRKENHEAD (CHESHIRE)
11 Dec 1861		John Laird	14 Jun 1805	29 Oct 1874	69
26 Nov 1874		David MacIver	24 Aug 1840	1 Sep 1907	67
25 Nov 1885		Sir Edward Bruce Hamley	27 Apr 1824	12 Aug 1893	69
Jul 1892		Arnold Allan Cecil Keppel,styled Viscount
		Bury,later [1894] 8th Earl of Albemarle	1 Jun 1858	12 Apr 1942	83
17 Oct 1894		Elliott Lees,later [1897] 1st baronet	23 Oct 1860	16 Oct 1908	47
16 Jan 1906		Henry Harvey Vivian	20 Apr 1868	30 May 1930	62
Dec 1910		Alfred Bigland	15 Mar 1855	7 Feb 1936	80
		CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO EAST &
		WEST DIVISIONS 1918,RE-UNITED 1950
23 Feb 1950		Percy Henry Collick	16 Nov 1897	24 Jul 1984	86
15 Oct 1964		Edmund Emanuel Dell	15 Aug 1921	1 Nov 1999	78
3 May 1979		Frank Ernest Field	16 Jul 1942
		BIRKENHEAD EAST
14 Dec 1918		Alfred Bigland	15 Mar 1855	7 Feb 1936	80
15 Nov 1922		Henry Graham White	26 Aug 1880	19 Feb 1965	84
29 Oct 1924		William Henry Stott	1863	30 Dec 1930	67
30 May 1929		Henry Graham White	26 Aug 1880	19 Feb 1965	84
26 Jul 1945		Sir Frank Soskice,later [1966] Baron Stow Hill [L]	23 Jul 1902	1 Jan 1979	76
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
		BIRKENHEAD WEST
14 Dec 1918		Henry Mulleneux Grayson [kt 1920],later [1922]
		1st baronet	26 Jun 1865	27 Oct 1951	86
15 Nov 1922		William Henry Stott	1863	30 Dec 1930	67
6 Dec 1923		William Henry Egan	14 Feb 1869	10 Sep 1943	74
29 Oct 1924		Ellis Nuttall	8 Dec 1890	1 Jul 1951	60
30 May 1929		William Henry Egan	14 Feb 1869	10 Sep 1943	74
27 Oct 1931		John Sandeman Allen	30 May 1892	29 Sep 1949	57
26 Jul 1945		Percy Henry Collick	16 Nov 1897	24 Jul 1984	86
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
		BIRMINGHAM (WARWICKSHIRE)
12 Dec 1832		Thomas Attwood	6 Oct 1783	9 Mar 1859	75
		Joshua Scholefield  (to 1844)	1775	Jul 1844	69
25 Jan 1840		George Frederick Muntz  (to 1857)	26 Nov 1794	30 Jul 1857	62
15 Jul 1844		Richard Spooner	1783	24 Nov 1864	81
31 Jul 1847		William Scholefield  (to 1867)	1809	9 Jul 1867	58
10 Aug 1857		John Bright  (to 1885)	16 Nov 1811	27 Mar 1889	77
23 Jul 1867		George Dixon  (to 1876)	1820	24 Jan 1898	77
		REPRESENTATION INCREASED
		TO THREE MEMBERS 1868
18 Nov 1868		Philip Henry Muntz  (to 1885)	1811	25 Dec 1888	77
27 Jun 1876		Joseph Chamberlain	8 Jul 1836	2 Jul 1914	77
		SPLIT INTO 7 DIVISIONS 1885
		SEE "BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL","BIRMINGHAM
		EAST","BIRMINGHAM NORTH","BIRMINGHAM
		SOUTH","BIRMINGHAM WEST","BORDESLEY" AND
		"EDGBASTON"
		BIRMINGHAM CENTRAL
24 Nov 1885		John Bright	16 Nov 1811	27 Mar 1889	77
15 Apr 1889		John Albert Bright	1848	11 Nov 1924	76
12 Jul 1895		Edward Ebenezer Parkes  [kt 1917]	1848	29 Jun 1919	70
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		BIRMINGHAM EAST
24 Nov 1885		William Thomas Gustavus Cook  [kt 1906]	1834	26 Jan 1908	73
3 Jul 1886		Henry Matthews,later [1895] 1st Viscount
		Llandaff	13 Jan 1826	3 Apr 1913	87
12 Jul 1895		Sir John Benjamin Stone	9 Feb 1838	2 Jul 1914	76
15 Jan 1910		Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay-Steel-
		Maitland,later [1917] 1st baronet	5 Jul 1876	30 Mar 1935	58
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		BIRMINGHAM NORTH
24 Nov 1885		William Kenrick	8 Jun 1831	31 Jul 1919	88
14 Feb 1899		John Throgmorton Middlemore,later [1919]
		1st baronet	9 Jun 1844	17 Oct 1925	81
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		BIRMINGHAM SOUTH
24 Nov 1885		Joseph Powell Williams	18 Nov 1840	7 Feb 1904	63
26 Feb 1904		Charles James Stanley Howard,styled Viscount
		Morpeth,later [1911] 10th Earl of Carlisle	8 Mar 1867	20 Jan 1912	44
3 May 1911		Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery	22 Nov 1873	16 Sep 1955	81
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		BIRMINGHAM WEST
24 Nov 1885		Joseph Chamberlain	8 Jul 1836	2 Jul 1914	77
16 Jul 1914		Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain	16 Oct 1863	16 Mar 1937	73
29 Apr 1937		Walter Frank Higgs	7 Apr 1886	8 Aug 1961	75
26 Jul 1945		Charles James Simmons	9 Apr 1893	11 Aug 1975	82
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1950
		BIRR (KING'S COUNTY)
2 Dec 1885		Bernard Charles Molloy	1842	26 Jun 1916	73
9 Oct 1900		Michael Reddy		30 Jul 1919
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		BISHOP AUCKLAND (DURHAM)
5 Dec 1885		James Mellor Paulton	1857	6 Dec 1923	66
19 Jan 1910		Sir Henry Spencer Moreton Havelock-
		Allan,2nd baronet	29 Jan 1872	28 Oct 1953	81
14 Dec 1918		Benjamin Charles Spoor	2 Jun 1878	22 Dec 1928	50
7 Feb 1929		Florence Ruth Dalton	1890	15 Mar 1966	75
30 May 1929		Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton,later [1960]
		Baron Dalton [L]	26 Aug 1887	13 Feb 1962	74
27 Oct 1931		Aaron Charlton Curry	17 Aug 1887	6 Jan 1957	69
14 Nov 1935		Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton,later [1960]
		Baron Dalton [L]	26 Aug 1887	13 Feb 1962	74
8 Oct 1959		Harold James Boyden	19 Oct 1910	26 Sep 1993	82
3 May 1979		Derek Foster,later [2005] Baron Foster
		of Bishop Auckland [L]	25 Jun 1937
5 May 2005		Helen Catherine Goodman	2 Jan 1958
		BISHOP'S CASTLE (SHROPSHIRE)
14 Apr 1660		William Oakeley	Mar 1635	Jan 1695	59
		Edmund Waring  (to 1681)	c 1638	9 Nov 1687
16 Sep 1679		Richard Scriven	7 Jun 1625	26 Jan 1683	57
14 Feb 1681		Sir Richard Mason	c 1619	12 Mar 1685
		Richard More	18 Oct 1627	Jul 1698	70
9 Apr 1685		Edmund Waring	c 1638	9 Nov 1687
		Francis Charlton,later [1697] 2nd baronet	27 Jun 1651	21 Apr 1729	77
14 Jan 1689		Richard More	18 Oct 1627	7 Jul 1698	70
		Walter Waring	5 Dec 1667	Jul 1724	56
6 Mar 1690		William Oakeley  (to Mar 1695)	22 Mar 1635	28 Jan 1695	59
		Richard Mason	c 1655	Apr 1690
17 May 1690		Walter Waring  (to Oct 1695)	5 Dec 1667	Jul 1724	56
14 Mar 1695		Richard More  (to 1698)	18 Oct 1627	7 Jul 1698	70
		Henry Newton
		Double return
28 Oct 1695		Charles Mason  (to May 1701)   [his election at	15 Apr 1661	1739	78
		the general election in Jan 1701 was declared
		void 13 May 1701]
26 Jul 1698		Sir William Brownlow,4th baronet  [his election	5 Nov 1665	6 Mar 1701	35
		was declared void 3 Feb 1700]
8 Jan 1701		George Walcot	7 Jul 1667	14 Dec 1743	76
29 Nov 1701		Henry Brett  (to 1708)	5 Dec 1675	Sep 1724	48
		Charles Mason	15 Apr 1661	1739	78
		[His election was declared void 31 Mar 1702, but
		at the general election held on 22 Jul 1702, he
		was again returned. At the general election in
		May 1705, he was also returned for Montgomery,
		for which he chose to sit]
5 Mar 1706		Henry Newport, styled Viscount Newport from
		1708, later [1723] 3rd Earl of Bradford	8 Aug 1683	23 Dec 1734	51
10 May 1708		Richard Harnage  (to 1719)	after 1641	28 Nov 1719
		Charles Mason	15 Apr 1661	1739	78
10 Oct 1710		Sir Robert Raymond,later [1731] 1st
		Baron Raymond	20 Dec 1673	18 Mar 1733	59
31 Jan 1715		Charles Mason  (to 1722)	15 Apr 1661	1739	78
17 Dec 1719		Sir Matthew Decker,1st baronet	1679	18 Mar 1749	69
24 Mar 1722		William Peere Williams  (to 1727)	c 1664	10 Jun 1736
		Bowater Vernon  [he was unseated on petition	21 May 1683	30 Nov 1735	52
		in favour of Charles Mason 26 Apr 1726]
26 Apr 1726		Charles Mason	15 Apr 1661	1739	78
30 Sep 1727		Robert More  (to 1741)	May 1703	5 Jan 1780	76
		John Plumptre	9 Feb 1679	29 Sep 1751	72
25 Apr 1734		Edward Kynaston	6 Oct 1709	18 May 1772	62
6 May 1741		Henry Brydges,styled Marquess of Carnarvon,
		later [1744] 2nd Duke of Chandos	17 Jan 1708	28 Nov 1771	63
		Andrew Hill  (to 1747)		31 May 1755
6 Dec 1744		Granville Leveson-Gower,styled Viscount
		Trentham from 1746, later [1786] 1st
		Marquess of Stafford	4 Aug 1721	26 Oct 1803	82
30 Jun 1747		Samuel Child	6 Jul 1693	14 Oct 1752	59
		John Robinson Lytton  (to 1754)	30 Sep 1724	Apr 1762	37
20 Jan 1753		John Dashwood-King,later [1781] 3rd baronet	4 Aug 1716	6 Dec 1793	77
		(to 1761)
18 Apr 1754		Barnaby Backwell		3 Oct 1754
27 Jan 1755		Walter Waring	c 1726	Feb 1780
15 Feb 1759		Henry Grenville	11 Sep 1717	22 Apr 1784	66
28 Mar 1761		Francis Child	c 1735	23 Sep 1763
		Peregrine Cust  (to 1768)	19 May 1723	2 Jan 1785	61
24 Nov 1763		George Clive  (to 1779)		23 Mar 1779
21 Mar 1768		William Clive	29 Aug 1745	23 Jun 1825	79
16 Jan 1770		Alexander Wedderburn,later [1801] 1st
		Earl of Rosslyn	13 Feb 1733	2 Jan 1805	71
10 Oct 1774		Henry Strachey,later [1801] 1st baronet	23 May 1736	3 Jan 1810	73
15 Jun 1778		Alexander Wedderburn,later [1801] 1st
		Earl of Rosslyn  (to 1780)	13 Feb 1733	2 Jan 1805	71
31 Mar 1779		William Clive  (to 1820)	29 Aug 1745	23 Jun 1825	79
26 Jun 1780		Henry Strachey,later [1801] 1st baronet	23 May 1736	3 Jan 1810	73
12 Jul 1802		John Robinson	c 1757	23 May 1819
10 Jul 1819		Douglas James William Kinnaird	26 Feb 1788	12 Mar 1830	42
10 Mar 1820		William Holmes	2 Apr 1779	26 Jan 1851	71
		Edward Rogers  (to 1832)	30 Sep 1781	20 Dec 1852	71
		Douglas James William Kinnaird	26 Feb 1788	12 Mar 1830	42
		Robert Knight
		Double return. Holmes and Rogers declared
		elected 16 Jun 1820
31 Jul 1830		Frederick Hamilton Cornewall	15 Oct 1791	30 Dec 1845	54
30 Apr 1831		James Lewis Knight (Knight-Bruce from 1837)
		[kt 1842]	15 Feb 1791	7 Nov 1866	75
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
		BLABY
28 Feb 1974		Nigel Lawson,later [1992] Baron Lawson
		of Blaby [L]	11 Mar 1932
9 Apr 1992		Andrew Robert George Robathan	17 Jul 1951
		NAME ALTERED TO "LEICESTERSHIRE
		SOUTH" 2010
		BLACKBURN (LANCASHIRE)
11 Dec 1832		William Feilden,later [1846] 1st baronet  (to 1847)	13 Mar 1772	21 May 1850	78
		William Turner	1776
30 Jul 1841		John Hornby  (to 1852)	19 Aug 1810	5 Dec 1892	82
29 Jul 1847		James Pilkington  (to 1865)	1804	17 Feb 1890	85
8 Jul 1852		William Eccles   [his election was declared	1794	17 Jun 1853	58
		void 24 Feb 1853]
24 Mar 1853		Montague Joseph Feilden	8 May 1816	17 Oct 1898	82
27 Mar 1857		William Henry Hornby  (to 1869)	2 Jul 1805	5 Sep 1884	79
12 Jul 1865		Joseph Feilden	28 Feb 1792	29 Aug 1870	78
		[Following the general election in Nov 1868,the
		election of both sitting members (William Henry
		Hornby and Joseph Feilden) was declared
		void 16 Mar 1869]
30 Mar 1869		Henry Master Feilden  (to 1875)	21 Feb 1818	5 Sep 1875	57
		Edward Kenworthy Hornby	16 Jun 1839	25 Jun 1887	48
7 Feb 1874		William Edward Briggs  (to 1885)	1847	1903	56
2 Oct 1875		Daniel Thwaites	1817	21 Sep 1888	71
2 Apr 1880		William Coddington,later [1896] 1st baronet	12 Dec 1830	15 Feb 1918	87
		(to 1906)
24 Nov 1885		Sir Robert Peel,3rd baronet	4 May 1822	9 May 1895	73
1 Jul 1886		William Henry Hornby,later [1899] 1st baronet	29 Aug 1841	22 Oct 1928	87
		(to 1910)
16 Jan 1906		Philip Snowden,later [1931] 1st Viscount	18 Jul 1864	15 May 1937	72
		Snowden  (to 1918)
17 Jan 1910		Sir Thomas Barclay	20 Feb 1853	20 Jan 1941	87
Dec 1910		Sir Henry Norman,later [1915] 1st baronet	19 Sep 1858	4 Jun 1939	80
		(to 1923)
14 Dec 1918		Percy Thompson Dean VC	20 Jul 1877	20 Mar 1939	61
		For further information on this MP and VC
		winner, see the note at the foot of this page
15 Nov 1922		Sir Sydney Herbert Holcroft Henn
		(to 1929)	4 Dec 1861	21 Oct 1936	74
6 Dec 1923		John Duckworth	1 Nov 1863	22 Jan 1946	82
30 May 1929		Thomas Harry Gill  [kt 1950]	5 Dec 1885	20 May 1955	69
		Mary Agnes Hamilton	8 Jul 1882	10 Feb 1966	83
27 Oct 1931		George Sampson Elliston  [kt 1944]	27 Jul 1875	21 Feb 1954	78
		Sir Walter Dorling Smiles	8 Nov 1883	31 Jan 1953	69
		For further information on this MP,see
		the note at the foot of this page
26 Jul 1945		Lewis John Edwards	27 May 1904	23 Nov 1959	55
		Barbara Anne Castle,later [1990] Baroness
		Castle of Blackburn [L]	6 Oct 1911	3 May 2002	90
		CONSTITUENCY  SPLIT INTO EAST &
		& WEST DIVISIONS 1950,RE-UNITED 1955
26 May 1955		Barbara Anne Castle,later [1990] Baroness
		Castle of Blackburn [L]	6 Oct 1911	3 May 2002	90
3 May 1979		John Whitaker Straw	3 Aug 1946
		BLACKBURN EAST
23 Feb 1950		Barbara Anne Castle,later [1990] Baroness
		Castle of Blackburn [L]	6 Oct 1911	3 May 2002	90
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955
		BLACKBURN WEST
23 Feb 1950		Ralph Assheton,later [1955] 1st Baron Clitheroe	24 Feb 1901	18 Sep 1984	83
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1955
		BLACKFRIARS & HUTCHESONTOWN
27 Nov 1885		Mitchell Henry	1826	22 Nov 1910	84
5 Jul 1886		Andrew Dryburgh Provand	1839	18 Jul 1915	76
4 Oct 1900		Andrew Bonar Law	16 Sep 1858	30 Oct 1923	65
18 Jan 1906		George Nicoll Barnes	2 Jan 1859	21 Apr 1940	81
		CONSTITUENCY ABOLISHED 1918
		BLACKLEY (MANCHESTER)
14 Dec 1918		William James Harold Briggs	26 May 1870	6 May 1945	74
6 Dec 1923		Philip Milner Oliver	20 Aug 1884	12 Apr 1954	69
29 Oct 1924		William James Harold Briggs	26 May 1870	6 May 1945	74
30 May 1929		Philip Milner Oliver	20 Aug 1884	12 Apr 1954	69
27 Oct 1931		John Lees-Jones	25 Sep 1887	13 Jan 1966	78
26 Jul 1945		John Diamond,later [1970] Baron Diamond [L]	30 Apr 1907	3 Apr 2004	96
25 Oct 1951		Eric Seymour Thewlis Johnson	8 Sep 1897	22 Jul 1978	80
15 Oct 1964		Paul Bernard Rose	26 Dec 1935
3 May 1979		Kenneth Eastham	11 Aug 1927
1 May 1997		Graham Eric Stringer	17 Feb 1950
		NAME ALTERED TO "BLACKLEY AND
		BROUGHTON" 2010
		BLACKLEY AND BROUGHTON (MANCHESTER)
6 May 2010		Graham Eric Stringer	17 Feb 1950
		BLACKPOOL (LANCASHIRE)
24 Nov 1885		Frederick Arthur Stanley,later [1893] 16th
		Earl of Derby	15 Jan 1841	14 Jun 1908	67
20 Aug 1886		Sir Matthew White Ridley,5th baronet,later
		[1900] 1st Viscount Ridley	25 Jul 1842	28 Nov 1904	62
21 Dec 1900		Henry Wilson Worsley-Taylor,later [1917] 1st
		baronet	25 Jul 1847	27 Jun 1924	76
18 Jan 1906		Wilfrid William Ashley,later [1932] 1st Baron
		Mount Temple	13 Sep 1867	3 Jul 1939	71
14 Dec 1918		Albert Lindsay Parkinson  [kt 1922]	24 Feb 1870	3 Feb 1936	65
15 Nov 1922		Leonard Greenham Star Molloy	22 Nov 1861	19 Feb 1937	75
6 Dec 1923		Hugh Mowbray Meyler	25 Jun 1875	30 Apr 1929	53
29 Oct 1924		Sir Walter de Frece	7 Oct 1870	7 Jan 1935	64
27 Oct 1931		Clifford Charles Alan Lawrence
		Erskine-Bolst	1878	11 Jan 1946	67
14 Nov 1935		John Roland Robinson [kt 1954],later [1964]
		1st Baron Martonmere	22 Feb 1907	3 May 1989	82
		CONSTITUENCY SPLIT INTO NORTH &
		SOUTH DIVISIONS 1945
		BLACKPOOL NORTH
26 Jul 1945		Toby Austin Richard William Low [kt 1957],
		later [1962] 1st Baron Aldington	25 May 1914	7 Dec 2000	86
13 Mar 1962		Norman Alexander Miscampbell	20 Feb 1925	16 Feb 2007	81
9 Apr 1992		Harold Daniel Hope Elletson	8 Dec 1960
		NAME ALTERED TO "BLACKPOOL NORTH
		AND FLEETWOOD" 1997
		BLACKPOOL NORTH AND CLEVELEYS
6 May 2010		Paul Christopher Maynard	16 Dec 1975
		BLACKPOOL NORTH AND FLEETWOOD
1 May 1997		Jovanka (Joan) Humble	3 Mar 1951
		NAME ALTERED TO "BLACKPOOL NORTH
		AND CLEVELEYS" 2010
		BLACKPOOL SOUTH
26 Jul 1945		John Roland Robinson [kt 1954],later [1964]
		1st Baron Martonmere	22 Feb 1907	3 May 1989	82
15 Oct 1964		Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker [kt 1983],later [1994]
		Baron Blaker [L]	4 Oct 1922	5 Jul 2009	86
9 Apr 1992		Nicholas John Hawkins	27 Mar 1957
1 May 1997		Gordon Marsden	28 Nov 1953
		BLAENAU GWENT
9 Jun 1983		Michael Mackintosh Foot	23 Jul 1913	3 Mar 2010	96
9 Apr 1992		Llewellyn Thomas Smith	16 Apr 1944
5 May 2005		Peter John Law	1 Apr 1948	25 Apr 2006	58
29 Jun 2006		David Clifford Davies	26 Nov 1959
6 May 2010		Nicholas Desmond John Smith	14 Jan 1960
		BLAYDON (DURHAM)
14 Dec 1918		Walter Waring	11 Aug 1876	16 Nov 1930	54
15 Nov 1922		William Whiteley	3 Oct 1881	3 Nov 1955	74
27 Oct 1931		Thomas Ballantyne Martin	13 Nov 1901	28 Jan 1995	93
14 Nov 1935		William Whiteley	3 Oct 1881	3 Nov 1955	74
2 Feb 1956		Robert Edward Woof	24 Nov 1911	27 Nov 1997	86
3 May 1979		John David McWilliam	16 May 1941	14 Nov 2009	68
5 May 2005		David Anderson	2 Dec 1953
		BLETCHINGLEY (SURREY)
19 Apr 1660		Sir John Evelyn	20 Oct 1591	18 Jan 1664	72
		John Goodwin	c 1603	18 Feb 1674
27 Mar 1661		Sir William Hawarde	c 1617	28 Jul 1704
		Edward Bysshe	c 1615	15 Dec 1679
28 Feb 1679		George Evelyn  (to 1685)	4 Dec 1641	19 Jun 1699	57
		Edward Harvey	30 Mar 1658	24 Oct 1736	78
10 Oct 1679		John Morris	c 1625	Aug 1682
25 Feb 1681		Sir William Goulston	c 1641	23 Dec 1687
1 May 1685		Ambrose Browne	11 Jan 1659	24 Jul 1688	29
		Sir Marmaduke Gresham,1st baronet	24 Jan 1627	14 Apr 1696	69
14 Jan 1689		Thomas Howard  (to 1698)	21 Feb 1651	4 Apr 1701	50
		John Glyd	c 1651	23 Nov 1689
9 Dec 1689		Jeffrey Amherst	11 Jan 1650	15 Aug 1713	63
24 Feb 1690		Sir Robert Clayton	29 Sep 1629	16 Jul 1707	77
7 Nov 1695		Maurice Thompson	1675	11 Apr 1745	69
22 Jul 1698		Hugh Hare	2 Jul 1668	1707	38
		Sir Robert Clayton	29 Sep 1629	16 Jul 1707	77
4 Jan 1701		Sir Edward Gresham,2nd baronet	30 Jan 1649	14 Apr 1709	60
		John Ward  (to 1708)	c 1650	Mar 1726
18 Jul 1702		John Evelyn	3 Oct 1677	13 Nov 1702	25
1 Dec 1702		Sir Robert Clayton	29 Sep 1629	16 Jul 1707	77
10 May 1705		George Evelyn  (to 1724)	26 Oct 1678	18 Oct 1724	46
3 May 1708		Thomas Onslow,later [1717] 2nd Baron Onslow	27 Nov 1679	5 Jun 1740	60
7 Dec 1715		William Clayton,later [1732] 1st baronet		28 Dec 1744
		(to 1745)
19 Nov 1724		Henry Arthur Herbert,later [1748] 1st
		Earl of Powis	c 1703	11 Sep 1772
17 Aug 1727		Sir Orlando Bridgeman,2nd baronet	27 Apr 1678	5 Dec 1746	68
26 Apr 1734		Kenrick Clayton,later [1744] 2nd baronet	c 1713	10 Mar 1769
		(to 1769)
15 Jan 1745		William Clayton	c 1718	3 Jul 1783
28 Mar 1761		Charles Whitworth  [kt 1768]	c 1721	22 Aug 1778
9 Mar 1768		Robert Clayton,later [1769] 3rd baronet	c 1740	10 May 1799
		(to 1783)
3 Apr 1769		Frederick Standert	c 1705	24 Apr 1785
11 Sep 1780		John Kenrick (to 1790)	1735	18 Sep 1799	64
23 Nov 1783		John Nicholls	c 1745	spring 1832
20 Dec 1787		Sir Robert Clayton,3rd baronet  (to 1796)	c 1740	10 May 1799
16 Jun 1790		Philip Francis  [kt 1806]	22 Oct 1740	23 Dec 1818	78
31 May 1796		Sir Lionel Copley,2nd baronet   [he was also	c 1767	4 Mar 1806
		returned for Tregony,for which he chose to sit]
		John Stein  (to 1802)	13 Sep 1769	c 1814
20 Feb 1797		Benjamin Hobhouse	29 Mar 1757	14 Aug 1831	74
5 Jul 1802		James Milnes	11 Oct 1755	21 Apr 1805	49
		John Benn-Walsh  (to 1806)	10 Feb 1759	7 Jun 1825	66
8 May 1805		Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne,later [1839]
		1st Baron Colborne	14 Apr 1779	3 May 1854	75
31 Oct 1806		Josias du Pre Porcher	c 1761	4 May 1820
		William Kenrick  (to 1814)	21 Jan 1774	22 Oct 1829	55
21 Jan 1807		John Alexander Bannerman	5 Jun 1759	8 Aug 1819	60
9 May 1807		Thomas Freeman-Heathcote,later [1819] 4th
		baronet	3 Sep 1769	21 Feb 1825	55
25 Jan 1809		Charles Cockerell,later [Sep 1809] 1st baronet	18 Feb 1755	6 Jan 1837	81
5 Oct 1812		Sir Charles Talbot,2nd baronet	8 Nov 1751	3 Nov 1812	60
28 Dec 1812		Robert William Newman,later [1836] 1st baronet	18 Aug 1776	24 Jan 1848	71
		(to 1818)
24 Nov 1814		John Bolland	c 1742	7 Jun 1829
15 Jun 1818		Matthew Russell   [he was also returned for	24 Feb 1765	8 May 1822	56
		Saltash,for which he chose to sit]
		George Tennyson  (to 27 Feb 1819)	7 Feb 1750	4 Jul 1835	85
13 Feb 1819		Sir William Curtis,1st baronet  (to 1820)	25 Jan 1752	18 Jan 1829	76
27 Feb 1819		William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-
		Bentinck,styled Marquess of Titchfield
		(to 1822)	21 Aug 1796	4 Mar 1824	27
6 Mar 1820		Edward Henry Edwardes  (to 1826)	5 Nov 1798	16 Aug 1829	30
19 Feb 1822		Lord Francis Leveson-Gower,later [1846] 1st
		Earl of Ellesmere	1 Jan 1800	18 Feb 1857	57
7 Jun 1826		William Russell	1798	30 Jan 1850	51
		Charles Tennyson  (to Jul 1831)   [at the general	20 Jul 1784	21 Jul 1861	77
		election in Apr 1831,he was also returned for
		Stamford,for which he chose to sit]
7 May 1827		William Lamb,later [1828] 2nd Viscount Melbourne	15 Mar 1779	24 Nov 1848	69
23 Jul 1828		William Ewart	1 May 1798	23 Jan 1869	70
30 Jul 1830		Robert William Mills	9 May 1777	9 Mar 1851	73
18 Feb 1831		Sir William Horne	2 Dec 1773	13 Jul 1860	86
29 Apr 1831		John George Brabazon Ponsonby,later [1847]
		5th Earl of Bessborough	14 Oct 1809	28 Jan 1880	70
18 Jul 1831		Henry John Temple,3rd Viscount Palmerston [I]	20 Oct 1784	18 Oct 1865	80
		Thomas Hyde Villiers	27 Jan 1801	3 Dec 1832	31
		CONSTITUENCY DISENFRANCHISED 1832
		BLYTH
23 Feb 1950		Alfred Robens,later [1961] Baron Robens
		of Woldingham [L]	18 Dec 1910	27 Jun 1999	88
24 Nov 1960		Edward James Milne	18 Oct 1915	23 Mar 1983	67
10 Oct 1974		John Ryman	7 Nov 1930
		NAME ALTERED TO "BLYTH VALLEY" 1983
		BLYTH VALLEY (NORTHUMBERLAND)
9 Jun 1983		John Ryman	7 Nov 1930
11 Jun 1987		Ronald Campbell	14 Aug 1943
		Francis Charles Lawley, MP for Beverley 1852-1854
		Lawley was the youngest son of the 1st Baron Wenlock. In July 1852 he was elected to
		the House of Commons in the Liberal interest for the seat of Beverley. In December of
		the same year, William Gladstone, who at that time was Chancellor of the Exchequer and
		whose wife was related to Lawley, appointed him as one of his private secretaries.
		In June 1854, Lawley was appointed by the Colonial Secretary to be the new Governor of
		South Australia. The appointment provoked a storm of protest - Lawley was only 29, and
		accusations of "jobs for the boys" were rife. It was noted that his successor in the seat
		of Beverley was the Prime Minister's son, that he was related to Gladstone, that he was
		sorely in need of the salary he would receive as a colonial governor, and that he had no
		knowledge whatsoever of the colony he had been appointed to govern.
		Shortly after his appointment, it became known that Lawley had run up large debts on the
		turf, and in an attempt to pay off these debts, had been indulging in insider trading, using
		privileged information known to him by virtue of his role as private secretary to the
		Chancellor of the Exchequer. It appears that, even with the benefit of inside information,
		Lawley lost money in his speculations - it would seem to take a special brand of financial
		incompetence to lose money in these circumstances.
		On 3 August 1854, during a debate in the House of Commons, Hansard records a speech
		by Sir George Grey, Colonial Secretary, which contains the following words:-
		'Sir G. Grey, in reference to a notice which appeared on the paper by Sir J. Pakington as
		to the appointment of the Hon. Francis Lawley to the Governorship of South Australia,
		stated the circumstances under which the choice was made. Before entering on the duties
		of the Colonial Office, he had a conference with the Duke of Newcastle [Grey's immediate
		predecessor at the Colonial Office] on various matters of business. The Duke communicated
		to him the arrangements he had recently made with respect to the filling-up of various
		Colonial Governorships, and mentioned that he had offered that of South Australia to Mr.
		Lawley. He explained that he knew nothing personally of the gentleman, but, from what he
		heard of his abilities and character, he had come to the conclusion that he was well fitted
		for the duties……..in the course of conversation the Duke [of Newcastle] mentioned that
		the only thing which could be alleged against Mr. Lawley was that, like many young men,
		he had been early addicted to the turf. The Duke added, however, that Mr. Lawley had
		abandoned the pursuit………..Under these circumstances he (Sir G. Grey) had resolved to
		submit his name to the Queen for appointment. Some days afterward the Duke of Newcastle
		called upon him, and mentioned that he had received from two quarters in the course of
		that day information highly injurious to the character of Mr. Lawley…….The information was
		that Mr. Lawley had recently become subject of large liabilities, in consequence of turf
		transactions; and, further, that there was a still more serious rumour, that Mr. Lawley had
		availed himself of the knowledge he had acquired, as private secretary to the Chancellor
		of the Exchequer, to engage in extensive speculations in the funds…….In the course of
		that morning he had received a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which
		he learned with the greatest grief and concern that Mr. Lawley confessed that he had been
		engaged in transactions in the funds in the last few months….Under all the circumstances,
		nothing remained but to advise her Majesty to rescind the appointment.'
		His career now in ruins, Lawley spent the remainder of his life as a jornalist and writer.
		Edward Auchmuty Glover, MP for Beverley March-August 1857
		At the time of Glover's election to the House of Commons, all members needed to be able
		to meet a qualification as to property, in that they had to show that they owned property
		worth £300 a year if elected to a borough seat, or £600 a year if elected to a county seat.
		Glover was returned for Beverley at the general election held on 28 March 1857, after
		having signed the required declaration as to his property qualifications. It was subsequently
		discovered, however, that Glover had no interest in the properties named in the declaration,
		with the result that he was unseated on 3 August 1857. The Parliamentary Committee which
		had examined his qualifications unanimously recommended that the matter be referred to
		the Attorney General, with a view to further action being taken.
		In April 1858, Glover was tried for making the false property declaration. The following
		edited report is from the 'Ipswich Journal' of 17 April 1858:-
		'At the Central Criminal Court on Friday, the 9th inst., Mr. Edward Auchmuty Glover
		surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour, in having unlawfully made a false declaration
		as to his qualification to sit as a member of the House of Commons.
		'The charge against the defendant was preferred under a resolution of the House of
		Commons. The defendant was elected member for the borough of Beverley at the last
		general election. but a petition was subsequently presented against his return, upon the
		ground that he was not duly qualified. Now no person can sit in the House of Commons
		unless possessed of a certain property qualification, which by the statute of the 1st and
		2nd Vict., was fixed at £300 a year in boroughs and £600 a year for counties. The
		qualification set up by the defendant appeared to arise out of three properties, two of them
		being situated in the county of Cork, where the father and the family of the defendant
		resided, and some property in the neighbourhood of Faversham, and Whitstable, and Herne
		Bay, in the county of Kent. It was contended, however, that the defendant had not the
		least shadow of interest in any of these properties such as would form a qualification for a
		member of Parliament.
		'On Monday the trial was resumed and brought to a close. The Jury retired, and after an
		absence of above three hours returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the defendant
		to mercy, upon the ground that it was the first prosecution of the kind, and secondly, upon
		the fact of the loose way in which declarations of property are made at the bar of the
		House of Commons.
		'The defendant, having been ordered into custody, most solemnly declared that he thought
		himself entitled to what he had made a declaration of.
		'His Lordship said that he was sorry to hear him say that, as he felt quite certain the jury
		had come to a very proper conclusion, and but for the suggestion of the worthy alderman
		(Alderman Cubitt) he should have passed a more severe sentence than he was about to do,
		and that was that he be imprisoned in Newgate for four months as a first-class
		misdemeanant.'
		The property qualification for entry into the House of Commons was abolished later that
		year.
		Percy Thompson Dean VC, MP for Blackburn 1918-1922
		Dean was a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who took part in the Zeebrugge
		Raid on 22-23 April 1918. This raid was designed to neutralize the key Belgian port, which
		was used by the German Navy as a base for their U-boats which in turn comprised a serious
		danger to British shipping in the English Channel and North Sea.
		Part of the plan was to scuttle three old cruisers in order to block the harbour, but the
		failure of a diversionary attack on the harbour's mole resulted in German fire being directed
		at the three cruisers. Two of the cruisers, the Intrepid and the Iphigenia, both of which
		were filled with concrete, were scuttled in the narrowest point of the port's canal.
		The crews of the two scuttled cruisers were taken off by a motor lauch commanded by
		Dean. He embarked more than 100 officers and men in the face of constant gunfire from
		close range. As he was about to take the launch out of the canal, the steering gear broke
		down, so he was forced to manouvre using his engines. Once clear of the harbour's
		entrance, he became aware of an officer in the water, and immediately turned back and
		rescued him. Dean was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions.
		Sir Walter Dorling Smiles, MP for Blackburn 1931-1945, co.Down 1945-1950
		and co.Down North 1950-1953
		Sir Walter made the fateful decision to travel about the MV Princess Victoria between
		Stranraer in Scotland and Larne in Northern Ireland on 31 January 1953. The Princess
		Victoria was one of earliest roll-on, roll-off ferries to operate in British waters.
		Notwithstanding that a gale warning was in force, the Captain put to sea at 7.45 am. The
		vessel was fitted with a special door designed to protect the sliding stern doors, but this
		additional door was not deployed. After reaching the open sea, the stern became exposed
		to the worst of the weather, with the result that the stern doors were damaged and water
		began to enter the car deck. It proved impossible to close the stern doors, and as a result,
		water keep pouring into the ship until the order was given to abandon ship at 2 pm.
		Due largely to the extreme weather conditions which severely hampered rescue attempts,
		there were only 44 survivors out of a total of 177 passengers and crew. Not one of the
		ship's officers were among the survivors, nor were any women and children. As well as
		Sir Walter, the Deputy Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Sir Maynard Sinclair, was also
		lost in this disaster.
		At the subsequent enquiry, it was found that the stern doors were not strong enough to
		withstand the actions of the sea, and that there was insufficient means of clearing any
		water that made its way into the car deck. This was the worst peacetime maritime
		disaster involving a British-registered vessel until the loss of the Herald of Free Enterprise
		in 1987.
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