Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency)

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Lancaster was re-established for the 1885 general election as a county constituency.Lancaster returned Members to Parliament between 1295 and 1331 but is not known to have done so again, on the grounds of the poverty of the town's burgesses, until the election of William Banester in 1523.Gregson's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, causing a by-election.[25] Armstrong's election was declared void due to corruption and bribery, causing a by-election.The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Craig, F. W. S. (1983).
Foster
Norval Helme
Hunter
Fenner Brockway
Strickland
Ramsbotham
Lancaster and Fleetwood (UK Parliament constituency)county constituencyHouse of CommonsCountyLancashireNorth LancashireLancaster and WyreMorecambe and LunesdaleBorough constituencyconstituencyParliament of EnglandParliament of Great BritainParliament of the United KingdomLancasterMembers of ParliamentRedistribution of Seats Act 18851885 general electionMember of Parliamentfirst-past-the-post1997 general electionBarebones ParliamentJohn BakerSir Nicholas HareThomas ChalonerStephen VaughanThomas CarusSir Thomas TreshamRichard BakerRichard WestonThomas HungateClement HeighamWilliam RiceSir Thomas BengerWilliam FleetwoodJohn HalesHenry SadlerMiles SandysThomas GerardJohn AthertonJohn AwdeleyThomas HeskethEdward HubberdJerome BowesCarew ReynellThomas HowardThomas FanshaweWilliam FanshaweSir Humphrey MayJohn SeldenSir Thomas FanshaweThomas JermynFrancis BindlosseApril 1640Roger KirkbyJohn HarrisonNovember 1640RoyalistThomas FellSir Robert BindlossePride's PurgeMajor Henry PorterSecondJanuary 1659Henry Porter, juniorColonel William WestMay 1659Sir Gilbert GerardWilliam WestRichard KirkbySir John HarrisonRichard HarrisonHenry CrispeCurwen RawlinsonFitton GerardRobert HeyshamSir William LowtherDodding BradyllSir Thomas LowtherChristopher TowerFrancis Reynolds(Sir) George WarrenLord Richard CavendishWilson BraddyllAbraham RawlinsonCaptain Francis ReynoldsSir George WarrenJohn DentRichard PennAlexander Hamilton, 10th Duke of HamiltonJohn Fenton-CawthorneJohn GladstoneThomas GreenePatrick Maxwell StewartConservativeGeorge MartonSamuel GregsonPeeliteRobert Baynes ArmstrongRadicalWilliam GarnettLiberalEdward Matthew FenwickHenry SchneiderJames WilliamsonWilliam FosterNorval HelmeArchibald HunterCoalition ConservativeJohn SingletonJohn O'NeillGerald Strickland1928 by-electionRobert TomlinsonHerwald Ramsbotham1941 by-electionFitzroy MacleanHumphry BerkeleyStan HenigLabourElaine Kellett-BowmanGeneral election 1830Robert Hyde GregTurnoutRegistered electorsGeneral election 1831General election 1832General election 1835General election 1837William Rathbone GregGeneral election 1841General election 1847Edward StanleyGeneral election 1852General election 1857General election 1859General election 1865Reform Act 1867General election 1885James Carlile McCoanGeneral election 1886General election 1892Liberal UnionistGeneral election 1895General election 1900General election 1906General election January 1910General election December 1910General election 1918Unionistcandidate endorsed by the coalition governmentGeneral election 1922Fenner BrockwayGeneral election 1923General election 19241928 Lancaster by-electionGeneral election 1929General election 1931General election 1935Charles Royle1941 Lancaster by-electionIndependent LiberalInd. Labour PartyGeneral election 1945Eric JohnsonGeneral election 1950General election 1951Dodo LeesGeneral election 1955General election 1959General election 1964General election 1966Stanley HenigGeneral election 1970Elaine KellettGeneral election February 1974IndependentGeneral election October 1974General election 1979Ruth HenigNational FrontGeneral election 1983General election 1987Claire BrooksGeneral election 1992Liberal DemocratsGina DowdingNatural LawStockbridgeCraig, F. W. S.British Newspaper ArchiveDod, Charles RogerDod's Parliamentary CompanionRoyal CommissionNorthern LancashireManchester TimesLee, SidneyDictionary of National BiographyElectoral Calculus