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Tory MPs (pre-1834)
This is a list of Conservative Party MPs. It includes all Members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing the Conservative Party from 1834 onwards. Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly or the European Parliament are not listed. The provided period of a member's tenure as a constituency MP is only relevant to those times that member was also party to the Conservative whip. Those in ''italics'' are overall leaders of the Conservative Party, those in bold are Prime Ministers. __NOTOC__ List of MPs A * Benjamin St John Ackers; MP for West Gloucestershire (1885) *James Ackers; MP for Ludlow (1841–1847) * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet; MP for North Devon (1837–1857) * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet; MP for West Somerset (1837–1847) * Sir Gilbert Acland-Troyte; MP for Tiverton (1924–1945) * William à Court-Holmes; MP for Isle of Wight (1837–1847) * William Acton; MP for Wicklow (1841–1848) * William Augustus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William à Court-Holmes, 2nd Baron Heytesbury
William Henry Ashe à Court-Holmes ''later'' Holmes-à Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury (11 July 1809 – 21 April 1891) was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament. Career Born William Henry Ashe à Court, Lord Heytesbury was the only son of William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury, and Maria Rebecca Bouverie. In 1828 he went up to St John's College, Cambridge. He was elected to the House of Commons for the Isle of Wight in 1837, a seat he held until 1847. In 1860 he succeeded his father as second Baron Heytesbury and entered the House of Lords. Family Lord Heytesbury married Elizabeth Holmes, daughter of Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley Holmes, 9th Baronet Worsley, in 1833. He assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Holmes after that of à Court at the same time. In 1860 he changed the family name, by Royal Licence, from à Court-Holmes to Holmes-à Court. A daughter, Emily, married Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devizes (UK Parliament Constituency)
Devizes is a constituency in Wiltshire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Danny Kruger, a Conservative. The constituency includes four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county. The area's representative has been a Conservative since 1924. History Until 1885 Devizes was a parliamentary borough, electing two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system until the 1868 election, when the Reform Act 1867 reduced its representation to one MP, elected by the first-past-the-post system of election. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the parliamentary borough, and created a new county constituency of the same name, covering a wider area and electing one member. It has returned a Conservative MP at every election since 1924. Its most notable MP was Henry Addington, who held the seat during his term as Prime Minister, as well as when he was Speaker of the House of Commons. Boundaries 1885–1918: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth
William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth Justice of the peace, JP Deputy Lieutenant, DL (25 March 1824 – 28 October 1913), was a British peer and politician. Background Sidmouth was the son of Reverend William Leonard Addington, 2nd Viscount Sidmouth, eldest son of Prime Minister Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth. Political career Sidmouth was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Devizes (UK Parliament constituency), Devizes between 1863 and 1864. Personal life Lord Sidmouth died in October 1913, aged 89, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son, Gerald. References External links * * 1824 births 1913 deaths Viscounts Sidmouth, 3 Deputy Lieutenants of Devon Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs who inherited peerages {{UK-viscount-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffordshire North (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Staffordshire (formally the Northern division of Staffordshire) was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system. History The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. Boundaries 1832–1868: The Hundreds of Pirehill, Totmonslow and North Offlow. 1868–1885: The Hundreds of Totmonslow and Pirehill North. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Egerton's resignation caused a by-election. Adderley was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education, requiring a by-election. Elections in the 1860s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton
Charles Bowyer Adderley, 1st Baron Norton (2 August 181428 March 1905) was a British Conservative politician. Background and education Charles Bowyer Adderley was the eldest son of Charles Clement Adderley (d. 1818), offspring of an old Staffordshire family, and his wife, daughter of Sir Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, 1st Baronet. Adderley inherited Hams Hall, Warwickshire, and the valuable estates of his great-uncle, Charles Bowyer Adderley, in 1826. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1838. Political career In 1841, Adderley entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire, retaining his seat until 1878, when he was created Baron Norton. Adderley's ministerial career began in 1858, when he was appointed President of the Board of Health and Vice-president of the Committee of the Council on Education in Lord Derby's short ministry. Again under Lord Derby, he was Under-Secretary of State for the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leeds West is a borough constituency in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire which is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The current MP is Rachel Reeves of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party — it has been a Labour seat (apart from the Parliament of 1983–87) since 1945. She is currently the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, Holbeck, and New Wortley, and part of Bramley ward. 1918–1950: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley and Wortley, and Bramley, and part of New Wortley ward. 1950–1955: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Bramley, Farnley and Wortley (ward), Farnley and Wortley, and Upper Armley. 1955–1974: The County Borough of Leeds wards of Armley (ward), Armley, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyvyan Adams
Samuel Vyvyan Trerice Adams (22 April 1900 – 13 August 1951), known as Vyvyan Adams, was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1931'' The International Who's Who 1943-44''. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 5. to 1945, when he was defeated by the swing to Labour. He stood unsuccessfully in the Fulham East constituency in 1950. He had been adopted for the safe Conservative seat of Darwen early in 1951, but died later that year. His ''Times'' obituary was headed ''Intellectual Honesty and Independence''. He was opposed to appeasement of Mussolini (in Abyssinia) and Hitler, and was one of the two Conservative MPs (with Duff Cooper) to oppose the Munich agreement with Hitler in 1938. He was opposed to the death penalty. Personal life He was educated at King's College School, Cambridge, Haileybury, and King's College, Cambridge (MA). He married in 1925 Mary Campin, who was later a television producer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selby And Ainsty (UK Parliament Constituency)
Selby and Ainsty is a constituency in North Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Nigel Adams, a member of the Conservative Party. History For 2010 the Boundary Commission recommended the creation of this seat following a review of parliamentary representation in York and North Yorkshire. The constituency was formed from the former Selby constituency, except for some villages near York which were moved to the new York Outer constituency, and rural areas south and east of Harrogate which were previously in the Vale of York constituency. As of the 2019 general election, the seat has been won by the Conservative Party by a successively larger set of majorities each time it has been contested, though the 2017 general election had the unusual result of the Conservatives slightly increasing their majority despite a slight swing towards the Labour Party, mostly due to significantly higher turnout. Boundaries The constitue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Adams
Nigel Adams (born 30 November 1966) is a British politician who served as Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby and Ainsty since 2010. On 9 April 2022 he announced his intention to stand down from Parliament at the next general election. Early life Born in Goole, and raised in Selby, he is the son of a school caretaker and school cleaner. Adams attended Camblesforth Primary School and Selby Grammar School. In 1994, with a £20 a week Enterprise Allowance Scheme Government grant, he co-founded Advanced Digital Telecom, which was sold for £3.1 million to JWE Telecom in 1999. Political career Adams joined the Conservative Party in 1992. Following his successful re-election in June 2017, he was appointed Assistant Government Whip. His departmental responsibilities included Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Northern Ireland Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolwich (UK Parliament Constituency)
Woolwich was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918 and from 1983 to 1997. It centred on Woolwich, now in the Royal Borough of Greenwich in south-east London. Will Crooks, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Woolwich 1903–10 and 1910–18, was one of the first Labour Party (UK), Labour MPs in the United Kingdom. History In 1918, the seat was split into Woolwich East (UK Parliament constituency), Woolwich East and Woolwich West (UK Parliament constituency), Woolwich West. In 1983, most of Woolwich West became Eltham (UK Parliament constituency), Eltham while the recreated Woolwich constituency was largely based on Woolwich East. In 1997, the seat was split up along different lines, with part of it going into neighbouring Erith and Thamesmead (UK Parliament constituency), Erith and Thamesmead, and part of it merging with the Greenwich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Augustus Adam
William Augustus Adam (27 May 1865 – 18 October 1940) was a British Army officer and Conservative Party politician. He was born with the surname "Adams" but later changed his name. Biography Adam was educated at Harrow School, the University of Dublin, and Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Adam was a member of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers of the British Army, and fought in the Second Boer War and First World War, and reached the rank of major. He fought on the Japanese side in the Russo-Japanese War. In 1906, the Army Council decided that Major Adam should be made to retire, owing to his unsuitability as a cavalry leader. Those events would later give rise to the litigation in ''Adam v Ward''. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Woolwich in the January 1910 general election The January 1910 United Kingdom general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The government called the election in the midst of a constitutional crisis caused by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
