Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency . It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , elected by the first past the post system.
History [ edit ] The constituency was enfranchised in 1545, as the second borough constituency in the historic county of Pembrokeshire . In the previous election of 1542, the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the Parliament of England , this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for Pembroke .
During the eighteenth century, Haverfordwest was considered to be little more than a pocket borough for the Philipps family of Picton Castle .
From 1832 to 1885, it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of the three boroughs of Haverfordwest , Fishguard and Narberth .[2]
The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election , and merged into the newly created constituency of Pembroke and Haverfordwest .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] 1543–1660 [ edit ] 1660–1885 [ edit ] Election Member Party 1660 (Apr) William Philipps , election declared void, June 1660 [5] 1660 (Aug) William Philipps re-elected [5] 1661 Isaac Lloyd , election declared void, May 1663 [5] 1663 (c.Jun) Sir William Morton , made judge [5] 1666 Sir Frederick Hyde, died [5] 1667 Sir Herbert Perrott [5] 1679 William Wogan [5] 1679 Thomas Owen [5] 1681 Thomas Howard [5] 1685 William Wogan [5] [6] 1701 (Jan) William Wheeler [6] 1702 John Laugharne , died [6] [7] 1715 John Barlow , died [6] [7] 1718 Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet [7] 1722 Francis Edwardes , died [7] 1726 Sir Erasmus Philipps , died [7] 1743 George Barlow [7] 1747 William Edwardes (Baron Kensington from 1776)[7] 1780 Whig [8] 1784 The Lord Milford 1786 The Lord Kensington Whig [8] 1801 Seat vacant 1802 The Lord Kensington Whig [8] 1818 William Henry Scourfield Tory [8] 1826 Richard Philipps Whig [8] [9] 1835 William Henry Scourfield Conservative [8] 1837 Sir Richard Philipps, Bt Whig [8] [9] 1847 John Evans Whig [10] 1852 John Scourfield Conservative [11] 1868 Hon. William Edwardes (Baron Kensington from 1872) Liberal [11] Constituency seat abolished
Election results [ edit ] Elections in the 1830s [ edit ] Elections in the 1840s [ edit ] Elections in the 1850s [ edit ] Elections in the 1860s [ edit ] Elections in the 1870s [ edit ] Edwardes was appointed a Groom in Waiting , requiring a by-election.
The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election, after a separate potential candidate, Mr Davis, had been refused his nomination by the local sheriff without a deposit for security of costs.[16] However, in the resulting by-election, Davis did not stand and Edwardes was re-elected.
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ] Edwardes was appointed Comptroller of the Household , requiring a by-election.
References [ edit ] ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 506. ISBN 0-900178-26-4 . ^ a b c d e f g "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 October 2011 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 October 2011 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 October 2011 . ^ a b c d "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 October 2011 . ^ a b c d e f g "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 19 October 2011 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 198–199. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via Google Books . ^ a b Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . p. 182. Retrieved 13 August 2019 – via Google Books . ^ "Members Returned" . Norfolk News . 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 506. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 . ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Haverfordwest" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 5 May 2020 . ^ "Election Intelligence" . Globe . 7 March 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive . ^ "Glasgow Sentinel" . 21 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive . ^ "To the Electors of Haverfordwest" . Potter's Electric News . 25 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 16 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive . ^ "Member of Parliament is unseated" . Bolton Evening News . 3 June 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive . Sources [ edit ]