Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Scarborough and Whitby County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Whitby was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Whitby in East Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, MP elected by the first past the post system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Scarborough & Whitby constituency.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1832 | Aaron Chapman | ||
| 1847 | Robert Stephenson | ||
| 1859 | Harry Stephen Thompson | ||
| 1865 | Charles Bagnall | ||
| 1868 | William Henry Gladstone | Liberal | |
| 1880 | Arthur Pease | ||
| 1885 | Ernest Beckett | Conservative | |
| 1905 | Noel Buxton | Liberal | |
| 1906 | Gervase Beckett | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Scarborough and Whitby | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
