Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)

By-elections[edit]

By-elections in Taunton
Taunton by-election, 1701	Start	2211
Taunton by-election, 1724	Start	1714
Taunton by-election, 1754	GA	7118
Taunton by-election, 1782	NA	0
Taunton by-election, 1835	NA	0
Taunton by-election, 1842	NA	0
Taunton by-election, 1853	NA	0
Taunton by-election, 1859	NA	0
Taunton by-election, 1873	Stub	255
Taunton by-election, 1882	NA	0
Taunton by-election, 1887	GA	8484
Taunton by-election, 1909	Stub	261
Taunton by-election, 1912	Stub	614
Taunton by-election, 1921	Stub	250
Taunton by-election, 1956	Stub	224

Members[edit]

MPs 1295–1640
Member	Length
William Portman (died c.1413)	0
William Marchaunt	0
William Damarle	0
John Porter (MP for Taunton)	0
Walter Puryham	0
Robert Coullyng	0
Robert Eysel	0
Richard Marchaunt	0
John Northmore (MP)	0
Edmund Rokes	0
Ralph Sargor	0
Robert Bathe	0
Thomas Bacot	0
Thomas Edward (MP)	0
John Rydon	0
Lewis John	0
John Marchaunt	0
Edmund Dyer	0
Walter Portman	0
Robert Croke (fl.1419-1420)	0
William Borde	0
John Bowe (MP)	0
Ralph Legh	0
William Danvers	681
Thomas Cromwell	27337
William Portman	2062
Richard Pollard (MP)	3654
Nicholas Hare	1246
John Caryll (MP)	0
James Basset	7389
John Wingfield (MP for Taunton)	0
William Barnes (died 1558)	320
Oliver Vachell	440
Thomas Eden (MP for Taunton)	0
John Norris (died 1577)	195
Valentine Dale	3752
Richard Myrfield	0
Miles Sandys	503
Anthony Leigh (MP)	0
Robert Hill (Taunton MP)	0
Richard Blount (died 1575)	0
Roger Hill (died 1608)	150
Edmund Hodges	0
Maurice Horner	0
William Goldwell	0
Francis Bacon	27222
John Goldwell	0
Thomas Fisher (died 1613)	0
William Aubrey	1860
John Davidge	0
Edward Barker (MP)	198
Edward Hext	0
John Bond (classicist)	1185
Daniel Donne	2503
James Clerke	418
John Dunn (MP for Taunton)	0
Lewis Pope	498
Thomas Brereton (MP for Taunton)	0
Roger Prowse	0
Hugh Portman	664
Robert Gorges	1220
George Browne (died 1631)	755

MPs 1640–1885
Member	Length
Sir William Portman, 5th Baronet	808
Roger Hill (judge)	2348
George Searle (MP)	0
John Palmer (Warden of All Souls)	0
Thomas Gorges (Maine governor)	2615
John Gorges	0
Robert Blake (admiral)	12462
Sir William Wyndham, 1st Baronet	1245
Sir William Portman, 6th Baronet	4271
John Trenchard (politician)	1849
Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet	0
Edmund Prideaux (MP for Taunton)	1423
John Sanford (MP)	0
Edward Clarke (of Chipley)	0
John Speke (MP)	0
Henry Seymour Portman	0
Sir Francis Warre, 1st Baronet	0
Sir William Pynsent, 2nd Baronet	0
James Smith (MP for Taunton)	0
John Trenchard (writer)	1339
Sir Abraham Elton, 2nd Baronet	2262
George Speke (died 1753)	0
Francis Fane of Brympton	1789
Henry William Berkeley Portman	0
Sir John Chapman, 2nd Baronet	529
John Buck (Taunton MP)	0
Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond	2112
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont	2537
Robert Webb (MP)	168
William Rowley (Royal Navy officer)	1222
George Carpenter, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell	3258
John Halliday (died 1754)	0
Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham	1875
Laurence Sulivan	276
Alexander Popham (penal reformer)	1336
Nathaniel Webb	0
Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough	3354
John Halliday (died 1805)	0
John Roberts (died 1782)	0
Benjamin Hammet	0
William Morland	0
John Hammet	0
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton	2888
Henry Powell Collins	0
Sir William Burroughs, 1st Baronet	1280
John Ashley Warre	0
Henry Seymour (Knoyle)	0
William Peachey	0
Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton	2490
Edward Thomas Bainbridge	0
Sir Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet	1708
Arthur Mills (MP)	1818
George Cavendish-Bentinck	3884
Alexander Charles Barclay	937
William Hay, 10th Marquess of Tweeddale	2369
Edward William Cox	5990
Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford	3937
William Palliser	2981
Samuel Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip	1262

MPs since 1885
Member	Length
Alfred Percy Allsopp	1298
Alfred Welby	2244
Sir Edward Boyle, 1st Baronet	1246
William Peel, 1st Earl Peel	3656
Gilbert Wills, 1st Baron Dulverton	937
Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet	2452
Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	3837
John Hope Simpson	2447
Andrew Gault	12238
Edward Wickham	4627
Victor Collins, Baron Stonham	1180
Henry Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton	2235
Edward du Cann	4188
David Nicholson (British politician)	625
Jackie Ballard	4318
Adrian Flook	1213
Jeremy Browne	6788