Hertford (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Hertford
Type = Borough
Year = 1298
Abolition = 1885
members = two (1298-1868), one (1868-1885)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Hertfordshire, Hertford
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1974
members = one

Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which elected Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1298 until 1974. Initially it was a borough consisting of the town of Hertford, electing two MPs until 1868 and one from 1868 to 1885. In 1885 the borough was abolished and the name was transferred to the county constituency which contained the town.

From the general election of February 1974 the constituency ceased to exist, being mostly included in the new Hertford and Stevenage constituency.

History

Members of Parliament

Hertford borough (1298-1885)

1298-1640

* 1626: Sir Capell Bedell
* 1628: Sir Charles Morrison

1640-1868

Notes

References

*Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=024wW9LmFc5kXY0FI2&id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&printsec=toc&dq=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament&as_brr=1&sig=SK5GVtGLfWQ9ovZDbyZObAyIO5I#PPP9,M1]
*D Brunton & D H Pennington, "Members of the Long Parliament" (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
*"Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803" (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
*F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
*F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949" (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
*Henry Stooks Smith, "The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
*Rayment