Hereford

Number of seats: 2 seats 1832-1885
County (pre 1974): Herefordshire
County (post 1974): Hereford and Worcester
Authority (1995): Not specified
Constituent Country (or Nation): England
British Parliamentary Election Results 1 (ed. FWS Craig): 85
British Parliamentary Election Results 2 (ed. FWS Craig): 114
British Parliamentary Election Results 3 (ed. FWS Craig): 352
British Parliamentary Election Results 4 (ed. FWS Craig): 393
Formed 1832
Disbanded current
Notes: Full name (in Craig 3,4) Herefordshire, Hereford

Elected Members

  1. Edward Clive

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1832
    Date of election: 10 December 1832
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1845*
    Date of exit: 22 July 1845
    Nature of exit: Death
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: First elected for this constituency in 1826.
  2. Robert Biddulph

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1832
    Date of election: 10 December 1832
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1837
    Date of exit: 24 July 1837
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  3. Daniel Burr

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1837
    Date of election: 24 July 1837
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1841
    Date of exit: 29 June 1841
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  4. Henry Hobhouse

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1841
    Date of election: 29 June 1841
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1841*
    Date of exit: c. 1841*
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: Exit September 1841.
  5. Henry Clifford

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1847
    Date of election: 29 July 1847
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1865
    Date of exit: 11 July 1865
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  6. George Clive

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1857
    Date of election: 27 March 1857
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1869*
    Date of exit: c. 1869*
    Nature of exit: Disqualification
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  7. Richard Baggallay

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1865
    Date of election: 11 July 1865
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1868*
    Date of exit: c. 1868*
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  8. John Wyllie

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1868
    Date of election: 17 November 1868
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1869*
    Date of exit: c. 1869*
    Nature of exit: Disqualification
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: Disqualified on petition, before March 1869.
  9. Edward Clive

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1869*
    Date of election: 30 March 1869
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1871*
    Date of exit: c. 1871*
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  10. Chandos Wren-Hoskyns

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1869*
    Date of election: 30 March 1869
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1874
    Date of exit: 31 January 1874
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  11. George Arbuthnot

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1871*
    Date of election: 28 February 1871
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1874
    Date of exit: 31 January 1874
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  12. George Clive

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1874
    Date of election: 31 January 1874
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1880
    Date of exit: 31 March 1880
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  13. George Arbuthnot

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1878*
    Date of election: 14 March 1878
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1880
    Date of exit: 31 March 1880
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  14. Robert Reid

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1880
    Date of election: 31 March 1880
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1885
    Date of exit: 24 November 1885
    Nature of exit: Relocation / defeat
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: Defeated contesting Dunbartonshire at 1885 General Election.
  15. Joseph Bailey

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1886
    Date of election: 1 July 1886
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1892
    Date of exit: 4 July 1892
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  16. William Grenfell

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1892
    Date of election: 4 July 1892
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1893*
    Date of exit: 4 August 1893
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  17. Charles Cooke

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1893*
    Date of election: 15 August 1893
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: Re Entry
    Year of exit: 1900
    Date of exit: 1 October 1900
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  18. John Arkwright

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1900
    Date of election: 1 October 1900
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1912*
    Date of exit: 1 March 1912
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  19. William Hewins

    Party: Unionist
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1912*
    Date of election: 8 March 1912
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1918
    Date of exit: 14 December 1918
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Unionist
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  20. Samuel Roberts

    Party: Co. Con.
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1921*
    Date of election: 11 January 1921
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1922
    Date of exit: 15 November 1922
    Nature of exit: Change of party
    Party: Co. Con.
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  21. Samuel Roberts

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1922
    Date of election: 15 November 1922
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1929
    Date of exit: 30 May 1929
    Nature of exit: Relocation
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  22. Humphrey Owen

    Party: Liberal
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1929
    Date of election: 30 May 1929
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1931
    Date of exit: 27 October 1931
    Nature of exit: Electoral defeat
    Party: Liberal
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  23. James Thomas

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: 1931
    Date of election: 27 October 1931
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1956*
    Date of exit: 18 January 1956
    Nature of exit: Elevation to peerage
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  24. David Gibson-Watt

    Party: Conservative
    Constituency connections: Area
    Year of election: 1956*
    Date of election: 14 February 1956
    Nature of election: By-election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 1974²
    Date of exit: 10 October 1974
    Nature of exit: Retirement
    Party: Conservative
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  25. Paul Keetch

    Party: Lib. Dem.
    Constituency connections: Direct
    Year of election: 1997
    Date of election: 1 May 1997
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: First Entry
    Year of exit: 2010
    Date of exit: 12 April 2010
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Lib. Dem.
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None
  26. Charles Pulley

    Party: Not specified
    Constituency connections: None known
    Year of election: Not specified
    Date of election: Unknown
    Nature of election: General election
    Nature of service: Continuation
    Year of exit: 1920*
    Date of exit: 22 December 1920
    Nature of exit: Resignation
    Party: Not specified
    Sponsorship: None known
    Notes: None

Other candidates

  1. Richard Blakemore

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1832
    Date of election: 1832-12-10 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Conservative
    Notes:
  2. Richard Blakemore

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1835
    Date of election: 1835-01-06 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Conservative
    Notes:
  3. Joseph Davies

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1900
    Date of election: 1900-10-01 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  4. John Whitehouse

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1923
    Date of election: 1923-12-06 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  5. John Whitehouse

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1924
    Date of election: 1924-10-29 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  6. Gwynoro Jones

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1992
    Date of election: 1992-04-09 00:00:00 UTC
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Lib. Dem.
    Notes:
  7. Humphrey Owen

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1956*
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: By-election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  8. George Arbuthnot

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1868
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Conservative
    Notes:
  9. George Arbuthnot

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1869*
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: By-election
    Party: Conservative
    Notes:
  10. Humphrey Owen

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1955
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: General election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes:
  11. Arthur Hayter

    Connection with constituency: None known
    Year of election: 1871*
    Date of election: Not specified
    Nature of election: By-election
    Party: Liberal
    Notes: