Warwick was a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Warwick, within the larger Warwickshire constituency of England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new single-member constituency of Warwick and Leamington.

Members of Parliament MPs 1295–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member 1386 Robert Norton Henry Trymenell 1388 (Feb) Robert Norton Henry Trymenell 1388 (Sep) John Raines John Russell 1390 (Jan) John Buckmore Henry Filongley 1390 (Nov) 1391 Henry de la Chamber John Raines 1393 Maurice de la Chamber Henry ? 1394 Maurice Luttrell John Russell 1395 Maurice de la Chamber John Allerwich 1397 (Jan) Henry Trymenell Robert Walden 1397 (Sep) John Brome William Ilshawe 1399 William Ruding William Hull 1401 ?John Brome ?William Hopkins 1402 John Brome Richard Hewe 1404 (Jan) Simon Bennett John Weston 1404 (Oct) 1406 John Brome John Weston 1407 Thomas Ellam Richard Ferrour alias Barkes 1410 John Weston Roger Wootton 1411 John Weston Roger Wootton 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Nicholas Rody Roger Wootton 1414 (Apr) John Brome Roger Wootton 1414 (Nov) Nicholas Rody Roger Wootton 1415 1416 (Mar) 1416 (Oct) 1417 1419 Nicholas Rody Roger Wootton 1420 John Rody John Usk 1421 (May) Nicholas Rody John Upton 1421 (Dec) Nicholas Rody John Rody 1510–1523 No names known 1529 William Newenham Thomas Holte 1536 ? 1539 ? 1542 Clement Throckmorton William Webbe 1545 Kenelm Throckmorton William Pinnock 1547 Sir William Pickering Clement Throckmorton 1553 (Mar) Clement Throckmorton John Throckmorton 1553 (Oct) Clement Throckmorton Edward Ferrers 1554 (Apr) George Throckmorton Thomas Fisher 1554 (Nov) Thomas Fisher Ralph Broune 1555 Kenelm Throckmorton Thomas Fisher 1558 Thomas Fisher John Butler 1558/1559 Thomas Throckmorton Thomas Fisher 1562/1563 Walter Haddon John Butler 1571 (Mar) Edward Aglionby John Fisher 1572 (Apr) Thomas Dudley John Fisher 1584 (Nov) Thomas Dudley John Fisher 1586 (Oct) Thomas Dudley Job Throckmorton 1588 (Oct) James Dyer Thomas Dudley 1593 John Hugford William Combe 1597 (Sep) John Townsend William Spicer 1601 (Oct) John Townsend William Spicer 1604 John Townsend William Spicer 1614 Sir Greville Verney John Townsend 1621 John Coke Sir Greville Verney 1624 Sir Edward Conway Francis Lucy 1625 Sir Francis Leigh, Bt Francis Lucy 1626 Sir Francis Leigh, Bt. Francis Lucy 1628 Francis Lucy Hon. Robert Greville Election declared void Replaced by Anthony StoughtonAnn Hughes Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire, 1620–1660 1629-1640 No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1885 ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond partyNovember 1640William PurefoyParliamentarianSir Thomas LucyDied December 1640December 1640Godfrey BosvileParliamentarian1653Warwick was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament1654Richard Lucy Warwick had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate1656Clement ThrockmortonJanuary 1659Fulke LucyThomas ArcherMay 1659William PurefoyOne seat vacantAugust 1659Both seats vacant after Purefoy's deathApril 1660 Sir Clement Throckmorton John Rous 1661 Henry Puckering 1664 Fulke Greville Sir Francis Compton 1677 Robert Digby 1678 John Bowyer February 1679 John Clopton Henry Puckering August 1679 Thomas Lucy Richard Booth 1681 Thomas CoventrySucceeded to a peerage as 5th Baron Coventry, July 1687, but the vacancy as MP for Warwick was not immediately filled 1685 Simon Digby 1689William Colemore William Digby 1695 Francis Greville 1698 Robert Greville Thomas Wagstaffe 1699 Algernon Greville January 1701 Francis Greville November 1701 Algernon Greville 1705 Dodington Greville 1710 Charles Leigh 1713 William Colemore 1722 William Keyt 1727 William Bromley Tory 1735On petition, Keyt and Bromley were declared not to have been duly re-elected in 1734 Thomas Archer Henry Archer 1741 Wills HillCreated Earl of Hillsborough (in the Peerage of Ireland), 1751 1756 John Spencer 1761 Hamilton Boyle 1762 Paul Methuen March 1768 George Greville May 1768 Paul Methuen January 1774 Charles Francis Greville ToryOctober 1774 Robert Fulke Greville Tory 1780 Robert Ladbroke Whig 1790 Charles Perceval Tory Henry Gage Tory 1792 George Villiers Tory 1796 Samuel Gaussen Tory 1802 Charles Mills Tory Henry Greville Tory 1816 Charles John Greville Tory 1826 John Tomes Whig 1831 Edward Bolton King Whig 1832 Charles John Greville1832: Greville's election was declared void on petition, and the constituency's writ was suspended Tory 1833Writ suspended – seat vacant 1835 Charles John Greville Conservative 1836 Charles Canning ConservativeMarch 1837 William Collins WhigJuly 1837 Charles Eurwicke Douglas Conservative 1852 George William John Repton Conservative Edward Greaves Conservative 1865 Arthur Peel Liberal 1868 Edward Greaves Conservative 1874 George Repton Conservative1885Constituency abolished: see Warwick and Leamington

Election results Elections in the 1830s

Greville's election was later declared void but no writ was issued for a by-election to elect a new MP.

Greville resigned, causing a by-election.

Canning was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl Canning and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Douglas was appointed a commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Notes

References Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) 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) F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)