Cheshire is a former United Kingdom parliamentary constituency for the county of Cheshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
As a county palatine it was unrepresented in Parliament until the Chester and Cheshire (Constituencies) Act 1542 (34 & 35 Hen. 8. c. 13). Cheshire was represented by two knights of the shire from 1545, with only County Durham out of the English counties being left unrepresented after that.
It was divided between the constituencies of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1832.
Members of Parliament
1545–1659 Constituency created (1545) YearFirst memberSecond member1545Sir Lawrence SmithSir Hugh Calverley1547Sir William BreretonSir Hugh CholmleyMar 1553 Sir Thomas HolcroftSir Thomas VenablesOct 1553Edward Fitton (the elder)Apr 1554Sir Henry DelvesRichard WilbrahamNov 1554Sir Richard Cotton1555Sir Lawrence SmithRichard Wilbraham1558Richard HoughJames Done1559Sir William BreretonSir Ralph Leycester1563Sir Thomas VenablesWilliam Massye1571Thomas CalveleyThomas Stanley1572George CalveleyWilliam Booth1584Thomas Egerton Hugh Cholmondeley1586 John Savage1589 Sir George Beeston1593 Thomas Holcroft John Done1597 Sir William Brereton Thomas Egerton1601 Sir Peter Legh Thomas Holcroft1604 Sir Thomas Holcroft Sir Roger Aston1614 Sir William Brereton Sir Roger Wilbraham 1621 Sir Richard Grosvenor1624 William Booth William Brereton1625 Sir Robert Cholmondeley, Bt Sir Anthony St John1626 Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet Peter Daniell1628 Sir William Brereton, 1st BaronetApril 1640 Sir Thomas Aston, 1st BaronetNovember 1640 Peter Venables1646 George Booth1653 Robert Duckenfield Henry Birkenhead Four members returned to First Protectorate Parliament (1654) YearFirst memberSecond memberThird memberFourth member1654John BradshawSir George Booth, BtHenry BrookeJohn Crew1656Richard LeghThomas MarburyPeter Brooke
1659–1832 Two members returned to Third Protectorate Parliament (1659) YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1659John Bradshaw Richard Legh 1660Sir George Booth, Bt Sir Thomas Mainwaring, Bt 1661The Lord Brereton Peter Venables 1664Sir Fulk Lucy 1670Thomas Cholmondeley1678Hon. Henry Booth WhigFebruary 1679Sir Philip Egerton September 1679Sir Robert Cotton, Bt Whig 1685Sir Philip Egerton Thomas Cholmondeley 1689Sir Robert Cotton, Bt WhigSir John Mainwaring, Bt Whig 1702Sir George Warburton, Bt TorySir Roger Mostyn, Bt Tory 1705Langham Booth WhigJohn Offley CreweWhig 1710Sir George Warburton, Bt ToryCharles Cholmondeley 1715Langham Booth Whig 1722Charles Cholmondeley John Offley CreweWhig1727Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt 1734John Crewe 1753Charles Crewe 1754Samuel Egerton 1756Thomas Cholmondeley1768John Crewe Whig1780Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt 1796Thomas Cholmondeley 1802William Egerton 1806Davies Davenport 1812Wilbraham Egerton Tory1830Viscount Belgrave Conservative1831George Wilbraham Whig Constituency abolished (1832)
See also List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Unreformed House of Commons History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire
References Cheshire Gentry