Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)


Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.
The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union 1800 established the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The parliamentary borough had its representation reduced to one MP in 1885, and was finally abolished in 1918, the name transferring to a new county division which elected one MP. The county constituency was abolished for the 1997 election, and the area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in Sleaford and North Hykeham. Grantham became part of the new constituency of Grantham and Stamford.
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies proposes to re-establish the seat in its revised proposal.

Boundaries

The constituency was based on Grantham, a market town on the River Witham.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1468–1640

YearFirst memberSecond member
1491John Mordaunt-
1510–1523No names known-
1529William HusseyFrancis Hall
1536?-
1539?-
1542?-
1545Sir Edward WarnerEdmund Hall
1547Sir Edward WarnerEdmund Hall
1553 Sir Edward WarnerThomas Hussey
1553 Sir Edward WarnerJames Wallis
1554 Thomas HusseyRichard Disney
1554 Roger JohnsonRichard Sharpe
1555George WilliamsWilliam Porter
1558Henry SavileAnthony Thorold
1559 Thomas RandolphWilliam More
1562–3Roger MannersWilliam Cooke
1571William KilligrewArthur Hall
1572John VaughanArthur Hall
1584 Arthur HallWilliam Thorold
1586 Sir Henry Bagenall, sat for Anglesey,
repl. by William Ashby		Robert Markham
1588–9Richard MoreWilliam Armyn
1593Thomas HorsmanFrancis Neale
1597 Thomas HorsmanFrancis Neale
1601 Oliver MannersThomas Horsman
1604Sir George MannersSir Thomas Horsman
1614Sir George ReynellRichard Tufton
1621Sir William ArmyneSir Clement Cotterell
1624Sir George MannersSir Clement Cotterell
1625Sir George MannersSir William Airmine
1626John WingfieldEdward Stirmin
1628–1629Thomas HatcherAlexander Moor

Elections

Elections in the 1860s

Welby resigned in order to contest the 1868 by-election in South Lincolnshire, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Mellor was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;