# Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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)
| Year | First member | Second member |
| 1545 | Sir Lawrence Smith | Sir Hugh Calverley |
| 1547 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Hugh Cholmley |
| Mar 1553 | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Sir Thomas Venables |
| Oct 1553 | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Edward Fitton (the elder) |
| Apr 1554 | Sir Henry Delves | Richard Wilbraham |
| Nov 1554 | Sir Richard Cotton | Richard Wilbraham |
| 1555 | Sir Lawrence Smith | Richard Wilbraham |
| 1558 | Richard Hough | James Done |
| 1559 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Ralph Leycester |
| 1563 | Sir Thomas Venables | William Massye |
| 1571 | Thomas Calveley | Thomas Stanley |
| 1572 | George Calveley | William Booth |
| 1584 | Thomas Egerton | Hugh Cholmondeley |
| 1586 | Thomas Egerton | John Savage |
| 1589 | Sir George Beeston | John Savage |
| 1593 | Thomas Holcroft | John Done |
| 1597 | Sir William Brereton | Thomas Egerton |
| 1601 | Sir Peter Legh | Thomas Holcroft |
| 1604 | Sir Thomas Holcroft | Sir Roger Aston |
| 1614 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Roger Wilbraham |
| 1621 | Sir William Brereton | Sir Richard Grosvenor |
| 1624 | William Booth | William Brereton |
| 1625 | Sir Robert Cholmondeley, Bt | Sir Anthony St John |
| 1626 | Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet | Peter Daniell |
| 1628 | Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet | Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet |
| April 1640 | Sir Thomas Aston, 1st Baronet | Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet |
| November 1640 | Peter Venables | Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet |
| 1646 | George Booth | Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet |
| 1653 | Robert Duckenfield | Henry Birkenhead |
* Four members returned to First Protectorate Parliament (1654)
| Year | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
| 1654 | John Bradshaw | Sir George Booth, Bt | Henry Brooke | John Crew |
| 1656 | Richard Legh | Sir George Booth, Bt | Thomas Marbury | Peter Brooke |

### 1659–1832

* Two members returned to Third Protectorate Parliament (1659)
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| 1659 | John Bradshaw | | Richard Legh | |
| 1660 | Sir George Booth, Bt | | Sir Thomas Mainwaring, Bt | |
| 1661 | The Lord Brereton | | Peter Venables | |
| 1664 | Sir Fulk Lucy | | Peter Venables | |
| 1670 | Sir Fulk Lucy | | Thomas Cholmondeley | |
| 1678 | Hon. Henry Booth | Whig | Thomas Cholmondeley | |
| February 1679 | Hon. Henry Booth | Whig | Sir Philip Egerton | |
| September 1679 | Hon. Henry Booth | Whig | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig |
| 1685 | Sir Philip Egerton | | Thomas Cholmondeley | |
| 1689 | Sir Robert Cotton, Bt | Whig | Sir John Mainwaring, Bt | Whig |
| 1702 | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt | Tory |
| 1705 | Langham Booth | Whig | John Offley Crewe | Whig |
| 1710 | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Charles Cholmondeley | |
| 1715 | Sir George Warburton, Bt | Tory | Langham Booth | Whig |
| 1722 | Charles Cholmondeley | | John Offley Crewe | Whig |
| 1727 | Charles Cholmondeley | | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt | |
| 1734 | Charles Cholmondeley | | John Crewe | |
| 1753 | Charles Cholmondeley | | Charles Crewe | |
| 1754 | Charles Cholmondeley | | Samuel Egerton | |
| 1756 | Thomas Cholmondeley | | Samuel Egerton | |
| 1768 | John Crewe | Whig | Samuel Egerton | |
| 1780 | John Crewe | Whig | Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton, Bt | |
| 1796 | John Crewe | Whig | Thomas Cholmondeley | |
| 1802 | William Egerton | | Thomas Cholmondeley | |
| 1806 | Davies Davenport | | Thomas Cholmondeley | |
| 1812 | Davies Davenport | | Wilbraham Egerton | Tory |
| 1830 | Viscount Belgrave | Conservative | Wilbraham Egerton | Tory |
| 1831 | Viscount Belgrave | Conservative | George Wilbraham | Whig |
* Constituency abolished (1832)