# Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottinghamshire was a county 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. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as knights of the shire.
The constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for parliamentary purposes, by the Reform Act 1832. The county was then represented by the North Nottinghamshire and South Nottinghamshire constituencies.

## Boundaries

The county of Nottinghamshire is located in the East Midlands of England. The county is known to have been represented in Parliament from 1290, although it probably sent knights of the shire to earlier meetings.
From 1295 the county and the town of Nottingham each returned two members to parliament. In 1572 East Retford was represented by two members, and in 1672 Newark-upon-Trent also. Under the Reform Act 1832 the county returned four members in two divisions. By the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it returned four members in four divisions; Newark and East Retford were disfranchised, and Nottingham returned three members in three divisions.

## Members of Parliament
### 1290–1640

1305 Sir Hugh de Hercy and Thomas Malet
1316 Sir Hugh de Hercy and Lawrence Chaworth
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1297 | Sir John de Vilers |
| 1307 | Sir Walter Goushill of Hoveringham |
| 1311 | Sir Walter Goushill of Hoveringham |
| 1312 | John de Lisours |
| 1313 | Laurencius de Cadurcis |
| 1318 | Sir Richard Willoughby | Peter Foun |
| 1320 | John Darcy |
| 1324 | Robert de Jorce | Sir Richard de Willoughby |
| 1361–1393 | Robert Morton |
| 1373 | John Gateford |
| 1376–1390 | Sir John Burton (5 times) |
| 1377–1388 | John Annesley |
| 1378 | Sir John Leake |
| 1378 | William Neville |
| 1379 | Sir John Birmingham |
| 1380 (Nov) | John Gateford |
| 1381 | Sir Thomas Rempston |
| 1383 | Sir Thomas Rempston |
| 1386 | Sir John Annesley | Sir John Leake |
| 1388 (Feb) | Sir John Annesley | Sir John Leake |
| 1388 (Sep) | Sir John Annesley | Sir Robert Cockfield |
| 1390 (Jan) | John Gateford | Sir John Leake |
| 1390 (Nov) | Sir John Burton | Hugh Cressy |
| 1391 | Sir Thomas Hercy | Sir Robert Cockfield |
| 1393 | Sir Thomas Rempston | John Gateford |
| 1394 | Sir William Neville | Nicholas Strelley |
| 1395 | Sir Thomas Rempston | Nicholas Burdon |
| 1397 (Jan) | Sir Thomas Rempston | Hugh Cressy |
| 1397 (Sep) | Sir Thomas Rempston | Robert Morton |
| 1399 | William Leek | John Gateford |
| 1401 | Sir John Burton (son of Sir John, 1376) | John Kniveton |
| 1402 | Sir John Clifton | Sir Richard Stanhope |
| 1404 (Jan) | John Leek | Sir Richard Stanhope |
| 1404 (Oct) | Simon Leek | Sir Richard Stanhope |
| 1406 | Sir Thomas Chaworth | Sir Richard Stanhope |
| 1407 | Sir John Zouche | Sir Hugh Hussey |
| 1410 | |
| 1411 | William Rigmaiden | Thomas Staunton |
| 1413 (Feb) | |
| 1413 (May) | Sir John Zouche | Sir Thomas Rempston II |
| 1413 (Apr) | Sir Robert Plumpton | Henry Sutton |
| 1414 (Nov) | Ralph Mackerell | Sir Hugh Hussey |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 (Mar) | William Compton | Sir Thomas Rempston II |
| 1416 (Oct) | |
| 1417 | Sir Thomas Chaworth | Sir Henry Pierrepont |
| 1419 | Sir John Zouche | Ralph Hussey |
| 1420 | Sir Thomas Chaworth | Ralph Mackerell |
| 1421 (May) | Sir Thomas Chaworth | Sir William Mering |
| 1421 (Dec) | Sir Henry Pierrepont | Sir Richard Stanhope |
| 1422 | Sir John Zouche |
| 1423 | Sir Henry Pierrepont | Sir Thomas Chaworth |
| 1425 | Sir Henry Pierrepont | Sir William Mering |
| 1427 | Ralph Mackerell |
| 1429 | John Bowes |
| 1432 | John Bowes |
| 1435 | John Bowes |
| 1436 | William Plumpton |
| 1437 | Sir Thomas Chaworth |
| 1439 | John Bowes |
| 1442 | Sir William Mering | Sir John Zouche |
| 1445 | Sir Thomas Chaworth |
| 1510–1523 | No names known |
| 1529 | Sir John Markham | Sir John Byron |
| 1536 | |
| 1539 | Gervase Clifton | John Hercy |
| 1542 | |
| 1545 | Sir Anthony Neville | Michael Stanhope |
| 1547 | Sir Michael Stanhope | Sir John Markham |
| 1553 (Mar) | William Mering | George Lascelles |
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir John Hercy | Sir William Holles |
| 1554 (Apr) | Sir John Constable | Ellis Markham |
| 1554 (Nov) | Richard Whalley | Ellis Markham |
| 1555 | Richard Whalley | Anthony Forster |
| 1558 | Sir John Markham | Hugh Thornhill |
| 1559 (Jan)(writ) | Sir John Markham | John Manners |
| 1562–1563 | John Manners | John Molyneux |
| 1571 | Robert Markham | Edward Stanhope |
| 1572 | Henry Pierrepont | Edward Stanhope |
| 1584 (Nov) | Sir Thomas Manners | Sir Robert Constable |
| 1586 | Sir Thomas Manners | Sir Thomas Stanhope |
| 1588 (Oct) | Robert Markham | Brian Lascelles |
| 1593 (Jan) | Sir Charles Cavendish | Philip Strelley |
| 1597 (Oct) | John Byron | Richard Whalley |
| 1601 (Oct) | Sir Charles Cavendish | Robert Pierrepont |
| 1604–1611 | Sir John Holles | Percival Willoughby |
| Addled Parliament (1614) | Sir John Holles | Sir Gervase Clifton |
| 1621–1622 | George Chaworth, 1st Viscount Chaworth | Sir Gervase Clifton |
| Happy Parliament (1624) | Robert Sutton | Sir Gervase Clifton |
| Useless Parliament (1625) | Sir Henry Stanhope | Sir Gervase Clifton |
| 1626 | Sir Henry Stanhope | Sir Thomas Hutchinson |
| 1628 | Sir John Byron | Sir Gervase Clifton |
| No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 ||

### 1640–1832

| Year | Year | Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| | | April 1640 | Sir Thomas Hutchinson | Parliamentarian | Robert Sutton | Royalist |
| | | November 1640 | Sir Thomas Hutchinson | Parliamentarian | Robert Sutton | Royalist |
| | | August 1643 | Hutchinson died – seat vacant | Hutchinson died – seat vacant | | Robert Sutton | Royalist |
| | | December 1643 | Hutchinson died – seat vacant | Hutchinson died – seat vacant | Sutton disabled to sit – seat vacant | Sutton disabled to sit – seat vacant |
| | | 1645 | John Hutchinson | | Gervase Pigot | |
| | | 1653 | John Oddingsels | | Edward Cludd | |
| 1654 | 1654 | 1654 | Representation increased to four members in First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Representation increased to four members in First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Representation increased to four members in First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Representation increased to four members in First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| | | 1654 | Hon. William Pierrepont, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Charles White | Hon. William Pierrepont, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Charles White | Hon. William Pierrepont, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Charles White | Hon. William Pierrepont, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Charles White |
| | | 1656 | Edward Cludd, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Peniston Whalley | Edward Cludd, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Peniston Whalley | Edward Cludd, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Peniston Whalley | Edward Cludd, Major-General Edward Whalley, Colonel Edward Neville, Peniston Whalley |
| 1659 | 1659 | 1659 | Representation reverted to two members in Third Parliaments of the Protectorate | Representation reverted to two members in Third Parliaments of the Protectorate | Representation reverted to two members in Third Parliaments of the Protectorate | Representation reverted to two members in Third Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| | | January 1659 | Colonel Edward Neville | | Martin Bristow | |
| | | May 1659 | Colonel John Hutchinson | | One seat vacant | One seat vacant |
| | | March 1660 | Lord Houghton | | Hon. William Pierrepont | |
| | | 1661 | Anthony Eyre | | Sir Gervase Clifton | |
| | | 1666 | Anthony Eyre | | Sir Francis Leke | |
| | | 1673 | Sir Scrope Howe | | Sir Francis Leke | |
| | | 1679 | Sir Scrope Howe | | John White | |
| | | 1685 | Sir William Clifton, 3rd Baronet | | Reason Mellish | |
| | | January 1689 | Sir Scrope Howe | | Lord Houghton | |
| | | May 1689 | Sir Scrope Howe | | John White | |
| | | 1690 | Sir Scrope Howe | | William Sacheverell | |
| | | 1691 | Sir Scrope Howe | | John White | |
| | | 1698 | Sir Thomas Willoughby | | Gervase Eyre | |
| | | 1701 | Sir Thomas Willoughby | | Sir Francis Molyneux | |
| | | 1702 | Gervase Eyre | | Sir Francis Molyneux | |
| | | 1704 | John Thornhagh | | Sir Francis Molyneux | |
| | | 1705 | John Thornhagh | | Sir Thomas Willoughby | |
| | | 1710 | The Viscount Howe | | William Levinz | Tory |
| | | 1713 | Hon. Francis Willoughby | Tory | William Levinz | Tory |
| | | 1722 | The Viscount Howe | Whig | Sir Robert Sutton | Whig |
| | | 1732 | William Levinz | Tory | Thomas Bennett | Non Partisan |
| | | 1734 | William Levinz (junior) | Non Partisan | Thomas Bennett | Non Partisan |
| | | 1739 | William Levinz (junior) | Non Partisan | Hon. John Mordaunt | Non Partisan |
| | | 1747 | Colonel Lord Robert Sutton (Lord Robert Manners-Sutton) | Non Partisan | John Thornhagh (John Hewett) | Non Partisan |
| | | 1762 | Hon. Thomas Willoughby | Non Partisan | John Thornhagh (John Hewett) | Non Partisan |
| | | 1774 | Hon. Thomas Willoughby | Non Partisan | Earl of Lincoln | Non Partisan |
| | | 1775 | Lord Edward Bentinck | Non Partisan | Earl of Lincoln | Non Partisan |
| | | 1778 | Lord Edward Bentinck | Non Partisan | Charles Medows (Charles Pierrepont) | Non Partisan |
| | | 1796 | Lord William Bentinck | Whig | Hon. Evelyn Pierrepont | Non Partisan |
| | | 1801 | Lord William Bentinck | Whig | Hon. Charles Pierrepont (Viscount Newark) | Non Partisan |
| | | 1803 | Anthony Hardolph Eyre | Non Partisan | Hon. Charles Pierrepont (Viscount Newark) | Non Partisan |
| | | 1812 | Lord William Bentinck | Whig | Hon. Charles Pierrepont (Viscount Newark) | Non Partisan |
| | | 1814 | Frank Frank (Frank Sotheron) | Tory | Hon. Charles Pierrepont (Viscount Newark) | Non Partisan |
| | | 1816 | Frank Frank (Frank Sotheron) | Tory | Lord William Bentinck | Whig |
| | | 1826 | Frank Frank (Frank Sotheron) | Tory | John Lumley | Whig |
| | | 1831 | Evelyn Denison | Whig | John Lumley | Whig |
| 1832 | 1832 | 1832 | Constituency abolished: see Northern Nottinghamshire, Southern Nottinghamshire | Constituency abolished: see Northern Nottinghamshire, Southern Nottinghamshire | Constituency abolished: see Northern Nottinghamshire, Southern Nottinghamshire | Constituency abolished: see Northern Nottinghamshire, Southern Nottinghamshire |