# East Riding of Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The East Riding of Yorkshire was a parliamentary constituency covering the East Riding of Yorkshire, omitting Beverley residents save a small minority of Beverley residents who also qualified on property grounds to vote in the county seat (mainly business-owning forty shilling freeholders). It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A brief earlier guise of the seat covered the changed franchise of the First Protectorate Parliament and Second Protectorate Parliament during a fraction of the twenty years of England and Wales (Scotland and Ireland) existed as a republic.

## First and Second Protectorate parliaments existence 1654–1658

The seat existed for the June 1654 to January 1655 parliament and for that following (July 1656 to September 1656). The East Riding electorate summoned four members simultaneously.

## Creation and abolition

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 as the four-seat Yorkshire was divided in three, two-seat divisions for the 1832 general election. The divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was replaced for the 1885 general election by single-member seats: Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire.

## Summary of results

Candidates were elected unopposed at most of the elections throughout its existence; contested elections took place in 1837, 1868 and 1880. In these contests two Conservative candidates defeated a single Whig or Liberal.

## Members of Parliament
### MPs 1654–1658 (Protectorate Parliaments)

| Election | First member | Second member | Third member | Fourth member |
| 1654 | Sir William Strickland | Hugh Bethell | Richard Robinson | Walter Strickland |
| 1656 | Robert Lilburne | George Eure, 7th Baron Eure | Richard Darley | Hugh Darley |

### MPs 1832–1885

| Election | 1st member | 1st member | 1st party | 2nd member | 2nd member | 2nd party |
| 1832 | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency | constituency created by division of the Yorkshire constituency |
| 1832 | | Richard Bethell | Tory | | Paul Thompson | Whig |
| 1834 | | Richard Bethell | Conservative | | Paul Thompson | Whig |
| 1837 | | Richard Bethell | Conservative | | Henry Broadley | Conservative |
| 1841 | | The Lord Hotham | Conservative | | Henry Broadley | Conservative |
| 1851 by-election | | The Lord Hotham | Conservative | | Hon. Arthur Duncombe | Conservative |
| 1868 | | Christopher Sykes | Conservative | | William Harrison-Broadley | Conservative |
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire | constituency abolished: see Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire | constituency abolished: see Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire | constituency abolished: see Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire | constituency abolished: see Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire | constituency abolished: see Buckrose, Holderness and Howdenshire |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | Richard Bethell | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | Paul Thompson | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,559 | |
| | Tory win (new seat) | Tory win (new seat) | Tory win (new seat) | Tory win (new seat) |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |
General election 1835: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Bethell | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | Paul Thompson | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,140 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1837: East Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Richard Bethell | 3,592 | 36.5 |
| | Conservative | Henry Broadley | 3,257 | 33.1 |
| | Whig | Paul Thompson | 2,985 | 30.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,204 | 86.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,180 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Henry Broadley | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,640 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1847: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Henry Broadley | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,740 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

Broadley's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 7 October 1851: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Duncombe was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 9 March 1852: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1852: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,538 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1857: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,382 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1859: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,221 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Arthur Duncombe | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,400 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1868: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Sykes | 6,299 | 43.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | William Harrison-Broadley | 5,587 | 38.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Benjamin Blaydes Haworth | 2,603 | 18.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,984 | 20.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,546 (est.) | 78.9 (est.) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,827 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Sykes | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | William Harrison-Broadley | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,722 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: East Riding of Yorkshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Sykes | 4,927 | 37.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | William Harrison-Broadley | 4,527 | 34.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Henry John Lindley Wood | 3,707 | 28.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 820 | 6.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,434 (est.) | 81.0 (est.) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,414 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |