# Lyme Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

Lyme Regis was a parliamentary borough in Dorset, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1868, when the borough was abolished.

## Members of Parliament
### 1295–1629

* Constituency created (1295)
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1386 | Walter Tropenell | Robert Membury |
| 1388 (February) | Walter Tropenell | Robert Membury |
| 1388 (September) | Walter Tropenell | John Dorset |
| 1390 (January) | Walter Tropenell | John Dorset |
| 1390 (November) | |
| 1391 | Walter Tropenell | John Dorset |
| 1393 | Robert Membury | Roger Crogge |
| 1394 | Robert Membury | John Stikelane |
| 1395 | John Dorset | John Wade |
| 1397 (January) | Thomas Bathe | Hugh Sampford |
| 1397 (September) | John Stikelane | John Crone |
| 1399 | Roger Crogge | John Stikelane |
| 1401 | |
| 1402 | Roger Crogge | Ralph Stikelane |
| 1404 (January) | |
| 1404 (October) | |
| 1406 | Roger Crogge | Ralph Stikelane |
| 1407 | Peter Richman | John Baker III |
| 1410 | Thomas Haseley | |
| 1411 | |
| 1413 (February) | |
| 1413 (May) | Thomas Walsingham | Roger Crogge |
| 1414 (April) | John Tynham | Thomas Stikelane |
| 1414 (November) | John Tynham | Roger Crogge |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 (March) | |
| 1416 (October) | |
| 1417 | Thomas Est | William Taverner |
| 1419 | Thomas Stikelane | |
| 1420 | Edward Cullyford | John Richman |
| 1421 (May) | Thomas Lond | Nicholas Radford |
| 1421 (December) | Thomas Richman | Richard Parker |
| 1491 | John Burgh | |
| 1510–1523 | No names known | No names known |
| 1529 | John Pyne, died and repl. after 1532 by ?John Tudoll | Thomas Burgh |
| 1536 | ? |
| 1539 | ? |
| 1542 | ? |
| 1545 | John Fry | William Pole |
| 1547 | Sir Francis Fleming | Henry Leke |
| 1553 (March) | ? |
| 1553 (October) | Thomas Goodwin | John Mallock |
| Parliament of 1554 | Thomas Goodwin | John Mallock |
| Parliament of 1554–1555 | Thomas Goodwin | John Mallock |
| Parliament of 1555 | John Strowbridge | Jasper Poyntz |
| Parliament of 1558 | Jasper Poyntz | John Popham |
| Parliament of 1559 | Nicholas Throckmorton | John Mallock |
| Parliament of 1563–1567 | Francis Walsingham | William Butler (or Boteler?) |
| Parliament of 1571 | John Astley | William Ellesdon |
| Parliament of 1572–1581 | John Astley | George Ellesdon |
| Parliament of 1584–1585 | Edward Drew | John Hassard |
| Parliament of 1586–1587 | Thomas Hughes | John Hassard |
| Parliament of 1588–1589 | Hamden Paulet | Robert Hassard |
| Parliament of 1593 | Zachariah Bethel | Robert Hassard |
| Parliament of 1597–1598 | Richard Tichborne | Christopher Ellesdon |
| Parliament of 1601 | John FitzJames | Nicholas Throckmorton, later Nicholas Carew |
| Parliament of 1604–1611 | Sir George Somers died 1610 By-election Sir Francis Russell | John Hassard too ill to continue sitting 1610 By-election George Jeffreys |
| Addled Parliament (1614) | Sir Edward Seymour | George Browne |
| Parliament of 1621–1622 | John Poulett | Robert Hassard |
| Happy Parliament (1624–1625) | Sir John Drake | William Wynn |
| Useless Parliament (1625) | John Drake | Thomas Paramour |
| Parliament of 1625–1626 | Sir Walter Erle | Thomas Paramour |
| Parliament of 1628–1629 | Christopher Erle | Thomas Paramour |
| No Parliament summoned 1629–1640 |||

### 1640–1832

| Year | First member | First member | First party | Second member | Second member | Second party |
| April 1640 | | Sir Walter Erle | Parliamentarian | | Richard Rose | Parliamentarian |
| November 1640 | | Edmund Prideaux | Parliamentarian | | Richard Rose | Parliamentarian |
| December 1648 | | Edmund Prideaux | Parliamentarian | Rose not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Rose not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Rose not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge |
| 1653 | Lyme Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Lyme Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Lyme Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Lyme Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Lyme Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | Lyme Regis was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament |
| 1654 | | Sir Edmund Prideaux | | Lyme Regis had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Lyme Regis had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Lyme Regis had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| 1656 | | Sir Edmund Prideaux | | Lyme Regis had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Lyme Regis had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Lyme Regis had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
| January 1659 | | Sir Edmund Prideaux | | | Henry Henley | |
| May 1659 | | Sir Edmund Prideaux | | One seat vacant | One seat vacant | One seat vacant |
| April 1660 | | Walter Yonge | | | Thomas Moore (sat for Heytesbury) | |
| June 1660 | | Walter Yonge | | | Henry Hyde, later Earl of Clarendon | |
| 1661 | | Sir John Shaw | | | Henry Henley | |
| 1679 | | Sir George Strode | | | Henry Henley | |
| 1679 | | Thomas Moore | | | Henry Henley | |
| 1685 | | John Pole | | | Sir Winston Churchill | |
| 1689 | | John Pole | | | John Burridge | |
| 1690 | | Henry Henley | | | John Burridge | |
| 1695 | | Henry Henley | | | Robert Henley | |
| 1701 | | Joseph Paice | | | Robert Henley | |
| 1701 | | Joseph Paice | | | John Burridge | |
| 1702 | | Henry Henley | | | John Burridge | |
| 1705 | | Thomas Freke | | | John Burridge | |
| 1710 | | Henry Henley | | | John Burridge, junior | |
| 1715 | | John Henley | | | John Burridge, junior | |
| 1722 | | Henry Holt Henley | | | John Burridge, junior | |
| 1727 | | Henry Drax | | | John Burridge, junior | |
| 1728 | | Henry Drax | | | Henry Holt Henley | |
| 1734 | | John Scrope | | | Henry Holt Henley | |
| 1748 | | John Scrope | | | Robert Henley | |
| 1753 | | Thomas Fane, later Earl of Westmorland | Tory | | Robert Henley | |
| 1754 | | Thomas Fane, later Earl of Westmorland | Tory | | Francis Fane | Tory |
| 1757 | | Thomas Fane, later Earl of Westmorland | Tory | | Henry Fane | Tory |
| 1762 | | John Fane, Lord Burghersh, later Earl of Westmorland | Tory | | Henry Fane | Tory |
| 1772 | | Hon. Henry Fane | Tory | | Henry Fane | Tory |
| 1777 | | Hon. Henry Fane | Tory | | Francis Fane | Tory |
| 1780 | | Hon. Henry Fane | Tory | | David Robert Michel | Tory |
| 1784 | | Hon. Henry Fane | Tory | | Hon. Thomas Fane | Tory |
| 1802 | | Henry Fane | Tory | | Hon. Thomas Fane | Tory |
| 1806 | | Henry Fane | Tory | | Lord Burghersh, later Earl of Westmorland | Tory |
| 1816 | | Henry Fane | Tory | | John Thomas Fane | Tory |
| 1818 | | Vere Fane | Tory | | John Thomas Fane | Tory |
| 1826 | | Hon. Henry Sutton Fane | Tory | | John Thomas Fane | Tory |
| 1832 | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member | Representation reduced to one member |

### 1832–1868

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1832 | William Pinney | Whig |
| | 1842 | Thomas Hussey | Conservative |
| | 1847 | Sir Thomas Abdy | Whig |
| | 1852 | William Pinney | Whig |
| | 1859 | William Pinney | Liberal |
| | 1865 | John Wright Treeby | Conservative |
| 1868 | 1868 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

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

General election 1830: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | John Thomas Fane | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | Henry Sutton Fane | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 30 | |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1831: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | John Thomas Fane | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | Henry Sutton Fane | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 30 | |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
General election 1832: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | William Pinney | 79 | 43.2 |
| | Tory | John Fane | 60 | 32.8 |
| | Whig | John Melville | 44 | 24.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 183 | 82.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 222 | |
| | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory |
General election 1835: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | William Pinney | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 250 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1837: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | William Pinney | 121 | 58.2 |
| | Conservative | Renn Hampden | 87 | 41.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 208 | 85.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 243 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Pinney | 123 | 52.8 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hussey | 110 | 47.2 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 5.6 | −10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 233 | 84.1 | −1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 277 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | −5.4 | |
Pinney was unseated on petition on 31 May 1842, and Hussey was declared elected.
General election 1847: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Thomas Abdy | 146 | 50.5 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Fitzroy Kelly | 143 | 49.5 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 1.0 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 289 | 88.7 | +4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 326 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | −2.3 | |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Pinney | 145 | 53.5 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Phipps Hornby | 126 | 46.5 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19 | 7.0 | +6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 271 | 87.7 | −1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 309 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
General election 1857: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | William Pinney | 144 | 73.1 | +19.6 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hesketh | 53 | 26.9 | −19.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | 46.2 | +39.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 197 | 74.9 | −12.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 263 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | +19.6 | |
General election 1859: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | William Pinney | 116 | 50.2 | −22.9 |
| | Conservative | John Wright Treeby | 115 | 49.8 | +22.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.4 | −45.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 231 | 87.5 | +12.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 264 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −22.9 | |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Lyme Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Wright Treeby | 116 | 52.0 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal | John Clarke Hawkshaw | 107 | 48.0 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 223 | 89.2 | +1.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 250 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.2 | |