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Source 1832-1918: Craig. Positive swing is from Liberal to Conservative. |
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|party = British Whig Party |
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| party = British Whig Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|party = British Whig Party |
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| party = British Whig Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|title=]: Flint}} |
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|party = British Whig Party |
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| party = British Whig Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = 510 |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|votes = 250 |
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|votes = 260 |
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|votes = 760 |
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|winner = British Whig Party |
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|swing = ''N/A'' |
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* ''Seat vacant at dissolution, on the death of Ravenscroft'' |
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* ''Seat vacant at dissolution, on the death of Ravenscroft'' |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|winner = Tory Party |
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|loser = British Whig Party |
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| loser = British Whig Party |
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|swing = ''N/A'' |
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|title=]: Flint}} |
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|party = Tory Party |
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| party = Tory Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|winner = Tory Party |
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|title=]: Flint}} |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|percentage = ''N/A'' |
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|winner = Tory Party |
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* ''Hanmer was also returned by and elected to sit for ]'' |
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* ''Hanmer was also returned by and elected to sit for ]'' |
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|party = Tory Party |
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| party = Tory Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|winner = Tory Party |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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* ''Mostyn was also returned by and elected to sit for ]'' |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|candidate = ''']''' |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|party = Tory Party |
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|votes = Unopposed |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|votes = 2,098 |
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|percentage =56.9 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate =Henry Richard Lloyd Howard |
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|votes =1,589 |
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|party = Liberal Party (UK) |
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|votes = 2,152 |
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|percentage =52.6 |
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|change =-4.3 |
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|party = Unionist Party (UK) |
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|candidate =J. Hamlet Roberts |
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|votes =1,941 |
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|votes = 1,899 |
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|percentage = 55.5 |
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|party = Conservative Party (UK) |
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|candidate = John Eldon Banks |
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|votes =1,523 |
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|percentage = 44.5 |
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From its first known general election in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of a number of boroughs within the historic county of Flintshire in north-east Wales. The seat should not be confused with the county constituency of Flintshire, which existed from the 16th century until 1950.
After 1918 Flintshire was represented in Parliament by the single member county constituency, which included all the boroughs formerly in the Flint District of Boroughs.
The original scheme was modified by later legislation and decisions of the House of Commons (which were sometimes made with no regard to precedent or evidence: for example in 1728 it was decided that only the freemen of the borough of Montgomery could participate in the election for that seat, thus disenfranchising the freemen of Llanidloes, Welshpool and Llanfyllin).
In 1690-1715 the freemen of the five boroughs were entitled to vote. The exact number is unknown, but in the only poll of the period (a by-election in 1697) there were 760 voters.
Between 1715 and 1754 the House of Commons changed the franchise of the constituency. In 1727 there were about 1000 freemen entitled to vote. Thereafter the inhabitants of the five boroughs, paying scot and lot (a local tax), formed the electorate. They numbered about 600.
From 1754 to 1790, there were still about 600 voters. Namier and Brooke point out that the constituency was controlled by local squires. No election went to a poll in that period.
The boundaries of the parliamentary boroughs in the district were altered by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1868, but the general nature of the constituency was unchanged. There were no further boundary changes in the 1885 redistribution of parliamentary seats.
As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.
Sources 1690-1715: Cruickshanks et al.; 1715-1754: Stooks Smith; 1754-1784: Narnier and Brooke; 1784-1832 Stooks Smith. Positive swing is from Whig to Tory.
Source 1832-1918: Craig. Positive swing is from Liberal to Conservative.