Rye (UK Parliament constituency)

Rye
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	East Sussex
Major settlements	Rye
1955–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Hastings and Rye, Bexhill and Battle and Wealden^[1]
Created from	Hastings
1885–1950
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Hastings
1366–1885
Number of members	1366–1640: One 1640–1832: Two 1832–1885: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.

From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings constituency where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat.

The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Hastings and Rye, the Sessional Divisions of Battle, Burwash, Frant, Hastings, and Rye, the ancient town of Winchelsea, and the Liberty of the Sluice and Petit Iham.

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Urban District of Battle, the Rural Districts of Battle, Hastings, Rye, and Ticehurst, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the civil parishes of Heathfield, Herstmonceux, Hooe, Ninfield, Warbleton, and Wartling.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1366–1640

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Parliament	First Member	Second Member
1372	John Salerne
1373	John Salerne
1381	Simon Lunceford^[2]
1386	Stephen Elyot	John Baddyng ^[3]
1388 (Feb)	Stephen Elyot	William Marchaunt II ^[3]
1388 (Sep)	William atte Vawte	John Macop ^[3]
1390 (Jan)	Laurence Lunceford	Laurence Corboyle ^[3]
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Salerne I	Laurence Lunceford ^[3]
1393	John Baddyng	John Bertelot ^[3]
1394
1395	John Baddyng	William Ormed ^[3]
1397 (Jan)	Richard Tichebourne	John Langeport ^[3]
1397 (Sep)
1399	John Baddyng	William atte Vawte ^[3]
1401
1402	John Baddyng	John Roberd ^[3]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	William atte Vawte	Laurence Mersey ^[3]
1407	John Baddyng	Thomas Long ^[3]
1410	John Shelley	William Long II
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	William Long II	Robert Onewyn ^[3]
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	William Long II	Robert Onewyn ^[3]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Shelley	Richard Posterf ^[3]
1419	Robert Onewyn	William Long II ^[3]
1420	John Shelley	William Long II ^[3]
1421 (May)	Robert Onewyn	Thomas Piers ^[3]
1421 (Dec)	William Thirlwall	John Shelley ^[3]
1504	Richard Berkeley
1510	Nicholas Sutton	Richard Berkeley ^[3]
1512	Nicholas Sutton	Robert Mede ^[3]
1515	Robert Mede	Nicholas Sutton ^[3]
1523	Thomas Cheseman alias Baker	Thomas Basseden ^[3]
1529	Nicholas Sutton, died and replaced by 1534 by Richard Inglet	John Fletcher ^[3]
1536	Richard Inglet	John Fletcher ^[3]
1539	Thomas Birchet	William Mede ^[3]
1542	John Fletcher	William Oxenbridge ^[3]
1545	Alexander Welles	Robert Wymond ^[3]
1547	Alexander Welles	George Reynolds ^[3]
1553 (Mar)	Richard Fletcher	John Holmes I ^[3]
1553 (Oct)	Clement Heigham	John Holmes I ^[3]
1554 (Apr)	John Holmes I	Richard Fletcher ^[3]
1554 (Nov)	John Holmes I	Thomas Smith ^[3]
1555	John Holmes I	Reginald Mohun ^[3]
1558	Thomas Fletcher	Thomas Cheyne ^[3]
1559	Richard Fletcher I	Robert Marche^[4]
1562/3	George Reynolds I	John Bredes ^[4]
1571	John Donning	Thomas Fanshawe ^[4]
1572	Clement Cobbe, died and replaced July 1575 by Robert Carpenter	Henry Gaymer ^[4]
1584	John Hammond	Robert Carpenter ^[4]
1586	Henry Gaymer	Robert Carpenter ^[4]
1588/9	Audley Dannett	Robert Carpenter ^[4]
1593	Henry Gaymer	Robert Carpenter ^[4]
1597	Sampson Lennard	Thomas Hamon ^[4]
1601	Sir Arthur Gorges	Thomas Colepeper ^[4]
1604–1611	Thomas Hamon, died and replaced by ?Heneage Finch	John Young
1614	Edward Hendon	Thomas Watson
1621–1622	Emmanuel Gifford	John Angell
1624	Thomas Conway	Sir Edward Conway, sat for Warwick and replaced by John Angel
1625	Thomas Fotherley	Sir John Sackville
1626	Thomas Fotherley	Sir John Sackville
1628	Richard Tufton	Thomas Fotherley
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1832

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640		John Culpepper
November 1640		Sir John Jacob ^[5]	Royalist		John White	Royalist
1641		William Hay	Parliamentarian		John White	Royalist
February 1644				White disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645					John Fagg
1653	Rye was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Herbert Morley		Rye had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656		William Hay
January 1659		William Hay			Mark Thomas
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		Herbert Morley			William Hay
May 1661					Richard Spencer
November 1661					Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet
1667		Sir John Austen, 2nd Baronet
February 1679		Thomas Frewen
October 1679					Sir John Darrel
1685					Sir Thomas Jenner
January 1689					Sir John Darrel
April 1689		Sir John Austen, 2nd Baronet			Sir John Darrel
1694					Thomas Frewen
1698					Joseph Offley	Country Whig
1699		Sir Robert Austen, 3rd Baronet
1701		Thomas Fagg
1702		Thomas Fagg			Edward Southwell
1705		Philip Herbert
1707		Phillips Gybbon
1708					Admiral Sir John Norris
1722					The Lord Aylmer
1727					John Norris
1733					Matthew Norris
1734					Admiral Sir John Norris
1749					Thomas Pelham
1754					George Onslow
1761					Captain John Bentinck
1762		John Norris			Captain John Bentinck
1768		John Norris			Rose Fuller
1774		Middleton Onslow
1775		Hon. Thomas Onslow
1777		Hon. Thomas Onslow			William Dickinson
1784		Charles Wolfran Cornwall
1789		Charles Long	Tory
1790		Charles Long	Tory		Hon. Robert Banks Jenkinson ^[6]	Tory
1796		Robert Saunders Dundas	Tory
1801		The Lord de Blaquiere
1802		Thomas Davis Lamb	Tory
1803 by-election		Thomas Davis Lamb	Tory		Sir Charles Talbot
April 1806 by-election		Major General the Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley	Tory		Sir Charles Talbot
November 1806		Patrick Crauford Bruce			Michael Angelo Taylor
May 1807		Sir John Nicholl			The Earl of Clancarty
July 1807 by-election		Sir William Elford			Stephen Rumbold Lushington
1808 by-election		William Jacob			Stephen Rumbold Lushington
October 1812		Thomas Phillipps Lamb			Sir Henry Sullivan
December 1812 by-election					Charles Wetherell
1813 by-election					Richard Arkwright
1816 by-election		John Maberly			Richard Arkwright
1818		Charles Arbuthnot ^[7]	Tory		Peter Browne
February 1819 by-election		Thomas Phillipps Lamb
July 1819		John Dodson
1823 by-election		Robert Knight
1826		Richard Arkwright			Henry Bonham
March 1830 by-election					Philip Pusey ^[8]
May 1830					De Lacy Evans
August 1830		Hugh Duncan Baillie			Francis Robert Bonham
1831		Thomas Pemberton			De Lacy Evans
1832	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1832–1950

	Member	Party
1832	Edward Barrett Curteis	Whig
1837	Thomas Gybbon Monypenny	Conservative
1841	Herbert Barrett Curteis	Whig
1847 by-election	Herbert Mascall Curteis	Whig
1852	William Alexander Mackinnon (younger)	Whig
1853 by-election	William Alexander Mackinnon (elder)	Whig
1859	William Alexander Mackinnon (elder)	Liberal
1865	Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon	Liberal
1868	John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy	Conservative
1880	Frederick Andrew Inderwick	Liberal
1885	Arthur Montagu Brookfield	Conservative
1903 by-election	Charles Frederick Hutchinson	Liberal
1906	George Courthope	Conservative
1945	William Nicolson Cuthbert	Conservative
1950	constituency abolished

MPs 1955–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1955	Bryant Godman Irvine	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Inderwick

General Election 1885: Rye ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Montagu Brookfield	4,526	51.3
	Liberal	Frederick Andrew Inderwick	4,303	48.7
Majority			223	2.6
Turnout				85.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1886: Rye ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Montagu Brookfield	4,592	59.7	+8.4
	Liberal	George Julius de Reuter	3,094	40.3	-8.4
Majority			1,498	19.4	+16.8
Turnout				74.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.4

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Rye ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Montagu Brookfield	4,699	54.1	-5.6
	Lib-Lab	George M. Ball	3,988	45.9	+5.6
Majority			711	8.2	-11.2
Turnout				77.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-5.6

General Election 1895: Rye ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Montagu Brookfield	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1900s

Hutchinson

General Election 1900: Rye ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Montagu Brookfield	5,376	65.1	n/a
	Liberal	Charles Frederick Hutchinson	2,887	34.9	n/a
Majority			2,489		n/a
Turnout				69.7	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Rye by-election, 1903^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Frederick Hutchinson	4,910	52.9	+18.0
	Conservative	Edward Gurney Boyle	4,376	47.1	-18.0
Majority			534	5.8	36.0
Turnout				74.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.0

General Election 1906: Rye ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Loyd Courthope	6,122	55.2
	Liberal	Charles Frederick Hutchinson	4,964	44.8
Majority			1,158	10.4
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Rye ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	George Loyd Courthope	7,352	60.8	+5.6
	Liberal	St John Hutchinson	4,750	39.2	-5.6
Majority			2,602	21.6	+11.2
Turnout				88.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.6

General Election December 1910: Rye ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Loyd Courthope	6,673	59.9
	Liberal	St John Hutchinson	4,461	40.1
Majority			2,212	19.8
Turnout				81.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1918: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	George Loyd Courthope	10,378	72.0
	Liberal	George Ellis	4,034	28.0
Majority			6,344	44.0
Turnout			14,412	53.1
	Unionist hold		Swing

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Loyd Courthope	10,922	59.3	-12.7
	Liberal	George Ellis	7,488	40.7	+12.7
Majority			3,434	18.6	-25.4
Turnout				62.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-12.7

General Election 1923: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	George Loyd Courthope	11,167	53.6	-5.7
	Liberal	George Ellis	9,651	46.4	+5.7
Majority			1,516	7.2	-11.4
Turnout				69.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-5.7

General Election 1924: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	George Loyd Courthope	14,871	67.1
	Liberal	George Ellis	7,289	32.9
Majority			7,582	34.2
Turnout				71.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir George Loyd Courthope	18,061	56.9	-10.2
	Liberal	William S. Osborn	10,198	32.1	-0.8
	Labour	George A. Greenwood	3,505	11.0	n/a
Majority			7,863	24.8
Turnout				72.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.7

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir George Loyd Courthope	Unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1935: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir George Loyd Courthope	22,604	71.2	n/a
	Liberal	Miss Dorothy Frances Osborn	9,162	28.8	n/a
Majority			13,442	42.3	n/a
Turnout			31,766	64.2	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Sir George Courthope
Labour: George A. Greenwood^[12]

General Election 1945: Rye ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Nicolson Cuthbert	19,701	58.6
	Labour	B Simmons	7,414	22.0
	Liberal	Ronald Ogden	6,530	19.4
Majority			12,287	36.5
Turnout				70.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Rye^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	28,500	72.96
	Labour	Trevor L Payne	10,560	27.04
Majority			17,940	45.93
Turnout			39,060	73.39
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Rye^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	27,465	64.8
	Liberal	John R Murray	7,549	17.8	n/a
	Labour	Douglas Sidney Tilbé	7,359	17.4
Majority			19,916	47.0
Turnout			42,373
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Rye ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	27,240	59.8	-5.0
	Liberal	Kenneth Grenville Wellings	10,264	22.6	+4.8
	Labour	Anthony Edmund Arblaster	8,014	17.6	+0.2
Majority			16,976	37.2
Turnout			45,518
	Conservative hold		Swing	-4.9

General Election 1966: Rye ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	27,056	58.6	-1.2
	Liberal	Kenneth Grenville Wellings	9,957	21.6	-1.0
	Labour	David R Collins	9,155	19.8	+2.2
Majority			17,099	37.0
Turnout			46,168	75.7	-1.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Rye ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	32,300	64.2
	Labour	Henry Arthur Fountain	9,031	18.0
	Liberal	Robin Kenneth John Frederick Young	8,947	17.8
Majority			23,269	46.3
Turnout			50,278	73
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

General Election February 1974: Rye ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	33.591	57.9
	Liberal	Douglas Roland S Moore	17,456	30.1
	Labour	Robert W Harris	6,967	12.0
Majority			16,135	27.8
Turnout				80.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Rye ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	30,511	56.9	-1.0
	Liberal	Douglas Roland S Moore	14,828	27.6	-2.5
	Labour	David W Threlfall	8,303	15.5	+3.5
Majority			15,683	29.3
Turnout				74.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

General Election 1979: Rye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bryant Godman Irvine	35,516	62.7	+6.2
	Liberal	Douglas Roland S Moore	12,438	22.0	-5.6
	Labour	Derek Smyth	6,852	12.1	-3.4
	Ecology	Anne Rix	1,267	2.2	N/A
	National Front	T. Duesbury	552	1.0	N/A
Majority			23,078	40.7
Turnout				77.1	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.9

Notes

↑ "'Rye', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ LUNCEFORD, Simon (d.c.1390), of Rye, Suss. and New Romney, Kent. | History of Parliament Online
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↑ Expelled 1641 for being a tobacco monopolist
↑ Styled Lord Hawkesbury from 1796
↑ Arbuthnot was also elected for St Germans, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Rye
↑ Pusey was originally declared elected, but by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830 his name was erased from the return and that of De Lacy Evans was substituted
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
1 2 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 (Craig)
↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1938
1 2 3 British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
1 2 F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
1 2 British parliamentary election results, 1974-1977 by FWS Craig

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