List of MPs elected in the 1708 British general election facts for kids
MPs elected in the 1708 British general election
| 1st Parliament | (1705-1708) |
| 2nd Parliament | (1708) |
| 3rd Parliament | (1710) |
| 4th Parliament | (1713) |
This is a list of the 558 MPs or members of Parliament elected to the 314 constituencies of the Parliament of Great Britain in 1708, the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, and their replacements returned at subsequent by-elections, arranged by constituency.
The reference, in the constituency section of the table, to the numbers of seats in a constituency has no relevance except to make clear how many members were elected in a particular constituency. The candidates returned in contested elections are listed in the descending order of the number of votes received. Where vote totals are unknown, the MPs received the same number of votes or were returned unopposed the order is that given by Hayton et al.
Peers of Ireland are differentiated from the holders of courtesy titles by including the succession number to the peerage, i.e. The 1st Earl of Upper Ossory is an Irish peer and Viscount Dupplin is the holder of a courtesy title.
Elections took place in May, 1708
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| Aberdeen Burghs (seat 1/1) | John Gordon | Whig |
| Aberdeenshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Haddo - ineligible as son of Scottish peer Replaced by Sir Alexander Cumming 1709 |
Tory Tory |
| Abingdon (seat 1/1) | Sir Simon Harcourt - unseated on petition Replaced by William Hucks 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Aldborough (seat 1/2) | Robert Monckton | Whig |
| Aldborough (seat 2/2) | William Jessop | Whig |
| Aldeburgh (seat 1/2) | Henry Johnson | Tory |
| Aldeburgh (seat 2/2) | William Johnson | Tory |
| Amersham (seat 1/2) | Francis Duncombe | Tory |
| Amersham (seat 2/2) | Sir Samuel Garrard, Bt | Tory |
| Andover (seat 1/2) | John Smith | Whig |
| Andover (seat 2/2) | William Guidott | Whig |
| Anglesey (seat 1/1) | The 4th Viscount Bulkeley | Tory |
| Anstruther Easter Burghs (seat 1/1) | Sir John Anstruther, Bt | Whig |
| Appleby (seat 1/2) | Edward Duncombe | Tory |
| Appleby (seat 2/2) | Nicholas Lechmere | Whig |
| Argyllshire (seat 1/1) | James Campbell | Whig |
| Arundel (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Peachey, Bt - sat for Sussex Replaced by Viscount Lumley 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Arundel (seat 2/2) | The 2nd Viscount Shannon | Whig |
| Ashburton (seat 1/2) | Roger Tuckfield | Whig |
| Ashburton (seat 2/2) | Robert Balle | Whig |
| Aylesbury (seat 1/2) | Sir John Wittewronge, Bt | Whig |
| Aylesbury (seat 2/2) | Simon Mayne | Whig |
| Ayr Burghs (seat 1/1) | James Campbell | Whig |
| Ayrshire (seat 1/1) | Francis Montgomerie | Whig |
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| Banbury (seat 1/1) | Hon. Charles North | Tory |
| Banffshire (seat 1/1) | Alexander Abercromby | Whig |
| Barnstaple (seat 1/2) | Richard Acland | Tory |
| Barnstaple (seat 2/2) | Nicholas Hooper | Tory |
| Bath (seat 1/2) | William Blathwayt | Whig |
| Bath (seat 2/2) | Samuel Trotman | Tory |
| Beaumaris (seat 1/1) | Hon. Henry Bertie | Tory |
| Bedford (seat 1/2) | William Farrer | Whig |
| Bedford (seat 2/2) | William Hillersden | Whig |
| Bedfordshire (seat 1/2) | Lord Edward Russell | Whig |
| Bedfordshire (seat 2/2) | Sir William Gostwick, Bt | Whig |
| Bere Alston (seat 1/2) | Spencer Cowper | Whig |
| Bere Alston (seat 2/2) | Peter King | Whig |
| Berkshire (seat 1/2) | Sir John Stonhouse, Bt | Tory |
| Berkshire (seat 2/2) | Richard Neville | Whig |
| Berwickshire (seat 1/1) | George Baillie | Whig |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 1/2) | Samuel Ogle | Whig |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed (seat 2/2) | Jonathan Hutchinson | Whig |
| Beverley (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Hotham, Bt | Whig |
| Beverley (seat 2/2) | Sir Michael Warton | Tory |
| Bewdley (seat 1/1) | Hon. Henry Herbert - succeeded to peerage Replaced by Charles Cornwall 1709 |
Whig Whig |
| Bishop's Castle (seat 1/2) | Richard Harnage | Whig |
| Bishop's Castle (seat 2/2) | Charles Mason | Whig |
| Bletchingley (seat 1/2) | Thomas Onslow | Whig |
| Bletchingley (seat 2/2) | George Evelyn | Whig |
| Bodmin (seat 1/2) | Russell Robartes | Whig |
| Bodmin (seat 2/2) | John Trevanion | Tory |
| Boroughbridge (seat 1/2) | Sir Brian Stapylton, Bt | Tory |
| Boroughbridge (seat 2/2) | Craven Peyton | Whig |
| Bossiney (seat 1/2) | Samuel Travers | Whig |
| Bossiney (seat 2/2) | Francis Foote | Whig |
| Boston (seat 1/2) | Hon. Peregrine Bertie | Tory |
| Boston (seat 2/2) | Richard Wynn | Tory |
| Brackley (seat 1/2) | Hon. Charles Egerton | Whig |
| Brackley (seat 2/2) | Hon. William Egerton | Whig |
| Bramber (seat 1/2) | The 1st Viscount Windsor - unseated on petition Replaced by William Hale Jan 1709. |
Tory Whig |
| Bramber (seat 2/2) | William Shippen - unseated on petition Replaced by Sir Cleave More, Bt Jan 1709. |
Tory Whig |
| Brecon (seat 1/1) | Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys - died Replaced by Edward Jeffreys 1709 |
Tory Tory |
| Breconshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Edward Williams | Tory |
| Bridgnorth (seat 1/2) | William Whitmore | Whig |
| Bridgnorth (seat 2/2) | Sir Humphrey Brigges, Bt | Whig |
| Bridgwater (seat 1/2) | George Dodington | Whig |
| Bridgwater (seat 2/2) | George Balch | Whig |
| Bridport (seat 1/2) | Thomas Strangways | Tory |
| Bridport (seat 2/2) | William Coventry | Whig |
| Bristol (seat 1/2) | Robert Yate | Whig |
| Bristol (seat 2/2) | Sir William Daines | Whig |
| Buckingham (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Temple, Bt | Whig |
| Buckingham (seat 2/2) | Alexander Denton | Whig |
| Buckinghamshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Edmund Denton, Bt | Whig |
| Buckinghamshire (seat 2/2) | Richard Hampden | Whig |
| Bury St Edmunds (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Felton, Bt - died Replaced by Joseph Weld 1709 |
Whig Tory |
| Bury St Edmunds (seat 2/2) | Aubrey Porter | Ind. |
| Buteshire (seat 1/1) | Dugald Stewart - resigned Replaced by John Montgomerie 1710 |
Tory Whig |
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| Caernarvon Boroughs (seat 1/1) | William Griffith | Tory |
| Caernarvonshire (seat 1/1) | Sir John Wynn, Bt | Tory |
| Caithness (seat 0/0) | unrepresented in this Parliament | |
| Callington (seat 1/2) | Sir William Coryton, Bt | Tory |
| Callington (seat 2/2) | Samuel Rolle | Tory |
| Calne (seat 1/2) | Edward Bayntun | Whig |
| Calne (seat 2/2) | George Duckett | Whig |
| Cambridge (seat 1/2) | John Hynde Cotton | Tory |
| Cambridge (seat 2/2) | Samuel Shepheard - Election void, but re-elected 1710 | Tory |
| Cambridgeshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Rushout Cullen, Bt | Whig |
| Cambridgeshire (seat 2/2) | John Bromley | Tory |
| Cambridge University (seat 1/2) | Hon. Arthur Annesley | Tory |
| Cambridge University (seat 2/2) | Hon. Dixie Windsor | Tory |
| Camelford (seat 1/2) | Richard Munden | Whig |
| Camelford (seat 2/2) | John Manley | Tory |
| Canterbury (seat 1/2) | Hon. Edward Watson | Whig |
| Canterbury (seat 2/2) | Thomas D'Aeth | Whig |
| Cardiff Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Whig |
| Cardigan Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Lewis Pryse -sat for Cardiganshire Replaced by Simon Harcourt 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Cardiganshire (seat 1/1) | Lewis Pryse | Tory |
| Carlisle (seat 1/2) | Sir James Montagu | Whig |
| Carlisle (seat 2/2) | Thomas Stanwix | Whig |
| Carmarthen (seat 1/1) | Richard Vaughan | Whig |
| Carmarthenshire (seat 1/1) | Griffith Rice | Whig |
| Castle Rising (seat 1/2) | Hon. William Feilding | Whig |
| Castle Rising (seat 2/2) | Horatio Walpole | Tory |
| Cheshire (seat 1/2) | Hon. Langham Booth | Whig |
| Cheshire (seat 2/2) | John Offley-Crewe | Whig |
| Chester (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Bunbury, Bt | Tory |
| Chester (seat 2/2) | Peter Shakerley | Tory |
| Chichester (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Farington, Bt | Whig |
| Chichester (seat 2/2) | Thomas Carr | Tory |
| Chippenham (seat 1/2) | Sir James Long, Bt | Tory |
| Chippenham (seat 2/2) | James Montagu | Whig |
| Chipping Wycombe (seat 1/2) | Charles Godfrey | Whig |
| Chipping Wycombe (seat 2/2) | Fleetwood Dormer | Whig |
| Christchurch (seat 1/2) | Francis Gwyn | Tory |
| Christchurch (seat 2/2) | William Ettrick | Tory |
| Cirencester (seat 1/2) | Allen Bathurst - Election void, but re-elected 1709 | Tory |
| Cirencester (seat 2/2) | Charles Coxe - Election void, but re-elected 1709 | Tory |
| Clackmannanshire (seat 1/1) | William Dalrymple | Whig |
| Clitheroe (seat 1/2) | Edward Harvey | Tory |
| Clitheroe (seat 2/2) | Christopher Parker | Tory |
| Cockermouth (seat 1/2) | James Stanhope | Whig |
| Cockermouth (seat 2/2) | Hon. Albemarle Bertie | Whig |
| Colchester (seat 1/2) | Sir Isaac Rebow | Whig |
| Colchester (seat 2/2) | Sir Thomas Webster, Bt | Whig |
| Corfe Castle (seat 1/2) | John Bankes | Tory |
| Corfe Castle (seat 2/2) | Richard Fownes | Tory |
| Cornwall (seat 1/2) | James Buller | Tory |
| Cornwall (seat 2/2) | Hugh Boscawen | Whig |
| Coventry (seat 1/2) | Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt | Whig |
| Coventry (seat 2/2) | Edward Hopkins | Whig |
| Cricklade (seat 1/2) | Edmund Dunch | Whig |
| Cricklade (seat 2/2) | James Vernon | Whig |
| Cromartyshire (seat 0/0) | unrepresented in this Parliament | |
| Cumberland (seat 1/2) | James Lowther | Whig |
| Cumberland (seat 2/2) | Gilfrid Lawson | Tory |
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| Dartmouth (seat 1/2) | Nathaniel Herne | Tory |
| Dartmouth (seat 2/2) | Frederick Herne | Tory |
| Denbigh Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir William Williams, Bt | Tory |
| Denbighshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Richard Myddelton, Bt | Tory |
| Derby (seat 1/2) | Lord James Cavendish | Whig |
| Derby (seat 2/2) | Sir Thomas Parker - resigned Replaced by Richard Pye 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Derbyshire (seat 1/2) | Thomas Coke | Tory |
| Derbyshire (seat 2/2) | John Curzon | Tory |
| Devizes (seat 1/2) | Josiah Diston | Whig |
| Devizes (seat 2/2) | Paul Methuen | Whig |
| Devon (seat 1/2) | Sir William Courtenay, Bt | Tory |
| Devon (seat 2/2) | Robert Rolle | Tory |
| Dorchester (seat 1/2) | John Churchill - died Replaced by Denis Bond 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Dorchester (seat 2/2) | Awnsham Churchill | Whig |
| Dorset (seat 1/2) | Thomas Strangways | Tory |
| Dorset (seat 2/2) | Thomas Chafin | Tory |
| Dover (seat 1/2) | Matthew Aylmer | Whig |
| Dover (seat 2/2) | Philip Papillon | Whig |
| Downton (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Duncombe | Tory |
| Downton (seat 2/2) | John Eyre | Whig |
| Droitwich (seat 1/2) | Edward Foley | Tory |
| Droitwich (seat 2/2) | Edward Winnington | Tory |
| Dumfries Burghs (seat 1/1) | William Johnstone | ? |
| Dumfriesshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Johnstone - ineligible as eldest son of a Scottish peer Replaced by Sir William Grierson, Bt 1709 |
? Tory |
| Dunbartonshire (seat 1/1) | John Campbell | Whig |
| Dunwich (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Blois, Bt - unseated on petition Replaced by Sir Richard Allin, Bt 1709. |
Tory Whig |
| Dunwich (seat 2/2) | Robert Kemp - unseated on petition Replaced by Daniel Harvey 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Durham (City of) (seat 1/2) | Thomas Conyers | Tory |
| Durham (City of) (seat 2/2) | James Nicolson | Whig |
| Durham (County) (seat 1/2) | Hon. William Vane | Whig |
| Durham (County) (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Eden, Bt | Tory |
| Dysart Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. John Sinclair - ineligible as the eldest son of a Scottish peer Replaced by James Abercrombie 1710 |
Tory Whig |
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| East Grinstead (seat 1/2) | Hon. Richard Lumley | Whig |
| East Grinstead (seat 2/2) | Henry Campion | Tory |
| East Looe (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Seymour | Tory |
| East Looe (seat 2/2) | Harry Trelawny | Tory |
| East Retford (seat 1/2) | Thomas White | Whig |
| East Retford (seat 2/2) | William Levinz | Tory |
| Edinburgh (seat 1/1) | Sir Samuel MacClellan - died Replaced by Sir Patrick Johnston 1709 |
? Whig |
| Edinburghshire (seat 1/1) | George Lockhart | Tory |
| Elgin Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. Patrick Ogilvy | Whig |
| Elginshire (seat 1/1) | Robert Urquhart | Whig |
| Essex (seat 1/2) | Sir Francis Masham | Whig |
| Essex (seat 2/2) | Thomas Middleton | Whig |
| Evesham (seat 1/2) | Sir Edward Goodere | Whig |
| Evesham (seat 2/2) | John Rudge | Whig |
| Exeter (seat 1/2) | Nicholas Wood | Tory |
| Exeter (seat 2/2) | John Harris | Whig |
| Eye (seat 1/2) | Hon. Spencer Compton | Whig |
| Eye (seat 2/2) | Sir Joseph Jekyll | Whig |
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| Fife (seat 1/1) | Patrick Moncreiff -died Replaced by Sir Robert Anstruther 1710 |
?
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| Flint Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir John Conway | Tory |
| Flintshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Roger Mostyn | Tory |
| Forfarshire (seat 1/1) | John Carnegie | Tory |
| Fowey (seat 1/2) | George Granville | Tory |
| Fowey (seat 2/2) | Henry Vincent | Ind. |
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| Gatton (seat 1/2) | Sir George Newland | Tory |
| Gatton (seat 2/2) | Paul Docminique | Tory |
| Glamorganshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Thomas Mansel | Tory |
| Glasgow Burghs (seat 1/1) | Robert Rodger | Whig |
| Gloucester (seat 1/2) | William Cooke - died Replaced by Francis Wyndham 1709 |
Whig Whig |
| Gloucester (seat 2/2) | Thomas Webb | Tory |
| Gloucestershire (seat 1/2) | Matthew Ducie Moreton | Whig |
| Gloucestershire (seat 2/2) | Sir John Guise | Ind. |
| Grampound (seat 1/2) | James Craggs | Whig |
| Grampound (seat 2/2) | Thomas Scawen | Whig |
| Grantham (seat 1/2) | Marquess of Granby | Whig |
| Grantham (seat 2/2) | Sir William Ellys | Whig |
| Great Bedwyn (seat 1/2) | Lord Bruce | Tory |
| Great Bedwyn (seat 2/2) | Sir Samuel Sambrooke | Tory |
| Great Grimsby (seat 1/2) | Arthur Moore | Tory |
| Great Grimsby (seat 2/2) | William Cotesworth | Whig |
| Great Marlow (seat 1/2) | Sir James Etheridge | Tory |
| Great Marlow (seat 2/2) | James Chase | Whig |
| Great Yarmouth (seat 1/2) | Richard Ferrier | Tory |
| Great Yarmouth (seat 2/2) | Hon. Roger Townshend died Replaced by Nathaniel Symonds |
Whig Whig |
| Guildford (seat 1/2) | Denzil Onslow | Whig |
| Guildford (seat 2/2) | Morgan Randyll | Tory |
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| Haddington Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. Sir David Dalrymple | Whig |
| Haddingtonshire (seat 1/1) | John Cockburn | Whig |
| Hampshire (seat 1/2) | Marquess of Winchester | Whig |
| Hampshire (seat 2/2) | Viscount Woodstock - succeeded to peerage Replaced by Thomas Jervoise 1709 |
Whig Whig |
| Harwich (seat 1/2) | Sir John Leake - sat for Rochester Replaced by Kenrick Edisbury 1708 |
?
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| Harwich (seat 2/2) | Thomas Frankland | Whig |
| Haslemere (seat 1/2) | Thomas Onslow - sat for Bletchingley Replaced by Nicholas Carew 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Haslemere (seat 2/2) | Theophilus Oglethorpe | Tory |
| Hastings (seat 1/2) | John Pulteney | Whig |
| Hastings (seat 2/2) | Hon. William Ashburnham - succeeded to peerage Replaced by John Ashburnham |
Tory Tory |
| Haverfordwest (seat 1/1) | John Laugharne | Tory |
| Hedon (seat 1/2) | William Pulteney | Whig |
| Hedon (seat 2/2) | Hugh Cholmley | Whig |
| Helston (seat 1/2) | Viscount Rialton - sat for Oxfordshire Replaced by Sir John Evelyn, Bt 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Helston (seat 2/2) | Sidney Godolphin | ? |
| Hereford (seat 1/2) | Hon. James Brydges | ? |
| Hereford (seat 2/2) | Thomas Foley | Tory |
| Herefordshire (seat 1/2) | The 3rd Viscount Scudamore | Tory |
| Herefordshire (seat 2/2) | John Prise | Tory |
| Hertford (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Clarke | Whig |
| Hertford (seat 2/2) | William Monson | Whig |
| Hertfordshire (seat 1/2) | Ralph Freman | Tory |
| Hertfordshire (seat 2/2) | Thomas Halsey | Tory |
| Heytesbury (seat 1/2) | Edward Ashe | Whig |
| Heytesbury (seat 2/2) | William Ashe | Whig |
| Higham Ferrers (seat 1/1) | Hon. Thomas Watson-Wentworth | Whig |
| Hindon (seat 1/2) | Sir James Howe | Tory |
| Hindon (seat 2/2) | Edmund Lambert | Tory |
| Honiton (seat 1/2) | Sir William Drake | Tory |
| Honiton (seat 2/2) | Sir Walter Yonge | Whig |
| Horsham (seat 1/2) | Charles Eversfield | Tory |
| Horsham (seat 2/2) | John Wicker | Whig |
| Huntingdon (seat 1/2) | Edward Wortley Montagu | Whig |
| Huntingdon (seat 2/2) | Francis Page | Whig |
| Huntingdonshire (seat 1/2) | John Proby | Ind. |
| Huntingdonshire (seat 2/2) | John Pocklington | Whig |
| Hythe (seat 1/2) | Hon. John Fane | Whig |
| Hythe (seat 2/2) | John Boteler | Tory |
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| Ilchester (seat 1/2) | Edward Phelips | Tory |
| Ilchester (seat 2/2) | James Johnston | Tory |
| Inverness Burghs (seat 1/1) | Alexander Duff | Tory |
| Inverness-shire (seat 1/1) | Alexander Grant | Whig |
| Ipswich (seat 1/2) | William Churchill | Whig |
| Ipswich (seat 2/2) | Sir William Barker | Whig |
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| Kent (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Palmer | Whig |
| Kent (seat 2/2) | Sir Stephen Lennard - died Replaced by David Polhill 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Kincardineshire (seat 1/1) | Sir David Ramsay | ? |
| King's Lynn (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Turner | Whig |
| King's Lynn (seat 2/2) | Robert Walpole | Whig |
| Kingston upon Hull (seat 1/2) | Sir William St Quintin | Whig |
| Kingston upon Hull (seat 2/2) | William Maister | Whig |
| Kinross-shire (seat 0/0) | unrepresented in this Parliament | |
| Kirkcudbright Stewartry (seat 1/1) | John Stewart | Whig |
| Knaresborough (seat 1/2) | Christopher Stockdale | Whig |
| Knaresborough (seat 2/2) | Robert Byerley | Tory |
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| Lanarkshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Archibald Hamilton | Whig |
| Lancashire (seat 1/2) | Hon. Charles Zedenno Stanley | Whig |
| Lancashire (seat 2/2) | Richard Shuttleworth | Tory |
| Lancaster (seat 1/2) | Robert Heysham | Tory |
| Lancaster (seat 2/2) | William Heysham | Tory |
| Launceston (seat 1/2) | Lord Hyde | Tory |
| Launceston (seat 2/2) | William Cary | ? |
| Leicester (seat 1/2) | Sir George Beaumont | Tory |
| Leicester (seat 2/2) | James Winstanley | Tory |
| Leicestershire (seat 1/2) | Geoffrey Palmer | Tory |
| Leicestershire (seat 2/2) | Sir Gilbert Pickering | Whig |
| Leominster (seat 1/2) | The 1st Lord Coningsby | Whig |
| Leominster (seat 2/2) | Edward Harley | Tory |
| Lewes (seat 1/2) | Peter Gott - sat for Sussex Replaced by Samuel Gott 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Lewes (seat 2/2) | Thomas Pelham | Whig |
| Lichfield (seat 1/2) | John Cotes | Tory |
| Lichfield (seat 2/2) | Sir Michael Biddulph | Whig |
| Lincoln (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Meres | Tory |
| Lincoln (seat 2/2) | Thomas Lister | Tory |
| Lincolnshire (seat 1/2) | Lord Willoughby d'Eresby | Tory |
| Lincolnshire (seat 2/2) | George Whichcot | Whig |
| Linlithgow Burghs (seat 1/1) | Hon. George Douglas | Whig |
| Linlithgowshire (seat 1/1) | Lord Johnstone - ineligible as son of Scottish peer Replaced by John Houstoun 1708 |
? Tory |
| Liskeard (seat 1/2) | William Bridges | ? |
| Liskeard (seat 2/2) | John Dolben | Whig |
| Liverpool (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Johnson | Whig |
| Liverpool (seat 2/2) | Richard Norris | Whig |
| London (City of) (seat 1/4) | Sir William Withers | Tory |
| London (City of) (seat 2/4) | Sir William Ashurst | Whig |
| London (City of) (seat 3/4) | Sir Gilbert Heathcote | Whig |
| London (City of) (seat 4/4) | John Ward | Whig |
| Lostwithiel (seat 1/2) | Joseph Addison - unseated on petition Replaced by Francis Robartes 1709. |
Whig ? |
| Lostwithiel (seat 2/2) | James Kendall - unseated on petition Replaced by Russell Robartes 1709 - sat for Bodmin Replaced by Horatio Walpole 1710 |
Whig Whig ? |
| Ludgershall (seat 1/2) | Hon. Robert Bruce | Tory |
| Ludgershall (seat 2/2) | John Richmond Webb | Tory |
| Ludlow (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Powys | Tory |
| Ludlow (seat 2/2) | Acton Baldwyn | Tory |
| Lyme Regis (seat 1/2) | John Burridge | Whig |
| Lyme Regis (seat 2/2) | Thomas Freke | Whig |
| Lymington (seat 1/2) | Paul Burrard | Whig |
| Lymington (seat 2/2) | Richard Chaundler | Whig |
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| Maidstone (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Culpeper | Whig |
| Maidstone (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Marsham | Whig |
| Maldon (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Child | Tory |
| Maldon (seat 2/2) | Thomas Richmond | Whig |
| Malmesbury (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Mordaunt - died Replaced by Joseph Addison 1710 |
Whig Whig |
| Malmesbury (seat 2/2) | Thomas Farrington | Whig |
| Malton (seat 1/2) | William Palmes | Whig |
| Malton (seat 2/2) | William Strickland | Whig |
| Marlborough (seat 1/2) | Earl of Hertford - sat for Northumberland Replaced by Edward Ernle, Bt 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Marlborough (seat 2/2) | Hon. James Bruce | Tory |
| Merionethshire (seat 1/1) | Richard Vaughan | Tory |
| Middlesex (seat 1/2) | Sir John Wolstenholme - died Replaced by John Austen 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Middlesex (seat 2/2) | Scorie Barker | Whig |
| Midhurst (seat 1/2) | Lawrence Alcock | Tory |
| Midhurst (seat 2/2) | Robert Orme - election voided Replaced by Thomas Meredyth, Mar 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Milborne Port (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Travell | Whig |
| Milborne Port (seat 2/2) | Thomas Medlycott - sat for Westminster Replaced by Thomas Smith 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Minehead (seat 1/2) | Sir John Trevelyan | Tory |
| Minehead (seat 2/2) | Sir Jacob Bancks | Tory |
| Mitchell (seat 1/2) | Hugh Fortescue | Whig |
| Mitchell (seat 2/2) | Sir William Hodges | Whig |
| Monmouth Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Clayton Milborne | Tory |
| Monmouthshire (seat 1/2) | John Morgan | Whig |
| Monmouthshire (seat 2/2) | The 1st Viscount Windsor | Tory |
| Montgomery (seat 1/1) | John Pugh | Tory |
| Montgomeryshire (seat 1/1) | Edward Vaughan | Tory |
| Morpeth (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Sandford | Whig |
| Morpeth (seat 2/2) | Sir John Bennett | Whig |
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| Nairnshire (seat 1/1) | Hugh Rose | Whig |
| Newark (seat 1/2) | Richard Sutton | Whig |
| Newark (seat 2/2) | Hon. James Saunderson | Whig |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Bellot | Tory |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme (seat 2/2) | Rowland Cotton | Tory |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 1/2) | William Carr | Whig |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne (seat 2/2) | Sir Henry Liddell | Whig |
| Newport (Cornwall) (seat 1/2) | Sir Nicholas Morice | Tory |
| Newport (Cornwall) (seat 2/2) | Sir William Pole | Tory |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) | Sir Tristram Dillington | Whig |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) | William Stephens | Tory |
| New Radnor Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Robert Harley | Tory |
| New Romney (seat 1/2) | John Brewer | ? |
| New Romney (seat 2/2) | Walter Whitfield | ? |
| New Shoreham (seat 1/2) | Anthony Hammond - ineligible to sit Replaced by Sir Gregory Page, Bt 1708 |
Tory Whig |
| New Shoreham (seat 2/2) | Richard Lloyd | Whig |
| Newton (Lancashire) (seat 1/2) | Thomas Legh | Tory |
| Newton (Lancashire) (seat 2/2) | John Ward | Tory |
| Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) | Sir James Worsley | Tory |
| Newtown (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) | Henry Worsley | Whig |
| New Windsor (seat 1/2) | The 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge | Whig |
| New Windsor (seat 2/2) | Richard Topham | Whig |
| New Woodstock (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Wheate | Whig |
| New Woodstock (seat 2/2) | William Cadogan | Whig |
| Norfolk (seat 1/2) | Sir John Holland | Whig |
| Norfolk (seat 2/2) | Ashe Windham | Whig |
| Northallerton (seat 1/2) | Sir William Hustler | Whig |
| Northallerton (seat 2/2) | Roger Gale | Whig |
| Northampton (seat 1/2) | George Montagu | Whig |
| Northampton (seat 2/2) | Francis Arundell | Tory |
| Northamptonshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Justinian Isham | Tory |
| Northamptonshire (seat 2/2) | Thomas Cartwright | Tory |
| Northumberland (seat 1/2) | Earl of Hertford | Whig |
| Northumberland (seat 2/2) | Thomas Forster | Tory |
| Norwich (seat 1/2) | Waller Bacon | Whig |
| Norwich (seat 2/2) | John Chambers | Whig |
| Nottingham (seat 1/2) | John Plumptre | Whig |
| Nottingham (seat 2/2) | Roby Sherwin | Whig |
| Nottinghamshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Willoughby | Tory |
| Nottinghamshire (seat 2/2) | John Thornhagh | Whig |
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| Okehampton (seat 1/2) | John Dibble | Whig |
| Okehampton (seat 2/2) | William Harris - died Replaced by Christopher Harris 1709 |
? Tory |
| Old Sarum (seat 1/2) | William Harvey | Tory |
| Old Sarum (seat 2/2) | Robert Pitt | Tory |
| Orford (seat 1/2) | Clement Corrance | Tory |
| Orford (seat 2/2) | Sir Edward Turnour - unseated on petition Replaced by William Thompson, Jan 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Orkney and Shetland (seat 1/1) | Sir Alexander Douglas | ? |
| Oxford (seat 1/2) | Sir John Walter | Tory |
| Oxford (seat 2/2) | Thomas Rowney | Tory |
| Oxfordshire (seat 1/2) | Viscount Rialton | Whig |
| Oxfordshire (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Jenkinson - died Replaced by Sir Robert Jenkinson 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Oxford University (seat 1/2) | Sir William Whitelock | Tory |
| Oxford University (seat 2/2) | Wiliam Bromley | Tory |
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| Peeblesshire (seat 1/1) | William Morison | Whig |
| Pembroke Boroughs (seat 1/1) | Sir Arthur Owen | Whig |
| Pembrokeshire (seat 1/1) | Wirriot Owen | Whig |
| Penryn (seat 1/2) | James Vernon | Whig |
| Penryn (seat 2/2) | Samuel Trefusis | Tory |
| Perth Burghs (seat 1/1) | Joseph Austin | Whig |
| Perthshire (seat 1/1) | Dougal Stewart | Whig |
| Peterborough (seat 1/2) | Hon. Sidney Wortley Montagu | Whig |
| Peterborough (seat 2/2) | Sir Gilbert Dolben | Tory |
| Petersfield (seat 1/2) | Leonard Bilson | Tory |
| Petersfield (seat 2/2) | Norton Powlett | Whig |
| Plymouth (seat 1/2) | Charles Trelawny | Tory |
| Plymouth (seat 2/2) | Sir George Byng | Whig |
| Plympton Erle (seat 1/2) | Richard Edgcumbe | Whig |
| Plympton Erle (seat 2/2) | George Treby | Whig |
| Pontefract (seat 1/2) | Sir John Bland | Tory |
| Pontefract (seat 2/2) | William Lowther | Whig |
| Poole (seat 1/2) | William Lewen | Tory |
| Poole (seat 2/2) | Thomas Ridge | Whig |
| Portsmouth (seat 1/2) | George Churchill | Tory |
| Portsmouth (seat 2/2) | Thomas Erle - sat for Wareham Replaced by Sir Thomas Littleton 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Preston (seat 1/2) | Henry Fleetwood | Tory |
| Preston (seat 2/2) | Arthur Maynwaring | Whig |
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| Queenborough (seat 1/2) | Henry Withers | Whig |
| Queenborough (seat 2/2) | Sir John Jennings | Whig |
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| Radnorshire (seat 1/1) | Thomas Harley | Tory |
| Reading (seat 1/2) | Owen Buckingham | Whig |
| Reading (seat 2/2) | Anthony Blagrave | Tory |
| Reigate (seat 1/2) | James Cocks | Whig |
| Reigate (seat 2/2) | Sir John Parsons | Tory |
| Renfrewshire (seat 1/1) | Sir John Shaw | Whig |
| Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 1/2) | Thomas Yorke | Whig |
| Richmond (Yorkshire) (seat 2/2) | Hon. Harry Mordaunt | Whig |
| Ripon (seat 1/2) | John Aislabie | Ind. |
| Ripon (seat 2/2) | John Sharp | Tory |
| Rochester (seat 1/2) | Sir Stafford Fairborne | Whig |
| Rochester (seat 2/2) | Sir John Leake | ? |
| Ross-shire (seat 1/1) | Hugh Rose - election void Replaced by Charles Rosse 1710 |
Whig Ind. Whig |
| Roxburghshire (seat 1/1) | Sir Gilbert Eliott | Whig |
| Rutland (seat 1/2) | Philip Sherard | Whig |
| Rutland (seat 2/2) | Richard Halford | Tory |
| Rye (seat 1/2) | Phillips Gybbon | Whig |
| Rye (seat 2/2) | Sir John Norris | Whig |
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| St Albans (seat 1/2) | John Gape | Tory |
| St Albans (seat 2/2) | Joshua Lomax | Whig |
| St Germans (seat 1/2) | Edward Eliot | Tory |
| St Germans (seat 2/2) | Francis Scobell | Tory |
| St Ives (seat 1/2) | John Praed | Tory |
| St Ives (seat 2/2) | John Borlase | ? |
| St Mawes (seat 1/2) | Francis Godfrey | Whig |
| St Mawes (seat 2/2) | John Tredenham | Tory |
| Salisbury (seat 1/2) | Robert Eyre | Whig |
| Salisbury (seat 2/2) | Charles Fox | Tory |
| Saltash (seat 1/2) | James Buller - sat for Cornwall Replaced by Sir Cholmeley Dering 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Saltash (seat 2/2) | Alexander Pendarves | Tory |
| Sandwich (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Furnese | Whig |
| Sandwich (seat 2/2) | Josiah Burchett | Whig |
| Scarborough (seat 1/2) | William Thompson | Whig |
| Scarborough (seat 2/2) | John Hungerford | Tory |
| Seaford (seat 1/2) | William Lowndes | Whig |
| Seaford (seat 2/2) | George Naylor | Whig |
| Selkirkshire (seat 1/1) | John Pringle | ? |
| Shaftesbury (seat 1/2) | Sir John Cropley | Whig |
| Shaftesbury (seat 2/2) | Edward Nicholas | Tory |
| Shrewsbury (seat 1/2) | John Kynaston - unseated on petition Replaced by Sir Edward Leighton, Bt, Dec 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Shrewsbury (seat 2/2) | Richard Mytton - unseated on petition Not replaced. |
Tory |
| Shropshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Robert Corbet | Whig |
| Shropshire (seat 2/2) | Hon. Henry Newport | Whig |
| Somerset (seat 1/2) | Henry Seymour Portman | Tory |
| Somerset (seat 2/2) | John Prowse - died Replaced by Sir William Wyndham 1710 |
Tory Tory |
| Southampton (seat 1/2) | Viscount Woodstock - sat for Hampshire Replaced by Simeon Stuart 1708 |
Whig Tory |
| Southampton (seat 2/2) | Adam de Cardonnel | Whig |
| Southwark (seat 1/2) | Charles Cox | Whig |
| Southwark (seat 2/2) | John Cholmley | Whig |
| Stafford (seat 1/2) | Thomas Foley | Tory |
| Stafford (seat 2/2) | Walter Chetwynd | Whig |
| Staffordshire (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Paget | Tory |
| Staffordshire (seat 2/2) | John Wrottesley | Tory |
| Stamford (seat 1/2) | Hon. Charles Cecil | Tory |
| Stamford (seat 2/2) | Hon. Charles Bertie | Tory |
| Steyning (seat 1/2) | Robert Fagge | ? |
| Steyning (seat 2/2) | Viscount Tunbridge | Whig |
| Stirling Burghs (seat 1/1) | John Erskine | Whig |
| Stirlingshire (seat 1/1) | Henry Cunningham | Whig |
| Stockbridge (seat 1/2) | Sir John Hawles | Whig |
| Stockbridge (seat 2/2) | Sir Edward Lawrence | Whig |
| Sudbury (seat 1/2) | Philip Skippon | Whig |
| Sudbury (seat 2/2) | Sir Hervey Elwes | Whig |
| Suffolk (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Hanmer | Tory |
| Suffolk (seat 2/2) | Sir Robert Davers | Tory |
| Surrey (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Onslow | Whig |
| Surrey (seat 2/2) | Sir William Scawen | Whig |
| Sussex (seat 1/2) | Sir Henry Peachey | Whig |
| Sussex (seat 2/2) | Peter Gott | Whig |
| Sutherland (seat 1/1) | Sir William Gordon | Whig |
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| Tain Burghs (seat 1/1) | Lord Strathnaver - ineligible as eldest son of a Scotch peer Replaced by Robert Douglas 1709 |
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? |
| Tamworth (seat 1/2) | Joseph Girdler | Tory |
| Tamworth (seat 2/2) | Richard Swinfen | Whig |
| Taunton (seat 1/2) | Sir Francis Warre | Tory |
| Taunton (seat 2/2) | Edward Clarke | Whig |
| Tavistock (seat 1/2) | Sir John Cope | Whig |
| Tavistock (seat 2/2) | Henry Manaton | Tory |
| Tewkesbury (seat 1/2) | Richard Dowdeswell | Whig |
| Tewkesbury (seat 2/2) | Henry Ireton | Whig |
| Thetford (seat 1/2) | Robert Baylis | Whig |
| Thetford (seat 2/2) | Thomas de Grey | Whig |
| Thirsk (seat 1/2) | Sir Thomas Frankland | Whig |
| Thirsk (seat 2/2) | Sir Godfrey Copley - died Replaced by Leonard Smelt 1709 |
Tory Whig |
| Tiverton (seat 1/2) | Thomas Bere | Whig |
| Tiverton (seat 2/2) | Richard Mervin | Tory |
| Totnes (seat 1/2) | Sir Edward Seymour | Tory |
| Totnes (seat 2/2) | George Courtenay | Tory |
| Tregony (seat 1/2) | Anthony Nicoll | Whig |
| Tregony (seat 2/2) | Thomas Herne | Tory |
| Truro (seat 1/2) | Hon. James Brydges - sat for Hereford Replaced by Robert Furnese 1708 |
Whig Whig |
| Truro (seat 2/2) | Henry Vincent | Whig |
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| Wallingford (seat 1/2) | William Jennens - died Replaced by Thomas Renda 1709 |
?
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| Wallingford (seat 2/2) | Grey Neville | Whig |
| Wareham (seat 1/2) | Thomas Erle | Whig |
| Wareham (seat 2/2) | George Pitt | Tory |
| Warwick (seat 1/2) | Hon. Francis Greville | Tory |
| Warwick (seat 2/2) | Hon. Dodington Greville | ? |
| Warwickshire (seat 1/2) | Sir John Mordaunt | Tory |
| Warwickshire (seat 2/2) | Andrew Archer | Tory |
| Wells (seat 1/2) | Edward Colston | Tory |
| Wells (seat 2/2) | William Coward | ? |
| Wendover (seat 1/2) | Thomas Ellys - died Replaced by Henry Grey 1709 |
?
Whig |
| Wendover (seat 2/2) | Sir Roger Hill | Whig |
| Wenlock (seat 1/2) | Sir William Forester | Whig |
| Wenlock (seat 2/2) | Thomas Weld | ? |
| Weobley (seat 1/2) | John Birch | Whig |
| Weobley (seat 2/2) | Hon. Henry Thynne - sat for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Replaced by Henry Gorges 1708 |
Tory
? |
| Westbury (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Bertie | Tory |
| Westbury (seat 2/2) | Francis Annesley | ? |
| West Looe (seat 1/2) | Sir Charles Hedges | Tory |
| West Looe (seat 2/2) | John Conyers | ? |
| Westminster (seat 1/2) | Hon. Henry Boyle | Whig |
| Westminster (seat 2/2) | Thomas Medlycott | Tory |
| Westmorland (seat 1/2) | Daniel Wilson | Whig |
| Westmorland (seat 2/2) | James Grahme | ? |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 1/4) | Hon. Henry Thynne - died Replaced by Edward Clavell 1709 |
Tory
? |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 2/4) | Charles Churchill | Tory |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 3/4) | Hon. Maurice Ashley | Whig |
| Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (seat 4/4) | Anthony Henley | Whig |
| Whitchurch (seat 1/2) | Frederick Tylney - election void Replaced by Richard Wollaston, Dec 1708 |
?
? |
| Whitchurch (seat 2/2) | Thomas Lewis- election void Replaced by George William Brydges, Dec 1708 |
Tory
Whig |
| Wigan (seat 1/2) | Sir Roger Bradshaigh | Tory |
| Wigan (seat 2/2) | Henry Bradshaigh | ? |
| Wigtown Burghs (seat 1/1) | George Lockhart - sat for Edinburghshire Replaced by William Cochrane 1708 |
Tory
Tory |
| Wigtownshire (seat 1/1) | Hon. John Stewart | ? |
| Wilton (seat 1/2) | Sir Lambert Blackwell | Whig |
| Wilton (seat 2/2) | Charles Mompesson | ? |
| Wiltshire (seat 1/2) | Sir Richard Grobham Howe | Tory |
| Wiltshire (seat 2/2) | Robert Hyde | ? |
| Winchelsea (seat 1/2) | George Dodington - sat for Bridgwater Replaced by Robert Bristow 1708 |
Whig
? |
| Winchelsea (seat 2/2) | Sir Francis Dashwood | Whig |
| Winchester (seat 1/2) | Lord William Powlett | ? |
| Winchester (seat 2/2) | George Rodney Brydges | Whig |
| Wootton Bassett (seat 1/2) | Francis Popham | ? |
| Wootton Bassett (seat 2/2) | Hon. Robert Cecil | Whig |
| Worcester (seat 1/2) | Thomas Wylde | ? |
| Worcester (seat 2/2) | Samuel Swift | Tory |
| Worcestershire (seat 1/2) | Sir John Pakington | Tory |
| Worcestershire (seat 2/2) | Sir Thomas Winford | ? |
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| Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 1/2) | Henry Holmes | Tory |
| Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (seat 2/2) | Anthony Morgan | Whig |
| York (seat 1/2) | Sir William Robinson | Whig |
| York (seat 2/2) | Robert Benson | Tory |
| Yorkshire (seat 1/2) | The 2nd Viscount Downe | Tory |
| Yorkshire (seat 2/2) | Sir William Strickland | Whig |
By-elections
- List of Great Britain by-elections (1707–15)
See also
- 1708 British general election
- List of parliaments of Great Britain
- Unreformed House of Commons
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