| Haverfordwest | |
| Type: | Borough |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1545 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Elects Howmany: | one |
| Next: | Pembroke and Haverfordwest |
Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was enfranchised in 1545, as the second borough constituency in the historic county of Pembrokeshire. In the previous election of 1542, the first at which Wales is known to have sent members to the Parliament of England, this borough was one of the ancient boroughs contributing to the wages and being in some sense represented by the member for Pembroke.
During the eighteenth century, Haverfordwest was considered to be little more than a pocket borough for the Philipps family of Picton Castle.
From 1832 to 1885, it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of the three boroughs of Haverfordwest, Fishguard and Narberth.[1]
The constituency was abolished for the 1885 general election, and merged into the newly created constituency of Pembroke and Haverfordwest.
| Parliament | Member | |
|---|---|---|
| 1547 | Richard Howell[2] | |
| 1553 (Mar) | Richard Howell | |
| 1553 (Oct) | Richard Taylor | |
| 1554 (Apr) | Richard Howell | |
| 1554 (Nov) | Richard Howell | |
| 1555 | John Bolton or Button | |
| 1558 | Thomas ab Owen | |
| 1559 | Hugh Harris[3] | |
| 1562–3 | Rice Morgan | |
| 1571 | John Garnons (Alban Stepneth cheated of seat by Sheriff) | |
| 1572 | Alban Stepneth | |
| 1584 | Alban Stepneth | |
| 1586 | Alban Stepneth | |
| 1588 | Sir John Perrot | |
| 1593 | Sir Nicholas Clifford | |
| 1597 | Sir James Perrot | |
| 1601 | John Canon | |
| 1604-1611 | Sir James Perrot | |
| 1614 | Sir James Perrot | |
| 1621-22 | Sir James Perrot | |
| 1624 | Lewis Powell | |
| 1625 | Sir Thomas Canon | |
| 1626 | Sir James Perrot | |
| 1628 | Sir James Perrot | |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
| 1640 (Apr) | Hugh Owen | |
| 1640 (Nov) | Sir John Stepney, 3rd Baronet, disabled 1643 | |
| 1645 | Sir Robert Needham, secluded 1648 | |
| 1653 | Not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
| 1654 | Not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament | |
| 1656 | John Upton | |
| 1659 | John Upton | |
| 1660 | William Philipps |
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1660 (Apr) | William Philipps, election declared void, June 1660 [4] | |||
| 1660 (Aug) | William Philipps re-elected | |||
| 1661 | Isaac Lloyd, election declared void, May 1663 | |||
| 1663 (c.Jun) | Sir William Morton, made judge | |||
| 1666 | Sir Frederick Hyde, died | |||
| 1667 | Sir Herbert Perrott | |||
| 1679 | ||||
| 1679 | ||||
| 1681 | Thomas Howard | |||
| 1685 | William Wogan[5] | |||
| 1701 (Jan) | William Wheeler | |||
| 1702 | John Laugharne, died[6] | |||
| 1715 | John Barlow, died | |||
| 1718 | Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet | |||
| 1722 | Francis Edwardes, died | |||
| 1726 | Sir Erasmus Philipps, died | |||
| 1743 | George Barlow | |||
| 1747 | William Edwardes (Baron Kensington from 1776) | |||
| 1780 | Whig[7] | |||
| 1784 | The Lord Milford | |||
| 1786 | The Lord Kensington | Whig | ||
| 1801 | Seat vacant | |||
| 1802 | The Lord Kensington | Whig | ||
| 1818 | William Henry Scourfield | Tory | ||
| 1826 | Richard Philipps | Whig[8] | ||
| 1835 | William Henry Scourfield | Conservative | ||
| 1837 | Sir Richard Philipps, Bt | Whig | ||
| 1847 | John Evans | Whig[9] | ||
| 1852 | John Scourfield | Conservative | ||
| Hon. William Edwardes (Baron Kensington from 1872) | Liberal | |||
| Constituency seat abolished | ||||
Edwardes was appointed a Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.
The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election, after a separate potential candidate, Mr Davis, had been refused his nomination by the local sheriff without a deposit for security of costs.[10] However, in the resulting by-election, Davis did not stand and Edwardes was re-elected.
Edwardes was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.