Banbury

Right of election

in the corporation

Background Information

Number of voters: 18

Number of seats
1
Constituency business
Date Candidate Votes
15 Apr. 1754 FREDERICK NORTH, Lord North
4 June 1759 NORTH re-elected after appointment to office
27 Mar. 1761 FREDERICK NORTH, Lord North
17 Nov. 1766 NORTH re-elected after appointment to office
30 Nov. 1767 NORTH re-elected after appointment to office
18 Mar. 1768 FREDERICK NORTH, Lord North
7 Oct. 1774 FREDERICK NORTH, Lord North
9 June 1778 NORTH re-elected after appointment to office
8 Sept. 1780 FREDERICK NORTH, Lord North
9 Apr. 1783 NORTH re-elected after appointment to office
3 Apr. 1784 FREDERICK NORTH, Lord North
Main Article

<p>Banbury was under the control of the Earl of Guilford, seated at Wroxton, three miles away.</p><p>Though there were disputes within the corporation,<a class='fnlink' id='t1' href='#fn1'>1<span>See Bodl. North mss and Waldeshare mss, Kent RO.</span></a> none of Lord North’s eleven elections in this period was contested.</p>

Author
Notes
  • 1. See Bodl. North mss and Waldeshare mss, Kent RO.