Elections in Plympton Erle were normally uncontested. The only contest between the Union of England and Scotland in 1707 and the abolition of the borough in 1832 was at the
general election of 1802.
^Oldisworth was also elected for
Salisbury, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Plympton Erle
^Slanning was also elected for
Penryn, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Plympton Erle
^The election of 1690 was declared void by the House of Commons, and a writ for a by-election was issued
^Edgcumbe was re-elected in 1734, but had also been elected for
Lostwithiel, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this Parliament for Plympton Erle
^Jervoise was originally declared elected, but on petition (in a dispute over the franchise) his opponent Hele was declared to have been duly elected
^Treby was re-elected in 1727, but had also been elected for
Dartmouth, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Plympton Erle
^Richard Edgcumbe was re-elected in 1747, but had also been elected for
Lostwithiel, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Plympton Erle
^George Edgcumbe was also elected for
Fowey, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Plympton Erle
Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
[1]
D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
[2]
Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
Henry Stooks Smith, "The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)
Elections in Plympton Erle were normally uncontested. The only contest between the Union of England and Scotland in 1707 and the abolition of the borough in 1832 was at the
general election of 1802.
^Oldisworth was also elected for
Salisbury, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Plympton Erle
^Slanning was also elected for
Penryn, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Plympton Erle
^The election of 1690 was declared void by the House of Commons, and a writ for a by-election was issued
^Edgcumbe was re-elected in 1734, but had also been elected for
Lostwithiel, which he chose to represent, and did not sit in this Parliament for Plympton Erle
^Jervoise was originally declared elected, but on petition (in a dispute over the franchise) his opponent Hele was declared to have been duly elected
^Treby was re-elected in 1727, but had also been elected for
Dartmouth, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Plympton Erle
^Richard Edgcumbe was re-elected in 1747, but had also been elected for
Lostwithiel, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Plympton Erle
^George Edgcumbe was also elected for
Fowey, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Plympton Erle
Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
[1]
D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
[2]
Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
Henry Stooks Smith, "The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)