1689 English general election

General election in England May 2024 1689 (or 1688) English general election Kingdom of England parliamentary no 1685 1685 1690 1690 January 1689 Whigs (British political party) 319 Tories (British political party) 232 All 513 seats in the House of Commons 257 English 1689.svg Composition of the House of Commons after the election The 1689 English general election, held in January 1689 (or near the end of 1688, old style), elected the Convention Parliament, which was summoned in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution. 513 Members of Parliament were returned, across 53 counties and 217 boroughs in England and Wales, most having the right to return two members. Only nine counties and 41 boroughs had contested elections, with all the other candidates being returned unopposed. Six boroughs had double returns, where multiple members were recorded as elected, and five of these were subsequently voided by Parliament, forcing by-elections.The House of Commons, 1660–1690, Appendix IX https://web.archive.org/web/20241007053947/https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/survey/appendix-ix-franchises-and-contested-elections 7 October 2024 The majority of seats were not contested on a party basis, but partisan alignment can be identified by historians looking at subsequent voting on key issues. 174 members are identified as Whigs, and 151 as Tories. The remaining members, around 190, are considered uncommitted.Cook & Stevenson, p. 23 An older estimate based on activity throughout the Parliament suggested that the 551 Members (including those returned in by-elections) could be listed as 232 Tories and 319 Whigs or Court Tories, with none classed as uncommitted (but with over 40% recorded as "inactive").The House of Commons, 1660–1690, Survey: the politics of members https://web.archive.org/web/20241007052015/https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/survey/ii-politics-members 7 October 2024 Finally, an estimate at the end of the parliament, when party groups had had time to develop further, estimated the strength of the parties as 254 Whigs, 221 Tories, and 38 uncommitted members.The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Survey: constituencies and elections https://web.archive.org/web/20241007103021/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/survey/constituencies-and-elections 7 October 2024 See also List of MPs elected to the English Parliament in 1689 Convention Parliament (1689) List of English Parliaments Notes References Cook Chris Stevenson John A history of British elections since 1689 2014 9780415521789 The History of Parliament The House of Commons, 1660–1690 Basil Henning Secker & Warburg 1983 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/research/surveys/surveys-1660-1690 19 March 2020 7 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241007092444/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/research/surveys/surveys-1660-1690 dead The History of Parliament The House of Commons, 1690–1715 Eveline Cruickshanks Stuart Handley David Hayton Cambridge University Press Cambridge 2002 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/research/surveys/surveys-1690-1715 19 March 2020 7 October 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241007091226/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/research/surveys/surveys-1690-1715 dead Category:17th-century elections in Europe Category:1689 in politics 1689 General election