Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Past Constituencies (E)

Ealing | East Cheshire | East Clare | East Dunbartonshire | East Fife | East Flintshire | East Gloucestershire | East Grinstead | East Looe | East Mayo | East Worcestershire | Eastwood | Ebbw Vale | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Central | Edinburgh East | Enfield Southgate | Enfield West | Epping.


Ealing

Member of Parliament for Ealing
Lord George Francis Hamilton

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1845; September 22 1927.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1906


East Cheshire

Member of Parliament for East Cheshire
William John Legh

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1828; d. December 15 1898.

Conservative Party

1868 – 1885


East Clare

Member of Parliament for East Clare
Éamon de Valera

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.

Sinn Féin

July 10 1917 – November 15 1922


East Dunbartonshire

Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire
Joanne Kate “Jo” Swinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1980.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jo Swinson.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1513/career.

Liberal Democrats

May 5 2005 – March 30 2015

Joanne Kate “Jo” Swinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1980.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jo Swinson.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1513/career.

Liberal Democrats

June 8 2017 – November 6 2019


East Fife

Member of Parliament for East Fife
Herbert Henry Asquith

Date of birth/date of death:

Born September 12 1852. Died February 15 1928.

Honours:

Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Viscount Asquith, February 9 1925.2 Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, June 1 1925.3

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Asquith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-asquith/index.html.

[2] “No. 33019,” The London Gazette, February 10 1925, 1004, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33019/page/1004.

[3] “No. 33055,” The London Gazette, June 9 1925, 3869, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33055/page/3869.

Liberal Party

July 27 1886 – November 25 1918


East Flintshire

Member of Parliament for East Flintshire
Stephen Barry Jones

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1938.

Labour Party

1970 – 1983


East Gloucestershire

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for East Gloucestershire

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Francis Richard Charteris, Lord Elcho

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1818; d. June 30 1914.

Whig Party

1841 – 1846

Robert Stayner Holford

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1808; d. 1892

Conservative Party

1854 – 1872

Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death:

Born October 23 1837. Died April 30 1916.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Michael Hicks-Beach,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed August 2 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-michael-hicks-beach/index.html.

Conservative Party

July 12 1864 – November 24 1885


East Grinstead

Members of the Parliament of England for East Grinstead

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Charles Sackville, Lord Buckhurst

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1643; d. January 29 1706.

Non-Partisan

1661 – 1675

Thomas Pelham

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1653; d. February 23 1712.

Whig Party

1678 – 1679

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for East Grinstead

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Spencer Compton

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. July 2 1743.

Whig Party

1713 – 1715

Spencer Compton

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. July 2 1743.

Whig Party

1722

Lieutenant-General George Germain

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853

Tory Party

1761

Lieutenant-General George Germain

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853

Tory Party

1767 – 1782

Richard Ford

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1758; d. May 3 1806.

Tory Party

1789 – 1790

Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1735; d. October 15 1811.

Non-Partisan

1790 – 1800

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for East Grinstead

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1735; d. October 15 1811.

Non-Partisan

1801 – 1802

Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1735; d. October 15 1811.

Non-Partisan

1807 – 1811

Nicholas Vansittart

Date of birth/date of death:

Born April 29 1766. Died February 8 1851.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Nicholas Vansittart,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed August 4 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-nicholas-vansittart/index.html.

Tory Party

June 8 1812 – October 8 1812

Charles Gordon, Lord Strathavon

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 4 1792; d. September 18 1863.

Tory Party

1818 – 1830

Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1784; d. October 3 1851.

Tory Party

1818 – 1828

Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1924; d. August 11 2020.

Conservative Party

1965 – 1983


East Looe

Members of the Parliament of England for East Looe

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Francis Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1678; d. January 17 1766.

Tory Party

1701

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for East Looe

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Horatio Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.

Whig Party

1718 – 1722

George Cholmondeley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1703; d. June 10 1770.

Whig Party

1724 – 1727

Henry Bilson-Legge

Date of birth/date of death:

Born May 29 1708. Died August 23 1764.

Whig Party

1740 – 1741

Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1739; d. April 17 1802.

Non-Partisan

1762 – 1768

John James Hamilton

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1756; d. January 27 1818.

Tory Party

1783 – 1784

John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1751; d. April 7 1828.

Whig Party

1790

William Wellesley-Pole

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1763; d. February 22 1845.

Tory Party

1790 – 1795

Charles Arbuthnot

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1767; d. August 18 1850.

Tory Party

1795 – 1796

Sir John Mitford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1748; d. January 16 1830.

Tory Party

1799 – 1800

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for East Looe

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Sir John Mitford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1748; d. January 16 1830.

Tory Party

1801 – 1802

William Saunders Sebright Lascelles

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 29 1798; d. July 2 1851

Whig Party

1826 – 1830


East Mayo

Member of Parliament for East Clare
Éamon de Valera

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1882; d. August 29 1975.

Sinn Féin

December 14 1918 – November 15 1922


East Worcestershire

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for East Worcestershire

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

William Henry Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1840; d. July 4 1891.

Liberal Party

1880 – 1885

Joseph Austen Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death:

Born October 16 1863. Died March 16 1937.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Austen Chamberlain,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed August 2 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-austen-chamberlain/index.html.

Liberal Unionist Party

Conservative Party

March 30 1892 – May 1912

May 1912 – July 7 1914


Eastwood

List of Members of Parliament for Eastwood

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

James Francis “Jim” Murphy

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1967.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jim Murphy.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/595/career.

Labour Party

May 1 1997 – April 5 2005



Ebbw Vale

Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale
Michael Mackintosh Foot

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1913; d. March 3 2010.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Foot.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/831/career.

Labour Party

November 17 1960 – June 9 1983


Edinburgh

Member of Parliament for Edinburgh
Henry Dundas

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.

Tory Party

1790 – 1802

Sir John Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

Whig Party

1834 – 1841

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1800; d. December 28 1859.

Whig Party

1839 – 1847

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1800; d. December 28 1859.

Whig Party

1852 – 1856

Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1871; d. September 10 1961.

Honours:

Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Pethick-Lawrence, August 16 1945.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Frederick Pethick-Lawrencne,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-frederick-pethick-lawrence/index.html.

[2] “No. 37234,” The London Gazette, August 21 1945, 4227, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37234/page/4227.

Labour Party

November 14 1935 – August 16 1945


Edinburgh Central

Members of Parliament for Edinburgh Central

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Alistair Maclean Darling

Date of birth/date of death:

Born November 28 1953. Died November 30 2023.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Darling of Roulanish.” Accessed July 19, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/596/career.

Labour Party

June 11 1987 – May 5 2005


Edinburgh East

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh East

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

George Joachim Goschen

Date of birth/date of death:

Born August 10 1831. Died February 7 1907.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “George Goschen,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed August 2 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-goschen/index.html.

Independent Liberal

November 24 1885 – July 1 1886


Enfield Southgate

Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.

References:

[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Portillo.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/187/career.

Conservative Party

December 13 1984 – April 8 1997


Enfield West

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Enfield West

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Iain Norman Macleod

Date of birth/date of death:

Born November 11 1913. Died July 20 1970.

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Iain Macleod,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed July 31 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-iain-macleod/index.html.

Conservative Party

February 23 1950 – July 20 1970


Epping

Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Epping

Name

Political Party

Dates in Office

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Date of birth/date of death:

Born November 30 1874. Died January 24 1965.

Honours:

Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2

References:

[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.

[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.

Conservative Party

October 29 1924 – July 5 1945