Maidstone | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Mallow | Malmesbury | Manchester Ardwick | Manchester East | Manchester Gorton | Manchester North West | Marylebone East | Meath | Melton | Mid Kent | Mid Lincolnshire | Middlesex | Middleton and Prestwich | Midhurst | Midlothian | Mitcham | Mitchell | Monklands East | Morecambe and Lonsdale | Motherwell North.
Maidstone
Member of Parliament for Maidstone
Abraham Wildey Robarts
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1779; d. April 2 1858.
Whig Party
1818 – 1837
Wyndham Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1780; d. March 14 1838.
Conservative Party
1835 – 1838
Benjamin Disraeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.
[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.
Conservative Party
August 18 1837 – June 29 1841
John Minet Fector
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1812; d. February 24 1868.
Conservative Party
1838 – 1841
George Dodd
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1800; d. December 12 1864.
Conservative Party
1841 – 1853
Alexander James Beresford Hope
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1820; d. October 20 1887.
Conservative Party
1841 – 1852
Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1820; d. October 20 1887.
Conservative Party
1857 – 1859
Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1834; d. May 28 1913.
Liberal Party
1870 – 1880
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1878; d. February 10 1949
Noble titles: Marquess of Londonderry (1915 – 1949)
Conservative Party
1906 – 1915
Maldon and East Chelmsford
Member of Parliament for Maldon and East Chelmsford
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1959.
Conservative Party
1997 – 2010
Mallow
Member of Parliament for Mallow
William O’Brien
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1852; d. February 25 1928.
Home Rule League
1883 – 1885
Malmesbury
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Charles Fox,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fox-1/index.html.
Whig Party
1774 – 1780
Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1745; d. July 22 1828.
Non-Partisan
1784 – 1790
Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1779; d. May 3 1854.
Non-Partisan
1806 – 1807
Manchester Ardwick
Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick
Gerald Bernard Kaufman
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1930; d. February 26 2017.
Labour Party
1970 – 1983
Manchester East
Member of Parliament for Manchester East
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.
[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.
[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.
Conservative Party
December 18 1885 – January 12 1906
Sir Thomas Gardner Horridge
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1857; d. July 25 1938.
Liberal Party
1906 – 1910
Manchester Gorton
Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton
William Wedgwood Benn
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1877; d. November 17 1960.
Labour Party
1937 – 1942
Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1930; d. February 26 2017.
Labour Party
1983 – 2017
Manchester North West
Member of Parliament for Manchester North West
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. 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/.
Liberal Party
February 8 1906 – April 24 1908
Marylebone East
Member of Parliament for Marylebone East
Lord Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1864; d. November 24 1958.
Noble titles: Marquess of Londonderry (1915 – 1949)
Conservative Party
1906 – 1910
Meath
Member of Parliament for Meath
Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1787; d. December 6 1870
Also known as: Thomas Taylour, Viscount Headfort (1795 – 1800); Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective (1800 – 1829)
Whig Party
1812 – 1830
Charles Stewart Parnell
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1846; d. October 6 1891.
Home Rule League
1875 – 1880
Melton
Member of Parliament for Melton
Lord John James Robert Manners
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
Conservative Party
1885 – 1888
Mid Kent
Member of Parliament for Mid Kent
Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1837; d. July 3 1931.
Conservative Party
1868 – 1885
Mid Lincolnshire
Member of Parliament for Mid Lincolnshire
Edward Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1840; d. December 21 1893.
Conservative Party
1874 – 1885
Middlesex
Member of Parliament for Middlesex
William Pulteney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1684; d. July 7 1764.
Whig Party
1734 – 1742
George Cooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1705; d. 1768.
Tory Party
1750 – 1768
John Wilkes
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1725; d. December 26 1797.
Radicals
1768 – 1769
John Wilkes
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1725; d. December 26 1797.
Radicals
1774 – 1790
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1770; d. January 23 1844.
Radicals
1802 – 1804
Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1770; d. January 23 1844.
Radicals
1805 – 1806
Joseph Hume
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1777; d. February 20 1855.
Radicals
1830 – 1837
Ralph Bernal Osborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1808; January 4 1882.
Radicals
1847 – 1857
Lord George Francis Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1845; September 22 1927.
Conservative Party
1868 – 1885
Middleton and Prestwich
Member of Parliament for Middleton and Prestwich
Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst
Date of birth/date of death:
Born June 23 1937. Died June 1 2026.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Haselhurst, of Saffron Walden in the County of Essex, June 22 2018.2
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, July 19 1995.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Haselhurst.” Accessed June 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/43/career.
[2] “No. 62338,” The London Gazette, June 28 2018, 11484, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62338/page/11484.
[3] “No. 54287,” The London Gazette, January 12 1996, 571, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54287/page/571.
Conservative Party
June 18 1970 – February 8 1974
Midhurst
Member of Parliament for Midhurst
John Burgoyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1722; d. August 4 1792.
Non-Partisan
1761 – 1768
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Charles Fox,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fox-1/index.html.
Whig Party
1768 – 1774
Sir Sampson Gideon, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 10 1744; d. December 25 1824.
Tory Party
1780 – 1784
Sylvester Douglas
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1717; d. October 15 1770.
Tory Party
1796 – 1800
Charles Long
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1760; d. January 17 1838.
Tory Party
1796 – 1801
Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 7 1781; d. March 2 1855.
Whig Party
1812 – 1816
Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1785; d. May 24 1871.
Whig Party
1817 – 1818
John Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1767; d. January 20 1842.
Tory Party
1818 – 1830
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1806; d. May 22 1898.
Conservative Party
1846 – 1856
Midlothian
Member of Parliament for Midlothian
Henry Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.
Tory Party
1774 – 1790
Robert Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.
Tory Party
1801 – 1811
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1831; d. November 5 1914
Conservative Party
1853 – 1868
William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 9 1831; d. November 5 1914
Conservative Party
1874 – 1880
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
Liberal Party
April 27 1880 – July 13 1895
Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 11th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1859; d. January 16 1926.
Liberal Party
1895 – 1900
Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1859; d. January 16 1926.
Liberal Party
1906 – 1910
Mitcham
Member of Parliament for Mitcham
Leonard Robert Carr
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1916; d. February 17 2012.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Carr of Hadley, of Monken Hadley of Greater London, January 15 1976.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Carr of Hadley.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1621/career.
[2] “No. 46803,” The London Gazette, January 20 1976, 919, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46803/page/919.
Conservative Party
February 23 1950 – February 8 1974
Mitchell
Member of Parliament for Mitchell
Robert Clive
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1725; d. November 22 1774.
Tory Party
1754 – 1755
Sir Christopher Hawkins, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1758; d. April 6 1829.
Tory Party
1784 – 1799
Frederick William Trench
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1775; d. December 6 1859.
Tory Party
1806 – 1807
Captain Edward Leveson-Gower
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1776; d. December 6 1853.
Tory Party
1807
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8
Military ranks:
Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14
Elections:
Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.
[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.
[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.
[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.
[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.
[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.
[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.
[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.
[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.
[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.
[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.
[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.
[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.
[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.
[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.
Tory Party
1807
Edward Law
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1790; d. December 22 1871.
Tory Party
1813 – 1818
Sir George Thomas Staunton, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1781; d. August 10 1859.
Whig Party
1818 – 1826
Henry Labouchere
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1798; d. July 13 1869.
Whig Party
1826 – 1830
John Heywood Hawkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1802; d. June 27 1877.
Whig Party
1830 – 1831
Monklands East
Member of Parliament for Monklands East
John Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1938; d. May 12 1994.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John Smith.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/564/career.
Labour Party
June 9 1983 – May 12 1994
Helen Lawrie Liddell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1950.
Labour Party
1994 – 1997
Morecambe and Lonsdale
Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lonsdale
Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1924; d. November 20 1979.
Conservative Party
1964 – 1979
Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1943; d. July 24 2025.
Conservative Party
1979 – 1983
Motherwell North
Member of Parliament for Motherwell North
John Reid
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.
Labour Party
1987 – 2005