Global political history

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

Past Constituencies (M)

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