Global political history

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

Past Constituencies (S)

St George | Selby and Ainsty | Sheffield | Sheffield Brightside | South Colchester and Maldon | South Durham | South East Essex | South East Lancashire | South Essex | South Lancashire | South Nottinghamshire | South Tyrone | South West Lancashire | Southend-on-Sea | Southwark | Stamford | Stirling Burghs | Stoke-upon-Trent | Stowmarket | Strand | Stretford | Sudbury.


St George

Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets, St George
Charles Thomson Ritchie

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1838; d. January 9 1906.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1892


Member of Parliament for St George
William Wedgwood Benn

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1877; d. November 17 1960.

Liberal Party

1906 – 1918


Selby and Ainsty

Member of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty
Nigel Adams

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1966.

Conservative Party

2010 – 2023


Sheffield

Member of Parliament for Sheffield
John Arthur Roebuck

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. November 30 1879.

Independent

1849 – 1868

Anthony John Mundella

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1825; d. July 21 1897.

Liberal Party

1868 – 1885

John Arthur Roebuck

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. November 30 1879.

Independent

1874 – 1879


Sheffield Brightside

Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside
Anthony John Mundella

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1825; d. July 21 1897.

Liberal Party

1885 – 1897

Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1871; d. March 23 1946.

Labour Party

1922 – 1930


South Colchester and Maldon

Member of Parliament for South Colchester and Maldon
John Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

Conservative Party

1983 – 1992

John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1959.

Conservative Party

1992 – 1997


South Durham

Member of Parliament for South Durham
Lord Harry George Vane

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1803; d. August 21 1891.

Whig Party

1841 – 1859


South East Essex

Member of Parliament for South East Essex
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guiness

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1874; d. September 14 1967.

Conservative Party

1912 – 1918


South East Lancashire

Member of Parliament for South East Lancashire
Algernon Fulke Egerton

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1825; d. July 14 1891.

Conservative Party

1868 – 1880


South Essex

Member of Parliament for South Essex
Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry Gascoyne-Cecil

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1834; d. July 3 1921.

Conservative Party

1865 – 1868


South Lancashire

Member of Parliament for South Lancashire
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1800; d. February 18 1857.

Conservative Party

1835 – 1846

Algernon Fulke Egerton

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1825; d. July 14 1891.

Conservative Party

1859 – 1868

William John Legh

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

Conservative Party

1859 – 1865

Charles Turner

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1803; d. October 15 1875.

Conservative Party

1861 – 1868

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898

Liberal Party

1865 – 1868


South Nottinghamshire

Member of Parliament for South Nottinghamshire
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1811; d. October 18 1864.

Tory Party (1832 – 1834); Conservative Party (1834 – 1846)

1832 – 1846


South Tyrone

Member of Parliament for South Tyrone
William O’Brien

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1852; d. February 25 1928.

Nationalist Party

1885 – 1886


South West Lancashire

Member of Parliament for South West Lancashire
Richard Assheton Cross

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1823; d. January 8 1914.

Conservative Party

1868 – 1885

Charles Turner

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 13 1803; d. October 15 1875.

Conservative Party

1868 – 1875


Southend-on-Sea

Member of Parliament for Southend
Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guiness, Viscount Elveden

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1874; d. September 14 1967.

Conservative Party

1918 – 1927


Southwark

Member of Parliament for Southwark
George Tierney

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1761; d. January 25 1830.

Whig Party

1796 – 1806

Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1810; d. October 22 1855.

Radicals

1845 – 1855

Edward George Clarke

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1841; d. April 26 1931.

Conservative Party

1880


Stamford

Member of Parliament for Stamford
John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort

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

Whig Party

1790 – 1801

Evan Foulkes

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1751; d. November 8 1825.

Tory Party

1807 – 1818

Charles Tennyson-d’Eyncourt

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1784; d. July 21 1861.

Whig Party

1831 – 1832

Charles Cecil John Manners, Marquess of Granby

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1815; d. March 3 1888.

Conservative Party

1837 – 1852

John Charles Herries

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.

Conservative Party

1847 – 1853

Frederic Thesiger

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1794; d. October 5 1878.

Conservative Party

1852 – 1858

Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903

Conservative Party

1853 – 1868

John Inglis, Lord Glencorse

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.

Conservative Party

1858

Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.

Conservative Party

1858 – 1866

Admiral Sir John Charles Dalrymple-Hay, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1821; d. January 28 1912.

Conservative Party

1866 – 1880

Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, Viscount Ingestre

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1830; d. May 11 1877.

Conservative Party

1868


Stirling Burghs

Member of Parliament for Stirling Burghs
Alexander Inglis Cochrane

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1758; d. January 26 1832.

Non-Partisan

1800 – 1806

Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmeny

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1809; d. January 23 1851.

Whig Party

1832 – 1847

John Ramsay

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1814; d. June 24 1892.

Liberal Party

1868

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1836; d. April 22 1908.

Liberal Party

1868 – 1908

Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1871; d. March 23 1946.

Liberal Party

1908 – 1918


Stoke-upon-Trent

Member of Parliament for Stoke-upon-Trent
Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 25 1820; d. October 20 1887.

Conservative Party

1865 – 1868


Stowmarket

Member of Parliament for Stowmarket
Ian Zachary Malcolm

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1868; d. December 28 1944.

Conservative Party

1895 – 1906


Strand

Member of Parliament for Strand
William Henry Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.

Conservative Party

1885 – 1891


Stretford

Member of Parliament for Stretford
Charles Alfred Cripps

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1852; d. June 30 1941.

Conservative Party

1901 – 1906


Sudbury

Member of Parliament for Sudbury
Michael Angelo Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1757; d. July 16 1834.

Whig Party

1832 – 1834

George Tomline

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1813; d. August 25 1889.

Conservative Party

1840 – 1841