HC Deb 16 January 1902 vol 101 cc63-9

Ordered, That all Members who are returned for two or more places in any part of the United Kingdom do make their Election for which of the places they will serve, within one week after it shall appear that there is no question upon the Return for that place; and if anything

shall come in question touching the Return or Election of any Member, he is to withdraw during the time the matter is in debate; and that all Members returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their returns are determined.

Resolved, That no Peer of the Realm, except such Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be actually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, hath any right to give his vote in the Election of any Member to serve in Parliament.

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for any county, city, or borough of Great Britain, to concern himself in the election of Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, except only any Peer of Ireland, at such Elections in Great Britain respectively where such Peer shall appear as a candidate, or by himself, or any others, be proposed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of any county to avail himself of any authority derived from his Commission, to influence the Election of any Member to serve for the Commons in Parliament."—(Mr. A. J. Balfour).

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word "Kingdom," in line 3, to the word "for," in line 9.—(Mr. James Lowther).

(4.40.) Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."

The House divided:—Ayes 341; Noes 86. (Division List No. 1).

AYES.
Abraham, William (Rhondda) Bailey, James (Walworth) Boland, John
Acland-Hood, Capt. Sir Alex. F. Bain, Colonel James Robert Boscawen, Arthur Griffith-
Allan, William (Gateshead) Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J. (Manch'r Bowles, Capt. H. F. (Middlesex
Allen, Charles P. (Glouc. Stroud Balfour, Rt. Hn. Gerald W. (Leeds Brassey, Albert
Allsopp, Hon. George Banbury, Frederick George Brigg, John
Ambrose, Robert Barlow, John Emmott Brodrick, Rt. Hon. St. John
Anson, Sir William Reynell Bayley, Thomas (Derbyshire) Brookfield, Colonel Montagu
Arnold-Forster, Hugh O. Beach Rt. Hn. Sir Michael Hicks Brown, Alexander H. (Shrops.)
Ashton, Thomas Gair Beaumont, Wentworth C. B. Brown, George M. (Edinburgh)
Atherly-Jones, L. Bell, Richard Brunner, Sir John Tomlinson
Atkinson, Rt. Hon. John Black, Alexander William Bryce, Rt. Hon. James
Bagot, Capt. Josceline Fitz Roy Blundell, Colonel Henry Bull, William James
Bullard, Sir Harry Fison, Frederick William Lees, Sir Elliott, (Birkenhead)
Burke, E. Haviland- Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond Leese, Sir Joseph F. (Accrington
Burt, Thomas Flower, Ernest Legge, Col. Hon. Heneage
Buxton, Sydney Charles Foster, Sir Michael (Lond. Univ. Leigh, Sir Joseph
Caine, William Sproston Foster, Philip S. (Warwick, S. W Leng, Sir John
Campbell, Rt. Hn. J. A (Glasgow Fowler, Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Leveson-Gower, Frederick N. S.
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H. Gardner, Ernest Levy, Maurice
Carlile, William Walter Garfit, William Lewis, John Herbert
Carson, Rt. Hon. Sir Edw. H. Gibbs, Hn. A. G. H. (City of Lond Loder, Gerald Walter Erskine
Causton, Richard Knight Goddard, Daniel Ford Long, Col. Charles W. (Evesham
Cautley, Henry Strother Gordon, Hn. J. E. (Elgin & Nairn Long, Rt. Hn. Walter(Bristol, S)
Cavendish, R. F. (N. Lancs.) Gordon Maj. Evans-(T'rH'mlets Lowe, Francis William
Cavendish, V. C. W.(Derbyshire Gore, Hn G. R. C. Ormsby-(Salop Loyd, Archie Kirkman
Cawley, Frederick Gore, Hon. S. F. Ormsby-(Linc.) Lucas, Col. Francis (Lowestoft)
Cecil, Evelyn (Ashton Manor) Gorst, Rt. Hon. Sir John Eldon Lundon, W.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J. (Birm. Gray, Ernest (West Ham) Lyttelton, Hon. Alfred
Chamberlain,J.Austen(Worc'r Green Walford D. (Wednesbury Macdona, John Cumming
Channing, Francis Allston Grenfell, William Henry MacDonnell, Dr. Mark A.
Chaplin, Rt. Hon. Henry Gretton, John Machonochie, A. W.
Chapman, Edward Grey, Sir Edward (Berwick) M'Crae, George
Charrington, Spencer Groves, James Grimble M'Govern, T.
Clancy, John Joseph Gurdon, Sir W. Brampton M'Hugh, Patrick A.
Clive, Captain Percy A. Hain, Edward M'Laren, Charles Benjamin
Cochrane, Hon. Thos. H. A. E. Hall, Edward Marshall Martin, Richard Biddulph
Coddington, Sir William Halsey, Thomas Frederick Maxwell, Rt Hn Sir H. E. (Wgt'n
Cogan, Denis J. Hambro, Charles Eric Maxwell, W. J. H. (Dumfriessh.
Coghill, Douglas Harry Hamilton, Rt. Hn Lord G (Middx Middlemore, John Throgmorton
Cohen, Benjamin Louis Hamilton, Marq of (L'nd'nderry Mildmay, Francis Bingham
Collings, Rt. Hon. Jesse Hanbury, Rt. Hon. Robert W. Milton, Viscount
Colomb, Sir John Charles Ready Harcourt, Rt. Hon. Sir William Minch, Matthew
Colston, Chas. Edw. H. Athole Harmsworth, R. Leicester Mitchell, William
Cook, Sir Frederick Lucas Harris, Frederick Leverton Montagu, G. (Huntingdon)
Corbett, A. Cameron (Glasgow) Haslam, Sir Alfred S. Moon, Edward Robert Pacy
Craig, Robert Hunter Hay, Hon. Claude George Morgan, David J. (W'thamstow
Cranborne, Viscount Hayden, John Patrick Morton, Edw. J. C. (Devonport
Cripps, Charles Alfred Hayne, Rt. Hon. Charles Seale- Moulton, John Fletcher
Crossley, Sir Savile Hayter, Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur D. Mowbray Sir Robert Gray, C.
Cullinan, J. Heath, Arthur Howard (Hanley Nannetti, Joseph P.
Dalrymple, Sir Charles Helder, Augustus Newnes, Sir George
Davenport, William Bromley- Helme, Norval Watson Nicholson, William Graham
Davies, Alfred (Carmarthen) Hempthill, Rt. Hon. Charles H. Nolan, Col. John P. (Galway, N.)
Davies, M. Vaughan-(Cardigan Hermon-Hodge, Robert Trotter Nolan, Joseph (Louth, South)
Delany, William Higginbottom, S. W. Norman, Henry
Denny, Colonel Hoare, Sir Samuel Norton, Capt. Cecil William
Dewar, John A. (Inverness-sh. Hobhouse, Henry (Somerset E. Nussey, Thomas Willans
Dewar, T. R. (T'rH'mlets, S. Geo. Hogg, Lindsay O'Brien, Kendal(Tipperary Mid
Dickinson, Robert Edmond Holland, William Henry O'Brien, Patrick (Kilkenny)
Dickson, Charles Scott Horner, Frederick William O'Brien, P. J. (Tipperary, N.)
Dimsdale, Sir Joseph Cockfield Horniman, Frederick John O'Connor, James (Wicklow, W.
Donelan, Captain A. Houldsworth, Sir Wm. Henry O'Donnell, T. (Kerry, W.)
Doogan, P. C. Hoult, Joseph O'Dowd, John
Doughty, George Houston, Robert Paterson O'Malley, William
Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. Akers- Howard, John (Kent Faversham Orr-Ewing, Charles Lindsay
Douglas, Charles M. (Lanark) Howard, J. (Midd,Tottenham) O'Shaughnessy, P. J.
Doxford, Sir William Theodore Hozier, Hon. James Henry Cecil Palmer, Walter (Salisbury)
Duke, Henry Edward Humphreys-Owen, Arthur C. Parkes, Ebenezer
Duncan, J. Hastings Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse Paulton, James Mellor
Dunn, Sir William Jeffreys, Arthur Frederick Pease, J. A. (Saffron Walden)
Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin Jessel, Captain Herbert Merton Philipps, John Wynford
Dyke, Rt. Hon. Sir WilliamHart Johnston, William (Belfast) Pickard, Benjamin
Edwards, Frank Johnstone, Heywood (Sussex) Pilkington, Lieut.-Col. Richard
Egerton, Hon. A. de Tatton Jones, William (Carnarvonshire Platt-Higgins, Frederick
Elliot, Hon. A. Ralph Douglas Kay-Shuttleworth, Rt. Hn Sir U Plummer, Walter R.
Emmott, Alfred Kearley, Hudson, E. Powell, Sir Francis Sharp
Evans, Sir Francis H (Maidstone Kenyon, Hon. Geo. T (enbigh) Pretyman, Ernest George
Faber Edmund B. (Hants, W.) Kimber, Henry Price, Robert John
Fardell, Sir T. George King, Sir Henry Seymour Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col. Edward
Fellowes, Hon. Ailwyn Edward Knowles, Lees Purvis, Robert
Ferguson, R. C. Munro (Leith) Langley, Batty Quilter, Sir Cuthbert
Fergusson, Rt. Hn. Sir J. (Man'r Law, Andrew Bonar Randles, John S.
Ffrench, Peter Lawrence, Joseph (Monmouth) Rankin, Sir James
Fielden, Edward Brocklehurst Lawson, John Grant Rattigan, Sir William Henry
Finlay, Sir Robert Bannatyne Layland-Barratt, Francis Rea, Russell
Fisher, William Hayes Lee, Arthur H. (Hants, Fareham Reddy, M.
Redmond, John E. (Waterford) Smith, H C. (North'mb Tyneside Walker, Col. William Hall
Redmond, William (Clare) Smith, James Parker (Lanarks.) Wallace, Robert
Reid, James (Greenock) Spear, John Ward Walton, Jn. Lawson (Leeds, S.
Renshaw, Charles Bine Spencer, Rt. Hn. C. R. (N'rth'nts Wason, Eugene (Clackmannan)
Renwick, George Stanley, Hon. Arthur (Ormskirk Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney
Rickett, J. Compton Stanley, Edward Jas. (Somerset) Webb, Colonel William George
Ridley, S. Forde (BethnalGreen Welby, Lt.-Col. A. C. E. (Taunton)
Ritchie, Rt. Hn. Chas. Thomson Stanley, Lord (Lancs.)
Roberts, John H. (Denbighs.) Stevenson, Francis S. White, Luke (York, E. R.)
Robertson, Herbert (Hackney) Stewart, Sir Mark J. M'Taggart Whitley, J. H. (Halifax)
Roe, Sir Thomas Whitmore, Charles Algernon
Rolleston, Sir John F. L. Stone, Sir Benjamin Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset)
Rollit, Sir Albert Kaye Strachey, Edward Williams, Osmond (Merioneth)
Ropner, Colonel Robert Stroyan, John Willoughby de Eresby, Lord
Rothschild, Hn. Lionel Walter Talbot, Lord E. (Chichester) Wilson, A. Stanley (York, E. R.
Round, James Talbot, Rt. Hn. J. G. (Oxf'd Univ.) Wilson, Chas. Henry (Hull, W.
Royds, Clement Molyneux Wilson, Fred. W. (Norfolk, Mid.)
Rutherford, John Tennant, Harold John
Sadler, Col. Samuel Alexander Thomas, David Alfred (Merthyr) Wilson, John (Glasgow)
Samuel, Harry S. (Limehouse) Wilson, J. W (Worcestersh, N.
Schwann, Charles E. Thomas, J A (Glamorgan, Gower Wodehouse, Rt. Hn. E. R. (Bath)
Seely, Charles Hilton(Lincoln)
Seely, Capt. J. E. B (Isle of Wight Thomson, F. W. (York, W. R.) Woodhouse, Sir J T (Huddersf'd
Sharpe, William Edward T. Thorburn, Sir Walter Worsley-Taylor, Henry Wilson
Shaw, Thomas (Hawick, B.) Thornton, Percy N. Wortley, Rt. Hn. C. B. Stuart-
Sheehan, Daniel Daniel Tomkinson, James Wylie, Alexander
Shipman, Dr. John G. Tomlinson, Wm. Edw. Murray Wyndham, Rt. Hon. George
Sinclair, John (Forfarshire) Trevelyan, Charles Philips Yoxall, James Henry
Sinclair, Louis (Romford) Tritton, Charles Ernest TELLERS FOR THE AYES
Skewes-Cox, Thomas Tuke, Sir John Batty Sir William Walrond and Mr. Anstruther.
Smith, Abel H. (Hertford, East) Valentia, Viscount
NOES.
Abraham, William (Cork, N. E.) Guthrie, Walter Murray Pease, Herbt. Pike (Darlington
Hardy, Laurence (Kent, Ashford) Percy, Earl
Agg-Gardner, James Tynte Pirie, Duncan V.
Bartley, George C. T. Hatch, Ernest Frederick Geo. Power, Patrick Joseph
Bigwood, James Hobhouse, C. E. H. (Bristol, E. Pym, C. Guy
Blake, Edward Hope, J. F. (Sheffield, Brightside) Reid, Sir R. Threshie (Dumfries
Bond, Edward Remnant, James Farquharson
Boulnois, Edmund Hudson, George Bickersteth Ridley, Hon. M. W. (Stalybridge)
Bowles, T. Gibson (King's Lynn) Hutton, Alfred E. (Morley)
Hutton, John (Yorks, N.R.) Robertson, Edmund (Dundee)
Brymer, William Ernest Jacoby, James Alfred Roche, John
Burns, John Kinloch, Sir J. George Smyth Russell, T. W.
Cameron, Robert Kitson, Sir James Sackville, Col. S. G. Stopford-
Cecil, Lord Hugh (Greenwich) Labouchere, Henry Sandys, Lt.-Col. Thos. Myles
Churchill, Winston Spencer Lambert, George Scott, Chas. Prestwich (Leigh)
Condon, Thomas Joseph Laurie, Lieut.-General Seton-Karr, Henry
Crombie, John William Lowther, C. (Cumb., Eskdale) Soares, Ernest J.
Cross, Herb. Shepherd (Bolton MacIver, David (Liverpool) Stock, James Henry
Dilke, Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Macnamara, Dr. Thomas J. Strutt, Hon. Charles Hedley
Dillon, John MacNeill, John Gordon Swift Sullivan, Donal
Disraeli, Coningsby Ralph M'Kenna, Reginald Thomas, Alfred (Glamorgan, E.
Ellis, John Edward M'Killop, Jas. (Stirlingshire) Vincent, Col. Sir C. E. H. (Sheffield)
Esmonde, Sir Thomas M'Killop, W. (Sligo, North)
Farquharson, Dr. Robert Maple, Sir John Blundell Walton, Joseph (Barnsley)
Farrell, James Patrick Massey-Mainwaring, Hn. W. F. Welby, Sir Chas. G. E.(Notts.)
Fenwick, Charles Mellor, Rt. Hon. John Wm. White, George (Norfolk)
Field, William Morgan, J. Lloyd (Carmarthen) Wilson, Henry J.(York, W. R.
Flynn, James (Christopher Morton, Arth. H. A. (Deptford Wilson, John (Durham, Mid.)
Furness, Sir Christopher Murphy, John
Galleway, William Johnson O'Brien, James F. X. (Cork) TELLERS FOR THE NOES
Goulding, Edward Alfred O'Connor, T. P. (Liverpool) Mr. James Lowther and Mr. Wharton.
Guest, Hon. Ivor Churchill O'Mara, James

Main Question put, and agreed to.

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileged of the Commons of the United Kingdom for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer or Pre- late, not being a Peer of Ireland at the time elected, and not having declined to serve for and county, city, or borough of Great Britain, to concern himself in the election of Members to serve for the Commons in Parliament, except only any Peer of Ireland, at such Elections in Great Britain respectively where such Peer shall appear as a candidate, or by himself, or any others, be proposed to be elected; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of any county to avail himself of any authority derived from his Commission, to influence the election of any Member to serve for the Commons in Parliament.

Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person hath been elected or returned a Member of this House, or endeavoured so to be, by Bribery, or any other corrupt practices, this House will proceed with the utmost severity against all such persons as shall have been wilfully concerned in such Bribery or other corrupt practices.

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