title: Minehead (UK Parliament constituency)
text: # Minehead (UK Parliament constituency)
  
  Minehead was a parliamentary borough in Somerset, forming part of the town of Minehead, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1563 until 1832, when the borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  ### MPs 1563–1629
  
  * Constituency probably established 1563
  
  | Parliament | First member | Second member |
  | - | - | - |
  | Parliament of 1563-1567 | Thomas Luttrell | Thomas Fitzwilliams |
  | Parliament of 1571 | John Colles | Thomas Mallett |
  | Parliament of 1572-1581 | Dominick Chester | Richard Cabell |
  | 1578 | Andrew Hemmerford | Richard Cabell |
  | 1582 | George Luttrell | Richard Cabell |
  | Parliament of 1584-1585 | George Luttrell | Edward Rogers |
  | Parliament of 1586-1587 | John Luttrell | Robert Crosse |
  | Parliament of 1588-1589 | John Luttrell | Benedict Barnham |
  | Parliament of 1593 | Richard Hanbury | James Quirke |
  | Parliament of 1597-1598 | Amias Bampfield (sat for Devon, replaced) | Conrad Prowse |
  | Parliament of 1601 | Dr Francis James | Lewis Lashbrooke |
  | Parliament of 1604-1611 | Sir Ambrose Turville | Sir Maurice Berkeley |
  | Addled Parliament (1614) | No return made | No return made |
  | Parliament of 1621-1622 | Francis Pearce | Sir Robert Lloyd |
  | Happy Parliament (1624-1625) | Dr Arthur Duck | Sir Arthur Lake |
  | Useless Parliament (1625) | Thomas Luttrell | Charles Pyne |
  | Parliament of 1625-1626 | John Gill | Thomas Horner |
  | Parliament of 1628-1629 | Thomas Horner | Edward Wyndham |
  | No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 |||
  
  ### MPs 1640–1832
  
  | Year | | First member | First party | | Second member | Second party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | April 1640 | | Francis Wyndham | | | Alexander Popham | |
  | 1640 | | Francis Wyndham | | | Dr Arthur Duck | |
  | November 1640 | | Alexander Luttrell I | Parliamentarian | | Sir Francis Popham | Parliamentarian |
  | 1642 | | Thomas Hanham | Royalist | | Sir Francis Popham | Parliamentarian |
  | January 1644 | Hanham disabled from sitting — seat vacant | Hanham disabled from sitting — seat vacant | Hanham disabled from sitting — seat vacant | | | | Sir Francis Popham | Parliamentarian |
  | August 1644 | Hanham disabled from sitting — seat vacant | Hanham disabled from sitting — seat vacant | Hanham disabled from sitting — seat vacant | Popham died — seat vacant | Popham died — seat vacant | Popham died — seat vacant |
  | 1645 | | Walter Strickland | | | Edward Popham | |
  | December 1648 | | Walter Strickland | | Popham not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Popham not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | Popham not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge |
  | 1653 | Minehead was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Minehead was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Minehead was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Minehead was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Minehead was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | Minehead was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate |
  | January 1659 | | Richard Hutchinson | | | Colonel Alexander Popham | |
  | May 1659 | | Walter Strickland | | One seat vacant | One seat vacant | One seat vacant |
  | 1660 | | Francis Luttrell I | | | Charles Pym | |
  | 1661 | | Francis Luttrell I | | | Sir Hugh Wyndham | |
  | 1666 by-election | | Sir John Malet | | | Sir Hugh Wyndham | |
  | 1673 by-election | | Sir John Malet | | | Thomas Wyndham | |
  | February 1679 | | Sir John Malet | | | Francis Luttrell II | |
  | September 1679 | | Thomas Palmer | | | Francis Luttrell II | |
  | 1685 | | Nathaniel Palmer | | | Francis Luttrell II | |
  | September 1690 by-election | | John Sanford | | | Francis Luttrell II | |
  | October 1690 by-election | | John Sanford | | | Alexander Luttrell II | |
  | 1698 | | Sir Jacob Banks | | | Alexander Luttrell II | |
  | 1708 | | Sir Jacob Banks | | | Sir John Trevelyan | |
  | 1715 | | Sir William Wyndham | | | Sir John Trevelyan | |
  | April 1717 by-election | | Samuel Edwin | | | Thomas Gage | |
  | May 1717 (on petition) | | Sir John Trevelyan | | | James Milner | |
  | 1721 by-election | | Sir John Trevelyan | | | Sir Richard Lane | |
  | January 1722 (on petition) | | Sir John Trevelyan | | | Robert Mansel | |
  | March 1722 | | Thomas Hales | | | Robert Mansel | |
  | 1723 by-election | | Thomas Hales | | | Francis Whitworth | |
  | 1727 | | Alexander Luttrell III | | | Francis Whitworth | |
  | 1737 by-election | | Sir William Codrington | | | Francis Whitworth | |
  | 1739 by-election | | Thomas Carew | | | Francis Whitworth | |
  | 1742 by-election | | Thomas Carew | | | John Periam | |
  | 1747 | | Percy Wyndham-O'Brien | | | Charles Whitworth | |
  | 1754 | | Daniel Boone | | | Charles Whitworth | |
  | 1761 | | Henry Shiffner | | | The Earl of Thomond | |
  | 1768 | | Henry Fownes Luttrell I | | | Sir Charles Whitworth | |
  | October 1774 | | Henry Fownes Luttrell I | | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | December 1774 by-election | | Thomas Pownall | | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1780 | | Francis Fownes Luttrell | | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1783 by-election | | Henry Beaufoy | | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | June 1784 by-election | | Captain the Hon. Charles Phipps | | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1786 by-election | | Robert Wood | | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1790 | | Viscount Parker | Tory | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1795 by-election | | Thomas Fownes Luttrell | Tory | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1796 | | John Langston | Tory | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1802 | | John Patteson | Tory | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1806 | | The Lord Rancliffe | Whig | | Sir John Lethbridge, 1st Baronet | Tory |
  | January 1807 by-election | | The Lord Rancliffe | Whig | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | May 1807 | | John Denison | Tory | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1812 | | John Fownes Luttrell, junior | Tory | | John Fownes Luttrell | Tory |
  | 1816 by-election | | John Fownes Luttrell, junior | Tory | | Henry Fownes Luttrell II | Tory |
  | 1822 by-election | | John Fownes Luttrell, junior | Tory | | John Douglas | Tory |
  | 1826 | | John Fownes Luttrell, junior | Tory | | James Blair | Tory |
  | 1830 | | John Fownes Luttrell, junior | Tory | | William Edward Tomline | Tory |
  | 1831 | | John Fownes Luttrell, junior | Tory | | Viscount Villiers | Tory |
  | 1832 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
  