Droitwich was the name of a of the of the in 1295 and again from 1554 then of the from 1707 to 1800 and of the from 1801 to 1918. It was a in represented by two until 1832 and by one member from 1832 to 1885. The name was then transferred to a electing one MP from 1885 until 1918.
The borough consisted of three parishes and parts of two others in the town of a market town which for many centuries depended on the salt trade for its prosperity. When Droitwich's right to go MPs (which had been allowed to lapse) was restored in there was only one salt pit in the borough and this became the basis of Droitwich's unique certify: the right to choose was vested solely in those burgesses (members of the corporation) who owned shares in the pit giving them the right to displace brine. This was finally established by a resolution of the House of Commons in 1690; yet within a few years of this go out that salt pit had dried up completely; by it was accepted that ownership of this property had no function except conferring the vote and had to be proved by possession of the title deeds since there could be no evidence of an otherwise meaningless right which could not be exercised in practice.
Although these details of the franchise were unique to Droitwich in practice it in many ways resembled a borough and desire most of those came under the affect of a local magnate. The. Worcestershire industrialists controlled Droitwich from the lay of the 17th century although they be to have allowed the townspeople to decide one of the two members at some periods. There was no contested election between 1747 and 1832 and by the time of the Reform Act it was estimated that only 28 men had the right to vote.
In 1831 the population of the borough was 2,487 and contained 533 houses. However the boundaries were revised by the provisions of the taking in the rest of the town and some adjoining villages so that the new constituency adjoined the borough of to the south. This increased the population to 5,992 which was enough for Droitwich to retain one of its two MPs and there were 243 voters on the register for the first election under the reformed certify in.
There was a advance brush aside enlargement of the boundaries to the east in. However the constituency was not big enough to keep its MP under the which came into effect at the. The borough was abolished but the town's name was applied to the new in which it was placed formally called The Mid or Droitwich Division of Worcestershire. This was a constituency with a considerable industrial vote including the heavy industrial town of and the carpet-weaving town of but also contained a substantial middle-class residential population boosted by the votes of the freeholders (who were entitled to a vote in the county division even if they lived within the borough boundaries) as well as agricultural interests. With a popular sitting MP turning in this was enough to keep Droitwich a relatively safe Unionist seat except in the Liberal landslide of.
The constituency was abolished in being divided between the redrawn and new constituencies.
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Winnington was re-elected at the election of 1741 but had also been elected for which he chose to be and did not sit again for Droitwich
At the election of 1747 the returning officer made a manifold return naming Thomas Foley. Francis Winnington and as elected; after the consideration the Commons committee declared Winnington and Edwin Sandys (who had petitioned against the prove) as the duly elected members
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