Shelf Township poll for Knights of the Shire 1837

 

The Poll for the Knight of the Shire for the West Riding of Yorkshire

Candidates:
1. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Morpeth
2. Sir George Strickland
3. The Hon. John Stuart Wortley

 

The requirement to vote at that time was that you must own or hold a minimum 60 year lease on land to a minimum value of £10 or be paying a rent at £50 per annum.
The ballot was a public affair and lists like the one we have transcribed below were later published.
A 1, 2 or 3 in the columns indicates which candidates votes were cast for. Wortley represented the Conservative party, and Strickland and Morpeth were Whigs. Strickland and Morpeth were elected but were unseated at the next election in 1841.
 
Name Surname Abode Morpeth Strickland Wortley
Geo. ADDISON W. Bowling      
Wm. ANDERTON Shelf 1 2  
Timothy AMBLER Shelf     3
Daniel BATEMAN North Bierley      
John BAINES Shelf 1 2  
Jabez BUTTERWORTH Shelf 1 2  
Moses BOTTOMLEY Shelf 1 2  
Joseph BOTTOMLEY Shelf 1 2  
Jph. BOOTHROYD Wike, Birstal 1 2  
John BARTLE Shelf 1 2  
Samuel BRIGG Shelf 1 2  
Joshua BLAKEY Shelf      
James BLAKEY Shelf      
Thos. BOTTOMLEY Shelf 1 2  
Thos. BOOTH Cross lane 1 2  
Benj. BARRACLOUGH Carhouse lane 1 2  
George BRIGG Standedge 1 2  
Wm. BARRACLOUGH North Bierley 1   3
J. CROWTHER Hipperholme cum Br. 1 2  
John CROWTHER Stone chair 1 2  
Jph. CORDINGLEY Lightcliffe     3
Jno. jun. DEARDEN Warley     3
Thos. DEWHIRST Carhouse lane     3
Jph. ELLIS Norwood green 1 2  
Jonas FIELD Hill top 1 2  
Jph. GARNER Cross lane 1 2  
John GLENDENNING Whichfield 1 2  
Thos. GREGORY Brow house 1 2  
Saml. HINSCLIFFE Carhouse 1 2  
Jph. HANSON Northowram 1 2  
Abram JAGGER Pepperhill 1 2  
Abm. KELLETT Pr. of Orange inn 1 2  
Jph. LISTER Cawood house     3
Wm. LISTER Bradford     3
Saml. LISTER Shelf moor 1 2  
Jph. jun. LISTER Highbentley      
Thos. LEE Planetrees 1 2  
James MURGATROYD Deanhouse     3
Rd. MISDALE Hipperholme     3
J. MURGATROYD Wadehouse lane 1 2  
L. MASSEY Haberghameaves, Lan. 1 2  
John NORTH North Bierley     3
Rd. OATES Whichfield     3
Saml. PEEL Carhouse lane 1 2  
John POLLARD Wike 1    
Wm. RHODES Carhouse lane 1 2  
John SHAW Upper Whichfield 1 2  
Jph. STOCKS Hipperholme      
Bentley STOCKS London 1 2  
Jph. SIMPSON Carhouse lane     3
Jas. STOCKS Riding hill 1 2  
Abm. SHARP Stone Chair 1 2  
Wm. SMITH Carhouse lane 1 2  
J. TURNER Near Cheltenham      
Jph. THACKRAY Hargreaves head     3
John WRIGHT Soper lane 1 2  
James WOODHEAD Brow lane 1 2  
Jas. WEBSTER Cross lane 1 2  
Peter WOODHEAD Cockhill     3

 

 

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