Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 1st3 November 1640
Ashley-Cooper enters the Long Parliament as member for Downton.
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Ashley-Cooper enters the Long Parliament as member for Downton.
Cromwell is returned as member for Cambridge in the Long Parliament.
Hampden is re-elected and helps coordinate parliamentary opposition.
Haselrig is elected for Leicestershire and joins the parliamentary opposition.
Hyde is elected for Saltash and supports early constitutional reforms.
Pym again represents Tavistock and assumes leadership of the Commons reform programme.
Strode returns to Parliament after imprisonment following the 1629 confrontation.
Vane enters the Long Parliament with access to sensitive government information.
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