William WilberforceSeptember 1780
Elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull, while still a student at Cambridge
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Elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull, while still a student at Cambridge
Returned as Member of Parliament for Yorkshire at the age of twenty-four
Wins the Tories 22 of the 45 Scottish seats
Manages the election winning 43 Tory seats in Scotland to 2 Whigs
Palmerston was defeated in the election for the University of Cambridge constituency
Elected Tory Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1806-32,
Palmerston stood again for the Cambridge seat in May but he lost by three votes after he advised his supporters to vote for the other Tory candidate in the two-member constituency so as to ensure a Tory was elected
Palmerston enters Parliament as Tory MP for the pocket borough of Newport on the Isle of Wight
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