Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Daniel Gaskell | Liberal | ||
| 1837 | William Saunders Sebright Lascelles | Conservative | ||
| 1841 | Joseph Holdsworth | Liberal | ||
| 1842 | William Saunders Sebright Lascelles | Conservative | ||
| 1847 | George Sandars | Conservative | ||
| 1857 | John Charlesworth Dodgson-Charlesworth | Conservative | ||
| 1859 | Both candidates disqualified for bribery, and borough went unrepresented until new writ issued | |||
| 1862 by-election | John Charles Dalrymple Hay | Conservative | ||
| 1865 | William Henry Leatham | Liberal | ||
| 1868 | Somerset Archibald Beaumont | Liberal | ||
| 1874 | Edward Green | Conservative | Election declared void on petition | |
| 1874 by-election | Thomas Kemp Sanderson | Conservative | ||
| 1880 | Robert Bownas Mackie | Liberal | Died in office | |
| 1885 by-election | Edward Green | Conservative | ||
| 1892 | Albany Hawkes Charlesworth | Conservative | ||
| 1895 | Viscount Milton | Conservative | Succeeded his grandfather in 1902 as the 7th Earl FitzWilliam | |
| 1902 by-election | Edward Allen Brotherton | Conservative | ||
| 1910 | Arthur Harold Marshall | Liberal | ||
| 1918 | Edward Allen Brotherton | Conservative | ||
| 1922 | Robert Geoffrey Ellis | Conservative | ||
| 1923 | George Henry Sherwood | Labour | ||
| 1924 | Robert Geoffrey Ellis | Conservative | ||
| 1929 | George Henry Sherwood | Labour | ||
| 1931 | George Brown Hillman | Conservative | Died in office | |
| 1932 by-election | Arthur Greenwood | Labour | ||
| 1954 by-election | Arthur Creech Jones | Labour | ||
| 1964 | Walter Harrison | Labour | ||
| 1987 | David Hinchliffe | Labour | ||
| 2005 | Mary Creagh | Labour | ||
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