Members of Parliament
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| Constituency re-enfranchised by Parliament in 1624 | ||
| 1624 | John Crew | William Hakewill |
| 1625 | John Crew | Francis Drake |
| 1626 | William Clarke | Francis Drake |
| 1628 | William Hakewill | Edmund Waller |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
| 1640 | William Drake | Edmund Waller |
| 1640 | Francis Drake | William Cheyney (d. April 1641) |
| 1641 | William Drake | |
| 1648 | Both members excluded in Pride's Purge | |
- Not represented in the First and Second Protectorate Parliaments; returned two members for the Third Protectorate Parliament.
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1659 | Francis Drake | John Biscoe | ||||
| 1660 | Charles Cheyne | Thomas Proby | ||||
| 1661 | Sir William Drake, Bt | |||||
| 1669 | Sir William Drake | |||||
| 1679 | Sir Roger Hill | |||||
| 1681 | Hon. William Cheyne | |||||
| 1689 | Edmund Waller | |||||
| 1690 | William Montagu | |||||
| 1695 | Montagu Drake | |||||
| 1698 | The 2nd Viscount Newhaven | Sir John Garrard, Bt | ||||
| 1699 | John Drake | |||||
| 1701 | The 2nd Viscount Newhaven | |||||
| 1701 | John Drake | |||||
| 1701 | Sir Samuel Garrard, Bt | |||||
| 1701 | The 2nd Viscount Newhaven | |||||
| 1702 | Sir Samuel Garrard, Bt | |||||
| 1705 | The 2nd Viscount Newhaven | |||||
| 1707 | John Drake | |||||
| 1708 | Francis Duncombe | |||||
| 1710 | John Drake | |||||
| 1713 | Montague Garrard Drake | Tory | The 1st Viscount Fermanagh | Tory | ||
| 1717 | The 2nd Viscount Fermanagh | Tory | ||||
| 1722 | Thomas Chapman | Tory | ||||
| 1727 | Montague Garrard Drake | Tory | Baptist Leveson-Gower | Tory | ||
| 1728 | Thomas Lutwyche | Tory | ||||
| 1728 | Marmaduke Alington | Tory | ||||
| 1734 | Sir Henry Marshall | Tory | ||||
| 1735 | Thomas Gore | Tory | ||||
| 1746 | William Drake, Sr | Tory | ||||
| 1754 | Isaac Whittington | Tory | ||||
| 1761 | Benet Garrard | |||||
| 1767 | John Affleck | Tory | ||||
| 1768 | William Drake, Jr | Tory | ||||
| 1795 | Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt-Drake | Tory | ||||
| 1796 | Charles Drake Garrard | Tory | ||||
| 1805 | Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake | Tory | ||||
| 1810 | William Tyrwhitt-Drake | Tory | ||||
- Constituency disenfranchished (1832)
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