Wm Henry Leatham

It was after the great Reform Bill of 1832 that Wakefield became entitled to send Member to Parliament. The first Member to be elected was Daniel Gaskell of Lupset Hall in December 1832. Gaskell was re-elected in 1835.

Have you ever wondered if your Wakefield ancestor voted and more to the point, who he voted for !

Well the scanned images of a small booklet can answer those questions.

Mr George Green Binns of Wood Street and Mr John Binns or Northgate both voted for Mr Leatham, as did Messrs., David, Edward, John, Robert Jefferson, Mr Robert Bownes Mackie all of Cliffe Field House.

While, Mr W H B Tomlinson of Calder House, Mr Alexander Mackie Child of Park Street, Charles Joseph Cambridge of Vicarage House and Benjamin Blackburn of the Fair Ground all voted for Sir J C D Hay.

But who didn’t vote – James Aspdin of St Johns, Guy David Fernandes of Sandal, Charles Roberts who had left the country, Thomas Giordani Wright of Westgate and Frederick Edert.

If you have family from Wakefield, take a look at the book, you never know what you may learn or who you may find.