List of MPs elected to the English parliament in November 1640

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected in 1640 to the Long Parliament which began in the reign of King Charles I and continued into the Commonwealth.

The fifth and last Parliament of Charles I began at Westminster 3 November 1640 and continued sitting till 20 April 1653, when it was dissolved. There were five additional constituencies which were Ashburton, Honiton and Okehampton in Devon, and Malton and Northallerton in Yorkshire.

The length of the parliament and the turbulent times of the civil war resulted in a considerable turnover of MPs. At election, several MPs were elected for more than one seat, which resulted in re-elections and possible disputes. Some electoral disputes were never resolved within the term of the parliament. In the first year groups of MPs were lost - some were created peers as Charles I wished to strengthen his House of Lords; others were expelled as monopolists or for subversion. As the country plunged into Civil War, the Westminster parliament was divided, with over 150 MPs throwing in their lot with the King, and meeting at Oxford. These were nearly all disabled as a result. Several MPs on both sides were killed in action, adding to the normal roll call of deaths through natural causes. By around 1645 replacements were being elected to replace the disabled members.

In December 1648 the army imposed its will on parliament and large numbers of MPs were excluded under Pride's Purge, creating the Rump Parliament. Many who were not officially excluded did not participate in the affairs of the house. Although the parliament was dissolved in 1653 and four intervening parliaments were called, the Long Parliament was reconvened in 1659 for another dissolution.

This list contains details of the MPs elected in 1640 and shortly afterwards. For the second half of the parliament after around 1645 when a new set of MPs were drafted in, see List of MPs in the English parliament in 1645 and after. There is also a list of MPs not excluded from the English parliament in 1648

List of constituencies and MPs

BedfordshireConstituencyMembersNotes Bedfordshire The Lord Wentworth Sir Oliver Luke Wentworth went to the House of Lords 25 November 1640 and was replaced in 1641 by Roger Burgoyne Bedford Sir Beauchamp St John Sir Samuel LukeBerkshireConstituencyMembersNotes Berkshire John Fettiplace Henry Marten Fettiplace disabled 22 January 1644Martin disabled 16 August 1643, but readmitted 6 January 1645 Windsor Cornelius Holland William Taylor (In place of Thomas Rowe and Thomas Walter not duly elected)Taylor expelled 27 May 1641 and replaced by Richard Winwood Reading Sir Francis Knollys sen. Sir Francis Knollys jun. Knollys junior died in 1643 Abingdon Sir George Stonhouse Bt Disabled 22 January 1644 Wallingford Edmund DunchThomas Howard Howard disabled 22 January 1644BuckinghamshireConstituencyMembersNotes Buckinghamshire John HampdenArthur Goodwin Hampden killed in June 1643 Goodwin died August 1643 Buckingham Sir Peter Temple Sir Alexander Denton Denton disabled 22 January 1644 Wycombe Sir Edmund Verney Thomas Lane Verney killed October 1642 Aylesbury Sir John Pakington, Bt Ralph Verney Pakington disabled 20 August 1642 Verney disabled 22 September 1645 Amersham William Cheyney William Drake Cheyney died 1641 Wendover Robert Croke Thomas Fountaine Croke disabled 15 November 1643; Fountain died in 1646 Marlow John Borlase Gabriel Hippesley Election declared void Replaced by Bulstrode Whitelocke and Peregrine Hoby CambridgeshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cambridgeshire Sir Dudley North Bt. Thomas Chicheley Chicheley disabled 16 September 1642 Cambridge University Henry Lucas Thomas Eden Eden died 1644 Cambridge Oliver Cromwell John Lowry CheshireConstituencyMembersNotes Cheshire Peter Venables Sir William Brereton, Bt Venables disabled 22 January 1644 City of Chester Sir Thomas Smith Francis Gamull Smith and Gamul disabled 22 January 1644CornwallConstituencyMembersNotes Cornwall Alexander Carew Sir Bevil Grenville Carew disabled 4 September 1643; Grenville disabled 19 September 1642 Launceston Ambrose Manaton William Coryton Coryton expelled for falsifying returns in 1641, replaced by John Harris; Manaton disabled 22 January 1644 Liskeard John Harris Joseph Jane Harris and Jane both disabled 22 January 1644 Lostwithiel John Trevanion Richard Arundell Trevanion killed in action; Arundell disabled 22 January 1644 Truro John Rolle Francis Rous Bodmin John Arundell Anthony Nichols Arundell disabled 22 January 1644 Helston Francis Godolphin Sidney Godolphin Sidney Godolphin killed in action 1642; Francis Godolphin disabled 22 January 1644 Saltash George Buller Edward Hyde Hyde disabled 11 August 1642; Buller died Camelford Piers Edgecumbe William Glanville Both disabled 22 January 1644 Grampound William Coryton James Campbell Coryton replaced by Sir John Trevor Eastlow Francis Buller Thomas Lower Lower disabled 22 January 1644 Westlow Thomas Arundell Henry Killigrew Killigrew disabled 33 January 1644 Penryn John Bampfylde Sir Nicholas Slanning Slanning disabled 9 August 1642 Tregoney Richard Vyvyan John Polwhele Both disabled 22 January 1644 Bossiney Sir Christopher Yelverton Sir John Clotworthy Clotworthy sat for Maldon - replaced by Sir Ralph Sydenham - Sydenham disabled 28 September 1642 St Ives Francis Godolphin Viscount L'Isle Lisle chise Yarmouth, replaced by Edmund Waller; Waller disabled 14 July 1643 Fowey Jonathan Rashleigh Sir Richard Buller Rashleigh disabled 22 January 1644; Buller died St Germans Benjamin Valentine John Moyle jun. Moyle died Mitchel William Chadwell John Arundell Arundell chose Bodmin - replaced by Robert Holborne