the election of the government's nominee for the other, unless he wanted it for a member of the Holmes family. By 1831, the borough had a population of just 68, and it was disestablished the following year by the Reform Act. Members of Parliament 1584–1640 1640–1832 Notes References D Brunton & D H Pennington, "Members of the Long Parliament" (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) D Englefield, J Seaton & I White, Facts About the British Prime Ministers (London: Mansell, 1995) J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965) Henry Stooks Smith, "The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847" (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig – Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973) See also Isle of Wight Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) Politics of the Isle of Wight Parliamentary representation from Isle of Wight Politics of the Isle of Wight Parliamentary constituencies in South East England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1584 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1832 Rotten boroughs