 Charles Seymour suggests he "obviously feared the Whig proclivities of the numerous tradespeople established there".The first representatives of the constituency were of radical opinions.Isaac Newton Wigney (MP 1832–1839 and 1841–1842) was described as being of "Whig opinions inclining to radicalism, in favour of the ballot, and pledged himself to resign his seat whenever his constituents called upon him so to do".