He was returned unopposed at the 1695 English general election and voted for the attainder of Sir John Fenwick on 25 November 1696.
In the second general election of 1701 he stood for Nottinghamshire, where he was defeated, and for East Retford, where he was returned again in a contest.
He was returned again as a Whig at the 1705 English general election and on 25 October 1705 he voted for the Court candidate as Speaker.
He continued to follow the Whig line, and on 18 February 1706, voted to support the Court over the ‘place clause’ of the regency bill.
At the 1708 British general election he was returned unopposed through an electoral pact with Sir Thomas Willoughby.