Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)
Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system.
Hereford | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Hereford in Herefordshire | |
![]() Location of Herefordshire within England | |
County | Herefordshire |
Major settlements | Hereford |
1918–2010 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Hereford and South Herefordshire, North Herefordshire |
1295–1918 | |
Number of members | 1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Previously, Hereford had been a parliamentary borough which from 1295 to 1885 had elected two MPs, using the bloc vote system in contested elections. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the borough's representation had been reduced to one seat at the 1885 general election, and for the 1918 general election the borough was abolished and replaced with a county division which carried the same name but covered a wider geographical area.
History
Hereford sent two representatives to Parliament from the beginning of the reign of Edward I. Although a county town, the early elections were always held at a different location from those of the shire, the former taking place at the Guildhall, the latter in the castle.
In 1885, representation was reduced to one Member.
Journalist Robin Day stood as the Liberal candidate in the 1959 general election.
From 1931 until 1997, Hereford was held by the Conservative Party, before being taken by Paul Keetch of the Liberal Democrats at the 1997 general election. Keetch served as the Liberal Democrats' spokesman for defence from October 1999 until May 2005, and announced on 17 November 2006 that he would not be standing at the next election.
Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire, taking effect at the 2010 general election, two parliamentary constituencies were allocated to the county. The Hereford seat was abolished and replaced by the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat, while the remainder of the county is covered by the North Herefordshire seat. [1]
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Borough of Hereford, the Urban Districts of Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye, the Rural Districts of Dore, Ross, and Whitchurch, and parts of the Rural Districts of Hereford and Ledbury.
1950–1983: The Borough of Hereford, the Urban District of Ross-on-Wye, the Rural Districts of Dore and Bredwardine, and Ross and Whitchurch, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.
1983–1997: The City of Hereford, and the District of South Herefordshire wards of Backbury, Broad Oak, Dinedor Hill, Doward, Fownhope, Garron, Golden Valley, Gorsley, Gorsty, Harewood End, Hollington, Kingsthorne, Merbach, Olchon, Old Gore, Penyard, Pontrilas, Ross-on-Wye East, Ross-on-Wye West, Stoney Street, Tram Inn, Walford, Whitfield, and Wilton.
1997–2010: The City of Hereford, and the District of South Herefordshire wards of Broad Oak, Clehonger East, Clehonger West, Dinedor Hill, Doward, Fownhope, Garron, Golden Valley, Gorsley, Harewood End, Hollington, Kingsthorne, Merbach, Olchon, Old Gore, Penyard, Pontrilas, Ross-on-Wye East, Ross-on-Wye West, Stoney Street, Tram Inn, Walford, Whitfield, and Wilton.
In its final form, the Hereford constituency contained the city of Hereford and most of South Herefordshire, including Ross-on-Wye, but excluding Ledbury and Much Marcle, both of which were in the Leominster constituency.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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Jan. 1377 | Richard Nash[2] | |
1378 | Thomas Whitefield[2] | |
1379 | Richard Nash[2] | |
Jan.1380 | Richard Nash[2] | |
1381 | Richard Nash[2] | |
Oct. 1383 | Richard Nash[2] | |
1386 | John Wych | Henry Catchpole I[3] |
1388 (Feb) | William Jonet | Thomas Chippenham I[3] |
1388 (Sep) | William Jonet | William Breinton[3] |
1390 (Jan) | John Wych | James Nash[3] |
1390 (Nov) | Henry Catchpole II | James Nash[3] |
1391 | Thomas Buryton | John Prophet[3] |
1393 | Thomas Buryton | John Wych[3] |
1394 | ||
1395 | Hugh Wigan | William Speed[3] |
1397 (Jan) | Hugh Wigan | James Nash[3] |
1397 (Sep) | Hugh Wigan | Thomas Buryton[3] |
1399 | James Nash | Thomas Buryton[3] |
1401 | Hugh Wigan | Thomas Whitefield[3] |
1402 | Thomas Chippenham I | John Troney[3] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | Henry Chippenham | Hugh Wigan[3] |
1407 | Hugh Wigan | Roger ...feld[3] |
1410 | ||
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | Henry Chippenham | George Breinton[3] |
1414 (Apr) | John Wilton | Richard Strange[3] |
1414 (Nov) | Henry Chippenham | George Breinton[3] |
1415 | ||
1416 (Mar) | Henry Chippenham | George Breinton[3] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | John Wilton | John Orchard[3] |
1419 | Richard Strange | John Abrahall[3] |
1420 | Thomas Chippenham II | John Falk[3] |
1421 (May) | William Buryton | Richard Strange[3] |
1421 (Dec) | Henry Chippenham | Nicholas Chippenham[3] |
1426 | Thomas Chippenham | |
1429 | Thomas Chippenham | William Buryton[4] |
1431 | Thomas Chippenham[5] | William Buryton[4] |
1432 | William Buryton[4] | |
1437 | William Buryton[4] | |
1510 | ||
1512 | Roland Brydges | Reginald Mynors[6] |
1515 | Roland Brydges | Reginald Mynors[6] |
1523 | ? | |
1529 | Richard Warnecombe | Thomas Havard[6] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | Richard Warnecombe | Thomas Havard[6] |
1545 | ? | |
1547 | Thomas Havard | William Berkeley, died and replaced Jan 1552 by John Warnecombe[6] |
1553 (Mar) | Hugh Welshe | ?[6] |
1553 (Oct) | Sir John Price | Thomas Havard[6] |
1554 (Apr) | Thomas Havard | Thomas Bromwich[6] |
1554 (Nov) | William Smothye | Leonard Boldyng[6] |
1555 | Hugh Gebons | Morgan Owgan[6] |
1558 | Henry Dudeston | John Gibbs[6] |
1558/1559 | John Kerry | Thomas Church[7] |
1562/1563 | Thomas Webbe, died and replaced 1566 by John Hyde | Henry Green[7] |
1571 | James Warnecombe | Thomas Church[7] |
1572 (Apr) | James Warnecombe | Gregory Price[7] |
1584 | Gregory Price | James Boyle[7] |
1586 (Sep) | Gregory Price | Thomas Jones[7] |
1588 | Gregory Price | Nicholas Garnons[7] |
1593 | Gregory Price | Thomas Mallard[7] |
1597 | Gregory Price | Anthony Pembridge[7] |
1601 | Walter Hurdman | Thomas Jones[7] |
1604 | Walter Hurdman | John Hoskins |
1605 | Anthony Pembrugge | |
1610 | John Warden | |
1614 | John Hoskins | John Warden |
1621–1622 | James Rodd | Richard Weaver |
1624 | Sir James Clerke | Richard Weaver |
1625 | Sir James Clerke | Richard Weaver |
1626 | Sir James Clerke | Richard Weaver |
1628 | The Viscount Scudamore | John Hoskins |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
MPs 1640–1885
MPs 1885–2010
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Edward Clive | Unopposed | |||
Tory | John Somers-Cocks | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,110 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Clive | Unopposed | |||
Tory | John Somers-Cocks | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,110 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Clive | 392 | 38.5 | ||
Whig | Robert Biddulph | 380 | 37.4 | ||
Tory | Richard Blakemore | 245 | 24.1 | ||
Majority | 135 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 610 | 66.3 | |||
Registered electors | 920 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Clive | 457 | 34.7 | −3.8 | |
Whig | Robert Biddulph | 435 | 33.0 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Blakemore | 426 | 32.3 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 9 | 0.7 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 813 | 91.2 | +24.9 | ||
Registered electors | 891 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −4.0 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Clive | 444 | 34.3 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Higford Davall Burr | 430 | 33.2 | +0.9 | |
Whig | Robert Biddulph | 420 | 32.5 | −0.5 | |
Turnout | 816 | 89.8 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 909 | ||||
Majority | 14 | 1.1 | +0.4 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
Majority | 10 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Clive | 531 | 39.7 | +5.4 | |
Whig | Henry William Hobhouse | 500 | 37.3 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | Daniel Higford Davall Burr | 308 | 23.0 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 192 | 14.3 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 787 | 81.9 | −7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 961 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.0 | |||
Hobhouse resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Pulsford | 442 | 59.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Edward Griffiths | 297 | 40.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 145 | 19.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 739 | 76.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 961 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ![]() |
Clive's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Price | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Price | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Morgan-Clifford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,061 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Robert Price | 458 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Morgan-Clifford | 452 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Augustus William Henry Meyrick[33] | 292 | 24.3 | New | |
Majority | 160 | 13.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 747 (est) | 73.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Price resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | George Clive | 399 | 63.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | William Kevill Davies[34][35] | 230 | 36.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 169 | 26.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 629 | 75.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 832 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Clive | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Morgan-Clifford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 832 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Clive | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Morgan-Clifford | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 971 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Baggallay | 510 | 34.2 | New | |
Liberal | George Clive | 499 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry Morgan-Clifford | 483 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 11 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,001 (est) | 82.4 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,215 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Clive | 1,055 | 26.9 | ![]() | |
Liberal | John Wyllie | 1,015 | 25.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Richard Baggallay | 983 | 25.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | George Arbuthnot | 872 | 22.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 32 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,963 (est) | 82.5 (est) | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,380 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
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The election was declared void on petition, after the Liberal agent was found to have "given breakfast to Liberal electors", and therefore was guilty of treating.[36]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Clive | 1,064 | 28.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Chandos Wren-Hoskyns | 1,033 | 27.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Richard Baggallay | 871 | 23.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | George Arbuthnot | 826 | 21.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 144 | 3.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,897 (est) | 79.7 (est) | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,380 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1870s
Clive resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Arbuthnot | 946 | 58.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Arthur Hayter[37] | 678 | 41.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 268 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,624 | 70.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,298 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ![]() |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evan Pateshall | 978 | 26.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal | George Clive | 921 | 24.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | George Arbuthnot | 903 | 24.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Joseph Pulley | 902 | 24.4 | ![]() | |
Turnout | 1,852 (est) | 79.1 (est) | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,340 | ||||
Majority | 57 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ![]() |
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Majority | 18 | 0.5 | ![]() | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
Pateshall resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Arbuthnot | 1,110 | 51.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Joseph Pulley | 1,066 | 49.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 44 | 2.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,176 | 82.7 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,631 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Pulley | 1,505 | 30.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Robert Reid | 1,321 | 26.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | George Arbuthnot | 1,099 | 22.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Frederick Dixon-Hartland | 1,041 | 21.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 222 | 4.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,483 (est) | 87.5 (est) | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 2,837 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Pulley | 1,360 | 51.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | William Henry Barneby | 1,296 | 48.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 64 | 2.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,656 | 88.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,002 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joseph Russell Bailey | 1,401 | 55.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Joseph Pulley | 1,136 | 44.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 265 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,537 | 84.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,002 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ![]() |
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Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Grenfell | 1,507 | 52.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Joseph Russell Bailey | 1,380 | 47.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 127 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,887 | 88.4 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,267 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
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Grenfell resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Cooke | 1,504 | 50.7 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Joseph Pulley | 1,460 | 49.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 44 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,964 | 86.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,415 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ![]() |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Cooke | 1,669 | 55.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Robert Pearce Edgcumbe | 1,356 | 44.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 313 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,025 | 90.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3,328 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ![]() |
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Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Arkwright | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Arkwright | 1,934 | 53.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Lucas-Scudamore | 1,692 | 46.7 | New | |
Majority | 242 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,626 | 94.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,852 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Arkwright | 2,320 | 60.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Evan Lewis Thomas | 1,533 | 39.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 787 | 20.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,853 | 94.8 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 4,066 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Arkwright | 2,200 | 60.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Joseph Davies | 1,430 | 39.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 770 | 21.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 3,630 | 89.3 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 4,066 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | William Hewins | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: William Hewins
- Liberal:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Charles Pulley | 11,680 | 75.8 | ![]() |
Labour | Sidney Box | 3,730 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,950 | 51.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 15,410 | 54.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 28,246 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Samuel Roberts | 9,670 | 56.6 | ![]() |
Liberal | Ernest Wilfred Langford | 7,411 | 43.4 | New | |
Majority | 2,259 | 13.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 17,081 | 62.5 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 27,316 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() |
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C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Samuel Roberts | 13,138 | 76.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | James Jonas Dodd | 4,094 | 23.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 9,044 | 52.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 17,232 | 62.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 27,774 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samuel Roberts | 11,448 | 55.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Howard Whitehouse | 8,280 | 40.0 | New | |
Labour | Sidney Box | 981 | 4.7 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,168 | 15.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 20,709 | 72.6 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 28,538 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Samuel Roberts | 13,210 | 60.6 | ![]() | |
Liberal | J. Howard Whitehouse | 8,604 | 39.4 | ![]() | |
Majority | 4,606 | 21.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 21,814 | 75.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 29,083 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Frank Owen | 14,208 | 48.7 | ![]() | |
Unionist | Frederic Carnegie Romilly | 13,087 | 44.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Henry Cooper | 1,901 | 6.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,121 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,196 | 78.9 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 36,984 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | ![]() |
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Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Thomas | 19,418 | 60.90 | ||
Liberal | Frank Owen | 12,465 | 39.10 | ||
Majority | 6,953 | 21.80 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,883 | 83.85 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Thomas | 18,234 | 61.84 | ||
Liberal | Walter Dingley | 8,853 | 30.03 | ||
Labour | George Clarke | 2,397 | 8.13 | New | |
Majority | 9,381 | 31.81 | |||
Turnout | 29,484 | 74.67 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: James Thomas
- Liberal: Archie Marshall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Thomas | 17,439 | 51.8 | -10.0 | |
Labour | William Pigott | 8,359 | 24.8 | +16.7 | |
Liberal | Archie Marshall | 7,871 | 23.4 | -6.6 | |
Majority | 9,080 | 27.0 | -4.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,669 | 69.3 | -5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Thomas | 18,314 | 51.6 | -0.2 | |
Labour | William Pigott | 11,185 | 31.5 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | Albert Edward Farr | 5,965 | 16.8 | 6.6 | |
Majority | 7,129 | 20.1 | -6.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,464 | 80.5 | +11.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Thomas | 21,204 | 61.3 | +9.7 | |
Labour | William Pigott | 13,396 | 38.7 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 7,808 | 22.6 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,600 | 77.6 | -2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Thomas | 18,058 | 51.8 | -9.5 | |
Liberal | Frank Owen | 8,658 | 24.8 | New | |
Labour | E.L. Patricia Seers | 8,154 | 23.4 | -15.3 | |
Majority | 9,400 | 27.0 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,870 | 78.8 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Gibson-Watt | 12,129 | 44.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal | Frank Owen | 9,979 | 36.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Bryan Stanley | 5,277 | 19.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,150 | 7.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 27,385 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Gibson-Watt | 17,763 | 49.3 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Robin Day | 10,185 | 28.3 | +3.5 | |
Labour | John W Wardle | 8,097 | 22.4 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 7,578 | 21.0 | -6.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,045 | 79.5 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Gibson-Watt | 17,780 | 45.45 | ||
Labour | Thomas J. H. Bishop | 12,020 | 30.72 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Vaus | 9,322 | 23.83 | ||
Majority | 5,760 | 14.73 | |||
Turnout | 39,122 | 79.10 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Gibson-Watt | 17,529 | 44.60 | ||
Labour | Michael Prendergast | 14,782 | 37.61 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Vaus | 6,996 | 17.80 | ||
Majority | 2,747 | 6.99 | |||
Turnout | 39,307 | 77.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Gibson-Watt | 22,011 | 53.20 | ||
Labour | Gerard D Purnell | 14,410 | 34.83 | ||
Liberal | Thomas R Crowther | 4,953 | 11.97 | ||
Majority | 7,601 | 18.37 | |||
Turnout | 41,374 | 73.37 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Gibson-Watt | 18,676 | 41.31 | ||
Liberal | CB Tannant Nash | 15,238 | 33.70 | ||
Labour | IE Geffen | 11,299 | 24.99 | ||
Majority | 3,438 | 7.60 | |||
Turnout | 45,213 | 78.89 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shepherd | 17,060 | 38.9 | -2.4 | |
Liberal | CB Tannant Nash | 15,948 | 36.4 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Michael K Prendergast | 10,820 | 24.7 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 1,112 | 2.5 | -5.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,828 | 75.8 | -3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shepherd | 23,012 | 47.7 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Christopher Green | 18,042 | 37.4 | +1.0 | |
Labour | IR Adshead | 7,150 | 14.8 | -9.9 | |
Majority | 4,970 | 10.3 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 48,204 | 78.5 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shepherd | 23,334 | 48.1 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Christopher Green | 21,057 | 43.4 | +6.0 | |
Labour | J Evans | 3,690 | 7.6 | -7.2 | |
Ecology | Victoria Murray | 463 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,277 | 4.7 | -5.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,544 | 75.8 | -2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shepherd | 24,865 | 47.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | Christopher Green | 23,452 | 44.8 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Vivian Woodell | 4,031 | 7.7 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1,413 | 2.7 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,348 | 78.0 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Shepherd | 26,727 | 47.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Gwynoro Jones | 23,314 | 41.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | JE Kelly | 6,005 | 10.6 | ![]() | |
Green | CT Mattingly | 596 | 1.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,413 | 6.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 56,642 | 81.3 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Keetch | 25,198 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | Colin Shepherd | 18,550 | 35.3 | ||
Labour | Chris Chappell | 6,596 | 12.6 | ||
Referendum | Clive Easton | 2,209 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 6,648 | 12.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,553 | 75.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Keetch | 18,244 | 40.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Virginia Taylor | 17,276 | 38.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | David Hallam | 6,739 | 15.1 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Clive Easton | 1,184 | 2.7 | New | |
Green | David Gillett | 1,181 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 968 | 2.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 44,624 | 63.6 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Keetch | 20,285 | 43.3 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Virginia Taylor | 19,323 | 41.2 | ![]() | |
Labour | Thomas Calver | 4,800 | 10.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Brian Lunt | 1,052 | 2.2 | ![]() | |
UKIP | Christopher Kingsley | 1,030 | 2.2 | ![]() | |
Independent | Peter Morton | 404 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 962 | 2.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 46,894 | 66.2 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
External links
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