Totnes (UK Parliament constituency)
Totnes is a Parliamentary constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since December 2019 by Conservative Anthony Mangnall. Mangnall defeated incumbent Dr Sarah Wollaston who had originally been elected as a Conservative but defected to the Liberal Democrats earlier that year.[n 2]
Totnes | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Totnes in Devon | |
Location of Devon within England | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 67,562 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Totnes, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Salcombe and Brixham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Anthony Mangnall (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South Hams constituency |
1885–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Replaced by | Teignbridge and South Hams[2] |
Created from | South Devon |
1295–1868 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Devon Southern |
History
The current constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, from parts of the former South Hams constituency. This had, in 1983, largely replaced the previous Totnes constituency, which had existed in a wide form since 1885, but in a much narrower form from the Model Parliament.
An original parliamentary borough of Totnes or Totness[3] had been created in 1295. It returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 election.
Political history
The modern constituency has returned Conservatives in general elections since its 1997 recreation, which suggests a safe seat, though it came close to falling to the Liberal Democrats in 1997. Its Conservative MP since 2010, Dr. Sarah Wollaston, defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2019, after a brief spell as an independent, and prior to that as a member of Change UK, a new party formed from MPs formerly Conservative or Labour, after she became disillusioned with the Conservative Party's position on Brexit. She came second to a new Conservative candidate in 2019.
During the 2016 EU Referendum, Totnes is estimated to have narrowly voted to Leave, by 53.9% vs. 46.1% Remain. Although the town of Totnes itself is a Remain stronghold, the rural areas of the constituency voted in favour of Brexit.
Boundaries
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Totnes, and the Sessional Divisions of Ermington and Plympton, and Stanborough and Coleridge.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Totnes, the Urban Districts of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, Salcombe, and Teignmouth, the Rural District of Kingsbridge, and parts of the Rural Districts of Newton Abbot and Totnes.
1950–1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Clifton, Dartmouth, Hardness, and Totnes, the Urban Districts of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, and Salcombe, the Rural Districts of Kingsbridge and Newton Abbot, and part of the Rural District of Totnes.
1974–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Clifton, Dartmouth, Hardness, and Totnes, the Urban Districts of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, and Salcombe, and the Rural Districts of Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, and Totnes.
1997–2010: The District of South Hams wards of Avon and Harbourne, Avonleigh, Dartington, Dartmouth Clifton, Dartmouth Hardness, Dart Valley, Eastmoor, Garabrook, Kingsbridge, Kingswear, Malborough, Marldon, Salcombe, Saltstone, Skerries, South Brent, Stoke Gabriel, Stokenham, Thurlestone, Totnes, Totnes Bridgetown, and West Dart, the Borough of Torbay wards of Blatchcombe, Furzeham with Churston, and St Peter's with St Mary's, and the District of Teignbridge wards of Ambrook, Ashburton, and Buckfastleigh.
2010–present: The District of South Hams wards of Allington and Loddiswell, Avon and Harbourne, Dartington, Dartmouth and Kingswear, Dartmouth Townstal, East Dart, Eastmoor, Kingsbridge East, Kingsbridge North, Marldon, Salcombe and Malborough, Saltstone, Skerries, South Brent, Stokenham, Thurlestone, Totnes Bridgetown, Totnes Town, West Dart, and Westville and Alvington, and the Borough of Torbay wards of Berry Head with Furzeham, Blatchcombe, Churston with Galmpton, and St Mary’s with Summercombe.
The Totnes constituency covers the eastern part of the South Hams district of Devon, including the towns of Totnes, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Salcombe, as well as parts of the unitary authority of Torbay, including the town of Brixham.
Constituency profile
The seat covers the undulating Totnes area in south Devon, which also includes the towns of Brixham, South, and Western Paignton which is in Torbay. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[4]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1660
Constituency created 1295
MPs 1660–1868
Two members
MPs 1885–1983
One member
Year | Member[14] | Whip | |
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1885 | Francis Mildmay | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1912 | Unionist | ||
1922 | Samuel Harvey | Unionist | |
1923 | Henry Vivian | Liberal | |
1924 | Samuel Harvey | Unionist | |
1935 | Ralph Rayner | Conservative | |
1955 | Ray Mawby | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see South Hams and Teignbridge |
MPs since 1997
Between 1983 and 1997 the constituency was replaced by the South Hams constituency. Anthony Steen was returned at every election.
Election | Member[14] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Anthony Steen | Conservative | |
2010 | Sarah Wollaston | Conservative | |
2019 | Change UK | ||
Independent | |||
Liberal Democrats | |||
2019 | Anthony Mangnall | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Mangnall | 27,751 | 53.2 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wollaston | 15,027 | 28.8 | 15.9 | |
Labour | Louise Webberley | 8,860 | 17.0 | 9.8 | |
Independent | John Kitson | 544 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,724 | 24.4 | 2.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,182 | 74.7 | 1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Wollaston | 26,972 | 53.7 | 0.7 | |
Labour | Gerrie Messer | 13,495 | 26.8 | 14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 6,466 | 12.9 | 3.0 | |
Green | Jacqi Hodgson | 2,097 | 4.2 | 6.1 | |
UKIP | Steven Harvey | 1,240 | 2.5 | 11.7 | |
Majority | 13,477 | 26.9 | 11.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,353 | 73.1 | 4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Wollaston | 24,941 | 53.0 | +7.1 | |
UKIP | Justin Haque | 6,656 | 14.1 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Nicky Williams | 5,988 | 12.7 | +5.3 | |
Green | Gill Coombs | 4,845 | 10.3 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 4,667 | 9.9 | -25.7 | |
Majority | 18,385 | 38.8 | +28.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,097 | 68.6 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Wollaston | 21,940 | 45.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 17,013 | 35.6 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Carole Whitty | 3,538 | 7.4 | −4.7 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Beer | 2,890 | 6.0 | −1.5 | |
Green | Lydia Somerville | 1,181 | 2.5 | N/A | |
BNP | Mike Turner | 624 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Simon Drew | 390 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Stephen Hopwood | 267 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,927 | 10.3 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,843 | 70.4 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 21,112 | 41.7 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Treleaven | 19,165 | 37.9 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Valerie Burns | 6,185 | 12.2 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Roger Knapman | 3,914 | 7.7 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Michael Thompson | 199 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,947 | 3.8 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,575 | 67.7 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 21,914 | 44.5 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Oliver | 18,317 | 37.2 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Thomas Wildy | 6,005 | 12.2 | −4.2 | |
UKIP | Craig Mackinlay | 3,010 | 6.1 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 3,597 | 7.3 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 49,246 | 67.9 | −7.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 19,637 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Chave | 18,760 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Victor Ellery | 8,796 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Referendum | Pamela Cook | 2,552 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Ind. Conservative | Christopher Venmore | 2,369 | 4.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | H.W. Thomas | 999 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Green | Andy Pratt | 548 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | James Golding | 108 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 877 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,769 | 75.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 35,010 | 52.16 | ||
Liberal | Anthony H. Rogers | 24,445 | 36.42 | ||
Labour | J. Duffin | 7,668 | 11.42 | ||
Majority | 10,565 | 15.74 | |||
Turnout | 79.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 27,987 | 45.18 | ||
Liberal | Anthony H. Rogers | 21,586 | 34.85 | ||
Labour | S.M. Spence | 12,366 | 19.96 | ||
Majority | 6,401 | 10.33 | |||
Turnout | 76.74 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 30,565 | 46.93 | ||
Liberal | Anthony H. Rogers | 20,922 | 32.12 | ||
Labour | Harold M. Luscombe | 13,249 | 20.34 | ||
Independent | J. Lewis | 394 | 0.60 | ||
Majority | 9,643 | 14.81 | |||
Turnout | 81.29 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 31,519 | 54.85 | ||
Labour | Robert Blank | 16,429 | 28.59 | ||
Liberal | David Penhaligon | 9,515 | 16.56 | ||
Majority | 15,090 | 26.26 | |||
Turnout | 76.67 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 25,623 | 47.81 | ||
Labour | Barry Smethurst | 16,900 | 31.54 | ||
Liberal | Paul Tyler | 11,066 | 20.65 | ||
Majority | 8,723 | 16.28 | |||
Turnout | 79.43 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 25,417 | 48.64 | ||
Labour | Reginald C.J. Scott | 14,542 | 27.83 | ||
Liberal | Edward B. Taylor | 12,297 | 23.53 | ||
Majority | 10,875 | 20.81 | |||
Turnout | 78.83 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 26,925 | 53.04 | ||
Labour | Terence J.B. Heelas | 13,116 | 25.84 | ||
Liberal | T. Cedric Jones | 10,719 | 21.12 | ||
Majority | 13,809 | 27.20 | |||
Turnout | 80.48 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 26,381 | 52.10 | ||
Labour | Daniel J.P. Mann | 14,787 | 29.20 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Claude Shobbrook | 9,471 | 18.70 | ||
Majority | 11,594 | 22.90 | |||
Turnout | 80.75 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 28,005 | 53.60 | ||
Labour | Charles A. O'Donnell | 16,409 | 31.40 | ||
Liberal | Harold Ernest Desch | 7,838 | 15.00 | ||
Majority | 11,596 | 22.19 | |||
Turnout | 82.85 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 26,104 | 49.01 | ||
Labour | D. Widdicombe | 15,767 | 29.60 | ||
Liberal | Harold Ernest Desch | 10,974 | 20.60 | ||
Communist | E. Tapscott | 423 | 0.79 | ||
Majority | 10,337 | 19.41 | |||
Turnout | 84.59 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 24,638 | 51.04 | ||
Labour | J.R. Warde | 16,098 | 33.35 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Henry Aggett | 7,536 | 15.61 | ||
Majority | 8,540 | 17.69 | |||
Turnout | 74.57 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Ralph Rayner
- Liberal: F Vernon Baxter [31]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 24,815 | 53.59 | ||
Liberal | Ernest Haylor | 17,639 | 38.10 | ||
Labour | William Roy John Henwood | 3,848 | 8.31 | ||
Majority | 7,176 | 15.50 | |||
Turnout | 79.24 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samual Harvey | 26,765 | 56.99 | ||
Liberal | Ernest Haylor | 20,203 | 43.01 | ||
Majority | 6,562 | 13.97 | |||
Turnout | 83.41 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 21,673 | 47.8 | -5.9 | |
Liberal | Philip Foale Rowsell | 17,790 | 39.3 | -0.9 | |
Labour | Kate Spurrell | 5,828 | 12.9 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 3,883 | 8.5 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 83.1 | -3.0 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 19,771 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal | Henry Vivian | 14,786 | 40.2 | ||
Labour | Kate Spurrell | 2,240 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 4,985 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 86.1 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian | 16,845 | 50.8 | +3.2 | |
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 16,343 | 49.2 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 502 | 1.6 | 6.4 | ||
Turnout | 80.7 | +2.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 16,532 | 52.4 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Underdown | 15,032 | 47.6 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 4.8 | -12.8 | |||
Turnout | 78.1 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Election results 1885-1918
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 14,680 | 58.8 | -4.5 |
Liberal | John Cairns[33] | 10,266 | 41.2 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 4,414 | 17.6 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 63.9 | -18.1 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Francis Mildmay
- Liberal: Robert Dunstan [34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 5,252 | 63.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Dunstan | 3,040 | 36.7 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 2,212 | 26.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 82.0 | -7.9 | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 5,505 | 60.6 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | Isaac Foot | 3,578 | 39.4 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,927 | 21.2 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 89.9 | +2.1 | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Mildmay | 4,389 | 57.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Lopes | 3,252 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,137 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,641 | 83.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,188 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 4,652 | 80.3 | +37.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Pearce-Edgcumbe | 1,141 | 19.7 | −37.7 | |
Majority | 3,511 | 60.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,793 | 63.0 | -20.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,188 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +37.7 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 5,226 | 63.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lewis Humfrey Edmunds | 2,998 | 36.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,228 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,224 | 87.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,370 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 4,630 | 67.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred John Sparke | 2,264 | 32.8 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 2,366 | 34.4 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,894 | 73.1 | -4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,431 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 4,815 | 66.9 | -13.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Herbert Lush | 2,384 | 33.1 | +13.4 | |
Majority | 2,431 | 33.8 | -26.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,199 | 77.7 | +14.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,263 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -13.4 |
Election results 1832-1868
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pender | 210 | 29.0 | −9.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Seymour | 204 | 28.2 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | William Gregory Dawkins | 162 | 22.4 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Bedford Pim | 147 | 20.3 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 42 | 5.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 362 (est) | 94.6 (est) | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 382 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.6 |
On petition, Pender was unseated on 22 March 1866. No writ was issued to replace him and, in 1868, the seat was disenfranchised and absorbed into South Devon.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Seymour | 165 | 51.2 | −19.8 | |
Conservative | John Dent | 157 | 48.8 | +19.9 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.5 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 322 | 90.2 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 357 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −19.9 |
By-election caused by the death of George Hay.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pender | 171 | 97.2 | +26.2 | |
Conservative | John Dent[41] | 5 | 2.8 | −26.1 | |
Majority | 166 | 94.3 | +90.7 | ||
Turnout | 176 | 49.3 | −39.0 | ||
Registered electors | 357 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +26.2 |
By-election caused by the death of Thomas Mills.
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Hay | 180 | 38.5 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Thomas Mills | 152 | 32.5 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | John Dunn[42] | 135 | 28.9 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 17 | 3.6 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 301 (est) | 88.3 (est) | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 341 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Hay | 171 | 34.5 | −12.6 | |
Whig | Thomas Mills | 150 | 30.2 | +2.6 | |
Peelite | James Thomas Mackenzie | 118 | 23.8 | +11.1 | |
Peelite | John Gregory[45] | 57 | 11.5 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 32 | 6.5 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 248 (est) | 78.7 (est) | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 315 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −8.8 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Hay | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
By-election caused by Edward Seymour becoming 12th Duke of Somerset.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 263 | 47.1 | −0.6 | |
Whig | Thomas Mills | 154 | 27.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 141 | 25.3 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 13 | 2.3 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 295 (est) | 79.5 (est) | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 371 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Seymour was appointed Commissioner of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
587
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 280 | 47.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 154 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Whig | Samson Ricardo | 153 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 294 (est) | 77.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 378 | ||||
Majority | 126 | 21.5 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 391 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 158 | 51.1 | +25.5 | |
Whig | Thomas Guy Gisborne | 151 | 48.9 | −25.5 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 309 | 90.6 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 341 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +25.5 | |||
The previous by-election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 142 | 50.0 | +24.4 | |
Whig | William Blount | 142 | 50.0 | −24.4 | |
Turnout | 284 | 95.6 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 297 | ||||
Conservative win | |||||
Whig win |
- Caused by Parrott's resignation. This by-election was later declared void.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 192 | 40.7 | ||
Whig | Jasper Parrott | 159 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | George Pownall Adams[46] | 121 | 25.6 | ||
Majority | 38 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 280 | 88.1 | |||
Registered electors | 318 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
- Caused by Seymour's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Jasper Parrott | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 259 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 153 | 67.7 | −11.7 | |
Radical | John Thomas Mayne | 73 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 80 | 35.4 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 226 | 81.6 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 277 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −11.7 |
- Caused by Cornish's resignation
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Cornish | 127 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Whig | Jasper Parrott | 127 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Tory | Edmund Parker | 66 | 20.6 | −79.5 | |
Majority | 61 | 19.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 179 | 82.5 | c. −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 217 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Courtenay | 56 | 40.6 | ||
Tory | Charles Barry Baldwin | 43 | 31.2 | ||
Tory | Henry Vane | 39 | 28.3 | ||
Majority | 4 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 78 | c. 83.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 94 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Courtenay | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Charles Barry Baldwin | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Notes and references
- Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- Both Baldwin and Blount received equal votes at the 1839 by-election and were declared elected. However, this was declared void on 8 April 1840 and a by-election was called
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