Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°21′07″N 1°59′42″W / 51.352°N 1.995°W
Devizes | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Devizes in Wiltshire. | |
Location of Wiltshire within England. | |
County | Wiltshire |
Electorate | 68,846 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Devizes, Marlborough, Durrington, Pewsey |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Claire Perry (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1331–1885 | |
Number of members | Two until 1868, then One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Devizes /dᵻvaɪzᵻz/ is a constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament and includes four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county.[n 1] The area's representative has been a Conservative since 1924.
History
Until 1885 Devizes was a parliamentary borough, electing two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system until the 1868 election, when the Reform Act 1867 reduced its representation to one MP, elected by the first-past-the-post system of election. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the parliamentary borough, and created a new county constituency of the same name, covering a wider area and electing one member. It has returned a Conservative MP at every election since 1924.
Its most notable MP was Henry Addington, who held the seat during his term as Prime Minister, as well as when he was Speaker of the House of Commons.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Devizes and Marlborough, and the Sessional Divisions of Devizes, Everley, Pewsey, Marlborough, and Ramsey, and part of the Sessional Division of Pewsey.
1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, the Rural Districts of Devizes, Marlborough, Pewsey, and Ramsbury, and part of the Rural District of Highworth.
1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, and the Rural Districts of Devizes, Highworth, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and Pewsey.
1983-1997: The District of Kennet, and the Borough of Thamesdown wards of Blunsdon, Chiseldon, Covingham, Highworth, Ridgeway, St Margaret, St Philip, and Wroughton.
1997-2010: The District of Kennet, the District of North Wiltshire wards of Calne Abberd, Calne Central, Calne North, Calne North East, Calne South, and Calne Without, and the District of West Wiltshire wards of Blackmore Forest, Melksham Forest, Melksham Lambourne, Melksham Roundpoint, Melksham Town, and Melksham Woodrow.
2010-present: The District of Kennet, and the District of Salisbury wards of Bulford and Durrington.
The Devizes constituency covers Devizes in Wiltshire and the surrounding former Kennet district, which includes the towns of Marlborough, Durrington and Tidworth.
Members of Parliament
1295-1640
1640–1832
1832–1868
Election | 1st Member[7] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[7] | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | Wadham Locke | Montague Gore | Whig | |||
February 1834 | Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham | |||||
November 1835 | Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt | Conservative | ||||
February 1836 | James Whitley Deans Dundas | |||||
May 1838 | George Heneage Walker Heneage | |||||
February 1844 | William Heald Ludlow Bruges | |||||
February 1848 | James Bucknall Bucknall-Estcourt | |||||
1852 | John Neilson Gladstone | |||||
1857 | Simon Watson Taylor | Christopher Darby Griffith | ||||
1859 | John Neilson Gladstone | |||||
Feb 1863 | William Wells Addington | |||||
Apr 1864 | Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt. | Conservative | ||||
1868 | Second Reform Act: representation reduced to one member |
Since 1868
Devizes has been a safe Conservative seat since 1945. The current Member of Parliament is Claire Perry who was first elected at the 2010 general election, succeeding Michael Ancram, who had stood down at that election on health grounds.[8]
Fictional Member of Parliament
Devizes was the stated constituency of fictional Conservative MP The Honourable Sir Piers Fletcher-Dervish, Baronet, later Junior Minister for Housing, in the TV sitcom The New Statesman, which was produced and set during the same decade (1980s) that Charles Andrew Morrison was MP for the real-life seat. He was portrayed by actor Michael Troughton.
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Claire Perry | 28,295 | 57.7 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | David Pollitt | 7,544 | 15.4 | +10.9 | |
Labour | Chris Watts | 6,360 | 13 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Manda Rigby | 3,954 | 8.1 | -18.9 | |
Green | Emma Dawnay[10] | 2,853 | 5.8 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 20,751 | 42.3 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,006 | 70.8 | +2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Claire Perry | 25,519 | 55.1 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Fiona Hornby | 12,514 | 27.0 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Junab Ali | 4,711 | 10.2 | -12.2 | |
UKIP | Patricia Bryant | 2,076 | 4.5 | +0.2 | |
Green | Mark Fletcher | 813 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Martin Houlden | 566 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Libertarian | Nic Coome | 141 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,005 | 28.1 | |||
Turnout | 46,340 | 68.8 | +3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Michael Ancram | 27,253 | 48.5 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Fiona Hornby | 14,059 | 25.0 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Sharon Charity | 12,519 | 22.3 | −2.6 | |
UKIP | Alan Wood | 2,315 | 4.1 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 13,194 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 56,146 | 65.2 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Michael Ancram | 25,159 | 47.2 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Jim Thorpe | 13,263 | 24.9 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Helen Frances | 11,756 | 22.1 | -4.5 | |
UKIP | Alan Wood | 1,521 | 2.9 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Sir Ludovic Kennedy | 1,078 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Long Tall Sally Potter | 472 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,896 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 53,249 | 64.2 | -10.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Michael Ancram | 25,710 | 42.82 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Antony Vickers | 15,928 | 26.53 | ||
Labour | Frank Jeffrey | 14,551 | 24.24 | ||
Referendum | John Goldsmith | 3,021 | 5.03 | ||
UKIP | S. Oram | 622 | 1.04 | ||
Natural Law | Stephen Haysom | 204 | 0.34 | ||
Majority | 9,782 | 16.29 | |||
Turnout | 60,036 | 74.69 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Michael Ancram | 39,090 | 53.3 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ms. Jane L. Mactaggart | 19,378 | 26.4 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Ms. Rosemary J. Berry | 13,060 | 17.8 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | S.C. Coles | 962 | 1.3 | −26.6 | |
Green | David Ripley | 808 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 19,712 | 26.9 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 73,298 | 81.7 | +4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 36,372 | 54.78 | ||
Liberal | Linda E Siegle | 18,542 | 27.92 | ||
Labour | RW Buxton | 11,487 | 17.30 | ||
Majority | 17,830 | 26.85 | |||
Turnout | 77.17 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 33,644 | 53.95 | ||
Social Democratic | E Palmer | 18,020 | 28.89 | ||
Labour | D Hulme | 10,468 | 16.78 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | G Ewen | 234 | 0.38 | ||
Majority | 15,624 | 25.05 | |||
Turnout | 74.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 32,439 | 50.92 | ||
Labour | VE Finlayson | 16,351 | 25.67 | ||
Liberal | John Bernard Ainslie | 14,059 | 22.07 | ||
Ecology | R Burcham | 713 | 1.12 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | AB Mockler | 142 | 0.22 | ||
Majority | 16,088 | 25.25 | |||
Turnout | 79.60 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 24,842 | 42.45 | ||
Labour | VE Finlayson | 17,821 | 30.46 | ||
Liberal | John Bernard Ainslie | 15,851 | 27.09 | ||
Majority | 7,021 | 12.00 | |||
Turnout | 75.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 27,878 | 44.53 | ||
Labour | Richard Oliver Faulkner | 17,980 | 28.72 | ||
Liberal | J Crawford | 16,753 | 26.76 | ||
Majority | 9,898 | 15.81 | |||
Turnout | 81.29 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 28,475 | 51.65 | ||
Labour | Richard Oliver Faulkner | 20,442 | 37.08 | ||
Liberal | John Jones | 6,210 | 11.26 | ||
Majority | 8,033 | 14.57 | |||
Turnout | 76.15 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 21,429 | 44.65 | ||
Labour | Ian Hamilton | 18,832 | 39.24 | ||
Liberal | Prof. Michael Patrick Fogarty | 7,730 | 16.11 | ||
Majority | 2,597 | 5.41 | |||
Turnout | 81.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Hon. Charles Andrew Morrison | 21,118 | 46.75 | ||
Labour | Irving HH Rogers | 17,170 | 38.01 | ||
Liberal | Prof. Michael Patrick Fogarty | 6,881 | 15.23 | ||
Majority | 3,948 | 8.74 | |||
Turnout | 81.37 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Charles Morrison | 19,554 | 46.87 | -4.54 | |
Labour | IHH Rogers | 17,884 | 42.87 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Michael Patrick Fogarty | 4,281 | 10.26 | +3.53 | |
Majority | 1,670 | 4.0 | -5.54 | ||
Turnout | 41,719 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Henry Percivall Pott | 20,682 | 51.41 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Edward Cave | 16,844 | 41.87 | ||
Independent Liberal | Jack Norton | 2,707 | 6.73 | ||
Majority | 3,838 | 9.54 | |||
Turnout | 79.23 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Henry Percivall Pott | 20,317 | 52.69 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Edward Cave | 18,242 | 47.31 | ||
Majority | 2,075 | 5.38 | |||
Turnout | 78.62 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Maurice Christopher Hollis | 20,319 | 52.02 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Edward Cave | 18,742 | 47.98 | ||
Majority | 1,577 | 4.04 | |||
Turnout | 81.41 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Maurice Christopher Hollis | 17,401 | 45.26 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Edward Cave | 16,216 | 42.18 | ||
Liberal | Richard William Thomas Aston | 4,832 | 12.57 | ||
Majority | 1,185 | 3.08 | |||
Turnout | 82.11 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Maurice Christopher Hollis | 12,796 | 47.0 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Edward Cave | 8,120 | 29.9 | ||
Liberal | Frances Louise Josephy | 6,278 | 23.1 | ||
Majority | 4,676 | 17.2 | |||
Turnout | 67.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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: Sir Percy Hurd,
- Liberal: Frances Josephy
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Sir Percy Angier Hurd | 14,438 | 59.32 | ||
Liberal | Frances Louise Josephy | 9,903 | 40.68 | ||
Majority | 4,535 | 18.63 | |||
Turnout | 72.20 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Percy Angier Hurd | 16,702 | 66.27 | ||
Liberal | Joseph William Molden | 8,501 | 33.73 | ||
Majority | 8,201 | 32.54 | |||
Turnout | 76.20 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Percy Angier Hurd | 11,979 | 47.8 | -13.1 | |
Liberal | Eric Macfadyen | 10,728 | 42.7 | +3.6 | |
Labour | R.P. Sheppard | 2,391 | 9.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,251 | 5.1 | -16.7 | ||
Turnout | 77.5 | +1.3 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | Percy Angier Hurd | 12,157 | 60.9 | ||
Liberal | Eric Macfadyen | 7,807 | 39.1 | ||
Majority | 4,350 | 21.8 | |||
Turnout | 76.2 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Eric Macfadyen | 9,202 | 51.8 | +11.1 | |
Unionist | William Cory Heward Bell | 8,574 | 48.2 | -11.1 | |
Majority | 628 | 3.6 | 22.2 | ||
Turnout | 69.5 | +4.6 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist | William Cory Heward Bell | 9,598 | |||
Liberal | Hilda Beatrice Currie | 6,576 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Unionist |
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8,512 | |||
Liberal | James Currie | 4,823 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Francis Edward Newman Rogers | 4,247 | 53.9 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Godfrey Dalrymple Dalrymple-White | 3,633 | 46.1 | -8.5 | |
Majority | 614 | 7.8 | 17.0 | ||
Turnout | 87.7 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Neighbouring constituencies
Wiltshire North, Swindon South, Wantage | ||||
Wiltshire North Chippenham Hampshire North West |
Newbury Hampshire North West | |||
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Wiltshire South West, Salisbury, Hampshire North West |
See also
References
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ As with all constituencies, Devizes elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- 1 2 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/chandler-robert-ii
- ↑ Cavill. The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ↑ "Tories select successor to Ancram". BBC News. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Press release: Green Party announces new candidates for Chippenham and Devizes constituencies". Kennet and North Wiltshire Green Party. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Kerr, Andrew (20 April 2010). "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Electoral Services. Wiltshire County Council. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "1964 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949 by FWS Craig
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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