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Until 1885 Devizes was a [[parliamentary borough]], electing two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) by the [[bloc vote]] system until the [[United Kingdom general election, 1868|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 Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP at every election since 1924. |
Until 1885 Devizes was a [[parliamentary borough]], electing two [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) by the [[bloc vote]] system until the [[United Kingdom general election, 1868|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 Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP at every election since 1924. |
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Its most notable MP was [[Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth|Henry Addington]], who held the seat during his term as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], as well as when he was [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]]. |
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| 1397 (Sep)|| William Salter|| John Peyntour <ref name = HoP1/> |
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Devizes | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Wiltshire |
Electorate | 68,846 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Devizes, Marlborough, Durrington, Pewsey |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Claire Perry (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
1331–1885 | |
Seats | Two until 1868, then One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Devizes is a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is now represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England.
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.
Boundaries
The Devizes constituency covers Devizes in Wiltshire and the surrounding former Kennet district.
Members of Parliament
1295-1640
Parliament | First member | Second member |
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1386 | Richard Gobet | William Salter [2] |
1388 (Feb) | Richard Cardmaker | William Salter [2] |
1388 (Sep) | Richard Cardmaker | William Spicer [2] |
1390 (Jan) | Richard Gobet | William Spicer [2] |
1390 (Nov) | ||
1391 | ||
1393 | William Coventre | William Spicer [2] |
1394 | John Tapener | Richard Brunker [2] |
1395 | Richard Cardmaker | William Spicer [2] |
1397 (Jan) | William Salter | Henry Webbe [2] |
1397 (Sep) | William Salter | John Peyntour [2] |
1399 | Richard Cardmaker | William Salter [2] |
1401 | ||
1402 | Simon Skinner | Richard Smith [2] |
1404 (Jan) | ||
1404 (Oct) | ||
1406 | John Huwet | John Kingston [2] |
1407 | John Peyntour | Simon Skinner [2] |
1410 | ||
1411 | ||
1413 (Feb) | ||
1413 (May) | John Coventre | Simon Skinner [2] |
1414 (Apr) | Thomas Coventre | Robert Smith [2] |
1414 (Nov) | William Coventre | Thomas Coventre [2] |
1415 | William Coventre | Roger Barbour [2] |
1416 (Mar) | Richard Litelcote | John Peyntour [2] |
1416 (Oct) | ||
1417 | William Coventre | Robert Tyndale [2] |
1419 | Robert Tyndale | William Hendelove [2] |
1420 | John Coventre | Robert Chandler [2] |
1421 (May) | William Coventre | Robert Smith [2] |
1421 (Dec) | John Baker | John Fauconer [2] |
1510-1523 | No names known [3] | |
1529 | John Poyntz | Richard Mytton [3] |
1536 | ? | |
1539 | ? | |
1542 | ? | |
1545 | Clement Throckmorton | Geoffrey Danielle [3] |
1547 | Sir George Howard | Nicholas Throckmorton [3] |
1553 (Mar) | ? | |
1553 (Oct) | William Rede | Thomas Hull [3] |
1554 (Apr) | Thomas Highgate | Henry Leke [3] |
1554 (Nov) | Thomas Hull | Edward Heynes [3] |
1555 | Thomas Hull | James Webbe [3] |
1558 | Thomas Hull | Henry Morris [3] |
1558 | John Young | Edward Heynes [4] |
1562/3 | Hugh Powell | Edward Heynes [4] |
1571 | Edward Baynton | William Clerke [4] |
1572 | George Reynolds, died and replaced 1580 by John Snell |
Henry Grube [4] |
1584 | Edward Baynton I | Henry Brounker [4] |
1586 | Edward Baynton I | Henry Brounker [4] |
1588 | Henry Brounker | John Delabere [4] |
1593 | Henry Baynton I or II | Richard Mompesson [4] |
1597 | John Kent | Robert Drew [4] |
1601 | Giles Fettiplace | Robert Drew[4] |
1604 | Sir Henry Baynton | Robert Drew |
1614 | Sir Edward Baynton | William Kent |
1621 | Sir Henry Lee | John Kent |
1624 | Edward Bayntun | John Kent |
1625 | Edward Bayntun | Robert Drew |
1626 | Robert Long | Sir Henry Ley |
1628 | Robert Long | Thomas Kent |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
1640–1832
Election | 1st Member[5] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[5] | 2nd Party | ||||
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March 1640 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Bayntun | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Danvers | ||||
November 1640 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Bayntun | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Nicholas | ||||
1653 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Devizes not represented in Barebones Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | |||||
September 1654 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Bayntun | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | One seat only | ||||
September 1656 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Scotton | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | One seat only | ||||
January 1659 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Chaloner Chute jnr | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Scotton | ||||
March 1660 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Lewis | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Aldworth | ||||
April 1661 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Yorke | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Kent | ||||
December 1666 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Norden | ||||||
October 1669 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Lewis | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Johnson | ||||
April 1675 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward Bayntun | ||||||
February 1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Walter Ernle | ||||||
September 1679 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Giles Hungerford | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Eyles | ||||
February 1681 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Walter Ernle | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Johnson | ||||
March 1685 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir John Talbot | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Walter Grubbe | ||||
January 1689 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir William Pynsent | ||||||
March 1690 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Thomas Fowle | ||||||
December 1690 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Methuen | ||||||
November 1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward Ernle | ||||||
July 1698 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Francis Child | ||||||
January 1701 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Merewether | ||||||
November 1701 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Methuen | ||||||
November 1702 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Child | ||||||
March 1703 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Merewether | ||||||
May 1705 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Francis Child | ||||||
December 1706 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Josiah Diston | ||||||
May 1708 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Paul Methuen | ||||||
October 1710 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Francis Child | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Richmond Webb | ||||
August 1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Child | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Nicholas | ||||
January 1715 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Josiah Diston | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Eyles[disambiguation needed] (expelled) | ||||
February 1721 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Benjamin Haskins-Stiles | ||||||
March 1722 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Joseph Eyles | ||||||
August 1727 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis Eyles | ||||||
April 1734 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Joseph Eyles | ||||||
February 1740 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Garth | ||||||
July 1742 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Lee | ||||||
July 1747 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Willy | ||||||
January 1765 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Garth | ||||||
June 1765 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Sutton | ||||||
September 1780 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir James Tylney Long, 7th Bt. | ||||||
November 1780 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Jones | ||||||
April 1784 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" | | Henry Addington | Tory | |||||
December 1788 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joshua Smith | ||||||
January 1805 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Grimston Estcourt | ||||||
June 1818 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Pearse | ||||||
March 1826 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Watson-Taylor |
1832–1868
Since 1868
Devizes has been considered 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.[6]
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Claire Perry | 25,519 | 55.1 | +4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Coombe | 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 Democrats | 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 Democrats | 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 | 39,090 | 53.3 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ms. JL Mactaggart | 19,378 | 26.4 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Ms. RJ Berry | 13,060 | 17.8 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | SC Coles | 962 | 1.3 | −26.6 | |
Green | JD 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 |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ Kerr, Andrew (20 April 2010). "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Electoral Services. Wiltshire County Council. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.