Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Salisbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Outline map
Location of Wiltshire within England.
County Wiltshire
Electorate 68,731 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Salisbury
Current constituency
Created 1918 (1918)
Member of Parliament John Glen (Conservative)
Number of members One
1295 (1295)–1918 (1918)
Number of members 1295–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

Salisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

From 1295, the parliamentary borough of Salisbury returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England, and then to its successor bodies: the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced to one member. The parliamentary borough of Salisbury was abolished for the 1918 general election, and the name transferred to a new county division.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. A large portion of the former Salisbury district, excluding a part to the west, is included within the constituency.

[edit] Traditions

According to a local tradition, the Member of Parliament for Salisbury sings the song The Vly be on the Turmut from the balcony of the White Hart Hotel in St John's Street after winning each Parliamentary election.[2][3]

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created 1295

[edit] MPs 1295–1660

Parliament First member Second member
1386 Thomas Burford David White [4]
1388 (Feb) John Bitterley Thomas Burford [4]
1388 (Sep) David White John Hethe [4]
1390 (Jan) John Bitterley William Warmwell [4]
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393 John Bitterley William Warmwell [4]
1394 John Bitterley Thomas Burford [4]
1395 William Warmwell Richard Spencer [4]
1397 (Jan) Richard Spencer John Moner [4]
1397 (Sep) Richard Juel John Cary [4]
1399 William Hulle I William Walters [4]
1401 Richard Spencer John Levesham [4]
1402 John Wallop William Boyton [4]
1404 (Jan) William Waryn John Levesham [4]
1404 (Oct) John Wallop Richard Juel [4]
1406 William Bailey William Boyton [4]
1407 Thomas Child John Becket [4]
1410 William Bourer William Bailey, died 1410 [4]
1411 Richard Spencer Walter Shirley [4]
1413 (Feb) Walter Shirley William Waryn [4]
1413 (May) Walter Shirley William Waryn [4]
1414 (Apr) Walter Shirley John Becket [4]
1414 (Nov) Walter Shirley John Becket [4]
1415 Walter Shirley Henry Man [4]
1416 (Mar) Walter Shirley Henry Man [4]
1416 (Oct) Walter Shirley Thomas Mason [4]
1417 Walter Shirley William Waryn [4]
1419 Walter Shirley William Waryn [4]
1420 Walter Shirley Robert Poynaunt [4]
1421 (May) Walter Shirley Robert Poynaunt [4]
1421 (Dec) Walter Shirley Thomas Boner [4]
1510 Thomas Coke I William Webbe alias Kellowe [5]
1512 Thomas Coke I Richard Bartholomew [5]
1515 Thomas Coke I,
repl. Oct 1515 by John Abarough		 Richard Bartholomew,
repl. Oct 1515 by Thomas Brodegate [5]
1523 Robert Keilway I John Abarough [5]
1529 William Webbe II Thomas Chaffyn I [5]
1536 William Webbe II [5]
1539 Robert South Henry Coldston [5]
1542 Charles Bulkeley Edward Chaffyn [5]
1545 Thomas Gawdy I John Story [5]
1547 Sir John Thynne Henry Clifford [5]
1553 (Mar) George Penruddock John Beckingham [5]
1553 (Oct) John Hooper John Abyn [5]
1554 (Apr) Robert Griffith John Abyn [5]
1554 (Nov) Robert Griffith John Hooper [5]
1555 Thomas Chaffyn II John Hooper [5]
1558 John Hooper Robert Eyre [5]
1559 William Webbe John Webbe[6]
1562/3 Anthony Weekes Giles Estcourt [6]
1571 John Eyre Giles Estcourt [6]
1572 Giles Estcourt Hugh Tucker [6]
1584 Giles Estcourt Christopher Weekes [6]
1586 Giles Estcourt Christopher Weekes [6]
1588 Christopher Weekes John Bayley [6]
1593 Giles Hutchens Robert Bower [6]
1597 Thomas Eyre Giles Hutchens [6]
1601 Giles Tooker John Puxton [6]
1604 Giles Tooker Richard Godfrey
1614 Giles Tooker Roger Gauntlett
1621 Roger Gauntlett Thomas Hussey
1624 Henry Sherfield Roger Gauntlett
1625 Henry Sherfield Walter Long
1626 Henry Sherfield John Puxton
1628 Henry Sherfield Bartholemew Tookey
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) Robert Hyde Michael Oldisworth
1640 (Nov) Robert Hyde Michael Oldisworth
1645 Michael Oldisworth John Dove
1648 Michael Oldisworth John Dove
1653 Salisbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654 Edward Tooker William Stevens
1656 William Stone James Heeley Edward Tooker
1659 Henry Eyre Humphry Ditton snr

[edit] MPs 1660–1885

Election 1st Member[7] 1st Party 2nd Member[7] 2nd Party
1660 Henry Eyre Edward Tooker
April 1661 Francis Swanton
November 1661 Stephen Fox
1664 Edward Hyde
1665 Richard Colman
1673 William Swanton
1679 Sir Thomas Mompesson Alexander Thistlethwayte
1681 John Wyndham
1685 Sir Stephen Fox
January 1689 Thomas Hoby Whig Giles Eyre
May 1689 Thomas Pitt
1695 Sir Thomas Mompesson
1698 Charles Fox Robert Eyre
January 1701 Sir Thomas Mompesson
July 1701 Charles Fox
1710 Robert Pitt
1713 Richard Jones
1714 Sir Stephen Fox
1715 Francis Swanton Edmund Lambert
1721 Anthony Duncombe
1722 Francis Kenton
1727 Thomas Lewis
1734 Peter Bathurst Henry Hoare
1741 Sir Jacob Bouverie Sir Edward Seymour
1747 Hon. William Bouverie Edward Poore
1754 Julines Beckford
1761 Hon. Edward Bouverie
1765 Samuel Eyre
1768 Hon. Stephen Fox
1771 Viscount Folkestone
1774 William Hussey
1776 Hon. William Henry Bouverie
1802 Viscount Folkestone
1813 George Purefoy-Jervoise
1818 Wadham Wyndham Tory
1828 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Whig
1832 William Bird Brodie Whig
1833 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Whig
1835 Wadham Wyndham Conservative
1843 by-election Ambrose Hussey Conservative
1843 by-election John Henry Campbell Conservative
Jan. 1847 by-election William James Chaplin Whig
Jul. 1847 Charles Baring Wall Whig
1853 by-election Edward Pery Buckley Liberal
1857 Matthew Henry Marsh Liberal
1865 Edward William Terrick Hamilton Liberal
1868 John Alfred Lush Liberal
1869 by-election Alfred Seymour Liberal
1874 Granville Richard Ryder Conservative
1880 William Grenfell Liberal John Passmore Edwards Liberal
1882 by-election Coleridge John Kennard Conservative
1885 representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

[edit] MPs since 1885

Election Member[7] Party
1885 William Grenfell Liberal
1886 Edward Hulse Conservative
1897 by-election Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen Conservative
1900 Walter Palmer Conservative
1906 Edward Tennant Liberal
Jan. 1910 Godfrey Locker-Lampson Conservative
1918 Hugh Morrison Conservative
1923 Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton Liberal
1924 Hugh Morrison Conservative
1931 by-election James Despencer-Robertson Conservative
1942 by-election John Morrison Conservative
1965 by-election Michael Hamilton Conservative
1983 Robert Key Conservative
2010 John Glen Conservative

[edit] Elections

[edit] Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Salisbury[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Glen 23,859 49.2 +2.8
Liberal Democrat Nick Radford 17,893 36.9 +10.0
Labour Tom Gann 3,690 7.6 -11.0
UKIP Frances Howard 1,392 2.9 -1.3
BNP Sean Witheridge 765 1.6 N/A
Green Nick Startin 506 1.0 -2.4
Independent King Arthur 257 0.5 N/A
Independent John Holme 119 0.2 N/A
Majority 5,966 12.3
Turnout 48,481 71.9 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing -3.6

[edit] Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Key 25,961 47.8 +1.2
Liberal Democrat Richard Denton-White 14,819 27.3 −2.8
Labour Clare Moody 9,457 17.4 −0.1
UKIP Frances Howard 2,290 4.2 +0.5
Green Hamish Soutar 1,555 2.9 +0.8
Independent John Holme 240 0.4 N/A
Majority 11,142 20.5
Turnout 54,322 77.8 +12.5
Conservative hold Swing +2.0
General Election 2001: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Key 24,527 46.6 +3.7
Liberal Democrat Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce 15,824 30.1 -2.1
Labour Sue Mallory 9,199 17.5 -0.1
UKIP Malcolm Wood 1,958 3.7 -2.0
Green Hamish Soutar 1,095 2.1 +1.0
Majority 8,703 16.5
Turnout 52,603 65.3 -8.3
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Key 25,012 43.0 -9.0
Liberal Democrat Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce 18,736 32.2 -5.0
Labour R Rogers 10,242 17.6 +8.6
UKIP Nigel Farage 3,332 5.7 N/A
Green Hamish Soutar 623 1.1 +0.1
Independent W Holmes 184 0.3 N/A
Natural Law S Haysom 110 0.2 0.0
Majority 6,276 10.8
Turnout 58,239 73.6
Conservative hold Swing -2.0
General Election 1992: Salisbury[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Key 31,546 52.0 −2.9
Liberal Democrat PWL Sample 22,573 37.2 +2.2
Labour SR Fear 5,483 9.0 −0.4
Green Dr. SM Elcock 609 1.0 N/A
Independent SW Fletcher 233 0.4 N/A
Independent TI Abbott 117 0.2 N/A
Natural Law Ms. A Martell 93 0.2 N/A
Majority 8,973 14.8 −5.1
Turnout 60,654 79.9 +4.3
Conservative hold Swing −2.5

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

Salisbury by-election, February 1965
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Hamilton 17,599 48.2 −0.1
Labour Leif Mills 13,660 37.4 +3.0
Liberal Hugh Capstick 4,699 12.9 −4.4
Independent Conservative Horace Trevor-Cox 533 1.5 N/A
Majority 3,939 10.8 −3.1
Turnout 36,491
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1964: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Morrison 20,071 48.3 −4.5
Labour Leif Mills 14,311 34.4 +1.3
Liberal Hugh Capstick 7,176 17.3 +3.2
Majority 5,760 13.9 −5.8
Turnout 41,558 78.6 +0.4
Conservative hold Swing −

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

Salisbury by-election, July 1942
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Morrison 12,076 67.8 −3.7
Independent Progressive W. R. Hipwell 3,218 18.1 N/A
Independent Democrat J. D. Monro 2,519 14.1 N/A
Majority 8,858 49.7 +6.7
Turnout 17,813 39.7 −26.5
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election May 1935: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Despencer-Robertson 20,707 71.5 −5.4
Labour E. J. Plaisted 8,259 28.5 +5.4
Majority 12,448 43.0 −10.8
Turnout 28,966 66.2 −5.7
Conservative hold Swing −5.4
Salisbury by-election, March 1931
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Despencer-Robertson 15,800 53.9 +6.3
Liberal Mrs. Lucy B. Masterman 9,588 32.7 −6.6
Labour F. R. Hancock 3,939 13.4 +0
Majority 6,212 21.2 +13.2
Turnout 29,327 71.1 −10.8
Conservative hold Swing +6.6

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election May 1929: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugh Morrison 15,672 47.3 −9.0
Liberal Mrs Lucy B. Masterman 13,022 39.3 +3.7
Labour F. R. Hancock 4,435 13.4 +5.3
Majority 2,650 8.0 −12.7
Turnout 33,129 81.9 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ D. A. E. Cross, Salisbury: a history and celebration of the city (Teffont: Frith Book Co., 2004, ISBN 1-90493-884-2) p. 80
  3. ^ The Vly be on the Turmut at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 22 october 2011
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/salisbury. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/salisbury. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/salisbury. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  7. ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
  8. ^ "Election 2010: Salisbury". BBC News (BBC). 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d86.stm. Retrieved 9 May 2010. 
  9. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

[edit] Sources

  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-900178-26-4. 
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 497. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
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