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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) |
Seats | One |
1331–1885 | |
Seats | Two until 1868, then One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Devizes /dɪvaɪzɪz/ 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 Boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, 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
Election | 1st Member[7] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[7] | 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 | ||||
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 (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 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Coleman | ||||
Labour | Imtiyaz Shaikh | ||||
Conservative | Claire Perry |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Claire Perry | 28,295 | 57.7 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | David Pollitt | 7,544 | 15.4 | +10.9 | |
Labour | Chris Watts | 6,360 | 13.0 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ancram | 25,710 | 42.82 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ancram | 39,090 | 53.3 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane L. Mactaggart | 19,378 | 26.4 | −1.5 | |
Labour | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 36,372 | 54.78 | ||
Liberal | Linda Siegle | 18,542 | 27.92 | ||
Labour | Richard William Buxton | 11,487 | 17.30 | ||
Majority | 17,830 | 26.85 | |||
Turnout | 77.17 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 33,644 | 53.95 | ||
SDP | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 32,439 | 50.92 | ||
Labour | VE Finlayson | 16,351 | 25.67 | ||
Liberal | Jack 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 24,842 | 42.45 | ||
Labour | VE Finlayson | 17,821 | 30.46 | ||
Liberal | Jack Ainslie | 15,851 | 27.09 | ||
Majority | 7,021 | 12.00 | |||
Turnout | 75.22 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 27,878 | 44.53 | ||
Labour | Richard 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 28,475 | 51.65 | ||
Labour | Richard 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 21,429 | 44.65 | ||
Labour | Ian Hamilton | 18,832 | 39.24 | ||
Liberal | Michael Fogarty | 7,730 | 16.11 | ||
Majority | 2,597 | 5.41 | |||
Turnout | 81.02 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 21,118 | 46.75 | ||
Labour | Irving HH Rogers | 17,170 | 38.01 | ||
Liberal | Michael Fogarty | 6,881 | 15.23 | ||
Majority | 3,948 | 8.74 | |||
Turnout | 81.37 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Morrison | 19,554 | 46.87 | −4.54 | |
Labour | IHH Rogers | 17,884 | 42.87 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Michael 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Hollis | 12,796 | 47.0 | ||
Labour | Wilfrid Edward Cave | 8,120 | 29.9 | ||
Liberal | Frances 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: Percy Hurd,
- Liberal: Frances Josephy
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Hurd | 14,438 | 59.32 | ||
Liberal | Frances Josephy | 9,903 | 40.68 | ||
Majority | 4,535 | 18.63 | |||
Turnout | 72.20 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Percy 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Percy 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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Macfadyen | 9,202 | 51.8 | +11.1 | |
Unionist | Cory 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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Cory Bell | 9,598 | |||
Liberal | Hilda Currie | 6,576 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | 8,512 | ||||
Liberal | James Currie | 4,823 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
Election results 1885–1918
Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Hume Long | 3,849 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal | William Barber | 3,752 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | 97 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 81.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Hume Long | 4,123 | 63.2 | ||
Liberal | John Wynford Philipps | 2,397 | 36.8 | ||
Majority | 1,726 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 69.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse | 3,896 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | Walter Hume Long | 3,758 | 49.1 | ||
Majority | 138 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 76.6 | +6.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Alfred Goulding | 4,114 | 53.1 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse | 3,637 | 46.9 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 477 | 6.2 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 84.7 | + | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.0 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Alfred Goulding | 3,738 | 54.6 | ||
Liberal | Francis Edward Newman Rogers | 3,111 | 45.4 | ||
Majority | 627 | 9.2 | |||
Turnout | 77.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | +9.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Edward Peto | 4,709 | 55.7 | ||
Liberal | Francis Edward Newman Rogers | 3,742 | 44.3 | ||
Majority | 967 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 91.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Basil Edward Peto | 4,408 | 54.6 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Sidney Job Pocock | 3,670 | 45.4 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 738 | 9.2 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 87.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 |
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: Basil Edward Peto
- Liberal: James Currie[28]
Neighbouring constituencies
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. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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