Ashburton | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Devon |
Major settlements | Ashburton |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Devon |
Replaced by | Parts of Totnes, South Molton and Tiverton |
1640–1868 | |
Seats | Two (1640–1832); One (1832–1868) |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | East Devon |
Ashburton (also known as Mid Devon) was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament at Westminster, for the Parliaments of 1295 and 1407, [1] [2] and regularly from 1640 until it was abolished for the 1868 general election. It was one of three Devon borough constituencies newly enfranchised (or re-enfranchised after a gap of centuries) in the Long Parliament. It returned two Members of Parliament until the 1832 general election when the number was reduced to one MP. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
From the 1885 general election Ashburton was revived as a county division of Devon. It returned one member until it was abolished from the 1918 general election.
The Sessional Divisions of Crockernwell and Teignbridge. [10]
Ashburton re-enfranchised by Parliament in Nov 1640
Election | Member | Party | |
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1832 | William Stephen Poyntz | Whig [15] [19] | |
1835 | Charles Lushington | Whig [15] [21] [22] | |
1841 | William Jardine | Whig [15] [23] [24] | |
1843 by-election | James Matheson [25] | Whig [15] [26] [27] | |
1847 | Thomas Matheson | Whig [28] | |
1852 | George Moffatt | Radical [29] [30] | |
1859 | John Harvey Astell | Conservative | |
1865 | Robert Jardine | Liberal | |
1868 | Constituency abolished |
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Charles Seale-Hayne | Liberal | |
1904 by-election | Harry Eve | Liberal | |
1908 by-election | Ernest Morrison-Bell | Liberal Unionist | |
January 1910 | Charles Buxton | Liberal | |
December 1910 | Ernest Morrison-Bell | Conservative | |
1918 | Constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Lawrence Vaughan Palk | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Charles Arbuthnot | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold |
Arbuthnot resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | William Stephen Poyntz | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Stephen Poyntz | 74 | 45.7 | N/A | |
Whig | Robert Torrens | 47 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Tory | Lawrence Vaughan Palk | 41 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 6 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 81 (est) | 80.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 101 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Stephen Poyntz | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 198 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Lushington | 89 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Horsley Palmer [33] | 71 | 44.4 | New | |
Majority | 18 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 160 | 84.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 190 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Charles Lushington | 98 | 53.0 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | William John Utten Browne [34] | 87 | 47.0 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 11 | 6.0 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 185 | 81.9 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 226 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Jardine | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 280 | ||||
Whig hold |
Jardine's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Matheson | 141 | 59.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Horsley Palmer [35] | 96 | 40.5 | New | |
Majority | 45 | 19.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 237 | 87.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 270 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Matheson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 262 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | George Moffatt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 236 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | George Moffatt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 182 | ||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Harvey Astell | 91 | 50.3 | New | |
Liberal | George Moffatt | 90 | 49.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 181 | 92.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 196 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Jardine | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 350 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Seale-Hayne | 4,433 | 58.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William James Harris | 3,182 | 41.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,251 | 16.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,615 | 81.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,300 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles Seale-Hayne | 3,413 | 53.2 | −5.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | Richard Martin | 3,007 | 46.8 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 406 | 6.4 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,420 | 69.0 | −12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,300 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seale-Hayne | 4,361 | 54.4 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Robert Collins | 3,650 | 45.6 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 711 | 8.8 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,011 | 85.3 | +16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,392 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seale-Hayne | 4,380 | 52.4 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | John A Nix | 3,976 | 47.6 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 4,004 | 4.8 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,356 | 85.9 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,726 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seale-Hayne | 4,487 | 54.7 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | John A Nix | 3,716 | 45.3 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 771 | 9.4 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,203 | 83.9 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,777 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Eve | 5,034 | 58.6 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Harrison | 3,558 | 41.4 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 1,476 | 17.2 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,592 | 85.1 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,097 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Eve | 5,079 | 57.3 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Ernest Morrison-Bell | 3,790 | 42.7 | −2.6 | |
Majority | 1,289 | 14.6 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,869 | 85.0 | +1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,429 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Morrison-Bell | 5,191 | 52.8 | +10.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Buxton | 4,632 | 47.2 | −10.1 | |
Majority | 559 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,823 | 89.5 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,976 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Buxton | 5,668 | 51.1 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Ernest Morrison-Bell | 5,421 | 48.9 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 247 | 2.2 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,089 | 92.6 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ernest Morrison-Bell | 5,579 | 51.6 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Buxton | 5,225 | 48.4 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 354 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,804 | 90.2 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.7 |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;