Wiltshire, North or Cricklade Division | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Replaced by | Swindon and partly Chippenham |
Cricklade | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Cricklade was a parliamentary constituency named after the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire.
From 1295 until the general election of 1885, Cricklade was a parliamentary borough, returning two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, previously to the House of Commons of England and House of Commons of Great Britain.
Initially this consisted of only the town of Cricklade, but from 1782 the vote was extended to the surrounding countryside as a punishment for the borough's corruption. The extended area came to include the village of Swindon, which later grew into a large town with the coming of the railways in the 19th century.
From the 1885 general election the borough was abolished, but the name was transferred to a county division of Wiltshire covering much the same area, and electing a single MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election: Cricklade joined the Chippenham constituency and a new Swindon constituency was created.
1832–1885: The hundreds of Highworth, Cricklade, Staple, Kingsbridge and Malmesbury, except the parliamentary borough of Malmesbury. [1]
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cricklade and Swindon.
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Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Nevil Story Maskelyne | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1892 | John Husband | Liberal | |
1895 | Alfred Hopkinson | Liberal Unionist | |
1898 | Lord Edmond FitzMaurice | Liberal | |
1906 | John Massie | ||
Jan. 1910 | Thomas Calley | Liberal Unionist | |
Dec. 1910 | Richard Cornthwaite Lambert | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Swindon | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Joseph Pitt | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | 669 | 36.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Calley | 639 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Whig | Philip Pleydell-Bouverie | 533 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 106 | 5.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,138 | c. 94.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
Gordon was appointed a Commissioner for the Affairs of India, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Thomas Calley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,546 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,640 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Neeld | 833 | 36.4 | New | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard (born 1779) | 734 | 32.1 | New | |
Whig | Henry Thomas Howard | 720 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 14 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,389 | 82.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,687 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Henry Thomas Howard | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,663 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,659 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,647 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Neeld | 778 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 770 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Charles James Monk [20] [21] | 633 | 29.0 | New | |
Majority | 137 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,407 (est) | 83.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,682 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 745 | 33.9 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Anthony Ashley-Cooper | 743 | 33.8 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | John Neeld | 712 | 32.4 | −3.3 | |
Turnout | 1,472 (est) | 87.0 (est) | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,692 | ||||
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | −6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Majority | 31 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 978 | 37.2 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 879 | 33.4 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | William Eliot | 772 | 29.4 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 107 | 4.0 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,701 (est) | 83.8 (est) | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,029 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Frederick William Cadogan | 2,844 | 38.9 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 2,452 | 33.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 2,009 | 27.5 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 835 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,075 (est) | 87.1 (est) | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,825 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 2,624 | 29.0 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 2,231 | 24.6 | −2.9 | |
Liberal | Frederick William Cadogan | 2,092 | 23.1 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Tucker [23] | 1,578 | 17.4 | −2.1 | |
Lib-Lab | William Morris [24] | 497 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | John Arkell [25] | 40 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 139 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,800 (est) | 75.9 (est) | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,325 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 4,350 | 50.9 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 2,441 | 28.6 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Algernon Neeld [26] | 1,748 | 20.5 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 2,602 | 30.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,791 (est) | 90.9 (est) | +15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,473 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 4,541 | 62.1 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | William Stone | 2,770 | 37.9 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 1,771 | 24.2 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,311 | 81.0 | −9.9 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 9,031 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 3,401 | 53.7 | +15.8 | |
Liberal | Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe | 1,683 | 26.6 | −35.5 | |
Independent Liberal | Sir John Bennett | 1,247 | 19.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,718 | 27.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,331 | 70.1 | −10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,031 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +25.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Husband | 4,569 | 56.1 | +29.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 3,571 | 43.9 | −9.8 | |
Majority | 998 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,140 | 77.1 | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,561 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +19.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Alfred Hopkinson | 4,679 | 50.5 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice | 4,580 | 49.5 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 99 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,259 | 84.2 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,994 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice | 5,624 | 52.3 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Frederick Campbell | 5,135 | 47.7 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 489 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,759 | 90.3 | +6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,911 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice | 5,754 | 53.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Ernest St Clair Pemberton | 4,920 | 46.1 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 834 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,674 | 85.8 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,441 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Massie | 7,294 | 56.1 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Arnold Ward | 5,716 | 43.9 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 1,578 | 12.2 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 13,010 | 90.4 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 14,390 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Thomas Calley | 7,389 | 52.2 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | John Massie | 6,754 | 47.8 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 635 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,143 | 93.0 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Cornthwaite Lambert | 6,937 | 50.5 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Calley | 6,809 | 49.5 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 128 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,746 | 90.4 | −2.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | 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;