Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)

For the future constituency, see Droitwich and Evesham (UK Parliament constituency).

Evesham
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1295, 1604–1885
Seats	two until 1868, then one

Worcestershire, Evesham
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seats	one
Replaced by	Worcester and South Worcestershire

Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the English and later British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295. After this its franchise lapsed for several centuries, but it then returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1604 until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member under the Representation of the People Act 1867.

From the 1885 general election, Evesham was abolished as a borough but the name was transferred to a larger county constituency electing one MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, with the town of Evesham itself being transferred to the new seat of South Worcestershire. Between 1885 and 1918 the constituency had the full name of the Southern, or Evesham, Division of Worcestershire (not to be confused with the 1950 seat).

Boundaries

• 1604–1885: The parishes of All Saints, Evesham, St Lawrence, Evesham and Bengeworth
• 1885–1918: The petty sessional divisions of Blockley, Evesham, Pershore and Upton-on-Severn, and parts of the petty sessional divisions of Malvern and Redditch
• 1918–1950: The municipal boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham, the rural districts of Droitwich, Evesham, Feckenham, Pershore and Shipston-on-Stour, the parishes of Bredon, Bredon's Norton, Conderton, Overbury and Teddington from the rural district of Tewkesbury and the parts of the rural districts of Stow on the Wold and Winchcombe within the administrative county of Worcestershire

Members of Parliament

1604-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1604-1611	Thomas Biggs	Sir Philip Knightley, died and replaced 1605 by Robert Bowyer, appointed to crown office and replaced 1610 by Edward Salter
1614-1622	Sir Thomas Biggs	Anthony Langston
1621	Sir Thomas Biggs	Anthony Langston
1624	Sir Edward Conway	Richard Cresheld
1625	Richard Cresheld	Anthony Langston
1626	Sir John Hare	Anthony Langston
1628	Sir Robert Harley	Richard Cresheld
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640-1868

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
April 1640		William Sandys [1]	Royalist		William Morton
November 1640					Richard Cresheld	Parliamentarian
1641		John Coventry	Royalist
September 1642	Coventry disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645		Samuel Gardner
December 1648				Cresheld not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653	Evesham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659		Theophilus Andrews			Robert Atkyns
May 1659	Evesham was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		John Egioke			Sir Thomas Rouse
1661		William Sandys			Abraham Cullen
1669					Sir John Hanmer
1670		Sir James Rushout
1679					Henry Parker
1681					Edward Rudge
1685		Henry Parker			Sir John Matthewes
1690		Sir James Rushout			Edward Rudge
1695					Henry Parker
1698		John Rudge	Whig
January 1701					Sir James Rushout
November 1701		Hugh Parker
1702					John Rudge	Whig
1708		Sir Edward Goodere
1715		John Deacle
1722		Sir John Rushout	Whig
1734					William Taylor
1741					Edward Rudge
1754					John Porter
1756					Edward Rudge
1761					John Rushout
1768		George Durant
1774		Henry Seymour
1780		Charles Boughton
1790		Thomas Thompson
1796					Charles Thellusson
1802		Patrick Craufurd Bruce
1806		William Manning	Tory		Humphrey Howorth	Opposition Whig
1807					Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes [2]	Tory
1808					Humphrey Howorth	Whig
1818		William Rouse-Boughton	Whig [3]
1819		Sir Charles Cockerell	Tory [3] [4]
1820					William Rouse-Boughton	Whig [3]
1826					Edward Protheroe	Whig [3]
1830					Lord Kennedy	Tory [3]
1831					Thomas Hudson	Whig [3]
1832			Whig [3] [4] [5]
1835					Peter Borthwick [6]	Conservative [3]
1837		George Rushout	Conservative [3]
1838					Lord Marcus Hill	Whig [3] [7] [8]
1841		Peter Borthwick	Conservative [3]
1847		Sir Henry Willoughby, Bt	Conservative
1852					Grenville Berkeley	Whig [9]
1855					Edward Holland	Whig [10] [11] [12]
1859						Liberal
1865		James Bourne	Conservative

1868-1950

Election		Member	Party
	1868	James Bourne	Conservative
	1880	Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff	Liberal
	July 1880	Frederick Lehmann [13]	Liberal
	1881	Frederick Dixon-Hartland	Conservative
	1885	Sir Richard Temple	Conservative
	1892	Sir Edmund Lechmere	Conservative
	1895	Charles Wigram Long	Conservative
	January 1910	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	Conservative
	1935	Rupert de la Bere	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Evesham ^{[3] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Cockerell	231	47.2
	Tory	Archibald Kennedy	148	30.3
	Whig	Alexander Raphael	110	22.5
Majority			38	7.8	N/A
Turnout			301	c. 70.5
Registered electors			c. 427
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing

The 1830 election was declared void on 13 December 1830, but no new writ was issued before dissolution ahead of the 1831 election. ^[14]

General election 1831: Evesham ^{[3] [14]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Charles Cockerell	208	41.5	−5.7
	Whig	Thomas Hudson (MP)	157	31.3	+8.8
	Tory	Archibald Kennedy	136	27.1	−3.2
Turnout			327	c. 76.6	c. +6.1
Registered electors			c. 427
Majority			51	10.2	+2.4
	Tory hold		Swing	−5.1
Majority			21	4.2	N/A
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+8.9

General election 1832: Evesham ^{[3] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Cockerell	234	40.9	−0.6
	Whig	Thomas Hudson (MP)	212	37.1	+5.8
	Tory	Peter Borthwick	126	22.0	−5.1
Majority			86	15.1	+10.9
Turnout			332	92.5	c. +15.9
Registered electors			359
	Whig hold		Swing	+1.0
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+4.2

General election 1835: Evesham ^{[3] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Charles Cockerell	Unopposed
	Conservative	Peter Borthwick	Unopposed
Registered electors			338
	Whig hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

Cockerell's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 February 1837: Evesham ^{[3] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Rushout	165	54.1
	Whig	Marcus Hill	140	45.9
Majority			25	8.2
Turnout			305	86.2
Registered electors			354
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1837: Evesham ^{[3] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Cockerell	168	34.3
	Conservative	Peter Borthwick	166	33.9
	Whig	Marcus Hill	156	31.8
Majority			10	2.1
Turnout			307	86.7
Registered electors			354
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

On petition, Borthwick was unseated and Hill declared elected instead.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Evesham ^{[3] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Marcus Hill	188	38.7	+6.9
	Conservative	Peter Borthwick	161	33.1	−0.8
	Conservative	George Rushout	137	28.2	−6.1
Majority			24	4.9	N/A
Turnout			335	87.7	+1.0
Registered electors			382
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.1

Hill was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 July 1846: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Marcus Hill	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1847: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Marcus Hill	195	39.2	+19.8
	Conservative	Henry Willoughby	172	34.5	−26.8
	Whig	Ralph Howard	131	26.3	+6.9
Turnout			249 (est)	70.1 (est)	−17.6
Registered electors			355
Majority			23	4.7	−0.2
	Whig hold		Swing	+16.6
Majority			41	8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−26.8

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Willoughby	189	42.4	+7.9
	Whig	Grenville Berkeley	170	38.1	−1.1
	Radical	Charles Wilkins [16] [17]	87	19.5	−6.8
Turnout			223 (est)	63.9 (est)	−6.2
Registered electors			349
Majority			19	4.3	−3.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5
Majority			83	18.6	+13.9
	Whig hold		Swing	+1.2

Berkeley resigned to contest the 1855 by-election in Cheltenham, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 July 1855: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward Holland	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1857: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Willoughby	172	42.7	+0.3
	Whig	Edward Holland	170	42.2	+4.1
	Peelite	Henry Robert Addison [18] [19]	61	15.1	N/A
Turnout			202 (est)	61.1 (est)	−2.8
Registered electors			330
Majority			2	0.5	−3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.9
Majority			109	27.1	+8.5
	Whig hold		Swing	+1.9

General election 1859: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Willoughby	188	48.7	+6.0
	Liberal	Edward Holland	149	38.6	−3.6
	Independent Liberal	Edwin Chadwick [20] [21]	49	12.7	New
Turnout			193 (est)	57.1 (est)	−4.0
Registered electors			338
Majority			39	10.1	+9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8
Majority			100	25.9	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 1860s

Willoughby's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 April 1865: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bourne	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1865: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bourne	175	53.4	+4.7
	Liberal	Edward Holland	124	37.8	−0.8
	Liberal	Josiah Harris [22]	29	8.8	N/A
Majority			51	15.6	+5.5
Turnout			299 (est)	88.7 (est)	+31.6
Registered electors			337
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bourne	347	53.4	0.0
	Liberal	Thomas S Richardson [23]	303	46.6	0.0
Majority			44	6.8	−8.8
Turnout			650	84.5	−4.2
Registered electors			769
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Evesham ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bourne	346	53.6	+0.2
	Liberal	Joseph Napier Higgins [24]	299	46.4	−0.2
Majority			47	7.2	+0.4
Turnout			645	86.7	+2.2
Registered electors			744
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Evesham ^{[15] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff	382	50.6	+4.2
	Conservative	Algernon Borthwick [26]	373	49.4	−4.2
Majority			9	1.2	N/A
Turnout			755	91.3	+4.6
Registered electors			827
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.2

The 1880 election was declared void on account of bribery of electors, causing a by-election. ^[27]

Dixon-Hartland

By-election, 9 Jul 1880: Evesham ^{[15] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Lehmann	378	50.1	−0.5
	Conservative	Frederick Dixon-Hartland	376	49.9	+0.5
Majority			2	0.3	−0.9
Turnout			754	91.2	−0.1
Registered electors			827
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

Lehmann's election was declared void, on account of bribery and corruption, and Hartland was then elected after scrutiny. ^[28]

Temple

General election 1885: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Temple	4,080	51.5	+2.1
	Liberal	Arthur Chamberlain	3,848	48.5	−2.1
Majority			232	3.0	N/A
Turnout			7,928	83.3	−8.0
Registered electors			9,522
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.1

General election 1886: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Temple	4,127	63.3	+11.8
	Liberal	Daniel Pidgeon	2,391	36.7	−11.8
Majority			1,736	26.6	+23.6
Turnout			6,518	68.5	−14.8
Registered electors			9,522
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Lechmere	4,170	53.7	−9.6
	Liberal	Frederick Impey	3,590	46.3	+9.6
Majority			580	7.4	−19.2
Turnout			7,760	81.0	+12.5
Registered electors			9,586
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.6

Long

1895 Evesham by-election ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Long	4,760	57.0	+3.3
	Liberal	Frederick Impey	3,585	43.0	−3.3
Majority			1,175	14.0	+6.6
Turnout			8,345	84.2	+3.2
Registered electors			9,914
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 1895: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Long	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Long	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Long	4,385	50.5	N/A
	Liberal	Arthur Worthington Biggs	4,293	49.5	New
Majority			92	1.0	N/A
Turnout			8,678	89.0	N/A
Registered electors			9,756
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	5,416	57.5	+7.0
	Liberal	Walter John Burt	3,998	42.5	−7.0
Majority			1,418	15.0	+14.0
Turnout			9,414	90.4	+1.4
Registered electors			10,416
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0

General election December 1910: Evesham ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

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;

• Unionist: Bolton Eyres-Monsell
• Liberal: William Pearce Ellis

General election 1918: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	10,479	62.0	N/A
	Liberal	William Pearce Ellis	3,570	21.1	New
	Labour	Walter Metcalfe Fielding	2,863	16.9	New
Majority			6,909	40.9	N/A
Turnout			16,912	58.5	N/A
Registered electors			28,931
	Unionist hold		Swing	N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	11,502	59.9	−2.1
	Labour	Robert Aldington	7,715	40.1	+23.2
Majority			3,787	19.8	−21.1
Turnout			19,217	65.7	+7.2
Registered electors			29,230
	Unionist hold		Swing	−12.7

General election 1923: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	10,976	54.5	−5.4
	Liberal	William Henry Collett	5,453	27.1	New
	Labour	Robert Aldington	3,705	18.4	−21.7
Majority			5,523	27.4	+7.6
Turnout			20,134	67.7	+2.0
Registered electors			29,729
	Unionist hold		Swing	+8.2

General election 1924: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	13,176	65.5	+11.0
	Labour	Robert Aldington	3,473	17.3	−1.1
	Liberal	Benjamin Ryle Swift	3,454	17.2	−9.9
Majority			9,703	48.2	+20.8
Turnout			20,103	66.4	−1.3
Registered electors			30,270
	Unionist hold		Swing	+6.1

General election 1929: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	14,694	48.4	−17.1
	Liberal	Selick Davies	11,519	38.0	+20.8
	Labour	Robert Aldington	4,138	13.6	−3.7
Majority			3,175	10.4	−37.8
Turnout			30,351	76.4	+10.0
Registered electors			39,721
	Unionist hold		Swing	−19.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	Unopposed
	Liberal	Harry Briggs	Withdrew
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

• withdrew

General election 1935: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert de la Bere	18,757	65.1	N/A
	Labour	W E Warder	6,264	21.8	New
	Liberal	Christopher a'Becket Williams	3,774	13.1	N/A
Majority			12,493	43.3	N/A
Turnout			28,795	66.4	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Rupert de la Bere
• Liberal: W F Newnes ^[31]
• British Union : John Dowty

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Evesham ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert de la Bere	17,835	53.4	−11.7
	Liberal	Duncan McGuffie	7,849	23.5	+10.4
	Common Wealth	Desmond Donnelly	7,727	23.1	New
Majority			9,986	29.9	−13.4
Turnout			33,411	63.3	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

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