Tavistock | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Replaced by | West Devon |
1330–1885 | |
Seats | two (1330–1868), one (1868–1885) |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Tavistock was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Devon between 1330 and 1974. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough, consisting solely of the town of Tavistock; it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member. From 1885, the name was transferred to a single-member county constituency covering a much larger area. (Between 1885 and 1918, the constituency had the alternative name of West Devon.)
The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new West Devon constituency.
1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Devonport and Plymouth, and the Sessional Divisions of Hatherleigh, Holsworthy, Lifton, Midland Roborough, and Tavistock.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Holsworthy, Ivybridge, and Tavistock, the Rural Districts of Broadwoodwidger, Plympton St Mary, and Tavistock, and part of the Rural District of Holsworthy.
1950–1951: The Urban Districts of Holsworthy and Tavistock, the Rural Districts of Broadwoodwidger, Holsworthy, and Tavistock, and the Rural District of Plympton St Mary except the parishes of Bickleigh and Tamerton Foliot. [1]
1951–1974: The Urban Districts of Holsworthy and Tavistock, the Rural Districts of Broadwoodwidger, Holsworthy, and Tavistock, and the Rural District of Plympton St Mary less the parts of the parishes of Bickleigh and Tamerton Foliot added to the county borough of Plymouth by the Plymouth Extension Act 1950. [2]
In 1965 Tavistock was one of the largest seats in England, in terms of land area. It included the towns of Plympton and Plymstock (effectively eastern suburbs of Plymouth). It also included a great deal of rural land, including two-thirds of Dartmoor. [3]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Russell | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Hugh Fortescue | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Fortescue chose to sit for Devon where he had also been elected, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Russell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Russell | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Russell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
John Russell was also elected for Devon and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Heywood Hawkins | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
William Russell resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Francis Russell (British Army officer) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Russell | 159 | 45.2 | ||
Whig | Charles Richard Fox | 129 | 36.6 | ||
Whig | Sir Francis Charles Knowles, 3rd Baronet | 64 | 18.2 | ||
Majority | 65 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 193 | 78.1 | |||
Registered electors | 247 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Russell | 167 | 52.7 | +7.5 | |
Whig | John Rundle | 145 | 45.7 | +9.1 | |
Whig | Sir Francis Charles Knowles, 3rd Baronet | 5 | 1.6 | −16.6 | |
Majority | 140 | 44.1 | +25.7 | ||
Turnout | 178 | 61.6 | −16.5 | ||
Registered electors | 289 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Russell | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Rundle | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 329 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Rundle | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Edward Russell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 275 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Rundle resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny | 113 | 62.1 | N/A | |
Chartist | Henry Vincent | 69 | 37.9 | New | |
Majority | 44 | 24.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 182 | 68.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 264 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Russell | 153 | 34.4 | N/A | |
Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny | 150 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Peelite | Robert Phillimore | 86 | 19.3 | New | |
Radical | Samuel Carter | 56 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 223 (est) | 70.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 315 | ||||
Majority | 3 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 64 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Trelawny resigned to seek re-election after voting against the disestablishment of the Church of England when he had promised his constituents he would vote for it. [38]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Samuel Carter | 115 | 40.5 | +27.9 | |
Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny | 89 | 31.3 | −2.4 | |
Peelite | Robert Phillimore | 80 | 28.2 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 26 | 9.2 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 284 | 81.4 | +10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 349 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | 220 | 44.6 | +10.2 | |
Radical | Samuel Carter | 169 | 34.3 | −12.0 | |
Peelite | Robert Phillimore | 104 | 21.1 | +1.8 | |
Turnout | 247 (est) | 70.6 (est) | — | ||
Registered electors | 349 | ||||
Majority | 51 | 10.3 | +9.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Majority | 65 | 13.2 | −1.2 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −8.6 | |||
On petition, Carter was unseated in 1853 and Phillimore was declared elected in his place.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Byng | 242 | 42.5 | −2.1 | |
Radical | John Salusbury-Trelawny | 198 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Radical | Samuel Carter | 130 | 22.8 | −11.5 | |
Turnout | 285 (est) | 72.2 (est) | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 395 | ||||
Majority | 44 | 7.7 | −2.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Majority | 68 | 11.9 | −1.3 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | −4.7 | |||
Byng resigned in order to contest a by-election in Middlesex, causing a by-election. [39]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Arthur Russell | 164 | 57.7 | +15.2 | |
Radical | Edward Miall [40] [41] | 120 | 42.3 | −15.2 | |
Majority | 44 | 15.4 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 284 | 71.9 | −0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 395 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +15.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Russell | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Salusbury-Trelawny | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 414 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Russell | 330 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda | 179 | 24.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Samuel Carter | 119 | 16.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Francis Rummens [42] | 93 | 12.8 | New | |
Liberal | Theophilus Alexander Blakely [43] | 8 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 60 | 8.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 411 (est) | 96.5 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 426 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Seat reduced to one member
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Russell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 802 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lord Arthur Russell | 362 | 57.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Russell Hugh Worthington Biggs [44] | 273 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 89 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 635 | 78.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 805 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lord Arthur Russell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 847 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Viscount Ebrington | 5,390 | 63.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Imbert-Terry | 3,172 | 37.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,218 | 26.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,562 | 78.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,851 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Viscount Ebrington | 3,917 | 59.0 | +22.0 | |
Liberal | John Budd Phear | 2,722 | 41.0 | −22.0 | |
Majority | 1,195 | 18.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,639 | 61.2 | −17.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,851 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +22.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Luttrell | 4,458 | 51.2 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Thomas White-Thomson | 4,241 | 48.8 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 217 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,699 | 74.2 | +13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,720 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +10.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Luttrell | 4,970 | 51.9 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Thomas White-Thomson | 4,597 | 48.1 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 373 | 3.8 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,567 | 78.7 | +4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,154 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Spear | 4,746 | 50.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | John Fellowes Wallop, 7th Earl of Portsmouth | 4,731 | 49.9 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 15 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,477 | 77.7 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 12,202 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Luttrell | 6,405 | 55.2 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Spear | 5,196 | 44.8 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 1,209 | 10.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,601 | 82.9 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 13,989 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Luttrell | 6,570 | 50.9 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Spear | 6,343 | 49.1 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 227 | 1.8 | −8.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,913 | 83.9 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 15,395 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Spear | 6,409 | 51.6 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Hugh Luttrell | 6,019 | 48.4 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 390 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,428 | 80.7 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 15,395 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.5 | |||
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Charles Williams | 9,157 | 56.7 | +5.1 |
Liberal | Harry Geen | 7,005 | 43.3 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 2,152 | 13.4 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,162 | 62.2 | −18.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Maxwell Thornton | 11,708 | 54.5 | +11.2 | |
Unionist | Charles Williams | 9,757 | 45.5 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 1,951 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,465 | 77.6 | +14.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Maxwell Thornton | 11,883 | 54.1 | −0.4 | |
Unionist | Philip Kenyon-Slaney | 10,072 | 45.9 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 1,811 | 8.2 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,955 | 77.7 | +0.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Kenyon-Slaney | 12,058 | 52.8 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Maxwell Thornton | 10,786 | 47.2 | −6.9 | |
Majority | 1,272 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,844 | 77.7 | 0.0 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Wallace Wright | 10,745 | 45.2 | −7.6 | |
Liberal | Reginald Fletcher | 10,572 | 44.5 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Richard Davies | 2,449 | 10.3 | New | |
Majority | 173 | 0.7 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | 21,317 | 77.3 | −4.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Wallace Wright | 14,192 | 44.7 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Hilda Runciman | 14,040 | 44.1 | −0.4 | |
Labour | Richard Davies | 3,574 | 11.2 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 152 | 0.6 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 31,716 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Patrick | 17,310 | 52.4 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | John Adam Day | 13,592 | 41.2 | −2.9 | |
Labour | Richard Davies | 2,124 | 6.4 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 3,718 | 11.2 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,026 | 83.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Patrick | 17,475 | 52.8 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | John Adam Day | 13,422 | 40.5 | −0.7 | |
Labour | Charles Henry Townsend | 2,236 | 6.7 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4,053 | 12.3 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,133 | 77.9 | −3.4 | ||
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 19,730 | 46.9 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Isaac Foot | 13,764 | 32.8 | −7.7 | |
Labour | James Finnigan | 8,539 | 20.3 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 5,966 | 14.1 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,033 | 75.8 | −2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 18,682 | 50.3 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Frank W Harcourt-Munning | 10,189 | 27.4 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | JD Wyatt | 8,281 | 22.3 | +10.5 | |
Majority | 8,493 | 22.9 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,152 | 84.7 | +8.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 22,683 | 63.87 | ||
Labour | Frank W Harcourt-Munning | 12,833 | 36.13 | ||
Majority | 9,850 | 27.8 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,516 | 78.8 | −5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 18,991 | 54.8 | −9.1 | |
Labour | Harold Lawrance | 8,755 | 25.2 | −10.9 | |
Liberal | Richard Moore | 6,937 | 20.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,236 | 29.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,683 | 76.9 | −1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 19,778 | 53.7 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Richard Moore | 9,008 | 24.5 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Bryan R Weston | 8,022 | 21.8 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 10,770 | 29.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 36,808 | 78.5 | +1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 19,493 | 47.8 | −5.9 | |
Liberal | Grenville Jones | 14,093 | 34.5 | +10.0 | |
Labour | John A Elswood | 7,226 | 17.7 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 5,400 | 13.2 | −16.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,812 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 21,644 | 49.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Christopher Trethewey | 13,461 | 30.6 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Peggy Middleton | 8,902 | 20.2 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 8,183 | 18.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,007 | 81.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 25,846 | 57.1 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Michael E B Banks | 10,397 | 23.0 | −7.6 | |
Labour | Harold M Luscombe | 8,982 | 19.9 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 15,449 | 34.1 | +15.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,225 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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