Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Tewkesbury
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire
Location of Gloucestershire within England
County	Gloucestershire
Electorate	77,206 (December 2010) [1]
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Laurence Robertson (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Cirencester & Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and West Gloucestershire
1610–1918
Seats	1610–1868: Two 1868–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Replaced by	Stroud, Forest of Dean and Cirencester & Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in Gloucestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 recreation by Laurence Robertson, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

History

1610 to 1918

Tewkesbury existed in this period, first in the parliamentary borough form. It returned two MPs until this was reduced to one in 1868, then saw itself become instead a larger county division under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and it was abolished in 1918.

Prominent politicians

• William Dowdeswell was Chancellor of the Exchequer for two years under Rockingham, and his short tenure of this position appears to have been a successful one, he being in Lecky's words a good financier, but nothing more. To general astonishment, he refused to abandon his friends and to take an office under The 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder"), who succeeded Rockingham in August 1766. Dowdeswell then led the Rockingham party in the House of Commons, taking an active part in debate until his death. In 1774 he warned MPs against passing the Boston Port Act, related to the later Boston Tea Party.
• Charles Hanbury-Tracy was heir to much of the Pontypool part the growing iron industry and served as the chairman of the commission of 1835 that commissioned the new Houses of Parliament and judged designs.
• After service for Tewkesbury Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp entered the Lords and then served in Cabinet positions under the earlier governments headed by Lord Salisbury, before the turn-of-the century third government.

1997 to date

The fourth periodic review of Westminster constituencies in 1997 saw the seat's recreation, from the similar, but slightly larger county division Tewkesbury and Cirencester, compared to the present seat.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Gloucester and Tewkesbury, the Sessional Divisions of Berkeley, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Winchcombe, part of the Sessional Division of Whitminster, and the parish of Slimbridge.

1997–2010: The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve East, Bishop's Cleeve North, Bishop's Cleeve South, Brockworth Glebe, Brockworth Moorfield, Brockworth Westfield, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown Parton, Churchdown Pirton, Cleeve Hill, Coombe Hill, Crickley, De Winton, Dumbleton, Gotherington, Horsbere, Innsworth, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Mitton, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town, Twyning, and Winchcombe, and the Borough of Cheltenham wards of Leckhampton with Up Hatherley, Prestbury, and Swindon.

2010–present: The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff, Badgeworth, Brockworth, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown St John's, Cleeve Grange, Cleeve Hill, Cleeve St Michael's, Cleeve West, Coombe Hill, Hucclecote, Innsworth with Down Hatherley, Isbourne, Northway, Oxenton Hill, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town with Mitton, Twyning, and Winchcombe, the Borough of Cheltenham wards of Prestbury and Swindon Village, and the City of Gloucester ward of Longlevens.

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Cirencester and Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and West Gloucestershire.

As its name suggests, the main town in the constituency is Tewkesbury, but other settlements include Twyning, Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve, Winchcombe, Prestbury, Brockworth, Churchdown, Innsworth and Longlevens. ^[2]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Cheltenham wards of: Prestbury; Springbank; Swindon Village.
• The City of Gloucester wards of: Elmbridge; Longlevens.
• The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of: Cleeve Grange; Cleeve Hill; Cleeve St. Michael’s; Cleeve West; Innsworth; Isbourne; Northway; Severn Vale North; Severn Vale South; Tewkesbury East; Tewkesbury North & Twyning; Tewkesbury South; Winchcombe. ^[3]

In order to bring the electorate within the permitted range, the area between the city of Gloucester and the town of Cheltenham, including the communities of Badgeworth, Brockworth, Churchdown and Shurdington will be included in the newly created constituency of North Cotswolds. The Springbank and Elmbridge wards will be transferred in from the Cheltenham and Gloucester seats respectively.

Constituency profile

The town has a raised centre with the second largest parish church in the country that is the church of a former Benedictine monastery, named Tewkesbury Abbey, the town also has its own mustard and July medieval battle festival. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . ^[4]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1610–1629

• Constituency created (1610)

The constituency was enfranchised on 23 March 1610 – the first record of its members sworn is 16 April 1610. ^[5]

Parliament	First member	Second member
Parliament of 1604–1611 (1610)	Sir Dudley Digges	Edward Ferrers
Addled Parliament (1614)		Sir John Ratcliffe
Parliament of 1621–1622		Giles Brydges
Happy Parliament (1624–1625)		Sir Baptist Hicks
Useless Parliament (1625)
Parliament of 1625–1626
Parliament of 1628–1629	Sir Thomas Colepeper
May 1628		Sir William Hicks

MPs 1640–1868

Year		First member [6]	First party		Second member [6]	Second party
April 1640		Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper			Sir Edward Alford
November 1640	Double return — election declared void [7]
August 1641		Sir Robert Cooke	Parliamentarian		Sir Edward Alford [8]	Royalist
1641					Edward Stephens	Parliamentarian
August 1643	Cooke died — seat left vacant
1645		John Stephens
December 1648				Edward Stephens excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653	Tewkesbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper – chosen for Wiltshire – replaced by Francis St John		Tewkesbury had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656		Francis White
January 1659		Edward Cooke			Robert Long [n 3]
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		(Sir) Henry Capell			Richard Dowdeswell
1673					Sir Francis Russell
1685		Richard Dowdeswell
1690					Sir Henry Capell
1692					Sir Francis Winnington
1698					Charles Hancock
1701					Edmund Bray
1708					Henry Ireton
1710		William Bromley
1712					William Dowdeswell
1713		Charles Dowdeswell
1714		Anthony Lechmere
1717		Nicholas Lechmere
1721		The Viscount Gage [n 4]
1722					Brigadier George Reade
1734					Robert Tracy
1741					John Martin
1747					William Dowdeswell	Whig
1754		Nicolson Calvert			John Martin, junior
1761			Whig [9]		Sir William Codrington	Tory [9]
1774		Joseph Martin	Whig [9]
1776		James Martin	Whig [9]
1792					Lieutenant-Colonel William Dowdeswell	Tory [9]
1797					Christopher Bethell-Codrington	Tory [9]
1807		Charles Hanbury-Tracy	Whig [10] [11] [9]
1812		John Edmund Dowdeswell	Tory [9]		John Martin	Whig [9]
January 1832					Charles Hanbury-Tracy	Whig [10] [11] [9]
December 1832		John Martin	Whig [12] [9] [13] [14] [15]
1835		William Dowdeswell	Conservative [9]
1837					John Martin	Whig [12] [9] [13] [14] [15]
1847		Humphrey Brown	Whig [13] [15]
1857		Hon. Frederick Lygon	Conservative
1859					James Martin	Liberal
1864		John Yorke	Conservative
1865					William Edward Dowdeswell	Conservative
1866					Sir Edmund Lechmere, Bt	Conservative
1868	Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1868–1918

Election		Member [6]	Party
1868		William Edwin Price	Liberal
1880		Richard Martin	Liberal
1885		John Yorke	Conservative
1886		Sir John Dorington	Conservative
1906		Hon. Michael Hicks Beach	Conservative
1916		William Frederick Hicks-Beach	Unionist
1918		Constituency abolished

MPs since 1997

Election		Member [6]	Party
	1997	Laurence Robertson	Conservative

Elections since 1997

Results over time

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Tewkesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Cate Cody [16]
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Thomas [17]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Tewkesbury ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	35,728	58.4	–1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Hegenbarth	13,318	21.8	+8.3
	Labour	Lara Chaplin	9,310	15.2	-6.6
	Green	Cate Cody	2,784	4.6	+1.9
Majority			22,410	36.6	−1.6
Turnout			61,140	72.8	+0.3
Registered electors			83,958		+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.0

General election 2017: Tewkesbury ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	35,448	60.0	+5.5
	Labour	Manjinder Singh Kang	12,874	21.8	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Cait Clucas	7,981	13.5	−0.3
	Green	Cate Cody	1,576	2.7	−1.3
	UKIP	Simon Collins	1,205	2.0	−10.9
Majority			22,574	38.2	−1.5
Turnout			59,084	72.5	+2.4
Registered electors			81,440		+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.7

General election 2015: Tewkesbury ^{[20] [21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	30,176	54.5	+7.3
	Labour	Ed Buxton	8,204	14.8	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	7,629	13.8	−21.7
	UKIP	Stuart Adair [22]	7,128	12.9	+8.8
	Green	Jemma Clarke [23]	2,207	4.0	+3.0
Majority			21,972	39.7	+28.0
Turnout			55,344	70.1	−0.3
Registered electors			78,910		+2.9
	Conservative hold

General election 2010: Tewkesbury ^{[24] [25]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	25,472	47.2	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	19,162	35.5	+7.1
	Labour	Stuart Emmerson	6,253	11.6	−8.7
	UKIP	Brian Jones	2,230	4.1	New
	Green	Matthew Sidford	525	1.0	−2.2
	Monster Raving Loony	George Ridgeon	319	0.6	New
Majority			6,310	11.7	−8.1
Turnout			53,961	70.4	+8.2
Registered electors			76,655		+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Tewkesbury ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	22,339	49.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	12,447	27.4	+1.2
	Labour	Charles Mannan	9,179	20.2	−6.7
	Green	Robert Rendell	1,488	3.3	New
Majority			9,892	21.7	+2.5
Turnout			45,453	63.2	−1.1
Registered electors			71,945		+2.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

General election 2001: Tewkesbury ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	20,830	46.1	+0.3
	Labour	Keir Dhillon	12,167	26.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Martin	11,863	26.2	-1.8
	Independent	Charles Vernall	335	0.7	New
Majority			8,663	19.2	+1.4
Turnout			45,195	64.3	-12.2
Registered electors			70,276		+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

Election in the 1990s

General election 1997: Tewkesbury ^{[28] [29]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Robertson	23,859	45.8	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Sewell	14,625	28.0	-7.1
	Labour	Kelvin Tustin	13,665	26.2	+16.1
Majority			9,234	17.8	-0.8
Turnout			52,147	76.5	-5.5
Registered electors			68,208		+6.3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Election results 1868–1918

Elections in the 1910s

1916 Tewkesbury by-election ^{[30] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	William Hicks-Beach	7,127	83.2	+31.2
	Independent	William J. Boosey	1,438	16.8	New
Majority			5,689	66.4	+62.4
Turnout			8,565	62.0	−21.4
Registered electors			13,818
	Unionist hold

Mathias

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: Michael Hicks Beach
• Liberal: Richard Mathias ^[32]

General election December 1910: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hicks Beach	5,699	52.0	−1.2
	Liberal	Robert Ashton Lister	5,267	48.0	+3.3
Majority			432	4.0	−4.5
Turnout			10,966	83.4	−3.1
Registered electors			13,155		0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3

General election January 1910: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hicks Beach	6,050	53.2	+2.6
	Liberal	Robert Ashton Lister	5,088	44.7	−4.7
	Labour	Charles Fox	238	2.1	New
Majority			962	8.5	+7.3
Turnout			962	86.5	+7.0
Registered electors			13,155		−0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1900s

Hicks Beach

General election 1906: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hicks Beach	5,321	50.6	N/A
	Liberal	Robert Ashton Lister	5,194	49.4	New
Majority			127	1.2	N/A
Turnout			10,515	79.5	N/A
Registered electors			13,226		N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1900: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [33] [34]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dorington	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [33] [34]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dorington	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1892: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dorington	5,028	54.9	N/A
	Liberal	Godfrey Samuelson	4,125	45.1	New
Majority			903	9.8	N/A
Turnout			9,153	79.5	N/A
Registered electors			11,519		N/A
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

Dorington

General election 1886: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Dorington	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1885: Tewkesbury ^{[30] [33] [35]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Yorke	4,666	51.0	+1.7
	Liberal	Godfrey Samuelson	4,484	49.0	−1.7
Majority			182	2.0	N/A
Turnout			9,150	78.4	−15.9
Registered electors			11,665
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.7

By-election, 12 Jul 1880: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Martin	380	56.0	+5.3
	Conservative	John Arthur Fowler [37]	298	44.0	−5.3
Majority			82	12.0	+10.7
Turnout			678	92.5	−1.8
Registered electors			733
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.4

General election 1880: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Edwin Price	350	50.7	−1.3
	Conservative	John Arthur Fowler [37]	341	49.3	+1.3
Majority			9	1.4	−2.6
Turnout			691	94.3	+2.1
Registered electors			733
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.4

Election in the 1870s

General election 1874: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Edwin Price	350	52.0	−4.0
	Conservative	Edmund Lechmere	323	48.0	+4.0
Majority			27	4.0	−8.0
Turnout			673	92.2	+7.1
Registered electors			730		−2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.0

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Edwin Price	355	56.0	+27.5
	Conservative	Edmund Lechmere	279	44.0	−27.5
Majority			76	12.0	N/A
Turnout			634	85.1	+4.0
Registered electors			745
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+27.5

• Seat reduced to one member.

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1860s

By-election, 20 March 1866: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Lechmere	151	50.7	−20.8
	Liberal	James Martin	147	49.3	+20.8
Majority			4	1.4	−4.6
Turnout			298	91.7	+10.6
Registered electors			325
	Conservative hold		Swing	−20.8

• Caused by Dowdeswell's resignation to context the 1866 West Worcestershire by-election.

General election 1865: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Edward Dowdeswell	195	37.0	N/A
	Conservative	John Yorke	182	34.5	N/A
	Liberal	James Martin	150	28.5	N/A
Majority			32	6.0	N/A
Turnout			264 (est)	81.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			325
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

By-election, 9 February 1864: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Yorke	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

• Caused by Lygon's resignation to stand at the 1864 West Worcestershire by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Lygon	Unopposed
	Liberal	James Martin	Unopposed
Registered electors			341
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold

By-election, 8 March 1859: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Lygon	171	100.0	+56.8
	Whig	Humphrey Brown	0	0.0	−56.8
Majority			171	100.0	+94.0
Turnout			171	50.1	−20.1
Registered electors			341
	Conservative hold		Swing	+56.8

• Caused by the appointment of Lygon as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty

General election 1857: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Lygon	200	38.4	+24.8
	Whig	John Martin	169	32.4	−2.5
	Whig	Humphrey Brown	127	24.4	−13.5
	Conservative	Edward William Cox	25	4.8	−8.8
Turnout			261 (est)	70.2 (est)	−3.0
Registered electors			371
Majority			31	6.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+16.4
Majority			42	8.0	+0.2
	Whig hold		Swing	−5.3

General election 1852: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Humphrey Brown	205	37.9	−12.1
	Whig	John Martin	189	34.9	−15.1
	Conservative	Edward William Cox [38]	147	27.2	+27.2
Majority			42	7.8	−42.2
Turnout			271 (est)	73.2 (est)	+62.7
Registered electors			370
	Whig hold		Swing	−12.9
	Whig hold		Swing	−14.4

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Tewkesbury ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Humphrey Brown	43	50.0	N/A
	Whig	John Martin	43	50.0	+16.4
	Conservative	Henry Lascelles	0	0.0	−34.3
Majority			43	50.0	+48.6
Turnout			43 (est)	10.5 (est)	-63.5
Registered electors			409
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.8

General election 1841: Tewkesbury ^{[36] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dowdeswell	193	34.3	−32.6
	Whig	John Martin	189	33.6	+0.5
	Radical	John Easthope	181	32.1	N/A
Turnout			375	74.0	−17.6
Registered electors			507
Majority			4	0.7	−4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−16.6
Majority			8	1.4	−2.6
	Whig hold		Swing	+16.6

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Tewkesbury ^{[36] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dowdeswell	219	37.8	+21.0
	Whig	John Martin	192	33.1	−33.5
	Conservative	Joseph Peel	169	29.1	+12.3
Turnout			370	91.6	−4.1
Registered electors			404
Majority			27	4.7	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+18.9
Majority			23	4.0	+3.4
	Whig hold		Swing	−33.4

General election 1835: Tewkesbury ^{[36] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Dowdeswell	195	33.6	+2.4
	Whig	Charles Hanbury-Tracy	195	33.6	−2.1
	Whig	John Martin	192	33.0	−0.1
Turnout			379	95.7	+1.4
Registered electors			396
Majority			0	0.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+2.3
Majority			3	0.6	−1.3
	Whig hold		Swing	−1.7

General election 1832: Tewkesbury ^{[36] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Hanbury-Tracy	210	35.7	−2.1
	Whig	John Martin	195	33.1	+6.1
	Tory	William Dowdeswell	184	31.2	−4.0
Majority			11	1.9	−0.7
Turnout			364	94.3	c. +20.6
Registered electors			386
	Whig hold		Swing	−0.1
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+4.1

By-election, 23 January 1832: Tewkesbury ^{[9] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Charles Hanbury-Tracy	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 525
	Whig hold

• Caused by Martin's death

General election 1831: Tewkesbury ^{[9] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Martin (1774–1832)	238	37.8
	Tory	John Edmund Dowdeswell	222	35.2
	Whig	Charles Hanbury-Tracy	170	27.0
Turnout			387	c. 73.7
Registered electors			c. 525
Majority			16	2.6
	Whig hold
Majority			52	8.2
	Tory hold

General election 1830: Tewkesbury ^{[9] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Martin (1774–1832)	Unopposed
	Tory	John Edmund Dowdeswell	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 525
	Whig hold
	Tory hold

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. Cannot have been Sir Robert Long Bt as stated by Williams as he was a Royalist.
4. of Castle Island, Ireland

References

1. "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.
2. 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
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