Totnes | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 67,562 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Totnes, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Salcombe and Brixham |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Anthony Mangnall (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South Hams |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | South Devon |
Replaced by | Teignbridge and South Hams [2] |
1295–1868 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Devon Southern |
Totnes is a parliamentary constituency [n 1] in Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since December 2019 by Anthony Mangnall, a Conservative. Mangnall defeated incumbent Sarah Wollaston who had originally been elected as a Conservative but defected to the Liberal Democrats earlier that year. [n 2]
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will only be subject to minor boundary changes, but is to be renamed South Devon - to be first contested at the next general election. [3]
The current constituency was formed for the 1997 general election, from parts of the former South Hams constituency. This had, in 1983, largely replaced the previous Totnes constituency, which had existed in a wide form since 1885, but in a much narrower form from the Model Parliament.
An original parliamentary borough of Totnes or Totness [4] had been created in 1295. It returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 election.
The modern constituency has returned Conservatives in general elections since its 1997 recreation, which suggests a safe seat, though it came close to falling to the Liberal Democrats in 1997. Its Conservative MP since 2010, Dr. Sarah Wollaston, defected to the Liberal Democrats in 2019, after a brief spell as an independent, and prior to that as a member of Change UK, a new party formed from MPs formerly Conservative or Labour, after she became disillusioned with the Conservative Party's position on Brexit. She came second to a new Conservative candidate in 2019.
During the 2016 EU Referendum, Totnes is estimated to have narrowly voted to Leave, by 53.9% vs. 46.1% Remain. Although the town of Totnes itself is a Remain stronghold, the rural areas of the constituency voted in favour of Brexit.
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Totnes, and the Sessional Divisions of Ermington and Plympton, and Stanborough and Coleridge.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Totnes, the Urban Districts of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, Salcombe, and Teignmouth, the Rural District of Kingsbridge, and parts of the Rural Districts of Newton Abbot and Totnes.
1950–1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Clifton, Dartmouth, Hardness, and Totnes, the Urban Districts of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, and Salcombe, the Rural Districts of Kingsbridge and Newton Abbot, and part of the Rural District of Totnes.
1974–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Clifton, Dartmouth, Hardness, and Totnes, the Urban Districts of Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, and Salcombe, and the Rural Districts of Kingsbridge, Newton Abbot, and Totnes.
1997–2010: The District of South Hams wards of Avon and Harbourne, Avonleigh, Dartington, Dartmouth Clifton, Dartmouth Hardness, Dart Valley, Eastmoor, Garabrook, Kingsbridge, Kingswear, Malborough, Marldon, Salcombe, Saltstone, Skerries, South Brent, Stoke Gabriel, Stokenham, Thurlestone, Totnes, Totnes Bridgetown, and West Dart, the Borough of Torbay wards of Blatchcombe, Furzeham with Churston, and St Peter's with St Mary's, and the District of Teignbridge wards of Ambrook, Ashburton, and Buckfastleigh.
2010–present: The District of South Hams wards of Allington and Loddiswell, Avon and Harbourne, Dartington, Dartmouth and Kingswear, Dartmouth Townstal, East Dart, Eastmoor, Kingsbridge East, Kingsbridge North, Marldon, Salcombe and Malborough, Saltstone, Skerries, South Brent, Stokenham, Thurlestone, Totnes Bridgetown, Totnes Town, West Dart, and Westville and Alvington, and the Borough of Torbay wards of Berry Head with Furzeham, Blatchcombe, Churston with Galmpton, and St Mary's with Summercombe.
The Totnes constituency covers the eastern part of the South Hams district of Devon, including the towns of Totnes, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge and Salcombe, as well as parts of the unitary authority of Torbay, including the town of Brixham.
This section needs to be updated.(February 2022) |
The seat covers the undulating Totnes area in south Devon, which also includes the towns of Brixham, South, and Western Paignton which is in Torbay. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [5]
Constituency created 1295
Two members
One member
Year | Member [16] | Whip | |
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1885 | Francis Mildmay | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1912 | Unionist | ||
1922 | Samuel Harvey | Unionist | |
1923 | Henry Vivian | Liberal | |
1924 | Samuel Harvey | Unionist | |
1935 | Ralph Rayner | Conservative | |
1955 | Ray Mawby | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished: see South Hams and Teignbridge |
Between 1983 and 1997 the constituency was replaced by the South Hams constituency. Anthony Steen was returned at every election.
Election | Member [16] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Anthony Steen | Conservative | |
2010 | Sarah Wollaston | Conservative | |
2019 | Change UK | ||
Independent | |||
Liberal Democrats | |||
2019 | Anthony Mangnall | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Mangnall | 27,751 | 53.2 | 0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wollaston | 15,027 | 28.8 | 15.9 | |
Labour | Louise Webberley | 8,860 | 17.0 | 9.8 | |
Independent | John Kitson | 544 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 12,724 | 24.4 | 2.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,182 | 74.7 | 1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Wollaston | 26,972 | 53.7 | 0.7 | |
Labour | Gerrie Messer | 13,495 | 26.8 | 14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 6,466 | 12.9 | 3.0 | |
Green | Jacqi Hodgson | 2,097 | 4.2 | 6.1 | |
UKIP | Steven Harvey | 1,240 | 2.5 | 11.6 | |
Majority | 13,477 | 26.9 | 12.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,353 | 73.1 | 4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Wollaston | 24,941 | 53.0 | +7.1 | |
UKIP | Justin Haque | 6,656 | 14.1 | +8.1 | |
Labour | Nicky Williams | 5,988 | 12.7 | +5.3 | |
Green | Gill Coombs | 4,845 | 10.3 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 4,667 | 9.9 | -25.7 | |
Majority | 18,385 | 38.9 | +28.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,097 | 68.6 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Wollaston | 21,940 | 45.9 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julian Brazil | 17,013 | 35.6 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Carole Whitty | 3,538 | 7.4 | −4.7 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Beer | 2,890 | 6.0 | −1.5 | |
Green | Lydia Somerville | 1,181 | 2.5 | New | |
BNP | Mike Turner | 624 | 1.3 | New | |
Independent | Simon Drew | 390 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent | Stephen Hopwood | 267 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,927 | 10.3 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,843 | 70.4 | +0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 21,112 | 41.7 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Treleaven | 19,165 | 37.9 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Valerie Burns | 6,185 | 12.2 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Roger Knapman | 3,914 | 7.7 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Michael Thompson | 199 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,947 | 3.8 | -3.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,575 | 67.7 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 21,914 | 44.5 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Oliver | 18,317 | 37.2 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Thomas Wildy | 6,005 | 12.2 | −4.2 | |
UKIP | Craig Mackinlay | 3,010 | 6.1 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 3,597 | 7.3 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 49,246 | 67.9 | −7.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Steen | 19,637 | 36.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rob Chave | 18,760 | 34.9 | ||
Labour | Victor Ellery | 8,796 | 16.4 | ||
Referendum | Pamela Cook | 2,552 | 4.7 | ||
Ind. Conservative | Christopher Venmore | 2,369 | 4.4 | ||
UKIP | H.W. Thomas | 999 | 1.9 | ||
Green | Andy Pratt | 548 | 1.0 | ||
Independent | James Golding | 108 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 877 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 53,769 | 75.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 35,010 | 52.16 | ||
Liberal | Anthony H. Rogers | 24,445 | 36.42 | ||
Labour Co-op | John Duffin | 7,668 | 11.42 | ||
Majority | 10,565 | 15.74 | |||
Turnout | 67,123 | 79.95 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 27,987 | 45.18 | ||
Liberal | Anthony H. Rogers | 21,586 | 34.85 | ||
Labour | S.M. Spence | 12,366 | 19.96 | ||
Majority | 6,401 | 10.33 | |||
Turnout | 61,939 | 76.74 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 30,565 | 46.93 | ||
Liberal | Anthony H. Rogers | 20,922 | 32.12 | ||
Labour | Harold M. Luscombe | 13,249 | 20.34 | ||
Independent | J. Lewis | 394 | 0.60 | New | |
Majority | 9,643 | 14.81 | |||
Turnout | 65,130 | 81.29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 31,519 | 54.85 | ||
Labour | Robert Blank | 16,429 | 28.59 | ||
Liberal | David Penhaligon | 9,515 | 16.56 | ||
Majority | 15,090 | 26.26 | |||
Turnout | 57,463 | 76.67 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 25,623 | 47.81 | ||
Labour | Barry Smethurst | 16,900 | 31.54 | ||
Liberal | Paul Tyler | 11,066 | 20.65 | ||
Majority | 8,723 | 16.27 | |||
Turnout | 53,589 | 79.43 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 25,417 | 48.64 | ||
Labour | Reginald C.J. Scott | 14,542 | 27.83 | ||
Liberal | Edward B. Taylor | 12,297 | 23.53 | ||
Majority | 10,875 | 20.81 | |||
Turnout | 52,256 | 78.83 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 26,925 | 53.04 | ||
Labour | Terence J.B. Heelas | 13,116 | 25.84 | ||
Liberal | T. Cedric Jones | 10,719 | 21.12 | ||
Majority | 13,809 | 27.20 | |||
Turnout | 50,760 | 80.48 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Mawby | 26,381 | 52.10 | ||
Labour | Daniel J.P. Mann | 14,787 | 29.20 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Claude Shobbrook | 9,471 | 18.70 | ||
Majority | 11,594 | 22.90 | |||
Turnout | 50,639 | 80.75 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 28,005 | 53.60 | ||
Labour | Charles A. O'Donnell | 16,409 | 31.40 | ||
Liberal | Harold Ernest Desch | 7,838 | 15.00 | ||
Majority | 11,596 | 22.20 | |||
Turnout | 52,252 | 82.85 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 26,104 | 49.01 | ||
Labour | David Widdicombe | 15,767 | 29.60 | ||
Liberal | Harold Ernest Desch | 10,974 | 20.60 | ||
Communist | E. Tapscott | 423 | 0.79 | New | |
Majority | 10,337 | 19.41 | |||
Turnout | 53,268 | 84.59 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 24,638 | 51.04 | ||
Labour | J.R. Warde | 16,098 | 33.35 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Henry Aggett | 7,536 | 15.61 | ||
Majority | 8,540 | 17.69 | |||
Turnout | 48,092 | 74.57 | |||
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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Rayner | 24,815 | 53.59 | ||
Liberal | Ernest Haylor | 17,639 | 38.10 | ||
Labour | William Roy John Henwood | 3,848 | 8.31 | New | |
Majority | 7,176 | 15.49 | |||
Turnout | 46,302 | 79.24 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samual Harvey | 26,765 | 56.99 | ||
Liberal | Ernest Haylor | 20,203 | 43.01 | ||
Majority | 6,562 | 13.98 | |||
Turnout | 46,968 | 83.41 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 21,673 | 47.8 | -5.9 | |
Liberal | Philip Foale Rowsell | 17,790 | 39.3 | -0.9 | |
Labour | Kate Spurrell | 5,828 | 12.9 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 3,883 | 8.5 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,291 | 83.1 | -3.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 19,771 | 53.7 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Henry Vivian | 14,786 | 40.2 | -10.6 | |
Labour | Kate Spurrell | 2,240 | 6.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,985 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,797 | 86.1 | +5.4 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian | 16,845 | 50.8 | +3.2 | |
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 16,343 | 49.2 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 502 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,188 | 80.7 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Samual Harvey | 16,532 | 52.4 | -6.4 | |
Liberal | Thomas Underdown | 15,032 | 47.6 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 1,500 | 4.8 | -12.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,564 | 78.1 | +14.2 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 14,680 | 58.8 | -4.5 |
Liberal | John Cairns (Liberal politician) | 10,266 | 41.2 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 4,414 | 17.6 | -9.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,946 | 63.9 | -18.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 5,252 | 63.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Dunstan | 3,040 | 36.7 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 2,212 | 26.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,292 | 82.0 | -7.9 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 5,505 | 60.6 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | Isaac Foot | 3,578 | 39.4 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,927 | 21.2 | -5.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,083 | 89.9 | +2.1 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Francis Mildmay | 4,389 | 57.4 | ||
Conservative | Henry Lopes | 3,252 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 1,137 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,641 | 83.2 | |||
Registered electors | 9,188 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 4,652 | 80.3 | +37.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Pearce-Edgcumbe | 1,141 | 19.7 | −37.7 | |
Majority | 3,511 | 60.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,793 | 63.0 | -20.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,188 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +37.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 5,226 | 63.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lewis Humfrey Edmunds | 2,998 | 36.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,228 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,224 | 87.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,370 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 4,630 | 67.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred John Sparke | 2,264 | 32.8 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 2,366 | 34.4 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,894 | 73.1 | -4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,431 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Francis Mildmay | 4,815 | 66.9 | -13.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Herbert Lush | 2,384 | 33.1 | +13.4 | |
Majority | 2,431 | 33.8 | -26.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,199 | 77.7 | +14.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,263 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -13.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pender | 210 | 29.0 | −9.5 | |
Liberal | Alfred Seymour | 204 | 28.2 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | William Gregory Dawkins | 162 | 22.4 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Bedford Pim | 147 | 20.3 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 42 | 5.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 362 (est) | 94.6 (est) | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 382 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.6 | |||
On petition, Pender was unseated on 22 March 1866. No writ was issued to replace him and, in 1868, the seat was disenfranchised and absorbed into South Devon.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Seymour | 165 | 51.2 | −19.8 | |
Conservative | John Dent | 157 | 48.8 | +19.9 | |
Majority | 8 | 2.4 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 322 | 90.2 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 357 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −19.9 | |||
By-election caused by the death of George Hay.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Pender | 171 | 97.2 | +26.2 | |
Conservative | John Dent [42] | 5 | 2.8 | −26.1 | |
Majority | 166 | 94.4 | +90.8 | ||
Turnout | 176 | 49.3 | −39.0 | ||
Registered electors | 357 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +26.2 | |||
By-election caused by the death of Thomas Mills.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Hay | 180 | 38.5 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Thomas Mills | 152 | 32.5 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | John Dunn [43] | 135 | 28.9 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 17 | 3.6 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 301 (est) | 88.3 (est) | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 341 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Hay | 171 | 34.5 | −12.6 | |
Whig | Thomas Mills | 150 | 30.2 | +2.6 | |
Peelite | James Thomas Mackenzie | 118 | 23.8 | +11.1 | |
Peelite | John Gregory [46] | 57 | 11.5 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 32 | 6.4 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 248 (est) | 78.7 (est) | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 315 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −8.8 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Hay | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
By-election caused by Edward Seymour becoming 12th Duke of Somerset.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 263 | 47.1 | −0.6 | |
Whig | Thomas Mills | 154 | 27.6 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 141 | 25.3 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 13 | 2.3 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 295 (est) | 79.5 (est) | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 371 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Seymour was appointed Commissioner of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, requiring a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 280 | 47.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 154 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Whig | Samson Ricardo | 153 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 294 (est) | 77.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 378 | ||||
Majority | 126 | 21.5 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 391 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 158 | 51.1 | +25.5 | |
Whig | Thomas Guy Gisborne | 151 | 48.9 | −25.5 | |
Majority | 7 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 309 | 90.6 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 341 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +25.5 | |||
The previous by-election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Barry Baldwin | 142 | 50.0 | +24.4 | |
Whig | William Blount | 142 | 50.0 | −24.4 | |
Turnout | 284 | 95.6 | +7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 297 | ||||
Conservative win | |||||
Whig win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 192 | 40.7 | ||
Whig | Jasper Parrott (MP) | 159 | 33.7 | ||
Conservative | George Pownall Adams [47] | 121 | 25.6 | ||
Majority | 38 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 280 | 88.1 | |||
Registered electors | 318 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Jasper Parrott (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 259 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Seymour | 153 | 67.7 | −11.7 | |
Radical | John Thomas Mayne | 73 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 80 | 35.4 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 226 | 81.6 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 277 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −11.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Cornish | 127 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Whig | Jasper Parrott (MP) | 127 | 39.7 | N/A | |
Tory | Edmund Parker | 66 | 20.6 | −79.5 | |
Majority | 61 | 19.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 179 | 82.5 | c. −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 217 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Courtenay | 56 | 40.6 | ||
Tory | Charles Barry Baldwin | 43 | 31.2 | ||
Tory | Henry Vane | 39 | 28.3 | ||
Majority | 4 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 78 | c. 83.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 94 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Courtenay | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Charles Barry Baldwin | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Tory hold | |||||
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