Montgomery (UK Parliament constituency)
Montgomery was a constituency in the House of Commons of England and later in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member, but was abolished in 1918.
Montgomery | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
1542–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Montgomeryshire |
After 1832 the constituency was more usually called the Montgomery Boroughs or Montgomery District of Boroughs.
Boundaries
1885–1918
The constituency comprised the boroughs of Montgomery, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Newtown and Welshpool.
Members of Parliament
1542–1640
Parliament | Member |
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1542 | William Herbert II [1] |
1545 | William Herbert II [1] |
1547 | William Herbert II [1] |
1553 (Mar) | Richard Herbert [1] |
1553 (Oct) | John ap Edmund [1] |
1554 (Apr) | Richard Lloyd [1] |
1554 (Nov) | Richard Lloyd [1] |
1555 | not known |
1558 | William Herbert II [1] |
1559 | John Man [2] |
1562/3 | John Price |
1571 | Arthur Price |
1572 | Rowland Pugh, thought to be dead repl. 1581 by Richard Herbert I |
1584 | Richard Herbert II |
1586 | Matthew Herbert |
1588 | Rowland Pugh |
1593 | Richard Morgan |
1597 | Thomas Jukes |
1601 | John Harris |
1601–1918
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1601 | John Harris | ||
1604–1611 | Edward Whittingham | ||
1614 | Sir John Danvers | ||
1621–1622: | Edward Herbert | ||
1624 | George Herbert | ||
1625 | George Herbert | ||
1626 | Sir Henry Herbert | ||
1628 | Sir Richard Lloyd | ||
November 1640 | Richard Herbert | Royalist | |
September 1642 | Herbert disabled from sitting – seat vacant | ||
1646 | George Devereux [3] | ||
1653 | Not represented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||
January 1659 | Charles Lloyd | ||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||
April 1660 | (Sir) Thomas Myddelton [4] | ||
1661 | John Purcell | ||
1665 | Henry Herbert | ||
1679 | Matthew Pryce | ||
April 1685 | William Williams | ||
July 1685 | Charles Herbert | ||
1691 | Price Devereux | ||
1701 | John Vaughan | ||
1705 | Charles Mason | ||
1708 | John Pugh | ||
1727 | (Sir) William Corbet [5] | ||
1741 | James Cholmondeley | ||
1747 | Henry Herbert | ||
1748 | Francis Herbert | ||
1754 | William Bodvell | ||
1759 | Richard Clive | ||
1771 | Captain Frederick Cornewall | ||
1774 | Whitshed Keene | ||
1818 | Henry Clive | Tory[6] | |
1832 | David Pugh [7] | Tory[6] | |
1833 by-election | John Edwards | Whig[6][8] | |
1841 | Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley | Conservative[6] | |
1847 | David Pugh [9] | Conservative[6] | |
1861 by-election | John Willes-Johnson | Conservative | |
1863 by-election | Hon. Charles Hanbury-Tracy | Liberal | |
1877 by-election | Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | Liberal | |
1885 | Pryce Pryce-Jones | Conservative | |
1886 | Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | Liberal | |
1892 | Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones | Conservative | |
1895 | Major Edward Pryce-Jones | Conservative | |
1906 | John Rees | Liberal | |
Dec 1910 | Colonel Edward Pryce-Jones | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Clive (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 135 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Henry Clive (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 135 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | David Pugh | 335 | 51.1 | ||
Whig | John Edwards | 321 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 14 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 656 | 90.7 | |||
Registered electors | 723 | ||||
Tory hold |
The election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Edwards | 331 | 50.8 | +1.9 | |
Tory | Panton Corbett | 321 | 49.2 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 10 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 652 | 90.2 | −0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 723 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Edwards | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 899 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Edwards | 472 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | Panton Corbett | 443 | 48.4 | ||
Majority | 29 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 915 | 88.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,037 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Cholmondeley | 464 | 51.5 | +3.1 | |
Whig | John Edwards | 437 | 48.5 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 27 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 901 | 90.6 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 995 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Pugh | 389 | 50.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hugh Cholmondeley | 389 | 50.0 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 778 | 79.2 | −11.4 | ||
Registered electors | 982 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
With both Cholmondeley and Pugh receiving the same number of votes, both were declared elected by the returning officer. However, Cholmondeley decided against defending his claim for the seat and Pugh was declared the only elected candidate.
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | David Pugh | 435 | 59.2 | +9.2 | |
Radical | George Hammond Whalley[12][13] | 300 | 40.8 | New | |
Majority | 135 | 18.4 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 735 | 73.3 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,003 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Pugh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 927 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Pugh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 900 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Pugh's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Willes-Johnson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Willes-Johnson's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Hanbury-Tracy | 439 | 57.1 | New | |
Conservative | Charles Vaughan Pugh[14] | 330 | 42.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 109 | 14.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 769 | 82.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 933 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Hanbury-Tracy | 437 | 54.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Thomas Lewis Hampton[15] | 372 | 46.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 65 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 809 | 83.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 965 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Hanbury-Tracy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,559 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Hanbury-Tracy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,839 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Hanbury-Tracy succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Sudeley.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | 1,447 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Vane-Tempest | 1,118 | 43.6 | New | |
Majority | 329 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,565 | 88.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,914 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | 1,572 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Pryce Pryce-Jones | 1,211 | 43.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 361 | 13.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,783 | 89.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,120 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pryce Pryce-Jones | 1,409 | 51.5 | +8.0 | |
Liberal | Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | 1,326 | 48.5 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 83 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,735 | 91.2 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,999 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | 1,424 | 53.2 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Pryce Pryce-Jones | 1,251 | 46.8 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 173 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,675 | 89.2 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,999 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pryce Pryce-Jones | 1,406 | 52.2 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Frederick Hanbury-Tracy | 1,288 | 47.8 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 118 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,694 | 91.8 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,936 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Pryce-Jones | 1,435 | 51.5 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Owen Philipps | 1,351 | 48.5 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 84 | 3.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,786 | 91.9 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,030 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Pryce-Jones | 1,478 | 53.0 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | John Albert Bright | 1,309 | 47.0 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 169 | 6.0 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,787 | 86.3 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,229 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Rees | 1,541 | 51.4 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Pryce-Jones | 1,458 | 48.6 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 83 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,999 | 90.5 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,313 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Rees | 1,539 | 50.2 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Edward Pryce-Jones | 1,526 | 49.8 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.4 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,065 | 91.4 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,354 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Pryce-Jones | 1,522 | 50.9 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | John Rees | 1,468 | 49.1 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 54 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,990 | 89.1 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,354 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.1 | |||
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Edward Pryce-Jones
- Liberal: A E O Humphreys Owen
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- At the election of 1847, Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley and David Pugh tied, with 389 votes each, and the returning officer made a double return. However, when a petition was lodged against Cholmondeley he decided not to defend his claim, and Pugh took the seat.
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