Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Salisbury is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Glen, a Conservative. He is currently the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.[n 2]

Salisbury
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Salisbury in Wiltshire
Location of Wiltshire within England
County	Wiltshire
Electorate	68,731 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Salisbury
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of Parliament	John Glen (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1295–1918
Number of members	1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

History

From 1295, (the Model Parliament) a form of this constituency on a narrower area, the Parliamentary borough of Salisbury, returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England[n 3] Elections were held using the bloc vote system. This afforded the ability for wealthy male townsfolk who owned property rated at more than £2 a year liability in Land Tax to vote in the county and borough (if they met the requirements of both systems). The franchise (right to vote) in the town was generally restricted to male tradespersons and professionals within the central town wards, however in medieval elections would have been the aldermen.

The borough constituency co-existed with a neighbouring minuscule-electorate seat described towards its Great Reform Act abolition as a rotten borough: Old Sarum that covered the mostly abandoned Roman citadel to the northeast.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced to one member. The parliamentary borough of Salisbury was abolished for the 1918 general election however the name transferred immediately to a new county division.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, and the Rural Districts of Amesbury, Salisbury, Tisbury, and Wilton.

1950–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, and the Rural Districts of Amesbury, and Salisbury and Wilton.

1983–2010: The District of Salisbury wards of Alderbury, Amesbury, Bemerton, Bishopdown, Bulford, Chalke Valley, Donhead, Downton, Durrington, Ebble, Fisherton and Bemerton Village, Fonthill, Fovant, Harnham, Idmiston, Laverstock, Milford, Nadder, Redlynch, St Edmund, St Mark, St Martin, St Paul, Stratford, Till Valley, Tisbury, Upper Bourne, Whiteparish, Wilton, Winterbourne, Winterslow, Woodford Valley, and Wylye.

2010–present: The District of Salisbury wards of Alderbury and Whiteparish, Amesbury East, Amesbury West, Bemerton, Bishopdown, Chalke Valley, Downton and Redlynch, Ebble, Fisherton and Bemerton Village, Harnham East, Harnham West, Laverstock, Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley, St Edmund and Milford, St Mark and Stratford, St Martin and Milford, St Paul, Till Valley and Wylye, Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne, Wilton, and Winterslow.

The constituency is based around the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. A large portion of the former Salisbury district, excluding a part to the west, is included within the constituency.

Downton (listed above) was a former borough constituency until abolished as a rotten borough, like Old Sarum, in 1832.

Traditions

According to a local tradition, the Member of Parliament for Salisbury sings the song The Vly be on the Turmut from the balcony of the White Hart Hotel in St John's Street after winning each Parliamentary election.[2][3]

Constituency profile

The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district with a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[4] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.6% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.5%.[5]

The rural county as a whole has a low 14.8% of its population without a car, 18.6% of the population without qualifications and a high 29.5% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure across the whole county 67.5% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census.[6]

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created 1295

MPs 1295–1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Thomas Burford	David White[7]
1388 (Feb)	John Bitterley	Thomas Burford[7]
1388 (Sep)	David White	John Hethe[7]
1390 (Jan)	John Bitterley	William Warmwell[7]
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393	John Bitterley	William Warmwell[7]
1394	John Bitterley	Thomas Burford[7]
1395	William Warmwell	Richard Spencer[7]
1397 (Jan)	Richard Spencer	John Moner[7]
1397 (Sep)	Richard Juel	John Cary[7]
1399	William Hulle I	William Walters[7]
1401	Richard Spencer	John Levesham[7]
1402	John Wallop	William Boyton[7]
1404 (Jan)	William Waryn	John Levesham[7]
1404 (Oct)	John Wallop	Richard Juel[7]
1406	William Bailey	William Boyton[7]
1407	Thomas Child	John Becket[7]
1410	William Bourer	William Bailey, died 1410[7]
1411	Richard Spencer	Walter Shirley[7]
1413 (Feb)	Walter Shirley	William Waryn[7]
1413 (May)	Walter Shirley	William Waryn[7]
1414 (Apr)	Walter Shirley	John Becket[7]
1414 (Nov)	Walter Shirley	John Becket[7]
1415	Walter Shirley	Henry Man[7]
1416 (Mar)	Walter Shirley	Henry Man[7]
1416 (Oct)	Walter Shirley	Thomas Mason[7]
1417	Walter Shirley	William Waryn[7]
1419	Walter Shirley	William Waryn[7]
1420	Walter Shirley	Robert Poynaunt[7]
1421 (May)	Walter Shirley	Robert Poynaunt[7]
1421 (Dec)	Walter Shirley	Thomas Boner[7]
1422	Henry Man[8]
1423	William Alexander[9]
1425	William Alexander[9]	Henry Man[8]
1426	Henry Man[8]
1427	William Alexander[9]
1429	Henry Man[8]
1431	William Alexander[9]
1432	William Alexander[9]
1485	William Boket	Roger Holes[10]
1510	Thomas Coke I	William Webbe alias Kellowe[11]
1512	Thomas Coke I	Richard Bartholomew[11]
1515	Thomas Coke I, repl. Oct 1515 by John Abarough	Richard Bartholomew, repl. Oct 1515 by Thomas Brodegate[11]
1523	Robert Keilway	John Abarough[11]
1529	William Webbe II	Thomas Chaffyn I[11]
1536	William Webbe II[11]
1539	Robert South	Henry Coldston[11]
1542	Charles Bulkeley	Edward Chaffyn[11]
1545	Thomas Gawdy I	John Story[11]
1547	Sir John Thynne	Henry Clifford[11]
1553 (Mar)	George Penruddock	John Beckingham[11]
1553 (Oct)	John Hooper	John Abyn[11]
1554 (Apr)	Robert Griffith	John Abyn[11]
1554 (Nov)	Robert Griffith	John Hooper[11]
1555	Thomas Chaffyn II	John Hooper[11]
1558	John Hooper	Robert Eyre[11]
1559	William Webbe	John Webbe[12]
1562/3	Anthony Weekes	Giles Estcourt[12]
1571	John Eyre	Giles Estcourt[12]
1572	Giles Estcourt	Hugh Tucker[12]
1584	Giles Estcourt	Christopher Weekes[12]
1586	Giles Estcourt	Christopher Weekes[12]
1588	Christopher Weekes	John Bayley[12]
1593	Giles Hutchens	Robert Bower[12]
1597	Thomas Eyre	Giles Hutchens[12]
1601	Giles Tooker	John Puxton[12]
1604	Giles Tooker	Richard Godfrey
1614	Giles Tooker	Roger Gauntlett
1621	Roger Gauntlett	Thomas Hussey
1624	Henry Sherfield	Roger Gauntlett
1625	Henry Sherfield	Walter Long
1626	Henry Sherfield	John Puxton
1628	Henry Sherfield	Bartholemew Tookey
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	Robert Hyde	Michael Oldisworth
1640 (Nov)	Robert Hyde	Michael Oldisworth
1645	Michael Oldisworth	John Dove
1648	Michael Oldisworth	John Dove
1653	Salisbury not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Edward Tooker	William Stevens
1656	William Stone	James Heeley
1659	Henry Eyre	Humphry Ditton snr

MPs 1660–1885

Election	1st Member[13]		1st Party	2nd Member[13]		2nd Party
1660		Henry Eyre			Edward Tooker
April 1661		Francis Swanton
November 1661		Stephen Fox
1664					Edward Hyde
1665					Richard Colman
1673					William Swanton
1679		Sir Thomas Mompesson			Alexander Thistlethwayte
1681		John Wyndham
1685					Sir Stephen Fox
January 1689		Thomas Hoby	Whig		Giles Eyre
May 1689					Thomas Pitt
1695					Sir Thomas Mompesson
1698		Charles Fox			Robert Eyre
January 1701		Sir Thomas Mompesson
July 1701		Charles Fox
1710					Robert Pitt
1713					Richard Jones
1714		Sir Stephen Fox
1715		Francis Swanton			Edmund Lambert
1721		Anthony Duncombe
1722					Francis Kenton
1727					Thomas Lewis
1734		Peter Bathurst			Henry Hoare
1741		Sir Jacob Bouverie			Sir Edward Seymour
1747		Hon. William Bouverie			Edward Poore
1754					Julines Beckford
1761		Hon. Edward Bouverie
1765					Samuel Eyre
1768					Hon. Stephen Fox
1771		Viscount Folkestone
1774					William Hussey	Whig[14]
1776		Hon. William Henry Bouverie
1802		Viscount Folkestone	Whig[14]
1813					George Purefoy-Jervoise	Whig[14]
1818					Wadham Wyndham	Tory[14]
1828		Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie	Whig[14]
1832		William Bird Brodie	Whig[14][15][16]
1833					Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie	Whig[14]
1835					Wadham Wyndham	Conservative[14]
May 1843 by-election		Ambrose Hussey	Conservative[14]
Nov 1843 by-election					John Campbell	Conservative[14]
Jan. 1847 by-election		William James Chaplin	Whig[17]
Jul. 1847					Charles Baring Wall	Peelite[18][18][19]
1853 by-election					Edward Pery Buckley	Whig[20][21]
1857		Matthew Henry Marsh	Whig[22]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
1865					Edward Hamilton	Liberal
1868		John Alfred Lush	Liberal
1869 by-election					Alfred Seymour	Liberal
1874					Granville Ryder	Conservative
1880		William Grenfell	Liberal		John Passmore Edwards	Liberal
1882 by-election		Coleridge Kennard	Conservative
1885	representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[13]	Party
	1885	William Grenfell	Liberal
	1886	Edward Hulse	Conservative
	1897 by-election	Augustus Allhusen	Conservative
	1900	Walter Palmer	Conservative
	1906	Edward Tennant	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	Conservative
	1918	Hugh Morrison	Conservative
	1923	Hugh Moulton	Liberal
	1924	Hugh Morrison	Conservative
	1931 by-election	James Despencer-Robertson	Conservative
	1942 by-election	John Morrison	Conservative
	1965 by-election	Michael Hamilton	Conservative
	1983	Robert Key	Conservative
	2010	John Glen	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Salisbury[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Glen	30,280	56.4	–1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Charleston	10,544	19.6	+8.4
	Labour	Tom Corbin	9,675	18.0	–7.5
	Green	Rick Page	2,486	4.6	+2.5
	Independent	King Arthur Pendragon	745	1.4	+0.6
Majority			19,736	36.8	+4.1
Turnout			53,730	72.1	–2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	–5.1

General election 2017: Salisbury[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Glen	30,952	58.1	+2.5
	Labour	Tom Corbin	13,619	25.5	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Sample	5,982	11.2	+1.2
	UKIP	Dean Palethorpe	1,191	2.2	–9.9
	Green	Brig Oubridge	1,152	2.2	–3.3
	Independent	Arthur Uther Pendragon	415	0.8	–0.7
Majority			17,333	32.6	–7.7
Turnout			53,311	74.1	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	–3.85

General election 2015: Salisbury[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Glen	28,192	55.6	+6.4
	Labour	Thomas Corbin	7,771	15.3	+7.7
	UKIP	Paul Martin[28]	6,152	12.1	+9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Reetendra Banerji	5,099	10.1	–26.9
	Green	Alison Craig	2,762	5.4	+4.4
	Independent	Arthur Uther Pendragon[29]	729	1.4	+0.9
Majority			20,421	40.3	+28.0
Turnout			50,705	72.9	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 2010: Salisbury[30][31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Glen	23,859	49.2	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Radford	17,893	36.9	+10.0
	Labour	Tom Gann	3,690	7.6	−11.0
	UKIP	Frances Howard	1,392	2.9	−1.3
	BNP	Sean Witheridge	765	1.6	N/A
	Green	Nick Startin	506	1.0	−2.4
	Independent	Arthur Uther Pendragon	257	0.5	N/A
	Independent	John Holme	119	0.2	N/A
Majority			5,966	12.3	-8.2
Turnout			48,481	71.9	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Salisbury[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Key	25,961	47.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Denton-White	14,819	27.3	−2.8
	Labour	Clare Moody	9,457	17.4	−0.1
	UKIP	Frances Howard	2,290	4.2	+0.5
	Green	Hamish Soutar	1,555	2.9	+0.8
	Independent	John Holme	240	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,142	20.5	+4.0
Turnout			54,322	68.1	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

General election 2001: Salisbury[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Key	24,527	46.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce	15,824	30.1	−2.1
	Labour	Sue Mallory	9,199	17.5	−0.1
	UKIP	Malcolm Wood	1,958	3.7	−2.0
	Green	Hamish Soutar	1,095	2.1	+1.0
Majority			8,703	16.5	+5.7
Turnout			52,603	65.3	-8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Salisbury[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Key	25,012	43.0	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce	18,736	32.2	−5.0
	Labour	Ricky Rogers	10,242	17.6	+8.6
	UKIP	Nigel Farage	3,332	5.7	N/A
	Green	Hamish Soutar	623	1.1	+0.1
	Independent	William Holmes	184	0.3	N/A
	Natural Law	Shirley Haysom	110	0.2	0.0
Majority			6,276	10.8	-4.0
Turnout			58,239	73.6	-6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.0

General election 1992: Salisbury[35][36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Key	31,546	52.0	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul W.L. Sample	22,573	37.2	+2.2
	Labour	Steve R. Fear	5,483	9.0	−0.4
	Green	Sherwood M. Elcock	609	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Steven W. Fletcher	233	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Tim I. Abbott	117	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	Annie Martell	93	0.2	N/A
Majority			8,973	14.8	−5.1
Turnout			60,654	79.9	+4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Salisbury[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Key	31,612	54.87
	SDP	Parry Mitchell	20,169	35.0
	Labour	Teresa Seaborne	5,455	9.5
	Independent	Steven W. Fletcher	372	0.6
Majority			11,443	19.9
Turnout				75.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Salisbury[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Robert Key	28,876	53.5
	Liberal	John F Lakeman	21,702	40.2
	Labour	CK Lamberth	3,139	5.8
	Wessex Regionalist	M Kemp	182	0.3
	Independent	T Abbott	86	0.2
Majority			7,174	13.3
Turnout				72.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Hamilton	24,962	49.9
	Liberal	John F Lakeman	18,718	37.4
	Labour	CR Boney	6,321	12.6
Majority			6,244	12.5
Turnout				77.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Hamilton	20,478	43.6
	Liberal	John F Lakeman	16,298	34.7
	Labour	CJ Connor	10,140	21.6
Majority			4,180	8.9
Turnout				74.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Hamilton	22,753	45.7
	Liberal	John F Lakeman	16,536	33.2
	Labour	CJ Connor	10,455	21.0
Majority			6,217	12.5
Turnout				79.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1970: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Hamilton	26,549	60.3
	Labour	Alexander Waugh	17,493	39.7
Majority			9,056	20.6
Turnout				71.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Hamilton	22,601	55.0
	Labour	Ronald C Smith	18,462	45.0
Majority			4,139	10.0
Turnout			41,063	76.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Salisbury by-election, February 1965

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Hamilton	17,599	48.2	−0.1
	Labour	Leif Mills	13,660	37.4	+3.0
	Liberal	Hugh Capstick	4,699	12.9	−4.4
	Ind. Conservative	Horace Trevor-Cox	533	1.5	N/A
Majority			3,939	10.8	−3.1
Turnout			36,491
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1964: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Morrison	20,071	48.3	−4.5
	Labour	Leif Mills	14,311	34.4	+1.3
	Liberal	Hugh Capstick	7,176	17.3	+3.2
Majority			5,760	13.9	−5.8
Turnout			41,558	78.6	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Morrison	20,641	52.8
	Labour	John A Cannon	12,932	33.1
	Liberal	John Mackarness Booker	5,516	14.1
Majority			7,709	19.7
Turnout				78.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Morrison	20,271	53.4
	Labour	John Papworth	12,632	33.3
	Liberal	John Mackarness Booker	5,037	13.3
Majority			7,639	20.1
Turnout				77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Morrison	21,798	57.1
	Labour	Roger R Thomas	16,386	42.9
Majority			5,412	14.2
Turnout				80.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Salisbury[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Morrison	17,301	45.0
	Labour	WAJ Case	12,319	32.0
	Liberal	Alan Campbell-Johnson	8,847	23.0
Majority			4,982	12.9
Turnout				83.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Salisbury[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Morrison	16,742	44.02
	Labour	John Alan Lyde Caunter	12,344	32.46
	Liberal	Alan Campbell-Johnson	8,946	23.52
Majority			4,398	11.56
Turnout				70.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury by-election, July 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Morrison	12,076	67.8	−3.7
	Independent Progressive	Reg Hipwell	3,218	18.1	N/A
	Independent Democrat	J. D. Monro	2,519	14.1	N/A
Majority			8,858	49.7	+6.7
Turnout			17,813	39.7	−26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Despencer-Robertson	20,707	71.5	−5.4
	Labour	E. J. Plaisted	8,259	28.5	+5.4
Majority			12,448	43.0	−10.8
Turnout			28,966	66.2	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.4

General election 1931: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Despencer-Robertson	23,189	76.92
	Labour	AB Lemon	6,956	23.08
Majority			16,233	53.85
Turnout				71.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury by-election, March 1931: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Despencer-Robertson	15,800	53.9	+6.3
	Liberal	Lucy Masterman	9,588	32.7	−6.6
	Labour	F. R. Hancock	3,939	13.4	+0
Majority			6,212	21.2	+13.2
Turnout			29,327	71.1	−10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Hugh Morrison	15,672	47.3	−9.0
	Liberal	Lucy Masterman	13,022	39.3	+3.7
	Labour	F. R. Hancock	4,435	13.4	+5.3
Majority			2,650	8.0	−12.7
Turnout			33,129	81.9	+0.1
Registered electors			40,453
	Unionist hold		Swing	-6.4

General election 1924: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Hugh Morrison	14,475	56.3	+7.7
	Liberal	Hugh Moulton	9,138	35.6	−15.8
	Labour	David Freeman	2,071	8.1	N/A
Majority			5,337	20.7	N/A
Turnout			25,684	81.8	+1.6
Registered electors			31,393
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.8

General election 1923: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hugh Moulton	12,375	51.4	+2.1
	Unionist	Hugh Morrison	11,710	48.6	−2.1
Majority			665	2.8	N/A
Turnout			24,085	80.2	−0.9
Registered electors			30,026
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+2.1

General election 1922: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Hugh Morrison	11,882	50.7	−2.6
	Liberal	Ernest Brown	11,559	49.3	+2.6
Majority			323	1.4	−5.2
Turnout			23,441	81.1	+22.1
Registered electors			28,911
	Unionist hold		Swing	−2.6

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
C	Unionist	Hugh Morrison	9,168	53.3	−2.0
	Liberal	Ernest Brown	8,018	46.7	+2.0
Majority			1,150	6.6	−4.0
Turnout			17,186	59.0	−34.4
Registered electors			29,144
	Unionist hold		Swing	−2.0
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election December 1910: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	1,750	55.3	+0.5
	Liberal	C.J. Warner	1,413	44.7	−0.5
Majority			337	10.6	+1.0
Turnout			3,163	93.4	−3.7
Registered electors			3,386
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

General election January 1910: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	1,803	54.8	+5.4
	Liberal	Edward Tennant	1,485	45.2	−5.4
Majority			318	9.6	N/A
Turnout			3,288	97.1	+1.4
Registered electors			3,386
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.4

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Tennant	1,646	50.6	+5.3
	Conservative	Walter Palmer	1,605	49.4	−5.3
Majority			41	1.2	N/A
Turnout			3,251	95.7	+6.6
Registered electors			3,396
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.3

General election 1900: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Walter Palmer	1,399	54.7	+0.5
	Liberal	Frederick Low	1,160	45.3	−0.5
Majority			239	9.4	+1.0
Turnout			2,559	89.1	−3.5
Registered electors			2,872
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1890s

By-election, 27 Jan 1897: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Augustus Allhusen	1,425	52.7	−1.5
	Liberal	John Fuller	1,278	47.3	+1.5
Majority			147	5.4	−3.0
Turnout			2,703	94.2	+1.6
Registered electors			2,868
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.5

• Caused by Hulse's resignation.

General election 1895: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Hulse	1,404	54.2	−0.5
	Liberal	William Richmond Brown	1,187	45.8	+0.5
Majority			217	8.4	−1.0
Turnout			2,591	92.6	−0.1
Registered electors			2,799
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.5

General election 1892: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Hulse	1,374	54.7	−3.3
	Liberal	William Richmond Brown	1,136	45.3	+3.3
Majority			238	9.4	−6.6
Turnout			2,510	92.7	−0.2
Registered electors			2,709
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edward Hulse	1,259	58.0	+8.9
	Liberal	William Grenfell	910	42.0	−8.9
Majority			349	16.0	N/A
Turnout			2,169	92.9	−3.3
Registered electors			2,336
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.9

General election 1885: Salisbury[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Grenfell	1,144	50.9	−2.6
	Conservative	Coleridge Kennard	1,104	49.1	+2.6
Majority			40	1.8	−1.5
Turnout			2,248	96.2	+5.1 (est)
Registered electors			2,336
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

By-election, 21 Nov 1882: Salisbury (1 seat)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Coleridge Kennard	955	52.9	+6.4
	Liberal	William Grenfell	852	47.1	−6.4
Majority			103	5.7	N/A
Turnout			1,807	87.7	−3.4 (est)
Registered electors			2,061
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.4

• Caused by Grenfell's appointment as a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria.

General election 1880: Salisbury (2 seats)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Grenfell	961	26.8	+1.6
	Liberal	John Passmore Edwards	958	26.7	+2.8
	Conservative	Coleridge Kennard	841	23.4	−2.9
	Conservative	Ralph Dutton[42]	828	23.1	−1.5
Majority			117	3.3	+2.8
Turnout			1,794 (est)	91.1 (est)	+4.2
Registered electors			1,969
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Salisbury (2 seats)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Granville Ryder	835	26.3	+11.1
	Liberal	John Alfred Lush	800	25.2	−11.3
	Conservative	Adam Steinmetz Kennard[43]	783	24.6	+9.4
	Liberal	Alfred Seymour	759	23.9	−9.2
Turnout			1,589 (est)	86.9 (est)	−4.6
Registered electors			1,829
Majority			35	1.1	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.7
Majority			17	0.5	−2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.8

Elections in the 1860s

By-election, 5 August 1869: Salisbury (1 seat)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alfred Seymour	562	47.1	−22.5
	Conservative	Granville Ryder	549	46.0	+15.6
	Liberal	Matthew Henry Marsh	82	6.9	N/A
Majority			13	1.1	−1.6
Turnout			1,193	81.7	−9.8
Registered electors			1,461
	Liberal hold		Swing	−19.1

• Caused by Hamilton's resignation.

General election 1868: Salisbury (2 seats)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Alfred Lush	748	36.5	−2.9
	Liberal	Edward Hamilton	679	33.1	−0.4
	Conservative	Granville Ryder	623	30.4	+3.3
Majority			56	2.7	−3.7
Turnout			1,337 (est)	91.5 (est)	+5.9
Registered electors			1,461
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.0

General election 1865: Salisbury (2 seats)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Matthew Henry Marsh	367	39.4	+5.4
	Liberal	Edward Hamilton	312	33.5	−5.1
	Conservative	John Chapman	252	27.1	−0.2
Majority			60	6.4	−0.3
Turnout			592 (est)	85.6 (est)	−3.2
Registered electors			691
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Salisbury (2 seats)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Pery Buckley	370	38.6	N/A
	Liberal	Matthew Henry Marsh	326	34.0	N/A
	Conservative	John Chapman	262	27.3	N/A
Majority			64	6.7	N/A
Turnout			610 (est)	88.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			687
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1857: Salisbury (2 seats)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Edward Pery Buckley	Unopposed
	Whig	Matthew Henry Marsh	Unopposed
Registered electors			680
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Peelite

By-election, 15 November 1853: Salisbury (1 seat)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Edward Pery Buckley	255	74.3	+36.8
	Conservative	Julius Roberts[44]	88	25.7	−4.2
Majority			167	48.7	+43.8
Turnout			343	50.4	−24.3
Registered electors			680
	Whig gain from Peelite		Swing	+20.5

• Caused by Wall's death

General election 1852: Salisbury (2 seats)[41][45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Chaplin	381	37.5	−9.9
	Peelite	Charles Baring Wall	331	32.6	−3.6
	Conservative	Frederick William Slade	173	17.0	+8.8
	Conservative	Daniel Higford Davall Burr	131	12.9	+4.7
Turnout			508 (est)	74.7 (est)	+1.7
Registered electors			680
Majority			50	4.9	−6.3
	Whig hold		Swing	−8.3
Majority			158	15.6	−4.1
	Peelite hold		Swing	−5.2

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Salisbury (2 seats)[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Chaplin	490	47.4	+14.6
	Peelite	Charles Baring Wall	374	36.2	−4.8
	Conservative	John Smith[46]	170	16.4	−9.8
Turnout			517 (est)	73.0 (est)	−15.7
Registered electors			708
Majority			116	11.2	+5.6
	Whig hold		Swing	+9.8
Majority			204	19.7	+11.5
	Peelite gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.1

By-election, 25 January 1847: Salisbury[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Chaplin	Unopposed
	Whig gain from Conservative

• Caused by Hussey's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds

By-election, 24 November 1843: Salisbury[14][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Campbell	317	54.0	−13.2
	Whig	Edward Pleydell-Bouverie[47]	270	46.0	+13.2
Majority			47	8.0	−0.2
Turnout			587	81.1	−7.6
Registered electors			724
	Conservative hold		Swing	−13.2

• Caused by Wyndham's death.

By-election, 4 May 1843: Salisbury[14][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ambrose Hussey	252	57.3	−9.9
	Whig	Edward Pleydell-Bouverie[47]	188	42.7	+9.9
Majority			64	14.5	+6.3
Turnout			440	60.8	−27.9
Registered electors			724
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	−9.9

• Caused by Brodie's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. Bouverie retired during polling.

General election 1841: Salisbury (2 seats)[14][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Wadham Wyndham	366	41.0	N/A
	Whig	William Bird Brodie	293	32.8	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony John Ashley[48]	234	26.2	N/A
Turnout			544	88.7	N/A
Registered electors			613
Majority			73	8.2	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			59	6.6	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Salisbury (2 seats)[14][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wadham Wyndham	Unopposed
	Whig	William Bird Brodie	Unopposed
Registered electors			707
	Conservative hold
	Whig hold

General election 1835: Salisbury (2 seats)[14][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Wadham Wyndham	Unopposed
	Whig	William Bird Brodie	Unopposed
Registered electors			650
	Conservative hold
	Whig hold

General election 1832: Salisbury (2 seats)[14][41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	William Bird Brodie	392	42.4	+31.6
	Tory	Wadham Wyndham	268	29.0	−12.5
	Whig	Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie	265	28.6	−19.1
Turnout			531	92.2	c. +16.3
Registered electors			576
Majority			124	13.4	+7.2
	Whig hold		Swing	+19.0
Majority			3	0.3	−30.5
	Tory hold		Swing	−12.5

• On petition, Wyndham was unseated in favour of Pleydell-Bouverie

General election 1831: Salisbury (2 seats)[14][49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie	31	47.7
	Tory	Wadham Wyndham	27	41.5
	Whig	William Bird Brodie	7	10.8
Turnout			41	c. 75.9
Registered electors			c. 54
Majority			4	6.2
	Whig hold
Majority			20	30.8
	Tory hold

General election 1830: Salisbury (2 seats)[14][49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie	Unopposed
	Tory	Wadham Wyndham	Unopposed
	Whig hold
	Tory hold

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

Notes and references

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. And then to its successor bodies: the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801.

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