Tavistock (UK Parliament 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.)
Tavistock | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | West Devon |
1330–1885 | |
Number of members | two (1330-1868), one (1868-1885) |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new West Devon constituency.
Boundaries
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.
1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Holsworthy and Tavistock, the Rural Districts of Broadwoodwidger, Holsworthy, and Tavistock, and part of the Rural District of Plympton St Mary.
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.[1]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1640
Parliament | First member | Second member | |
---|---|---|---|
1335 | Richard Crocker[2] | ||
Oct. 1377 | Thomas Raymond[3] | ||
1381 | Peter Hadley[4] | ||
1384 | Thomas Raymond[3] | ||
1386 | John Wyndout | John Tryll [5] | |
1388 (Feb) | Ranulph Hunt | John atte Pole [5] | |
1388 (Sep) | John Ford | William Walreddon [5] | |
1390 (Jan) | Walter Milemead | John Bithewater [5] | |
1390 (Nov) | |||
1391 | Ranulph Hunt | John Whitham [5] | |
1393 | Ranulph Hunt | Matthew Row [5] | |
1394 | Ranulph Hunt | John Crocker [5] | |
1395 | Ranulph Hunt | Walter Dimmock [5] | |
1397 (Jan) | William Whitham | John Plenty [5] | |
1397 (Sep) | |||
1399 | |||
1401 | |||
1402 | Ranulph Hunt | John Kene [5] | |
1404 (Jan) | |||
1404 (Oct) | |||
1406 | John Plenty | Roger Baker [5] | |
1407 | John Godfrey | William Brit [5] | |
1410 | |||
1411 | John Lopynford | Richard Secheville [5] | |
1413 (Feb) | |||
1413 (May) | William May | John Julkin [5] | |
1414 (Apr) | |||
1414 (Nov) | William May | John Julkin [5] | |
1415 | |||
1416 (Mar) | |||
1416 (Oct) | |||
1417 | |||
1419 | Richard Secheville | ? [5] | |
1420 | Richard Secheville | William Bentley [5] | |
1421 (May) | John Fortescue | William May [5] | |
1421 (Dec) | John Fortescue | Nicholas Fitzherbert [5] | |
1467–1468 | Richard Edgcumbe | ||
1472 | John Say | ||
1485 | Richard Edgcumbe | ||
1510-1512 | No names known [6] | ||
1515 | Richard Lybbe | John Amadas [6] | |
1523 | ? | ||
1529 | William Honychurch | John Dynham [6] | |
1536 | ? | ||
1539 | ? | ||
1542 | ? | ||
1545 | Sir Peter Carew | Richard Fortescue [6] | |
1547 | Sir Edward Rogers | John Gale [6] | |
1553 (Mar) | Edward Underhill | Anthony Lyte [6] | |
1553 (Nov) | Richard Wilbraham | Thomas Smyth | |
Parliament of 1554 | Richard Mayo | John Fitz, junior | |
Parliament of 1554-1555 | John Onebyche | ||
Parliament of 1555 | Richard Mayo | Thomas Southcote | |
Parliament of 1558 | Thomas Browne | George Southcote | |
Parliament of 1559 | Unknown: the return has been lost | ||
Parliament of 1563-1567 | Sir Nicholas Throckmorton | Richard Cooke | |
Parliament of 1571 | Nathaniel Bacon | Robert Ferrers died after 1572 In his place Charles Morison | |
Parliament of 1572-1581 | |||
Parliament of 1584-1585 | Edward Bacon | Valentine Knightley | |
Parliament of 1586-1587 | John Glanville | ||
Parliament of 1588-1589 | Michael Heneage | Anthony Ashley | |
Parliament of 1593 | Hugh Vaughan | Richard Codrington | |
Parliament of 1597-1598 | Edward Montagu | Valentine Knightley | |
Parliament of 1601 | Henry Grey | Walter Wentworth | |
Parliament of 1604-1611 | Sir George Fleetwood | Edward Duncombe | |
Addled Parliament (1614) | (Sir) Francis Glanville | ||
Parliament of 1621-1622 | Sir Baptist Hicks, Bt | ||
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) | Sampson Hele | John Pym | |
Useless Parliament (1625) | Sir Francis Glanville | ||
Parliament of 1625-1626 | Sir John Ratcliffe | ||
Parliament of 1628-1629 | Sir Francis Glanville | ||
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640 | |||
MPs 1640-1868
MPs 1868-1974
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1868 | Arthur Russell [33] | Liberal | |
1885 | Viscount Ebrington | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1892 | Hugh Luttrell | Liberal | |
1900 | John Spear | Liberal Unionist | |
1906 | Hugh Luttrell | Liberal | |
Dec. 1910 | Sir John Spear | Liberal Unionist | |
1918 | Charles Williams | Conservative | |
1922 | Maxwell Ruthven Thornton | Liberal | |
1924 | Philip Kenyon-Slaney | Unionist | |
1928 by-election | Wallace Duffield Wright | Conservative | |
1931 | Colin Patrick | Conservative | |
1942 by-election | Sir Henry Studholme, Bt | Conservative | |
1966 | Michael Heseltine | Conservative | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see West Devon | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
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 | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 30 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Russell | 159 | 45.2 | ||
Whig | Charles Richard Fox | 129 | 36.6 | ||
Whig | Francis Charles Knowles | 64 | 18.2 | ||
Majority | 65 | 18.5 | |||
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 | Francis Charles Knowles | 5 | 1.6 | −16.6 | |
Majority | 140 | 44.2 | +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 |
Elections in the 1840s
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 | N/A | |
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 | N/A | |
Radical | Samuel Carter | 56 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 223 (est) | 70.6 (est) | |||
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 | |||
Elections in the 1850s
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.[36]
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.[37]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Arthur Russell | 164 | 57.7 | +15.2 | |
Radical | Edward Miall[38][39] | 120 | 42.3 | −15.2 | |
Majority | 44 | 15.5 | +7.8 | ||
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 |
Elections in the 1860s
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[40] | 93 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Theophilus Alexander Blakely[41] | 8 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 60 | 8.2 | 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 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lord Arthur Russell | 362 | 57.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Russell Hugh Worthington Biggs[42] | 273 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 89 | 14.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 635 | 78.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 805 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lord Arthur Russell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 847 | ||||
Liberal hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Viscount Ebrington | 5,390 | 63.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Imbert-Terry | 3,172 | 37.0 | N/A | |
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 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
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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 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Spear | 4,746 | 50.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | John Fellowes Wallop | 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 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: John Spear
- Liberal: Oliver Brett[44]
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 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Maxwell Thornton | 11,708 | 54.5 | ||
Unionist | Charles Williams | 9,757 | 45.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 77.6 | ||||
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 | 77.7 | +0.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Philip Kenyon-Slaney | 12,058 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal | Maxwell Thornton | 10,786 | 47.2 | ||
Majority | 1,272 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 77.7 | ||||
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 | n/a | |
Majority | 173 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 77.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Wallace Wright | 14,102 | 44.7 | ||
Liberal | Hilda Runciman | 14,040 | 44.1 | ||
Labour | Richard Davies | 3,574 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 152 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Patrick | 17,310 | 52.4 | ||
Liberal | John Adam Day | 13,592 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | Richard Davies | 2,124 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 3,718 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 83.3 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Patrick | 17,475 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal | John Adam Day | 13,422 | 40.5 | ||
Labour | Charles Henry Townsend | 2,236 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | 4,053 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 77.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
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;
- Conservative: Colin Patrick
- Liberal: Frank Milton
- Labour: J Finnigan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 19,730 | 46.9 | -5.8 | |
Liberal | Isaac Foot | 13,764 | 32.8 | -7.7 | |
Labour | James Finnigan | 8,539 | 20.3 | +13.6 | |
Majority | 5,966 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 75.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 18,682 | 50.3 | ||
Labour | Frank W Harcourt-Munning | 10,189 | 27.4 | ||
Liberal | JD Wyatt | 8,281 | 22.3 | ||
Majority | 8,493 | 22.9 | |||
Turnout | 84.7 | ||||
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 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 78.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 18,991 | 54.8 | ||
Labour | Harold Lawrance | 8,755 | 25.2 | ||
Liberal | Richard Moore | 6,937 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 10,236 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 34,683 | 76.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 19,778 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal | Richard Moore | 9,008 | 24.5 | ||
Labour | Bryan R Weston | 8,022 | 21.8 | ||
Majority | 10,770 | 29.3 | |||
Turnout | 36,808 | 78.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Studholme | 19,493 | 47.8 | ||
Liberal | Grenville Jones | 14,093 | 34.5 | ||
Labour | John A Elswood | 7,226 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | 5,400 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 40,812 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 21,644 | 49.2 | ||
Liberal | Christopher Trethewey | 13,461 | 30.6 | ||
Labour | Peggy Arline Middleton | 8,902 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | 8,183 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 44,007 | 81.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 25 846 | 57.1 | ||
Liberal | Michael E B Banks | 10,397 | 23.0 | ||
Labour | Harold M Luscombe | 8,982 | 19.9 | ||
Majority | 15,449 | 34.2 | |||
Turnout | 45,225 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- Crick 1997, pp117-8
- http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/crocker-john
- http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/raymond-thomas-1418
- http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hadley-peter
- "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- Manaton was initially returned as re-elected in 1710, but on petition he was adjudged not to have been duly elected
- Cope was re-elected in 1727, but had also been elected for Hampshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Tavistock
- Succeeded as The Viscount Fane (in the Peerage of Ireland), July 1744
- Leveson-Gower was also elected for Lichfield, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Tavistock
- Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 75–77. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- Wyndham was also elected for Midhurst, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Tavistock
- Ebrington was re-elected in 1830, but had also been elected for Devon, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Tavistock
- Russell was re-elected in 1831, but had also been elected for Devon, which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Tavistock
- Styled Marquess of Tavistock from 1839
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