Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Devizes
County constituency

Devizes shown within Wiltshire, and Wiltshire shown within England
Created: 1331
MP: Michael Ancram
Party: Conservative
Type: House of Commons
County: Wiltshire
EP constituency: South West England

Devizes is an English constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has been a strongly Conservative seat since 1945. The Member of Parliament is Conservative Michael Ancram.

Contents

The Devizes constituency covers Devizes in Wiltshire and the surrounding Kennet district.

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
Mar 1660 William Lewis Robert Aldworth
Apr 1661 William Yorke John Kent
Dec 1666 John Norden
Oct 1669 Edward Lewis George Johnson
Apr 1675 Sir Edward Bayntun
Feb 1679 Sir Walter Ernle
Sep 1679 Sir Giles Hungerford John Eyles
Feb 1681 Sir Walter Ernle George Johnson
Mar 1685 Sir John Talbot Walter Grubbe
Jan 1689 Sir William Pynsent
Mar 1690 Sir Thomas Fowle
Dec 1690 John Methuen
Nov 1695 Sir Edward Ernle
Jul 1698 Sir Francis Child
Jan 1701 Francis Merewether
Nov 1701 John Methuen
Nov 1702 John Child
Mar 1703 Francis Merewether
May 1705 Sir Francis Child
Dec 1706 Josiah Diston
May 1708 Paul Methuen
Oct 1710 Sir Francis Child Thomas Richmond Webb
Aug 1713 Robert Child John Nicholas
Jan 1715 Josiah Diston Francis Eyles (expelled)
Feb 1721 Benjamin Haskins-Stiles
Mar 1722 Sir Joseph Eyles
Aug 1727 Francis Eyles
Apr 1734 Sir Joseph Eyles
Feb 1740 John Garth
Jul 1742 George Lee
Jul 1747 William Willy
Jan 1765 Charles Garth
Jun 1765 James Sutton
Sep 1780 Sir James Tylney Long, 7th Bt.
Nov 1780 Henry Jones
Apr 1784 Henry Addington Tory
Dec 1788 Joshua Smith
Jan 1805 Thomas Grimston Estcourt
Jun 1818 John Pearse
Mar 1826 George Watson-Taylor

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 Wadham Locke Montague Gore
Feb 1834 Adm. Sir Philip Charles Durham
Nov 1835 Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt Conservative
Feb 1836 James Whitley Deans Dundas
May 1838 George Heneage Walker Heneage
Feb 1844 William Heald Ludlow Bruges
Feb 1848 James Bucknall Bucknall-Estcourt
1852 John Neilson Gladstone
1857 Simon Watson Taylor Christopher Darby Griffith
1859 John Neilson Gladstone
Feb 1863 William Wells Addington
Apr 1864 Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt. Conservative
1868 Second Reform Act: representation reduced to one member

Election Member Party
1868 Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt. Conservative
1885 Walter Hume Long Conservative
1892 Charles Hobhouse Liberal
1895 Edward Goulding Unionist
1906 Francis Rogers Liberal
Jan. 1910 Basil Peto Unionist
1918 William Bell Coalition Conservative
1922 Conservative
1923 Eric MacFadyen Liberal
1924 Percy Hurd Conservative
1945 Christopher Hollis Conservative
1955 H. Percivall Pott Conservative
1964 Charles Morrison Conservative
1992 Michael Ancram Conservative

General Election 2005: Devizes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Ancram 27,253 48.5 +1.3
Liberal Democrat Fiona Hornby 14,059 25.0 +2.9
Labour Sharon Charity 12,519 22.3 −2.6
UK Independence Alan Wood 2,315 4.1 +1.2
Majority 13,194 23.5
Turnout 56,146 65.2 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.8
General Election 2001: Devizes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Ancram 25,159 47.2 +4.4
Labour Jim Thorpe 13,263 24.9 +0.7
Liberal Democrat Helen Frances 11,756 22.1 -4.5
UK Independence Alan Wood 1,521 2.9 +1.8
Independent (politician) Sir Ludovic Kennedy 1,078 2.0 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Long Tall Sally Potter 472 0.9 N/A
Majority 11,896 22.3
Turnout 53,249 64.2 -10.5
Conservative hold Swing

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