Parliament constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–2024
Devizes /d ɪ v aɪ z ɪ z constituency [ n 1] Wiltshire , England, which included four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county. The seat was held by members of theConservative Party continuously for a century from 1924.
Further to the completion of the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the seat was subject to boundary changes which entailed the loss of the town ofDevizes to the newly created constituency ofMelksham and Devizes East Wiltshire 2024 general election .[ 2] [ 3]
Until 1885 Devizes was aparliamentary borough , electing twoMembers of Parliament (MPs) by thebloc vote system until the1868 election , when theReform Act 1867 reduced its representation to one MP, elected by thefirst-past-the-post system of election. TheRedistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the parliamentary borough, and created a newcounty constituency of the same name, covering a wider area and electing one member. It returned aConservative MP at every election from 1924.
Its most notable MP wasHenry Addington , who held the seat during his term asPrime Minister , as well as when he wasSpeaker of the House of Commons .
Map of boundaries 2010–2024
1885–1918 : The Boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, the Sessional Divisions of Devizes, Everley, and Marlborough and Ramsbury, and part of the Sessional Division of Pewsey.
1918–1950 : The Boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, the Rural Districts of Devizes, Marlborough, Pewsey, and Ramsbury, and part of the Rural District of Highworth.
1950–1983 : The Boroughs of Devizes and Marlborough, and the Rural Districts of Devizes, Highworth, Marlborough and Ramsbury, and Pewsey.
1983–1997 : The District of Kennet, and the Borough of Thamesdown wards of Blunsdon, Chiseldon, Covingham, Highworth, Ridgeway, St Margaret, St Philip, and Wroughton.
1997–2010 : The District of Kennet, the District of North Wiltshire wards of Calne Abberd, Calne Central, Calne North, Calne North East, Calne South, and Calne Without, and the District of West Wiltshire wards of Blackmore Forest, Melksham Forest, Melksham Lambourne, Melksham Roundpoint, Melksham Town, and Melksham Woodrow.
2010–2024 : The District of Kennet, and the District of Salisbury wards of Bulford and Durrington.
The constituency coveredDevizes inWiltshire and the surrounding formerKennet district , which included the towns ofMarlborough ,Ludgershall andTidworth , together with the large villages ofBulford ,Durrington andPewsey .
Members of Parliament [ edit ] Devizes has been a safeConservative seat since 1945. The last Member of Parliament wasDanny Kruger who had been first elected at the2019 general election , succeedingClaire Perry O'Neill , who stood down at that election after nine years of holding the seat.[ 22]
Elections in the 2010s [ edit ] Elections in the 2000s [ edit ] Elections in the 1990s [ edit ] Elections in the 1980s [ edit ] Elections in the 1970s [ edit ] Elections in the 1960s [ edit ] Elections in the 1950s [ edit ] Elections in the 1940s [ edit ] 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;
Elections in the 1930s [ edit ] Elections in the 1920s [ edit ] Currie Elections in the 1910s [ edit ] [ edit ] Elections in the 1880s [ edit ] Long Philipps Elections in the 1890s [ edit ] Hobhouse Goulding Elections in the 1900s [ edit ] Elections in the 1910s [ edit ] Pocock 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;
[ edit ] Elections in the 1860s [ edit ] Seat reduced to one member
Elections in the 1870s [ edit ] Elections in the 1880s [ edit ] [ edit ] Gore resigned after defecting to the Tories, causing a by-election.
Locke's death caused a by-election.
Durham resigned, causing a by-election.
Dundas was appointed asClerk of the Ordnance , requiring a by-election.
Following the by-election, Dundas was unseated due to bribery and Heneage was declared elected in his place[ 49] Elections in the 1840s [ edit ] Sotheron resigned, by accepting the office ofSteward of the Chiltern Hundreds , in order to contest aby-election atNorth Wiltshire , causing a by-election.
Bruges resigned by accepting the office ofSteward of the Chiltern Hundreds , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ] Elections in the 1860s [ edit ] Gladstone's death caused a by-election.
Addington succeeded to the peerage, causing a by-election.
Curling retired before polling day.[ 52] Election results before 1832 [ edit ] Some sources, including the corporation minutes, do not list Locke or Salmon as candidates. However, they are included here as per Stooks Smith.[ 10] ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England" .2011 Electorate Figures . Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved13 March 2011 .^ "How Wiltshire constituency boundaries could change" .BBC News . 9 November 2022. Retrieved21 July 2023 .^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South West | Boundary Commission for England" .boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk . Retrieved2 August 2023 .^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved24 October 2011 .^a b "CHANDLER, Robert II, of Devizes, Wilts. | History of Parliament Online" .^ Cavill.The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485–1504 . ^a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved24 October 2011 .^a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament" . History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved24 October 2011 .^a b c d e Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2) ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Stooks Smith, Henry (1845).The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive 112– 114. ^ Farrell, Stephen (2009)."Wiltshire" .The History of Parliament . Retrieved6 May 2018 . ^ "Election Talk" .The Spectator . 24 November 1836. p. 13. Retrieved6 May 2018 .^ Roebuck, John Arthur (1835).Pamphlets for the people. [36 political pamphlets, written or ed. by J.A. Roebuck. Wanting the general title-leaves and lists of contents] . Retrieved6 May 2018 .^ Disraeli, Benjamin (1982). Gunn, John A. W.; Matthews, John P.; Schurman, Donald M.; Wiebe, Melvin G. (eds.).Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1835–1837 549 .ISBN 9781442639546 . Retrieved6 May 2018 .^ "The State and Prospects of Toryism" .Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 9 . James Fraser. 1834. p. 368. Retrieved6 May 2018 .^ "Admiral Sir J. W. Deans Dundas GCB" . The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 213. 1862. p. 782. Retrieved6 May 2018 .^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838).The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc . Retrieved6 May 2018 . ^ Churton, Edward (1838).The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838 . Retrieved6 May 2018 .^ Dod, Charles Roger ; Dod, Robert Phipps (1843).Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 11 Dod's Parliamentary Companion . p. 147. Retrieved6 May 2018 .^ "Election Intelligence" Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser . 18 March 1857. p. 7. Retrieved6 May 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "Election Intelligence" Berkshire Chronicle . 14 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved6 May 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "Tories select successor to Ancram" .BBC News . 2 November 2009. Retrieved3 September 2010 .^ "General Election 12 December 2019 – Wiltshire Council" .www.wiltshire.gov.uk . Retrieved16 November 2019 .^ "Parliamentary elections 2017" .Wiltshire Council . Archived fromthe original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved13 May 2017 .^ "Election Data 2015" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved17 October 2015 .^ "Press release: Green Party announces new candidates for Chippenham and Devizes constituencies" . Kennet and North Wiltshire Green Party. 8 February 2015. Archived fromthe original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved11 February 2015 .^ "Election Data 2010" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved17 October 2015 .^ Kerr, Andrew (20 April 2010)."Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF) .Electoral Services . Wiltshire County Council. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 17 June 2011. Retrieved21 April 2010 . ^ "Election Data 2005" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015 .^ "Election Data 2001" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015 .^ "Election Data 1997" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015 .^ "Election Data 1992" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015 .^ "Politics Resources" .Election 1992 . Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived fromthe original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved6 December 2010 .^ "Election Data 1987" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015 .^ "Election Data 1983" .Electoral Calculus . Archived fromthe original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved18 October 2015 .^ "1964 By Election Results" . Archived fromthe original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved19 September 2015 .^ British parliamentary election results, 1918–1949 by FWS Craig. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922. ^a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, F. W. S. Craig. ^a b c d e f The Liberal Year Book, 1907. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886. ^a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901. ^a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916. ^ Western Daily Press 20 July 1914. ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977).British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press.ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 ^a b "Devizes Election" Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette . 19 November 1868. p. 3. Retrieved7 February 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "Devizes: The Election" Salisbury and Winchester Journal . Retrieved29 December 2017 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "This Evening's News" The Pall Mall Gazette 6– 7. Retrieved25 November 2017 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "The Coronation" Hampshire Advertiser . 2 June 1838. p. 3. Retrieved6 May 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "Devizes Election" Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette . 12 February 1863. p. 2. Retrieved7 February 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "Election Intelligence" Reading Mercury . 15 July 1865. p. 6. Retrieved7 February 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^ "Election Intelligence" Dorset County Chronicle . 20 July 1865. p. 12. Retrieved7 February 2018 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive .^a b Farrell, Stephen."Devizes" .The History of Parliament . Retrieved11 April 2020 .
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