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Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)

Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Summary

Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	Barnstaple
type	County
parliament	uk
caption	Barnstaple in Devon 1885-1918
year	1885
abolished	1950
image	{{Annotated image
image	1935_UK_general_election_map.svg
image-width	1500
image-left	-450
image-top	-1900
width	220
height	200
float	right
annotations
caption	Context: 1918-1950. Extract from 1935 result: the main yellow area at north (top)
elects_howmany	one
next	North Devon and Torrington
type2	County
elects_howmany2	two
year2	1295
abolished2	1885

| image-width = 1500 | image-left = -450 | image-top = -1900 |}} Barnstaple was a constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England until 1707, House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800 and the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, thereafter, one.

It was created in 1295 and abolished for the 1950 general election. Most of the area and the town falls into the North Devon seat.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Barnstaple and Bideford, and the Sessional Divisions of Bideford and Braunton.

1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Barnstaple and Bideford, the Urban Districts of Ilfracombe, Lynton, and Northam, and the Rural Districts of Barnstaple and Bideford (including Lundy Island).

Members of Parliament

1295–1885

Year	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1372		Thomas Raymond
Jan. 1377		Thomas Raymond
Oct. 1377		Thomas Raymond
1385		John Grey
1386		John Bidewell
February 1388		Thomas Norris II
September 1388		John Sampford
January 1390		Thomas Norris II
1391		John Aston
1393		Richard Colecote
1394		Thomas Norris II
1395		Thomas Norris II
January 1397		Robert Napton
1399		Thomas Hoper
1402		Robert Napton
1406		Thomas Holman alias Pyers
1407		John Bakwell
1410		Alfred Wonston
1411		Nicholas Broomford
May 1413		Thomas Haseley
November 1414		John Pyne
1420		William Weldo
May 1421		John More II
December 1421		John Cokeworthy II
1427		Sir John Trebell
1512		John Culme
1515		John Goddisland
1529		Hugh Yeo
1542		George Rolle
1545		George Rolle
1547		Sir James Wilford died 1550 and repl. by
Sir Arthur Champernowne
1553 (Mar)		William Gardiner
1553 (Oct)		Robert Carey
1554 (Apr)		Sir John Pollard
1554 (Nov)		Robert Apley
1555		Robert Apley
1558		Richard Skinner
1558–9		Sir John Chichester
1562–3		Arthur Bassett
1571		Peter Wentworth
1572		Vincent Skinner
1584		John Peryam
1586		Thomas Hinson
1588		Thomas Hinson
1593		George Chittinge
1597		Thomas Hinson
1601		Richard Martin
1604		Thomas Hinson
1614		John Gostlin
1621		John Delbridge
1624		John Delbridge
1625		John Delbridge
1626		Sir Alexander St John
1628		Sir Alexander St John
1640 April		George Peard
1640 November		George Peard
		Peard died; Ferrers disabled
1646		Philip Skippon
1653		Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654		John Dodderidge
1656		Sir John Coppleston
1659		Sir John Coppleston
1660		John Rolle
1661		Sir John Chichester, of Raleigh
1667		Sir John Northcote
1677		John Basset
February 1679	Tories (British political party)}}"		Sir Hugh Acland	Tory
October 1679		Arthur Acland
1680		Richard Lee
1685		Sir Arthur Chichester
1689		Richard Lee
1690		Sir George Hutchins
1695	Tories (British political party)}}"		Sir Nicholas Hooper	Tory
1705		Samuel Rolle
1708		Richard Acland
1713		Sir Arthur Chichester
1715		John Rolle
1718		John Basset
1721		Sir Hugh Acland
1722		Lieutenant-General Thomas Whetham
1727	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Richard Coffin	Whig	Whigs (British political party)}}"
1734	Tories (British political party)}}"		Sir John Chichester	Tory
1740		John Basset
1741		John Harris
1747		Thomas Benson
1748		Sir Bourchier Wrey
1754	Whigs (British political party)}}"		John Harris	Whig	Whigs (British political party)}}"
1761		Denys Rolle
1766	Whigs (British political party)}}"		John Clevland	Whig{{cite book	last=Stooks Smith
1774	Tories (British political party)}}"		William Devaynes	Tory
1780		Francis Basset
1784	Tories (British political party)}}"		William Devaynes	Tory
1796	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Richard Wilson	Whig
1802	Tories (British political party)}}"		William Devaynes	Tory	Tories (British political party)}}"
1804	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Viscount Ebrington	Whig
1806	Tories (British political party)}}"		William Taylor	Tory
1807	Tories (British political party)}}"		George Woodford Thellusson	Tory
January 1812	Whigs (British political party)}}"		William Busk	Whig
October 1812	Tories (British political party)}}"		Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes	Tory	Tories (British political party)}}"
1818	Tories (British political party)}}"		Francis Ommanney	Tory
1820	Tories (British political party)}}"		Michael Nolan	Tory
1824	Tories (British political party)}}"		Frederick Hodgson	Tory
1826	Tories (British political party)}}"		Henry Alexander	Tory
1830	Tories (British political party)}}"		Stephens Lyne-Stephens	Tory	Tories (British political party)}}"
1831	Tories (British political party)}}"		Frederick Hodgson	Tory	Whigs (British political party)}}"
1832	Tories (British political party)}}"		Charles St John Fancourt	Tory
1834	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Conservative
1837	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Frederick Hodgson	Conservative
1841	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Montague Gore	Conservative
1847	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Richard Bremridge	Conservative	Whigs (British political party)}}"
1852	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sir William Fraser	Conservative
1854	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		John Laurie	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
1855	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		George Stucley	Conservative
1857	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		John Laurie	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
1859	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		John Ferguson Davie	Liberal	Liberal Party (UK)}}"
1863	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Thomas Lloyd	Liberal
1864	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Richard Bremridge	Conservative
1865	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sir George Stucley	Conservative	Liberal Party (UK)}}"
1868	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Charles Henry Williams	Conservative
1874	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Samuel Danks Waddy	Liberal
February 1880	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Newton Wallop	Liberal
April 1880	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sir Robert Carden	Conservative
1885	Representation reduced to one member

1885–1950

Year	Member	Party
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1885	George Pitt-Lewis
Liberal Unionist Party}}"		1886	Liberal Unionist
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1892	Alfred Billson
Liberal Unionist Party}}"		1895	Cameron Gull
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1900	Ernest Soares
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1911	Godfrey Baring
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1918	Tudor Rees
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1922	Basil Peto
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1923	Tudor Rees
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1924	Basil Peto
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1935	Richard Acland
Common Wealth Party}}"		1942	Common Wealth
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1945	Christopher Peto
1950	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 720

|reg. electors = 790

|reg. electors = 794

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 771

|reg. electors = 781

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 771

The election was declared void on petition, due to bribery, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 784

Laurie's election was declared void on petition, due to bribery, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 742

Prinsep withdrew from the election during polling.

|reg. electors = 693

Elections in the 1860s

Potts' death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 738

On petition, Lloyd's election was declared void due to bribery and, on 15 April 1864, Bremridge was declared elected.

|reg. electors = 715

|reg. electors = 1,596

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors =1,591

Elections in the 1880s

Waddy resigned in order to contest Sheffield, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,646

|reg. electors = 10,189 |reg. electors = 10,189

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 10,442

|reg. electors = 10,885

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 11,916

|reg. electors = 12,908

Elections in the 1910s

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;

Liberal:
Unionist: Charles Sandbach Parker Both candidates supported the Coalition Government; Rees may have received its endorsement.

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Richard Acland
Conservative: Marjorie Graves

Elections in the 1940s

Notes

References

Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) https://books.google.com/books?id=Gh2wKY2rkDUC&q=Return+of+Members+of+Parliament
F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)

References

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{{cite DNB. Sanders. Lloyd Charles
At the election of 1852 Fraser and Bremridge were declared elected, but on petition the election was declared void and the constituency's writ was suspended. After investigation by a Royal Commission, a new writ was issued and a by-election was held
Laurie's election at the by-election of 1854 was declared void on petition, and a second by-election held
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(26 November 1868). "To the Electors of Barnstaple". [[North Devon Journal]].
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