Tavistock (UK Parliament 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.

1950–1951: The Urban Districts of Holsworthy and Tavistock, the Rural Districts of Broadwoodwidger, Holsworthy, and Tavistock, and the Rural District of Plympton St Mary except the parishes of Bickleigh and Tamerton Foliot.

1951–1974: The Urban Districts of Holsworthy and Tavistock, the Rural Districts of Broadwoodwidger, Holsworthy, and Tavistock, and the Rural District of Plympton St Mary less the parts of the parishes of Bickleigh and Tamerton Foliot added to the county borough of Plymouth by the Plymouth Extension Act 1950.

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.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

MPs 1640–1868

MPs 1868–1974

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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Fortescue chose to sit for Devon where he had also been elected, causing a by-election.

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John Russell was also elected for Devon and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

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William Russell resigned, causing a by-election.

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|reg. electors = 247

|reg. electors = 289

|reg. electors = 329

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 275

Rundle resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 264

|reg. electors = 315

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.

|reg. electors = 349

|reg. electors = 349

On petition, Carter was unseated in 1853 and Phillimore was declared elected in his place.

|reg. electors = 395

Byng resigned in order to contest a by-election in Middlesex, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 395

|reg. electors = 414

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 426

Seat reduced to one member

|reg. electors = 802

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 805

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 847

|reg. electors= 10,851 |reg. electors = 10,851

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 11,720 |reg. electors = 12,154

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 12,202 |reg. electors = 13,989

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 15,395 |reg. electors = 15,395 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;

• Unionist: John Spear
• Liberal: Oliver Brett

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

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

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
• Michael Crick, Michael Heseltine: A Biography, Hamish Hamilton, 1997, .
• Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
• J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
• J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
• Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)

References

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9. Manaton was initially returned as re-elected in 1710, but on petition he was adjudged not to have been duly elected
10. Cope was re-elected in 1727, but had also been elected for [[Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency). Hampshire]], which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Tavistock
11. Succeeded as The Viscount Fane (in the [[Peerage of Ireland]]), July 1744
12. Leveson-Gower was also elected for [[Lichfield (UK Parliament constituency). Lichfield]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Tavistock
13. Wyndham was also elected for [[Midhurst (UK Parliament constituency). Midhurst]], which he chose to represent, and never sat for Tavistock
14. Ebrington was re-elected in 1830, but had also been elected for [[Devon (UK Parliament constituency). Devon]], which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Tavistock
15. Russell was re-elected in 1831, but had also been elected for [[Devon (UK Parliament constituency). Devon]], which he chose to represent, and did not sit again for Tavistock
16. Styled Marquess of Tavistock from 1839
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