Plymouth Devonport (UK Parliament constituency)
Former UK Parliament constituency
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Plymouth, Devonport was, from 1832 until 2010, a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covered part of the city of Plymouth in South West England, including the former borough of Devonport.
| Plymouth, Devonport | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Plymouth, Devonport in Devon for the 2005 general election | |
 Location of Devon within England | |
| County | Devon |
| 1832–2010 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Devon |
| Replaced by | Plymouth Moor View, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport |
History
The constituency was created as Devonport in 1832, and elected two members until 1918, when the number was reduced to one. Following the amalgamation of Devonport into Plymouth, the constituency was renamed as Plymouth, Devonport.
Devonport has had a number of prominent MPs, including Leslie Hore-Belisha, Michael Foot (who began his Commons career in the seat), and the former SDP leader David Owen. One of its longest serving MPs was the National Liberal, later Conservative Dame Joan Vickers, who held the seat from 1955 until her defeat at the general election of February 1974.
Abolition
Following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies by the Boundary Commission for England, constituencies in Plymouth were reorganised, with both Plymouth Sutton and Plymouth Devonport being replaced by new constituencies of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport and Plymouth Moor View from 2010.[1] The vast majority (nearly 90%) of the Plymouth Devonport constituency became part of the new Plymouth Moor View constituency; the exception was Devonport ward which became part of Plymouth Sutton and Devonport. [2]
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Nelson, St Aubyn, and St Budeaux.
1950–1951: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ford, Keyham, Molesworth, Mount Edgecumbe, Nelson, Pennycross, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke; and the parish of Tamerton Foliot in the Rural District of Plympton St Mary.
1951–1955: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ernesettle, Ford, Molesworth, Nelson, Peverell, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, Stoke, Tamerton, and Trelawney.[3]
1955–1974: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Drake, Ernesettle, Ford, Molesworth, Nelson, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Plymouth wards of Ernesettle, Ford, St Andrew, St Aubyn, St Budeaux, St Peter, and Stoke.
1983–1997: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.
1997–2010: The City of Plymouth wards of Budshead, Eggbuckland, Estover, Ham, Honicknowle, Keyham, St Budeaux, and Southway.
From 1950 to 1983, the constituency included Plymouth city centre.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1918
| Election | First member[4] | First party | Second member[4] | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Sir Edward Codrington | Whig[5][6] | Sir George Grey | Whig[5][7][8][9][10] | ||
| 1840 by-election | Henry Tufnell | Whig[11][12][13][5] | ||||
| 1847 | Sir John Romilly | Whig[14][15][13] | ||||
| 1852 | Sir George Berkeley | Conservative | ||||
| 1854 by-election | Thomas Erskine Perry | Whig[16][17] | ||||
| 1857 | James Wilson | Whig[18][19][20] | ||||
| 1859 | Liberal | Liberal | ||||
| 1859 by-election | Sir Michael Seymour | Liberal | ||||
| 1859 by-election | Sir Arthur William Buller | Liberal | ||||
| 1863 by-election | William Ferrand | Conservative | ||||
| Jun 1865 by-election | Thomas Brassey | Liberal | ||||
| Jul 1865 | John Fleming | Conservative | ||||
| 1866 by-election | Lord Eliot | Liberal | Montague Chambers | Liberal | ||
| 1868 | John Delaware Lewis | Liberal | ||||
| 1874 | Sir John Henry Puleston | Conservative | George Edward Price | Conservative | ||
| 1892 | E. J. C. Morton | Liberal | Hudson Kearley | Liberal | ||
| 1902 by-election | John Lockie | Conservative | ||||
| 1904 by-election | John Benn | Liberal | ||||
| 1910 (January) | Sir John Jackson | Conservative | Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke | Conservative | ||
| 1918 | reduced to one seat | |||||
MPs 1918–2010
| Election | Member[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | Conservative | ||
| 1923 | Leslie Hore-Belisha | Liberal | |
| 1931 | Liberal National | ||
| 1942 | National Independent | ||
| 1945 | Michael Foot | Labour | |
| 1955 | Dame Joan Vickers | Conservative and National Liberal | |
| 1964 | Conservative | ||
| Feb 1974 | David Owen | Labour | |
| 1981 | SDP | ||
| 1988 | 'Continuing' SDP | ||
| 1990 | Independent Social Democrat | ||
| 1992 | David Jamieson | Labour | |
| 2005 | Alison Seabeck | Labour | |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished: see Plymouth Moor View and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | George Grey | 1,178 | 44.6 | ||
| Whig | Edward Codrington | 891 | 33.7 | ||
| Whig | George Leach | 575 | 21.7 | ||
| Majority | 316 | 12.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,477 | 83.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,777 | ||||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Edward Codrington | 1,114 | 39.3 | +5.6 | |
| Whig | George Grey | 956 | 33.7 | −10.9 | |
| Conservative | George Robert Dawson | 764 | 27.0 | New | |
| Majority | 192 | 6.7 | −5.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,626 | 87.0 | +3.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,870 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Edward Codrington | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,145 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Grey was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
Codrington resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of East Hendred, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Henry Tufnell | 974 | 56.5 | |
| Conservative | George Robert Dawson[22] | 750 | 43.5 | |
| Majority | 224 | 13.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,724 | 81.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,121 | |||
| Whig hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Henry Tufnell | 966 | 36.1 | |
| Whig | George Grey | 932 | 34.8 | |
| Conservative | George Robert Dawson | 780 | 29.1 | |
| Majority | 152 | 5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,724 | 80.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,131 | |||
| Whig hold | ||||
| Whig hold | ||||
Grey was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | George Grey | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Henry Tufnell | 1,136 | 37.9 | +1.8 | |
| Whig | John Romilly | 1,022 | 34.1 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Joseph Sandars[23] | 842 | 28.1 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 180 | 6.0 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,921 (est) | 82.0 (est) | +1.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,343 | ||||
| Whig hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| Whig hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Romilly was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Romilly | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
Romilly was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Romilly | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
Romilly was appointed Master of the Rolls, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Romilly | Unopposed | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Henry Tufnell | 1,079 | 25.6 | −12.3 | |
| Conservative | George Berkeley | 1,056 | 25.1 | +11.0 | |
| Whig | John Romilly | 1,046 | 24.8 | −9.3 | |
| Conservative | John Heron-Maxwell[24] | 1,032 | 24.5 | +10.4 | |
| Turnout | 2,107 (est) | 87.5 (est) | +5.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,407 | ||||
| Majority | 47 | 1.1 | −4.9 | ||
| Whig hold | Swing | −11.5 | |||
| Majority | 10 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +10.9 | |||
Tufnell resigned, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Thomas Erskine Perry | 1,091 | 61.3 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | John Heron-Maxwell | 689 | 38.7 | −10.9 | |
| Majority | 402 | 22.6 | +21.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,780 | 73.6 | −13.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,417 | ||||
| Whig hold | Swing | +10.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Thomas Erskine Perry | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | James Wilson | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,628 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Wilson | 1,216 | 26.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Thomas Erskine Perry | 1,198 | 26.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Ferrand | 1,075 | 23.7 | New | |
| Conservative | Archibald Peel[25] | 1,039 | 22.9 | New | |
| Majority | 123 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,264 (est) | 82.1 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 2,759 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Wilson was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Wilson | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Perry resigned after being appointed a member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Michael Seymour | 1,096 | 51.1 | −2.3 | |
| Conservative | William Ferrand | 1,047 | 48.9 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 49 | 2.2 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,143 | 77.7 | −4.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,759 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Wilson resigned, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Arthur William Buller | 1,189 | 51.6 | −1.8 | |
| Conservative | William Ferrand | 1,114 | 48.4 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 75 | 3.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,303 | 83.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,759 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Seymour resigned, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Ferrand | 1,234 | 50.6 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal | Frederick Grey[26] | 1,204 | 49.4 | −4.0 | |
| Majority | 30 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,438 | 88.4 | +6.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,758 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Buller resigned in order to contest the 1865 Liskeard by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 1,264 | 51.1 | −2.3 | |
| Conservative | John Fleming | 1,208 | 48.9 | +2.3 | |
| Majority | 56 | 2.2 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,472 | 87.7 | +5.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,820 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Fleming | 1,307 | 25.5 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | William Ferrand | 1,290 | 25.2 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 1,279 | 25.0 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Phinn[27] | 1,243 | 24.3 | −2.2 | |
| Majority | 11 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 64 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,560 (est) | 90.8 (est) | +8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,820 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.8 | |||
The election was declared void on petition, on account of bribery and corrupt practices,[28] causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Eliot | 1,275 | 25.6 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal | Montague Chambers | 1,269 | 25.5 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | Henry Cecil Raikes | 1,216 | 24.4 | −1.1 | |
| Conservative | Reginald Abbot[29] | 1,215 | 24.4 | −0.8 | |
| Majority | 53 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 60 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,488 (est) | 88.2 (est) | −2.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,820 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.9 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Delaware Lewis | 1,541 | 26.6 | +1.6 | |
| Liberal | Montague Chambers | 1,519 | 26.2 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | William Ferrand | 1,370 | 23.6 | −1.6 | |
| Conservative | William Palliser[30] | 1,365 | 23.6 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 149 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 176 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,898 (est) | 85.9 (est) | −4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,374 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.6 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Henry Puleston | 1,525 | 27.3 | +3.7 | |
| Conservative | George Edward Price | 1,483 | 26.6 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal | John Delaware Lewis | 1,327 | 23.8 | −2.8 | |
| Liberal | George William Culme Soltau Symons[31] | 1,250 | 22.4 | −3.8 | |
| Majority | 156 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 275 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,793 (est) | 83.4 (est) | −2.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,348 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Henry Puleston | 1,753 | 27.0 | −0.3 | |
| Conservative | George Edward Price | 1,746 | 26.9 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal | John Delaware Lewis | 1,509 | 23.3 | −0.5 | |
| Liberal | Alexander Craig Sellar | 1,476 | 22.8 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 237 | 3.6 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,242 (est) | 85.5 (est) | +2.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,790 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Edward Price | 2,968 | 26.5 | −0.4 | |
| Conservative | John Henry Puleston | 2,944 | 26.3 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal | George Webb Medley | 2,653 | 23.7 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Terrell | 2,635 | 23.5 | +0.7 | |
| Majority | 291 | 2.6 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,646 | 86.5 | +1.0 (est) | ||
| Registered electors | 6,527 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Puleston | 2,954 | 30.2 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | George Price | 2,943 | 30.1 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal | Charles Ford[34] | 1,963 | 20.1 | −3.6 | |
| Liberal | Herbert Lionel Showers | 1,918 | 19.6 | −3.9 | |
| Majority | 980 | 10.0 | +7.4 | ||
| Turnout | 4,936 | 75.6 | −10.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,527 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Hudson Kearley | 3,354 | 26.4 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal | E. J. C. Morton | 3,325 | 26.3 | +6.7 | |
| Conservative | George Price | 3,012 | 23.8 | −6.3 | |
| Conservative | Robert Harvey | 2,972 | 23.5 | −6.7 | |
| Majority | 313 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 382 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,378 (est) | 83.6 | +8.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,629 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.3 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Hudson Kearley | 3,570 | 26.2 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal | E. J. C. Morton | 3,511 | 25.7 | −0.6 | |
| Conservative | Pridham Henry Pridham Whippell | 3,303 | 24.2 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | TU Thynne | 3,263 | 23.9 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 208 | 1.5 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 6,875 (est) | 86.9 | +3.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,911 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Hudson Kearley | 3,626 | 25.9 | −0.3 | |
| Liberal | E. J. C. Morton | 3,538 | 25.2 | −0.5 | |
| Conservative | John Lockie | 3,458 | 24.7 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | F McCormick Goodheart | 3,394 | 24.2 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 80 | 0.5 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 14,016 | 85.1 | −1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,351 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Lockie | 3,785 | 50.2 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal | Thomas Brassey | 3,757 | 49.8 | −1.3 | |
| Majority | 28 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,542 | 84.3 | −0.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,946 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Benn | 6,219 | 54.6 | +3.5 | |
| Conservative | John Jackson | 5,179 | 45.4 | −3.5 | |
| Majority | 1,040 | 9.2 | +8.7 | ||
| Turnout | 11,398 | 79.3 | −5.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,379 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Hudson Kearley | 6,923 | 29.1 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal | John Benn | 6,527 | 27.5 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | John Jackson | 5,239 | 22.0 | −2.7 | |
| Conservative | F Holme-Summer | 5,080 | 21.4 | −2.8 | |
| Majority | 1,288 | 5.5 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 23,769 | 81.4 | −3.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,978 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Jackson | 5,658 | 26.7 | +4.7 | |
| Conservative | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 5,286 | 24.9 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal | John Benn | 5,146 | 24.2 | −3.3 | |
| Liberal | Samuel Lithgow[38] | 5,140 | 24.2 | −4.9 | |
| Majority | 140 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 518 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,230 | 89.2 | +7.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,125 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Jackson | 5,170 | 26.0 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 5,111 | 25.7 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal | Samuel Lithgow | 4,841 | 24.3 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal | Godfrey Baring | 4,782 | 24.0 | −0.2 | |
| Majority | 270 | 1.4 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 19,904 | 83.0 | −6.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,125 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Clement Kinloch-Cooke, John Jackson
- Liberal: Samuel Lithgow
- Labour:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Unionist | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 13,240 | 62.2 | +10.5 |
| Labour | Fred Bramley | 4,115 | 19.3 | New | |
| Liberal | Samuel Lithgow | 3,930 | 18.5 | −19.8 | |
| Majority | 9,125 | 42.9 | +41.5 | ||
| Turnout | 21,285 | 67.2 | −15.8 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | +15.2 | |||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 10,459 | 42.3 | −19.9 | |
| Liberal | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 8,538 | 34.5 | +16.0 | |
| Labour | Barrington Bates | 5,742 | 23.2 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 1,921 | 7.8 | −35.1 | ||
| Turnout | 24,739 | 79.1 | +11.9 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 12,269 | 45.7 | +11.2 | |
| Unionist | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 10,428 | 38.8 | −3.5 | |
| Labour | Joseph Harris | 4,158 | 15.5 | −7.7 | |
| Majority | 1,841 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 26,855 | 82.7 | +3.6 | ||
| Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 11,115 | 39.7 | −6.0 | |
| Unionist | Samuel Gluckstein | 10,534 | 37.6 | −1.2 | |
| Labour | Holford Knight | 6,350 | 22.7 | +7.2 | |
| Majority | 581 | 2.1 | −4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 27,999 | 84.4 | +1.7 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 15,233 | 45.7 | +6.0 | |
| Unionist | Samuel Gluckstein | 10,688 | 32.0 | −5.6 | |
| Labour | Donald B. Fraser | 7,428 | 22.3 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 4,545 | 13.7 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 33,349 | 82.3 | −2.1 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 23,459 | 72.19 | ||
| Labour | Paul Reed | 9,039 | 27.81 | ||
| Majority | 14,420 | 44.38 | |||
| Turnout | 32,498 | 78.18 | |||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 20,852 | 68.13 | −4.06 | |
| Labour | John Brown | 9,756 | 31.87 | +4.06 | |
| Majority | 11,096 | 36.26 | −8.12 | ||
| Turnout | 30,608 | 72.27 | −5.91 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | +4.06 | |||
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;
- Liberal National: Leslie Hore-Belisha
- Labour: Michael Foot
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Foot | 13,395 | 54.06 | +22.19 | |
| National | Leslie Hore-Belisha | 11,382 | 45.94 | −22.19 | |
| Majority | 2,013 | 8.12 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,777 | 71.11 | −1.16 | ||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +22.19 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Foot | 30,812 | 50.59 | −3.47 | |
| National Liberal | Randolph Churchill | 27,329 | 44.87 | −1.07 | |
| Liberal | Alfred Charles Cann | 2,766 | 4.54 | New | |
| Majority | 3,483 | 5.72 | −2.40 | ||
| Turnout | 60,907 | 87.16 | +16.05 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.20 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Foot | 32,158 | 51.93 | +1.34 | |
| National Liberal | Randolph Churchill | 29,768 | 48.07 | +3.20 | |
| Majority | 2,390 | 3.86 | −1.86 | ||
| Turnout | 61,926 | 85.28 | −1.88 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -0.93 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Joan Vickers | 24,821 | 47.15 | −0.92 | |
| Labour | Michael Foot | 24,721 | 46.96 | −4.97 | |
| Liberal | Arthur Russell Mayne | 3,100 | 5.89 | New | |
| Majority | 100 | 0.19 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 52,642 | 77.15 | −8.13 | ||
| National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | +2.03 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal | Joan Vickers | 28,481 | 56.39 | +9.24 | |
| Labour | Michael Foot | 22,027 | 43.61 | −3.35 | |
| Majority | 6,454 | 12.78 | +12.59 | ||
| Turnout | 50,508 | 78.63 | +1.48 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | +6.26 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joan Vickers | 24,241 | 54.04 | −2.35 | |
| Labour | Rowland Edward Crabb | 20,615 | 45.96 | +2.35 | |
| Majority | 3,626 | 8.08 | −4.70 | ||
| Turnout | 44,856 | 73.58 | −5.05 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –2.35 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joan Vickers | 22,760 | 50.35 | −3.69 | |
| Labour | Rowland Edward Crabb | 22,441 | 49.65 | +3.69 | |
| Majority | 319 | 0.70 | −7.38 | ||
| Turnout | 45,201 | 76.21 | +2.73 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –3.69 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joan Vickers | 21,843 | 51.62 | +1.27 | |
| Labour | F Keith Taylor | 20,471 | 48.38 | −1.27 | |
| Majority | 1,372 | 3.24 | +2.54 | ||
| Turnout | 42,314 | 70.95 | −5.26 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.27 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Owen | 15,819 | 42.2 | −6.2 | |
| Conservative | Joan Vickers | 15,382 | 41.0 | −10.6 | |
| Liberal | Nicholas Westbrook | 6,298 | 16.8 | New | |
| Majority | 437 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 37,499 | 75.3 | +4.4 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Owen | 17,398 | 47.3 | +5.1 | |
| Conservative | Joan Vickers | 15,139 | 41.1 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal | N E Westbrook | 3,953 | 10.7 | −6.1 | |
| Independent Liberal | J N Hill | 312 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 2,259 | 6.2 | +5.0 | ||
| Turnout | 36,490 | 73.5 | −1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Owen | 16,545 | 47.4 | +0.1 | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Hughes | 15,544 | 44.6 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal | Michael James | 2,360 | 6.8 | −3.9 | |
| National Front | Leonard Bearsford-Walker | 243 | 0.7 | New | |
| Independent | Richard Stoner | 203 | 0.6 | New | |
| Majority | 1,001 | 2.8 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 34,895 | 72.3 | −1.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP (Alliance) | David Owen | 20,843 | 44.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ann Widdecombe | 15,907 | 33.8 | ||
| Labour | Julian Priestley | 9,845 | 21.0 | ||
| Ind. Conservative | James Sullivan | 292 | 0.6 | ||
| BNP | Robert Bearsford-Walker | 72 | 0.2 | ||
| Christian Democrat | Faith Hill | 51 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 4,936 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 47,010 | 76.1 | |||
| SDP gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
- This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1979 and 1983 general elections and thus calculation of change in vote share is not meaningful.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDP (Alliance) | David Owen | 21,039 | 42.3 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Tom Jones | 14,569 | 29.3 | −4.5 | |
| Labour | Ian Flintoff | 14,166 | 28.4 | +7.4 | |
| Majority | 6,470 | 13.0 | +2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 49,774 | 77.2 | +1.1 | ||
| SDP hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Jamieson | 24,953 | 48.7 | +20.3 | |
| Conservative | Keith Simpson | 17,541 | 34.3 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Murdoch MacTaggart | 6,315 | 12.3 | −30.0 | |
| SDP | Harold Luscombe | 2,152 | 4.2 | −38.1 | |
| Natural Law | Francis Lyons | 255 | 0.5 | New | |
| Majority | 7,412 | 14.4 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 51,216 | 77.8 | +0.6 | ||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | +7.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Jamieson | 31,629 | 60.9 | +13.8 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Johnson | 12,562 | 24.2 | −11.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Corpus | 5,570 | 10.7 | −2.5 | |
| Referendum | Clive Norsworthy | 1,486 | 2.9 | New | |
| UKIP | Caroline Farrand | 478 | 0.9 | New | |
| National Democrats | Stephen Ebbs | 238 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 19,067 | 36.7 | +25.2 | ||
| Turnout | 51,963 | 69.8 | −9.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +12.6 | |||
This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Jamieson | 24,322 | 58.3 | −2.6 | |
| Conservative | John Glen | 11,289 | 27.1 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Baldry | 4,513 | 10.8 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | Michael Parker | 958 | 2.3 | +1.4 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Tony Staunton | 334 | 0.8 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Rob Hawkins | 303 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 13,033 | 31.2 | −5.5 | ||
| Turnout | 41,719 | 56.6 | −13.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Seabeck | 18,612 | 44.3 | −14.0 | |
| Conservative | Richard Cuming | 10,509 | 25.0 | −2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Jolly | 8,000 | 19.1 | +8.3 | |
| UKIP | Bill Wakeham | 3,324 | 7.9 | +5.6 | |
| Independent | Keith Greene | 747 | 1.8 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Rob Hawkins | 445 | 1.1 | +0.4 | |
| Respect | Tony Staunton | 376 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 8,103 | 19.3 | ―11.9 | ||
| Turnout | 41,982 | 57.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||