South Molton (constituency)

South Molton
South Molton
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seats	one
Created from	North Devon
Replaced by	Torrington and North Devon

South Molton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the small town of South Molton in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Seatsone

Created fromNorth Devon

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The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by Torrington.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Newton Wallop	4,041	63.2	+25.9
	Liberal	William Heap Walker^[3]	2,352	36.8	−25.9
Majority			1,689	26.4	N/A
Turnout			6,393	68.4	−15.6
Registered electors			9,343
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+25.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	4,222	58.4	+21.6
	Liberal Unionist	Charles William Buller^[4]^[5]	3,010	41.6	−21.6
Majority			1,212	16.8	N/A
Turnout			7,232	83.0	+14.6
Registered electors			8,712
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+21.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	4,278	59.3	+22.5
	Conservative	Richard Moore-Stevens	2,939	40.7	−22.5
Majority			1,339	18.6	N/A
Turnout			7,217	82.6	+14.2
Registered electors			8,737
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+22.5

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South Molton
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seats	one
Created from	North Devon
Replaced by	Torrington and North Devon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	4,283	59.4	+0.1
	Liberal Unionist	James J. Long^[6]	2,923	40.6	−0.1
Majority			1,360	18.8	+0.2
Turnout			7,206	83.2	+0.6
Registered electors			8,662
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	4,419	56.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Unionist	John Perowne	3,398	43.5	New
Majority			1,021	13.0	N/A
Turnout			7,817	89.9	N/A
Registered electors			8,700
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	4,224	56.8	+0.3
	Liberal Unionist	John Perowne	3,217	43.2	−0.3
Majority			1,007	13.6	+0.6
Turnout			7,441	85.5	−4.4
Registered electors			8,700
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	10,424	56.3	−0.5
C	Unionist	Herbert Sparkes	8,093	43.7	+0.5
Majority			2,331	12.6	−1.0
Turnout			18,517	65.8	−19.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Cedric Drewe	12,811	51.3	*New*
	Liberal	George Lambert	12,157	48.7	N/A
Majority			654	2.6	N/A
Turnout			24,968	85.3	N/A
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Lambert	15,072	48.1	−0.6
	Unionist	Cedric Drewe	13,567	43.2	−8.1
	Labour	Rudolph Putnam Messel	2,731	8.7	New
Majority			1,505	4.9	N/A
Turnout			31,370	87.4	+2.1
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	George Lambert	25,700	88.0	+39.9
	Labour	Rudolph Putnam Messel	3,499	12.0	+3.3
Majority			22,201	76.0	+71.1
Turnout			29,199	81.0	−6.4
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	George Lambert	20,767	78.7	−9.3
	Labour	H F Chilcott	5,610	21.3	+9.3
Majority			15,157	57.4	−12.6
Turnout			26,377	72.9	−8.1
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	George Lambert	19,065	67.6	−11.1
	Labour	C Lang	9,140	32.4	+11.1
Majority			9,925	35.2	−22.2
Turnout			28,205	71.9	−1.0
	National Liberal hold		Swing