Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)

Torquay
Torquay
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	East Devon
Replaced by	Torbay

Seatsone

Created fromEast Devon

Replaced byTorbay

Torquay was a county constituency in Devon, South West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election. The area it represented became part of the Torbay constituency.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Mallock	3,135	50.6	+3.2
	Liberal Unionist	Lewis McIver	3,055	49.4	−3.2
Majority			80	1.2	N/A
Turnout			6,190	80.0	−6.2
Registered electors			7,738
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Mallock	4,157	52.5	+1.9
	Liberal	Arthur Hayter	3,763	47.5	−1.9
Majority			394	5.0	+3.8
Turnout			7,920	84.2	+4.2
Registered electors			9,404
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Philpotts	4,205	51.1	−1.4
	Liberal	Francis Layland-Barratt	4,030	48.9	+1.4
Majority			175	2.2	−2.8
Turnout			8,235	82.0	−2.2
Registered electors			10,039
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4

Members of Parliament

Torquay
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	East Devon
Replaced by	Torbay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Layland-Barratt	4,020	50.8	+1.9
	Conservative	James Reginald Lea Rankin	3,891	49.2	−1.9
Majority			129	1.6	N/A
Turnout			7,911	84.9	+2.9
Registered electors			9,313
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Layland-Barratt	4,856	52.5	+1.7
	Conservative	Henry Lopes	4,396	47.5	−1.7
Majority			460	5.0	+3.4
Turnout			9,252	89.5	+4.6
Registered electors			10,343
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Layland-Barratt	5,104	50.1	−2.4
	Conservative	Henry Lopes	5,093	49.9	+2.4
Majority			11	0.2	−4.8
Turnout			10,197	90.7	+1.2
Registered electors			11,241
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Burn	5,101	50.6	+0.7
	Liberal	Francis Layland-Barratt	4,971	49.4	−0.7
Majority			130	1.2	N/A
Turnout			10,072	89.6	−1.1
Registered electors			11,241
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	Charles Burn	14,068	66.2	+15.6
	Labour	Alfred Trestrail	4,029	18.9	New
	Liberal	Russell Cooke	3,173	14.9	−34.5
Majority			10,039	47.3	+46.1
Turnout			21,270	65.3	−24.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	+25.1
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Burn	14,676	52.2	−14.0
	Liberal	Piers Thompson	13,425	47.8	+32.9
Majority			1,251	4.4	−42.9
Turnout			28,101	78.5	+13.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	-23.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Piers Thompson	15,294	50.6	+2.8
	Unionist	Charles Williams	14,922	49.4	−2.8
Majority			372	1.2	N/A
Turnout			30,216	80.0	+1.5
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Williams	18,119	55.2	+5.8
	Liberal	Piers Thompson	11,958	36.4	−14.2
	Labour	Arthur Moyle	2,752	8.4	New
Majority			6,161	18.8	N/A
Turnout			32,829	84.4	+4.4
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Williams	21,690	49.7	−5.5
	Liberal	Richard Acland	16,337	37.5	+1.1
	Labour	Hubert Medland	5,576	12.8	+4.4
Majority			5,353	12.2	−6.6
Turnout			43,603	81.7	−2.7
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.3

General election 1935: Torquay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams	27,008	63.6	−18.9
	Liberal	Harry Samways	9,073	21.4	New
	Labour	F Scardifield	6,387	15.0	−2.5
Majority			17,935	42.2	−22.8
Turnout			42,468	71.0	−3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1945: Torquay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams	25,479	48.9	−14.7
	Labour	George Cornes	13,590	26.1	+11.1
	Liberal	Gorley Putt	13,003	25.0	+3.6
Majority			11,889	22.8	−19.4
Turnout			52,072	71.4	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1950: Torquay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Williams	29,153	53.56
	Labour	Robert Briscoe	14,287	26.25
	Liberal	Stuart Townend	10,987	20.19
Majority			14,866	27.31
Turnout			54,427	82.83
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1951: Torquay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Williams	31,441	59.16
	Labour	Robert Briscoe	14,801	27.85
	Liberal	Deryck Abel	6,904	12.99
Majority			16,640	31.31
Turnout			53,146	79.97
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Williams	34,690	82.5	+32.8
	Labour	Hubert Medland	7,351	17.5	+4.7
Majority			27,339	65.03	+52.8
Turnout			42,041	74.6	−7.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Williams	29,777	60.36
	Labour	Robert Briscoe	12,547	25.43
	Liberal	Peter Bessell	7,012	14.21
Majority			17,230	34.93
Turnout			49,336	75.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederic Bennett	20,964	50.98	−9.38
	Labour	William Hamling	10,383	25.25	−0.18
	Liberal	Peter Bessell	9,775	23.77	+9.56
Majority			10,581	25.73	−9.20
Turnout			41,122
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederic Bennett	29,527	56.79
	Labour	William V Cooper	11,784	22.66
	Liberal	Thomas Kellock	10,685	20.55
Majority			17,743	34.13
Turnout			51,996	76.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederic Bennett	28,801	52.38
	Liberal	Hugo Brunner	13,652	24.83
	Labour	Thelma W Thompson	12,530	22.79
Majority			15,149	27.55
Turnout			54,983	75.04
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frederic Bennett	28,693	49.44
	Labour	Raymond S Dash	16,594	28.59
	Liberal	Hugo Brunner	12,750	21.97
Majority			12,099	20.85
Turnout			58,037	77.40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederic Bennett	33,996	55.6	+6.2
	Labour	Paul ST Bryers	15,948	26.1	−2.5
	Liberal	Keith P. Jenkins	11,163	18.3	−3.7
Majority			18,048	29.54	+8.7
Turnout			61,107	73.72	−3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing