Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)

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Tavistock was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Tavistock in Devon.

It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member.

The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Devon West constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Hugh Fortescue
1892 Hugh Luttrell
1900 John Ward Spear
1906 Hugh Luttrell
1910 Sir John Ward Spear
1918 Charles Williams
1922 Maxwell Ruthven Thornton Liberal
1924 Philip Percy Kenyon-Slaney Unionist
1928 Wallace Duffield Wright Conservative
1931 Colin Mark Patrick Conservative
1942 Sir Henry Studholme Conservative
1966 Michael Heseltine Conservative
1974 constituency abolished: see Devon West

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.