Cirencester (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cirencester Borough constituency
Created:	1571
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

Cirencester was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cirencester. It returned two Member of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, until 1868. Its represenation was then reduced to one MP, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1660-1868 2.2 MPs 1868-1918 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1868

[edit] MPs 1868-1918

Election		Member	Party
	1868	Allen Alexander Bathurst, later Earl Bathurst
	1878	Thomas William Chester-Master
	1885	Arthur Brend Winterbotham
	1892	Thomas William Chester-Master
	1893	Harry Lawson Webster Lawson, later Viscount Burnham
	1895	Allen Benjamin Bathurst
	1906	Richard Walter Essex
	1910	Allen Benjamin Bathurst
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

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