Torrington (UK Parliament constituency)

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

It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 Elections in the 1950s 3 References

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1950	George Lambert	National Liberal & Conservative
	1958	Mark Bonham-Carter	Liberal
	1959	Percy Basil Browne	Conservative
	1964	Peter Mills	Conservative
1974		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Torrington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	George Lambert	20,124	65.1	-1.1
	Labour	L. Lamb	10,812	35.0	+1.2
Majority			9,312	30.1	-2.4
Turnout			30,936	69.2	- 7.2
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Torrington by-election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark Bonham-Carter	13,408	38.0	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Royle	13,189	37.4	N/A
	Labour	L. Lamb	8,697	24.6	-10.4
Majority			219	0.6	N/A
Turnout
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing

[edit] References

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