Biggleswade (UK Parliament constituency)

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Biggleswade
constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Biggleswade is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of Bedfordshire in 1885 and abolished in 1918.

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[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1885)
Year Member Party
1885 Charles Magniac Liberal
1886 Viscount Baring Liberal Unionist
1892 George William Erskine Russell Liberal
1895 Lord Alwyne Compton Liberal Unionist
1906 Arthur William Black Liberal
  • Constituency abolished (1918)

[edit] Elections

General Election Dec. 1910: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur William Black 6,536 52.9 +0.5
Liberal Unionist Maj. Geoffrey Carr Glyn 5,808 47.1 -0.5
Majority 728 5.9 +1.1
Liberal hold Swing -0.5
General Election Jan. 1910: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur William Black 6,631 52.4 N/A
Liberal Unionist R. E. Prothero 6,020 47.6 N/A
Majority 611 4.8 -18.4
Liberal hold Swing +18.4
General Election 1906: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arthur William Black 6,902 61.6 N/A
Liberal Unionist Lord Alwyne Compton 4,298 38.4 N/A
Majority 2,604 23.2 N/A
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing N/A
General Election 1900: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Lord Alwyne Compton Unopposed N/A N/A
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A
General Election 1895: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Lord Alwyne Compton 5,643 51.2 +2.8
Liberal George William Erskine Russell 5,376 48.8 -2.8
Majority 267 2.4 -2.7
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +2.8
General Election 1892: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George William Erskine Russell 5,600 52.6 +3.2
Liberal Unionist Viscount Baring 5,056 47.4 -3.2
Majority 544 5.1 +3.8
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing -3.2
General Election 1886: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Viscount Baring 4,853 50.6 +8.3
Liberal Charles Magniac 4,731 49.4 -8.3
Majority 122 1.3 -14.2
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +8.3
General Election 1885: Biggleswade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Magniac 6,037 57.7 N/A
Conservative Sir Walter Barttelot, 1st Baronet 4,422 42.3 N/A
Majority 1,616 15.5 N/A

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