Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

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Devizes County constituency
Devizes shown within Wiltshire, and Wiltshire shown within England
Created:	1331
MP:	Michael Ancram
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Wiltshire
EP constituency:	South West England

Devizes is an English constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has been a strongly Conservative seat since 1945. The Member of Parliament is Conservative Michael Ancram.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1660-1832 2.2 MPs 1832-1868 2.3 MPs 1868-present 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The Devizes constituency covers Devizes in Wiltshire and the surrounding Kennet district.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1832

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
Mar 1660		William Lewis			Robert Aldworth
Apr 1661		William Yorke			John Kent
Dec 1666		John Norden
Oct 1669		Edward Lewis			George Johnson
Apr 1675		Sir Edward Bayntun
Feb 1679					Sir Walter Ernle
Sep 1679		Sir Giles Hungerford			John Eyles
Feb 1681		Sir Walter Ernle			George Johnson
Mar 1685		Sir John Talbot			Walter Grubbe
Jan 1689		Sir William Pynsent
Mar 1690		Sir Thomas Fowle
Dec 1690		John Methuen
Nov 1695					Sir Edward Ernle
Jul 1698					Sir Francis Child
Jan 1701		Francis Merewether
Nov 1701		John Methuen
Nov 1702					John Child
Mar 1703					Francis Merewether
May 1705					Sir Francis Child
Dec 1706		Josiah Diston
May 1708					Paul Methuen
Oct 1710		Sir Francis Child			Thomas Richmond Webb
Aug 1713		Robert Child			John Nicholas
Jan 1715		Josiah Diston			Francis Eyles (expelled)
Feb 1721					Benjamin Haskins-Stiles
Mar 1722		Sir Joseph Eyles
Aug 1727		Francis Eyles
Apr 1734					Sir Joseph Eyles
Feb 1740					John Garth
Jul 1742		George Lee
Jul 1747		William Willy
Jan 1765					Charles Garth
Jun 1765		James Sutton
Sep 1780		Sir James Tylney Long, 7th Bt.
Nov 1780					Henry Jones
Apr 1784					Henry Addington	Tory
Dec 1788		Joshua Smith
Jan 1805					Thomas Grimston Estcourt
Jun 1818		John Pearse
Mar 1826					George Watson-Taylor

[edit] MPs 1832-1868

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Wadham Locke			Montague Gore
Feb 1834					Adm. Sir Philip Charles Durham
Nov 1835		Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt	Conservative
Feb 1836					James Whitley Deans Dundas
May 1838					George Heneage Walker Heneage
Feb 1844		William Heald Ludlow Bruges
Feb 1848		James Bucknall Bucknall-Estcourt
1852		John Neilson Gladstone
1857		Simon Watson Taylor			Christopher Darby Griffith
1859		John Neilson Gladstone
Feb 1863		William Wells Addington
Apr 1864		Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt.	Conservative
1868	Second Reform Act: representation reduced to one member

[edit] MPs 1868-present

Election		Member	Party
	1868	Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt.	Conservative
	1885	Walter Hume Long	Conservative
	1892	Charles Hobhouse	Liberal
	1895	Edward Goulding	Unionist
	1906	Francis Rogers	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	Basil Peto	Unionist
	1918	William Bell	Coalition Conservative
	1922		Conservative
	1923	Eric MacFadyen	Liberal
	1924	Percy Hurd	Conservative
	1945	Christopher Hollis	Conservative
	1955	H. Percivall Pott	Conservative
	1964	Charles Morrison	Conservative
	1992	Michael Ancram	Conservative

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ancram
	Labour	Sharon Charity
	Liberal Democrat	Wendy Johnson
	UK Independence	Alan Wood

General Election 2005: Devizes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ancram	27,253	48.5	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Hornby	14,059	25.0	+2.9
	Labour	Sharon Charity	12,519	22.3	−2.6
	UK Independence	Alan Wood	2,315	4.1	+1.2
Majority			13,194	23.5
Turnout			56,146	65.2	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.8

General Election 2001: Devizes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ancram	25,159	47.2	+4.4
	Labour	Jim Thorpe	13,263	24.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Frances	11,756	22.1	-4.5
	UK Independence	Alan Wood	1,521	2.9	+1.8
	Independent (politician)	Sir Ludovic Kennedy	1,078	2.0	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Long Tall Sally Potter	472	0.9	N/A
Majority			11,896	22.3
Turnout			53,249	64.2	-10.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

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