Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Salisbury County constituency
Salisbury shown within Wiltshire, and Wiltshire shown within England
Created:	1295
MP:	Robert Key
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Wiltshire
EP constituency:	South West England

Salisbury is a county constituency centred on the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first past the post voting system.

From 1295, the parliamentary borough to Salisbury returned two MPs to the Parliament of England, and then to its successor bodies: the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Salisbury's representation was reduced to one member.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1660-1832 2.2 MPs 1832-1885 2.3 MPs 1885-present 3 Election results 3.1 Election in the 1920s 3.2 Election in the 1930s 3.3 Election in the 1940s 3.4 Election in the 1960s 3.5 Election in the 2000s 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency is based around the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. A large portion of the Salisbury district, excluding a part to the west, is included within the constituency.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1660-1832

[edit] MPs 1832-1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		William Bird Brodie			Wadham Wyndham
1833 by-election					Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie
1835					Wadham Wyndham
1843 by-election		Ambrose Hussey
1843 by-election					John Henry Campbell
Jan. 1847 by-election		William James Chaplin
Jul. 1847					Charles Baring Wall
1853 by-election					Edward Pery Buckley
1857		Matthew Henry Marsh
1865					Edward William Terreck Hamilton
1868		John Alfred Lush
1869 by-election					Alfred Seymour
1874					Granville Richard Ryder
1880		William Grenfell			John Passmore Edwards
1882 by-election		Coleridge John Kennard
1885	representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

[edit] MPs 1885-present

Election		Member	Party
	1885	William Grenfell
	1886	Edward Hulse
	1897	Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen
	1900	Walter Palmer
	1906	Edward Tennant
	Jan. 1910	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	Conservative
	1918	Hugh Morrison	Conservative
	1923	Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton	Liberal
	1924	Hugh Morrison	Conservative
	1931 by-election	James Despencer-Robertson	Conservative
	1942 by-election	John Morrison	Conservative
	1965 by-election	Michael Hamilton	Conservative
	1983	Robert Key	Conservative

[edit] Election results

[edit] Election in the 1920s

General Election May 1929: Salisbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Morrison (UK politician)	15,672	47.3	−9.0
	Liberal	Mrs Lucy B. Masterman	13,022	39.3	+3.7
	Labour	F. R. Hancock	4,435	13.4	+5.3
Majority			2,650	8.0	−12.7
Turnout			33,129	81.9	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Election in the 1930s

Salisbury by-election, March 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Despencer-Robertson	15,800	53.9	+6.3
	Liberal	L. B. Masterman	9,588	32.7	−6.6
	Labour	F. R. Hancock	3,939	13.4	+0
Majority			6,212	21.2	+13.2
Turnout			29,327	71.1	−10.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.6

General Election May 1935: Salisbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Despencer-Robertson	20,707	71.5	−5.4
	Labour	E. J. Plaisted	8,259	28.5	+5.4
Majority			12,448	43.0	−10.8
Turnout			28,966	66.2	−5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.4

[edit] Election in the 1940s

Salisbury by-election, July 1942
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morrison	12,076	67.8	−3.7
	Independent Progressive	W. R. Hipwell	3,218	18.1	N/A
	Independent Democrat	J. D. Monro	2,519	14.1	N/A
Majority			8,858	49.7	+6.7
Turnout			17,813	39.7	−26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Election in the 1960s

General Election October 1964: Salisbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morrison	20,071	48.3	−4.5
	Labour	Leif A Mills	14,311	34.4	+1.3
	Liberal	Hugh Capstick	7,176	17.3	+3.2
Majority			5,760	13.9	−5.8
Turnout			41,558	78.6	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−

Salisbury by-election, February 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hamilton	17,599	48.2	−0.1
	Labour	Leif A Mills	13,660	37.4	+3.0
	Liberal	Hugh Capstick	4,699	12.9	−4.4
	Independent Conservative	H B T Cox	533	1.5	N/A
Majority			3,939	10.8	−3.1
Turnout			36,491
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] Election in the 2000s

General Election 2001: Salisbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Key	24,527	46.6	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce	15,824	30.1	-2.1
	Labour	Sue Mallory	9,199	17.5	-0.1
	UK Independence	Malcolm Wood	1,958	3.7	-2.0
	Green	Hamish Soutar	1,095	2.1	+1.0
Majority			8,703	16.5
Turnout			52,603	65.3	-8.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2005: Salisbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Key	25,961	47.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Denton-White	14,819	27.3	−2.8
	Labour	Clare Moody	9,457	17.4	−0.1
	UK Independence	Frances Howard	2,290	4.2	+0.5
	Green	Hamish Soutar	1,555	2.9	+0.8
	Independent (politician)	John Holme	240	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,142	20.5
Turnout			54,322	77.8	+12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

v • d • e Constituencies in South West England Conservative Bournemouth East • Bournemouth West • Bridgwater • Christchurch • Cotswold • Devizes • East Devon • Forest of Dean • North Dorset • North Wiltshire • Poole • Salisbury • South West Devon • Tewkesbury • Tiverton and Honiton • Torridge and West Devon • Totnes • Wells • West Dorset • Westbury • Weston-super-Mare • Woodspring Liberal Democrat Bath • Bristol West • Cheltenham • Falmouth and Camborne • Mid Dorset and North Poole • North Cornwall • North Devon • Northavon • Somerton and Frome • South East Cornwall • St Ives • Taunton • Teignbridge • Torbay • Truro and St Austell • Yeovil Labour Bristol East • Bristol North West • Bristol South • Exeter • Gloucester • Kingswood • North Swindon • Plymouth Devonport • Plymouth Sutton • South Dorset • South Swindon • Stroud • Wansdyke South West England European constituency Conservative (3) • UKIP (2) • Liberal Democrats (1) • Labour (1)

[edit] External links

• List of members