Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Tavistock County constituency |
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| Created: | 1330 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Tavistock was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Tavistock in Devon.
It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member.
The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new West Devon constituency.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1660-1868
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- 1788 - 1790 John Russell
- 1841 - 1847 Lord Edward Russell
[edit] MPs 1868-1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1868 | Lord Arthur John Edward Russell | ||
| 1885 | Hugh Fortescue | ||
| 1892 | Hugh Luttrell | ||
| 1900 | John Ward Spear | ||
| 1906 | Hugh Luttrell | ||
| Dec. 1910 | Sir John Ward Spear | ||
| 1918 | Charles Williams | ||
| 1922 | Maxwell Ruthven Thornton | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Philip Percy Kenyon-Slaney | Unionist | |
| 1928 | Wallace Duffield Wright | Conservative | |
| 1931 | Colin Mark Patrick | Conservative | |
| 1942 | Sir Henry Studholme | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Michael Heseltine | Conservative | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished: see West Devon | ||
