Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Thornbury
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1950
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Thornbury was a county constituency centred on the town of Thornbury in Gloucestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Stafford Howard Liberal
1886 John William Plunkett Conservative
1892 Charles Colston Conservative
1906 Athelstan Rendall Liberal
1922 Herbert Charles Woodcock Conservative
1923 Athelstan Rendall Liberal
1924 Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston, Bt. Unionist
1945 Joseph Herbert Alpass Labour
1950 constituency abolished

[edit] Elections


[edit] References