Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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Thornbury County constituency |
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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
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[edit] Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party | |
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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
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