South Molton (UK Parliament constituency)

South Molton
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	one

South Molton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the small town of South Molton in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by Torrington.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Newton Wallop, Viscount Lymington	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1891 by-election	George Lambert (1st)	Liberal
	1924	Cedric Drewe	Unionist
	1929	George Lambert (1st)	Liberal
	1931		National Liberal
	1945	George Lambert (2nd)	National Liberal
	1950	constituency abolished: see Torrington

Election results

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)