- Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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Salisbury County constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Location of Wiltshire within England.County Wiltshire Electorate 68,731 (December 2010)[1] Major settlements Salisbury Current constituency Created 1918 Member of Parliament John Glen (Conservative) Number of members One 1295–1918 Number of members 1295–1885: Two
1885–1918: OneType of constituency Borough constituency Overlaps European Parliament 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 of Salisbury returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England, and then to its successor bodies: the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707, and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced to one member. The parliamentary borough of Salisbury was abolished for the 1918 general election, and the name transferred to a new county division.
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Boundaries
The constituency is based around the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. A large portion of the former Salisbury district, excluding a part to the west, is included within the constituency.
Traditions
According to a local tradition, the Member of Parliament for Salisbury sings the song The Vly be on the Turmut from the balcony of the White Hart Hotel in St John's Street after winning each Parliamentary election.[2][3]
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created 1295
MPs 1295–1660
Parliament First member Second member 1386 Thomas Burford David White [4] 1388 (Feb) John Bitterley Thomas Burford [4] 1388 (Sep) David White John Hethe [4] 1390 (Jan) John Bitterley William Warmwell [4] 1390 (Nov) 1391 1393 John Bitterley William Warmwell [4] 1394 John Bitterley Thomas Burford [4] 1395 William Warmwell Richard Spencer [4] 1397 (Jan) Richard Spencer John Moner [4] 1397 (Sep) Richard Juel John Cary [4] 1399 William Hulle I William Walters [4] 1401 Richard Spencer John Levesham [4] 1402 John Wallop William Boyton [4] 1404 (Jan) William Waryn John Levesham [4] 1404 (Oct) John Wallop Richard Juel [4] 1406 William Bailey William Boyton [4] 1407 Thomas Child John Becket [4] 1410 William Bourer William Bailey, died 1410 [4] 1411 Richard Spencer Walter Shirley [4] 1413 (Feb) Walter Shirley William Waryn [4] 1413 (May) Walter Shirley William Waryn [4] 1414 (Apr) Walter Shirley John Becket [4] 1414 (Nov) Walter Shirley John Becket [4] 1415 Walter Shirley Henry Man [4] 1416 (Mar) Walter Shirley Henry Man [4] 1416 (Oct) Walter Shirley Thomas Mason [4] 1417 Walter Shirley William Waryn [4] 1419 Walter Shirley William Waryn [4] 1420 Walter Shirley Robert Poynaunt [4] 1421 (May) Walter Shirley Robert Poynaunt [4] 1421 (Dec) Walter Shirley Thomas Boner [4] 1510 Thomas Coke I William Webbe alias Kellowe [5] 1512 Thomas Coke I Richard Bartholomew [5] 1515 Thomas Coke I,
repl. Oct 1515 by John AbaroughRichard Bartholomew,
repl. Oct 1515 by Thomas Brodegate [5]1523 Robert Keilway I John Abarough [5] 1529 William Webbe II Thomas Chaffyn I [5] 1536 William Webbe II [5] 1539 Robert South Henry Coldston [5] 1542 Charles Bulkeley Edward Chaffyn [5] 1545 Thomas Gawdy I John Story [5] 1547 Sir John Thynne Henry Clifford [5] 1553 (Mar) George Penruddock John Beckingham [5] 1553 (Oct) John Hooper John Abyn [5] 1554 (Apr) Robert Griffith John Abyn [5] 1554 (Nov) Robert Griffith John Hooper [5] 1555 Thomas Chaffyn II John Hooper [5] 1558 John Hooper Robert Eyre [5] 1559 William Webbe John Webbe[6] 1562/3 Anthony Weekes Giles Estcourt [6] 1571 John Eyre Giles Estcourt [6] 1572 Giles Estcourt Hugh Tucker [6] 1584 Giles Estcourt Christopher Weekes [6] 1586 Giles Estcourt Christopher Weekes [6] 1588 Christopher Weekes John Bayley [6] 1593 Giles Hutchens Robert Bower [6] 1597 Thomas Eyre Giles Hutchens [6] 1601 Giles Tooker John Puxton [6] 1604 Giles Tooker Richard Godfrey 1614 Giles Tooker Roger Gauntlett 1621 Roger Gauntlett Thomas Hussey 1624 Henry Sherfield Roger Gauntlett 1625 Henry Sherfield Walter Long 1626 Henry Sherfield John Puxton 1628 Henry Sherfield Bartholemew Tookey 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned 1640 (Apr) Robert Hyde Michael Oldisworth 1640 (Nov) Robert Hyde Michael Oldisworth 1645 Michael Oldisworth John Dove 1648 Michael Oldisworth John Dove 1653 Salisbury not represented in Barebones Parliament 1654 Edward Tooker William Stevens 1656 William Stone James Heeley Edward Tooker 1659 Henry Eyre Humphry Ditton snr MPs 1660–1885
Election 1st Member[7] 1st Party 2nd Member[7] 2nd Party 1660 Henry Eyre Edward Tooker April 1661 Francis Swanton November 1661 Stephen Fox 1664 Edward Hyde 1665 Richard Colman 1673 William Swanton 1679 Sir Thomas Mompesson Alexander Thistlethwayte 1681 John Wyndham 1685 Sir Stephen Fox January 1689 Thomas Hoby Whig Giles Eyre May 1689 Thomas Pitt 1695 Sir Thomas Mompesson 1698 Charles Fox Robert Eyre January 1701 Sir Thomas Mompesson July 1701 Charles Fox 1710 Robert Pitt 1713 Richard Jones 1714 Sir Stephen Fox 1715 Francis Swanton Edmund Lambert 1721 Anthony Duncombe 1722 Francis Kenton 1727 Thomas Lewis 1734 Peter Bathurst Henry Hoare 1741 Sir Jacob Bouverie Sir Edward Seymour 1747 Hon. William Bouverie Edward Poore 1754 Julines Beckford 1761 Hon. Edward Bouverie 1765 Samuel Eyre 1768 Hon. Stephen Fox 1771 Viscount Folkestone 1774 William Hussey 1776 Hon. William Henry Bouverie 1802 Viscount Folkestone 1813 George Purefoy-Jervoise 1818 Wadham Wyndham Tory 1828 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Whig 1832 William Bird Brodie Whig 1833 Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie Whig 1835 Wadham Wyndham Conservative 1843 by-election Ambrose Hussey Conservative 1843 by-election John Henry Campbell Conservative Jan. 1847 by-election William James Chaplin Whig Jul. 1847 Charles Baring Wall Whig 1853 by-election Edward Pery Buckley Liberal 1857 Matthew Henry Marsh Liberal 1865 Edward William Terrick Hamilton Liberal 1868 John Alfred Lush Liberal 1869 by-election Alfred Seymour Liberal 1874 Granville Richard Ryder Conservative 1880 William Grenfell Liberal John Passmore Edwards Liberal 1882 by-election Coleridge John Kennard Conservative 1885 representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 MPs since 1885
Election Member[7] Party 1885 William Grenfell Liberal 1886 Edward Hulse Conservative 1897 by-election Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen Conservative 1900 Walter Palmer Conservative 1906 Edward Tennant Liberal 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 2010 John Glen Conservative Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: Salisbury[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Glen 23,859 49.2 +2.8 Liberal Democrat Nick Radford 17,893 36.9 +10.0 Labour Tom Gann 3,690 7.6 -11.0 UKIP Frances Howard 1,392 2.9 -1.3 BNP Sean Witheridge 765 1.6 N/A Green Nick Startin 506 1.0 -2.4 Independent King Arthur 257 0.5 N/A Independent John Holme 119 0.2 N/A Majority 5,966 12.3 Turnout 48,481 71.9 +3.4 Conservative hold Swing -3.6 Elections in the 2000s
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 UKIP Frances Howard 2,290 4.2 +0.5 Green Hamish Soutar 1,555 2.9 +0.8 Independent John Holme 240 0.4 N/A Majority 11,142 20.5 Turnout 54,322 77.8 +12.5 Conservative hold Swing +2.0 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 UKIP 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 Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Salisbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Key 25,012 43.0 -9.0 Liberal Democrat Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce 18,736 32.2 -5.0 Labour R Rogers 10,242 17.6 +8.6 UKIP Nigel Farage 3,332 5.7 N/A Green Hamish Soutar 623 1.1 +0.1 Independent W Holmes 184 0.3 N/A Natural Law S Haysom 110 0.2 0.0 Majority 6,276 10.8 Turnout 58,239 73.6 Conservative hold Swing -2.0 General Election 1992: Salisbury[9] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Robert Key 31,546 52.0 −2.9 Liberal Democrat PWL Sample 22,573 37.2 +2.2 Labour SR Fear 5,483 9.0 −0.4 Green Dr. SM Elcock 609 1.0 N/A Independent SW Fletcher 233 0.4 N/A Independent TI Abbott 117 0.2 N/A Natural Law Ms. A Martell 93 0.2 N/A Majority 8,973 14.8 −5.1 Turnout 60,654 79.9 +4.3 Conservative hold Swing −2.5 Elections in the 1960s
Salisbury by-election, February 1965 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael Hamilton 17,599 48.2 −0.1 Labour Leif Mills 13,660 37.4 +3.0 Liberal Hugh Capstick 4,699 12.9 −4.4 Independent Conservative Horace Trevor-Cox 533 1.5 N/A Majority 3,939 10.8 −3.1 Turnout 36,491 Conservative hold Swing General Election October 1964: Salisbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Morrison 20,071 48.3 −4.5 Labour Leif 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 − Elections 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 Elections in the 1930s
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 Salisbury by-election, March 1931 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Despencer-Robertson 15,800 53.9 +6.3 Liberal Mrs. Lucy 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 Elections in the 1920s
General Election May 1929: Salisbury Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Hugh Morrison 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 See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ D. A. E. Cross, Salisbury: a history and celebration of the city (Teffont: Frith Book Co., 2004, ISBN 1-90493-884-2) p. 80
- ^ The Vly be on the Turmut at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 22 october 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad [http "History of Parliament"]. History of Parliament Trust. http. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p [http "History of Parliament"]. History of Parliament Trust. http. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j [http "History of Parliament"]. History of Parliament Trust. http. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 2)
- ^ "Election 2010: Salisbury". BBC News (BBC). 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/election2010/results/constituency/d86.stm. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Sources
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 266–267. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 181. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 497. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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