- Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 51°21′07″N 1°59′42″W / 51.352°N 1.995°W
Devizes County constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of Devizes in Wiltshire.
Location of Wiltshire within England.County Wiltshire Electorate 68,846 (December 2010)[1] Major settlements Devizes, Marlborough, Durrington, Pewsey Current constituency Created 1885 Member of Parliament Claire Perry (Conservative) Number of members One 1331–1885 Number of members Two until 1868, then One Type of constituency Borough constituency Overlaps European Parliament constituency South West England Devizes is a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is now represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 in the House of Commons of England.
Until 1885 Devizes was a parliamentary borough, electing two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system until the 1868 election, when the Reform Act 1867 reduced its representation to one MP, elected by the first-past-the-post system of election. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the parliamentary borough, and created a new county constituency of the same name, covering a wider area and electing one member. It has returned a Conservative MP at every election since 1924.
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Boundaries
The Devizes constituency covers Devizes in Wiltshire and the surrounding former Kennet district.
Members of Parliament
1295-1640
- 1386: Richard Gobet; William Salter [2]
- 1388 (February): Richard Cardmaker; William Salter [2]
- 1388 (September): Richard Cardmaker; William Spicer [2]
- 1390 (January): Richard Gobet; William Spicer [2]
- 1390 (November):
- 1391:
- 1393: William Coventre; William Spicer [2]
- 1394: John Tapener; Richard Brunker [2]
- 1395: Richard Cardmaker; William Spicer [2]
- 1397 (January): William Salter; Henry Webbe [2]
- 1397 (September): William Salter; John Peyntour [2]
- 1399: Richard Cardmaker; William Salter [2]
- 1401:
- 1402: Simon Skinner; Richard Smith [2]
- 1404 (January):
- 1404 (October):
- 1406: John Huwet; John Kingston [2]
- 1407: John Peyntour; Simon Skinner [2]
- 1410:
- 1411:
- 1413 (February):
- 1413 (May): John Coventre; Simon Skinner [2]
- 1414 (April): Thomas Coventre; Robert Smith [2]
- 1414 (November): William Coventre; Thomas Coventre [2]
- 1415: William Coventre; Roger Barbour [2]
- 1416 (March): Richard Litelcote; John Peyntour [2]
- 1416 (October):
- 1417: William Coventre; Robert Tyndale [2]
- 1419: Robert Tyndale; William Hendelove [2]
- 1420: John Coventre; Robert Chandler [2]
- 1421 (May): William Coventre; Robert Smith [2]
- 1421 (December): John Baker; John Fauconer [2]
- 1510-1523: No names known [3]
- 1529: John Poyntz; Richard Mytton [3]
- 1536: ?
- 1539: ?
- 1542: ?
- 1545: Clement Throckmorton; Geoffrey Danielle [3]
- 1547: Sir George Howard; Nicholas Throckmorton [3]
- 1553 (March): ?
- 1553 (October): William Rede; Thomas Hull [3]
- 1554 (April): Thomas Highgate; Henry Leke [3]
- 1554 (November): Thomas Hull; Edward Heynes [3]
- 1555: Thomas Hull; James Webbe [3]
- 1558: Thomas Hull; Henry Morris [3]
- 1558: John Young; Edward Heynes [4]
- 1562/3: Hugh Powell; Edward Heynes [4]
- 1571: Edward Baynton; William Clerke [4]
- 1572: George Reynolds, died and replaced 1580 by John Snell; Henry Grube [4]
- 1584: Edward Baynton I; Henry Brounker [4]
- 1586: Edward Baynton I; Henry Brounker [4]
- 1588: Henry Brounker; John Delabere [4]
- 1593: Henry Baynton I or II; Richard Mompesson [4]
- 1597: John Kent; Robert Drew [4]
- 1601: Giles Fettiplace; Robert Drew[4]
- 1604: Sir Henry Baynton; Robert Drew
- 1614: Sir Edward Baynton; William Kent
- 1621: Sir Henry Lee; John Kent
- 1624: Edward Bayntun; John Kent
- 1625: Edward Bayntun; Robert Drew
- 1626: Robert Long; Sir Henry Ley
- 1628: Robert Long; Thomas Kent
- 1629: 1629–1640: No Parliaments summoned
1640–1832
Election 1st Member[5] 1st Party 2nd Member[5] 2nd Party March 1640 Edward Bayntun Henry Danvers November 1640 Edward Bayntun Robert Nicholas 1653 Devizes not represented in Barebones Parliament September 1654 Edward Bayntun One seat only September 1656 Edward Scotton One seat only January 1659 Chaloner Chute jnr Edward Scotton March 1660 William Lewis Robert Aldworth April 1661 William Yorke John Kent December 1666 John Norden October 1669 Edward Lewis George Johnson April 1675 Sir Edward Bayntun February 1679 Sir Walter Ernle September 1679 Sir Giles Hungerford John Eyles February 1681 Sir Walter Ernle George Johnson March 1685 Sir John Talbot Walter Grubbe January 1689 Sir William Pynsent March 1690 Sir Thomas Fowle December 1690 John Methuen November 1695 Sir Edward Ernle July 1698 Sir Francis Child January 1701 Francis Merewether November 1701 John Methuen November 1702 John Child March 1703 Francis Merewether May 1705 Sir Francis Child December 1706 Josiah Diston May 1708 Paul Methuen October 1710 Sir Francis Child Thomas Richmond Webb August 1713 Robert Child John Nicholas January 1715 Josiah Diston Francis Eyles[disambiguation needed 
] (expelled)February 1721 Benjamin Haskins-Stiles March 1722 Sir Joseph Eyles August 1727 Francis Eyles April 1734 Sir Joseph Eyles February 1740 John Garth July 1742 George Lee July 1747 William Willy January 1765 Charles Garth June 1765 James Sutton September 1780 Sir James Tylney Long, 7th Bt. November 1780 Henry Jones April 1784 Henry Addington Tory December 1788 Joshua Smith January 1805 Thomas Grimston Estcourt June 1818 John Pearse March 1826 George Watson-Taylor 1832–1868
Election 1st Member[5] 1st Party 2nd Member[5] 2nd Party 1832 Wadham Locke Montague Gore Whig February 1834 Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham November 1835 Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt Conservative February 1836 James Whitley Deans Dundas May 1838 George Heneage Walker Heneage February 1844 William Heald Ludlow Bruges February 1848 James Bucknall Bucknall-Estcourt 1852 John Neilson Gladstone 1857 Simon Watson Taylor Christopher Darby Griffith 1859 John Neilson Gladstone Feb 1863 William Wells Addington Apr 1864 Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt. Conservative 1868 Second Reform Act: representation reduced to one member Since 1868
Devizes has been considered a safe Conservative seat since 1945. The current Member of Parliament is Claire Perry, who was first elected at the 2010 general election, succeeding Michael Ancram, who had stood down at that election on health grounds.[6]
Election Member[5] Party 1868 Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt. Conservative 1885 Walter Hume Long Conservative 1892 Charles Hobhouse Liberal 1895 Edward Goulding Unionist 1906 Francis Rogers Liberal January 1910 Basil Peto Unionist 1918 William Bell Coalition Conservative 1922 Conservative 1923 Eric Macfadyen Liberal 1924 Percy Hurd Conservative 1945 Christopher Hollis Conservative 1955 H. Percivall Pott Conservative 1964 by-election Charles Morrison Conservative 1992 Michael Ancram Conservative 2010 Claire Perry Conservative Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: Devizes[7] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Claire Perry 25,519 55.1 +4.0 Liberal Democrat Fiona Hornby 12,514 27.0 +4.7 Labour Junab Ali 4,711 10.2 -12.2 UKIP Patricia Bryant 2,076 4.5 +0.2 Green Mark Fletcher 813 1.8 N/A Independent Martin Houlden 566 1.2 N/A Libertarian Nic Coombe 141 0.3 N/A Majority 13,005 28.1 Turnout 46,340 68.8 +3.5 Conservative hold Swing −0.3 Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Devizes Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael Ancram 27,253 48.5 +1.3 Liberal Democrat Fiona Hornby 14,059 25.0 +2.9 Labour Sharon Charity 12,519 22.3 −2.6 UKIP Alan Wood 2,315 4.1 +1.2 Majority 13,194 23.5 Turnout 56,146 65.2 +1.0 Conservative hold Swing −0.8 General Election 2001: Devizes Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael Ancram 25,159 47.2 +4.4 Labour Jim Thorpe 13,263 24.9 +0.7 Liberal Democrat Helen Frances 11,756 22.1 -4.5 UKIP Alan Wood 1,521 2.9 +1.8 Independent Sir Ludovic Kennedy 1,078 2.0 N/A Monster Raving Loony Long Tall Sally Potter 472 0.9 N/A Majority 11,896 22.3 Turnout 53,249 64.2 -10.5 Conservative hold Swing Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Devizes[8] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael Ancram 39,090 53.3 −1.4 Liberal Democrat Ms. JL Mactaggart 19,378 26.4 −1.5 Labour Ms. RJ Berry 13,060 17.8 +0.5 Liberal SC Coles 962 1.3 −26.6 Green JD Ripley 808 1.1 +1.1 Majority 19,712 26.9 +0.0 Turnout 73,298 81.7 +4.5 Conservative hold Swing +0.0 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/devizes. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/devizes. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/devizes. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ a b c d e Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)
- ^ "Tories select successor to Ancram". BBC News. 2 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/8337746.stm. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
- ^ Kerr, Andrew (20 April 2010). "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Electoral Services. Wiltshire County Council. http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/elections-general-may10-devizes-persons-notice-poll.pdf. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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