Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)
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Barnstaple was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, when its represenation was reduced to one member.
The constituency was created in 1295, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1295-1885
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[edit] MPs 1885-1950
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | reduced to one member of Parliament | ||
| 1885 | George Pitt-Lewis | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1892 | Alfred Billson | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Sir William Cameron Gull, Bt | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1900 | Ernest Joseph Soares | Liberal | |
| 1911 | Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt | Liberal | |
| 1918 | John Thomas Tudor Rees | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Basil Edward Peto | Conservative | |
| 1923 | John Thomas Tudor Rees | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Basil Edward Peto | Unionist | |
| 1935 | Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland | Liberal | |
| 1942 | Common Wealth | ||
| 1945 | Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto | Conservative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
| By-Election 1911: Barnstaple | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Sir Godfrey Baring | 6239 | |||
| Conservative | C S Parker | 5751 | |||
| Majority | 488 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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