Thornbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Thornbury constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Thornbury was a parliamentary 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.
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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 | Edward Stafford Howard | ||
| 1886 | John William Plunkett | ||
| 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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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
Categories: Articles with sections needing expansion | Parliamentary constituencies in the South West (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950 | Politics of Gloucestershire | United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
