Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)
Wiltshire, North or Cricklade Division | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Swindon and partly Chippenham |
Cricklade | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1885 | |
Number of members | two |
Cricklade was a parliamentary constituency named after the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire.
From 1295 until the general election of 1885, Cricklade was a parliamentary borough, returning two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, previously to the House of Commons of England.
Initially this consisted of only the town of Cricklade, but from 1782 the vote was extended to the surrounding countryside as a punishment for the borough's corruption. The extended area came to include the village of Swindon, which later grew into a large town with the coming of the railways in the 19th century.
From the 1885 general election the borough was abolished, but the name was transferred to a county division of Wiltshire covering much the same area, and electing a single MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election: Cricklade joined the Chippenham constituency and a new Swindon constituency was created.
Boundaries[]
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cricklade and Swindon.
Members of Parliament[]
1295-1640[]
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- Constituency created 1295
1640-1885[]
1885-1918[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Nevil Story Maskelyne | Liberal | |
1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
1892 | John Husband | Liberal | |
1895 | Alfred Hopkinson | Liberal Unionist | |
Lord Edmond FitzMaurice | Liberal | ||
1906 | John Massie | Liberal | |
Jan. 1910 | Thomas Calley | Liberal Unionist | |
Dec. 1910 | Richard Cornthwaite Lambert | Liberal | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see Swindon |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Joseph Pitt | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | 669 | 36.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Thomas Calley (Cricklade MP) | 639 | 34.7 | N/A | |
Whig | Philip Pleydell-Bouverie | 533 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 106 | 5.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,138 | c. 94.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | N/A |
Gordon was appointed a , causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Thomas Calley (Cricklade MP) | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,546 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Robert Gordon | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,640 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Neeld | 833 | 36.4 | New | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard (born 1779) | 734 | 32.1 | New | |
Whig | Henry Thomas Howard | 720 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 14 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,389 | 82.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,687 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Henry Thomas Howard | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,663 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,659 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Neeld | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,647 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Neeld | 778 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 770 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Charles James Monk[19][20] | 633 | 29.0 | New | |
Majority | 137 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,407 (est) | 83.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,682 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 745 | 33.9 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Anthony Ashley-Cooper | 743 | 33.8 | +4.8 | |
Conservative | John Neeld | 712 | 32.4 | −3.3 | |
Turnout | 1,472 (est) | 87.0 (est) | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,692 | ||||
Majority | 2 | 0.1 | −6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
Majority | 31 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.8 |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 978 | 37.2 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 879 | 33.4 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | William Eliot | 772 | 29.4 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 107 | 4.0 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,701 (est) | 83.8 (est) | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,029 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Frederick William Cadogan | 2,844 | 38.9 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 2,452 | 33.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 2,009 | 27.5 | −9.7 | |
Majority | 392 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,075 (est) | 87.1 (est) | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,825 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 2,624 | 29.0 | −4.6 | |
Conservative | Ambrose Goddard | 2,231 | 24.6 | −2.9 | |
Liberal | Frederick William Cadogan | 2,092 | 23.1 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Henry Tucker[22] | 1,578 | 17.4 | −2.1 | |
Lib-Lab | William Morris[23] | 497 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Independent Liberal | John Arkell[24] | 40 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 139 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,800 (est) | 75.9 (est) | −11.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,325 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −0.4 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 4,350 | 50.9 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Daniel Gooch | 2,441 | 28.6 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Algernon Neeld[25] | 1,748 | 20.5 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 1,909 | 22.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,791 (est) | 90.9 (est) | +15.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,473 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 4,541 | 62.1 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | William Stone | 2,770 | 37.9 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 1,771 | 24.2 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,311 | 81.0 | −9.9 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 9,031 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 3,401 | 53.7 | +15.8 | |
Liberal | Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe | 1,683 | 26.6 | -35.5 | |
Independent Liberal | Sir John Bennett | 1,247 | 19.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,718 | 27.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,331 | 70.1 | -10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,031 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +25.7 |
- Costelloe contested previous general election as Conservative
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Husband | 4,569 | 56.1 | +29.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Nevil Story Maskelyne | 3,571 | 43.9 | -9.8 | |
Majority | 998 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,140 | 77.1 | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,561 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +19.7 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Alfred Hopkinson | 4,679 | 50.5 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice | 4,580 | 49.5 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 99 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,259 | 84.2 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,994 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.6 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice | 5,624 | 52.3 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Frederick Campbell | 5,135 | 47.7 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 489 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,759 | 90.3 | +6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,911 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice | 5,754 | 53.9 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Ernest St Clair Pemberton | 4,920 | 46.1 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 834 | 7.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,674 | 85.8 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,441 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +4.4 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Massie | 7,294 | 56.1 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Arnold Ward | 5,716 | 43.9 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 1,578 | 12.2 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 13,010 | 90.4 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 14,390 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Thomas Calley | 7,389 | 52.2 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | John Massie | 6,754 | 47.8 | -8.3 | |
Majority | 635 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,143 | 93.0 | +2.6 | ||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.3 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Cornthwaite Lambert | 6,937 | 50.5 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Thomas Calley | 6,809 | 49.5 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 128 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,746 | 90.4 | -2.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +2.7 |
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Richard Cornthwaite Lambert
- Unionist:
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e f "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "BAILEY, John (d.1436), of Cricklade, Wilts. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ Wroughton, John. "Hungerford, Sir Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14173. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Gore was also elected for Colchester, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Cricklade
- ^ Sawbridge was expelled from the House for his role in the South Sea Bubble
- ^ A by-election was held in December 1774 after the death of William Earle, but the result was disputed and the Returning Officer made a double return, naming both Samuel Peach and John Dewar. The Commons declared the election void, and a second election was held; Peach was initially declared elected but on petition the result was reversed and Dewar took his seat.
- ^ On petition, Macpherson's election in 1779 was declared void and a new writ issued, but he was re-elected in the by-election. At the general election of 1780 he was again elected and his opponent again entered a petition. On investigation the Committee reported that "instances of the most notorious bribery had occurred"; the House voted that neither Macpherson nor his opponent Samuel Petrie were duly elected, and shortly afterwards passed an Act to extend the right of voting in Cricklade to the surrounding hundreds.
- ^ On petition the result of the election of 1784 was reversed, Coxe and Adamson being declared not duly elected and Heneage and Nicholas being seated in their place
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 110–112.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 101.
- ^ "Elections Decided". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 10 July 1841. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "General Election". Western Times. 3 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 1847. p. 172.
- ^ a b c Farrell, Stephen. "Cricklade". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "Cricklade Election". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. 2 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "New Swindon". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 21 March 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cricklade Election". Wiltshire Independent. 12 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cricklade". Huddersfield Chronicle. 28 January 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Labourers' Union". Gloucester Journal. 10 January 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The election expenses of the candidates for the borough and hundreds of Cricklade". Western Gazette. 17 April 1874. p. 6. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cricklade Borough". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 23 June 1883. p. 8. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
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- Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol I (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
- Politics of the Borough of Swindon
- Cricklade