Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Salisbury | |
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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: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Salisbury is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Glen of the Conservative Party. He is currently the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.[n 2]
History[]
From 1295, (the Model Parliament) a form of this constituency on a narrower area, the Parliamentary borough of Salisbury, returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England[n 3] Elections were held using the bloc vote system. This afforded the ability for wealthy male townsfolk who owned property rated at more than £2 a year liability in Land Tax to vote in the county and borough (if they met the requirements of both systems). The franchise (right to vote) in the town was generally restricted to male tradespersons and professionals within the central town wards, however in medieval elections would have been the aldermen.
The borough constituency co-existed with a neighbouring minuscule-electorate seat described towards its Great Reform Act abolition as a rotten borough: Old Sarum that covered the mostly abandoned Roman citadel to the northeast.
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 however the name transferred immediately to a new county division.
Boundaries[]
1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, and the Rural Districts of Amesbury, Salisbury, Tisbury, and Wilton.
1950–1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Salisbury and Wilton, and the Rural Districts of Amesbury, and Salisbury and Wilton.
1983–2010: The District of Salisbury wards of Alderbury, Amesbury, Bemerton, Bishopdown, Bulford, Chalke Valley, Donhead, Downton, Durrington, Ebble, Fisherton and Bemerton Village, Fonthill, Fovant, Harnham, Idmiston, Laverstock, Milford, Nadder, Redlynch, St Edmund, St Mark, St Martin, St Paul, Stratford, Till Valley, Tisbury, Upper Bourne, Whiteparish, Wilton, Winterbourne, Winterslow, Woodford Valley, and Wylye.
2010–present: The District of Salisbury wards of Alderbury and Whiteparish, Amesbury East, Amesbury West, Bemerton, Bishopdown, Chalke Valley, Downton and Redlynch, Ebble, Fisherton and Bemerton Village, Harnham East, Harnham West, Laverstock, Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley, St Edmund and Milford, St Francis and Stratford, St Martin and Milford, St Paul, Till Valley and Wylye, Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winterbourne, Wilton, and Winterslow.
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.
Downton (listed above) was a former borough constituency until abolished as a rotten borough, like Old Sarum, in 1832.
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]
Constituency profile[]
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district with a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[4] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.6% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.5%.[5]
The rural county as a whole has a low 14.8% of its population without a car, 18.6% of the population without qualifications and a high 29.5% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure across the whole county 67.5% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census.[6]
Members of Parliament[]
- Constituency created 1295
MPs 1295–1660[]
MPs 1660–1885[]
Election | 1st Member[13] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[13] | 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 | Whig[14] | ||||
1776 | Hon. William Henry Bouverie | |||||
1802 | Viscount Folkestone | Whig[14] | ||||
1813 | George Purefoy-Jervoise | Whig[14] | ||||
1818 | Wadham Wyndham | Tory[14] | ||||
1828 | Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie | Whig[14] | ||||
1832 | William Bird Brodie | Whig[14][15][16] | ||||
1833 | Hon. Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie | Whig[14] | ||||
1835 | Wadham Wyndham | Conservative[14] | ||||
May 1843 by-election | Ambrose Hussey | Conservative[14] | ||||
Nov 1843 by-election | John Campbell | Conservative[14] | ||||
William James Chaplin | Whig[17] | |||||
Jul. 1847 | Charles Baring Wall | Peelite[18][19] | ||||
Edward Pery Buckley | Whig[20][21] | |||||
1857 | Matthew Henry Marsh | Whig[22] | ||||
1859 | Liberal | Liberal | ||||
1865 | Edward Hamilton | Liberal | ||||
1868 | John Alfred Lush | Liberal | ||||
1869 by-election | Alfred Seymour | Liberal | ||||
1874 | Granville Ryder | Conservative | ||||
1880 | William Grenfell | Liberal | John Passmore Edwards | Liberal | ||
Coleridge Kennard | Conservative | |||||
1885 | representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 |
MPs since 1885[]
Election | Member[13] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | William Grenfell | Liberal | |
1886 | Edward Hulse | Conservative | |
Augustus Allhusen | Conservative | ||
1900 | Walter Palmer | Conservative | |
1906 | Edward Tennant | Liberal | |
Jan. 1910 | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | Conservative | |
1918 | Hugh Morrison | Conservative | |
1923 | Hugh 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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Glen | 30,280 | 56.4 | –1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Charleston | 10,544 | 19.6 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Tom Corbin | 9,675 | 18.0 | –7.5 | |
Green | Rick Page | 2,486 | 4.6 | +2.4 | |
Independent | King Arthur Pendragon | 745 | 1.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 19,736 | 36.7 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,730 | 72.1 | –2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Glen | 30,952 | 58.1 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Tom Corbin | 13,619 | 25.5 | +10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Sample | 5,982 | 11.2 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Dean Palethorpe | 1,191 | 2.2 | –9.9 | |
Green | Brig Oubridge | 1,152 | 2.2 | –3.2 | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon | 415 | 0.8 | –0.6 | |
Majority | 17,333 | 32.6 | –7.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,311 | 74.1 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –3.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Glen | 28,192 | 55.6 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Corbin | 7,771 | 15.3 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Martin[28] | 6,152 | 12.1 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Reetendra Banerji | 5,099 | 10.1 | –26.8 | |
Green | Alison Craig | 2,762 | 5.4 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon[29] | 729 | 1.4 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 20,421 | 40.3 | +28.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,705 | 72.9 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Glen | 23,859 | 49.2 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Green | Nick Startin | 506 | 1.0 | −2.4 | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon | 257 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | John Holme | 119 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 5,966 | 12.3 | -8.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,481 | 71.9 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Key | 25,961 | 47.8 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Majority | 11,142 | 20.5 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,322 | 68.1 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Key | 24,527 | 46.6 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,603 | 65.3 | -8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Key | 25,012 | 43.0 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce | 18,736 | 32.2 | −5.0 | |
Labour | Ricky Rogers | 10,242 | 17.6 | +8.6 | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage | 3,332 | 5.7 | New | |
Green | Hamish Soutar | 623 | 1.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | William Holmes | 184 | 0.3 | New | |
Natural Law | Shirley Haysom | 110 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 6,276 | 10.8 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,239 | 73.6 | -6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Key | 31,546 | 52.0 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul W.L. Sample | 22,573 | 37.2 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Steve R. Fear | 5,483 | 9.0 | −0.5 | |
Green | Sherwood M. Elcock | 609 | 1.0 | New | |
Independent | Steven W. Fletcher | 233 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Tim I. Abbott | 117 | 0.2 | New | |
Natural Law | Annie Martell | 93 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,973 | 14.8 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,654 | 79.9 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Key | 31,612 | 54.87 | +1.4 | |
SDP | Parry Mitchell | 20,169 | 35.0 | -5.2 | |
Labour | Teresa Seaborne | 5,455 | 9.5 | +3.7 | |
Independent | Steven W. Fletcher | 372 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 11,443 | 19.9 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 57,608 | 75.6 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Key | 28,876 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 21,702 | 40.2 | ||
Labour | CK Lamberth | 3,139 | 5.8 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | M Kemp | 182 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | T Abbott | 86 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 7,174 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 53,899 | 72.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hamilton | 24,962 | 49.9 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 18,718 | 37.4 | +2.7 | |
Labour | CR Boney | 6,321 | 12.6 | -9.0 | |
Majority | 6,244 | 12.5 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,001 | 77.4 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hamilton | 20,478 | 43.6 | -2.1 | |
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 16,298 | 34.7 | +1.5 | |
Labour | CJ Connor | 10,140 | 21.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 4,180 | 8.9 | -3.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,916 | 74.7 | -5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hamilton | 22,753 | 45.7 | -14.6 | |
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 16,536 | 33.2 | New | |
Labour | CJ Connor | 10,455 | 21.0 | -18.7 | |
Majority | 6,217 | 12.5 | -8.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,744 | 79.95 | +8.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hamilton | 26,549 | 60.3 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Alexander Waugh | 17,493 | 39.7 | -5.3 | |
Majority | 9,056 | 20.6 | +10.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,042 | 71.4 | -4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Hamilton | 22,601 | 55.0 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Ronald C Smith | 18,462 | 45.0 | +10.6 | |
Majority | 4,139 | 10.0 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 41,063 | 76.2 | -2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
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 | |
Ind. Conservative | Horace Trevor-Cox | 533 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,939 | 10.8 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 36,491 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Morrison | 20,641 | 52.8 | -0.6 | |
Labour | John A Cannon | 12,932 | 33.1 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | John Mackarness Booker | 5,516 | 14.1 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 7,709 | 19.7 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 39,089 | 78.2 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Morrison | 20,271 | 53.4 | -3.7 | |
Labour | John Papworth | 12,632 | 33.3 | -9.6 | |
Liberal | John Mackarness Booker | 5,037 | 13.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,639 | 20.1 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 37,940 | 77.7 | -2.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Morrison | 21,798 | 57.1 | +12.1 | |
Labour | Roger R Thomas | 16,386 | 42.9 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 5,412 | 14.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,184 | 80.2 | -3.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Morrison | 17,301 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | WAJ Case | 12,319 | 32.0 | ||
Liberal | Alan Campbell-Johnson | 8,847 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 4,982 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 38,467 | 83.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Morrison | 16,742 | 44.02 | ||
Labour | John Alan Lyde Caunter | 12,344 | 32.46 | ||
Liberal | Alan Campbell-Johnson | 8,946 | 23.52 | ||
Majority | 4,398 | 11.56 | |||
Turnout | 38,032 | 70.81 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Morrison | 12,076 | 67.8 | −3.7 | |
Independent Progressive | Reg Hipwell | 3,218 | 18.1 | New | |
Independent Democrat | J. D. Monro | 2,519 | 14.1 | New | |
Majority | 8,858 | 49.7 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 17,813 | 39.7 | −26.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s[]
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Despencer-Robertson | 23,189 | 76.92 | ||
Labour | AB Lemon | 6,956 | 23.08 | ||
Majority | 16,233 | 53.84 | |||
Turnout | 30,145 | 71.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Despencer-Robertson | 15,800 | 53.9 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Lucy Masterman | 9,588 | 32.7 | −6.6 | |
Labour | F. R. Hancock | 3,939 | 13.4 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 6,212 | 21.2 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,327 | 71.1 | −10.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 15,672 | 47.3 | −9.0 | |
Liberal | Lucy 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 | ||
Registered electors | 40,453 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 14,475 | 56.3 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Hugh Moulton | 9,138 | 35.6 | −15.8 | |
Labour | David Freeman | 2,071 | 8.1 | New | |
Majority | 5,337 | 20.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,684 | 81.8 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 31,393 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Moulton | 12,375 | 51.4 | +2.1 | |
Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 11,710 | 48.6 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 665 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,085 | 80.2 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 30,026 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 11,882 | 50.7 | −2.6 | |
Liberal | Ernest Brown | 11,559 | 49.3 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 323 | 1.4 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,441 | 81.1 | +22.1 | ||
Registered electors | 28,911 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.6 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 9,168 | 53.3 | −2.0 |
Liberal | Ernest Brown | 8,018 | 46.7 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 1,150 | 6.6 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 17,186 | 59.0 | −34.4 | ||
Registered electors | 29,144 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 1,750 | 55.3 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | C.J. Warner | 1,413 | 44.7 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 337 | 10.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,163 | 93.4 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,386 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 1,803 | 54.8 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Tennant | 1,485 | 45.2 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 318 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,288 | 97.1 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,386 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.4 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Tennant | 1,646 | 50.6 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Walter Palmer | 1,605 | 49.4 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 41 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,251 | 95.7 | +6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,396 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Walter Palmer | 1,399 | 54.7 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Frederick Low | 1,160 | 45.3 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 239 | 9.4 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,559 | 89.1 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 2,872 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Allhusen | 1,425 | 52.7 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | John Fuller | 1,278 | 47.3 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 147 | 5.4 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,703 | 94.2 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,868 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.5 |
- Caused by Hulse's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hulse | 1,404 | 54.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Sir William Brown, 2nd Baronet | 1,187 | 45.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 217 | 8.4 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,591 | 92.6 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,799 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hulse | 1,374 | 54.7 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Sir William Brown, 2nd Baronet | 1,136 | 45.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 238 | 9.4 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,510 | 92.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,709 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Hulse | 1,259 | 58.0 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | William Grenfell | 910 | 42.0 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 349 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,169 | 92.9 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,336 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Grenfell | 1,144 | 50.9 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Coleridge Kennard | 1,104 | 49.1 | +2.6 | |
Majority | 40 | 1.8 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,248 | 96.2 | +5.1 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 2,336 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Coleridge Kennard | 955 | 52.9 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | William Grenfell | 852 | 47.1 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 103 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,807 | 87.7 | −3.4 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 2,061 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.4 |
- Caused by Grenfell's appointment as a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Grenfell | 961 | 26.8 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | John Passmore Edwards | 958 | 26.7 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Coleridge Kennard | 841 | 23.4 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Ralph Dutton[42] | 828 | 23.1 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 117 | 3.3 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,794 (est) | 91.1 (est) | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,969 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.9 |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Ryder | 835 | 26.3 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | John Alfred Lush | 800 | 25.2 | −11.3 | |
Conservative | Adam Steinmetz Kennard[43] | 783 | 24.6 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | Alfred Seymour | 759 | 23.9 | −9.2 | |
Turnout | 1,589 (est) | 86.9 (est) | −4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,829 | ||||
Majority | 35 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Majority | 17 | 0.6 | −2.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.8 |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Seymour | 562 | 47.1 | −22.5 | |
Conservative | Granville Ryder | 549 | 46.0 | +15.6 | |
Liberal | Matthew Henry Marsh | 82 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.1 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,193 | 81.7 | −9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,461 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −19.1 |
- Caused by Hamilton's resignation.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Alfred Lush | 748 | 36.5 | −2.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Hamilton | 679 | 33.1 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Granville Ryder | 623 | 30.4 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 56 | 2.7 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,337 (est) | 91.5 (est) | +5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,461 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Matthew Henry Marsh | 367 | 39.4 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Hamilton | 312 | 33.5 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | John Chapman | 252 | 27.1 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 60 | 6.4 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 592 (est) | 85.6 (est) | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 691 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Pery Buckley | 370 | 38.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Matthew Henry Marsh | 326 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Chapman | 262 | 27.3 | New | |
Majority | 64 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 610 (est) | 88.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 687 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pery Buckley | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Matthew Henry Marsh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 680 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig gain from Peelite |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Pery Buckley | 255 | 74.3 | +36.8 | |
Conservative | Julius Roberts[44] | 88 | 25.7 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 167 | 48.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 343 | 50.4 | −24.3 | ||
Registered electors | 680 | ||||
Whig gain from Peelite | Swing | +20.5 |
- Caused by Wall's death
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Chaplin | 381 | 37.5 | −9.9 | |
Peelite | Charles Baring Wall | 331 | 32.6 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | Frederick William Slade | 173 | 17.0 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Daniel Higford Davall Burr | 131 | 12.9 | +4.7 | |
Turnout | 508 (est) | 74.7 (est) | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 680 | ||||
Majority | 50 | 4.9 | −6.3 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −8.3 | |||
Majority | 158 | 15.6 | −4.2 | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Chaplin | 490 | 47.4 | +14.6 | |
Peelite | Charles Baring Wall | 374 | 36.2 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | John Smith[46] | 170 | 16.4 | −9.8 | |
Turnout | 517 (est) | 73.0 (est) | −15.7 | ||
Registered electors | 708 | ||||
Majority | 116 | 11.2 | +5.6 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +9.8 | |||
Majority | 204 | 19.8 | N/A | ||
Peelite gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Chaplin | Unopposed | |||
Whig gain from Conservative |
- Caused by Hussey's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Campbell | 317 | 54.0 | −13.2 | |
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie[47] | 270 | 46.0 | +13.2 | |
Majority | 47 | 8.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 587 | 81.1 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 724 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −13.2 |
- Caused by Wyndham's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ambrose Hussey | 252 | 57.3 | −9.9 | |
Whig | Edward Pleydell-Bouverie[47] | 188 | 42.7 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 64 | 14.6 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 440 | 60.8 | −27.9 | ||
Registered electors | 724 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −9.9 |
- Caused by Brodie's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. Bouverie retired during polling.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wadham Wyndham | 366 | 41.0 | N/A | |
Whig | William Bird Brodie | 293 | 32.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anthony John Ashley[48] | 234 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 544 | 88.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 613 | ||||
Majority | 73 | 8.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 59 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wadham Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Bird Brodie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 707 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wadham Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Bird Brodie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 650 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Bird Brodie | 392 | 42.4 | +31.6 | |
Tory | Wadham Wyndham | 268 | 29.0 | −12.5 | |
Whig | Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie | 265 | 28.6 | −19.1 | |
Turnout | 531 | 92.2 | c. +16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 576 | ||||
Majority | 124 | 13.4 | +7.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +19.0 | |||
Majority | 3 | 0.4 | −30.3 | ||
Tory hold | Swing | −12.5 |
- On petition, Wyndham was unseated in favour of Pleydell-Bouverie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie | 31 | 47.7 | ||
Tory | Wadham Wyndham | 27 | 41.5 | ||
Whig | William Bird Brodie | 7 | 10.8 | ||
Turnout | 41 | c. 75.9 | |||
Registered electors | c. 54 | ||||
Majority | 4 | 6.2 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 20 | 30.7 | |||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Tory | Wadham Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Tory hold |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ 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.
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- Politics of Salisbury
- Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295