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==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
'''1885–1918''': The Municipal Boroughs of [[Gloucester]] and Tewkesbury, the Sessional Divisions of Berkeley, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Winchcombe, part of the Sessional Division of Whitminster, and the parish of Slimbridge.
'''1885–1918''': The Municipal Boroughs of [[Gloucester]] and [[Tewkesbury]], the Sessional Divisions of Berkeley, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Winchcombe, part of the Sessional Division of Whitminster, and the parish of Slimbridge.


'''1997–2010''': The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve East, Bishop's Cleeve North, Bishop's Cleeve South, Brockworth Glebe, Brockworth Moorfield, Brockworth Westfield, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown Parton, Churchdown Pirton, Cleeve Hill, Coombe Hill, Crickley, De Winton, Dumbleton, Gotherington, Horsbere, Innsworth, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Mitton, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town, Twyning, and Winchcombe, and the Borough of Cheltenham wards of Leckhampton with Up Hatherley, Prestbury, and Swindon.
'''1997–2010''': The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve East, Bishop's Cleeve North, Bishop's Cleeve South, Brockworth Glebe, Brockworth Moorfield, Brockworth Westfield, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown Parton, Churchdown Pirton, Cleeve Hill, Coombe Hill, Crickley, De Winton, Dumbleton, Gotherington, Horsbere, Innsworth, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Mitton, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town, Twyning, and Winchcombe, and the Borough of Cheltenham wards of Leckhampton with Up Hatherley, Prestbury, and Swindon.

Revision as of 20:17, 17 June 2021

Tewkesbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire
Outline map
Location of Gloucestershire within England
CountyGloucestershire
Electorate77,206 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentLaurence Robertson (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created fromCirencester & Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and West Gloucestershire
1610–1918
Seats1610–1868: Two
1868–1918: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Replaced byStroud, Forest of Dean, and Cirencester & Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 recreation by Laurence Robertson, a Conservative.[n 2]

History

1610 to 1918

Tewkesbury existed in this period, first in the parliamentary borough form. It returned two MPs until this was reduced to one in 1868, then saw itself become instead a larger county division under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and it was abolished in 1918.

Prominent politicians

1997 to date

The fourth periodic review of Westminster constituencies in 1997 saw the seat's recreation, from the similar, but slightly larger county division Tewkesbury and Cirencester, compared to the present seat.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Gloucester and Tewkesbury, the Sessional Divisions of Berkeley, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Tewkesbury, and Winchcombe, part of the Sessional Division of Whitminster, and the parish of Slimbridge.

1997–2010: The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve East, Bishop's Cleeve North, Bishop's Cleeve South, Brockworth Glebe, Brockworth Moorfield, Brockworth Westfield, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown Parton, Churchdown Pirton, Cleeve Hill, Coombe Hill, Crickley, De Winton, Dumbleton, Gotherington, Horsbere, Innsworth, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Mitton, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town, Twyning, and Winchcombe, and the Borough of Cheltenham wards of Leckhampton with Up Hatherley, Prestbury, and Swindon.

2010–present: The Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Ashchurch with Walton Cardiff, Badgeworth, Brockworth, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown St John’s, Cleeve Grange, Cleeve Hill, Cleeve St Michael’s, Cleeve West, Coombe Hill, Hucclecote, Innsworth with Down Hatherley, Isbourne, Northway, Oxenton Hill, Shurdington, Tewkesbury Newtown, Tewkesbury Prior's Park, Tewkesbury Town with Mitton, Twyning, and Winchcombe, the Borough of Cheltenham wards of Prestbury and Swindon Village, and the City of Gloucester ward of Longlevens.

The constituency was created in 1997 from parts of the seats of Cirencester and Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and West Gloucestershire.

As its name suggests, the main town in the constituency is Tewkesbury, but other settlements include Twyning, Ashchurch, Bishop's Cleeve, Winchcombe, Prestbury, Brockworth, Churchdown, Innsworth and Longlevens.[2]

Constituency profile

The town has a raised centre with the second largest parish church in the country that is the church of a former Benedictine monastery, named Tewkesbury Abbey, the town also has its own mustard and July medieval battle festival. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1610–1629

  • Constituency created (1610)

The constituency was enfranchised on 23 March 1610 – the first record of its members sworn is 16 April 1610.[4]

Parliament First member Second member
Parliament of 1604–1611 (1610) Sir Dudley Digges Edward Ferrers
Addled Parliament (1614) Sir John Ratcliffe
Parliament of 1621–1622 Giles Brydges
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) Sir Baptist Hicks
Useless Parliament (1625)
Parliament of 1625–1626
Parliament of 1628–1629 Sir Thomas Colepeper
May 1628 Sir William Hicks

MPs 1640–1868

Year First member[5] First party Second member[5] Second party
April 1640 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Alford
November 1640 Double return — election declared void[6]
August 1641 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" | Sir Robert Cooke Parliamentarian style="background-color: Template:Cavalier/meta/color" | Sir Edward Alford[7] Royalist
1641 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Roundhead/meta/color" | Edward Stephens Parliamentarian
August 1643 Cooke died — seat left vacant
1645 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Stephens
December 1648 Edward Stephens excluded in Pride's Purge – seat vacant
1653 Tewkesbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper – chosen for Wiltshire – replaced by Francis St John Tewkesbury had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1656 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis White
January 1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Cooke style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Long[n 3]
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | (Sir) Henry Capell style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Dowdeswell
1673 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Francis Russell
1685 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Dowdeswell
1690 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Henry Capell
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Francis Winnington
1698 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Hancock
1701 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edmund Bray
1708 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Ireton
1710 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Bromley
1712 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Dowdeswell
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Dowdeswell
1714 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Anthony Lechmere
1717 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicholas Lechmere
1721 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | The Viscount Gage[n 4]
1722 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Brigadier George Reade
1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Tracy
1741 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Martin
1747 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Dowdeswell Whig
1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Nicolson Calvert style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Martin, junior
1761 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Whig[8] rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Sir William Codrington Tory[8]
1774 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Joseph Martin Whig[8]
1776 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | James Martin Whig[8]
1792 style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Lieutenant-Colonel William Dowdeswell Tory[8]
1797 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Christopher Bethell-Codrington Tory[8]
1807 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Hanbury-Tracy Whig[9][10][8]
1812 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Edmund Dowdeswell Tory[8] style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | John Martin Whig[8]
January 1832 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Hanbury-Tracy Whig[9][10][8]
December 1832 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | John Martin Whig[11][8][12][13][14]
1835 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Dowdeswell Conservative[8]
1837 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | John Martin Whig[11][8][12][13][14]
1847 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Humphrey Brown Whig[12][14]
1857 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hon. Frederick Lygon Conservative
1859 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | James Martin Liberal
1864 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Yorke Conservative
1865 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Edward Dowdeswell Conservative
1866 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Edmund Lechmere, Bt Conservative
1868 Representation reduced to one Member

MPs 1868–1918

Election Member[5] Party
1868 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Edwin Price Liberal
1880 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Richard Martin Liberal
1885 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Yorke Conservative
1886 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir John Dorington Conservative
1906 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hon. Michael Hicks Beach Conservative
1916 style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Frederick Hicks-Beach Unionist
1918 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1997

Election Member[5] Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | 1997 Laurence Robertson Conservative

Elections since 1997

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Tewkesbury[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Robertson 35,728 58.4 –1.6
Liberal Democrats Alex Hegenbarth 13,318 21.8 +8.3
Labour Lara Chaplin 9,310 15.2 −6.6
Green Cate Cody 2,784 4.6 +1.9
Majority 22,410 36.6 −1.6
Turnout 61,140 72.8 +0.3
Registered electors 83,958 +3.1
Conservative hold Swing −5.0
General election 2017: Tewkesbury[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Robertson 35,448 60.0 +5.5
Labour Manjinder Singh Kang 12,874 21.8 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Cait Clucas 7,981 13.5 −0.3
Green Cate Cody 1,576 2.7 −1.3
UKIP Simon Collins 1,205 2.0 −10.8
Majority 22,574 38.2 −1.5
Turnout 59,084 72.5 +2.4
Registered electors 81,440 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing −0.7
General election 2015: Tewkesbury[17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Robertson 30,176 54.5 +7.3
Labour Ed Buxton 8,204 14.8 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Alistair Cameron 7,629 13.8 −21.7
UKIP Stuart Adair[19] 7,128 12.9 +8.7
Green Jemma Clarke[20] 2,207 4.0 +3.0
Majority 21,972 39.7 +28.0
Turnout 55,344 70.1 −0.3
Registered electors 78,910 +2.9
Conservative hold
General election 2010: Tewkesbury[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Robertson 25,472 47.2 −1.0
Liberal Democrats Alistair Cameron 19,162 35.5 +7.1
Labour Stuart Emmerson 6,253 11.6 −8.7
UKIP Brian Jones 2,230 4.1 N/A
Green Matthew Sidford 525 1.0 −2.2
Monster Raving Loony George Ridgeon 319 0.6 N/A
Majority 6,310 11.7 −8.1
Turnout 53,961 70.4 +8.2
Registered electors 76,655 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing −4.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Tewkesbury[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Robertson 22,339 49.1 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Alistair Cameron 12,447 27.4 +1.1
Labour Charles Mannan 9,179 20.2 −6.7
Green Robert Rendell 1,488 3.3 N/A
Majority 9,892 21.7 +2.5
Turnout 45,453 63.2 −1.1
Registered electors 71,945 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General election 2001: Tewkesbury[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Robertson 20,830 46.1 +0.3
Labour Keir Dhillon 12,167 26.9 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Steve Martin 11,863 26.2 −1.8
Independent Charles Vernall 335 0.7 N/A
Majority 8,663 19.2 +1.5
Turnout 45,195 64.3 −12.1
Registered electors 70,276 +3.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.1

Election in the 1990s

General election 1997: Tewkesbury[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laurence Robertson 23,859 45.8 −8.1
Liberal Democrats John Sewell 14,625 28.0 −7.1
Labour Kelvin Tustin 13,665 26.2 +16.1
Majority 9,234 17.8 −0.8
Turnout 52,147 76.5 −5.5
Registered electors 68,208 +6.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Election results 1868-1918

Elections in the 1910s

1916 Tewkesbury by-election[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist William Hicks-Beach 7,127 83.2 +31.2
Independent William J. Boosey 1,438 16.8 N/A
Majority 5,689 66.4 +62.5
Turnout 8,565 62.0 −21.4
Registered electors 13,818
Unionist hold
Mathias

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;

General election December 1910: Tewkesbury[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach 5,699 52.0 −1.2
Liberal Robert Ashton Lister 5,267 48.0 +3.3
Majority 432 4.0 −4.6
Turnout 10,966 83.4 −3.1
Registered electors 13,155 0.0
Conservative hold Swing −2.3
General election January 1910: Tewkesbury[27][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach 6,050 53.2 +2.6
Liberal Robert Ashton Lister 5,088 44.7 −4.7
Labour Charles Fox 238 2.1 −
Majority 962 8.5 +7.2
Turnout 962 86.5 +7.0
Registered electors 13,155 −0.5
Conservative hold Swing +3.6

Elections in the 1900s

Hicks Beach
General election 1906: Tewkesbury[27][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach 5,321 50.6 N/A
Liberal Robert Ashton Lister 5,194 49.4 N/A
Majority 127 1.2 N/A
Turnout 10,515 79.5 N/A
Registered electors 13,226 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1900: Tewkesbury[27][30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dorington Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Tewkesbury[27][30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dorington Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1892: Tewkesbury[27][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dorington 5,028 54.9 N/A
Liberal Godfrey Samuelson 4,125 45.1 N/A
Majority 903 9.8 N/A
Turnout 9,153 79.5 N/A
Registered electors 11,519 N/A
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

Dorington
General election 1886: Tewkesbury[27][30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dorington Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1885: Tewkesbury[27][30][32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Yorke 4,666 51.0 +1.7
Liberal Godfrey Samuelson 4,484 49.0 −1.7
Majority 182 2.0 N/A
Turnout 9,150 78.4 −15.9
Registered electors 11,665
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.7
By-election, 12 Jul 1880: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Martin 380 56.0 +5.3
Conservative John Arthur Fowler[34] 298 44.0 −5.3
Majority 82 12.0 +10.7
Turnout 678 92.5 −1.8
Registered electors 733
Liberal hold Swing +5.4
General election 1880: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Edwin Price 350 50.7 −1.4
Conservative John Arthur Fowler[34] 341 49.3 +1.4
Majority 9 1.4 −2.8
Turnout 691 94.3 +2.1
Registered electors 733
Liberal hold Swing −1.4

Election in the 1870s

General election 1874: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Edwin Price 350 52.0 −4.0
Conservative Edmund Lechmere 323 48.0 +4.0
Majority 27 4.0 −8.0
Turnout 673 92.2 +7.1
Registered electors 730 −2.0
Liberal hold Swing −4.0

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Edwin Price 355 56.0 +27.5
Conservative Edmund Lechmere 279 44.0 −27.5
Majority 76 12.0 N/A
Turnout 634 85.1 +4.0
Registered electors 745
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +27.5
  • Seat reduced to one member.

Election results 1832–1868

Elections in the 1860s

By-election, 20 March 1866: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Lechmere 151 50.7 −20.8
Liberal James Martin 147 49.3 +20.8
Majority 4 1.3 −4.8
Turnout 298 91.7 +10.6
Registered electors 325
Conservative hold Swing −20.8
General election 1865: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Edward Dowdeswell 195 37.0 N/A
Conservative John Yorke 182 34.5 N/A
Liberal James Martin 150 28.5 N/A
Majority 32 6.1 N/A
Turnout 264 (est) 81.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 325
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal
By-election, 9 February 1864: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Yorke Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Lygon Unopposed
Liberal James Martin Unopposed
Registered electors 341
Conservative hold
Liberal hold
By-election, 8 March 1859: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Lygon 171 100.0 +56.8
Whig Humphrey Brown 0 0.0 −56.8
Majority 171 100.0 +94.0
Turnout 171 50.1 −20.1
Registered electors 341
Conservative hold Swing +56.8
General election 1857: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Lygon 200 38.4 +24.8
Whig John Martin 169 32.4 −2.5
Whig Humphrey Brown 127 24.4 −13.5
Conservative Edward William Cox 25 4.8 −8.8
Turnout 261 (est) 70.2 (est) −3.0
Registered electors 371
Majority 31 6.0 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +16.4
Majority 42 8.1 +0.3
Whig hold Swing −5.3
General election 1852: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Humphrey Brown 205 37.9 −12.1
Whig John Martin 189 34.9 −15.1
Conservative Edward William Cox[35] 147 27.2 +27.2
Majority 42 7.8 −42.2
Turnout 271 (est) 73.2 (est) +62.7
Registered electors 370
Whig hold Swing −12.9
Whig hold Swing −14.4

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Tewkesbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Humphrey Brown 43 50.0 N/A
Whig John Martin 43 50.0 +16.4
Conservative Henry Lascelles 0 0.0 −34.3
Majority 43 50.0 +48.6
Turnout 43 (est) 10.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 409
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +16.8
General election 1841: Tewkesbury[33][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Dowdeswell 193 34.3 −32.6
Whig John Martin 189 33.6 +0.5
Radical John Easthope 181 32.1 N/A
Turnout 375 74.0 −17.6
Registered electors 507
Majority 4 0.7 −4.0
Conservative hold Swing −16.6
Majority 8 1.4 −2.6
Whig hold Swing +16.6

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Tewkesbury[33][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Dowdeswell 219 37.8 +21.0
Whig John Martin 192 33.1 −33.5
Conservative Joseph Peel 169 29.1 +12.3
Turnout 370 91.6 −4.1
Registered electors 404
Majority 27 4.7 +4.7
Conservative hold Swing +18.9
Majority 23 4.0 +3.5
Whig hold Swing −33.4
General election 1835: Tewkesbury[33][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Dowdeswell 195 33.6 +2.4
Whig Charles Hanbury-Tracy 195 33.6 −2.1
Whig John Martin 192 33.0 −0.1
Turnout 379 95.7 +1.4
Registered electors 396
Majority 0 0.0 N/A
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +2.3
Majority 3 0.5 −1.4
Whig hold Swing −1.7
General election 1832: Tewkesbury[33][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Hanbury-Tracy 210 35.7 −2.1
Whig John Martin 195 33.1 +6.1
Tory William Dowdeswell 184 31.2 −4.0
Majority 11 1.9 −0.6
Turnout 364 94.3 c. +20.6
Registered electors 386
Whig hold Swing −0.1
Whig gain from Tory Swing +4.1
By-election, 23 January 1832: Tewkesbury[8][36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Charles Hanbury-Tracy Unopposed
Registered electors c. 525
Whig hold
  • Caused by Martin's death
General election 1831: Tewkesbury[8][36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Martin 238 37.8
Tory John Edmund Dowdeswell 222 35.2
Whig Charles Hanbury-Tracy 170 27.0
Turnout 387 c. 73.7
Registered electors c. 525
Majority 16 2.5
Whig hold
Majority 52 8.3
Tory hold
General election 1830: Tewkesbury[8][36]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Martin Unopposed
Tory John Edmund Dowdeswell Unopposed
Registered electors c. 525
Whig hold
Tory hold

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cannot have been Sir Robert Long Bt as stated by Williams as he was a Royalist.
  4. ^ of Castle Island, Ireland
References
  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
  3. ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian.
  4. ^ Williams, William Retlaw (October 4, 1898). "The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester, including the cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1898". Hereford : Priv. print. for the author by Jakeman and Carver – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
  6. ^ At the election of November 1640 a double return was made: Sir Robert Cooke, Sir Edward Alford, John Craven and Edward Stephens were all returned. The election was declared void on 6 August 1641.
  7. ^ Alford's election was declared void and his opponent, Stephens, was declared duly elected. However, Alford had also been elected for Arundel, and continued to sit for that borough.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 119–121. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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