Exeter | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 74,955 (December 2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Exeter |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of Parliament | Ben Bradshaw ( Labour) |
Seats | 1295–1885: Two 1885–present: One |
Exeter /ˈɛksətər/ is a constituency [n 1] composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2] The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative, Liberal Party, Independent and Labour representation.
The constituency has been held by Labour since 1997.
The Labour Party currently has a majority of over 10,000, suggesting this is a safe seat for the party.
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The constituency covers the majority of the city, including the University and the Met Office which are significant employers. [2] As of 2022 [update], median gross weekly in pay for full-time workers is below the figure for Great Britain as a whole but above that for South West England. Median hourly pay, however, is below that for both the region and for Great Britain. There are a large number of students for a small city. [3]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Exeter.
1950–1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–2010: The City of Exeter.
2010–present: The City of Exeter wards of Alphington, Cowick, Duryard, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Pinhoe, Polsloe, Priory, St David's, St James, St Leonard's, St Thomas, and Whipton and Barton.
The constituency covers most of the city of Exeter in Devon. It covered the entire city from 1918 until 2010, when, under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12, two wards of the City of Exeter (St Loyes and Topsham) were transferred to the neighbouring East Devon constituency. [4]
From the next general election: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
After adjustments to align with revised ward boundaries, the Pinhoe ward was transferred to the new constituency of Exmouth and Exeter East, in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range.
Two members
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tessa Tucker [15] | ||||
Labour | Steve Race [16] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Will Aczel [17] | ||||
Green | Andrew Bell [18] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 29,882 | 53.2 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | John Gray | 19,479 | 34.7 | +1.8 | |
Green | Joe Levy | 4,838 | 8.6 | +6.7 | |
Brexit Party | Leslie Willis | 1,428 | 2.5 | New | |
Independent | Daniel Page | 306 | 0.5 | New | |
UKIP | Duncan Odgers | 259 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 10,403 | 18.5 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,192 | 68.5 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 34,336 | 62.0 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | James Taghdissian | 18,219 | 32.9 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Newcombe | 1,562 | 2.8 | −1.5 | |
Green | Joe Levy | 1,027 | 1.9 | −4.6 | |
Independent | Jonathan West | 212 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Jonathan Bishop | 67 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,117 | 29.1 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,423 | 71.7 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 25,062 | 46.4 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Dom Morris | 17,879 | 33.1 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Keith Crawford | 5,075 | 9.4 | +5.7 | |
Green | Diana Moore | 3,491 | 6.5 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joel Mason | 2,321 | 4.3 | −16.0 | |
TUSC | Ed Potts | 190 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,183 | 13.3 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,018 | 70.2 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 19,942 | 38.2 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Hannah Foster | 17,221 | 33.0 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Oakes | 10,581 | 20.3 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Keith Crawford | 1,930 | 3.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Chris Gale | 1,108 | 2.1 | −2.3 | |
Green | Paula Black | 792 | 1.5 | −2.3 | |
BNP | Robert Farmer | 673 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,721 | 5.2 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 52,247 | 67.7 | +3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 22,619 | 41.1 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Cox | 14,954 | 27.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Underwood | 11,340 | 20.6 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Margaret Danks | 2,214 | 4.0 | −0.9 | |
Green | Tim Brenan | 1,896 | 3.4 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker | 1,854 | 3.4 | +1.3 | |
Independent | John Stuart | 191 | 0.3 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 7,665 | 13.9 | -8.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,068 | 64.8 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 26,194 | 49.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Anne Jobson | 14,435 | 27.4 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Copus | 6,512 | 12.4 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | David Morrish | 2,596 | 4.9 | +1.6 | |
Green | Paul Edwards | 1,240 | 2.4 | +1.4 | |
UKIP | John Stuart | 1,109 | 2.1 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Francis Choules | 530 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 11,759 | 22.4 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,616 | 64.2 | −14.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 29,398 | 47.5 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Adrian Rogers | 17,693 | 28.6 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Brewer | 11,148 | 18.0 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | David Morrish | 2,062 | 3.3 | +1.5 | |
Green | Paul Edwards | 643 | 1.0 | -0.2 | |
UKIP | Corrine Haynes | 638 | 1.0 | New | |
Pensioners | James Meakin | 282 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,705 | 18.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 61,864 | 78.2 | −2.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 25,543 | 41.1 | −3.3 | |
Labour | John N. Lloyd | 22,498 | 36.2 | +13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham J. Oakes | 12,059 | 19.4 | −12.4 | |
Liberal | Alison C. Micklem | 1,119 | 1.8 | New | |
Green | Tim J.R. Brenan | 764 | 1.2 | +0.2 | |
Natural Law | Michael J. Turnbull | 98 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,045 | 4.9 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 62,081 | 80.5 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 26,922 | 44.4 | −2.1 | |
SDP | Mike Thomas | 19,266 | 31.8 | +2.5 | |
Labour | John Vincent | 13,643 | 22.5 | −0.3 | |
Green | Raymond Vail | 597 | 1.0 | −0.4 | |
L.A.P.P | Nigel Byles | 209 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,656 | 12.6 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 60,637 | 80.6 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 26,660 | 46.5 | −1.9 | |
SDP | Stephen Mennell | 16,780 | 29.3 | +13.7 | |
Labour | Richard Evans | 13,088 | 22.8 | −11.3 | |
Ecology | Peter Frings | 779 | 1.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 9,880 | 17.2 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 57,307 | 78.0 | -3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 27,173 | 48.4 | +7.7 | |
Labour | G.W. Hobbs | 19,146 | 34.1 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | H. Marsh | 8,756 | 15.6 | −7.3 | |
Ecology | Peter Frings | 1,053 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,027 | 14.3 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 56,128 | 81.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 21,970 | 40.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | F Keith Taylor | 19,622 | 36.4 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | David John Morrish | 12,342 | 22.9 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 2,348 | 4.3 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,934 | 80.3 | -5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 22,762 | 40.1 | −5.7 | |
Labour | G. Powell | 17,686 | 31.2 | −9.6 | |
Liberal | David John Morrish | 16,322 | 28.8 | +15.2 | |
Majority | 5,076 | 8.9 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,770 | 85.3 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 21,680 | 45.0 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Gwyneth Dunwoody | 20,409 | 42.4 | −6.2 | |
Liberal | David John Morrish | 6,672 | 13.6 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,271 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,761 | 81.1 | -2.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwyneth Dunwoody | 22,199 [34] | 48.6 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 18,613 | 40.8 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | Ronald Cuthbert Thompson | 4,869 | 10.7 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 3,586 | 7.85 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,681 | 83.63 | +3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.49 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 18,035 | 41.4 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Gwyneth Dunwoody | 16,673 | 38.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Ronald Cuthbert Thompson | 8,815 | 20.3 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 1,362 | 3.1 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,523 | 80.3 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 21,579 | 48.7 | −7.6 | |
Labour | Albert John Rogers | 15,918 | 35.9 | −7.8 | |
Liberal | Gordon Taylor | 6,852 | 15.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,661 | 12.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,349 | 82.0 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 24,147 | 56.28 | +5.48 | |
Labour | Leslie Merrion | 18,759 | 43.72 | +3.08 | |
Majority | 5,388 | 12.56 | +2.41 | ||
Turnout | 42,906 | 79.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.20 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 23,218 | 50.80 | −2.72 | |
Labour | Edward Bishop | 18,576 | 40.65 | −5.83 | |
Liberal | Ellen E Tinkham | 3,908 | 8.55 | New | |
Majority | 4,642 | 10.15 | +3.11 | ||
Turnout | 45,702 | 84.13 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.56 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Maude | 24,339 | 53.52 | ||
Labour | Tom Horabin | 21,135 | 46.48 | ||
Majority | 3,204 | 7.04 | |||
Turnout | 45,474 | 86.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Maude | 16,420 | 43.34 | −17.44 | |
Labour | Reginald J Travess | 15,245 | 40.24 | +1.02 | |
Liberal | Freda Evelyn Griffith Morgan | 6,220 | 16.42 | New | |
Majority | 1,175 | 3.10 | |||
Turnout | 37,885 | 74.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Reed | 21,192 | 60.78 | +5.59 | |
Labour | John Stafford Cripps | 13,674 | 39.22 | +17.65 | |
Majority | 7,518 | 21.56 | |||
Turnout | 34,866 | 75.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Reed | 20,360 | 55.19 | +32.49 | |
Liberal | Eleanor Acland | 8,571 | 23.23 | New | |
Labour | James Viner Delahaye | 7,958 | 21.57 | −6.23 | |
Majority | 11,789 | 31.96 | |||
Turnout | 36,889 | 84.77 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Unionist | Robert Newman | 16,642 | 49.5 | −8.0 | |
Labour | J. Lloyd Jones | 9,361 | 27.8 | +2.6 | |
Unionist | Geoffrey Dorling Roberts | 7,622 | 22.7 | -34.8 | |
Majority | 7,281 | 21.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,625 | 81.9 | −0.2 | ||
Ind. Unionist gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | 14,522 | 57.5 | −10.2 | |
Labour | A J Penny | 6,359 | 25.2 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Fairchild Day | 4,359 | 17.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,163 | 32.3 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,240 | 82.1 | +9.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | 14,908 | 67.7 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Lothian Small | 7,123 | 32.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,785 | 35.4 | +22.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,031 | 72.6 | −13.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | 14,326 | 56.7 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Leonard Costello | 10,920 | 43.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 3,406 | 13.4 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,246 | 85.6 | +17.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,315 | 51.9 | −10.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 3,074 | 48.1 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 241 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,389 | 91.8 | +15.3 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 6,963 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,222 | 52.8 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 2,879 | 47.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 343 | 5.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,101 | 87.6 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,963 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,884 | 53.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Albert Dunn | 3,329 | 46.2 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 555 | 7.6 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,213 | 90.5 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,972 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,857 | 53.4 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Adam Spencer Hogg | 3,363 | 46.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 494 | 6.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,220 | 88.1 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,198 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edgar Vincent | 4,030 | 54.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Allan Bright | 3,371 | 45.5 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 659 | 9.0 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,401 | 86.1 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,595 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edgar Vincent | 4,001 | 54.1 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Allan Bright | 3,388 | 45.9 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 613 | 8.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,389 | 84.9 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,708 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Kekewich | 4,469 | 50.5 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Edgar Vincent | 4,384 | 49.5 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 85 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,853 | 92.5 | +7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,567 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Duke | 4,902 | 50.1 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Harold St. Maur | 4,876 | 49.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 26 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,778 | 94.2 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,383 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Duke | 4,777 | 50.0 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Harold St. Maur | 4,776 | 50.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,553 | 92.0 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,383 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Upon petition, this election was subject to a recount due to the closeness of the results. On the first count, St. Maur led with 4,786 votes to Duke's 4,782. On a second count, St. Maur again led with 4,782 votes to Duke's 4,778. Closer scrutiny led to the above count, allowing Duke to retain the seat.
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Duke is appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Duke | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Duke is appointed Lord Justice of Appeal and resigns, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Robert Newman | 12,524 | 58.7 | +8.7 |
Liberal | Leonard Costello | 8,806 | 41.3 | −8.7 | |
Majority | 3,718 | 17.4 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,330 | 68.2 | −23.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Courtenay | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Coleridge | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,088 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Coleridge | 2,317 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edgar Alfred Bowring | 2,247 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Burgess Karslake | 2,218 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,206 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 29 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,494 (est) | 73.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,156 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Coleridge was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Coleridge | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Coleridge resigned after being appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,346 | 53.7 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Watkin [43] | 2,025 | 46.3 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 321 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,371 | 70.4 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,206 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,523 | 27.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | John George Johnson | 2,330 | 25.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Edgar Alfred Bowring | 2,264 | 24.7 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 2,053 | 22.4 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 66 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,585 (est) | 72.4 (est) | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,337 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 3,038 | 37.2 | −9.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 2,590 | 31.7 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,545 | 31.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 448 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,628 (est) | 76.5 (est) | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,361 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 1,615 | 43.4 | -1.4 | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,121 | 30.1 | +7.5 | |
Tory | William Webb Follett | 985 | 26.5 | −6.1 | |
Turnout | 2,055 | 69.6 | c. −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,952 | ||||
Majority | 494 | 13.3 | +1.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Majority | 136 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Tory | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | 1,425 | 39.3 | +12.8 | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,176 | 32.4 | +2.3 | |
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 1,029 | 28.3 | −15.1 | |
Turnout | 2,242 | 69.2 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,239 | ||||
Majority | 249 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +10.2 | |||
Majority | 147 | 4.1 | +0.5 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,488 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | 1,302 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,192 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Algernon Percy | 1,119 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,302 | 62.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,698 | ||||
Majority | 110 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 73 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Follett was appointed Solicitor General of England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Follett was appointed Attorney General of England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | 1,293 | 71.0 | +4.0 | |
Whig | John Briggs [44] | 529 | 29.0 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 764 | 42.0 | +39.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,822 | 48.9 | −13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,728 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Follett's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Duckworth | 1,258 | 68.1 | +1.1 | |
Whig | John Briggs | 588 | 31.9 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 670 | 36.2 | +33.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,846 | 49.5 | −12.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,728 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Duckworth | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,798 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Duckworth | 1,210 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,191 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Buck [45] | 1,111 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,352 (est) | 94.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,501 | ||||
Majority | 19 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 80 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Gard | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,162 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Gard | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,216 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Divett's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Courtenay | 1,096 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Coleridge | 1,070 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 26 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,166 | 84.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,564 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 753 | 44.8 | ||
Tory | Lewis William Buck | 548 | 32.6 | ||
Radical | Edward Divett | 379 | 22.6 | ||
Turnout | 910 | c. 70.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,300 | ||||
Majority | 205 | 12.2 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 169 | 10.0 | |||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Lewis William Buck | Unopposed | |||
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Exeter | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Devon |
Electorate | 74,955 (December 2018) [1] |
Major settlements | Exeter |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1295 |
Member of Parliament | Ben Bradshaw ( Labour) |
Seats | 1295–1885: Two 1885–present: One |
Exeter /ˈɛksətər/ is a constituency [n 1] composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2] The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative, Liberal Party, Independent and Labour representation.
The constituency has been held by Labour since 1997.
The Labour Party currently has a majority of over 10,000, suggesting this is a safe seat for the party.
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The constituency covers the majority of the city, including the University and the Met Office which are significant employers. [2] As of 2022 [update], median gross weekly in pay for full-time workers is below the figure for Great Britain as a whole but above that for South West England. Median hourly pay, however, is below that for both the region and for Great Britain. There are a large number of students for a small city. [3]
1918–1950: The County Borough of Exeter.
1950–1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–2010: The City of Exeter.
2010–present: The City of Exeter wards of Alphington, Cowick, Duryard, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Pinhoe, Polsloe, Priory, St David's, St James, St Leonard's, St Thomas, and Whipton and Barton.
The constituency covers most of the city of Exeter in Devon. It covered the entire city from 1918 until 2010, when, under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12, two wards of the City of Exeter (St Loyes and Topsham) were transferred to the neighbouring East Devon constituency. [4]
From the next general election: Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
After adjustments to align with revised ward boundaries, the Pinhoe ward was transferred to the new constituency of Exmouth and Exeter East, in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range.
Two members
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tessa Tucker [15] | ||||
Labour | Steve Race [16] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Will Aczel [17] | ||||
Green | Andrew Bell [18] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 29,882 | 53.2 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | John Gray | 19,479 | 34.7 | +1.8 | |
Green | Joe Levy | 4,838 | 8.6 | +6.7 | |
Brexit Party | Leslie Willis | 1,428 | 2.5 | New | |
Independent | Daniel Page | 306 | 0.5 | New | |
UKIP | Duncan Odgers | 259 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 10,403 | 18.5 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 56,192 | 68.5 | −3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 34,336 | 62.0 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | James Taghdissian | 18,219 | 32.9 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Newcombe | 1,562 | 2.8 | −1.5 | |
Green | Joe Levy | 1,027 | 1.9 | −4.6 | |
Independent | Jonathan West | 212 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Jonathan Bishop | 67 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 16,117 | 29.1 | +15.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,423 | 71.7 | +1.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 25,062 | 46.4 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Dom Morris | 17,879 | 33.1 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Keith Crawford | 5,075 | 9.4 | +5.7 | |
Green | Diana Moore | 3,491 | 6.5 | +5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joel Mason | 2,321 | 4.3 | −16.0 | |
TUSC | Ed Potts | 190 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,183 | 13.3 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 54,018 | 70.2 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 19,942 | 38.2 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | Hannah Foster | 17,221 | 33.0 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Oakes | 10,581 | 20.3 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | Keith Crawford | 1,930 | 3.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Chris Gale | 1,108 | 2.1 | −2.3 | |
Green | Paula Black | 792 | 1.5 | −2.3 | |
BNP | Robert Farmer | 673 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,721 | 5.2 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 52,247 | 67.7 | +3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 22,619 | 41.1 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Peter Cox | 14,954 | 27.2 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jon Underwood | 11,340 | 20.6 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Margaret Danks | 2,214 | 4.0 | −0.9 | |
Green | Tim Brenan | 1,896 | 3.4 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Mark Fitzgeorge-Parker | 1,854 | 3.4 | +1.3 | |
Independent | John Stuart | 191 | 0.3 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 7,665 | 13.9 | -8.5 | ||
Turnout | 55,068 | 64.8 | +0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 26,194 | 49.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Anne Jobson | 14,435 | 27.4 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Copus | 6,512 | 12.4 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | David Morrish | 2,596 | 4.9 | +1.6 | |
Green | Paul Edwards | 1,240 | 2.4 | +1.4 | |
UKIP | John Stuart | 1,109 | 2.1 | New | |
Socialist Alliance | Francis Choules | 530 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 11,759 | 22.4 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 52,616 | 64.2 | −14.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Bradshaw | 29,398 | 47.5 | +11.3 | |
Conservative | Adrian Rogers | 17,693 | 28.6 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dennis Brewer | 11,148 | 18.0 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | David Morrish | 2,062 | 3.3 | +1.5 | |
Green | Paul Edwards | 643 | 1.0 | -0.2 | |
UKIP | Corrine Haynes | 638 | 1.0 | New | |
Pensioners | James Meakin | 282 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,705 | 18.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 61,864 | 78.2 | −2.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 25,543 | 41.1 | −3.3 | |
Labour | John N. Lloyd | 22,498 | 36.2 | +13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham J. Oakes | 12,059 | 19.4 | −12.4 | |
Liberal | Alison C. Micklem | 1,119 | 1.8 | New | |
Green | Tim J.R. Brenan | 764 | 1.2 | +0.2 | |
Natural Law | Michael J. Turnbull | 98 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 3,045 | 4.9 | −7.7 | ||
Turnout | 62,081 | 80.5 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 26,922 | 44.4 | −2.1 | |
SDP | Mike Thomas | 19,266 | 31.8 | +2.5 | |
Labour | John Vincent | 13,643 | 22.5 | −0.3 | |
Green | Raymond Vail | 597 | 1.0 | −0.4 | |
L.A.P.P | Nigel Byles | 209 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,656 | 12.6 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 60,637 | 80.6 | +2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 26,660 | 46.5 | −1.9 | |
SDP | Stephen Mennell | 16,780 | 29.3 | +13.7 | |
Labour | Richard Evans | 13,088 | 22.8 | −11.3 | |
Ecology | Peter Frings | 779 | 1.4 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 9,880 | 17.2 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 57,307 | 78.0 | -3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 27,173 | 48.4 | +7.7 | |
Labour | G.W. Hobbs | 19,146 | 34.1 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | H. Marsh | 8,756 | 15.6 | −7.3 | |
Ecology | Peter Frings | 1,053 | 1.9 | New | |
Majority | 8,027 | 14.3 | +10.0 | ||
Turnout | 56,128 | 81.6 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 21,970 | 40.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | F Keith Taylor | 19,622 | 36.4 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | David John Morrish | 12,342 | 22.9 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 2,348 | 4.3 | -4.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,934 | 80.3 | -5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 22,762 | 40.1 | −5.7 | |
Labour | G. Powell | 17,686 | 31.2 | −9.6 | |
Liberal | David John Morrish | 16,322 | 28.8 | +15.2 | |
Majority | 5,076 | 8.9 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,770 | 85.3 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hannam | 21,680 | 45.0 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Gwyneth Dunwoody | 20,409 | 42.4 | −6.2 | |
Liberal | David John Morrish | 6,672 | 13.6 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 1,271 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,761 | 81.1 | -2.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwyneth Dunwoody | 22,199 [34] | 48.6 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 18,613 | 40.8 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | Ronald Cuthbert Thompson | 4,869 | 10.7 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 3,586 | 7.85 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,681 | 83.63 | +3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.49 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 18,035 | 41.4 | −7.3 | |
Labour | Gwyneth Dunwoody | 16,673 | 38.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Ronald Cuthbert Thompson | 8,815 | 20.3 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 1,362 | 3.1 | −9.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,523 | 80.3 | -1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 21,579 | 48.7 | −7.6 | |
Labour | Albert John Rogers | 15,918 | 35.9 | −7.8 | |
Liberal | Gordon Taylor | 6,852 | 15.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,661 | 12.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,349 | 82.0 | +2.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 24,147 | 56.28 | +5.48 | |
Labour | Leslie Merrion | 18,759 | 43.72 | +3.08 | |
Majority | 5,388 | 12.56 | +2.41 | ||
Turnout | 42,906 | 79.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.20 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rolf Dudley-Williams | 23,218 | 50.80 | −2.72 | |
Labour | Edward Bishop | 18,576 | 40.65 | −5.83 | |
Liberal | Ellen E Tinkham | 3,908 | 8.55 | New | |
Majority | 4,642 | 10.15 | +3.11 | ||
Turnout | 45,702 | 84.13 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.56 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Maude | 24,339 | 53.52 | ||
Labour | Tom Horabin | 21,135 | 46.48 | ||
Majority | 3,204 | 7.04 | |||
Turnout | 45,474 | 86.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Maude | 16,420 | 43.34 | −17.44 | |
Labour | Reginald J Travess | 15,245 | 40.24 | +1.02 | |
Liberal | Freda Evelyn Griffith Morgan | 6,220 | 16.42 | New | |
Majority | 1,175 | 3.10 | |||
Turnout | 37,885 | 74.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Reed | 21,192 | 60.78 | +5.59 | |
Labour | John Stafford Cripps | 13,674 | 39.22 | +17.65 | |
Majority | 7,518 | 21.56 | |||
Turnout | 34,866 | 75.86 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Reed | 20,360 | 55.19 | +32.49 | |
Liberal | Eleanor Acland | 8,571 | 23.23 | New | |
Labour | James Viner Delahaye | 7,958 | 21.57 | −6.23 | |
Majority | 11,789 | 31.96 | |||
Turnout | 36,889 | 84.77 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Unionist | Robert Newman | 16,642 | 49.5 | −8.0 | |
Labour | J. Lloyd Jones | 9,361 | 27.8 | +2.6 | |
Unionist | Geoffrey Dorling Roberts | 7,622 | 22.7 | -34.8 | |
Majority | 7,281 | 21.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,625 | 81.9 | −0.2 | ||
Ind. Unionist gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | 14,522 | 57.5 | −10.2 | |
Labour | A J Penny | 6,359 | 25.2 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Fairchild Day | 4,359 | 17.3 | New | |
Majority | 8,163 | 32.3 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,240 | 82.1 | +9.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | 14,908 | 67.7 | +11.0 | |
Labour | Lothian Small | 7,123 | 32.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,785 | 35.4 | +22.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,031 | 72.6 | −13.0 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | 14,326 | 56.7 | −2.0 | |
Liberal | Leonard Costello | 10,920 | 43.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 3,406 | 13.4 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,246 | 85.6 | +17.4 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,315 | 51.9 | −10.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 3,074 | 48.1 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 241 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,389 | 91.8 | +15.3 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 6,963 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,222 | 52.8 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 2,879 | 47.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 343 | 5.6 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,101 | 87.6 | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,963 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,884 | 53.8 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Albert Dunn | 3,329 | 46.2 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 555 | 7.6 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,213 | 90.5 | +2.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,972 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 3,857 | 53.4 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Adam Spencer Hogg | 3,363 | 46.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 494 | 6.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,220 | 88.1 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,198 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edgar Vincent | 4,030 | 54.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Allan Bright | 3,371 | 45.5 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 659 | 9.0 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,401 | 86.1 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,595 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edgar Vincent | 4,001 | 54.1 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Allan Bright | 3,388 | 45.9 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 613 | 8.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,389 | 84.9 | −3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,708 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Kekewich | 4,469 | 50.5 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Edgar Vincent | 4,384 | 49.5 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 85 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,853 | 92.5 | +7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 9,567 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Duke | 4,902 | 50.1 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Harold St. Maur | 4,876 | 49.9 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 26 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,778 | 94.2 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,383 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Duke | 4,777 | 50.0 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Harold St. Maur | 4,776 | 50.0 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,553 | 92.0 | −2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,383 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Upon petition, this election was subject to a recount due to the closeness of the results. On the first count, St. Maur led with 4,786 votes to Duke's 4,782. On a second count, St. Maur again led with 4,782 votes to Duke's 4,778. Closer scrutiny led to the above count, allowing Duke to retain the seat.
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Duke is appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Duke | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Duke is appointed Lord Justice of Appeal and resigns, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Newman | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Robert Newman | 12,524 | 58.7 | +8.7 |
Liberal | Leonard Costello | 8,806 | 41.3 | −8.7 | |
Majority | 3,718 | 17.4 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,330 | 68.2 | −23.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Courtenay | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | John Coleridge | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,088 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Coleridge | 2,317 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edgar Alfred Bowring | 2,247 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Burgess Karslake | 2,218 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,206 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 29 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,494 (est) | 73.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,156 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Coleridge was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Coleridge | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Coleridge resigned after being appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,346 | 53.7 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Watkin [43] | 2,025 | 46.3 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 321 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,371 | 70.4 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,206 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,523 | 27.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | John George Johnson | 2,330 | 25.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Edgar Alfred Bowring | 2,264 | 24.7 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 2,053 | 22.4 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 66 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,585 (est) | 72.4 (est) | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,337 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Johnson | 3,038 | 37.2 | −9.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Northcote | 2,590 | 31.7 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Mills | 2,545 | 31.1 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 448 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,628 (est) | 76.5 (est) | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,361 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 1,615 | 43.4 | -1.4 | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,121 | 30.1 | +7.5 | |
Tory | William Webb Follett | 985 | 26.5 | −6.1 | |
Turnout | 2,055 | 69.6 | c. −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,952 | ||||
Majority | 494 | 13.3 | +1.1 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Majority | 136 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Tory | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | 1,425 | 39.3 | +12.8 | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,176 | 32.4 | +2.3 | |
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 1,029 | 28.3 | −15.1 | |
Turnout | 2,242 | 69.2 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,239 | ||||
Majority | 249 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +10.2 | |||
Majority | 147 | 4.1 | +0.5 | ||
Radical hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,488 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | 1,302 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,192 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Algernon Percy | 1,119 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,302 | 62.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,698 | ||||
Majority | 110 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 73 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Follett was appointed Solicitor General of England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Follett was appointed Attorney General of England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Webb Follett | 1,293 | 71.0 | +4.0 | |
Whig | John Briggs [44] | 529 | 29.0 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 764 | 42.0 | +39.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,822 | 48.9 | −13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,728 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Follett's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Duckworth | 1,258 | 68.1 | +1.1 | |
Whig | John Briggs | 588 | 31.9 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 670 | 36.2 | +33.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,846 | 49.5 | −12.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,728 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Duckworth | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,798 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Duckworth | 1,210 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Radical | Edward Divett | 1,191 | 33.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Buck [45] | 1,111 | 31.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,352 (est) | 94.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,501 | ||||
Majority | 19 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 80 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Gard | Unopposed | |||
Radical | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,162 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Radical hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Gard | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Edward Divett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,216 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Divett's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Courtenay | 1,096 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Coleridge | 1,070 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 26 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,166 | 84.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,564 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | 753 | 44.8 | ||
Tory | Lewis William Buck | 548 | 32.6 | ||
Radical | Edward Divett | 379 | 22.6 | ||
Turnout | 910 | c. 70.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,300 | ||||
Majority | 205 | 12.2 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 169 | 10.0 | |||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Lewis William Buck | Unopposed | |||
Whig | James Wentworth Buller | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |