Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)

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Barnstaple was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member.

The constituency was created in 1295, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1.1 1295-1660 1.2 1660-1832 1.3 1885-1950 2 Election results 3 References

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 1295-1660

[edit] 1660-1832

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1660		John Rolle			Nicholas Dennys
1661		Sir John Chichester
1667		Sir John Northcote
1677		John Basset
February 1679					Sir Hugh Acland
October 1679					Arthur Acland
1680					Richard Lee
1685					Sir Arthur Chichester
1689		Richard Lee
1690		Sir George Hutchins			Arthur Champneys
1695		Sir Nicholas Hooper
1705					Samuel Rolle
1708					Richard Acland
1713					Sir Arthur Chichester
1715		John Rolle
1718					John Basset
1721					Sir Hugh Acland
1722		Lieutenant-General Thomas Whetham
1727		Richard Coffin			Theophilus Fortescue
1734		Sir John Chichester
1740		John Basset
1741		John Harris			Henry Rolle
1747		Thomas Benson
1748					Sir Bourchier Wrey
1754		John Harris	Whig		George Amyand [1]	Whig
1761		Denys Rolle
1766					John Clevland	Whig
1774		William Devaynes
1780		Francis Basset
1784		William Devaynes
1796		Richard Wilson
1802		William Devaynes			Captain Sir Edward Pellew
1804					Viscount Ebrington	Whig
1806		William Taylor
1807					George Woodford Thellusson
January 1812					William Busk
October 1812		Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes [2]			Sir Eyre Coote
1818					Francis Molyneux Ommanney
1820		Michael Nolan
1824		Frederick Hodgson
1826					Henry Alexander
1830		Stephens Lyne-Stephens			George Tudor
1831		Frederick Hodgson			John Chichester	Whig
1832		Charles St John Fancourt	Conservative
1837		Frederick Hodgson	Conservative
1841					Montague Gore	Conservative
1847		Richard Bremridge	Conservative		Hon. John Fortescue	Whig
1852 [3]					Sir William Fraser	Conservative
1854		John Laurie [4]	Conservative		Richard Samuel Guinness	Conservative
1855		George Stucley Buck	Conservative
1857		John Laurie	Conservative		Sir William Fraser	Conservative
1859		John Ferguson Davie	Liberal		George Potts	Liberal
1863					Thomas Lloyd [5]	Liberal
1864					Richard Bremridge	Conservative
1865		Sir George Stucley Stucley	Conservative		Thomas Cave	Liberal
1868		Charles Henry Williams	Conservative
1874		Samuel Danks Waddy	Liberal
February 1880		Viscount Lymington	Liberal
April 1880					Sir Robert Walter Carden	Conservative
1885	Representation reduced to one member

[edit] 1885-1950

Year		Member	Party
	1885	George Pitt-Lewis	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892	Alfred Billson	Liberal
	1895	Sir Cameron Gull	Liberal Unionist
	1900	Ernest Joseph Soares	Liberal
	1911	Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt	Liberal
	1918	John Thomas Tudor Rees	Liberal
	1922	Basil Edward Peto	Conservative
	1923	John Thomas Tudor Rees	Liberal
	1924	Sir Basil Edward Peto	Unionist
	1935	Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland	Liberal
	1942		Common Wealth
	1945	Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto	Conservative
1950		constituency abolished

Notes

1. ^ Created a baronet, 1764
2. ^ Lopes was re-elected at the general election of 1818, but on petition was unseated for bribery
3. ^ At the election of 1852 Fraser and Bremridge were declared elected, but on petition the election was declared void and the constituency's writ was suspended. After investigation by a Royal Commission, a new writ was issued and a by-election was held
4. ^ Laurie's election at the by-election of 1854 was declared void on petition, and a second by-election held
5. ^ On petition, Lloyd's election was declared void and after scrutiny of the votes Bremridge was declared duly elected

[edit] Election results

By-Election 1911: Barnstaple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Godfrey Baring	6239
	Conservative	C S Parker	5751
Majority			488
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

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[edit] References

• Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
• F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page