Biggleswade (UK Parliament constituency)

Biggleswade is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of Bedfordshire in 1885 and abolished in 1918.

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	Member	Party
1885	Charles Magniac	Liberal
1886	Viscount Baring	Liberal Unionist
1892	George William Erskine Russell	Liberal
1895	Lord Alwyne Compton	Liberal Unionist
1906	Arthur William Black	Liberal

General Election Dec. 1910: Biggleswade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur William Black	6,536	52.9	+0.5
	Liberal Unionist	Maj. Geoffrey Carr Glyn	5,808	47.1	-0.5
Majority			728	5.9	+1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

General Election Jan. 1910: Biggleswade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur William Black	6,631	52.4	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	R. E. Prothero	6,020	47.6	N/A
Majority			611	4.8	-18.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+18.4

General Election 1906: Biggleswade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur William Black	6,902	61.6	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	Lord Alwyne Compton	4,298	38.4	N/A
Majority			2,604	23.2	N/A
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	N/A

General Election 1900: Biggleswade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Lord Alwyne Compton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1895: Biggleswade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Lord Alwyne Compton	5,643	51.2	+2.8
	Liberal	George William Erskine Russell	5,376	48.8	-2.8
Majority			267	2.4	-2.7
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.8

General Election 1892: Biggleswade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George William Erskine Russell	5,600	52.6	+3.2
	Liberal Unionist	Viscount Baring	5,056	47.4	-3.2
Majority			544	5.1	+3.8
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	-3.2

General Election 1886: Biggleswade
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Viscount Baring	4,853	50.6	+8.3
	Liberal	Charles Magniac	4,731	49.4	-8.3
Majority			122	1.3	-14.2
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3