Ross (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ross
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Ross was a county constituency centred on the town of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election.

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[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Michael Biddulph Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1900 Percy Archer Clive Liberal Unionist
1906 Alan Coulstoun Gardner Liberal
1908 by-election Percy Archer Clive Liberal Unionist
1912 Conservative
May 1918 by-election Charles Thornton Pulley Conservative
Dec. 1918 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results


[edit] References