West Gloucestershire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Gloucestershire |
1950–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Forest of Dean and Stroud[1] |
Replaced by | Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Gloucestershire |
Replaced by | Forest of Dean Thornbury |
West Gloucestershire was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was first created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election as a 2-seat constituency (i.e. electing two Members of Parliament). It was abolished for the 1885 general election.
Its namesake, a seat of about half the physical size of the above, took up a north-west side of the Severn estuary similar to the Forest of Dean, and came into being for the 1950 general election. It was abolished for the 1997 general election.
The 1950 to 1997 single-member constituency was held by the Labour Party from its creation in 1950 until 1979 and then held by the Conservative Party until its abolition.
1832–1885: The Hundreds of Berkeley, Thornbury, Langley and Swineshead, Grumbald's Ash, Pucklechurch, Lancaster Duchy, Botloe, St Briavel's, Westbury, and Bledisloe, and the parts of the Hundreds of Henbury and Barton Regis that are not included in the limits of the City of Bristol.[2]
The place of election was the small town of Dursley. This was where the hustings were put up and electors voted (by spoken declaration in public, before the secret ballot was introduced in 1872).
The qualification to vote in county elections, in the period, was to be a 40 shilling freeholder.
The county's five parliamentary boroughs were all in East Gloucestershire. Qualified freeholders from those boroughs could vote in the eastern county division. Bristol was a "county of itself", so its freeholders qualified to vote in the borough, not in a county division.
There were no electors qualified to vote in the western division, because they were freehold owners of land in a parliamentary borough.
1950–1983: The Rural Districts of East Dean, Lydney, Newent, and West Dean, and part of the Rural District of Gloucester.
1983–1997: The District of Forest of Dean, and the Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Brockworth Glebe, Brockworth Moorfield, Brockworth Westfield, Churchdown Brookfield, Churchdown Parton, Churchdown Pirton, De Winton, Haw Bridge, Highnam, Horsbere, and Innsworth.
The constituency in this period was a smaller part of the county of Gloucestershire than its nineteenth century namesake. It was centred on the Forest of Dean, and indeed the majority of the constituency at abolition formed the new Forest of Dean constituency. About a fifth of the constituency moved to Tewkesbury, with 735 constituents moving to Gloucester.[3]
Election | 1st member[4] | 1st party | 2nd member[4] | 2nd party | ||
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1832 | Hon. Grantley Berkeley | Whig[5][6] | Hon. Augustus Moreton | Whig[5] | ||
1835 | Marquess of Worcester[7] | Conservative[5] | ||||
1836 by-election[8] | Robert Blagden Hale | Conservative[5] | ||||
1852 | Nigel Kingscote[9] | Whig[10][11] | ||||
1857 | Sir John Rolt[12] | Conservative | ||||
1859 | Liberal | |||||
1867 by-election[13] | Edward Arthur Somerset | Conservative | ||||
1868 | Samuel Marling | Liberal | ||||
1874 | Hon. Randal Plunkett | Conservative | ||||
1880 | Lord Moreton | Liberal | ||||
1885 by-election[14] | Benjamin St John Ackers | Conservative | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished |
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1950 | M. Philips Price | Labour | |
1959 | Charles Loughlin | Labour | |
Oct 1974 | John Watkinson | Labour | |
1979 | Paul Marland | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Marland | 29,232 | 43.6 | −2.5 | |
Labour | Diana Organ | 24,274 | 36.2 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. E. Boait | 13,366 | 19.9 | −6.0 | |
British Independent | A. Reeve | 172 | 0.3 | New | |
Twenty First Century | C. R. Palmer | 75 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,958 | 7.4 | −10.7 | ||
Turnout | 67,119 | 83.9 | +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 80,007 | +2.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Marland | 29,257 | 46.1 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Peter Sandland-Nielsen | 17,758 | 28.0 | +3.3 | |
SDP | John Watkinson | 16,440 | 25.9 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 11,499 | 18.1 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 63,455 | 81.4 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 77,994 | +5.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Marland | 27,092 | 45.8 | −2.1 | |
SDP | John Watkinson | 17,440 | 29.5 | +18.7 | |
Labour | Michael J. Hodkinson | 14,572 | 24.7 | −16.1 | |
Majority | 9,652 | 16.3 | +9.2 | ||
Turnout | 59,104 | 79.6 | −4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 74,266 | +5.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Marland | 28,183 | 47.9 | +7.0 | |
Labour | John Watkinson | 24,009 | 40.8 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Margaret Joachim | 6,370 | 10.8 | −6.6 | |
National Front | G. Storkey | 270 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 4,174 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58,832 | 83.9 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 70,104 | +4.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Watkinson | 22,481 | 41.7 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Marland | 22,072 | 40.9 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | A. L. MacGregor | 9,353 | 17.4 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 409 | 0.8 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,906 | 80.2 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 67,239 | +0.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Loughlin | 22,765 | 40.7 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Marland | 21,141 | 37.8 | −6.1 | |
Liberal | A. L. MacGregor | 11,856 | 21.2 | +11.2 | |
Independent | S. S. Hart | 171 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,624 | 2.9 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 55,933 | 83.9 | +6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 66,706 | +3.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Loughlin | 22,637 | 46.1 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Stanley H. A. F. Hopkins | 21,530 | 43.9 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | J. Alan Svendsen | 4,932 | 10.0 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 1,107 | 2.2 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,099 | 77.2 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 63,599 | +10.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Loughlin | 23,181 | 51.8 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Stanley H. A. F. Hopkins | 15,476 | 34.5 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Kenneth G. Harvey | 6,137 | 13.7 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 7,705 | 17.3 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,794 | 78.0 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 57,443 | +1.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Loughlin | 22,420 | 49.9 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Douglas St P. Barnard | 15,300 | 34.1 | −3.0 | |
Liberal | Richard A. Cook | 7,191 | 16.0 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 7,120 | 15.8 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,911 | 79.6 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 56,407 | +4.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Charles Loughlin | 21,634 | 49.4 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Olive K. L. Lloyd-Baker | 16,223 | 37.1 | −8.0 | |
Liberal | Eric John Radley | 5,921 | 13.5 | New | |
Majority | 5,411 | 12.3 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,778 | 80.8 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 54,202 | +4.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Philips Price | 22,366 | 54.9 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Bryan J. Y. Williams | 18,346 | 45.1 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 4,020 | 9.8 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,712 | 78.6 | −3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 51,772 | +1.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Philips Price | 24,334 | 57.9 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Arthur Russell | 17,665 | 42.1 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 6,669 | 15.8 | −6.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,999 | 82.3 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 51,020 | +1.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Philips Price | 22,765 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | Granger Boston | 13,664 | 32.9 | ||
Liberal | Basil Houldsworth | 5,125 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | 9,101 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,554 | 82.3 | |||
Registered electors | 50,513 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Benjamin St John Ackers | 4,837 | 52.2 | +21.5 | |
Liberal | William Marling[21] | 4,426 | 47.8 | −21.6 | |
Majority | 411 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,263 | 72.4 | −9.5 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 12,802 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +21.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nigel Kingscote | 5,316 | 35.2 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Lord Moreton | 5,164 | 34.2 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Randal Plunkett | 4,640 | 30.7 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 524 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,956 (est) | 81.9 (est) | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,162 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Randal Plunkett | 4,553 | 34.5 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Nigel Kingscote | 4,344 | 32.9 | −2.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Berkeley[22] | 4,317 | 32.7 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 236 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,884 (est) | 76.4 (est) | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,632 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Nigel Kingscote | 4,985 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Samuel Marling | 4,862 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | 4,394 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 468 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,318 (est) | 81.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,463 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | 3,649 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Charles Berkeley | 3,553 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 96 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,202 | 76.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,368 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Rolt | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Rolt | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Nigel Kingscote | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,368 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nigel Kingscote | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Nigel Kingscote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Rolt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,167 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Nigel Kingscote | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Rolt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,250 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Nigel Kingscote | 3,528 | 40.8 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Blagden Hale | 2,946 | 34.1 | −12.5 | |
Whig | Grantley Berkeley | 2,166 | 25.1 | −5.0 | |
Turnout | 6,474 (est) | 75.0 (est) | −12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,635 | ||||
Majority | 582 | 6.7 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +11.9 | |||
Majority | 780 | 9.0 | −7.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −12.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Blagden Hale | 4,240 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Whig | Grantley Berkeley | 2,744 | 30.1 | N/A | |
Whig | Grenville Berkeley | 2,123 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,496 | 16.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,674 (est) | 87.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,601 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Grantley Berkeley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Blagden Hale | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,875 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Grantley Berkeley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Blagden Hale | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,936 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Blagden Hale | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Grantley Berkeley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Marquess of Worcester | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,473 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Grantley Berkeley | 3,153 | 34.6 | ||
Whig | Augustus Moreton | 2,996 | 32.9 | ||
Tory | Lord Robert Somerset | 2,962 | 32.5 | ||
Majority | 34 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,943 | 91.1 | |||
Registered electors | 6,521 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |