Petersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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Petersfield was an English
Parliamentary constituency
centred on the town of Petersfield
in Hampshire
. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election
.
Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament
to the House of Commons
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. Thereater, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Parliamentary constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
centred on the town of Petersfield
Petersfield, Hampshire
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth, on the A3 road. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct Line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth and London. The town is situated on the...
in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1983
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...
.
Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. Thereater, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.
MPs 1547–1660
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
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| 1547 | George Tadlowe | Lawrence Elveden alias Cattaneo |
| 1553 (Mar) | Sir Anthony Browne Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne... |
John Vaughan |
| 1553 (Oct) | Sir Anthony Browne Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu KG PC was an English peer during the Tudor period.He was the eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne... |
George Rithe |
| 1554 (Apr) | John Vaughan | Henry Weston |
| 1554 (Nov) | John Vaughan | Henry Weston |
| 1555 | Christopher Rithe | Henry Weston |
| 1558 | Henry Weston | Christopher Rithe |
| 1559 | Sir Henry Weston | George Rithe |
| 1563 | Sir Henry Weston | Tomas Dering |
| 1571 | John Cowper | Robert Rithe |
| 1572 | Richard Norton | Ralph Bourchier, sat for Newcastle-under-Lyme and repl. Apr 1572 by Thomas Chatterton |
| 1584 | Sir Henry Weston | Edmund Marvyn |
| 1586 | Edward Radclyffe Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex Edward Radclyffe, 6th Earl of Sussex was a British peer and Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1588-1589, Petersfield and Portsmouth.... |
Edmund Marvyn |
| 1588 | Benjamin Tichborne | Edmund Marvyn |
| 1593 | Sir Walter Covert | Richard Weston |
| 1597 | William Kingswell | Thomas Hanbury |
| 1601 | William Kingswell | John Swynnerton John Swynnerton Sir John Swynnerton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1612.... |
| 1604 | Sir William Harvey | Sir William Kingsmill |
| 1614 | Sir Walter Tichborne | Walter Savage |
| 1621-1622 | Richard Norton Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Norton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
John Hippesley |
| 1624 | Sir John Jephson | Sir John Hippesley |
| 1625 | Sir John Jephson | William Uvedale William Uvedale William Uvedale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1645. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
| 1626 | Benjamin Tichborne | William Uvedale William Uvedale William Uvedale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1645. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
| 1628-1629 | Benjamin Tichborne | William Uvedale William Uvedale William Uvedale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1645. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
| 1640 (Apr) | William Uvedale William Uvedale William Uvedale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1645. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
Sir William Lewis Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677.... |
| 1640 (Nov) | William Uvedale William Uvedale William Uvedale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1645. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... , disabled |
Sir William Lewis Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677.... |
| 1645 | Sir William Lewis Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet Sir William Lewis, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1677.... ,excluded 1648 |
William Uvedale William Uvedale William Uvedale was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1645. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.... |
| 1653 | Petersfield not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
| 1654 | Petersfield not represented in 1st Protectorate Parliament | |
| 1656 | Petersfield not represented in 2nd Protectorate Parliament | |
| 1659 | Josias Child | Sir Henry Norton Sir Henry Norton, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Norton, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Norton was the son of Sir Gregory Norton, 1st Baronet one of the regicides of King Charles I. He was disinherited by his father for opposing the trial and execution of the King... |
MPs 1660–1832
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| April 1660 | Thomas Cole Thomas Cole (died 1681) Thomas Cole was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1656 and 1660.Cole was the son of Thomas Cole of Liss and his wife Mary Waller, daughter of Thomas Waller of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. He was baptised on 15 January 1622... |
Arthur Bold Arthur Bold Arthur Bold was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1677.Bold was the son of Arthur Bold, of Petersfield, Hampshire. He matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 26 June 1621, aged 17... |
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| 1661 | Sir Humphrey Bennet | |||||
| 1668 | Thomas Neale Thomas Neale Thomas Neale was a British project-manager and politician who was also well-known in the United States as the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies.... |
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| 1677 | Leonard Bilson | |||||
| 1679 | Sir John Norton | |||||
| 1685 | Thomas Bilson Thomas Bilson Thomas Bilson was an Anglican Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Winchester. He, along with Miles Smith, oversaw the final edit and printing of the King James Bible. He is buried in Westminster Abbey in plot 232 between the tombs of Richard the Second and Edward the Third... |
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| 1689 | Robert Michell | |||||
| 1690 | Richard Holt | |||||
| 1698 | Peter Bettesworth | |||||
| January 1701 | Ralph Bucknall | Richard Markes | ||||
| November 1701 | Robert Michell | |||||
| 1704 | Leonard Bilson | |||||
| 1705 | Norton Powlett | |||||
| 1715 | Samuel Pargiter-Fuller | |||||
| 1722 | Edmund Miller | |||||
| January 1727 | Joseph Taylor | |||||
| May 1727 | Edmund Miller | |||||
| August 1727 | Joseph Taylor | |||||
| 1734 | Sir William Jolliffe | Edward Gibbon | ||||
| 1741 | John Jolliffe | Francis Fane Francis Fane of Brympton Francis Fane KC of Brympton, nr. Yeovil, Somerset, and later Wormsley, Oxfordshire was a commissioner for trade and the Plantations, and a British Member of Parliament.-Early life:... |
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| 1747 | William Conolly | |||||
| February 1754 | William Gerard Hamilton William Gerard Hamilton William Gerard Hamilton , English statesman and Irish politician, popularly known as "Single Speech Hamilton," was born in London, the son of a Scottish bencher of Lincoln's Inn.... |
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| April 1754 | William Beckford William Beckford (politician) William Beckford was a well-known political figure in 18th century London, who twice held the office of Lord Mayor of London . His vast wealth came largely from his plantations in Jamaica... |
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| December 1754 | Sir John Philipps Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet PC was a Welsh Jacobite politician.Sir John was the son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, and went on to Lincoln's Inn. In 1725, he married Elizabeth Shepherd. In 1736 he was mayor of Haverfordwest, and in 1741 he became MP... |
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| 1761 | John Jolliffe | Richard Pennant Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn was a slave owner, anti-abolitionist Member of Parliament and Irish peer.Richard Pennant was educated at Newsome's academy in Hackney and Trinity College, Cambridge... |
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| 1767 | Richard Croftes | |||||
| 1768 | William Jolliffe | Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:... |
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| 1774 | Sir Abraham Hume | |||||
| 1780 | Thomas Samuel Jolliffe | |||||
| 1787 | The Viscount Downe John Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe John Christopher Burton Dawnay, 5th Viscount Downe , styled The Honourable John Dawnay until 1780, was a British Whig politician.... |
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| June 1790 | Hon. George Augustus North George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford , known as the Honourable George North until 1790 and as Lord North from 1790 to 1792, was a British politician.... |
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| December 1790 | Marquess of Titchfield | |||||
| 1791 | Welbore Ellis Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip PC FRS was a British statesman. He held a number of political offices, including briefly serving as Secretary for the Colonies in 1782 during the American War of Independence.-Background:... |
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| 1795 | Hon. Charles Greville | |||||
| 1796 | Hylton Jolliffe | |||||
| 1797 | Sir John Sinclair Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet was a Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes.Sinclair was the eldest son of George Sinclair of... |
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| March 1802 | Hylton Jolliffe | |||||
| July 1802 | William Draper Best | |||||
| 1806 | Hon. John Ward | |||||
| 1807 | Booth Grey | |||||
| October 1812 | George Canning George Canning George Canning PC, FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.-Early life: 1770–1793:... |
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| December 1812 | George Canning, junior George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh George Canning, 1st Baron Garvagh FRS was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament.Garvagh was the son of Paul Canning and the grandson of Stratford Canning of Garvagh in County Londonderry. Prime Minister George Canning and the diplomat Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, were his... |
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| March 1820 | The Lord Hotham Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham Beaumont Hotham, 3rd Baron Hotham , was a British soldier, peer and long-standing Conservative Member of Parliament.... |
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| June 1820 | Sir Philip Musgrave | |||||
| 1825 | James Law Lushington | |||||
| 1826 | William Marshall William Marshall (1796-1872) William Marshall was an English politician, the Member of Parliament for Beverley , for Carlisle , and for East Cumberland... |
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| 1830 | Sir William Jolliffe, Bt William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton PC , known as Sir William Jolliffe, Bt, between 1821 and 1866, was a British soldier and Conservative politician... |
Gilbert East Jolliffe | ||||
| 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... |
Representation reduced to one member | |||||
MPs 1832–1885
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| 1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807.... |
John Shaw-Lefevre | Liberal Party Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1833 | William Jolliffe William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton PC , known as Sir William Jolliffe, Bt, between 1821 and 1866, was a British soldier and Conservative politician... |
Tory | |
| 1834 | Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large... |
Cornthwaite Hector | Liberal Party Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1837 United Kingdom general election, 1837 The 1837 United Kingdom general election saw Robert Peel's Conservatives close further on the position of the Whigs, who won their fourth election of the decade.... |
Sir William Jolliffe, Bt William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton PC , known as Sir William Jolliffe, Bt, between 1821 and 1866, was a British soldier and Conservative politician... |
Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1838 | Cornthwaite Hector | Liberal Party Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:*Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for Ireland*Sir George Strickland, Bt*Sir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987... |
Sir William Jolliffe William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton William George Hylton Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton PC , known as Sir William Jolliffe, Bt, between 1821 and 1866, was a British soldier and Conservative politician... |
Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1866 by-election | William Nicholson | Liberal Party Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe | Conservative Party Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... |
William Nicholson | Liberal Party Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Borough abolished - name transferred to county division | ||
MPs for Petersfield county constituency (1885–1983)
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| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Viscount Wolmer William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG, GCMG, PC , styled Viscount Wolmer between 1882 and 1895, was a British politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:... |
Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election... |
William Wickham | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1897 by-election | William Graham Nicholson William Graham Nicholson William Graham Nicholson PC, JP was a British Liberal Unionist and later Conservative Party politician.The eldest son of William Nicholson JP DL, of Basing Park, Hampshire, he was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.He was Lieutenant-Colonel and Honorary Colonel commanding... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady... |
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith Reginald Dorman-Smith Colonel Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith GBE was a British diplomat, soldier and politician.-In politics:Dorman-Smith started his career with a strong interest in agriculture, becoming President of the National Farmers Union at the age of 32, and then later Minister of Agriculture... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1941 by-election | Sir George Jeffreys | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1951 | Peter Legh Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s.... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1960 | Joan Quennell Joan Quennell Joan Mary Quennell was Conservative Member of Parliament for Petersfield.Quennell was educated at Bedales School, Petersfield and served with the Women's Land Army during World War II. She was the manager of a mixed dairy and arable farm and served as a West Sussex County Councillor 1951-61... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1974 | Michael Mates Michael Mates Michael John Mates is a Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of East Hampshire from 1974 to 2010.He has been a member of the Privy Council since February 2004.-Education:... |
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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| 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945... |
Constituency abolished | ||