Tavistock was the name of a 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:...

 in Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

 between 1330 and 1974. Until 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:...

 it was a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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, consisting solely of the town of Tavistock; it returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...

 until 1868

United Kingdom general election, 1868

The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...

, when its representation was reduced to one member. From 1885, the name was transferred to a single-member county constituency covering a much larger area. (Between 1885 and 1918, the constituency had the alternative name of West Devon.)

The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election

United Kingdom general election, February 1974

The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...

, when it was largely replaced by the new West Devon

West Devon (UK Parliament constituency)

West Devon was a county constituency in Devon, in the South-West of England. 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 system....

 constituency.

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	John Wyndout	John Tryll
1388 (Feb)	Ranulph Hunt	John atte Pole
1388 (Sep)	John Ford	William Walreddon
1390 (Jan)	Walter Milemead	John Bithewater
1390 (Nov)
1391	Ranulph Hunt	John Whitham
1393	Ranulph Hunt	Matthew Row
1394	Ranulph Hunt	John Crocker
1395	Ranulph Hunt	Walter Dimmock
1397 (Jan)	William Whitham	John Plenty
1397 (Sep)
1399
1401
1402	Ranulph Hunt	John Kene
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Plenty	Roger Baker
1407	John Godfrey	William Brit
1410
1411	John Lopynford	Richard Secheville
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	William May	John Julkin
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	William May	John Julkin
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419	Richard Secheville	?
1420	Richard Secheville	William Bentley
1421 (May)	John Fortescue	William May
1421 (Dec)	John Fortescue	Nicholas Fitzherbert
1467–1468	Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe (died 1489) Sir Richard Edgcumbe or Edgecombe was an English courtier and politician.From 1467 to 1468, he was the Member of Parliament for Tavistock...
1485	Richard Edgcumbe Richard Edgcumbe (died 1489) Sir Richard Edgcumbe or Edgecombe was an English courtier and politician.From 1467 to 1468, he was the Member of Parliament for Tavistock...
1510-1512	No names known
1515	Richard Lybbe	John Amadas
1523	?
1529	William Honychurch	John Dynham
1536	?
1539	?
1542	?
1545	Sir Peter Carew	Richard Fortescue
1547	Sir Edward Rogers Edward Rogers (comptroller) Sir Edward Rogers was an English gentleman who served as an Officer of State in various capacities during the Tudor period. He rose to become Comptroller and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to Elizabeth I of England from 1560 to 1568.-Life:...	John Gale
1553 (Mar)	Edward Underhill	Anthony Lyte
1553 (Nov)	Richard Wilbraham	Thomas Smyth
Parliament of 1554	Richard Mayo	John Fitz, junior
Parliament of 1554-1555	John Onebyche
Parliament of 1555	Richard Mayo	Thomas Southcote
Parliament of 1558	Thomas Browne	George Southcote
Parliament of 1559	Unknown: the return has been lost
Parliament of 1563-1567	Sir Nicholas Throckmorton Nicholas Throckmorton Sir Nicholas Throckmorton was an English diplomat and politician, who was an ambassador to France and played a key role in the relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.-Early years:...	Richard Cooke
Parliament of 1571	Nathaniel Bacon Nathaniel Bacon (died 1622) Sir Nathaniel Bacon , of Stiffkey in Norfolk, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament .-Life:Nathaniel Bacon was the second son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and half-brother of Sir Francis Bacon. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1562, and became an "ancient"...	Robert Ferrers died after 1572 In his place Charles Morrison
Parliament of 1572-1581
Parliament of 1584-1585	Edward Bacon	Valentine Knightley
Parliament of 1586-1587	John Glanville John Glanville (judge) Sir John Glanville, the elder was an English Member of Parliament and judge, the first judge recorded as having reached the bench after beginning his career as an attorney...
Parliament of 1588-1589	Michael Heneage Michael Heneage Michael Heneage was an English politician and antiquary. He was the Member of Parliament for Arundel, East Grinstead, Tavistock and Wigan.-Life:...	Anthony Ashley Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st Baronet Anthony Ashley, 1st Baronet, PC was Clerk of the Privy Council , which was the most senior civil servant in the Privy Council Office. Ashley accompanied the fleet to Cádiz as a representative of the Queen...
Parliament of 1593	Hugh Vaughan Hugh Vaughan Hugh Vaughan was an English Member of Parliament during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was The Earl of Bedford's steward in the west of England, and entered parliament at a by-election for Bridport in 1581 as the Earl's nominee to replace his heir, Lord Russell, who had been summoned to sit in...	Richard Codrington
Parliament of 1597-1598	?	?
Parliament of 1601	Henry Gray	Walter Wentworth
Parliament of 1604-1611	Sir George Fleetwood George Fleetwood (MP) Sir George Fleetwood was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1586 and 1611....	Edward Duncombe
Addled Parliament (1614) Addled Parliament The Addled Parliament was the second Parliament of England of the reign of James I of England , which sat between 5 April and 7 June 1614...	(Sir) Francis Glanville
Parliament of 1621-1622		Sir Baptist Hicks, Bt Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden Baptist Hicks, 1st Viscount Campden was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1628 when he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Campden....
Happy Parliament (1624-1625) Happy Parliament The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...	Sampson Hele Sampson Hele Sampson Hele was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1624.Hele was the son of Walter Hele of Lewston, Devon. He matriculated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford on 6 May 1597, aged 15. He was of Gnaton and of Halwell, Devon. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for...	John Pym John Pym John Pym was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of James I and then Charles I.- Early life and education :...
Useless Parliament (1625) Useless Parliament The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...	Sir Francis Glanville
Parliament of 1625-1626	Sir John Ratcliffe John Ratcliffe (soldier) Sir John Ratcliffe was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1626. He was killed in action in France during the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré....
Parliament of 1628-1629	Sir Francis Glanville
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

MPs 1640-1868

Year	|Second member	Second party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Lord Russell William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford KG PC was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited his Peerage and sat in the House of Lords...	Royalist		John Pym John Pym John Pym was an English parliamentarian, leader of the Long Parliament and a prominent critic of James I and then Charles I.- Early life and education :...	Parliamentarian
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
1641		Hon. John Russell John Russell (royalist) John Russell was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1644. He fought in the Royalist army in the English Civil War....	Royalist
December 1643				Pym died - seat vacant
January 1644	Russell disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1646		Elisha Crimes			Edward Fowell
December 1648	Crimes and Fowell excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...  - both seats vacant
1653	Tavistock was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...  and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....  and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Henry Hatsell			Edmund Fowell Edmund Fowell Edmund Fowell was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1660.Fowell was the son of John Fowell of Plymouth. He matriculated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford on 3 May 1616, aged 18...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		William Russell William Russell, Lord Russell William Russell, Lord Russell was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who opposed the succession of James II during the reign of Charles II, ultimately resulting in his execution for treason.-Early life and marriage:Russell was the third...	Whig		George Howard
April 1661		Sir John Davie, Bt
December 1661		Lord Russell William Russell, Lord Russell William Russell, Lord Russell was an English politician. He was a leading member of the Country Party, forerunners of the Whigs, who opposed the succession of James II during the reign of Charles II, ultimately resulting in his execution for treason.-Early life and marriage:Russell was the third...	Whig
1673					Sir Francis Drake, Bt
1679		Edward Russell	Whig
1685		Sir James Butler Sir James Butler Sir James Butler of Polestown was the eldest son of Sir Edmund MacRichard Butler and was a warlord in Yorkist Ireland.-Career:James succeeded his father in 1464 as Lord Deputy to his absentee cousins John and Thomas, the 6th and 7th earls respectively of Ormond...			John Beare John Beare John Beare was a farmer and mill-owner from present day Reach Township, Ontario.Beare was born in Bideford, England and came to Upper Canada at the age of 19 and worked as a tailor until 1843. In that year, he homesteaded in Reach. By 1850, he had improved the farm to the point where he brought...
1689		Lord Robert Russell			Sir Francis Drake, Bt
1695					Lord James Russell
March 1696					Ambrose Manaton
November 1696					Sir Francis Drake, Bt
1701					Lord Edward Russell	Whig
1702					Lord James Russell
November 1703		James Bulteel
December 1703					Henry Manaton Henry Manaton Henry Manaton was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1689 and 1713.Manaton was the son of Henry Manaton of Trecarrell and his second wife Jane Mapowder, daughter of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy Devon...
1708		Sir John Cope, Bt
1711					James Bulteel
1715					Sir Francis Henry Drake, Bt
1728		Sir Humphrey Monoux, Bt
1734		Hon. Charles Fane Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane was a landowner in Ireland and England, a Whig Member of Parliament and the British Resident in Florence.-Early life:...	Whig		Sidney Meadows
1741					Lord Sherard Manners Lord Sherard Manners Lord Sherard Manners , English nobleman and Member of Parliament, was the son of John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland and his second wife Lucy Sherard....
1742					The Viscount of Limerick
July 1747		Richard Leveson-Gower Richard Leveson-Gower Richard Leveson-Gower was the fourth son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower.He served as Member of Parliament for Lichfield from 1747 until his death. He did not marry.-References:...			Thomas Brand
December 1747		Sir Richard Wrottesley, Bt
April 1754		Richard Rigby Richard Rigby Richard Rigby , was an English civil servant and politician. He served as Secretary of Ireland and Paymaster of the Forces...	Whig		Jeffrey French
December 1754					Richard Vernon
1761					Richard Neville Aldworth
1774					Hon. Richard FitzPatrick Richard FitzPatrick General Richard FitzPatrick , styled The Honourable from birth, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, wit, poet, Whig politician and ‘sworn brother’ of the illustrious statesman of Charles James Fox...	Whig
1788		Lord John Russell John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, LLD, FSA , known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents...	Whig
June 1790		Hon. Charles Wyndham	Whig
December 1790		Lord John Russell John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford KG, PC, LLD, FSA , known as Lord John Russell until 1802, was a British Whig politician and notably served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the Ministry of All the Talents...	Whig
1802		Lord Robert Spencer	Whig
May 1807		Lord William Russell	Whig
July 1807					Viscount Howick Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...	Whig
1808					George Ponsonby George Ponsonby George Ponsonby PC , was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.-Background and education:...	Whig
1812					Richard FitzPatrick Richard FitzPatrick General Richard FitzPatrick , styled The Honourable from birth, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, wit, poet, Whig politician and ‘sworn brother’ of the illustrious statesman of Charles James Fox...	Whig
1813					Lord John Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....	Whig
1817					Lord Robert Spencer	Whig
1818					Lord John Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....	Whig
1819		John Peter Grant	Whig
March 1820					John Nicholas Fazakerly	Whig
May 1820					Viscount Ebrington	Whig
1826		Lord William Russell	Whig
August 1830		Lord Russell William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford was a British Whig politician. He was the son of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford and his wife Anna Maria Stanhope....	Whig
November 1830					Lord John Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....	Whig
July 1831					John Heywood Hawkins	Whig
October 1831		Lieutenant Colonel Francis Russell	Whig
1832		Lord Russell William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford was a British Whig politician. He was the son of Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford and his wife Anna Maria Stanhope....	Whig		Charles Richard Fox Charles Richard Fox General Charles Richard Fox was a British army general, and later a politician.Fox was born at Brompton, the illegitimate son of Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, through a liaison with Lady Webster, whom Lord Holland would later marry.After some service in the Royal Navy, Fox entered...	Whig
1835					John Rundle John Rundle John Rundle was a British Whig politician and businessman.From 1835 to 1843, he was a Member of Parliament, representing Tavistock in the House of Commons...	Whig
1841		Lord Edward Russell Lord Edward Russell Admiral Lord Edward Russell CB MP was a British naval officer and Whig politician.-Early life:He was the son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and his second wife Lady Georgina Gordon-Career:...	Whig
1843					Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, 9th Baronet Sir John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny, 9th Baronet , was a British Liberal politician.Salusbury-Trelawny sat as Member of Parliament for Tavistock between 1843 and 1852 and 1857 and 1865 and for Cornwall East between 1868 and 1874....	Whig
1847		Hon. Edward Russell	Whig
April 1852					Samuel Carter	Whig
July 1852		Hon. George Byng George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford George Henry Charles Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford , styled Viscount Enfield between 1860 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...	Whig
1853					Robert Phillimore	Whig
March 1857					Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, Bt Sir John Salusbury-Trelawny, 9th Baronet Sir John Salusbury Salusbury-Trelawny, 9th Baronet , was a British Liberal politician.Salusbury-Trelawny sat as Member of Parliament for Tavistock between 1843 and 1852 and 1857 and 1865 and for Cornwall East between 1868 and 1874....	Whig
September 1857		Arthur Russell	Whig
1859			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...			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...
1865					Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda Joseph d'Aguilar Samuda was an English civil engineer and politician. He was born in London the younger son of Abraham Samuda, and brother of Jacob Samuda...	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...
1868	Representation reduced to one member

MPs 1868-1974

Election		Member	Party
	1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...	Arthur Russell	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...
	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 Ebrington Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue Hugh Fortescue, 4th Earl Fortescue KCB was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1881 until 1892 and later inherited the peerage....	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...
	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...	Hugh Luttrell Hugh Luttrell Hugh Courtenay Fownes Luttrell was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected at the 1892 general election as Member of Parliament for the Tavistock division of Devon, regaining a seat where the Liberal MP Viscount Ebrington had joined the Liberal Unionists after his election in 1885...	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...
	1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	John Ward Spear	Liberal Unionist
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Hugh Luttrell Hugh Luttrell Hugh Courtenay Fownes Luttrell was a British Liberal Party politician.He was elected at the 1892 general election as Member of Parliament for the Tavistock division of Devon, regaining a seat where the Liberal MP Viscount Ebrington had joined the Liberal Unionists after his election in 1885...	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...
	Dec. 1910	Sir John Ward Spear	Liberal Unionist
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Charles Williams Charles Williams (UK politician) Charles Williams PC was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament for constituencies in Devon from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 to 1955....	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...
	1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...	Maxwell Ruthven Thornton Maxwell Ruthven Thornton Maxwell Ruthven Thornton was an English Liberal politician and lawyer.-Early life:Thornton was the son of George Ruthven Thornton MA, the Vicar of St Barnabas’ church in Kensington. He was educated at St Paul's School . He went into the law, becoming a solicitor in 1901...	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...
	1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Philip Percy Kenyon-Slaney	Unionist 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...
	1928 by-election	Wallace Duffield Wright Wallace Duffield Wright Brigadier General Wallace Duffield Wright VC, CB, CMG, DSO was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Wright was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, The...	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...
	1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...	Colin Mark Patrick	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...
	1942 by-election	Sir Henry Studholme, Bt Sir Henry Studholme, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Gray Studholme, 1st Baronet , was a British Conservative politician.Studholme was Member of Parliament for Tavistock from a 1942 by-election until his retirement in 1966, when he was succeeded by Michael Heseltine...	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...
	1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966 The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs...	Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major...	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...
Feb 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974 The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...		constituency abolished: see West Devon West Devon (UK Parliament constituency) West Devon was a county constituency in Devon, in the South-West of England. 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 system....