Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)

Tiverton was a constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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located in east 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...

, formerly represented in the House of Commons

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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough

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in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament

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(MPs) by the first past the post system of election until 1885. The name was then transferred to a county constituency electing one MP. (Between 1885 and 1918, the constituency was alternatively called Devon, North East.)

In 1997, it was merged with the neighbouring constituency of Honiton

Honiton (UK Parliament constituency)

Honiton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Honiton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sent members intermittently from 1300, consistently from 1640. It elected two Members of Parliament until it was...

to form the Tiverton and Honiton constituency.

Prime Minister

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Lord Palmerston was a former MP for the seat.

Tiverton borough, 1621–1885

Year	\|Second member	Second party
1621–1622		John Bampfield John Bampfield John Bampfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629....			John Davie Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.Davie was the son of John Davie of Sandford and Kirton, Devon. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 22 February 1605, aged 16. In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament...
1624-March 1625		Sir George Chudleigh Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet was an English politician.Chudleigh was MP for St. Michaels 1601, East Looe 1614, Lostwithiel 1621-1622 and 1625 and Tiverton 1624-1625....			Humphrey Weare
April–August 1625		Rowland St John Rowland St John Rowland St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625.St John was a son of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Dorothy Reid, daughter of Sir John Rede or Reid, of Odington, Gloucestershire. In 1614, St John was elected Member of...			John Francis
December 1625-1626		John Drake			Peter Ball Peter Ball (MP) Sir Peter Ball was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1626 and 1640. He was attorney general to Queen Henrietta Maria....
1628–1629		John Bluett
No Parliament summoned 1629-40
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....		Peter Sainthill Peter Sainthill Peter Sainthill was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1644. He was a strong supporter of the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Royalist		Peter Ball Peter Ball (MP) Sir Peter Ball was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1626 and 1640. He was attorney general to Queen Henrietta Maria....
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...			Royalist		George Hartnall	Royalist
January 1644	Sainthill and Hartnall disabled from sitting - both seats vacant
1646		Robert Shapcote Robert Shapcote Robert Shapcote was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1660 and sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 to 1665...			John Elford
December 1648	Shapcote 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... - seat vacant			Elford not recorded as sitting after 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...
1653	Tiverton 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...
1654 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....		Robert Shapcote Robert Shapcote Robert Shapcote was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1660 and sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 to 1665...		Tiverton had only one seat in 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
1656 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...
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...		Francis Warner Francis Warner Francis Warner was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Warner was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers. On 25 February 1658 he was elected an alderman of the city of London for the Bridge ward. He was master of...			Sir Coplestone Bampfylde Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet Sir Coplestone Bampfylde, 2nd Baronet DL, JP was an English politician and magistrate.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir John Bampfylde, 1st Baronet and his wife Gertrude Coplestone, daughter of Amyan Coplestone. His brother-in-law was Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet...
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		Robert Shapcote Robert Shapcote Robert Shapcote was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1660 and sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 to 1665...			Thomas Bampfylde Thomas Bampfield Thomas Bampfield or Bampfylde was an English Member of Parliament who was briefly Speaker of the House of Commons.He sat for Exeter in the First Protectorate Parliament, Second Protectorate Parliament and the Third Protectorate Parliament...
July 1660		Roger Colman
November 1660		Henry Newte
1661		Sir Thomas Carew, Bt			Sir Thomas Stucley
1664		Sir Thomas Carew, Bt			Sir Henry Ford
1673		Samuel Foote			Sir Henry Ford
1685		Sir Hugh Acland Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet Sir Hugh Acland, 5th Baronet was the son of Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Vincent.-Succession:He succeeded his nephew as baronet on the latter's death in 1672. He obtained new Letters Patent of the Baronetcy on 21 January 1678, with precedence from 24 June 1644 when the baronetcy was...			William Colman
1689		Samuel Foote			William Colman
1690		Samuel Foote			Thomas Bere
1691		Sir Anthony Keck
1695		Lord Spencer Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland Sir Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland KG PC , known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman...	Whig
1702		Robert Burridge
1708		Richard Mervin
1710		Sir Edward Northey			John Worth
1715		Sir Edward Northey			Thomas Bere
1722		Arthur Arscott			Thomas Bere
1726					George Deane George Deane George Deane was an English cricketer.Deane made a single first-class appearance for pre-county club Hampshire against an All-England Eleven...
1727 British general election, 1727 The British general election, 1727 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election was triggered by the death of George I; at the time elections...					Sir William Yonge, Bt	Whig
1728 by-election					James Nelthorpe
1734 British general election, 1734 The British general election, 1734 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. Robert Walpole's increasingly unpopular Whig government lost ground to the...					(Sir) Dudley Ryder Dudley Ryder (judge) Sir Dudley Ryder was a British politician, judge and diarist.-Career:The son of a draper, Ryder studied at a dissenting academy in Hackney and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Leiden University in The Netherlands. He went to the Middle Temple in 1713 and was called to the Bar in 1719...
July 1747 British general election, 1747 The British general election, 1747 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. The election saw Henry Pelham's Whig government increase its majority and...		Sir William Yonge, Bt	Whig
December 1747 by-election		Henry Conyngham Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham PC was a British nobleman and politician.An absentee landlord, he owned extensive properties in counties Meath and Donegal, while spending most of his time abroad...
1754 British general election, 1754 The British general election, 1754 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707....		Sir William Yonge, Bt	Whig		Henry Pelham Henry Cressett Pelham Henry Cressett Pelham was a British politician, known as Henry Pelham until 1792.The third surviving son of Thomas Pelham, he was educated at Corpus Christi College, and became a fellow of Peterhouse in 1751....
1755 by-election		Thomas Ryder
1756 by-election		Nathaniel Ryder Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby was a British peer and Member of Parliament.Harrowby was the son of Sir Dudley Ryder, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He was elected to the House of Commons for Tiverton in 1756, a seat he held until 1776. On 20 May 1776 he was raised to the peerage as...
1758 by-election					Sir Edward Hussey-Montagu Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl of Beaulieu Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu, KB was a British peer and politician.Born Edward Hussey, he was the son of Irish parents, James Hussey and Catherine née Parsons...
1762 by-election					Charles Gore
1768 British general election, 1768 The British general election, 1768 returned members to serve in the House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain to be held, after the merger of the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.-Summary of the Constituencies:...					Sir John Duntze, Bt
1776 by-election		John Eardley Wilmot
1784 British general election, 1784 The British general election of 1784 resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain, having previously had to survive in a House which was dominated by his opponents.-Background:...		Hon. Dudley Ryder Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC, FSA was a prominent British politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party.-Background and education:...	Tory
1795 by-election			Tory		Hon. Richard Ryder Richard Ryder (19th century politician) Richard Ryder PC was a British Tory politician. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1809 and 1812.-Background:...	Tory
1803 by-election		William Fitzhugh	Tory
1819 by-election		Viscount Sandon Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby KG, PC, FRS , styled Viscount Sandon between 1809 and 1847, was a British politician...	Tory
1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...			Tory		Hon. Granville Ryder	Tory
1831 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...		Spencer Perceval Spencer Perceval (junior) Spencer Perceval was a British Member of Parliament, the eldest son of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval and Jane Wilson....	Tory		Hon. Granville Ryder	Tory
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 Heathcoat John Heathcoat John Heathcoat was an English inventor.Heathcoat was born at Duffield near Derby. During his apprenticeship to a frame-smith near Loughborough, he made an improvement in the construction of the warp-loom, so as to produce mitts of a lace-like appearance by means of it...	Whig		James Kennedy	Radical Radicals (UK) The Radicals were a parliamentary political grouping in the United Kingdom in the early to mid 19th century, who drew on earlier ideas of radicalism and helped to transform the Whigs into the Liberal Party.-Background:...
1835 by-election			Whig		The Viscount Palmerston	Whig
1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...		Hon. George Denman George Denman The Honourable George Denman PC, QC was an English rower, barrister, Liberal politician and High Court judge....	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 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...		John Walrond	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...
1866 by-election		John Walrond			Hon. George Denman George Denman The Honourable George Denman PC, QC was an English rower, barrister, Liberal politician and High Court judge....	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 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...		John Heathcoat-Amory Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet Sir John Heathcoat Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet , was a British businessman and Liberal politician.Born John Amory, he was the maternal grandson of John Heathcoat, Member of Parliament for Tiverton, and assumed the additional surname of Heathcoat by Royal license. He was a partner of J...	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...
1872 by-election					William Nathaniel Massey William Nathaniel Massey William Nathaniel Massey was a British barrister, author and Liberal politician.Massey studied law, being admitted as a student at the Inner Temple in 1826, and was called to the bar in 1844...	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...
1881 by-election					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...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Reduced to one member

County constituency, 1885–1997

	Member	Party
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Sir William Walrond William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran PC , known as Sir William Walrond, Bt, between 1889 and 1905, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1906 when he was raised to the peerage...	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...
1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Hon. William Walrond	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...
1915 by-election	Charles Carew Charles Carew Charles Robert Sydenham Carew JP was a British Conservative politician.Carew was the son of Reverend Robert Baker Carew, Rector of Bickleigh, Devon, grandson of Sir Thomas Carew, 6th Baronet . His mother was Augusta Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Daniel. He was educated at St John's College,...	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...	Herbert Sparkes Herbert Sparkes Herbert Weston Sheppard Sparkes was briefly the Conservative MP for Tiverton.He was elected MP for Tiverton at the 1922 general election. Sparkes was 63 years old when elected....	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...
1923 by-election Tiverton by-election, 1923 The Tiverton by-election, 1923 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Tiverton in Devon on 21 June 1923.-Vacancy:...	Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt	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 :* * *...	Gilbert Acland-Troyte Gilbert Acland-Troyte Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gilbert John Acland-Troyte CMG, DSO, JP was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...	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...
1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	Derick Heathcoat-Amory Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and 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...
1960 by-election	Robin Maxwell-Hyslop Robin Maxwell-Hyslop Sir Robin John Maxwell-Hyslop was a British Conservative Party politician.Maxwell-Hyslop was educated at Stowe School and Christ Church, Oxford. He worked for the aero engine division of Rolls-Royce from 1954 to 1960....	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...
1992 United Kingdom general election, 1992 The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...	Angela Browning Angela Browning Angela Frances Browning, Baroness Browning is a British Conservative Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton from 1997 to 2010, having previously been MP for Tiverton from 1992 to 1997....	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...
1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general...	constituency abolished: see Tiverton & Honiton

Elections in the 1990s

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