Wilton (UK Parliament constituency) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Wilton was the name of a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

. It was represented in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

of the Parliament of England

Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...

from 1295 to 1707, then in the Parliament of Great Britain

Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...

from 1707 to 1800 and finally in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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from 1801 to 1918. It had two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs) until 1832, but from 1832 to 1885 only one member, as a result of the Reform Act 1832

Reform Act 1832

The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...

. In 1885 the borough

Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....

was abolished, but the name of the constituency was then transferred to a new county constituency electing one Member from 1885 until 1918.

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	Thomas Cuttyng	Thomas Moleyns
1388 (Feb)	Thomas Cuttyng	William Chitterne
1388 (Sep)	Thomas Cuttyng	John Hulle
1390 (Jan)	Thomas Cuttyng	William Chitterne
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393	John Cole	Henry Bont
1394	Thomas Cuttyng	John Cole
1395	Thomas Cuttyng	John Hardy
1397 (Jan)	John Hardy	William Chitterne
1397 (Sep)	John Hardy	Thomas Cuttyng
1399	Thomas Cuttyng	William Chitterne
1401
1402	John Bottenham	William Chitterne
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406 Robert Frye	John Hardy
1407 Robert Frye	Robert Lardiner
1410 Robert Frye	John Harleston
1411 Robert Frye	John Harleston
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Robert Frye	John Lambarde
1414 (Apr)	John Valeys	John Harleston
1414 (Nov)	John Harleston	John Whithorne
1415	John Harleston	John Whithorne
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Harleston	John Whithorne
1419	John Harleston	John Whithorne
1420	John Harleston	John Whithorne
1421 (May)	John Harleston	John Whithorne
1421 (Dec)	John Harleston	John Whithorne
1510-1523	No names known
1529	Geoffrey Pole	Edmund Knightley
1536	?
1539	?
1542	Sir Edward Bayntun	William Herbert
1545	Sir Thomas Lee	Christopher Willoughby
1547	Robert Watson	Robert Warner
1553 (Mar)	William Damsell William Damsell Sir William Damsell , sometimes spelt Damosel, was Receiver-General of the Court of Wards and Liveries and a Member of Parliament....	William Wightman
1553 (Oct)	Nicholas Chowne	Henry Creed
1554 (Apr)	William Clerke	Matthew Colthurst
1554 (Nov)	William Clerke	Henry Creed
1555	Henry Creed	William Clerke
1558	William Clerke	Henry Creed
1559	Henry Bodenham	Thomas Highgate
1562/3	William Wightman	Thomas Highgate
1571	William Wightman	Thomas Highgate
1572	William Ckerke	Francis Vaughan
1584	John Penruddock	Roger Earthe
1586	Edward Penruddock	Henry Martyn
1588	Thomas Cavendish	Robert Penruddock
1593	Sir Thomas Morgan	Robert Penruddock
1597	Thomas Muffet Thomas Muffet Thomas Muffet was an English naturalist and physician. He is best known for his Puritan beliefs, his study of insects in regards to medicine , his support of the Paracelsian system of medicine, and his emphasis on the importance of experience over reputation in the field of medicine.-Early...	Robert Penruddock
1601	Sir Edmund Morgan Edmund Morgan (of Llandaff) Sir Edmund Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and 1621.Morgan was the second son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. He was a captain in the army and was knighted probably at Dublin on 5 August 1599....	Hugh Sanford
1604-1611	Sir Thomas Edmonds Thomas Edmondes Sir Thomas Edmonds was a diplomat and politician.Edmonds was the fifth son of another Thomas Edmonds, who was the Customer of the ports of Plymouth and Fowey, and of Joan daughter of Anthony Delbere of Sherborne in Dorset...	Hugh Sandford
1614	Sir Robert Sidney	Thomas Morgan
1621	Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny Henry Nevill, 9th Baron Bergavenny Sir Henry Nevill, de facto 9th Baron Bergavenny was an English Peer and MP.The son of Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny, he succeeded to the Barony upon the death of his father in 1622.... ennobled 1622 replaced by Thomas Morgan	Sir Thomas Tracy
1624	Sir Thomas Morgan	Sir Percy Hobart
1625	Sir Thomas Morgan	Sir William Harrington
1626	Sir Thomas Morgan	Sir John Evelyn John Evelyn (Parliamentarian) Sir John Evelyn was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1626 and 1660.Evelyn was the son of George Evelyn of West Dean, a clerk in Chancery, and his wife Elizabeth Rivers, daughter of Sir John Rivers of Chafford, Kent...
1628	John Pooley	Sir Thomas Morgan
1629–1640
Year		First member	First party		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....		Sir Henry Vane (the elder) Henry Vane the Elder Sir Henry Vane, the elder was an English politician and secretary of state.-Origins and education:Vane was born on 18 February 1589, the eldest son of Henry Vane or Fane of Hadlow, Kent, by his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger Twysden of East Peckham, Kent...	Parliamentarian		Sir Benjamin Rudyerd Benjamin Rudyerd Sir Benjamin Rudyerd or Rudyard , of West Woodhay in Berkshire, was an English politician and poet, Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1620 and 1648, and a colonial investor who was one of the incorporators of the Providence Company in 1630.Benjamin was the son of James Rudyerd...	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...						Parliamentarian
December 1648				Rudyerd 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
1653	Wilton 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...		Richard Grobham Howe Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695....			Hon. John Herbert John Herbert (died 1659) John Herbert was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1659.Herbert was the son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke and his wife Susan de Vere, daughter of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford on 15...
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....	Wilton was 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		Richard Grobham Howe Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695....			Francis Swanton
April 1661		John Nicholas			Thomas Mompesson
June 1661		John Berkenhead			Thomas Mompesson
February 1679 Habeas Corpus Parliament The Habeas Corpus Parliament, also known as the First Exclusion Parliament, was a short-lived English Parliament which assembled on 6 March 1679 during the reign of Charles II of England, the third parliament of the King's reign. It is named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May,...		Hon. Thomas Herbert Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke, 5th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC, FRS was a British politician during the reigns of William III and Anne....			Thomas Penruddocke Thomas Penruddocke Thomas Penruddocke DL , of Compton Chamberlayne was a Wiltshire landowner and politician, briefly member of parliament for Wilton in 1679 and again in 1689 ....
August 1679					Sir John Nicholas
1685		Oliver Nicholas			Sir John Nicholas
1689		Thomas Penruddocke Thomas Penruddocke Thomas Penruddocke DL , of Compton Chamberlayne was a Wiltshire landowner and politician, briefly member of parliament for Wilton in 1679 and again in 1689 ....			Thomas Wyndham
1690		Sir Richard Grobham Howe Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet Sir Richard Grobham Howe, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1656 and 1695....			Thomas Wyndham
1695		John Hawles John Hawles -Life:The second son of Thomas Hawles of Moanton in Wiltshire, by Elizabeth Antrobus of Hampshire, was born in the Close at Salisbury. His father, whose name is sometimes spelled Hollis, belonged to the family of Hawles of Upwimborne, Dorset...			John Gauntlett
1698		Sir Henry Ashurst
January 1701		Thomas Phipps
November 1701		Sir Henry Ashurst
July 1702		Sir John Hawles John Hawles -Life:The second son of Thomas Hawles of Moanton in Wiltshire, by Elizabeth Antrobus of Hampshire, was born in the Close at Salisbury. His father, whose name is sometimes spelled Hollis, belonged to the family of Hawles of Upwimborne, Dorset...			George Boddington
November 1702					John Gauntlett
1705		William Nicholas			John Gauntlett
1708		Sir Lambert Blackwell Sir Lambert Blackwell, 1st Baronet Sir Lambert Blackwell was the British consul to Florence.-Biography:He was appointed as British Ambassador to the Republic of Venice in 1702. He died in 1727.- Appointments :*1702 British Ambassador to the Republic of Venice...			Charles Mompesson
1710		John London
1711		Peter Bathurst
1713		John London			Thomas Pitt Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry Thomas Innes Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry was a British politician. He served as Governor of the Leeward Islands from 1728 to 1729....
1722		Hon. Robert Sawyer Herbert
1727					Thomas Martin
1734					Colonel the Hon. William Herbert
1757					Hon. Nicholas Herbert
1768		Henry Herbert Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon PC , known as The Lord Porchester from 1780 to 1793, was a British Whig politician. He served as Master of the Horse from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville.-Background and education:Herbert was the son of Major-General the...			Hon. Nicholas Herbert
1775					Captain Charles Herbert
1780		Lord Herbert George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke General George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC was a British peer, army officer and politician.-Early life:...			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....
1785		Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Goldsworthy
1788		Lord Herbert George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke General George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery, KG, PC was a British peer, army officer and politician.-Early life:...
1790					The Viscount FitzWilliam Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam was an Irish Viscount in the FitzWilliam family who was a benefactor and musical antiquarian. He founded the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, with a bequest of his library and art collection on his death in 1816...
1794		Major General Philip Goldsworthy
1801		John Spencer
1804		Ralph Sheldon
1806					Captain the Hon. Charles Herbert Charles Herbert (Royal Navy officer) The Honourable Charles Herbert was a British Royal Navy officer, and the son of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon...
1816					Viscount FitzHarris
1821					John Hungerford Penruddocke	Tory
1823		Edward Baker Edward Baker (MP) Edward Baker was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was Member of Parliament for Wilton in Wiltshire from 1823 to 1830. He was re-elected unopposed at the 1837 general election. He stood down from the House of Commons at the 1841 general election.- External links :...
1830		Henry Bulwer Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer GCB, PC was a British Liberal politician, diplomat and writer.-Background and education:...
1831		James Dawkins
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

	Member	Party
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 Hungerford Penruddocke	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...
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....	Edward Baker Edward Baker (MP) Edward Baker was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was Member of Parliament for Wilton in Wiltshire from 1823 to 1830. He was re-elected unopposed at the 1837 general election. He stood down from the House of Commons at the 1841 general election.- External links :...	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...
1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for IrelandSir George Strickland, BtSir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...	Viscount FitzHarris	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...
1841 by-election	Viscount Somerton James Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton James Charles Herbert Welbore Ellis Agar, 3rd Earl of Normanton , known as Viscount Somerton until 1868, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom....	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...
1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...	Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1855 by-election	(Sir) Edmund Antrobus Sir Edmund Antrobus, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund Antrobus, 3rd Baronet was a British politician and Member of Parliament for several constituencies....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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...
1877 by-election	Hon. Sidney Herbert Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery GCVO, PC , styled The Honourable Sidney Herbert between 1861 and 1895, was a British politician and peer.-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...
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:...	Borough abolished - name transferred to county division

MPs 1885–1918

	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 Thomas Fraser Grove Sir Thomas Grove, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Fraser Grove, 1st Baronet was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1868 and 1892....	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, 1886The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*...		Liberal Unionist Liberal Unionist Party The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington and Joseph Chamberlain, the party formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule...
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...	Viscount Folkestone Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor CIE, CBE was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life:Pleydell-Bouverie was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 5th Earl of Radnor and Helen Matilda Chaplin, and was styled Viscount Folkestone from 1889 to 1900...	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...
1900 by-election Wilton by-election, 1900 The Wilton by-election, 1900 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Wilton in Wiltshire on 17 July 1900. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Viscount Folkestone had succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Radnor...	James Archibald Morrison James Archibald Morrison Major James Archibald Morrison DSO was a British Conservative Party politician.Morrison was the son of Alfred Morrison, of Fonthill Houseand the grandson of James Morrison ....	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**...	Levi Lapper Morse Levi Lapper Morse Levi Lapper Morse was an English grocer and draper and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:Morse was the son of Charles Morse from Stratton St Margaret, near Swindon in Wiltshire. He was educated at the High School, Swindon. He married Winifred, daughter of Isaac Humphries of Broad...	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...
Jan. 1910	Sir Charles Bathurst Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe -External links:*...	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...
1918 by-election Wilton by-election, 1918 The Wilton by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Wilton in Wiltshire on 6 November 1918. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Sir Charles Bathurst had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount...	Hugh Morrison Hugh Morrison (UK politician) Hugh Morrison was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Wilton at a by-election in November 1918, holding the seat for a few weeks until it was abolished for the 1918 general election...	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...
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...	Constituency abolished

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