Bath (UK Parliament constituency)
| Bath | |
|---|---|
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Constituency location within Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset | |
 Location of Somerset within England. | |
| County | Somerset |
| Population | 88,859 (2011 census)[1] |
| Electorate | 66,690 (December 2010)[2] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1295 |
| Member of parliament | Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrats) |
| Number of members | Two (1295–1918) One (1918–present) |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Bath is a constituency[n 1] in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom[n 2] represented by Wera Hobhouse of the Liberal Democrats.
Perhaps its best-known representatives have been the two with international profiles: William Pitt the Elder (Prime Minister 1766–1768) and Chris Patten.[n 3]
Contents
1 History
1.1 The unreformed constituency before 1832
1.2 The reformed constituency (1832–1918)
1.3 The modern single-member constituency (since 1918)
2 Boundaries
2.1 Current boundaries
2.2 Historic boundaries
3 Members of Parliament
3.1 Members of Parliament 1295–1640
3.2 Members of Parliament 1640–1918
3.3 Members of Parliament since 1918
4 Elections
4.1 Elections in the 2010s
4.2 Elections in the 2000s
4.3 Elections in the 1990s
4.4 Elections in the 1980s
4.5 Elections in the 1970s
4.6 Elections in the 1960s
4.7 Elections in the 1950s
4.8 Elections in the 1940s
4.9 Election in the 1930s
4.10 Election in the 1920s
4.11 Election in the 1910s
4.12 Elections in the 1900s
4.13 Elections in the 1890s
4.14 Elections in the 1880s
4.15 Elections in the 1870s
4.16 Elections in the 1860s
4.17 Elections in the 1850s
4.18 Elections in the 1840s
5 Notes and references
6 Sources
7 External links
History
Bath is an ancient constituency which has been constantly represented in Parliament since boroughs were first summoned to send members in the 13th century.
The unreformed constituency before 1832
Bath was one of the cities summoned to send members in 1295 and represented ever since,[3] although Parliaments in early years were sporadic. Like almost all English constituencies before the Great Reform Act of 1832, it originally returned two members to each Parliament.[4]
The precise way in which Bath's MPs were chosen in the Middle Ages is unknown. It is recorded that "election was by the Mayor and three citizens being sent from thence to the county court who in the name of the whole community, and by the assent of the community, returned their representatives"; but whether the "assent of the community" was real or what form it took is unrecorded, even assuming it was not a complete dead letter. By the 17th century, elections had become more competitive, as the means of election in Bath had become a franchise restricted to the Mayor, Aldermen, and members of the Common Council (the City Corporation), a total of thirty voters.[4] The freemen of the city challenged this state of affairs in 1661 and again in 1705, claiming the right to vote and petitioning against the election of the candidates chosen by the corporation, but on both occasions the House of Commons, which at the time was still the final arbiter of such disputes, decided against them. The Commons resolution of 27 January 1708, "That the right of election of citizens to serve in Parliament for this city is in the mayor, aldermen and common-council only",[5] settled the matter until 1832.
Bath was the most populous of the English boroughs where the right to vote was restricted to the corporation.[4] At the time of the 1801 census, it was one of the ten largest towns or cities in England by population, and was almost unique in that the voters generally exercised their powers independently. As was the case elsewhere, the Common Council was not popularly elected, all vacancies being filled by co-option by the existing members, so that once a united interest had gained majority control it was easy to retain it. Most corporation boroughs quickly became pocket boroughs in this way, the nomination of their members of parliament being entirely decided by a patron who may have given some large benefaction to the area or simply used bribery to ensure only his supporters or croneys became members of the corporation. But in Bath, the Common Council retained its independence in most periods and took pride in electing two suitable members of parliament who had either strong local connections or else a national reputation. Nor was there any suggestion of bribery or other corruption, prolific in other "independent" constituencies. Pitt the Elder wrote to the corporation in 1761, on the occasion of his re-election as one of Bath's members, to pay tribute to "a city ranked among the most ancient and most considerable in the kingdom, and justly famed for its integrity, independence, and zeal for the public good".[6]
But even in Bath the limited electorate who voted for its members of parliament expected them to work to procure favours for their constituents and enterprises to a degree that would be considered corrupt today. By exercising efforts successfully in this direction, the representatives could in return expect a degree of influence over the voters that differed little from patronage in the pocket boroughs, except that its duration was limited. Thus the lawyer Robert Henley, a Bath MP from 1747 and also Recorder of Bath from 1751, seems to have been assumed to have control over both seats while he held one of them and immediately after; yet when he gained a peerage and thus a seat in the House of Lords, Pitt replaced him on the understanding of being independently chosen. Pitt himself then acquired similar influence: the Council vetoed Viscount Ligonier's suggestion that he should be succeeded by his nephew when he was elevated the Lords in 1763, but instead allowed Pitt to nominate a candidate to be his new colleague, and voted overwhelmingly for him when he was opposed by a local man. But Pitt's influence also waned when he fell out with the Council over the Treaty of Paris later in 1763.[7]
In the final years before the Reform Act, however, local magnates exerted a more controlling influence in Bath. Oldfield, writing early in the 19th century, stated that at that time the Marquess of Bath nominated one member and John Palmer the other; both were former members of parliament for the City (Lord Bath having sat as Viscount Weymouth, before his father's death took him to the Lords), but neither was then in the Commons – each had a relation sitting as one of the members for Bath. Palmer had succeeded Earl Camden[n 4] who held one of the two seats before 1802. At the time of the Reform Act, the Lord Bath was still being listed as influencing one of the seats, although the second was considered independent once more.[8]
The reformed constituency (1832–1918)
The Great Reform Act opened up the franchise to all resident (male) householders whose houses had a value of at least £10 a year and imposed uniform voting provisions for all the boroughs. Bath was one of the boroughs which continued to elect two members. Given the city's medium size and its generally high property values, its electorate increased by a factor of almost 100[n 5], from 30 in 1831 to 2,853 in 1832,[9] and created a competitive and generally marginal constituency which swung between Whig and Tory (later Liberal and Conservative) control. The parliamentary borough's boundaries were also slightly extended, but only to take in those areas into which the built-up area of the city had expanded. Bath's most notable member during this period was probably the Conservative social reformer Lord Ashley, better remembered under his eventual title of 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, for the Factory Acts, the first of which came into effect while he was one of the MPs for Bath.[10]
The franchise was further reformed in 1867 and 1885 with only minor boundary changes. Bath was lucky to retain its two-member representation in the 1885 reforms, as its electorate of under 7,000 was near the lower limit, and this situation lasted until the 1918 reforms.[11] The continued Liberal strength was unusual for a prosperous and predominantly middle-class town, and the seats could until 1918 not be considered safe for the Conservatives.[12]
The modern single-member constituency (since 1918)
Bath's representation was reduced to a single member in 1918. The Conservatives held the seat continuously until 1992, except in the 1923 Parliament, and until World War II generally won comfortably – the Liberals retained such strength that the non-Conservative vote was split, and Labour could not rise above third place until the landslide of 1945, when the Conservative James Pitman achieved a very marginal majority. From 1945 to 1970, Labour presented the main challenge, and came within 800 votes of taking the seat in 1966.
The Liberal revival in the 1970s saw the two more left-wing parties swap places, helped by the adoption of a nationally known candidate, Christopher Mayhew, who had defected from the Labour Party.[13] The formation of the SDP–Liberal Alliance made Bath a realistic target. The SDP came 1500 votes from winning in 1987 under Malcolm Dean. In 1992, Conservative Chris Patten was ousted by Liberal Democrat Don Foster in a narrow defeat widely blamed on Patten's strategising, campaign leading and communicating as Conservative Party chairman rather than canvassing his own constituents.[14] At each election from 1992 to 2015, a different Conservative candidate contested the constituency.
The boundary changes implemented in 1997 took Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Charlcombe and Freshford from the Wansdyke district, containing about 7,000 voters; these were moved elsewhere in 2010. Nominally, these areas had a slightly higher tendency to prefer a Conservative candidate but, the national government suffering from sleaze, in 1997 Don Foster more than doubled his almost 4,000 vote majority to over 9,000 votes. After winning two intervening elections, in 2010 Foster achieved his highest majority to date of 11,883 votes.[15] This result reflected the overall trend in the south-west, led by the electoral performance of party leader Nick Clegg, and reflected a loss of the aforementioned villages in boundary changes.
In the 2015 general election, following the national Liberal Democrat collapse and Foster standing down, the seat was regained by the Conservatives under Ben Howlett with a 3,833-vote majority.[16]
Bath is estimated to have voted to remain in the European Union by 68.3% in the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the EU.[17]
In the 2017 general election, the constituency was regained by the Liberal Democrats' Wera Hobhouse, with the second-highest Liberal Democrat vote share increase nationally (after Richmond Park).[18]
Boundaries
Bath is one of only two UK Parliament constituencies to be surrounded by another constituency. Bath is entirely surrounded by the North East Somerset constituency. The other constituency, York Central, is entirely surrounded by York Outer.
Current boundaries
Following the review of the constituencies in the former county of Avon carried out by the Boundary Commission for England, as of the 2010 general election the constituency covers only the city of Bath, and none of the surrounding rural area. Between 1997 and 2010, it also included some outlying villages such as Southstoke and Freshford now in the North East Somerset constituency. The changes in 2010 also resulted in Bath becoming a borough constituency, instead of a county constituency as it was before.
The constituency's electoral wards are:[n 6]
Abbey, Bathwick, Combe Down, Kingsmead, Lambridge, Lansdown, Lyncombe, Bath, Newbridge, Odd Down, Oldfield, Southdown, Twerton, Walcot, Westmoreland, Weston and Widcombe.
Historic boundaries
Before 1832: The parishes of St James (Bath), St Peter and St Paul (Bath), and St Michael (Bath), and part of the parish of Walcot.
1832–1867: As above, plus the parishes of Bathwick and Lyncombe & Widcombe, and a further part of the parish of Walcot.
1867–1918: As above, plus part of the parish of Twerton.
1918–1983: The county borough of Bath (boundary changes in 1955).
1983–1997: The City of Bath (no boundary changes).
1997–2010: The City of Bath, and the District of Wansdyke wards of Bathampton, Batheaston, Bathford, Charlcombe, and Freshford.
Members of Parliament
The current Member of Parliament is Wera Hobhouse of the Liberal Democrats.
William Pitt the Elder was briefly Prime Minister from 30 July 1766 while a Bath MP ending when on 4 August 1766 he was raised to the peerage as Earl of Chatham.
Members of Parliament 1295–1640
Constituency created (1295)
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1386 | Sewal Fraunceys | John Honybrigge[19] |
| 1388 (Feb) | John Palmer | Edmund Ford[19] |
| 1388 (Sep) | William Shropshire | Roger Skinner[19] |
| 1390 (Jan) | Richard Clewer | William Rous[19] |
| 1390 (Nov) | ||
| 1391 | Hugh de la Lynde | Nicholas Sambourne I[19] |
| 1393 | Hugh de la Lynde | Thomas Ryton[19] |
| 1394 | John Touprest | John Marsh I[19] |
| 1395 | Robert Draper | John Marsh I[19] |
| 1397 (Jan) | Robert Aunger | John Marsh I[19] |
| 1397 (Sep) | Hugh de la Lynde | John Chaunceys[19] |
| 1399 | John Chaunceys | John Whittocksmead[19] |
| 1401 | ||
| 1402 | John Whittocksmead | John Haygoby[19] |
| 1404 (Jan) | ||
| 1404 (Oct) | ||
| 1406 | Thomas Rymour | Henry Bartlett[19] |
| 1407 | Henry Bartlett | John Whittocksmead[19] |
| 1410 | Henry Bartlett | John Whittocksmead[19] |
| 1411 | ||
| 1413 (Feb) | ||
| 1413 (May) | Richard Widcombe | Roger Hobbes[19] |
| 1414 (Apr) | John Marsh II | Walter Rich[19] |
| 1414 (Nov) | Richard Widcombe | William Radstock[19] |
| 1415 | ||
| 1416 (Mar) | William Chapman[20] | |
| 1416 (Oct) | ||
| 1417 | Ralph Hunt | Walter Rich[19] |
| 1419 | Richard Widcombe | John Marsh II[19] |
| 1420 | Richard Widcombe | William Philips[19] |
| 1421 (May) | Richard Widcombe | John Marsh II[19] |
| 1421 (Dec) | Walter Rich | Robert Newlyn[19] |
| 1510–1523 | No names known[21] | |
| 1529 | John Bird | Thomas Welpley[21] |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | John Reynold | John Clement[21] |
| 1542 | ? | |
| 1545 | Matthew Colthurst | Silvester Sedborough[21] |
| 1547 | Richard Denys | John Clerke[21] |
| 1553 (Mar) | ? | |
| 1553 (Oct) | Richard Chapman | Edward Ludwell[21][22] |
| 1554 (Apr) | William Crowche | Edward Ludwell[21] |
| 1554 (Nov) | John Story | William Crowche[21] |
| 1555 | ?Henry Hodgkins | ?[21] |
| 1558 | Edward Ludwell | John Bale[21] |
| 1558/9 | Edward St Loe | William Robinson[23] |
| 1562/3 | Edward Ludwell, died and replaced 1566 by John Gwynne | Thomas Turner[23] |
| 1571 | Edward Baber | George Pearman[23] |
| 1572 | George Pearman | Edward Baber[23] |
| 1584 | Thomas Ayshe | William Shareston[23] |
| 1586 | Thomas Ayshe | William Shareston[23] |
| 1588 | John Court | John Walley[23] |
| 1593 | William Shareston | William Price[23] |
| 1597 | William Shareston | William Heath[23] |
| 1601 | William Shareston | William Heath[23] |
| 1604–1611 | William Shareston | Christopher Stone |
| 1614 | Sir James Ley | Nicholas Hyde |
| 1621–1622 | Sir Robert Phelips | Sir Robert Pye |
| 1624 | Sir Robert Pye | John Malet |
| 1625 | Nicholas Hyde sat for Bristol replaced by Ralph Hopton | Edward Hungerford |
| 1626 | Richard Gay | William Chapman |
| 1628–1629 | John Popham | Sir Walter Long |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
Members of Parliament 1640–1918
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party[24] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
April 1640 | Sir Charles Berkley | Alexander Popham | ||||
November 1640 | William Bassett | Royalist | Alexander Popham | Parliamentarian | ||
| February 1642 | Bassett disabled from sitting – seat vacant | |||||
| 1645 | James Ashe | |||||
| 1653 | Bath was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | |||||
1654 | Alexander Popham[25] | Bath had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||
1656 | James Ashe | |||||
January 1659 | John Harrington | |||||
May 1659 | One seat vacant | |||||
| March 1660 | Alexander Popham | William Prynne | ||||
| November 1669 | Sir Francis Popham | |||||
| November 1669 | Sir William Bassett | |||||
| 1675 | Sir George Speke | |||||
1679 | Sir Walter Long | |||||
| 1681 | The Viscount Fitzhardinge | Sir William Bassett | ||||
| 1690 | Joseph Langton | |||||
| 1693 | William Blathwayt | Whig | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Thomas Estcourt | |||||
| 1698 | Alexander Popham | |||||
| 1707 | Samuel Trotman | |||||
| 1710 | John Codrington | |||||
| 1720 | Robert Gay | |||||
| 1722 | General George Wade[26] | |||||
| 1727 | Robert Gay | |||||
| 1734 | John Codrington | |||||
| 1741 | Philip Bennet | |||||
| 1747 | Robert Henley | |||||
| 1748 | General Sir John Ligonier[27] | |||||
| 1757 | William Pitt the Elder | Whig | ||||
| 1763 | Major-General Sir John Sebright | Whig[28] | ||||
| 1766 | John Smith | Tory[28] | ||||
| 1774 | Abel Moysey | Tory[28] | ||||
| 1775 | Lieutenant-General Sir John Sebright | Whig[28] | ||||
| 1780 | Hon. John Pratt[29] | Tory[28] | ||||
| 1790 | Viscount Weymouth | Tory[28] | ||||
| 1794 | Sir Richard Pepper Arden | Tory[28] | ||||
| 1796 | Lord John Thynne | Tory[28] | ||||
| 1801 | John Palmer | Whig[28] | ||||
| 1808 | Charles Palmer | Whig[28] | ||||
| 1826 | Earl of Brecknock | Tory[28] | ||||
1830 | Charles Palmer | Whig[28] | ||||
1832 | John Arthur Roebuck | Radical[28][30] | ||||
1837 | The Viscount Powerscourt | Conservative[28] | William Heald Ludlow Bruges | Conservative[28] | ||
1841 | Viscount Duncan | Whig[30][31][32][33] | John Arthur Roebuck | Radical[28][30] | ||
1847 | Lord Ashley | Conservative | ||||
1851 | George Treweeke Scobell | Whig[34] | ||||
1852 | Thomas Phinn | Whig[35] | ||||
1855 | William Tite | Whig[36] | ||||
1857 | Sir Arthur Elton | Whig[37] | ||||
1859 | Liberal | Arthur Edwin Way | Conservative | |||
1865 | James McGarel-Hogg | Conservative | ||||
1868 | Donald Dalrymple | Liberal | ||||
May 1873 | Viscount Chelsea | Conservative | ||||
June 1873 | Viscount Grey de Wilton | Conservative | ||||
October 1873 | (Sir) Arthur Hayter | Liberal | ||||
1874 | Nathaniel Bousfield | Conservative | ||||
1880 | Edmond Wodehouse | Liberal | ||||
1885 | Robert Stickney Blaine | Conservative | ||||
1886 | Liberal Unionist | Colonel Robert Laurie | Conservative | |||
1892 | Wyndham Murray | Conservative | ||||
1906 | Donald Maclean | Liberal | George Peabody Gooch | Liberal | ||
1910 | Lord Alexander Thynne | Conservative | Sir Charles Hunter | Conservative | ||
1918 | Representation reduced to one Member | |||||
Members of Parliament since 1918
| Year | Member | [24] Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
1918 | Charles Foxcroft | Unionist | |
1923 | Frank Raffety | Liberal | |
1924 | Charles Foxcroft | Unionist | |
1929 | Charles Baillie-Hamilton | Unionist | |
1931 | Loel Guinness | Conservative | |
1945 | Sir James Pitman | Conservative | |
1964 | Sir Edward Brown | Conservative | |
1979 | Chris Patten | Conservative | |
1992 | Don Foster | Liberal Democrats | |
2015 | Ben Howlett | Conservative | |
2017 | Wera Hobhouse | Liberal Democrats |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Wera Hobhouse | 23,436 | 47.3 | +17.6 | |
Conservative | Ben Howlett | 17,742 | 35.8 | -2.0 | |
Labour | Joe Rayment | 7,279 | 14.7 | +1.5 | |
Green | Eleanor Field | 1,125 | 2.3 | -9.7 | |
| Majority | 5,694 | 11.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,582 | 74.3 | -1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Howlett[44] | 17,833 | 37.8 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Steve Bradley[45] | 14,000 | 29.7 | −26.9 | |
Labour | Ollie Middleton[46][47] | 6,216 | 13.2 | +6.3 | |
Green | Dominic Tristram[48] | 5,634 | 11.9 | +9.6 | |
UKIP | Julian Deverell[49] | 2,922 | 6.2 | +4.3 | |
Independent | Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst[50][51] | 499 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
English Democrat | Jenny Knight | 63 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 3,833 | 8.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,167 | 77.5 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +16.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Don Foster | 26,651 | 56.6 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Fabian Richter | 14,768 | 31.4 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Hattie Ajderian | 3,251 | 6.9 | −7.5 | |
Green | Eric Lucas | 1,120 | 2.4 | −3.6 | |
UKIP | Ernie Warrender | 890 | 1.9 | +0.2 | |
Christian | Steve Hewett | 250 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent | A.N.ON | 69 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Sean Geddis | 56 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| All The South Party | Robert Craig | 31 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,883 | 25.2 | +15.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,086 | 71.8 | +2.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Don Foster | 20,101 | 43.9 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Sian Dawson | 15,463 | 33.7 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Harriet Ajderian | 6,773 | 14.8 | −0.9 | |
Green | Eric Lucas | 2,494 | 5.4 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Richard Crowder | 770 | 1.7 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Patrick Cobbe | 177 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Graham Walker | 58 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,638 | 10.1 | −11.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,836 | 68.6 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | −5.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Don Foster | 23,372 | 50.5 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Ashley Fox | 13,478 | 29.1 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Marilyn Hawkings | 7,269 | 15.7 | −0.7 | |
Green | Michael Boulton | 1,469 | 3.2 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Andrew Tettenborn | 708 | 1.5 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 9,894 | 21.4 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,296 | 64.9 | −11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Don Foster | 26,169 | 48.5 | −0.4 | |
Conservative | Alison McNair | 16,850 | 31.2 | −9.4 | |
Labour | Tim Bush | 8,828 | 16.4 | +8.6 | |
Referendum | Tony Cook | 1,192 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Green | Richard Scrase | 580 | 1.1 | +0.3 | |
UKIP | Peter Sandell | 315 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Nicholas Pullen | 55 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,319 | 17.3 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,989 | 76.2 | −9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Don Foster | 25,718 | 48.9 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Chris Patten | 21,950 | 41.8 | −3.6 | |
Labour | Pamela Richards | 4,102 | 7.8 | −2.8 | |
Green | Duncan McCanlis | 433 | 0.8 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | May Barker | 172 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Anti-Federalist League | Alan Sked | 117 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | John Rumming | 79 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 3,768 | 7.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,571 | 82.4 | +2.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.9 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Patten | 23,515 | 45.4 | ||
Social Democratic | James Dean | 22,103 | 42.7 | ||
Labour | Jenny Smith | 5,507 | 10.6 | ||
Green | Derek Wall | 687 | 1.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,412 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 79.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Patten | 22,544 | 47.1 | +0.7 | |
Social Democratic | James Dean | 17,240 | 36.0 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Adrian Pott | 7,259 | 15.2 | -7.8 | |
Ecology | Don Grimes | 441 | 0.9 | -1.3 | |
| Progressive Liberal | R. S. Wandle | 319 | 0.7 | N/A | |
World Government | Gilbert Young | 67 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,304 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 74.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Patten | 23,025 | 46.4 | ||
Liberal | Christopher Mayhew | 13,913 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | M. Baber | 11,407 | 23.0 | ||
Ecology | Don Grimes | 1,082 | 2.2 | ||
National Front | Thomas Mundy | 206 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 9,112 | 18.4 | |||
Turnout | 78.1 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Brown | 18,470 | 37.7 | ||
Liberal | Christopher Mayhew | 16,348 | 33.4 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Bishop | 14,011 | 28.6 | ||
United Democratic | John Vernon Kemp | 150 | 0.3 | ||
| Majority | 2,122 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 78.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Brown | 20,920 | 40.8 | ||
Liberal | P. Downey | 15,738 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | Malcolm Bishop | 14,396 | 27.9 | ||
Ind. Conservative | H. B. de Laterriere | 204 | 0.4 | ||
World Government | Gilbert Young | 118 | 0.2 | ||
| Majority | 5,182 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 83.0 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Brown | 22,344 | 49.0 | ||
Labour | David Young | 16,493 | 36.1 | ||
Liberal | Roger H. Crowther | 5,957 | 13.1 | ||
World Government | Gilbert Young | 840 | 1.8 | ||
| Majority | 5,851 | 12.8 | |||
Turnout | 45,634 | 77.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Brown | 19,344 | 43.0 | ||
Labour | Frederick S. Moorhouse | 18,544 | 41.2 | ||
Liberal | Roger H. Crowther | 7,095 | 15.8 | ||
| Majority | 800 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 44,983 | 80.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Brown | 22,255 | 46.5 | ||
Labour | Frederick S. Moorhouse | 16,464 | 34.4 | ||
Liberal | Brian R. Pamplin | 8,795 | 18.4 | ||
World Government | Gilbert Young | 318 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 5,791 | 12.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,832 | 84.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Pitman | 24,048 | 50.33 | ||
Labour | George E Mayer | 17,515 | 36.66 | ||
Liberal | George Allen | 6,214 | 13.01 | ||
| Majority | 6,533 | 13.67 | |||
Turnout | 47,777 | 83.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Pitman | 24,489 | 51.94 | ||
Labour Co-op | Thomas W Richardson | 17,646 | 37.43 | ||
Liberal | Barbara Burwell | 5,011 | 10.63 | ||
| Majority | 6,843 | 14.51 | |||
Turnout | 47.146 | 82.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Pitman | 27,826 | 55.26 | ||
Labour | Victor Mishcon | 22,530 | 44.74 | ||
| Majority | 5,296 | 10.52 | |||
Turnout | 85.64 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Pitman | 23,070 | 47.16 | ||
Labour | Hugh Bruce Oliphant Cardew | 19,340 | 39.54 | ||
Liberal | Philip William Hopkins | 6,508 | 13.30 | ||
| Majority | 3,730 | 7.63 | |||
Turnout | 87.28 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Pitman | 20,196 | 43.6 | ||
Labour | Dorothy Archibald | 18,120 | 39.2 | ||
Liberal | Philip William Hopkins | 7,952 | 17.2 | ||
| Majority | 2,076 | 4.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
Conservative: Lord Ronaldshay[62]
Liberal: Philip William Hopkins[63]
Labour: George Gilbert Desmond[64]
- A minority of Bath Conservatives, led by the town Mayor, Adrian Hopkins objected to Ronaldshay who had no link with the town. Hopkins was considering running as an Independent.[65] Desmond was under pressure to withdraw in favour of the Liberal candidate fighting on a Popular Front programme.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Loel Guinness | 20,670 | 56.6 | -7.4 | |
Liberal | Sidney Reginald Daniels | 8,650 | 23.7 | +2.4 | |
Labour | George Gilbert Desmond | 7,185 | 19.7 | +5.0 | |
| Majority | 12,020 | 32.9 | -9.8 | ||
Turnout | 74.5 | -6.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Loel Guinness | 24,696 | 64.0 | +17.1 | |
Liberal | Sidney Reginald Daniels | 8,241 | 21.3 | -8.8 | |
Labour | George Gilbert Desmond | 5,680 | 14.7 | -8.3 | |
| Majority | 16,455 | 42.6 | +25.8 | ||
Turnout | 80.6 | -0.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +12.9 | |||
Election in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Baillie-Hamilton | 17,845 | 46.9 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Sidney Reginald Daniels | 11,485 | 30.1 | +0.8 | |
Labour | George Gilbert Desmond | 8,769 | 23.0 | -2.7 | |
| Majority | 6,360 | 16.8 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 81.3 | +8.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Baillie-Hamilton | 11,171 | 45.1 | -10.7 | |
Liberal | Sidney Reginald Daniels | 7,255 | 29.3 | -1.3 | |
Labour | George Gilbert Desmond | 6,359 | 25.7 | +12.1 | |
| Majority | 3916 | 15.8 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,785 | 72.8 | -11.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -4.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Foxcroft | 16,067 | 55.8 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Frank Raffety | 8,800 | 30.6 | -21.0 | |
Labour | Walter Barton Scobell | 3,914 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
| Majority | 7,267 | 25.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 84.5 | +5.4 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frank Raffety | 13,694 | 51.6 | +19.6 | |
Unionist | Charles Foxcroft | 12,830 | 48.4 | -1.8 | |
| Majority | 864 | 3.2 | 21.4 | ||
Turnout | 79.1 | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.7 | |||
E.H. Spender
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Charles Foxcroft | 13,666 | 50.2 | -24.6 | |
Liberal | Harold Spender | 8,699 | 32.0 | n/a | |
Labour | Herbert Elvin | 4,849 | 17.8 | -7.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
Turnout | 82.4 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
Election in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Charles Foxcroft | 15,605 | 74.8 | N/A |
Labour | Alfred James Bethell | 5,244 | 25.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,361 | 49.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,849 | 66.2 | n/a | ||
Registered electors | 31,512 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Unionist: Charles Hunter, Lord Alexander Thynne
Liberal: Harry Geen,[68] J.C. Meggott[69]
Hardy
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Alexander Thynne | 3,875 | 26.0 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Charles Hunter | 3,841 | 25.7 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | George Peabody Gooch | 3,631 | 24.3 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | George Hardy | 3,585 | 24.0 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 210 | 1.4 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 92.0 | −2.7 | |||
Registered electors | 8,144 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Gooch
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Alexander Thynne | 3,961 | 25.8 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Charles Hunter | 3,889 | 25.3 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | Donald Maclean | 3,771 | 24.5 | −4.0 | |
Liberal | George Peabody Gooch | 3,757 | 24.4 | −3.9 | |
| Majority | 118 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 94.7 | +3.9 | |||
Registered electors | 8,144 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.9 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Maclean
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Donald Maclean | 4,102 | 28.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | George Peabody Gooch | 4,069 | 28.3 | +7.2 | |
Conservative | Lord Alexander Thynne | 3,123 | 21.7 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | Wyndham Murray | 3,088 | 21.5 | −7.3 | |
| Majority | 946 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 90.8 | +7.3 | |||
Registered electors | 7,968 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.9 | |||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Murray
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wyndham Murray | 3,486 | 28.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edmond Wodehouse | 3,439 | 28.5 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Donald Maclean | 2,605 | 21.6 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Alpheus Morton | 2,549 | 21.1 | −1.7 | |
Turnout | 83.5 | −6.2 | |||
Registered electors | 7,300 | ||||
| Majority | 881 | 7.2 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
| Majority | 834 | 6.9 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Conway
Fuller
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wyndham Murray | 3,445 | 27.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edmond Wodehouse | 3,358 | 26.7 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Martin Conway | 2,917 | 23.2 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | John Fuller | 2,865 | 22.8 | −1.1 | |
Turnout | 89.7 | +0.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,059 | ||||
| Majority | 528 | 4.1 | +2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
| Majority | 441 | 3.5 | +1.9 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Adye
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wyndham Murray | 3,198 | 26.1 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Unionist | Edmond Wodehouse | 3,177 | 25.8 | −2.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas P Baptie[75] | 2,981 | 24.2 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | John Miller Adye | 2,941 | 23.9 | +2.2 | |
Turnout | 89.3 | +0.9 | |||
Registered electors | 6,922 | ||||
| Majority | 217 | 1.9 | −3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 | |||
| Majority | 196 | 1.6 | −4.5 | ||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Verney
Murray
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Edmond Wodehouse | 3,309 | 28.3 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Robert Peter Laurie | 3,244 | 27.8 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | 2,588 | 22.2 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Frederick Verney | 2,529 | 21.7 | −2.8 | |
Turnout | 5,870 | 88.4 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,637 | ||||
| Majority | 721 | 6.1 | +4.1 | ||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.1 | |||
| Majority | 656 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Wodehouse
Hayter
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Stickney Blaine | 3,208 | 26.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Edmond Wodehouse | 2,990 | 24.7 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Peter Laurie | 2,971 | 24.5 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | 2,953 | 24.4 | −2.7 | |
Turnout | 6,099 | 91.9 | +1.4 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 6,637 | ||||
| Majority | 255 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.8 | |||
| Majority | 19 | 0.2 | −3.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
- Caused by Hayter's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | 2,712 | 27.1 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Edmond Wodehouse | 2,700 | 27.0 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Reginald Hardy | 2,359 | 23.6 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas James Smyth | 2,241 | 22.4 | −1.9 | |
| Majority | 341 | 3.4 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,006 (est) | 90.5 (est) | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,534 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | 2,520 | 26.1 | −10.9 | |
Conservative | Nathaniel Bousfield | 2,397 | 24.8 | +9.6 | |
Liberal | John William Nicholas Hervey[78] | 2,391 | 24.8 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Arthur Egerton | 2,348 | 24.3 | +9.1 | |
Turnout | 4,828 (est) | 88.5 (est) | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,454 | ||||
| Majority | 123 | 1.3 | −1.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
| Majority | 6 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | 2,210 | 50.9 | -18.8 | |
Conservative | William Forsyth[79] | 2,071 | 47.7 | +17.4 | |
Independent Liberal | Charles Thompson[80] | 57 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 139 | 3.2 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,338 | 83.7 | -3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,182 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -18.1 | |||
- Caused by Dalrymple's death.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Egerton | 2,194 | 50.4 | +20.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Hayter | 2,143 | 49.2 | -20.5 | |
Independent Liberal | John Charles Cox[81][82] | 15 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 51 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,352 | 84.0 | -2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,182 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +20.3 | |||
- Caused by Cadogan's elevation to the peerage, becoming Earl Cadogan.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Viscount Chelsea | 2,251 | 53.1 | +22.8 | |
Liberal | Jerom Murch[83] | 1,991 | 46.9 | -22.8 | |
| Majority | 260 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,242 | 81.9 | -4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,182 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +22.8 | |||
- Caused by Tite's death.
Elections in the 1860s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Tite | 2,478 | 37.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Donald Dalrymple | 2,187 | 32.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Hogg | 2,024 | 30.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 163 | 2.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,357 (est) | 86.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,024 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Tite | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | James Hogg | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,960 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Tite | 1,349 | 34.7 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Arthur Edwin Way | 1,339 | 34.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Thomas Phinn | 1,198 | 30.8 | −3.3 | |
Turnout | 2,613 (est) | 82.0 (est) | +5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,185 | ||||
| Majority | 10 | 0.3 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
| Majority | 141 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Arthur Elton | 1,243 | 34.1 | −0.3 | |
Whig | William Tite | 1,200 | 33.0 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Arthur Edwin Way | 1,197 | 32.9 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 3 | 0.1 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,419 (est) | 76.9 (est) | −1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,144 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Tite | 1,176 | 51.0 | −16.7 | |
Peelite | William Whateley[84] | 1,129 | 49.0 | +16.7 | |
| Majority | 47 | 0.2 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,305 | 73.1 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,155 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −16.7 | |||
- Caused by Phinn's resignation after his appointment as Assistant Secretary to the Admiralty
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Treweeke Scobell | 1,332 | 34.4 | +17.3 | |
Whig | Thomas Phinn | 1,290 | 33.3 | +16.2 | |
Peelite | William Whateley[85][86] | 1,253 | 32.3 | −3.2 | |
| Majority | 37 | 1.0 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,564 (est) | 78.2 (est) | −8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,278 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | George Treweeke Scobell | 1,110 | 51.6 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | William Sutcliffe[87] | 1,041 | 48.4 | +12.9 | |
| Majority | 69 | 3.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,151 | 68.7 | −17.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,310 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.3 | |||
- Caused by Ashley-Cooper's succession to the peerage, becoming 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Ashley-Cooper | 1,278 | 35.5 | −8.4 | |
Whig | Adam Haldane-Duncan | 1,228 | 34.1 | +5.2 | |
Radical | John Arthur Roebuck | 1,093 | 30.4 | +3.1 | |
Turnout | 2,439 (est) | 86.3 (est) | +13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,825 | ||||
| Majority | 50 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Radical | Swing | −6.8 | |||
| Majority | 135 | 3.8 | +2.2 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Adam Haldane-Duncan | 1,223 | 28.9 | ||
Radical | John Arthur Roebuck | 1,157 | 27.3 | ||
Conservative | William Heald Ludlow Bruges | 930 | 22.0 | ||
Conservative | Richard Wingfield | 926 | 21.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,189 | 73.3 | |||
Registered electors | 2,985 | ||||
| Majority | 66 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Majority | 227 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Notes and references
- Notes
^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ Previously represented by two MPs in the House of Commons of England
^ Conservative Party chairman 1990–1992 and last Governor of Hong Kong.
^ Formerly known as John Jeffreys Pratt
^ 2,853 voters registered at the first reformed election, in December 1832)
^ These form the City of Bath in Bath and North East Somerset
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External links
- BBC profile of Bath constituency
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Vacant since 1765 Title last held by Buckingham | Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 30 July – 4 August 1766 | Vacant until 1770 Title next held by Banbury |
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