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Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)

Cricklade was a parliamentary constituency named after the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire.

Wiltshire, North or Cricklade Division
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Replaced bySwindon and partly Chippenham
Cricklade
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295–1885
Seatstwo

From 1295 until the general election of 1885, Cricklade was a parliamentary borough, returning two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, previously to the House of Commons of England and House of Commons of Great Britain.

Initially this consisted of only the town of Cricklade, but from 1782 the vote was extended to the surrounding countryside as a punishment for the borough's corruption. The extended area came to include the village of Swindon, which later grew into a large town with the coming of the railways in the 19th century.

From the 1885 general election the borough was abolished, but the name was transferred to a county division of Wiltshire covering much the same area, and electing a single MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election: Cricklade joined the Chippenham constituency and a new Swindon constituency was created.

Boundaries edit

1832–1885: The hundreds of Highworth, Cricklade, Staple, Kingsbridge and Malmesbury, except the parliamentary borough of Malmesbury.[1]

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cricklade and Swindon.

Members of Parliament edit

1295-1640 edit

  • Constituency created 1295
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386John AndrewAndrew Jones[2]
1388 (Feb)Thomas Weston[2]
1388 (Sep)
1390 (Jan)?John Crouch?William Plomer[2]
1399Robert AndrewJohn Ferrour[2]
1413 (May)Thomas CrickladeRobert Newman[2]
1421 (Dec)[Thomas] CrickladeGeoffrey Cowbridge[2]
1442John Long
1427John Bailey[3]
1510Sir Andrew Windsor
1529Robert CurzonWilliam Rede[4]
1547John Winchcombe alias SmallwoodJohn Walshe[4]
1553 (Mar)?
1553 (Oct)Thomas ParkerWilliam Badger ?[4]
1554 (Apr)William HampshireJohn Tunks[4]
1554 (Nov)Thomas ParkerJohn Rede[4]
1555Sir Nicholas PoyntzGeorge Huntley[4]
1558William HampshireJohn Marmion[4]
1559Sir Walter DenysJohn Astley[5]
1562–3Nicholas St JohnAnthony Throckmorton[5]
1571Sir Nicholas ArnoldGiles Brydges[5]
1572William BrydgesJohn Higford[5]
1584Rowland LeighRichard Smith[5]
1586John HigfordRichard Delabere[5]
1588–9George SniggeThomas Smith[5]
1593Henry NoelJohn Pleydell[5]
1597Sir George GiffordGrey Brydges[5][6]
1601Robert Master[5]
1604–1611Sir John HungerfordSir Henry Poole
1614Sir Thomas MonsonSir John Eyre
1621–1622Sir Thomas HowardSir Carew Reynell
1624Sir William HowardSir Neville Poole
1625Edward Dowse
1626Sir Robert Hyde
1628Robert JennerSir Edward Hungerford[7]
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

1640-1885 edit

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
April 1640?
November 1640Robert JennerParliamentarianThomas HodgesParliamentarian
December 1648Jenner excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacantHodges not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge
1653Cricklade was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659Edward PooleJohn Hawkins
May 1659Cricklade was unrepresented in the restored Rump
April 1660Hungerford DunchNevil Maskelyne
1661Sir George HungerfordJohn Ernle
1679Hungerford DunchEdmund Webb
1680John Pleydell
1681William Lenthall
1685Charles Fox
1689Thomas Freke
1690Edmund Webb
1698Edward Pleydell
1699Sir Stephen Fox
1701Edmund DunchWhig
1702Thomas Richmond WebbSamuel Barker
1705Edmund DunchWhig
1708James Vernon the youngerWhig
1710Samuel Robinson
1713Sir Thomas ReadeWilliam Gore[8]
1714Samuel Robinson
1715Jacob Sawbridge[9]
1721Hon. Matthew Ducie Moreton
1722Thomas Gore
1727Christopher Tilson
1734William Gore
1739Charles Gore
1741Welbore Ellis
1747William Rawlinson EarleLieutenant-Colonel John Gore
1754Thomas Gore
1761Arnold Nesbitt
1768Hon. George DamerLieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Fletcher
1774William EarleArnold Nesbitt
1775Samuel Peach[10]
1776John Dewar
1779John Macpherson[11]
1780Paul Benfield
1782Hon. George St John
1784[12]Charles CoxeWhig[13]Robert AdamsonWhig[13]
1785John Walker-HeneageTory[13]Robert NicholasTory[13]
1790Thomas Estcourt
1794Henry Herbert
1806Thomas Goddard
1811William Herbert
1812Joseph PittThomas CalleyWhig[13]
1818Robert GordonWhig[13][14]
1831Thomas CalleyWhig[13]
1835John NeeldConservative[13]
1837Ambrose GoddardConservative[13]
1841Hon. Henry HowardWhig[13][15][16]
1847Ambrose GoddardConservative[17]
1859Anthony Ashley-CooperLiberal
1865Sir Daniel GoochConservative
1868Hon. Frederick CadoganLiberal
1874Ambrose GoddardConservative
1880Nevil Story MaskelyneLiberal
1885Borough abolished - replaced by county constituency returning one member

1885-1918 edit

ElectionMemberParty
1885Nevil Story MaskelyneLiberal
1886Liberal Unionist
1892John HusbandLiberal
1895Alfred HopkinsonLiberal Unionist
1898Lord Edmond FitzMauriceLiberal
1906John Massie
Jan. 1910Thomas CalleyLiberal Unionist
Dec. 1910Richard Cornthwaite LambertLiberal
1918constituency abolished: see Swindon

Elections edit

Elections in the 1830s edit

General election 1830: Cricklade (2 seats)[13][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ToryJoseph PittUnopposed
WhigRobert GordonUnopposed
Registered electorsc. 1,200
Tory hold
Whig hold
General election 1831: Cricklade (2 seats)[13][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigRobert Gordon 669 36.3 N/A
WhigThomas Calley 639 34.7 N/A
WhigPhilip Pleydell-Bouverie53329.0N/A
Majority1065.7N/A
Turnout1,138c. 94.8N/A
Registered electorsc. 1,200
Whig holdSwingN/A
Whig gain from TorySwingN/A

Gordon was appointed a Commissioner for the Affairs of India, causing a by-election.

By-election, 16 June 1832: Cricklade[13][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigRobert GordonUnopposed
Whig hold
General election 1832: Cricklade (2 seats)[13][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigRobert GordonUnopposed
WhigThomas CalleyUnopposed
Registered electors1,546
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: Cricklade (2 seats)[13][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigRobert GordonUnopposed
ConservativeJohn NeeldUnopposed
Registered electors1,640
Whig hold
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: Cricklade (2 seats)[13][19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Neeld 833 36.4 New
ConservativeAmbrose Goddard (born 1779) 734 32.1 New
WhigHenry Thomas Howard72031.5N/A
Majority140.6N/A
Turnout1,38982.3N/A
Registered electors1,687
Conservative holdSwingN/A
Conservative gain from WhigSwingN/A

Elections in the 1840s edit

General election 1841: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
WhigHenry Thomas HowardUnopposed
ConservativeJohn NeeldUnopposed
Registered electors1,663
Whig gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn NeeldUnopposed
ConservativeAmbrose GoddardUnopposed
Registered electors1,659
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1850s edit

General election 1852: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAmbrose GoddardUnopposed
ConservativeJohn NeeldUnopposed
Registered electors1,647
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeJohn Neeld 778 35.7 N/A
ConservativeAmbrose Goddard 770 35.3 N/A
WhigCharles James Monk[20][21]63329.0New
Majority1376.3N/A
Turnout1,407 (est)83.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors1,682
Conservative holdSwingN/A
Conservative holdSwingN/A
General election 1859: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAmbrose Goddard 745 33.9 −1.4
LiberalAnthony Ashley-Cooper 743 33.8 +4.8
ConservativeJohn Neeld71232.4−3.3
Turnout1,472 (est)87.0 (est)+3.3
Registered electors1,692
Majority20.1−6.2
Conservative holdSwing−1.9
Majority311.4N/A
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+4.8

Elections in the 1860s edit

General election 1865: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAmbrose Goddard 978 37.2 +3.3
ConservativeDaniel Gooch 879 33.4 +1.0
LiberalWilliam Eliot77229.4−4.4
Majority1074.0+3.9
Turnout1,701 (est)83.8 (est)−3.2
Registered electors2,029
Conservative holdSwing+2.8
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing+1.6
General election 1868: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalFrederick William Cadogan 2,844 38.9 +9.5
ConservativeDaniel Gooch 2,452 33.6 +0.2
ConservativeAmbrose Goddard2,00927.5−9.7
Majority83511.4N/A
Turnout5,075 (est)87.1 (est)+3.3
Registered electors5,825
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+7.3
Conservative holdSwing−2.3

Elections in the 1870s edit

General election 1874: Cricklade (2 seats)[19][22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDaniel Gooch 2,624 29.0 −4.6
ConservativeAmbrose Goddard 2,231 24.6 −2.9
LiberalFrederick William Cadogan2,09223.1+3.6
LiberalHenry Tucker[23]1,57817.4−2.1
Lib-LabWilliam Morris[24]4975.5N/A
Independent LiberalJohn Arkell[25]400.4New
Majority1391.5N/A
Turnout4,800 (est)75.9 (est)−11.2
Registered electors6,325
Conservative holdSwing−4.1
Conservative gain from LiberalSwing−0.4

Elections in the 1880s edit

General election 1880: Cricklade (2 seats)[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalNevil Story Maskelyne 4,350 50.9 +10.4
ConservativeDaniel Gooch 2,441 28.6 −0.4
ConservativeAlgernon Neeld[26]1,74820.5−4.1
Majority2,60230.4N/A
Turnout6,791 (est)90.9 (est)+15.0
Registered electors7,473
Liberal gain from ConservativeSwing+7.3
Conservative holdSwingN/A
General election 1885: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalNevil Story Maskelyne 4,541 62.1 +11.2
ConservativeWilliam Stone2,77037.9−11.2
Majority1,77124.2-6.2
Turnout7,31181.0−9.9 (est)
Registered electors9,031
Liberal holdSwing+11.2
General election 1886: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistNevil Story Maskelyne 3,401 53.7 +15.8
LiberalBenjamin Francis Conn Costelloe1,68326.6-35.5
Independent LiberalSir John Bennett1,24719.7New
Majority1,71827.1N/A
Turnout6,33170.1-10.9
Registered electors9,031
Liberal Unionist gain from LiberalSwing+25.7
  • Costelloe contested previous general election as Conservative

Elections in the 1890s edit

General election 1892: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn Husband 4,569 56.1 +29.5
Liberal UnionistNevil Story Maskelyne3,57143.9-9.8
Majority99812.2N/A
Turnout8,14077.1+7.0
Registered electors10,561
Liberal gain from Liberal UnionistSwing+19.7
Alfred Hopkinson
General election 1895: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistAlfred Hopkinson 4,679 50.5 +6.6
LiberalEdmond Petty-Fitzmaurice4,58049.5−6.6
Majority991.0N/A
Turnout9,25984.2+7.1
Registered electors10,994
Liberal Unionist gain from LiberalSwing+6.6
Viscount Emlyn
1898 Cricklade by-election[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdmond Petty-Fitzmaurice 5,624 52.3 +2.8
ConservativeFrederick Campbell5,13547.7-2.8
Majority4894.6N/A
Turnout10,75990.3+6.1
Registered electors11,911
Liberal gain from Liberal UnionistSwing+2.8

Elections in the 1900s edit

Arnold Ward
General election 1900: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalEdmond Petty-Fitzmaurice 5,754 53.9 +4.4
ConservativeErnest St Clair Pemberton4,92046.1−4.4
Majority8347.8N/A
Turnout10,67485.8+1.6
Registered electors12,441
Liberal gain from Liberal UnionistSwing+4.4
John Massie
General election 1906: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalJohn Massie 7,294 56.1 +2.2
ConservativeArnold Ward5,71643.9-2.2
Majority1,57812.2+4.4
Turnout13,01090.4+4.6
Registered electors14,390
Liberal holdSwing+2.2

Elections in the 1910s edit

Thomas Calley
General election January 1910: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal UnionistThomas Calley 7,389 52.2 +8.3
LiberalJohn Massie6,75447.8-8.3
Majority6354.4N/A
Turnout14,14393.0+2.6
Liberal Unionist gain from LiberalSwing+8.3
R.C. Lambert
General election December 1910: Cricklade[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalRichard Cornthwaite Lambert 6,937 50.5 +2.7
Liberal UnionistThomas Calley6,80949.5-2.7
Majority1281.0N/A
Turnout13,74690.4-2.6
Liberal gain from Liberal UnionistSwing+2.7

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;

Notes edit

  1. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 154–206. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  3. ^ "BAILEY, John (d.1436), of Cricklade, Wilts. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Brydges, Grey" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  7. ^ Wroughton, John. "Hungerford, Sir Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14173. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ Gore was also elected for Colchester, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Cricklade
  9. ^ Sawbridge was expelled from the House for his role in the South Sea Bubble
  10. ^ A by-election was held in December 1774 after the death of William Earle, but the result was disputed and the Returning Officer made a double return, naming both Samuel Peach and John Dewar. The Commons declared the election void, and a second election was held; Peach was initially declared elected but on petition the result was reversed and Dewar took his seat.
  11. ^ On petition, Macpherson's election in 1779 was declared void and a new writ issued, but he was re-elected in the by-election. At the general election of 1780 he was again elected and his opponent again entered a petition. On investigation the Committee reported that "instances of the most notorious bribery had occurred"; the House voted that neither Macpherson nor his opponent Samuel Petrie were duly elected, and shortly afterwards passed an Act to extend the right of voting in Cricklade to the surrounding hundreds.
  12. ^ On petition the result of the election of 1784 was reversed, Coxe and Adamson being declared not duly elected and Heneage and Nicholas being seated in their place
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 110–112.
  14. ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 101.
  15. ^ "Elections Decided". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 10 July 1841. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "General Election". Western Times. 3 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited. 1847. p. 172.
  18. ^ a b c Farrell, Stephen. "Cricklade". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  20. ^ "Cricklade Election". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. 2 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "New Swindon". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 21 March 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "Cricklade Election". Wiltshire Independent. 12 February 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "Cricklade". Huddersfield Chronicle. 28 January 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "The Labourers' Union". Gloucester Journal. 10 January 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "The election expenses of the candidates for the borough and hundreds of Cricklade". Western Gazette. 17 April 1874. p. 6. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ^ "Cricklade Borough". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. 23 June 1883. p. 8. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ a b c d e f g h i British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

References edit

  • Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
  • D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
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