| Ross | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| Towns: | Ross-on-Wye |
Ross, or the Southern division of Herefordshire was a county constituency centred on the town of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the three-seat Herefordshire constituency was replaced by two single-member county divisions: the Leominster (or Northern) division, and the Ross (or Southern) division.
Ross was abolished for the 1918 general election.
The Sessional Divisions of Dore, Harewood's Ends, Hereford, Ledbury and Ross and the Municipal Borough of Hereford.[1]
| Election | Member[2] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Michael Biddulph | Liberal | ||
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | |||
| 1900 | Percy Clive | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1906 | Alan Coulston Gardner | Liberal | ||
| 1908 by-election | Percy Clive | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1912 | Unionist | |||
| May 1918 by-election | Charles Pulley | Unionist | ||
| Dec. 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
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;
. F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 . 1974 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-27-2 . 294.