| Tiverton | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Map Year: | 1885-1918 |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Devon |
| Year2: | 1621 |
| Abolished2: | 1885 |
| Type2: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany2: | Two |
Tiverton was a constituency located in Tiverton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament (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 to form the Tiverton and Honiton constituency.
Prime Minister Lord Palmerston was a former MP for the seat.__TOC__
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Tiverton, and the Sessional Divisions of Cullompton and Wonford.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Tiverton, the Urban Districts of Bampton and Dawlish, the Rural Districts of Oulmstock and Tiverton, and parts of the Rural Districts of Newton Abbot and St Thomas.
1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Tiverton, the Urban Districts of Dawlish and Teignmouth, the Rural District of Tiverton, and part of the Rural District of St Thomas.
1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Tiverton, the Urban Districts of Crediton, Dawlish, and Teignmouth, the Rural Districts of Crediton and Tiverton, and part of the Rural District of St Thomas.
1983–1997: The District of Mid Devon wards of Boniface, Bradninch, Cadbury, Canal, Canonsleigh, Castle, Clare, Cullompton Outer, Cullompton Town, Culm, East Creedy, Halberton, Lawrence, Lowman, Newbrooke, Paullet, Sandford, Shuttern, Silverton, Upper Culm, Upper Yeo, Westexe North, Westexe South, Willand, and Yeo, and the District of East Devon wards of Broadclyst, Clystbeare, Clyst Valley, Exe Valley, Ottery St Mary Rural, Ottery St Mary Town, and Tale Vale.
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1621–1622 | John Bampfield | John Davie | |||||
| 1624-March 1625 | Sir George Chudleigh | Humphrey Were | |||||
| April–August 1625 | Rowland St John | John Francis | |||||
| December 1625 – 1626 | John Drake sat for Devon replaced by Richard Oliver | Peter Ball | |||||
| 1628–1629 | John Bluett | ||||||
| No Parliament summoned 1629-40 | |||||||
| April 1640 | Peter Sainthill | Royalist | Peter Ball | ||||
| November 1640 | George Hartnall | Royalist | |||||
| January 1644 | Sainthill and Hartnall disabled from sitting - both seats vacant | ||||||
| 1646 | Robert Shapcote | John Elford | |||||
| December 1648 | Shapcote excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | Elford not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | |||||
| 1653 | Tiverton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament | ||||||
| 1654 | Robert Shapcote | < | -- party --> | Tiverton had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||
| 1656 | |||||||
| January 1659 | Francis Warner | Sir Coplestone Bampfylde | |||||
| May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||||||
| April 1660 | Robert Shapcote | < | -- party --> | Thomas Bampfylde | |||
| July 1660 | Roger Colman | ||||||
| November 1660 | Henry Newte | ||||||
| 1661 | Sir Thomas Carew, Bt | < | -- party --> | Sir Thomas Stucley | |||
| 1664 | Sir Henry Ford | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1673 | Samuel Foote | ||||||
| 1685 | Sir Hugh Acland | William Colman | < | -- party --> | |||
| 1689 | Samuel Foote | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1690 | Thomas Bere | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1691 | |||||||
| 1695 | Lord Spencer | Whig | |||||
| 1702 | Robert Burridge | ||||||
| 1708 | Richard Mervin | ||||||
| 1710 [1] | Sir Edward Northey | < | -- party --> | John Worth | |||
| 1715 | Thomas Bere | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1722 | Arthur Arscott | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1726 | George Deane | ||||||
| 1727 | Sir William Yonge, Bt[2] | Whig | |||||
| 1728 by-election | James Nelthorpe | ||||||
| 1734 | (Sir) Dudley Ryder | < | -- party --> | ||||
| July 1747 | Sir William Yonge, Bt | Whig | |||||
| December 1747 by-election | Henry Conyngham[3] | ||||||
| 1754 | Sir William Yonge, Bt | Whig | Henry Pelham | < | -- party --> | ||
| 1755 by-election | Thomas Ryder | ||||||
| 1756 by-election | Nathaniel Ryder | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1758 by-election | Sir Edward Hussey-Montagu | ||||||
| 1762 by-election | Charles Gore | ||||||
| 1768 | Sir John Duntze, Bt | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1776 by-election | John Eardley Wilmot | ||||||
| 1784 | Hon. Dudley Ryder | Tory[4] | |||||
| 1795 by-election | Hon. Richard Ryder | Tory | |||||
| 1803 by-election | William Fitzhugh | Tory | |||||
| 1819 by-election | Viscount Sandon | Tory | |||||
| 1830 | Hon. Granville Ryder | Tory | |||||
| 1831 | Spencer Perceval | Tory | |||||
| 1832 | John Heathcoat | Whig[5] [6] [7] | James Kennedy[8] | Radical | |||
| 1835 by-election | The Viscount Palmerston | Whig | |||||
| 1859 | Hon. George Denman | Liberal | Liberal | ||||
| 1865 | John Walrond, of Bradfield, Uffculme | Conservative | |||||
| 1866 by-election | Hon. George Denman | Liberal | |||||
| 1868 | John Heathcoat-Amory | Liberal | |||||
| 1872 by-election | William Nathaniel Massey | Liberal | |||||
| 1881 by-election | Viscount Ebrington | Liberal | |||||
| 1885 | Reduced to one member | ||||||
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Sir William Walrond | Conservative | ||
| 1906 | Hon. William Walrond | Conservative | ||
| 1915 by-election | Charles Carew | Conservative | ||
| 1922 | Herbert Sparkes | Conservative | ||
| 1923 by-election | Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt | Liberal | ||
| 1924 | Gilbert Acland-Troyte | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | Derick Heathcoat-Amory | Conservative | ||
| 1960 by-election | Robin Maxwell-Hyslop | Conservative | ||
| 1992 | Angela Browning | Conservative | ||
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Tiverton & Honiton | |||
Kennedy's election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.
Kennedy resigned, causing a by-election.
Palmerston was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, requiring a by-election.
Palmerston was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.
Palmerston became Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Palmerston became Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Temple was appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, requiring a by-election.
Lord Palmerston's death in October 1865 caused a by-election.
Denman resigned after being appointed a Judge of Court of Common Pleas.
Massey's death caused a by-election.
Representation was reduced to one member.
Walrond was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
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;
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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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;