Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Salisbury in Wiltshire.
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Location of Wiltshire within England.
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County | Wiltshire |
Electorate | 68,731 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Salisbury |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | John Glen (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1295–1918 | |
Number of members | 1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
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European Parliament constituency | South West England |
Salisbury is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Glen, a Conservative.[n 2]
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Boundaries
- 3 Traditions
- 4 Constituency profile
- 5 Members of Parliament
- 6 Elections
- 6.1 Elections in the 2010s
- 6.2 Elections in the 2000s
- 6.3 Elections in the 1990s
- 6.4 Elections in the 1980s
- 6.5 Elections in the 1970s
- 6.6 Elections in the 1960s
- 6.7 Elections in the 1950s
- 6.8 Elections in the 1940s
- 6.9 Elections in the 1930s
- 6.10 Elections in the 1920s
- 6.11 Elections in the 1910s
- 6.12 Elections in the 1900s
- 7 See also
- 8 Notes and references
- 9 Sources
History
From 1295, (the Model Parliament) a form of this constituency on a narrower area, the Parliamentary borough of Salisbury, returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England[n 3] Elections were held using the bloc vote system. This afforded the ability for wealthy male townsfolk who owned property rated at more than £2 a year liability in Land Tax to vote in the county and borough (if they met the requirements of both systems). The franchise (right to vote) in the town was generally restricted to male tradespersons and professionals within the central town wards, however in medieval elections would have been the aldermen. The constituency co-existed with a neighbouring minuscule-electorate seat described towards its Great Reform Act abolition as a rotten borough: Old Sarum that covered the mostly abandoned Roman citadel to the northeast.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced to one member. The parliamentary borough of Salisbury was abolished for the 1918 general election however the name transferred immediately to a new county division.
Boundaries
The constituency is based around the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. A large portion of the former Salisbury district, excluding a part to the west, is included within the constituency.
Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which slightly altered this constituency for the 2010 general election since which it has electoral wards:
- Alderbury and Whiteparish; Amesbury: East, West; Bemerton; Bishopdown; Chalke Valley; Downton and Redlynch; Ebble; Fisherton and Bemerton Village; Harnham: East, West; Laverstock; Lower Wylye and Woodford Valley; St Edmund and Milford; St Mark and Stratford; St Martin and Milford; St Paul; Till Valley and Wylye; Upper Bourne, Idmiston and Winter Bourne; Wilton; Winterslow in Wiltshire[2]
Downton (listed above) was a former borough constituency until abolished as rotten borough, like Old Sarum, in 1832.
Traditions
According to a local tradition, the Member of Parliament for Salisbury sings the song The Vly be on the Turmut from the balcony of the White Hart Hotel in St John's Street after winning each Parliamentary election.[3][4]
Constituency profile
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district with a working population whose income is close to the national average and lower than average reliance upon social housing.[5] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.6% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 2.5%.[6]
The rural county as a whole has a low 14.8% of its population without a car, 18.6% of the population without qualifications and a high 29.5% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure across the whole county 67.5% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census.[7]
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created 1295
MPs 1295–1660
MPs 1660–1885
MPs since 1885
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Glen | 28,192 | 55.6 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Corbin | 7,771 | 15.3 | +7.7 | |
UKIP | Paul Martin[16] | 6,152 | 12.1 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Reetendra Nath Banerji | 5,099 | 10.1 | -26.9 | |
Green | Alison Craig | 2,762 | 5.4 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Arthur Uther Pendragon[17] | 729 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,421 | 40.3 | |||
Turnout | 50,705 | 72.9 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Glen | 23,859 | 49.2 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nick Radford | 17,893 | 36.9 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Tom Gann | 3,690 | 7.6 | −11.0 | |
UKIP | Frances Howard | 1,392 | 2.9 | −1.3 | |
BNP | Sean Witheridge | 765 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Green | Nick Startin | 506 | 1.0 | −2.4 | |
Independent | King Arthur | 257 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Independent | John Holme | 119 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,966 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 48,481 | 71.9 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Key | 25,961 | 47.8 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Richard Denton-White | 14,819 | 27.3 | −2.8 | |
Labour | Clare Moody | 9,457 | 17.4 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Frances Howard | 2,290 | 4.2 | +0.5 | |
Green | Hamish Soutar | 1,555 | 2.9 | +0.8 | |
Independent | John Holme | 240 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,142 | 20.5 | |||
Turnout | 54,322 | 68.1 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Key | 24,527 | 46.6 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce | 15,824 | 30.1 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Sue Mallory | 9,199 | 17.5 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Malcolm Wood | 1,958 | 3.7 | −2.0 | |
Green | Hamish Soutar | 1,095 | 2.1 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 8,703 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 52,603 | 65.3 | -8.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Key | 25,012 | 43.0 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Yvonne Emmerson-Peirce | 18,736 | 32.2 | −5.0 | |
Labour | Ricky Rogers | 10,242 | 17.6 | +8.6 | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage | 3,332 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Green | Hamish Soutar | 623 | 1.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | William Holmes | 184 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Shirley Haysom | 110 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 6,276 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 58,239 | 73.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Key | 31,546 | 52.0 | −2.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul W.L. Sample | 22,573 | 37.2 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Steve R. Fear | 5,483 | 9.0 | −0.4 | |
Green | Dr. Sherwood M. Elcock | 609 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Stephen W. Fletcher | 233 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Tim I. Abbott | 117 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Ms. Annie Martell | 93 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,973 | 14.8 | −5.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,654 | 79.9 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Key | 31,612 | 54.87 | ||
Social Democratic | PA Mitchell | 20,169 | 35.0 | ||
Labour | TE Seaborne | 5,455 | 9.5 | ||
Independent | SW Fletcher | 372 | 0.6 | ||
Majority | 11,443 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 75.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Key | 28,876 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 21,702 | 40.2 | ||
Labour | CK Lamberth | 3,139 | 5.8 | ||
Wessex Regionalist | M Kemp | 182 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | T Abbott | 86 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 7,174 | 13.3 | |||
Turnout | 72.8 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Aubrey Hamilton | 24,962 | 49.9 | ||
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 18,718 | 37.4 | ||
Labour | CR Boney | 6,321 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 6,244 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 77.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Aubrey Hamilton | 20,478 | 43.6 | ||
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 16,298 | 34.7 | ||
Labour | CJ Connnor | 10,140 | 21.6 | ||
Majority | 4,180 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 74.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Aubrey Hamilton | 22,753 | 45.7 | ||
Liberal | John F Lakeman | 16,536 | 33.2 | ||
Labour | CJ Connor | 10,455 | 21.0 | ||
Majority | 6,217 | 12.5 | |||
Turnout | 79.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Aubrey Hamilton | 26,549 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Alexander Waugh | 17,493 | 39.7 | ||
Majority | 9,056 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 71.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Aubrey Hamilton | 22,601 | 55.0 | ||
Labour | Ronald C Smith | 18,462 | 45.0 | ||
Majority | 4,139 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 41,063 | 76.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Aubrey Hamilton | 17,599 | 48.2 | −0.1 | |
Labour | Leifchild Mills | 13,660 | 37.4 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Cllr. Hugh Capstick | 4,699 | 12.9 | −4.4 | |
Independent Conservative | Horace Trevor-Cox | 533 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,939 | 10.8 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 36,491 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Granville Morrison | 20,071 | 48.3 | −4.5 | |
Labour | Leif Mills | 14,311 | 34.4 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Cllr. Hugh Capstick | 7,176 | 17.3 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 5,760 | 13.9 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,558 | 78.6 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | − |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Granville Morrison | 20,641 | 52.8 | ||
Labour | Dr. John A Cannon | 12,932 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal | John Mackarness Booker | 5,516 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | 7,709 | 19.7 | |||
Turnout | 78.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Granville Morrison | 20,271 | 53.4 | ||
Labour | John Papworth | 12,632 | 33.3 | ||
Liberal | John Mackarness Booker | 5,037 | 13.3 | ||
Majority | 7,639 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 77.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Granville Morrison | 21,798 | 57.1 | ||
Labour | Roger R Thomas | 16,386 | 42.9 | ||
Majority | 5,412 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 80.2 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Granville Morrison | 17,301 | 45.0 | ||
Labour | Ald. WAJ Case | 12,319 | 32.0 | ||
Liberal | Alan Campbell Johnson | 8,847 | 23.0 | ||
Majority | 4,982 | 12.9 | |||
Turnout | 83.7 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maj. John Granville Morrison | 16,742 | 44.02 | ||
Labour | John Alan Lyde Caunter | 12,344 | 32.46 | ||
Liberal | Wing-Com. Alan Campbell Johnson | 8,946 | 23.52 | ||
Majority | 4,398 | 11.56 | |||
Turnout | 70.81 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Granville Morrison | 12,076 | 67.8 | −3.7 | |
Independent Progressive | William Reginald Hipwell | 3,218 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Independent Democrat | J. D. Monro | 2,519 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,858 | 49.7 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 17,813 | 39.7 | −26.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Despencer-Robertson | 20,707 | 71.5 | −5.4 | |
Labour | E. J. Plaisted | 8,259 | 28.5 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 12,448 | 43.0 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,966 | 66.2 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Despencer-Robertson | 23,189 | 76.92 | ||
Labour | AB Lemon | 6,956 | 23.08 | ||
Majority | 16,233 | 53.85 | |||
Turnout | 71.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Despencer-Robertson | 15,800 | 53.9 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | Lucy Blanche Masterman | 9,588 | 32.7 | −6.6 | |
Labour | F. R. Hancock | 3,939 | 13.4 | +0 | |
Majority | 6,212 | 21.2 | +13.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,327 | 71.1 | −10.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 15,672 | 47.3 | −9.0 | |
Liberal | Lucy Blanche Masterman | 13,022 | 39.3 | +3.7 | |
Labour | F. R. Hancock | 4,435 | 13.4 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 2,650 | 8.0 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,129 | 81.9 | +0.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 14,475 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal | Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton | 9,138 | 35.6 | ||
Labour | David Freeman | 2,071 | 8.1 | ||
Majority | 20.8 | ||||
Turnout | 25,684 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton | 12,375 | |||
Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 11,710 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 11,882 | |||
Liberal | Alfred Ernest Brown | 11,559 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Hugh Morrison | 9,168 | |||
Liberal | Lt. Alfred Ernest Brown MC | 8,018 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Priaulx Tennant | 1,646 | 50.6 | ||
Conservative | Sir Walter Palmer | 1,605 | 49.4 | ||
Majority | 41 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 95.7 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
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- ↑ The Vly be on the Turmut at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 22 october 2011
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
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