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^At the election of 1710, Lloyd and Tuckfield were returned but on petition both were found not to have been duly elected (in a dispute over the franchise), and Reynell and Courtenay were declared elected in their place
^Courtenay had also been elected for Newport (Cornwall), which he chose to represent; on his being declared duly elected for Ashburton a new writ for a by-election was immediately issued, and Courtenay never sat for Ashburton
^Yonge was also elected for Honiton, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Ashburton
^Palk was re-elected in 1796 but was also elected for Devon, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Ashburton again
^ abDisraeli, Benjamin (1982). Gunn, John A. W.; Matthews, John P.; Schurman, Donald M.; Wiebe, Melvin G. (eds.). Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1835-1837. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN9781442639546.
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October 30, 2023
ashburton, parliament, constituency, ashburton, also, known, devon, borough, constituency, represented, house, commons, parliament, westminster, parliaments, 1295, 1407, regularly, from, 1640, until, abolished, 1868, general, election, three, devon, borough, c. Ashburton also known as Mid Devon was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament at Westminster for the Parliaments of 1295 and 1407 1 2 and regularly from 1640 until it was abolished for the 1868 general election It was one of three Devon borough constituencies newly enfranchised or re enfranchised after a gap of centuries in the Long Parliament It returned two Members of Parliament until the 1832 general election when the number was reduced to one MP 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AshburtonFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyDevonMajor settlementsAshburton1885 1918SeatsOneCreated fromEast DevonReplaced byParts of Totnes South Molton and Tiverton1640 1868SeatsTwo 1640 1832 One 1832 1868 Type of constituencyBorough constituencyReplaced byEast DevonFrom the 1885 general election Ashburton was revived as a county division of Devon It returned one member until it was abolished from the 1918 general election Contents 1 Boundaries 1 1 1885 1918 2 Members of Parliament 2 1 Ashburton borough 1398 1868 2 1 1 MPs 1640 1832 2 1 2 MPs 1832 1868 2 2 Mid or Ashburton division of Devon 1885 1918 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1830s 3 2 Elections in the 1840s 3 3 Elections in the 1850s 3 4 Elections in the 1860s 3 5 Elections in the 1880s 3 6 Elections in the 1890s 3 7 Elections in the 1900s 3 8 Elections in the 1910s 4 ReferencesBoundaries edit1885 1918 edit The Sessional Divisions of Crockernwell and Teignbridge 10 Members of Parliament editAshburton borough 1398 1868 edit 1407 Richard Hurston Walter Denys 2 Ashburton re enfranchised by Parliament in Nov 1640 MPs 1640 1832 edit Election First member First party Second member Second partyNovember 1640 Sir John Northcote Parliamentarian Sir Edmund Fowell ParliamentarianDecember 1648 Northcote and Fowell excluded in Pride s Purge both seats vacant1653 Ashburton was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the ProtectorateJanuary 1659 Thomas Reynell John FowellMay 1659 Not represented in the restored RumpApril 1660 Sir William Courtenay John Fowell 11 1661 Sir George Sondes1677 William Stawell Rawlin MallockFebruary 1679 Thomas ReynellSeptember 1679 Richard Duke of Otterton1681 William Stawell1685 Edward Yarde1689 Sir Walter Yonge Thomas Reynell1690 William Stawell Sir Richard Reynell1695 Richard Duke of Otterton1701 Sir Thomas Lear1702 Richard Reynell1705 Gilbert YardeJanuary 1708 Roger Tuckfield WhigMay 1708 Robert Balle1710 12 Richard LloydMarch 1711 Richard Reynell George Courtenay 13 March 1711 Andrew Quick1713 Roger Tuckfield Whig1734 Sir William Yonge 14 Whig1735 Thomas Bladen1739 Joseph Taylor1741 John Harris John Arscott1754 The Viscount Midleton1761 Hon Thomas Walpole1767 Robert Palk Tory 15 1768 Laurence Sulivan Tory 15 Charles Boone Tory 15 1774 Robert Palk 16 Tory 15 1784 Robert Mackreth 17 Tory 15 1787 Lawrence Palk 18 Tory 15 1796 Walter Palk Tory 15 1802 Sir Hugh Inglis Tory 15 1806 Hon Gilbert Elliot Tory 15 1807 Lord Charles Bentinck Tory 15 1811 John Sullivan Tory 15 1812 Richard Preston Tory 15 1818 Sir Lawrence Vaughan Palk Tory 15 Sir John Copley Tory 15 1826 William Sturges Bourne Tory 15 1830 Charles Arbuthnot Tory 15 February 1831 William Stephen Poyntz Whig 15 19 May 1831 Robert Torrens Whig 15 20 1832 Representation reduced to one MemberMPs 1832 1868 edit Election Member Party1832 William Stephen Poyntz Whig 15 19 1835 Charles Lushington Whig 15 21 22 1841 William Jardine Whig 15 23 24 1843 by election James Matheson 25 Whig 15 26 27 1847 Thomas Matheson Whig 28 1852 George Moffatt Radical 29 30 1859 John Harvey Astell Conservative1865 Robert Jardine Liberal1868 Constituency abolishedMid or Ashburton division of Devon 1885 1918 edit Election Member Party1885 Charles Seale Hayne Liberal1904 by election Harry Eve Liberal1908 by election Ernest Morrison Bell Liberal UnionistJanuary 1910 Charles Buxton LiberalDecember 1910 Ernest Morrison Bell Conservative1918 Constituency abolishedElections editElections in the 1830s edit General election 1830 Ashburton 31 15 32 Party Candidate Votes Tory Lawrence Vaughan Palk UnopposedTory Charles Arbuthnot UnopposedTory holdTory holdArbuthnot resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds causing a by election By election 25 February 1831 Ashburton 31 15 32 Party Candidate Votes Whig William Stephen Poyntz UnopposedWhig gain from ToryGeneral election 1831 Ashburton 31 15 32 Party Candidate Votes Whig William Stephen Poyntz 74 45 7 N AWhig Robert Torrens 47 29 0 N ATory Lawrence Vaughan Palk 41 25 3 N AMajority 6 3 7 N ATurnout 81 est 80 2 est N ARegistered electors 101Whig gain from Tory Swing N AWhig gain from Tory Swing N AGeneral election 1832 Ashburton 31 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig William Stephen Poyntz UnopposedRegistered electors 198Whig holdGeneral election 1835 Ashburton 31 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Charles Lushington 89 55 6 N AConservative John Horsley Palmer 33 71 44 4 NewMajority 18 11 2 N ATurnout 160 84 2 N ARegistered electors 190Whig hold Swing N AGeneral election 1837 Ashburton 31 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Charles Lushington 98 53 0 2 6Conservative William John Utten Browne 34 87 47 0 2 6Majority 11 6 0 5 2Turnout 185 81 9 2 3Registered electors 226Whig hold Swing 2 6Elections in the 1840s edit General election 1841 Ashburton 31 Party Candidate Votes Whig William Jardine UnopposedRegistered electors 280Whig holdJardine s death caused a by election By election 8 March 1843 Ashburton 31 Party Candidate Votes Whig James Matheson 141 59 5 N AConservative John Horsley Palmer 35 96 40 5 NewMajority 45 19 0 N ATurnout 237 87 8 N ARegistered electors 270Whig hold Swing N AGeneral election 1847 Ashburton 31 Party Candidate Votes Whig Thomas Matheson UnopposedRegistered electors 262Whig holdElections in the 1850s edit General election 1852 Ashburton 31 Party Candidate Votes Radical George Moffatt UnopposedRegistered electors 236Radical gain from WhigGeneral election 1857 Ashburton 31 Party Candidate Votes Radical George Moffatt UnopposedRegistered electors 182Radical holdGeneral election 1859 Ashburton 31 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Harvey Astell 91 50 3 NewLiberal George Moffatt 90 49 7 N AMajority 1 0 6 N ATurnout 181 92 3 N ARegistered electors 196Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N AElections in the 1860s edit General election 1865 Ashburton 31 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Robert Jardine UnopposedRegistered electors 350Liberal gain from ConservativeElections in the 1880s edit nbsp Seale HayneGeneral election 1885 Ashburton 36 37 10 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Seale Hayne 4 433 58 2 N AConservative William James Harris 3 182 41 8 NewMajority 1 251 16 4 N ATurnout 7 615 81 9 N ARegistered electors 9 300Liberal win new seat nbsp MartinGeneral election 1886 Ashburton 36 37 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Seale Hayne 3 413 53 2 5 0Liberal Unionist Richard Martin 3 007 46 8 5 0Majority 406 6 4 10 0Turnout 6 420 69 0 12 9Registered electors 9 300Liberal hold Swing 5 0Elections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 Ashburton 36 37 38 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Seale Hayne 4 361 54 4 1 2Conservative Charles Robert Collins 3 650 45 6 1 2Majority 711 8 8 2 4Turnout 8 011 85 3 16 3Registered electors 9 392Liberal hold Swing 1 2General election 1895 Ashburton 36 37 39 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Seale Hayne 4 380 52 4 2 0Conservative John A Nix 3 976 47 6 2 0Majority 4 4 4 8 4 0Turnout 8 356 85 9 0 6Registered electors 9 726Liberal hold Swing 2 0Elections in the 1900s edit General election 1900 Ashburton 36 37 39 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Seale Hayne 4 487 54 7 2 3Conservative John A Nix 3 716 45 3 2 3Majority 771 9 4 4 6Turnout 8 203 83 9 2 0Registered electors 9 777Liberal hold Swing 2 3 nbsp Eve1904 Ashburton by election 36 37 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Harry Eve 5 034 58 6 3 9Conservative Richard Harrison 3 558 41 4 3 9Majority 1 476 17 2 7 8Turnout 8 592 85 1 1 2Registered electors 10 097Liberal hold Swing 3 9General election 1906 Ashburton 36 37 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Harry Eve 5 079 57 3 2 6Conservative Ernest Morrison Bell 3 790 42 7 2 6Majority 1 289 14 6 5 2Turnout 8 869 85 0 1 1Registered electors 10 429Liberal hold Swing 2 61908 Ashburton by election 36 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ernest Morrison Bell 5 191 52 8 10 1Liberal Charles Buxton 4 632 47 2 10 1Majority 559 5 7 N ATurnout 9 823 89 5 4 5Registered electors 10 976Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 10 1Elections in the 1910s edit nbsp BuxtonGeneral election January 1910 Ashburton 36 40 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Charles Buxton 5 668 51 1 3 9Conservative Ernest Morrison Bell 5 421 48 9 3 9Majority 247 2 2 7 8Turnout 11 089 92 6 3 1Liberal hold Swing 3 9General election December 1910 Ashburton 36 40 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ernest Morrison Bell 5 579 51 6 2 7Liberal Charles Buxton 5 225 48 4 2 7Majority 354 3 2 5 4Turnout 10 804 90 2 2 4Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 2 7General 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 the July 1914 the following candidates had been selected Unionist Ernest Morrison Bell Liberal References edit Hannes Kleineke 2008 The Widening Gap The Practice of Parliamentary Borough Elections in Devon and Cornwall in the Fifteenth Century Parliamentary History 23 1 124 Retrieved 9 June 2021 a b c Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1386 1421 Retrieved 27 March 2019 Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1640 1660 Retrieved 27 March 2019 currently unavailable Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1660 1690 Retrieved 27 March 2019 Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1690 1715 Retrieved 27 March 2019 Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1715 1754 Retrieved 27 March 2019 Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1754 1790 Retrieved 27 March 2019 Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1790 1820 Retrieved 27 March 2019 Ashburton History of Parliament Online 1820 1832 Retrieved 27 March 2019 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1886 Succeeded as 2nd Baronet 1674 At the election of 1710 Lloyd and Tuckfield were returned but on petition both were found not to have been duly elected in a dispute over the franchise and Reynell and Courtenay were declared elected in their place Courtenay had also been elected for Newport Cornwall which he chose to represent on his being declared duly elected for Ashburton a new writ for a by election was immediately issued and Courtenay never sat for Ashburton Yonge was also elected for Honiton which he chose to represent and never sat for Ashburton a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Stooks Smith Henry 1973 1844 1850 Craig F W S ed The Parliaments of England 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services pp 63 64 ISBN 0 900178 13 2 Created a baronet May 1782 Knighted May 1795 Palk was re elected in 1796 but was also elected for Devon which he chose to represent and did not sit for Ashburton again a b Disraeli Benjamin 1982 Gunn John A W Matthews John P Schurman Donald M Wiebe Melvin G eds Benjamin Disraeli Letters 1835 1837 Toronto University of Toronto Press ISBN 9781442639546 Jenkins Terry 2009 TORRENS Robert 1780 1864 of Stonehouse Devon and 12 Fludyer Street Mdx The History of Parliament Retrieved 6 September 2019 Seaber Luke 2017 Brant Clare Saunders Max eds Incognito Social Investigation in British Literature Certainties in Degradation eBook ed Palgrave Macmillan p 3 ISBN 9783319509624 Waddams S M 2004 Lushington Stephen 1782 1873 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 17213 Subscription or UK public library membership required Neal Stan 2015 Jardine Matheson and Chinese Migration in the British Empire 1833 1853 PDF PhD Northumbria University p 101 Retrieved 26 October 2018 Borough of Ashburton Devonshire Morning Post 3 July 1841 pp 3 4 Retrieved 26 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Created a baronet 1850 Ashburton Election Freeman s Journal 11 March 1843 p 2 Retrieved 26 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Royal Cornwall Gazette 10 March 1843 p 2 Retrieved 26 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Political Norfolk News 31 July 1847 p 2 Retrieved 26 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Steele E D 1991 At home Palmerston and Liberalism 1855 1865 Cambridge Cambridge University Press p 84 ISBN 0521400457 Retrieved 7 April 2018 The New House of Commons Hull Packet 9 July 1852 p 5 Retrieved 7 April 2018 via British Newspaper Archive a b c d e f g h i j k l m Craig F W S ed 1977 British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 1885 1st ed London Macmillan Press ISBN 978 1 349 02349 3 a b c Jenkins Terry 2009 Ashburton The History of Parliament Retrieved 6 September 2019 The Elections The Scotsman 10 January 1835 p 4 Retrieved 6 September 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Yale University Press 1965 British History Online list of speakers in the Parliaments of 1656 and 1658 9 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with A part 3 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ashburton UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1167698293, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
