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Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)

Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295. After this its franchise lapsed for several centuries, but it then returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1604 until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member under the Representation of the People Act 1867.

Evesham
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295, 1604–1885
Seatstwo until 1868, then one
Worcestershire, Evesham
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851950
Seatsone
Replaced byWorcester and South Worcestershire

From the 1885 general election, Evesham was abolished as a borough but the name was transferred to a larger county constituency electing one MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, with the town of Evesham itself being transferred to the new seat of South Worcestershire. Between 1885 and 1918 the constituency had the full name of the Southern, or Evesham, Division of Worcestershire (not to be confused with the 1950 seat).

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

1604-1640

Parliament First member Second member
1604-1611 Thomas Biggs Sir Philip Knightley, died
and replaced 1605 by
Robert Bowyer, appointed to crown office
and replaced 1610 by
Edward Salter
1614-1622 Sir Thomas Biggs Anthony Langston
1621 Sir Thomas Biggs Anthony Langston
1624 Sir Edward Conway Richard Cresheld
1625 Richard Cresheld Anthony Langston
1626 Sir John Hare Anthony Langston
1628 Sir Robert Harley Richard Cresheld
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned

1640-1868

Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
April 1640 William Sandys[1] Royalist William Morton
November 1640 Richard Cresheld Parliamentarian
1641 John Coventry Royalist
September 1642 Coventry disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645 Samuel Gardner
December 1648 Cresheld not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653 Evesham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Theophilus Andrews Robert Atkyns
May 1659 Evesham was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 John Egioke Sir Thomas Rouse
1661 William Sandys Abraham Cullen
1669 Sir John Hanmer
1670 Sir James Rushout
1679 Henry Parker
1681 Edward Rudge
1685 Henry Parker Sir John Matthewes
1690 Sir James Rushout Edward Rudge
1695 Henry Parker
1698 John Rudge Whig
January 1701 Sir James Rushout
November 1701 Hugh Parker
1702 John Rudge Whig
1708 Sir Edward Goodere
1715 John Deacle
1722 Sir John Rushout Whig
1734 William Taylor
1741 Edward Rudge
1754 John Porter
1756 Edward Rudge
1761 John Rushout
1768 George Durant
1774 Henry Seymour
1780 Charles Boughton
1790 Thomas Thompson
1796 Charles Thellusson
1802 Patrick Craufurd Bruce
1806 William Manning Tory Humphrey Howorth Opposition Whig
1807 Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes[2] Tory
1808 Humphrey Howorth Whig
1818 William Rouse-Boughton Whig[3]
1819 Sir Charles Cockerell Tory[3][4]
1820 William Rouse-Boughton Whig[3]
1826 Edward Protheroe Whig[3]
1830 Lord Kennedy Tory[3]
1831 Thomas Hudson Whig[3]
1832 Whig[3][4][5]
1835 Peter Borthwick[6] Conservative[3]
1837 George Rushout Conservative[3]
1838 Lord Marcus Hill Whig[3][7][8]
1841 Peter Borthwick Conservative[3]
1847 Sir Henry Willoughby, Bt Conservative
1852 Grenville Berkeley Whig[9]
1855 Edward Holland Whig[10][11][12]
1859 Liberal
1865 James Bourne Conservative

1868-1950

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Evesham[3][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Charles Cockerell 231 47.2
Tory Archibald Kennedy 148 30.3
Whig Alexander Raphael 110 22.5
Majority 38 7.8 N/A
Turnout 301 c. 70.5
Registered electors c. 427
Tory gain from Whig Swing
Tory gain from Whig Swing

The 1830 election was declared void on 13 December 1830, but no new writ was issued before dissolution ahead of the 1831 election.[14]

General election 1831: Evesham[3][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Charles Cockerell 208 41.5 −5.7
Whig Thomas Hudson (MP) 157 31.3 +8.8
Tory Archibald Kennedy 136 27.1 −3.2
Turnout 327 c. 76.6 c. +6.1
Registered electors c. 427
Majority 51 10.2 +2.4
Tory hold Swing −5.1
Majority 21 4.2 N/A
Whig gain from Tory Swing +8.9
General election 1832: Evesham[3][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Cockerell 234 40.9 −0.6
Whig Thomas Hudson (MP) 212 37.1 +5.8
Tory Peter Borthwick 126 22.0 −5.1
Majority 86 15.0 +10.8
Turnout 332 92.5 c. +15.9
Registered electors 359
Whig hold Swing +1.0
Whig gain from Tory Swing +4.2
General election 1835: Evesham[3][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Charles Cockerell Unopposed
Conservative Peter Borthwick Unopposed
Registered electors 338
Whig hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Cockerell's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 February 1837: Evesham[3][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative George Rushout 165 54.1
Whig Marcus Hill 140 45.9
Majority 25 8.2
Turnout 305 86.2
Registered electors 354
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: Evesham[3][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Cockerell 168 34.3
Conservative Peter Borthwick 166 33.9
Whig Marcus Hill 156 31.8
Majority 10 2.1
Turnout 307 86.7
Registered electors 354
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig

On petition, Borthwick was unseated and Hill declared elected instead.

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Evesham[3][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Marcus Hill 188 38.7 +6.9
Conservative Peter Borthwick 161 33.1 −0.8
Conservative George Rushout 137 28.2 −6.1
Majority 27 5.6 N/A
Turnout 335 87.7 +1.0
Registered electors 382
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +6.9
Conservative hold Swing −2.1

Hill was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 July 1846: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Marcus Hill Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1847: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Marcus Hill 195 39.2 +19.8
Conservative Henry Willoughby 172 34.5 −26.8
Whig Ralph Howard 131 26.3 +6.9
Turnout 249 (est) 70.1 (est) −17.6
Registered electors 355
Majority 23 4.7 −0.9
Whig hold Swing +16.6
Majority 41 8.2 N/A
Conservative hold Swing −26.8

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willoughby 189 42.4 +7.9
Whig Grenville Berkeley 170 38.1 −1.1
Radical Charles Wilkins[16][17] 87 19.5 −6.8
Turnout 223 (est) 63.9 (est) −6.2
Registered electors 349
Majority 19 4.3 -3.9
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
Majority 83 18.6 +14.0
Whig hold Swing +1.2

Berkeley resigned to contest the 1855 by-election in Cheltenham, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 July 1855: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Holland Unopposed
Whig hold
General election 1857: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willoughby 172 42.7 +0.3
Whig Edward Holland 170 42.2 +4.1
Peelite Henry Robert Addison[18][19] 61 15.1 N/A
Turnout 202 (est) 61.1 (est) −2.8
Registered electors 330
Majority 2 0.5 −3.8
Conservative hold Swing −1.9
Majority 109 27.1 +8.5
Whig hold Swing +1.9
General election 1859: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Willoughby 188 48.7 +6.0
Liberal Edward Holland 149 38.6 −3.6
Independent Liberal Edwin Chadwick[20][21] 49 12.7 New
Turnout 193 (est) 57.1 (est) −4.0
Registered electors 338
Majority 39 10.1 +9.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.8
Majority 100 25.9 −1.2
Liberal hold Swing −4.8

Elections in the 1860s

Willoughby's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 April 1865: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bourne Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bourne 175 53.4 +4.7
Liberal Edward Holland 124 37.8 −0.8
Liberal Josiah Harris[22] 29 8.8 N/A
Majority 51 15.4 +5.3
Turnout 299 (est) 88.7 (est) +31.6
Registered electors 337
Conservative hold Swing +2.8
Liberal hold Swing −2.8

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bourne 347 53.4 0.0
Liberal Thomas S Richardson[23] 303 46.6 0.0
Majority 44 6.8 −8.6
Turnout 650 84.5 −4.2
Registered electors 769
Conservative hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Evesham[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Bourne 346 53.6 +0.2
Liberal Joseph Napier Higgins[24] 299 46.4 −0.2
Majority 47 7.2 +0.4
Turnout 645 86.7 +2.2
Registered electors 744
Conservative hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Evesham[15][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff 382 50.6 +4.2
Conservative Algernon Borthwick[26] 373 49.4 −4.2
Majority 9 1.2 N/A
Turnout 755 91.3 +4.6
Registered electors 827
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.2

The 1880 election was declared void on account of bribery of electors, causing a by-election.[27]

 
Dixon-Hartland
By-election, 9 Jul 1880: Evesham[15][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Lehmann 378 50.1 −0.5
Conservative Frederick Dixon-Hartland 376 49.9 +0.5
Majority 2 0.3 −0.9
Turnout 754 91.2 −0.1
Registered electors 827
Liberal hold Swing −0.5

Lehmann's election was declared void, on account of bribery and corruption, and Hartland was then elected after scrutiny.[28]

 
Temple
General election 1885: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Temple 4,080 51.5 +2.1
Liberal Arthur Chamberlain 3,848 48.5 −2.1
Majority 232 3.0 N/A
Turnout 7,928 83.3 −8.0
Registered electors 9,522
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.1
General election 1886: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Temple 4,127 63.3 +11.8
Liberal Daniel Pidgeon 2,391 36.7 −11.8
Majority 1,736 26.6 +23.6
Turnout 6,518 68.5 −14.8
Registered electors 9,522
Conservative hold Swing +11.8

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Lechmere 4,170 53.7 −9.6
Liberal Frederick Impey 3,590 46.3 +9.6
Majority 580 7.4 −19.2
Turnout 7,760 81.0 +12.5
Registered electors 9,586
Conservative hold Swing −9.6
 
Long
1895 Evesham by-election[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Long 4,760 57.0 +3.3
Liberal Frederick Impey 3,585 43.0 −3.3
Majority 1,175 14.0 +6.6
Turnout 8,345 84.2 +3.2
Registered electors 9,914
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
General election 1895: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Long Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Long Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1906: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Long 4,385 50.5 N/A
Liberal Arthur Worthington Biggs 4,293 49.5 New
Majority 92 1.0 N/A
Turnout 8,678 89.0 N/A
Registered electors 9,756
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bolton Eyres-Monsell 5,416 57.5 +7.0
Liberal Walter John Burt 3,998 42.5 −7.0
Majority 1,418 15.0 +14.0
Turnout 9,414 90.4 +1.4
Registered electors 10,416
Conservative hold Swing +7.0
General election December 1910: Evesham [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bolton Eyres-Monsell Unopposed
Conservative hold

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Evesham[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Bolton Eyres-Monsell 10,479 62.0 N/A
Liberal William Pearce Ellis 3,570 21.1 New
Labour Walter Metcalfe Fielding 2,863 16.9 New
Majority 6,909 40.9 N/A
Turnout 16,912 58.5 N/A
Registered electors 28,931
Unionist hold Swing N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Evesham[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Bolton Eyres-Monsell 11,502 59.9 −2.1
Labour Robert Aldington 7,715 40.1 +23.2
Majority 3,787 19.8 −21.1
Turnout 19,217 65.7 +7.2
Registered electors 29,230
Unionist hold Swing −12.7
General election 1923: Evesham[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Bolton Eyres-Monsell 10,976 54.5 −5.4
Liberal William Henry Collett 5,453 27.1 New
Labour Robert Aldington 3,705 18.4 −21.7
Majority 5,523 27.4 +7.6
Turnout 20,134 67.7 +2.0
Registered electors 29,729
Unionist hold Swing +8.2
General election 1924: Evesham[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Bolton Eyres-Monsell 13,176 65.5 +11.0
Labour Robert Aldington 3,473 17.3 −1.1
Liberal Benjamin Ryle Swift 3,454 17.2 −9.9
Majority 9,703 48.2 +20.8
Turnout 20,103 66.4 −1.3
Registered electors 30,270
Unionist hold Swing +6.1
General election 1929: Evesham[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Bolton Eyres-Monsell 14,694 48.4 −17.1
Liberal Selick Davies 11,519 38.0 +20.8
Labour Robert Aldington 4,138 13.6 −3.7
Majority 3,175 10.4 −37.8
Turnout 30,351 76.4 +10.0
Registered electors 39,721
Unionist hold Swing −19.0

Elections in the 1930s

  • withdrew
General election 1935: Evesham[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert de la Bere 18,757 65.1 N/A
Labour W E Warder 6,264 21.8 New
Liberal Christopher a'Becket Williams 3,774 13.1 N/A
Majority 12,493 43.3 N/A
Turnout 28,795 66.4 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Evesham[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert de la Bere 17,835 53.4 -11.7
Liberal Duncan McGuffie 7,849 23.5 +10.4
Common Wealth Desmond Donnelly 7,727 23.1 New
Majority 9,986 29.9 -13.4
Turnout 33,411 63.3 -3.1
Conservative hold Swing

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evesham, parliament, constituency, evesham, parliamentary, constituency, worcestershire, which, represented, british, house, commons, originally, parliamentary, borough, consisting, town, evesham, first, represented, 1295, after, this, franchise, lapsed, sever. Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the British House of Commons Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham it was first represented in 1295 After this its franchise lapsed for several centuries but it then returned two Members of Parliament MPs from 1604 until 1868 when its representation was reduced to one member under the Representation of the People Act 1867 EveshamFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons1295 1604 1885Seatstwo until 1868 then oneWorcestershire EveshamFormer County constituencyfor the House of Commons1885 1950SeatsoneReplaced byWorcester and South WorcestershireFrom the 1885 general election Evesham was abolished as a borough but the name was transferred to a larger county constituency electing one MP This constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election with the town of Evesham itself being transferred to the new seat of South Worcestershire Between 1885 and 1918 the constituency had the full name of the Southern or Evesham Division of Worcestershire not to be confused with the 1950 seat Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2 1 1604 1640 2 2 1640 1868 2 3 1868 1950 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 1870s 3 6 Elections in the 1880s 3 7 Elections in the 1890s 3 8 Elections in the 1900s 3 9 Elections in the 1910s 3 10 Elections in the 1920s 3 11 Elections in the 1930s 3 12 Elections in the 1940s 4 ReferencesBoundaries Edit1604 1885 The parishes of All Saints Evesham St Lawrence Evesham and Bengeworth 1885 1918 The petty sessional divisions of Blockley Evesham Pershore and Upton on Severn and parts of the petty sessional divisions of Malvern and Redditch 1918 1950 The municipal boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham the rural districts of Droitwich Evesham Feckenham Pershore and Shipston on Stour the parishes of Bredon Bredon s Norton Conderton Overbury and Teddington from the rural district of Tewkesbury and the parts of the rural districts of Stow on the Wold and Winchcombe within the administrative county of WorcestershireMembers of Parliament Edit1604 1640 Edit Parliament First member Second member1604 1611 Thomas Biggs Sir Philip Knightley died and replaced 1605 by Robert Bowyer appointed to crown office and replaced 1610 by Edward Salter1614 1622 Sir Thomas Biggs Anthony Langston1621 Sir Thomas Biggs Anthony Langston1624 Sir Edward Conway Richard Cresheld1625 Richard Cresheld Anthony Langston1626 Sir John Hare Anthony Langston1628 Sir Robert Harley Richard Cresheld1629 1640 No Parliaments summoned1640 1868 Edit Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd PartyApril 1640 William Sandys 1 Royalist William MortonNovember 1640 Richard Cresheld Parliamentarian1641 John Coventry RoyalistSeptember 1642 Coventry disabled from sitting seat vacant1645 Samuel GardnerDecember 1648 Cresheld not recorded as sitting after Pride s Purge1653 Evesham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the ProtectorateJanuary 1659 Theophilus Andrews Robert AtkynsMay 1659 Evesham was not represented in the restored RumpApril 1660 John Egioke Sir Thomas Rouse1661 William Sandys Abraham Cullen1669 Sir John Hanmer1670 Sir James Rushout1679 Henry Parker1681 Edward Rudge1685 Henry Parker Sir John Matthewes1690 Sir James Rushout Edward Rudge1695 Henry Parker1698 John Rudge WhigJanuary 1701 Sir James RushoutNovember 1701 Hugh Parker1702 John Rudge Whig1708 Sir Edward Goodere1715 John Deacle1722 Sir John Rushout Whig1734 William Taylor1741 Edward Rudge1754 John Porter1756 Edward Rudge1761 John Rushout1768 George Durant1774 Henry Seymour1780 Charles Boughton1790 Thomas Thompson1796 Charles Thellusson1802 Patrick Craufurd Bruce1806 William Manning Tory Humphrey Howorth Opposition Whig1807 Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes 2 Tory1808 Humphrey Howorth Whig1818 William Rouse Boughton Whig 3 1819 Sir Charles Cockerell Tory 3 4 1820 William Rouse Boughton Whig 3 1826 Edward Protheroe Whig 3 1830 Lord Kennedy Tory 3 1831 Thomas Hudson Whig 3 1832 Whig 3 4 5 1835 Peter Borthwick 6 Conservative 3 1837 George Rushout Conservative 3 1838 Lord Marcus Hill Whig 3 7 8 1841 Peter Borthwick Conservative 3 1847 Sir Henry Willoughby Bt Conservative1852 Grenville Berkeley Whig 9 1855 Edward Holland Whig 10 11 12 1859 Liberal1865 James Bourne Conservative1868 1950 Edit Election Member Party1868 James Bourne Conservative1880 Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff LiberalJuly 1880 Frederick Lehmann 13 Liberal1881 Frederick Dixon Hartland Conservative1885 Sir Richard Temple Conservative1892 Sir Edmund Lechmere Conservative1895 Colonel Charles Wigram Long ConservativeJanuary 1910 Bolton Eyres Monsell Conservative1935 Rupert de la Bere Conservative1950 constituency abolishedElections EditElections in the 1830s Edit General election 1830 Evesham 3 14 Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Cockerell 231 47 2Tory Archibald Kennedy 148 30 3Whig Alexander Raphael 110 22 5Majority 38 7 8 N ATurnout 301 c 70 5Registered electors c 427Tory gain from Whig SwingTory gain from Whig SwingThe 1830 election was declared void on 13 December 1830 but no new writ was issued before dissolution ahead of the 1831 election 14 General election 1831 Evesham 3 14 Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Cockerell 208 41 5 5 7Whig Thomas Hudson MP 157 31 3 8 8Tory Archibald Kennedy 136 27 1 3 2Turnout 327 c 76 6 c 6 1Registered electors c 427Majority 51 10 2 2 4Tory hold Swing 5 1Majority 21 4 2 N AWhig gain from Tory Swing 8 9General election 1832 Evesham 3 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Charles Cockerell 234 40 9 0 6Whig Thomas Hudson MP 212 37 1 5 8Tory Peter Borthwick 126 22 0 5 1Majority 86 15 0 10 8Turnout 332 92 5 c 15 9Registered electors 359Whig hold Swing 1 0Whig gain from Tory Swing 4 2General election 1835 Evesham 3 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Charles Cockerell UnopposedConservative Peter Borthwick UnopposedRegistered electors 338Whig holdConservative gain from WhigCockerell s death caused a by election By election 4 February 1837 Evesham 3 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Rushout 165 54 1Whig Marcus Hill 140 45 9Majority 25 8 2Turnout 305 86 2Registered electors 354Conservative gain from WhigGeneral election 1837 Evesham 3 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Cockerell 168 34 3Conservative Peter Borthwick 166 33 9Whig Marcus Hill 156 31 8Majority 10 2 1Turnout 307 86 7Registered electors 354Conservative holdConservative gain from WhigOn petition Borthwick was unseated and Hill declared elected instead Elections in the 1840s Edit General election 1841 Evesham 3 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Marcus Hill 188 38 7 6 9Conservative Peter Borthwick 161 33 1 0 8Conservative George Rushout 137 28 2 6 1Majority 27 5 6 N ATurnout 335 87 7 1 0Registered electors 382Whig gain from Conservative Swing 6 9Conservative hold Swing 2 1Hill was appointed Comptroller of the Household requiring a by election By election 11 July 1846 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Marcus Hill UnopposedWhig holdGeneral election 1847 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Marcus Hill 195 39 2 19 8Conservative Henry Willoughby 172 34 5 26 8Whig Ralph Howard 131 26 3 6 9Turnout 249 est 70 1 est 17 6Registered electors 355Majority 23 4 7 0 9Whig hold Swing 16 6Majority 41 8 2 N AConservative hold Swing 26 8Elections in the 1850s Edit General election 1852 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Willoughby 189 42 4 7 9Whig Grenville Berkeley 170 38 1 1 1Radical Charles Wilkins 16 17 87 19 5 6 8Turnout 223 est 63 9 est 6 2Registered electors 349Majority 19 4 3 3 9Conservative hold Swing 4 5Majority 83 18 6 14 0Whig hold Swing 1 2Berkeley resigned to contest the 1855 by election in Cheltenham causing a by election By election 11 July 1855 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Whig Edward Holland UnopposedWhig holdGeneral election 1857 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Willoughby 172 42 7 0 3Whig Edward Holland 170 42 2 4 1Peelite Henry Robert Addison 18 19 61 15 1 N ATurnout 202 est 61 1 est 2 8Registered electors 330Majority 2 0 5 3 8Conservative hold Swing 1 9Majority 109 27 1 8 5Whig hold Swing 1 9General election 1859 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Willoughby 188 48 7 6 0Liberal Edward Holland 149 38 6 3 6Independent Liberal Edwin Chadwick 20 21 49 12 7 NewTurnout 193 est 57 1 est 4 0Registered electors 338Majority 39 10 1 9 6Conservative hold Swing 4 8Majority 100 25 9 1 2Liberal hold Swing 4 8Elections in the 1860s Edit Willoughby s death caused a by election By election 4 April 1865 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Bourne UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1865 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Bourne 175 53 4 4 7Liberal Edward Holland 124 37 8 0 8Liberal Josiah Harris 22 29 8 8 N AMajority 51 15 4 5 3Turnout 299 est 88 7 est 31 6Registered electors 337Conservative hold Swing 2 8Liberal hold Swing 2 8Seat reduced to one member General election 1868 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Bourne 347 53 4 0 0Liberal Thomas S Richardson 23 303 46 6 0 0Majority 44 6 8 8 6Turnout 650 84 5 4 2Registered electors 769Conservative hold Swing 0 0Elections in the 1870s Edit General election 1874 Evesham 15 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Bourne 346 53 6 0 2Liberal Joseph Napier Higgins 24 299 46 4 0 2Majority 47 7 2 0 4Turnout 645 86 7 2 2Registered electors 744Conservative hold Swing 0 2Elections in the 1880s Edit General election 1880 Evesham 15 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff 382 50 6 4 2Conservative Algernon Borthwick 26 373 49 4 4 2Majority 9 1 2 N ATurnout 755 91 3 4 6Registered electors 827Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 4 2The 1880 election was declared void on account of bribery of electors causing a by election 27 Dixon Hartland By election 9 Jul 1880 Evesham 15 25 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Frederick Lehmann 378 50 1 0 5Conservative Frederick Dixon Hartland 376 49 9 0 5Majority 2 0 3 0 9Turnout 754 91 2 0 1Registered electors 827Liberal hold Swing 0 5Lehmann s election was declared void on account of bribery and corruption and Hartland was then elected after scrutiny 28 Temple General election 1885 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Richard Temple 4 080 51 5 2 1Liberal Arthur Chamberlain 3 848 48 5 2 1Majority 232 3 0 N ATurnout 7 928 83 3 8 0Registered electors 9 522Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 2 1General election 1886 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Richard Temple 4 127 63 3 11 8Liberal Daniel Pidgeon 2 391 36 7 11 8Majority 1 736 26 6 23 6Turnout 6 518 68 5 14 8Registered electors 9 522Conservative hold Swing 11 8Elections in the 1890s Edit General election 1892 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edmund Lechmere 4 170 53 7 9 6Liberal Frederick Impey 3 590 46 3 9 6Majority 580 7 4 19 2Turnout 7 760 81 0 12 5Registered electors 9 586Conservative hold Swing 9 6 Long 1895 Evesham by election 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Long 4 760 57 0 3 3Liberal Frederick Impey 3 585 43 0 3 3Majority 1 175 14 0 6 6Turnout 8 345 84 2 3 2Registered electors 9 914Conservative hold Swing 3 3General election 1895 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Long UnopposedConservative holdElections in the 1900s Edit General election 1900 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Long UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1906 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Long 4 385 50 5 N ALiberal Arthur Worthington Biggs 4 293 49 5 NewMajority 92 1 0 N ATurnout 8 678 89 0 N ARegistered electors 9 756Conservative hold Swing N AElections in the 1910s Edit General election January 1910 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bolton Eyres Monsell 5 416 57 5 7 0Liberal Walter John Burt 3 998 42 5 7 0Majority 1 418 15 0 14 0Turnout 9 414 90 4 1 4Registered electors 10 416Conservative hold Swing 7 0General election December 1910 Evesham 29 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bolton Eyres Monsell UnopposedConservative holdGeneral 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 Bolton Eyres Monsell Liberal William Pearce EllisGeneral election 1918 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Bolton Eyres Monsell 10 479 62 0 N ALiberal William Pearce Ellis 3 570 21 1 NewLabour Walter Metcalfe Fielding 2 863 16 9 NewMajority 6 909 40 9 N ATurnout 16 912 58 5 N ARegistered electors 28 931Unionist hold Swing N AC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s Edit General election 1922 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Bolton Eyres Monsell 11 502 59 9 2 1Labour Robert Aldington 7 715 40 1 23 2Majority 3 787 19 8 21 1Turnout 19 217 65 7 7 2Registered electors 29 230Unionist hold Swing 12 7General election 1923 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Bolton Eyres Monsell 10 976 54 5 5 4Liberal William Henry Collett 5 453 27 1 NewLabour Robert Aldington 3 705 18 4 21 7Majority 5 523 27 4 7 6Turnout 20 134 67 7 2 0Registered electors 29 729Unionist hold Swing 8 2General election 1924 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Bolton Eyres Monsell 13 176 65 5 11 0Labour Robert Aldington 3 473 17 3 1 1Liberal Benjamin Ryle Swift 3 454 17 2 9 9Majority 9 703 48 2 20 8Turnout 20 103 66 4 1 3Registered electors 30 270Unionist hold Swing 6 1General election 1929 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Bolton Eyres Monsell 14 694 48 4 17 1Liberal Selick Davies 11 519 38 0 20 8Labour Robert Aldington 4 138 13 6 3 7Majority 3 175 10 4 37 8Turnout 30 351 76 4 10 0Registered electors 39 721Unionist hold Swing 19 0Elections in the 1930s Edit General election 1931 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Bolton Eyres Monsell UnopposedLiberal Harry Briggs WithdrewRegistered electorsConservative holdwithdrewGeneral election 1935 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rupert de la Bere 18 757 65 1 N ALabour W E Warder 6 264 21 8 NewLiberal Christopher a Becket Williams 3 774 13 1 N AMajority 12 493 43 3 N ATurnout 28 795 66 4 N AConservative hold Swing N AGeneral 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 and by the Autumn of 1939 the following candidates had been selected Conservative Rupert de la Bere Liberal W F Newnes 31 British Union John DowtyElections in the 1940s Edit General election 1945 Evesham 30 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rupert de la Bere 17 835 53 4 11 7Liberal Duncan McGuffie 7 849 23 5 10 4Common Wealth Desmond Donnelly 7 727 23 1 NewMajority 9 986 29 9 13 4Turnout 33 411 63 3 3 1Conservative hold SwingReferences 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