Since its creation it has been a Conservative or Liberal/Liberal Democrat seat, sometimes seemingly marginal and sometimes seen as a safe seat, with a tendency towards being Conservative.[n 2] West Berkshire which is similar to its neighbours has a rather thriving economy with the headquarters of the communications company Vodafone that has created a cluster of around 80 mobile phone related businesses in Newbury,[2] while the Lambourn area is the second most important centre for the racehorse industry in Great Britain, employing over 800 people directly, and producing an annual income of £20 million.[3]
The Conservatives have held the constituency for all but seventeen years since the creation of the seat – only three spells of Liberal Party, or Liberal Democrat, majorities have intersected their control. In 2015, the party held the largest majority in the seat since 1935 at 46%, before being reduced to 40.1% in 2017.
Since the February 1974 election, the Liberal Democrats have been one of the two largest parties in the constituency. They most recently gained the seat at the 1993 by-election, holding it until 2005 where it was regained by the Conservatives.
The constituency in 2010 produced the third lowest share of the vote for Labour (4.3%), one of five lost deposits for Labour nationally, below the 5% of the vote deposit threshold.[6][n 3] In 2017, Labour earned its highest share of the vote in Newbury since the October 1974 election with 14.1% of the vote.
It was estimated that the constituency voted 51% in favour of remaining in the European Union during the 2016 referendum on EU membership, with 49% voting to leave.[7]
In December 2023, the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non-battleground seats, suggesting they did not see it as winnable.[8]
The constituency was created as the Southern or Newbury Division of Berkshire under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when the three-member Parliamentary County of Berkshire was divided into the three single-member constituencies of Abingdon, Newbury and Wokingham. It comprised:
The Boroughs of Newbury and Reading;
the Sessional Divisions of Ilsley, Lambourn, Newbury (including Hungerford), and Reading (except the parishes of East Swallowfield and West Swallowfield); and
Only non-resident freeholders of the municipal borough Reading (which comprised the Parliamentary Borough of Reading) were entitled to vote.
1918–1950edit
The Boroughs of Newbury and Wokingham;
The Rural Districts of Hungerford and Newbury; and
Parts of the Rural Districts of Bradfield and Wokingham.[10]
Extended eastwards, with the addition of Wokingham and surrounding areas from the abolished Wokingham Division. Small area in the north transferred to Abingdon and areas which had been annexed by Reading County Borough transferred to the Parliamentary Borough thereof.
1950–1955edit
The Borough of Newbury; and
The Rural Districts of Bradfield, Hungerford and Newbury.[10]
Wokingham and rural areas to the south and east of Reading transferred to the re-established constituency of Wokingham. Small area transferred from Abingdon.
1955–1974edit
The Borough of Newbury;
The Rural Districts of Bradfield, Hungerford and Newbury; and
The County Borough of Reading ward of Tilehurst.[10]
Gained the Tilehurst ward from the abolished constituency of Reading North. From the 1964 general election, the wards of Norcot and Tilehurst were included following a revision to the local authority wards in Reading.[10]
1974–1983edit
The borough of Newbury; and
The rural districts of Bradfield, Hungerford, and Newbury.[11]
The two Reading wards were transferred back to the re-established constituency of Reading North. The boundary with Abingdon was slightly amended to take account of changes to local government boundaries.
1983–1997edit
The District of Newbury wards of Aldermaston, Basildon, Beenham, Bradfield, Bucklebury, Burghfield, Chieveley, Cold Ash, Compton, Craven, Downlands, Falkland, Greenham, Hungerford, Kintbury, Lambourn Valley, Mortimer, Northcroft, St John's, Shaw-cum-Donnington, Speen, Thatcham North, Thatcham South, Thatcham West, Turnpike, and Winchcombe.[12]
Gained a small area of the abolished constituency of Abingdon (part of the former Rural District of Wantage) which was retained by Berkshire when the rest of the area comprising Abingdon was transferred to Oxfordshire by the Local Government Act 1972. Areas to the west of Reading included in the new constituency of Reading West.
Map of current boundaries
1997–2010edit
The District of Newbury wards of Aldermaston, Basildon, Beenham, Bradfield, Bucklebury, Chieveley, Cold Ash, Compton, Craven, Downlands, Falkland, Greenham, Hungerford, Kintbury, Lambourn Valley, Northcroft, St John's, Shaw-cum-Donnington, Speen, Thatcham North, Thatcham South, Thatcham West, Turnpike, and Winchcombe.[13]
Small loss to Wokingham in the east of the constituency (Burghfield and Mortimer wards).
2010–presentedit
The District of West Berkshire wards of Aldermaston, Basildon, Bucklebury, Chieveley, Clay Hill, Cold Ash, Compton, Downlands, Falkland, Greenham, Hungerford, Kintbury, Lambourn Valley, Northcroft, St John's, Speen, Thatcham Central, Thatcham North, Thatcham South and Crookham, Thatcham West, and Victoria.[14]
The District of West Berkshire wards of: Chieveley & Cold Ash; Downlands (polling districts BG, CA, CB, EA, FA, FB, GA1, GA2, LB and PC); Hungerford & Kintbury; Lambourn; Newbury Central; Newbury Clay Hill; Newbury Greenham; Newbury Speen; Newbury Wash Common; Thatcham Central; Thatcham Colthrop & Crookham; Thatcham North East; Thatcham West.[15]
The electorate will be further reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring eastern, rural areas to the new constituency of Reading West and Mid Berkshire.
Members of Parliamentedit
An incumbent MP has been defeated just four times, in the elections of 1906, 1923, 1924, and 2005.
After the 1970 general election, Newbury's boundaries were altered to reduce the size of the electorate which had grown to over 85,000. After the boundary changes, the electorate numbered around 72,000 people. This came into effect for the first general election in February 1974.
^Burghfield, Mortimer and Sulhamstead; and, respectively Burch Copse, Calcot, Pangbourne, Purley on Thames, Theale and Westwood
^The total period served by either a Liberal or Liberal Democrat MP is 17 years, Conservative MPs have served for the remaining 110 years (to the end of 2012)
^Other lost Labour deposits took place in Eastbourne, Somerton & Frome, Cornwall North and Westmorland & Lonsdale
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^"Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^Laura Farris [@Laura__Farris] (22 July 2023). "It has been the privilege of my life to represent Newbury in Parliament & I'm delighted to have been formally re-adopted as the Conservative candidate at the next General Election.💙" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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newbury, parliament, constituency, newbury, constituency, represented, house, commons, parliament, from, 2019, laura, farris, conservative, created, redistribution, seats, 1885, been, continual, existence, since, then, newburycounty, constituencyfor, house, co. Newbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2019 by Laura Farris a Conservative It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and has been in continual existence since then NewburyCounty constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Newbury in BerkshireLocation of Berkshire within EnglandCountyBerkshireElectorate82 034 2018 1 Major settlementsNewbury Thatcham HungerfordCurrent constituencyCreated1885Member of ParliamentLaura Farris Conservative SeatsOneCreated fromBerkshire Contents 1 Constituency profile 2 History 3 Boundaries and boundary changes 3 1 1885 1918 3 2 1918 1950 3 3 1950 1955 3 4 1955 1974 3 5 1974 1983 3 6 1983 1997 3 7 1997 2010 3 8 2010 present 3 9 Proposed 4 Members of Parliament 5 Elections 5 1 Elections in the 2020s 5 2 Elections in the 2010s 5 3 Elections in the 2000s 5 4 Elections in the 1990s 5 5 Elections in the 1980s 5 6 Elections in the 1970s 5 7 Elections in the 1960s 5 8 Elections in the 1950s 5 9 Elections in the 1940s 5 10 Elections in the 1930s 5 11 Elections in the 1920s 5 12 Elections in the 1910s 5 13 Elections in the 1900s 5 14 Elections in the 1890s 5 15 Elections in the 1880s 6 Neighbouring constituencies 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 Sources 11 External linksConstituency profile editThe constituency consists of most of West Berkshire and includes Newbury Thatcham and Hungerford To the east the rest of West Berkshire is incorporated into the Wokingham and Reading West constituencies n 1 Since its creation it has been a Conservative or Liberal Liberal Democrat seat sometimes seemingly marginal and sometimes seen as a safe seat with a tendency towards being Conservative n 2 West Berkshire which is similar to its neighbours has a rather thriving economy with the headquarters of the communications company Vodafone that has created a cluster of around 80 mobile phone related businesses in Newbury 2 while the Lambourn area is the second most important centre for the racehorse industry in Great Britain employing over 800 people directly and producing an annual income of 20 million 3 West Berkshire is also home to Atomic Weapons Establishment near Aldermaston Wolseley plc Bayer and PepsiCo There are high proportions of detached and semi detached housing and lower than average dependency on social housing 4 5 The seat includes the former family home of Catherine Duchess of Cambridge wife of Prince William Duke of Cambridge in Bucklebury Neighbouring constituenciesThe constituencies bordering Newbury clockwise from north are Wantage Henley Reading West Wokingham Basingstoke North West Hampshire and Devizes History editOriginally Newbury was part of a larger constituency of Berkshire which returned two Members of Parliament MPs increased to three in the Reform Act of 1832 In the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885 Berkshire was divided into three county constituencies Northern Abingdon Southern Newbury and Eastern Wokingham and two borough constituencies Reading and New Windsor each returning one member nbsp A graph plotting the election results for Newbury larger version and key The Conservatives have held the constituency for all but seventeen years since the creation of the seat only three spells of Liberal Party or Liberal Democrat majorities have intersected their control In 2015 the party held the largest majority in the seat since 1935 at 46 before being reduced to 40 1 in 2017 Since the February 1974 election the Liberal Democrats have been one of the two largest parties in the constituency They most recently gained the seat at the 1993 by election holding it until 2005 where it was regained by the Conservatives The constituency in 2010 produced the third lowest share of the vote for Labour 4 3 one of five lost deposits for Labour nationally below the 5 of the vote deposit threshold 6 n 3 In 2017 Labour earned its highest share of the vote in Newbury since the October 1974 election with 14 1 of the vote It was estimated that the constituency voted 51 in favour of remaining in the European Union during the 2016 referendum on EU membership with 49 voting to leave 7 In December 2023 the Labour Party included the seat in its published list of 211 non battleground seats suggesting they did not see it as winnable 8 For European Elections see Newbury Berkshire Boundaries and boundary changes edit1885 1918 edit The constituency was created as the Southern or Newbury Division of Berkshire under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the three member Parliamentary County of Berkshire was divided into the three single member constituencies of Abingdon Newbury and Wokingham It comprised The Boroughs of Newbury and Reading the Sessional Divisions of Ilsley Lambourn Newbury including Hungerford and Reading except the parishes of East Swallowfield and West Swallowfield and Part of the Sessional Division of Wokingham 9 Only non resident freeholders of the municipal borough Reading which comprised the Parliamentary Borough of Reading were entitled to vote 1918 1950 edit The Boroughs of Newbury and Wokingham The Rural Districts of Hungerford and Newbury and Parts of the Rural Districts of Bradfield and Wokingham 10 Extended eastwards with the addition of Wokingham and surrounding areas from the abolished Wokingham Division Small area in the north transferred to Abingdon and areas which had been annexed by Reading County Borough transferred to the Parliamentary Borough thereof nbsp The Newbury constituency in 19541950 1955 edit The Borough of Newbury and The Rural Districts of Bradfield Hungerford and Newbury 10 Wokingham and rural areas to the south and east of Reading transferred to the re established constituency of Wokingham Small area transferred from Abingdon 1955 1974 edit The Borough of Newbury The Rural Districts of Bradfield Hungerford and Newbury and The County Borough of Reading ward of Tilehurst 10 Gained the Tilehurst ward from the abolished constituency of Reading North From the 1964 general election the wards of Norcot and Tilehurst were included following a revision to the local authority wards in Reading 10 1974 1983 edit The borough of Newbury and The rural districts of Bradfield Hungerford and Newbury 11 The two Reading wards were transferred back to the re established constituency of Reading North The boundary with Abingdon was slightly amended to take account of changes to local government boundaries 1983 1997 edit The District of Newbury wards of Aldermaston Basildon Beenham Bradfield Bucklebury Burghfield Chieveley Cold Ash Compton Craven Downlands Falkland Greenham Hungerford Kintbury Lambourn Valley Mortimer Northcroft St John s Shaw cum Donnington Speen Thatcham North Thatcham South Thatcham West Turnpike and Winchcombe 12 Gained a small area of the abolished constituency of Abingdon part of the former Rural District of Wantage which was retained by Berkshire when the rest of the area comprising Abingdon was transferred to Oxfordshire by the Local Government Act 1972 Areas to the west of Reading included in the new constituency of Reading West nbsp Map of current boundaries 1997 2010 edit The District of Newbury wards of Aldermaston Basildon Beenham Bradfield Bucklebury Chieveley Cold Ash Compton Craven Downlands Falkland Greenham Hungerford Kintbury Lambourn Valley Northcroft St John s Shaw cum Donnington Speen Thatcham North Thatcham South Thatcham West Turnpike and Winchcombe 13 Small loss to Wokingham in the east of the constituency Burghfield and Mortimer wards 2010 present edit The District of West Berkshire wards of Aldermaston Basildon Bucklebury Chieveley Clay Hill Cold Ash Compton Downlands Falkland Greenham Hungerford Kintbury Lambourn Valley Northcroft St John s Speen Thatcham Central Thatcham North Thatcham South and Crookham Thatcham West and Victoria 14 Further minor loss to Wokingham Proposed edit Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 from the next general election due by January 2025 the constituency will be composed of the following as they existed on 1 December 2020 The District of West Berkshire wards of Chieveley amp Cold Ash Downlands polling districts BG CA CB EA FA FB GA1 GA2 LB and PC Hungerford amp Kintbury Lambourn Newbury Central Newbury Clay Hill Newbury Greenham Newbury Speen Newbury Wash Common Thatcham Central Thatcham Colthrop amp Crookham Thatcham North East Thatcham West 15 The electorate will be further reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring eastern rural areas to the new constituency of Reading West and Mid Berkshire Members of Parliament editAn incumbent MP has been defeated just four times in the elections of 1906 1923 1924 and 2005 Election Member 16 Party1885 William George Mount Conservative1900 William Mount Conservative1906 Frederick Coleridge Mackarness Liberal1910 William Mount Conservative1922 Howard Clifton Brown Conservative1923 Harold Stranger Liberal1924 Howard Clifton Brown Conservative1945 Anthony Hurd Conservative1964 John Astor ConservativeFeb 1974 Sir Michael McNair Wilson Conservative1992 Judith Chaplin Conservative1993 by election David Rendel Liberal Democrat2005 Richard Benyon Conservative2019 IndependentConservative2019 Laura Farris ConservativeElections editElections in the 2020s edit Next general election Newbury Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Lee Dillon 17 Conservative Laura Farris 18 Green Steve Masters 19 Reform UK Doug Terry 20 MajorityTurnoutSwingElections in the 2010s edit General election 2019 Newbury 21 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Laura Farris 34 431 57 4 4 1Liberal Democrats Lee Dillon 18 384 30 6 9 2Labour James Wilder 4 404 7 3 6 8Green Stephen Masters 2 454 4 1 1 6Independent Ben Holden Crowther 325 0 5 NewMajority 16 047 26 8 13 3Turnout 59 998 71 9 1 5Conservative hold Swing 6 7General election 2017 Newbury 22 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Richard Benyon 37 399 61 5 0 5Liberal Democrats Judith Bunting 13 019 21 4 6 4Labour Alex Skirvin 8 596 14 1 5 7Green Paul Field 1 531 2 5 1 6Apolitical Democrats Dave Yates 304 0 5 0 1Majority 24 380 40 1 5 9Turnout 60 849 73 4 1 3Conservative hold Swing 3 0General election 2015 Newbury 23 24 25 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Richard Benyon 34 973 61 0 4 6Liberal Democrats Judith Bunting 8 605 15 0 20 5UKIP Catherine Anderson 6 195 10 8 8 3Labour Jonny Roberts 4 837 8 4 4 1Green Paul Field 2 324 4 1 3 3Apolitical Democrats Peter Norman 228 0 4 0 2Independent Barrie Singleton 85 0 1 NewPatriotic Socialist Party Andrew Stott 53 0 1 NewMajority 26 368 46 0 25 1Turnout 57 300 72 1 1 9Conservative hold Swing 12 6General election 2010 Newbury 26 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Richard Benyon 33 057 56 4 7 4Liberal Democrats David Rendel 20 809 35 5 7 1Labour Hannah Cooper 2 505 4 3 1 7UKIP David Black 1 475 2 5 0 9Green Adrian Hollister 490 0 8 NewIndependent Brian Burgess 158 0 3 NewApolitical Democrat David Yates 95 0 2 NewMajority 12 248 20 9 14 6Turnout 58 589 70 2 2 4Conservative hold Swing 7 3Elections in the 2000s edit General election 2005 Newbury 27 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Richard Benyon 26 771 49 0 5 5Liberal Democrats David Rendel 23 311 42 6 5 6Labour Oscar Van Nooijen 3 239 5 9 1 0UKIP David McMahon 857 1 6 0 2Independent Nick Cornish 409 0 7 NewIndependent Barrie Singleton 86 0 2 NewMajority 3 460 6 4 N ATurnout 54 673 72 0 4 7Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingGeneral election 2001 Newbury 28 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats David Rendel 24 507 48 2 4 7Conservative Richard Benyon 22 092 43 5 5 7Labour Steve Billcliffe 3 523 6 9 1 4UKIP Delphine Gray Fisk 685 1 4 0 9Majority 2 415 4 7 10 4Turnout 50 807 67 3 9 0Liberal Democrats hold SwingElections in the 1990s edit General election 1997 Newbury 29 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats David Rendel 29 887 52 9 15 8Conservative Richard Benyon 21 370 37 8 18 1Labour Paul Hannon 3 107 5 5 0 6Referendum Ted Snook 992 1 8 NewGreen Rachel Stark 644 1 1 N AUKIP R Tubb 302 0 5 NewSocialist Labour Katrina Howse 174 0 3 NewMajority 8 517 15 1 N ATurnout 56 476 76 3 5 0Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative SwingMain article Newbury by election 1993 By election 1993 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats David Rendel 37 590 65 1 27 8Conservative Julian Davidson 15 535 26 9 29 0Labour Steve Billcliffe 1 151 2 0 4 0Anti Federalist League Alan Sked 601 1 0 NewConservative Candidate Andrew Bannon 561 1 0 NewCommoners Party Stephen Martin 435 0 8 NewMonster Raving Loony Screaming Lord Sutch 432 0 7 NewGreen Jim Wallis 341 0 6 0 2Referendum Party Robin Marlar 338 0 6 NewConservative Rebel John Browne 267 0 5 NewCorrective Party Lindi St Clair 170 0 3 NewMaastricht Referendum for Britain Bill Board 84 0 1 NewNatural Law Michael Grenville 60 0 1 NewPeople amp Pensioners Party Johnathon Day 49 0 1 New21st Century Independent Foresters Colin Palmer 40 0 1 NewDefence of Children s Humanity Bosnia Mladen Grbin 33 0 1 NewSDP Alan Page 33 0 1 NewCommunist PCC Anne Murphy 32 0 1 NewGive The Royal Billions To Schools Michael Stone 21 0 1 NewMajority 22 055 38 2 N ATurnout 57 399 71 3 11 46Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 28 4General election 1992 Newbury 30 31 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Judith Chaplin 37 135 55 9 4 2Liberal Democrats David Rendel 24 778 37 3 5 6Labour Richard J E Hall 3 962 6 0 2 1Green Jim Wallis 539 0 8 NewMajority 12 357 18 6 9 8Turnout 66 414 82 8 4 8Conservative hold Swing 4 9Elections in the 1980s edit General election 1987 Newbury 32 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael McNair Wilson 35 266 60 1 0 8Alliance Liberal David Rendel 18 608 31 7 3 3Labour Robert Stapley 4 765 8 1 2 5Majority 16 658 28 4 4 1Turnout 58 639 78 0 2 8Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1983 Newbury 33 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael McNair Wilson 31 836 59 3 6 2Alliance Liberal Anthony Richards 18 798 35 0 1 0Labour Richard Knight 3 027 5 6 5 2Majority 13 038 24 3 7 2Turnout 53 661 75 2 4 1Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1970s edit General election 1979 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael McNair Wilson 33 677 52 8 10 4Liberal Anthony Richards 23 388 36 7 3 9Labour Joan Ruddock 6 676 10 5 6 2Majority 10 289 16 1 14 3Turnout 63 741 79 3 3 0Conservative hold SwingGeneral election October 1974 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael McNair Wilson 23 499 42 4 0 0Liberal Dane Clouston 22 477 40 6 0 3Labour Celia Fletcher 9 390 16 7 0 6Majority 1 022 1 8 0 3Turnout 55 366 76 3 4 5Conservative hold SwingGeneral election February 1974 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Michael McNair Wilson 24 620 42 4 6 4Liberal Dane Clouston 23 419 40 3 19 0Labour Celia Fletcher 10 935 17 3 12 6Majority 1 201 2 1 16 7Turnout 58 974 80 8 8 2Conservative hold SwingAfter the 1970 general election Newbury s boundaries were altered to reduce the size of the electorate which had grown to over 85 000 After the boundary changes the electorate numbered around 72 000 people This came into effect for the first general election in February 1974 General election 1970 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Astor 30 380 48 8 3 5Labour Timothy Sims 18 647 29 9 8 1Liberal Dane Clouston 13 279 21 3 4 6Majority 11 733 18 9 11 6Turnout 55 392 72 6 6 5Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1960s edit General election 1966 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Astor 25 908 45 3 0 0Labour Ronald Spiller 21 762 38 0 3 6Liberal Stanley Clement Davies 9 571 16 7 3 5Majority 4 146 7 3 3 6Turnout 57 241 79 1 0 2Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1964 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Astor 24 936 45 3 14 7Labour David Stoddart 18 943 34 4 5 6Liberal Denis Egginton 11 124 20 2 NewMajority 5 993 10 9 9 1Turnout 55 003 79 3 0 6Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1950s edit General election 1959 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Anthony Hurd 29 703 60 0 1 9Labour David Stoddart 19 787 40 0 1 9Majority 9 916 20 0 3 8Turnout 49 490 78 7 0 4Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1955 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Anthony Hurd 29 703 58 1 1 7Labour Jon Evans 18 843 41 9 1 7Majority 7 237 16 2 3 4Turnout 48 546 78 3 0 4Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1951 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Anthony Hurd 20 102 59 8 7 0Labour Colin Jackson 13 507 40 2 5 5Majority 6 595 19 6 1 5Turnout 33 609 78 7 2 4Conservative hold SwingGeneral election 1950 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Anthony Hurd 18 150 52 8 0 4Labour Colin Jackson 11 914 34 7 1 0Liberal Edwin Burrows 4 284 12 5 0 5Majority 6 236 18 1 0 6Turnout 34 348 81 1 15 7Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Anthony Hurd 24 463 52 4 20 6Labour Iris Brook 15 754 33 7 6 7Liberal Eric Digby Tempest Vane 6 052 13 0 NewCommon Wealth George Booth Suggett 424 0 9 NewMajority 8 709 18 7 27 3Turnout 46 693 65 4 0 1Conservative hold SwingElections in the 1930s edit General election 1935 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Howard Clifton Brown 24 642 73 0 N ALabour Richard Russell 9 125 27 0 NewMajority 15 517 46 0 N ATurnout 33 767 65 5 N AConservative hold Swing N A1931 general election Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Howard Clifton Brown UnopposedConservative hold Swing N AElections in the 1920s edit General election 1929 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Unionist Howard Clifton Brown 17 800 51 0 4 9Liberal Edward Harold Brooks 13 604 39 0 0 5Labour Frank Jacques 3 471 10 0 5 4Majority 4 196 12 0 4 4Turnout 34 875 78 3 2 6Unionist hold Swing 2 2General election 1924 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Unionist Howard Clifton Brown 14 759 55 9 6 0Liberal Harold Stranger 10 444 39 5 10 6Labour Frank Jacques 1 219 4 6 NewMajority 4 315 16 4 N ATurnout 26 422 80 9 9 6Unionist gain from Liberal SwingGeneral election 1923 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Liberal Harold Stranger 11 226 50 1 7 5Unionist Howard Clifton Brown 11 185 49 9 7 5Majority 41 0 2 N ATurnout 22 411 71 3 1 6Liberal gain from Unionist Swing 7 5General election 1922 Newbury 34 Party Candidate Votes Unionist Howard Clifton Brown 12 322 57 4 N ALiberal Harold Stranger 9 144 42 6 NewMajority 3 178 14 8 N ATurnout 21 466 69 7 N AUnionist hold Swing N ABy election 1922 Newbury Party Candidate Votes C Unionist Howard Clifton Brown UnopposedUnionist holdC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1910s edit General election 1918 Newbury Party Candidate Votes C Unionist William Mount UnopposedUnionist holdC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government General election December 1910 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Mount 6 485 60 3 0 3Liberal Lisle March Phillipps 4 278 39 7 0 3Majority 2 207 20 4 0 4Turnout 10 763 82 4 8 0Conservative hold SwingGeneral election January 1910 Newbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Mount 7 081 60 0 12 0Liberal Thomas Hedderwick 4 723 40 0 12 0Majority 2 358 20 0 N ATurnout 11 804 90 4 2 9Conservative gain from Liberal SwingElections in the 1900s edit nbsp MackarnessGeneral election 1906 Newbury 35 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Frederick Mackarness 5 338 52 0 NewConservative William Mount 4 936 48 0 N AMajority 402 4 0 N ATurnout 10 274 87 5 N ARegistered electors 11 746Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N AGeneral election 1900 Newbury 35 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Mount UnopposedConservative holdElections in the 1890s edit General election 1895 Newbury 35 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Mount 4 895 56 5 2 7Liberal John Swinburne 3 766 43 5 2 7Majority 1 129 13 0 5 4Turnout 8 661 81 5 1 0Registered electors 10 621Conservative hold Swing 2 7General election 1892 Newbury 35 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Mount 4 588 53 8 N ALiberal Thomas Stevens 36 3 938 46 2 NewMajority 650 7 6 N ATurnout 8 526 82 5 N ARegistered electors 10 338Conservative hold Swing N AElections in the 1880s edit General election 1886 Newbury 35 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Mount UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1885 Newbury 35 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Mount 4 631 51 1Liberal George Palmer 4 429 48 9Majority 202 2 2Turnout 9 060 86 7Registered electors 10 453Conservative win new seat Neighbouring constituencies editSee also editList of parliamentary constituencies in BerkshireNotes edit Burghfield Mortimer and Sulhamstead and respectively Burch Copse Calcot Pangbourne Purley on Thames Theale and Westwood The total period served by either a Liberal or Liberal Democrat MP is 17 years Conservative MPs have served for the remaining 110 years to the end of 2012 Other lost Labour deposits took place in Eastbourne Somerton amp Frome Cornwall North and Westmorland amp LonsdaleReferences edit England Parliamentary electorates 2010 2018 Boundary Commission for England Retrieved 23 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