Thornbury | |
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Former
County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Gloucestershire |
Major settlements | Thornbury |
1885– 1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | West Gloucestershire |
Replaced by | Stroud & Thornbury |
Thornbury was a county constituency centred on the town of Thornbury in Gloucestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, and Lawford's Gate except the part included in the parliamentary borough of Bristol.
1918–1950: The Urban District of Kingswood, and the Rural Districts of Sodbury, Thornbury, and Warmley.
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Stafford Howard | Liberal | |
1886 | John Plunkett (Lord Dunsany from 1889) | Conservative | |
1892 | Charles Colston | Conservative | |
1906 | Athelstan Rendall | Liberal | |
1922 | Herbert Charles Woodcock | Conservative | |
1923 | Athelstan Rendall | Liberal | |
1924 | Sir Derrick Gunston, Bt. | Unionist | |
1945 | Joseph Alpass | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stafford Howard | 4,834 | 50.8 | ||
Conservative | Benjamin St John Ackers | 4,689 | 49.2 | ||
Majority | 145 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,523 | 84.0 | |||
Registered electors | 11,333 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Plunkett | 4,935 | 54.9 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Stafford Howard | 4,054 | 45.1 | -5.7 | |
Majority | 881 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,989 | 79.3 | -4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,333 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Colston | 5,202 | 51.1 | -3.8 | |
Liberal | Stafford Howard | 4,978 | 48.9 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 224 | 2.2 | -7.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,180 | 85.8 | +6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,867 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Colston | 5,727 | 55.3 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Acland Allen | 4,638 | 44.7 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 1,089 | 10.6 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,635 | 85.0 | -0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,195 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Colston | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Athelstan Rendall | 7,370 | 58.4 | New | |
Conservative | Charles Colston | 5,240 | 41.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,130 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,610 | 89.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 14,096 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Athelstan Rendall | 7,270 | 53.8 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Cyril Augustus Ward | 6,251 | 46.2 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 1,019 | 7.6 | -9.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,521 | 91.7 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Athelstan Rendall | 6,820 | 53.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | George Cockerill | 5,837 | 46.1 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 983 | 7.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,657 | 85.9 | -5.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Athelstan Rendall | 9,999 | 62.0 | +8.1 |
National | Thomas Pilcher | 6,132 | 38.0 | -8.1 | |
Majority | 3,687 | 24.0 | +16.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,131 | 47.6 | −38.3 | ||
Registered electors | 33,862 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Herbert Charles Woodcock | 10,682 | 39.5 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Athelstan Rendall | 10,578 | 39.2 | -22.8 | |
Labour | Joseph Alpass | 5,749 | 21.3 | New | |
Majority | 104 | 0.3 | -23.7 | ||
Turnout | 27,009 | 77.9 | +30.3 | ||
Registered electors | 34,655 | +2.33 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Athelstan Rendall | 16,722 | 62.0 | +22.8 | |
Unionist | Herbert Charles Woodcock | 10,252 | 38.0 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 6,470 | 24.0 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 26,974 | 75.6 | -2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 35,695 | +3.0 | |||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +12.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Derrick Gunston | 12,500 | 42.9 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Athelstan Rendall | 10,283 | 35.3 | -26.7 | |
Labour | Godfrey Elton | 6,376 | 21.9 | New | |
Majority | 2,217 | 7.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,159 | 79.5 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 36,672 | +2.7 | |||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Derrick Gunston | 13,914 | 34.0 | -8.9 | |
Liberal | John Adam Day | 13,614 | 33.2 | -2.1 | |
Labour | Godfrey Elton | 13,445 | 32.8 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 300 | 0.8 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,973 | 82.5 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 49,645 | +35.4 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derrick Gunston | 23,072 | 55.1 | +21.1 | |
Labour | George Pearce Blizard | 11,008 | 26.3 | -6.5 | |
Liberal | J. Howard Whitehouse | 7,826 | 18.7 | -14.5 | |
Majority | 12,064 | 28.8 | +28.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,906 | 79.7 | -2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 52,547 | +5.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derrick Gunston | 19,180 | 47.4 | -7.7 | |
Labour | F. A. Heron | 15,164 | 37.5 | +11.2 | |
Liberal | Wilfred John Jenkins | 6,104 | 15.1 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 4,016 | 9.9 | -18.9 | ||
Turnout | 40,448 | 71.5 | -8.2 | ||
Registered electors | 56,582 | +7.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | -9.4 |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph Alpass | 28,364 | 49.3 | +11.8 | |
Conservative | Derrick Gunston | 18,927 | 32.9 | -14.5 | |
Liberal | Ronald W Brighton | 10,262 | 17.8 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 9,437 | 16.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 57,553 | 76.4 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 75,286 | +33.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.2 |