- Source: Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)
Leominster was a parliamentary constituency represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England, then until 1801 in that of Great Britain, and finally until 2010, when it disappeared in boundary changes, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
From 1295 to 1885, Leominster was a parliamentary borough which until 1868 elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its representation was reduced to one Member, elected by the first past the post system. The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name was transferred to a new county constituency.
History
= Abolition
=Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire, no longer connected for such reasons with Worcestershire, two parliamentary constituencies have been allocated to the county. Most of the Leominster seat has been replaced by the North Herefordshire seat, while the remainder of the county is covered by the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat.
= Boundaries
=1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, and the Sessional Divisions of Bredwardine, Bromyard, Kingston, Leominster, Weobley, and Wigmore.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban Districts of Bromyard and Kington, the Rural Districts of Bredwardine, Bromyard, Kington, Leominster, Weobley, and Wigmore, and parts of the Rural Districts of Hereford and Ledbury.
1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban Districts of Bromyard, Kington, and Ledbury, the Rural Districts of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, and Weobley and Wigmore, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.
1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban District of Kington, the Rural Districts of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, and Weobley and Wigmore, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.
1983–1997: The District of Leominster, the District of Malvern Hills wards of Baldwin, Bringsty, Broadheath, Bromyard, Butterley, Cradley, Frome, Frome Vale, Hallow, Hegdon, Hope End, Laugherne Hill, Leadon Vale, Ledbury, Leigh and Bransford, Marcle Ridge, Martley, Temeside, and Woodbury, and the District of South Herefordshire wards of Burghill, Burmarsh, Dinmore Hill, Hagley, Magna, Munstone, Swainshill, and Thinghill.
1997–2010: The District of Leominster, the District of Malvern Hills wards of Bringsty, Bromyard, Butterley, Cradley, Frome, Frome Vale, Hegdon, Hope End, Leadon Vale, Ledbury, and Marcle Ridge, the District of South Herefordshire wards of Backbury, Burghill, Burmarsh, Credenhill, Dinmore Hill, Hagley, Munstone, Swainshill, and Thinghill, and the District of Wyre Forest ward of Rock and Ribbesford.
In its final form, the constituency consisted of northern Herefordshire and a small part of north-west Worcestershire, the boundaries having been specified when the two were joined as the single county of Hereford and Worcester. In Herefordshire it included the towns of Bromyard, Kington and Ledbury as well as Leominster, while the largest settlement of Worcestershire it included was Tenbury Wells.
Members of Parliament
= Leominster parliamentary borough
== To 1660
=Members 1660-1868 (two)
Members 1868–1885 (one)
= Leominster county constituency
=Members 1885–2010
Elections
= Elections in the 1830s
=Stephenson was declared bankrupt and unseated, causing a by-election.
Brayen resigned, causing a by-election.
= Elections in the 1840s
=Wigram resigned after being appointed as a Vice-Chancellor, causing a by-election.
Greenaway resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Barkly resigned after being appointed Governor of British Guiana, causing a by-election.
= Elections in the 1850s
=Arkwright's death caused a by-election.
Willoughby resigned after being appointed as a Member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.
= Elections in the 1860s
=Hardy was also elected MP for Oxford University and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
Walsh resigned in order to contest a by-election in Radnorshire, causing a by-election.
Seat reduced to one member
= Elections in the 1870s
=Arkwright resigned, causing a by-election.
= Elections in the 1880s
== Elections in the 1890s
== Elections in the 1900s
== Elections in the 1910s
=Some records describe Lamb as an Independent Radical.
Langford was also a Liberal.
= Elections in the 1920s
== Elections in the 1930s
== Elections in the 1940s
=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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Conservative: Ernest Shepperson
Liberal: Albert Edward Farr
= Elections in the 1950s
== Elections in the 1960s
== Elections in the 1970s
== Elections in the 1980s
== Elections in the 1990s
== Elections in the 2000s
=See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
References
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
External links
Leominster UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)
- Leominster
- North Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)
- Hereford (UK Parliament constituency)
- West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
- Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)
- 1912 Leominster by-election
- Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Cary
