South Devon (UK Parliament constituency)
| South Devon | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Devon |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Created from | Devon |
South Devon, formerly known as the Southern Division of Devon, was parliamentary constituency in the county of Devon in England. From 1832 to 1885 it returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
Boundaries
In 1832 the county of Devon, in south western England, was divided for Parliamentary purposes between this constituency and North Devon. In 1868 the Devon county constituencies were re-arranged into North, South and East Devon divisions. Each of these divisions returned two members of Parliament.
In 1885 the three constituencies were again redrawn, so that Devon was represented by eight single member County constituencies (there were also three borough constituencies, two of which returned two members and the third one member). The county was split between the new smaller constituencies of Ashburton (alternatively the Mid Division), Barnstaple (the North-Western Division), Honiton (the Eastern Division), South Molton (the Northern Division), Tavistock (the Western Division), Tiverton (the North-Eastern Division), Torquay and Totnes (the Southern Division). The constituencies in this redistribution are normally referred to by the distinctive place name rather than the alternative compass point designation, so the South Devon division is considered to have been abolished in 1885.
Members of Parliament
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Lord John Russell | Liberal | John Crocker Bulteel | Liberal | ||
| 1835 | Sir John Buller Yarde-Buller, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| May 1835 by-election | Montague Edmund Newcombe Parker of Whiteway House | Conservative | ||||
| 1841 | Lord Courtenay | Conservative | ||||
| 1849 by-election | Sir Ralph Lopes, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1854 by-election | Sir Lawrence Palk, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1858 by-election | Samuel Trehawke Kekewich | Conservative | ||||
| 1868 | Sir Massey Lopes, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1873 by-election | John Carpenter Garnier | Conservative | ||||
| 1884 by-election | John Tremayne | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
Elections
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See also
References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 2)