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词条 Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)
释义

  1. Boundaries

     Boundary review, 2005 

  2. Members of Parliament

     Westbury borough (before 1885)  MPs 1449–1640  MPs 1640–1832  MPs 1832–1885  Westbury County Constituency (1885-2010) 

  3. Elections

     Elections in the 1840s  Elections in the 1850s  Elections in the 1860s  Elections in the 1870s   Elections in the 1880s    Elections in the 1890s    Elections in the 1900s    Elections in the 1910s    Elections in the 1920s    Elections in the 1930s    Elections in the 1940s    Elections in the 1950s    Elections in the 1960s    Elections in the 1970s    Elections 1983–2005  

  4. Notes and references

  5. Sources

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Westbury was a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire from 1449 to 2010. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, and then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 2010.

Until 1885, it was a parliamentary borough, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) until 1832 and only one from 1832 to 1885. The parliamentary borough was abolished in 1885, when the name was transferred to a county constituency returning one MP. Elections used the bloc vote system when two MPs were returned, and the first-past-the-post system of election when one seat was contested.

Westbury returned a Conservative Member at every election after 1924.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Whorwellsdon, and part of the Sessional Division of Warminster.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster, and Westbury, and the Rural Districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Mere, Warminster, and Westbury and Whorwellsdown.

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster, and Westbury, and the Rural Districts of Bradford-on-Avon and Melksham, Mere and Tisbury, and Warminster and Westbury.

1974-1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.

1983-1997: The District of West Wiltshire, and the District of Salisbury wards of Knoyle, Mere, and Western.

1997-2010: The District of West Wiltshire wards of Adcroft, Bradford-on-Avon North, Bradford-on-Avon South, College, Corsley, Dilton Marsh, Drynham, Ethandune, Holt, John O'Gaunt, Manor Vale, Mid Wylye Valley, Park, Paxcroft, Shearwater, Summerham, Warminster East, Warminster West, Weavers, Westbrook, Westbury with Storridge, and Wylye Valley, and the District of Salisbury wards of Knoyle, Mere, and Western.

Originally a small pocket borough, covering only a small part of the parish of Westbury, in 1885 the parliamentary borough became a county constituency in Wiltshire. At the time of the constituency's abolition in 2010 it included the towns of Westbury, Warminster, Trowbridge, and Bradford on Avon, and the surrounding rural areas as far south as Mere. Until boundary changes in 1997, it also included Melksham.

Boundary review, 2005

Following a review of parliamentary representation in Wiltshire, the Boundary Commission for England created two new constituencies in the county. Chippenham was created mostly from the adjoining North Wiltshire constituency, plus the town of Bradford on Avon at the northern end of the Westbury constituency, while the rest of Westbury saw minor changes to its composition and was renamed South West Wiltshire. These changes were approved in 2005, to take effect at the following general election, which ultimately took place in 2010.

Members of Parliament

Westbury borough (before 1885)

MPs 1449–1640

{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1491 Sir Thomas Long of Draycot
1510-1523 No names known [1]
1529 Thomas Kirton Thomas Temys [1]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 ?
1545 William Hartgill Geoffrey Carter [1]
1547 John Stokes Kenelm Throckmorton [1]
1553 (Mar) ?
1553 (Oct) Andrew Baynton Griffin Curteys [1]
1554 (Apr) Griffin Curteys Peter Morgan [1]
1554 (Nov) William Bennett Griffin Curteys [1]
1555 Sir Thomas Throckmorton William Hoskins [1]
1558 John Buckland William Allen Helyer [1]
1559 Anthony Carleton Ralph Skinner[2]
1562/3 Hugh Ryley John Dyster [2]
1571 Francis Blount Thomas Long [2]
1572William Brouncker Henry Brouncker [2]
1584 Edward Midwinter [2]
1586 Robert Baynard Henry Whitaker [2]
1588 Sir Henry Fanshawe John Bennett [2]
1593 William Jordyn Sir Henry Fanshawe [2]
1597Matthew Ley James Ley[2][3]
1601 Henry Jackman [2]
1604 James Ley
1605 Alexander Chocke
1609 James Ley
1614 Henry Ley
1621 Sir James Ley
replaced by Walter Long
Sir Miles Fleetwood
1624 Sir Henry Ley Sir Henry Mildmay
1625Sir Walter Long Gifford Long
1626 Thomas Hopton
1628 Maximillian Petty Charles Thynne
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

MPs 1640–1832

YearFirst member[4]First partySecond member[4]Second party
April 1640Sir Thomas Penyston John Ashe
November 1640John AsheParliamentarian William WhelerParliamentarian
December 1648Wheler excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
1653Westbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Robert Villiers, alias Danvers William Eyre
May 1659Not represented in the restored Rump, Ashe having died in the interim
April 1660Richard Lewis William Brouncker
1661 Thomas Wancklyn [5]
1678 Henry Bertie
February 1679 William Trenchard
August 1679 Henry Bertie
1680 Edward Norton William Trenchard
1681 John Ashe
1685Richard Lewis James Herbert
1689 Peregrine Bertie
1695Robert Bertie
1701 Henry Bertie
July 1702 [6] William Trenchard Thomas Phipps
December 1702 [6]Henry Bertie Robert Bertie
1708Francis Annesley
January 1715 [7] Willoughby Bertie
June 1715 [7] The Lord Carbery Charles Allanson
1722 James Bertie [8] Francis Annesley
March 1723 by-election [8] The Lord Carbery
1727 John Hoskins Gifford
1734Hon. George Evans John Bance
1741 Joseph Townsend
1747 [9] John Bance Paul Methuen
1748 [9]Chauncy TownsendPro-Government Matthew Michell
1753 by-election [10]Peregrine Bertie
1768 William Blackstone
1770 by-election [11] Hon. Charles Dillon
1774Hon. Thomas Wenman[12] Nathaniel Bayly
1779 by-electionSamuel Estwick I
1780 (Sir) John Whalley-Gardiner [13]
1784 Chaloner Arcedeckne
1786 by-election John Madocks
1790 Ewan Law
January 1795 by-electionSamuel Estwick II
November 1795 by-election Edward Wilbraham-Bootle
May 1796Sir Henry St John-Mildmay, Bt George Ellis [14]
October 1796 by-election Lieutenant Colonel George Harcourt
1800 by-election John Simon Harcourt
1802 William Baldwin Charles Smith
1806 William Jacob John Woolmore
May 1807 Edward Lascelles Glynn Wynn
July 1807 by-electionHenry Lascelles
1809 by-election Francis Whittle
1810 by-election John de Ponthieu
1812 Benjamin Hall Benjamin Shaw
1814 by-electionRalph FrancoTory
1818Lord Francis Conyngham
1819 by-election William Leader Maberly Whig
March 1820 Jonathan Elford Tory Nathaniel Barton Tory
November 1820 by-electionSir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, BtTory Philip John Miles Tory
1826Sir George WarrenderCanningite Tory
1829 by-election Robert Peel Tory
1830 Sir Alexander Grant, Bt Tory Michael Prendergast Tory
May 1831Sir Ralph Lopes, BtWhig Henry Hanmer Whig
July 1831 by-election Henry Frederick Stephenson Whig
1832Representation reduced to one MP

MPs 1832–1885

Election Member Party
1832 Sir Ralph Lopes Whig[15]
1837 John Ivatt Briscoe Whig[15][16][17][18][19]
1841 Sir Ralph Lopes Conservative[15]
1847 James Wilson Whig[20][21][22]
1857 Sir Massey Lopes Conservative
1868 John Lewis Phipps [23] Conservative
1869 by-election Charles Paul Phipps Conservative
1874 Abraham Laverton Liberal
1880 Charles Phipps Conservative
1885Borough abolished - named transferred to county division

Westbury County Constituency (1885-2010)

Election Member[4] Party
1885 George Fuller Liberal
1895 Richard Chaloner Conservative
1900 John Fuller Liberal
1911 by-election Hon. Geoffrey Howard Liberal
1918 George Llewellen Palmer Coalition Conservative
1922 Charles Darbishire Liberal
1924 Captain W. W. Shaw Conservative
1927 by-election Richard Long Conservative
1931 Sir Robert Grimston [24] Conservative
1964 Sir Dennis Walters Conservative
1992 David Faber Conservative
2001 Andrew Murrison Conservative
2010Constituency abolished: see South West Wiltshire and Chippenham

Elections

Elections in the 1840s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1841: Westbury [50][15]
}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ralph Lopes
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 291
}}{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1847: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = James Wilson
|votes = 170
|percentage = 53.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Matthew Higgins[25]
|votes = 149
|percentage = 46.7
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21
|percentage = 6.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout
|votes = 319
|percentage = 93.3
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 342
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1850s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1852: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = James Wilson
|votes = 145
|percentage = 51.2
|change = −2.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Massey Lopes
|votes = 138
|percentage = 48.8
|change = +2.1
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7
|percentage = 2.5
|change = −4.1
}}{{Election box turnout
|votes = 283
|percentage = 90.1
|change = −3.2
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 314
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = −2.1
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1857: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Massey Lopes
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 342
}}{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1859: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Massey Lopes
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 328
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1860s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1865: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Massey Lopes
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 300
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1868: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Lewis Phipps
|votes = 492
|percentage = 51.4
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Abraham Laverton
|votes = 465
|percentage = 48.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 27
|percentage = 2.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 957
|percentage = 91.5
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,046
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}{{Election box end}}

The 1868 election was declared void on petition, due to intimidation of the electorate, causing a by-election.[26]

{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 27 February 1869: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Phipps
|votes = 499
|percentage = 50.6
|change = −0.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Abraham Laverton
|votes = 488
|percentage = 49.4
|change = +0.8
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11
|percentage = 1.1
|change = −1.7
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 987
|percentage = 94.4
|change = +2.9
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,046
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −0.8
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1870s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1874: Westbury [50]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Abraham Laverton
|votes = 540
|percentage = 51.0
|change = +2.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Phipps
|votes = 518
|percentage = 49.0
|change = −2.4
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22
|percentage = 2.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,058
|percentage = 94.2
|change = +2.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,123
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser =Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.4
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1880s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1880: Westbury [27]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Phipps
|votes = 559
|percentage = 52.5
|change = +3.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Abraham Laverton
|votes = 505
|percentage = 47.5
|change = −3.5
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 54
|percentage = 5.1
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,064
|percentage = 94.6
|change = +0.4
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,125
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +3.5
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1885: Westbury [28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Fuller
|votes = 5,333
|percentage = 59.4
|change = +11.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Thynne
|votes =3,639
|percentage = 40.6
|change = −11.9
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,694
|percentage = 18.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,972
|percentage = 84.9
|change = −9.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,566
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +11.9
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1886: Westbury [28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Fuller
|votes = 4,663
|percentage = 56.0
|change = −3.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = Thomas George Palmer Hallett[29]
|votes = 3,670
|percentage = 44.0
|change = +3.4
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 993
|percentage = 12.0
|change = −6.8
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,333
|percentage = 78.9
|change = −6.0
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,566
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −3.4
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1890s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1892: Westbury [28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Fuller
|votes = 4,554
|percentage = 53.7
|change = −2.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Henry Laverton
|votes =3,930
|percentage = 46.3
|change = +2.3
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 624
|percentage = 7.4
|change = −4.6
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,484
|percentage = 77.2
|change = −1.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,989
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −2.3
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1895: Westbury [28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Chaloner
|votes =4,497
|percentage = 50.9
|change = +4.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = George Fuller
|votes = 4,331
|percentage = 49.1
|change = -4.6
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 166
|percentage = 1.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,828
|percentage = 90.3
|change = +13.1
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,777
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +4.6
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1900s

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1900: Westbury [28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fuller
|votes = 4,520
|percentage = 53.3
|change = +4.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Chaloner
|votes =3,961
|percentage = 46.7
|change = −4.2
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 559
|percentage = 6.6
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,481
|percentage = 86.7
|change = −3.6
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 9,782
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.2
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1906: Westbury [28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fuller
|votes = 5,264
|percentage = 58.2
|change = +4.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Plunkett
|votes =3,788
|percentage = 41.8
|change = -4.9
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,476
|percentage = 16.4
|change = +9.8
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,052
|percentage = 89.4
|change = +2.7
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,130
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +4.9
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 1906: Westbury [28]
}}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fuller
}}{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1910s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election January 1910: Westbury[28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fuller
|votes = 5,187
|percentage = 53.9
|change = −4.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = R. C. C. Long
|votes = 4,433
|percentage = 46.1
|change = +4.3
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 754
|percentage = 7.8
|change = −8.6
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,620
|percentage = 92.4
|change = +3.0
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,411
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −4.3
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election December 1910: Westbury[28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fuller
|votes = 5,041
|percentage =54.8
|change =+0.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =George Llewellen Palmer
|votes =4,152
|percentage =45.2
|change =−0.9
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =889
|percentage =9.6
|change =+1.8
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,193
|percentage =88.3
|change = −4.1
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,411
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.9
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=Westbury by-election, 1911[28]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Howard
|votes = 5,073
|percentage =53.0
|change = −1.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =George Llewellen Palmer
|votes =4,492
|percentage =47.0
|change =+1.8
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =581
|percentage =6.0
|change = −3.6
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =9,565
|percentage =90.1
|change =+1.8
}}{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 10,612
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −1.8
}}{{Election box end}}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;

  • Liberal Party: Geoffrey Howard
  • Unionist Party:George Llewellen Palmer
{{Election box begin | title=General Election 14 December 1918: Westbury[30]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate =George Llewellen Palmer
|votes =9,261
|percentage =49.1
|change = +3.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Howard
|votes = 6,064
|percentage =32.1
|change = −22.7
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Ernest Bennett
|votes =3,537
|percentage =18.8
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =3,197
|percentage =17.0
|change = N/A
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 18,862
|percentage =64.6
|change = −23.7
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =+13.3
}}{{Election box end 1918}}

Elections in the 1920s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1922
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Darbishire
|votes = 9,903
|percentage = 41.7
|change = +9.6
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = George Llewellen Palmer
|votes = 9,262
|percentage = 39.0
|change = -10.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Ward
|votes = 4,572
|percentage = 19.3
|change = +0.5
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 641
|percentage = 2.7
|change = n/a
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 81.0
|change = +16.4
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 6 December 1923: Westbury
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Darbishire
|votes = 10,867
|percentage = 43.2
|change = +1.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter William Shaw
|votes = 9,891
|percentage = 39.4
|change = +0.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Ward
|votes = 4,372
|percentage = 17.4
|change = -1.9
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes =976
|percentage =3.8
|change =+1.1
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 83.5
|change = +2.5
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1924
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter William Shaw
|votes = 11,559
|percentage = 44.2
|change = +4.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Darbishire
|votes = 9,848
|percentage = 37.7
|change = -5.5
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Ward
|votes = 4,731
|percentage = 18.1
|change = +0.7
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,711
|percentage = 6.5
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 84.9
|change = +1.4
}}{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=Westbury by-election, 1927
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Long
|votes = 10,623
|percentage = 40.1
|change = -4.1
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Harcourt Johnstone
|votes = 10,474
|percentage = 39.5
|change = +1.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Ward
|votes = 5,396
|percentage = 20.4
|change = +2.3
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 149
|percentage = 0.6
|change = -5.9
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 84.6
|change = -0.3
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1929: Westbury
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Long
|votes = 12,907
|percentage = 38.8
|change = -1.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Harcourt Johnstone
|votes = 12,840
|percentage = 38.7
|change = -0.8
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Ward
|votes = 7,458
|percentage = 22.5
|change = +2.1
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 67
|percentage = 0.1
|change = -0.5
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 87.1
|change = +2.5
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = -0.3
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1930s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1931: Westbury
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Grimston
|votes = 16,949
|percentage = 51.2
|change = +12.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Hobbis Harris
|votes = 11,014
|percentage = 33.3
|change = -5.4
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Maurice Hackett
|votes = 5,127
|percentage = 15.5
|change = -7.0
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,935
|percentage = 17.9
|change = +17.8
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,090
|percentage = 85.4
|change = -1.7
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +8.9
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1935: Westbury
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Grimston
|votes = 15,804
|percentage = 49.0
|change = -2.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Byers
|votes = 10,789
|percentage = 33.5
|change = +0.2
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R St John Reade
|votes = 5,641
|percentage = 17.5
|change = +2.0
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,015
|percentage = 15.6
|change = -2.4
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 32,234
|percentage = 80.1
|change = -5.3
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing = -1.2
}}{{Election box end}}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;

  • Conservative: Robert Grimston
  • Liberal: Harcourt Johnstone[31]
  • Labour: George Ward[32]

Elections in the 1940s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1945
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Grimston
|votes = 14,328
|percentage = 39.0
|change = -10.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = George Ward
|votes = 13,397
|percentage = 36.5
|change = +19.0
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Walter Geoffrey Milne
|votes = 9,004
|percentage = 24.5
|change = -9.0
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 931
|percentage = 2.5
|change = 13.1
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 75.5
|change = -4.6
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -14.5
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1950s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1950: Westbury[33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Grimston
|votes = 17,445
|percentage = 39.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald James Travess
|votes = 15,766
|percentage = 35.6
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Harold Banning Richardson
|votes = 11,031
|percentage = 24.9
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,679
|percentage = 3.9
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 86.3
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1951: Westbury[33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Grimston
|votes = 19,654
|percentage = 43.7
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald James Travess
|votes = 17,623
|percentage = 39.2
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Harold Banning Richardson
|votes = 7,666
|percentage = 17.1
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,031
|percentage = 4.5
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 86.2
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1955: Westbury[33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Grimston
|votes = 19,684
|percentage = 45.6
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald James Travess
|votes = 16,295
|percentage = 37.8
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter LM Hurd
|votes = 7,165
|percentage = 16.6
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,389
|percentage = 7.86
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 82.4
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1959: Westbury[33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Grimston
|votes = 20,396
|percentage = 45.6
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jasper Ridley
|votes = 14,570
|percentage = 32.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Basil Wigoder
|votes = 9,816
|percentage = 21.9
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,826
|percentage = 13.1
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 84.1
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1960s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1964: Westbury[33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Walters
|votes = 19,950
|percentage = 43.1
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip William Hopkins
|votes = 15,049
|percentage =32.6
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Basil Wigoder
|votes = 11,232
|percentage =24.3
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,901
|percentage = 10.5
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 82.8
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1966: Westbury[33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Walters
|votes = 20,989
|percentage = 43.6
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Philip William Hopkins
|votes = 18,192
|percentage = 37.8
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Iain Meiklejohn Fowler
|votes = 8,962
|percentage = 18.6
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,797
|percentage = 5.8
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 82.5
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections in the 1970s

{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1970: Westbury[33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Walters
|votes = 26,524
|percentage = 50.3
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John McLaren
|votes = 17,413
|percentage = 33.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert George Otter
|votes = 8,781
|percentage = 16.7
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,111
|percentage = 17.3
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 52,718
|percentage = 77.
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election February 1974: Westbury [34]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Walters
|votes = 26,197
|percentage = 43.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = A W Glyn Court
|votes = 17,778
|percentage = 29.2
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony J Smith
|votes = 16,453
|percentage = 27.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Wessex Regionalist Party
|candidate = Alexander Thynn
|votes = 521
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,419
|percentage = 13.8
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 83.5
|change =
}}{{Election box win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election October 1974: Westbury [35]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Walters
|votes = 24,172
|percentage = 41.7
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = A W Glyn Court
|votes = 18,129
|percentage = 31.3
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony J Smith
|votes = 15,613
|percentage = 27.0
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,043
|percentage = 10.4
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 78.7
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin |
|title=General Election 1979: Westbury [36]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Walters
|votes = 29,929
|percentage = 47.2
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = P Jackson
|votes = 15,950
|percentage = 25.1
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = PR Atkins
|votes = 12,532
|percentage = 19.8
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = S Alexander
|votes = 2,547
|percentage = 4.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Wessex Regionalist Party
|candidate = Tom Thatcher
|votes = 1,905
|percentage = 3.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party (UK)
|candidate = Sally Rodwell
|votes = 554
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,979
|percentage = 22.0
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 79.7
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1983: Westbury[37][33]
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Walters
|votes = 31,133
|percentage = 51.4
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David J. Hughes
|votes = 22,627
|percentage = 37.4
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = HW Thomas
|votes = 6,058
|percentage = 10.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul W. Ekins
|votes = 609
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Wessex Regionalist Party
|candidate = John C. Banks
|votes = 131
|percentage = 0.2
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,506
|percentage = 14.0
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 75.5
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{Election box end}}

Elections 1983–2005

{{Compact election box begin}}{{Compact election box
| election_title = General election 2005
| election_note =
| election_ref = [38]
| electorate = 82,380
| turnout_votes = 55,604
| turnout_percent = 67.0
| turnout_change = +0.4
| majority_votes = 5,346
| majority_percent = 9.6
| majority_change = −0.9
| result = hold
| swing = 0.4%
| swing_from = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing_to = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| winner = Andrew Murrison
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 24,749
| winner_percent = 44.5
| winner_change = +2.4
| candidate2 = Duncan Hames
| candidate2_party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 19,400
| candidate2_percent = 34.9
| candidate2_change = +3.3
| candidate3 = Phil Gibby
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 9,640
| candidate3_percent = 17.3
| candidate3_change = −4.1
| candidate4 = Lincoln Williams
| candidate4_party = United Kingdom Independence Party
| candidate4_votes = 1,815
| candidate4_percent = 3.3
| candidate4_change = +0.8
}}{{Compact election box
| election_title = General election 2001
| election_note =
| election_ref = [39]
| electorate = 76,056
| turnout_votes = 50,628
| turnout_percent = 66.6
| turnout_change = −9.6
| majority_votes = 5,294
| majority_percent = 10.5
| majority_change = −0.2
| result = hold
| swing = 0.1
| swing_from = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing_to = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| winner = Andrew Murrison
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 21,299
| winner_percent = 42.1
| winner_change = +1.5
| candidate2 = David Vigar
| candidate2_party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 16,005
| candidate2_percent = 31.6
| candidate2_change = +1.7
| candidate3 = Sarah Cardy
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 10,847
| candidate3_percent = 21.4
| candidate3_change = +0.3
| candidate4 = Charles Booth-Jones
| candidate4_party = United Kingdom Independence Party
| candidate4_votes = 1,261
| candidate4_percent = 2.5
| candidate4_change = +1.1
| candidate5 = Bob Gledhill
| candidate5_party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate5_votes = 1,216
| candidate5_percent = 2.4
| candidate5_change = N/A
}}{{Compact election box
| election_title = General election 1997
| election_note =
| election_ref = [40]
| electorate = 74,457
| turnout_votes = 56,751
| turnout_percent = 76.2
| turnout_change = −6.6
| majority_votes = 6,068
| majority_percent = 10.7
| majority_change = −6.7
| result = hold
| swing = 3.4
| swing_from = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing_to = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| winner = David Faber
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 23,037
| winner_percent = 40.6
| winner_change = −9.8
| candidate2 = John Miller
| candidate2_party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 16,969
| candidate2_percent = 29.9
| candidate2_change = −3.1
| candidate3 = Kevin Small
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 11,969
| candidate3_percent = 21.1
| candidate3_change = +7.8
| candidate4 = George Hawkins
| candidate4_party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
| candidate4_votes = 1,956
| candidate4_percent = 3.4
| candidate4_change = +1.4
| candidate5 = Nick Hawkings-Byass
| candidate5_party = Referendum Party
| candidate5_votes = 1,909
| candidate5_percent = 3.4
| candidate5_change = N/A
| candidate6 = R. Westbury
| candidate6_party = United Kingdom Independence Party
| candidate6_votes = 771
| candidate6_percent = 1.4
| candidate6_change = N/A
| candidate7 = Colin Haysom
| candidate7_party = Natural Law Party
| candidate7_votes = 140
| candidate7_percent = 0.2
| candidate7_change = N/A
}}{{Compact election box
| election_title = General election 1992
| election_note =
| election_ref = [41]
| electorate = 87,356
| turnout_votes = 72,488
| turnout_percent = 82.8
| turnout_change = +4.3
| majority_votes = 12,618
| majority_percent = 17.4
| majority_change = +2.2
| result = hold
| loser_party =
| swing = 1.1
| swing_from = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| swing_to = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner = David Faber
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 36,568
| winner_percent = 50.4
| winner_change = −1.1
| candidate2 = Vivienne A. Rayner
| candidate2_party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 23,950
| candidate2_percent = 33.0
| candidate2_change = −3.3
| candidate3 = William Stallard
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 9,642
| candidate3_percent = 13.3
| candidate3_change = +1.3
| candidate4 = Paul I. Macdonald
| candidate4_party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
| candidate4_votes = 1,440
| candidate4_percent = 2.0
| candidate4_change = −34.4
| candidate5 = Patrick R. French
| candidate5_party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate5_votes = 888
| candidate5_percent = 1.2
| candidate5_change = +1.2
}}{{Compact election box
| election_title = General election 1987
| election_note =
| election_ref = [42]
| electorate = 84,860
| turnout_votes = 66,397
| turnout_percent = 78.2
| turnout_change =
| majority_votes = 10,097
| majority_percent = 15.2
| majority_change = +1.1
| result = hold
| swing = 0.1
| swing_from = Liberal Party (UK)
| swing_to = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner = Dennis Walters
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 34,256
| winner_percent = 51.6
| winner_change = −0.2
| candidate2 = David J. Hughes
| candidate2_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 24,159
| candidate2_percent = 36.4
| candidate2_change = −1.0
| candidate3 = H. W. Thomas
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 7,982
| candidate3_percent = 12.0
| candidate3_change = +2.0
}}{{Compact election box
| election_title = General election 1983
| election_note =
| election_ref = [43]
| electorate = 80,244
| turnout_votes = 60,558
| turnout_percent = 75.47
| turnout_change =
| majority_votes = 8,506
| majority_percent = 14.05
| majority_change =
| result = hold
| swing =
| swing_from =
| swing_to = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner = Dennis Walters
| winner_party = Conservative Party (UK)
| winner_votes = 31,133
| winner_percent = 51.41
| winner_change = +4.37
| candidate2 = David Hughes
| candidate2_party = Liberal Party (UK)
| candidate2_votes = 22,627
| candidate2_percent = 37.36
| candidate2_change = +12.22
| candidate3 = Haydn Thomas
| candidate3_party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate3_votes = 6,058
| candidate3_percent = 10.00
| candidate3_change = -9.81
| candidate4 = Paul Ekins
| candidate4_party = Ecology Party
| candidate4_votes = 609
| candidate4_percent = 1.01
| candidate4_change = N/A
| candidate5 = John Banks
| candidate5_party = Wessex Regionalist Party
| candidate5_votes = 131
| candidate5_percent = 0.22
| candidate5_change = N.A
}}{{Compact election box end}}

Notes and references

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.

1. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/westbury |title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| accessdate = 2011-10-27}}
2. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/westbury |title= History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| accessdate = 2011-10-27}}
3. ^Wilfrid Prest, ‘Ley, James, first earl of Marlborough (1550–1629)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004|| online edn, Jan 2008  , accessed 22 Jan 2009.
4. ^{{rayment-hc|w|2|date=March 2012}}
5. ^Expelled from the House of Commons for corrupt misuse of Parliamentary Privilege
6. ^In December 1702,William Trenchard and Thomas Phipps were returned. A petition was lodged, and the result was overturned on 1 December 1702 in favour of Robert Bertie and Henry Bertie
7. ^At the general election in January 1715, Willoughby Bertie and Francis Annesley were returned. A petition was lodged, and the result was overturned on 1 June 1715 in favour of the runners-up Lord Carbery and Charles Allanson
8. ^At the 1722 general election, James Bertie was also elected for Middlesex, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Westbury. A by-election for his seat was held in March 1723
9. ^At the 1747 general election, John Bance and Paul Methuen were returned. A petition was lodged, and the result was overturned on 16 March 1748 in favour of the runners-up Chauncy Townsend and Paul Methuen
10. ^The by-election in 1753 was caused by the death of Matthew Michell
11. ^The by-election in 1770 was caused by the appointment of William Blackstone as a judge of the King's Bench
12. ^later Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford
13. ^Created a baronet, December 1782
14. ^Ellis was also elected for Seaford, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Westbury
15. ^{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=121–123 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121 |via=Google Books |accessdate=22 December 2018}}
16. ^{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|page=38|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA38 |via=Google Books |accessdate=22 December 2018}}
17. ^{{cite web |title=John Ivatt Briscoe |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1674136764 |website=Legacies of British Slave-ownership |publisher=University College London |accessdate=18 August 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web |title=Pamphlet: A Letter on the Nature and Effects of the Tread-Wheel |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/a-letter-on-the-nature-and-effects-of-the-tread-wheel |website=British Library |accessdate=18 August 2018}}
19. ^{{cite book|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: With An Abstract of the Law of Election, and the Usages of Parliament |author=A Member of the Middle Temple |publisher= Scott, Webster, and Geary |location = London|date=1838|pages=38, 70|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ |via=Google Books}}
20. ^{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18470724/014/0003|accessdate=6 May 2018|work=Morning Post|date=24 July 1847|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
21. ^{{cite web|last1=Rosser|first1=Alexander S.|title=Businessmen in the House of Commons: A Comparative Study of the 1852–1857 and the 1895–1900 Parliaments|url=https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/5516/Rosser_ku_0099D_10435_DATA_1.pdf;sequence=1|website=KU Scholar Works|publisher=University of Kansas|accessdate=22 July 2018|page=65|date=2009}}
22. ^{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=F. David|title=The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians|date=2002|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford|isbn=9780804780933|page=123|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EUNMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT123&lpg=PT123|accessdate=22 July 2018 |via= Google Books}}
23. ^The election of 1868 was held void on petition, and a by-election held
24. ^Created a baronet, 1952
25. ^{{cite news |title=Local Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000361/18470731/014/0003 |accessdate=22 December 2018 |work=Salisbury and Winchester Journal |date=31 July 1847 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
26. ^{{cite news|title=Election Petitions|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000645/18690206/056/0004|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=Bolton Evening News|date=6 February 1869|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
27. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|format=e-book|page=326}}
28. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=417}}
29. ^{{cite news|title=West Wilts Parliamentary Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001558/18860702/060/0004|accessdate=14 December 2017|date=2 July 1886|page=4|work=Warminster and Westbury Journal and Wilts County Advertiser|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}}
30. ^British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S. (1974)
31. ^The Liberal Magazine, 1939
32. ^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
33. ^F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
34. ^The Times, House of Commons
35. ^The Times, House of Commons
36. ^The Times, House of Commons
37. ^{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|accessdate=18 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archivedate=15 October 2011}}
38. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge05/i21.htm |title=UK General Election results May 2005 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |accessdate=1 February 2011}}
39. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/505.htm |title=Westbury: General Election result, June 2001 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |accessdate=1 February 2011}}
40. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/505.htm |title=Westbury: General Election result, May 1997 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |accessdate=1 February 2011}}
41. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm |title=UK General Election results April 1992 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |accessdate=6 Dec 2010}}
42. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i21.htm |title=UK General Election results June 1987 |work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources |accessdate=1 February 2011}}
43. ^{{cite web|title='Westbury', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83617.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|accessdate=14 March 2016}}

Sources

  • Guardian Unlimited (2004). Ask Aristotle - Westbury. Retrieved November 16, 2004.
  • D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
  • "Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803" (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)  

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