Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°52′01″N 2°14′56″W / 51.867°N 2.249°W

Gloucester
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Gloucester in Gloucestershire.
Location of Gloucestershire within England.
County	Gloucestershire
Electorate	80,788 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Richard Graham (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1295–1885
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Gloucester ⁱ/ˈɡlɒstər/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} centred on the cathedral city and county town of the same name, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament^{[n 2]} by Richard Graham of the Conservative Party.

History

A borough of Gloucester was established by 1295 that returned two burgesses as Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. Its population meant this was a situation not leading to an outright rotten borough identified for abolition under the Reform Act 1832 however on more fair (far more equal representation) national changes in 1885, representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Profile

Since 1979 Gloucester has been a bellwether constituency by passing between representatives of the two largest parties in the same way as the government. After nearly three decades as a Conservative seat, it was held by Labour from 1997 to 2010 before returning to a Conservative on a swing of 8.9%.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Gloucester.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Gloucester, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the civil parishes of Barnwood, Brockworth, Hempsted, Hucclecote, and Wotton Vill.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Gloucester, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the civil parishes of Barnwood, Brockworth, Hempsted, and Hucclecote.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Gloucester.

1983-1997: The City of Gloucester, and the District of Stroud wards of Quedgeley and Hardwicke, and Upton St Leonards.

1997-2010: The City of Gloucester.

2010–present: The City of Gloucester wards of Abbey, Barnwood, Barton and Tredworth, Elmbridge, Grange, Hucclecote, Kingsholm and Wotton, Matson and Robinswood, Moreland, Podsmead, Quedgeley Fieldcourt, Quedgeley Severn Vale, Tuffley, and Westgate.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295-1640

Parliament	1st Member	2nd Member
Parliament of 1295	Henry le Chaunger	Roger le Heberer
Parliament of 1298	Richard de Brythampton	Robert le Especer
Parliament of 1302	Robert le Especer	John le Bole
Parliament of 1305	William de Hertford	John de Combe
Parliament of 1306	Richard le Clerk	Richard le Blekstere
Parliament of 1307	Andrew de Penedok	Thomas de Hauneley
Parliament of 1309	William de Hertford	John de Northwick
Parliament of Aug 1311	Walter le Spicer	John Lucas
Parliament of Nov 1311	Walter le Spicer	John King
Parliament of Mar 1313	William de Hertford	John King
Parliament of Sep 1313	Walter le Spicer	John King
Parliament of 1315	John le Bury	Thomas Coperych
Parliament of 1318	Walter le Spicer	Stephen de Maismore
Parliament of 1319	John de Hereford	Andrew de Penedok
Parliament of 1320	Andrew Pendok	John de Brugge (Bridge)
Parliament of 1321	Andrew de Pendok	William de Russell
Parliament of May 1322	Andrew de Pendok	Walter le Spicer
Parliament of Nov 1322	John de Hereford	Richard Kyst
Parliament of Jan 1324	Andrew de Pendok	Richard de Bradenestok
Parliament of 1325	Andrew de Penedok	John de Coueleye
Parliament of 1326	Andrew de Penedok	John de Coueleye
Parliament of 1327	John Brayton	John in the Field
Parliament of Feb 1328	Elias de Aylberton	John de Coggeshale
Parliament of Apr 1328	Walter le Spicer	John de Brockworth
Parliament of Mar 1330	Walter le Spicer	Richard le Fysshere
Parliament of Nov 1330	Walter le Spicer	Edmund de Baverton
Parliament of Mar 1332	Walter le Spicer	William de Hereford
Parliament of Sep 1332	William de Tyderynton	William de Hereford
Parliament of Dec 1332	Walter le Spicer	William de Coubrugg (Cowbridge)
Parliament of Feb 1334	Robert de Goldhull	Walter Wawepol
Parliament of 1335	Thomas de Gloucester	Walter le Spicer
Parliament of Mar 1336	William de Tyderynton	John de Walsh
Parliament of Sep 1336	Walter le Spicer	William de Coubrugg
Parliament of Jan 1337	John de Couele	Robert Laurence
Parliament of Feb 1338	John de Coueleye	Hugh de Aylbrighton
Parliament of Jul 1338	Andrew de Penedok	John de Gloucester
Parliament of Jan 1339	Hugh de Aylbrighton	John (?)
Parliament of Jan 1340	William de Knygeshaw	Roger de Kyngesloue
Parliament of Mar 1340	William de Kyngeshaw	Roger de Kyngesloue
Parliament of 1341	William de Kyngeshaw	Robert le Walour
Parliament of 1344	John de Wynston	Robert de Staverton
Parliament of 1346	Adam de Hope	Hugh de Aylbrighton
Parliament of Jan. 1348	Nicholas Buyrsy	John Wynston
Parliament of Mar. 1348	William Brown	John Wynston
Parliament of Feb. 1351	John Coles	John Hoorn
Parliament of 1353	Robert Brown	William de Norfolk
Parliament of 1355	Nicholas Crikkelade	Thomas Okynton
Parliament of 1358	Robert Waler	Robert Brown
Parliament of 1360	Thomas de Stoke	Thomas Steward
Parliament of 1361	John de Haselton	William de Heyberare
Parliament of 1362	William Heyberer	Hugh le Parkere
Parliament of 1365	William Heyberer	John de Monmouth
Parliament of 1366	John Butte	John Elemore
Parliament of 1368	Thomas Steward	William le Veltare
Parliament of 1369	William Croke	Thomas Steward
Parliament of Feb 1371	William Heyberer	John de Compton
Parliament of Jun 1371	William Heyberer	(One Member only returned)
Parliament of 1372	William Heyberer	Thomas Styward
Parliament of 1373	William Heyberer	Thomas Styward
Parliament of 1376	Edward Taverner	Robert Pope
Parliament of Jan 1377	John Anlep	Richard Baret
Parliament of Oct 1377	William Heyberare	John Dulep
Parliament of Jan 1380	William Heyberer	William Wightfield
Parliament of Oct 1382	John Haseltone	John Biseley
Parliament of Feb 1383	John Haselton	John Biseley
Parliament of Oct 1383	John Biseley	William Baret
Parliament of Apr 1384	John Head	Robert Pope
Parliament of Nov 1384	John Compton	John Pope jnr
Parliament of 1385	William Croke	Robert Sweynesey
Parliament of 1386	William Croke	John Pope
Parliament of Feb 1388	John Head	Robert Pope
Parliament of Sept 1388	John Pope	Stephen Pope
Parliament of Jan 1390	William Heyberer	John Banbury
Parliament of 1391	Richard Asshewell	John Bisley
Parliament of 1393	Thomas Pope	Simon Broke
Parliament of 1395	Roger Ball	William Croke
Parliament of 1397	John Thomas Pope	Richard Baret
Parliament of Sept 1397	John Pope	Richard Baret
Parliament of 1399	Richard Baret	Simon Broke
Parliament of 1402	John Bisley	Simon Broke
Parliament of 1406	Simon Broke	William Birdlip
Parliament of Sep 1407	John Bisley	Roger Ball
Parliament of Oct 1411	John Bisley	William Birdlip
Parliament for May 1413	John Streyneshan	John Clopton
Parliament for Nov 1414	Thomas Byseley snr	Thomas More
Parliament of Oct 1415	Robert Gilbert	Thomas More
Parliament of Oct 1417	William Birdlip	John Bisley
Parliament of Sep 1419	John Bisley	Robert Gilbert
Parliament of Nov 1420	Thomas More	Thomas Stevens
Parliament of Apr 1421	John Biseley snr	Robert Gilbert
Parliament of Nov 1421	Robert Gilbert	Richard Dalby
Parliament of Oct 1422	Robert Gilbert	Thomas Stevens
Parliament of Oct 1432	John Streynsham	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Apr 1425	John Streynsham	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Jan 1426	Thomas Hewes	John Bysley jnr
Parliament for Sept 1427	Robert Gilbert	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Dec 1430	John Hamelyn	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Apr 1432	Robert Gilbert	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Jun 1433	John Hamelyn	Thomas Derehurst
Parliament for July 1435	Thomas Hewes	Richard Dalby
Parliament for Dec 1436	Thomas Derhurst	John Andrewe
Parliament for Jan 1442	Thomas Stevens	William Olyver
Parliament for Jan 1447	Thomas Derehurst	Walter Chaunterell
Parliament for 1449	Thomas Derehurste	John Andreaux
Parliament for Oct 1449	William Notyngham	Henry Dode
Parliament for Oct 1450	John Andreaux	Thomas Bokeland
Parliament for Feb 1453	Robert Bentham	William Eldesfeld
Parliament for Feb 1453	Robert Bentham	William Eldesfeld
Parliament for July 1455	John Andreaux	John Dodying
Parliament for Sep 1460	Nicholas Hert	William Brockwood
Parliament for May 1467	John Hylley	John Trye
Parliament for Sep 1472	John Trye	Alexander Cely
Parliament for Jan 1478	John Farley	Alexander Cely
Parliament of 1485-86	Thomas Limrick
Parliament of 1491	Walter Ronde or Rende	William Marmion
Parliament of 1512	William Goldsmith alias Smith	Robert Cole
Parliament of 1515	John Pakington	Thomas Porter
Parliament of 1529	John Rawlins	Adam Appwell
Parliament of 1545	Richard Morgan	(Sir) Thomas Bell
Parliament of Sep 1547	Sir Thomas Bell	Richard Morgan
Parliament of Jan 1553
Parliament of Sep 1553	Thomas Payne	Thomas Loveday
Parliament of Mar 1554
Parliament of Oct 1554	Sir Thomas Bell	William Massinger
Parliament of 1555	Arthur Porter
Parliament of 1558	Richard Pates	Thomas Payne
Parliament of 1559		Sir Nicholas Arnold
Parliament of 1563-1567
Parliament of 1571	Thomas Atkins	William Massinger
Parliament of 1572-1583		Thomas Semys
Parliament of 1584-1585		Luke Garnons
Parliament of 1586-1587		Richard Pates
Parliament of 1588-1589		Luke Garnons
Parliament of 1593		Richard Birde
Parliament of 1597-1598	William Oldsworth	Luke Garnons
Parliament of 1601
Parliament of 1604-1611	Nicholas Overbury	John Jones
Addled Parliament (1614)	Thomas Machen	John Browne
Parliament of 1621-1622	Anthony Robinson
Happy Parliament (1624-1625)
Useless Parliament (1625)	Christopher Caple
Parliament of 1625-1626
Parliament of 1628-1629	John Hanbury
No Parliament summoned 1629-1640

MPs 1640-1885

Year		First member[2]	First party		Second member[2]	Second party
April 1640		William Singleton			Henry Brett
November 1640		Thomas Pury, senior	Parliamentarian		Henry Brett	Royalist
February 1644				Brett disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645					John Lenthall
1653	Gloucester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Thomas Pury, senior			William Lenthall[3]
1656					James Stephens[4]
January 1659		Laurence Singleton			James Stephens
May 1659		Thomas Pury, senior			John Lenthall
April 1660		Sir Edward Massey			James Stephens
1661					Evan Seys
1675		Henry Norwood
February 1679		William Cooke
September 1679		Sir Charles Berkeley
1681					Lord Herbert
1685		John Wagstaffe			John Powell
1689		Sir Duncombe Colchester			William Cooke
1690		William Trye
1695					Robert Payne
1698		Sir William Rich			William Selwyn
January 1701		John Bridgeman
December 1701		Viscount Dursley			John Hanbury
July 1702		John Grobham Howe			William Trye
December 1702		John Hanbury
1705					William Cooke
1708		Thomas Webb
1709					Francis Wyndham
1710					John Blanch
1713		John Snell			Charles Coxe
1722					Charles Hyett
February 1727		John Howe
September 1727[5]		Benjamin Bathurst			Charles Selwyn
1734					John Selwyn
1751					(Sir) Charles Barrow[6]	Tory
1754		George Augustus Selwyn	Whig
1761						Whig
1780		John Webb	Whig
1789					John Pitt	Tory
1795		Henry Thomas Howard	Whig
1805					Robert Morris	Whig
1816					Edward Webb	Whig
1818		Robert Bransby Cooper	Tory
1830		John Phillpotts	Whig
1831		Maurice Berkeley	Whig
1832					John Phillpotts	Whig
1833		Henry Hope	Conservative
1835					Maurice Berkeley	Whig
1837					John Phillpotts	Whig
1841		Maurice Berkeley	Whig
1847					Henry Hope	Conservative
1852					William Philip Price	Whig
1857		Sir Robert Carden	Conservative
1859[7]		Charles James Monk	Liberal			Liberal
1862		Hon. Charles Berkeley	Liberal		John Joseph Powell	Liberal
1865		Charles James Monk	Liberal		William Philip Price	Liberal
1873					William Killigrew Wait	Conservative
1880					Thomas Robinson[8]	Liberal
1881				Writ suspended: seat vacant
1885	Representation reduced to one Member

In 1881, Robinson's willingness to stand down faced with a popular petition and the unwillingness of the Conservatives to make allegations nor investigate matters further led to suspicions of collusion between the parties and a Royal Commission was set up to examine electoral practices. The Royal Commission concluded that Gloucester was among the most corrupt of the seven towns investigated and that bribery was endemic in all elections in the city. The Commission concluded that half of the electorate had taken bribes in 1880 and blamed local politicians for most of the corruption. Despite these findings and virtually halving the electorate eligible to vote Robinson was reelected for Gloucester in 1885 when representation had been reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.^[9]

MPs since 1885

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1885	Thomas Robinson	Liberal
	1895	Charles James Monk	Liberal Unionist
	1900	Russell Rea	Liberal
	Jan 1910	Henry Terrell	Conservative
	1918	Sir James Bruton	Conservative
	1923	James Horlick	Conservative
	1929	Leslie Boyce	Conservative
	1945	Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour
	1957 by-election	Jack Diamond	Labour
	1970	Sally Oppenheim	Conservative
	1987	Douglas French	Conservative
	1997	Tess Kingham	Labour
	2001	Parmjit Dhanda	Labour
	2010	Richard Graham	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Gloucester^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Graham	23,837	45.3	+5.4
	Labour	Sophy Gardner[12]	16,586	31.5	-3.6
	UKIP	Richard Ford	7,497	14.3	+10.7
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Hilton	2,828	5.4	-13.8
	Green	Jonathan Ingleby	1,485	2.8	+1.8
	Monster Raving Loony	George Ridgeon	277	0.4	+0.4
	TUSC	Sue Powell[13]	115	0.2	+0.2
Majority			7,241	13.8	+9.0
Turnout			52,565	63.4	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

General Election 2010: Gloucester^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Graham	20,267	39.9	+5.3
	Labour	Parmjit Dhanda	17,847	35.2	−12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Hilton	9,767	19.2	+5.6
	UKIP	Mike Smith	1,808	3.6	+1.2
	English Democrat	Alan Platt	564	1.1	+1.1
	Green	Bryan Meloy	511	1.0	-0.7
Majority			2,420	4.8
Turnout			50,764	64.0	+1.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.85

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Parmjit Dhanda	23,138	44.7	−1.1
	Conservative	Paul James	18,867	36.4	−1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Hilton	7,825	15.1	+0.8
	UKIP	Gary Phipps	1,116	2.2	+0.5
	Green	Bryan Meloy	857	1.7	N/A
Majority			4,271	8.2
Turnout			51,803	62.8	+3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 2001: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Parmjit Dhanda	22,067	45.8	−4.2
	Conservative	Paul James	18,187	37.7	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Bullamore	6,875	14.3	+3.8
	UKIP	Terry Lines	822	1.7	+0.9
	Socialist Alliance	Stewart Smyth	272	0.6	N/A
Majority			3,880	8.1
Turnout			48,223	59.4	−14.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tess Kingham	28,943	49.98
	Conservative	Douglas French	20,684	35.72
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Munisamy	6,069	10.48
	Referendum	Andrew Reid	1,482	2.56
	UKIP	A.L. Harris	455	0.79
	Natural Law	Moira Hamilton	281	0.49
Majority			8,259	14.26
Turnout			57,914	73.45
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Gloucester^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Douglas French	29,870	46.2	−3.5
	Labour	Kevin E. Stephens	23,801	36.8	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	John M. Sewell	10,978	17.0	−3.7
Majority			6,069	9.4	−10.7
Turnout			64,649	80.2	+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.3

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Douglas French	29,826	49.68	-1.19
	Labour	D Hulme	17,791	29.63	+3.46
	Liberal	J Hilton	12,417	20.68	-
Majority			12,035	20.05
Turnout				78.06
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.24

General Election 1983: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	27,235	48.49	-0.24
	Labour	CWV Hinds	14,698	26.17	-10.13
	Social Democratic	M Golder	13,499	24.03	-
	Ecology	J Waters	479	0.85	-
	BNP	Richard Rhodes	260	0.46	-
Majority			12,537	22.32
Turnout				75.63
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.94

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	25,163	48.73	+2.62
	Labour	MD Golder	18,747	36.30	-2.63
	Liberal	DG Halford	7,213	13.97	-1.0
	National Front	R Morgan	527	1.02	-
Majority			6,416	12.42
Turnout				79.51
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.56

General Election October 1974: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	22,664	46.11	+1.6
	Labour	Ann Clwyd Roberts	19,136	38.93	+3.76
	Liberal	DG Halford	7,357	14.97	-4.64
Majority			3,528	7.18
Turnout				78.65
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.08

General Election February 1974: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	23,052	44.51	-2.4
	Labour	AE Pegler	18,215	35.17	-9.46
	Liberal	D Halford	10,155	19.61	+11.16
	Powell Conservative	B Gordon-Storkey	366	0.71
Majority			4,837	9.34
Turnout				83.69
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.53

General Election 1970: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	21,838	46.91	+11.59
	Labour	Jack Diamond	20,777	44.63	-3.90
	Liberal	James P Heppell	3,935	8.45	-6.70
Majority			1,061	2.28
Turnout				76.03
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.75

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jack Diamond	20,951	48.53	+2.99
	Conservative	Christopher JJ Balfour	15,678	35.32	-0.67
	Liberal	Inga-Stina Robson	6,540	15.15	-2.44
Majority			5,273	12.21
Turnout				77.50
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jack Diamond	19,631	45.54	+0.79
	Conservative	John Heydon Romaine Stokes	15,514	35.99	-2.38
	Liberal	Inga-Stina Robson	7,581	17.59	+0.71
	Independent	R Eckley	380	0.88	-
Majority			4,117	9.55
Turnout				78.51
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Diamond	19,450	44.75	-6.14
	Conservative	H D Keith Scott	16,679	38.37	-10.74
	Liberal	Patrick Herbert Lort-Phillips	7,336	16.88	-
Majority			2,771	6.38
Turnout				82.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Gloucester by-election, 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Diamond	18,895
	Conservative	FJVH Dashwood	10,521
	Liberal	Patrick Herbert Lort-Phillips	7,393
Majority			8,374
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	21,354	50.89	+2.08
	Conservative	David C Napley	20,606	49.11	+5.53
Majority			748	1.78
Turnout				80.94
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	21,097	48.81	+1.11
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	18,836	43.58	+6.49
	Liberal	Gordon E Payne	3,292	7.62	-7.59
Majority			2,261	5.23
Turnout				85.50
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	20,202	47.70	+1.71
	Conservative	John Anthony Kershaw	15,708	37.09	+1.99
	Liberal	Harold Arthur Guy	6,444	15.21	-2.49
Majority			4,494	10.61
Turnout				86.60
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.08

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	14,010	46.99	+4.05
	Conservative	Harold Leslie Boyce	10,466	35.10	-21.96
	Liberal	Harold Arthur Guy	5,338	17.90	-
Majority			3,544	11.89
Turnout				74.36
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Harold Leslie Boyce	15,682	57.06	-9.49
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	11,803	42.94	+10.49
Majority			3,879	14.11
Turnout				79.01
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Harold Leslie Boyce	19,201	67.55
	Labour	Charles Herbert Fox	9,223	32.45
Majority			9,978	35.10
Turnout				82.45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Gloucester ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Harold Leslie Boyce	11,041	39.2	-8.5
	Labour	Henry Nixon	10,548	37.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Thomas Worrall Casey	6,589	23.4	+7.3
Majority			493	1.8	-9.7
Turnout				83.6	+0.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.8

General Election 1924: Gloucester^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	James Nockells Horlick	10,525	47.7	+9.8
	Labour	Morgan Philips Price	8,005	36.2	+0.5
	Liberal	Theobald Mathew	3,566	16.1	-10.3
Majority			2,520	11.5	+9.3
Turnout				83.1	-3.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	+4.6

General Election 1923: Gloucester ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	James Nockells Horlick	8,630	37.9	+1.6
	Labour	Morgan Philips Price	8,127	35.7	-0.3
	Liberal	Arthur William Stanton	6,011	26.4	-1.3
Majority			503	2.2	+1.9
Turnout				86.5	+1.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	+1.0

General Election 1922: Gloucester^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir James Bruton	7,922	36.3	-14.8
	Labour	Morgan Philips Price	7,871	36.0	+18.7
	Liberal	Arthur William Stanton	6,050	27.7	-3.9
Majority			51	0.3	-19.2
Turnout				84.7	+18.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	-16.7

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Gloucester^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Sir James Bruton	8,470	51.1
	Liberal	Thomas Henry Mordey	5,246	31.6
	Labour	William Levason Edwards	2,860	17.3
Majority			3,224	19.5
Turnout				66.3
	Unionist hold		Swing

• endorsed by Coalition Government

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
3. Lenthall was also elected for Oxfordshire. Cobbett's recording of William Lenthall as elected for Gloucester may be an error, as his son John sat for the city both before and after this Parliament.
4. Major-General John Desborough elected but was also elected for Somerset. Chose Somerset and was replaced by James Stephens
5. At the election of 1727 there was a double return, but two of the candidates returned, Matthew Ducie Moreton and Thomas Chester waived their rights and Bathurst and Selwyn were declared duly elected.
6. Created a baronet, 1784
7. On petition, the 1859 election was declared void, the writ was suspended, and a Royal Commission appointed to investigate. After the Commission reported, the writ was restorted and a by-election held to fill the vacant seats.
8. On petition, Robinson's election was declared void, the writ was suspended and a Royal Commission appointed to investigate
9. Gloucester, 1835-1985: Parliamentary representation, A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester (1988), pp. 205-209. Date accessed: 22 April 2009
10. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
11. http://democracy.gloucester.gov.uk/committee/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=88&RPID=5473411 19 June 2015
12. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/gloucester-2015.html
13. http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
14. Wain, Julian (20 April 2010). "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Acting Returning Officer. Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
15. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
16. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Sources

• Williams, W.R., Parliamentary History of Co. of Gloucester, Hereford, 1898
• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
• 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)
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
• F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow: Political Reference Publications, 1969)
• Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988)
• Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790 (London: HMSO, 1964)
• J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
• J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
• Henry Stooks Smith, The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 (2nd edition, edited by FWS Craig - Chichester: Parliamentary Reference Publications, 1973)

External links

• Gloucester CLP website