| Tavistock County constituency | |
|---|---|
| Created: | 1330 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Tavistock was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Tavistock in Devon. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. In the United Kingdom (UK, each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly Tavistock is a Market town within West Devon, England on the River Tavy, from which its name derives and has a Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name
It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories Results |} Total votes cast 2333251
The constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new West Devon constituency. Results |} Total votes 31321982 All parties are shown The seats won by the Ulster Unionists are compared with those won by Unionist MPs in the 1970 election West Devon was a County constituency in Devon, in the South-West of England.
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Members of Parliament
MPs 1660-1868
- 1788 - 1790 John Russell
- 1841 - 1847 Lord Edward Russell
MPs 1868-1974
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Lord Arthur John Edward Russell | ||
| 1885 | Hugh Fortescue | ||
| 1892 | Hugh Luttrell | ||
| 1900 | John Ward Spear | ||
| 1906 | Hugh Luttrell | ||
| Dec. 1910 | Sir John Ward Spear | ||
| 1918 | Charles Williams | ||
| 1922 | Maxwell Ruthven Thornton | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Philip Percy Kenyon-Slaney | Unionist | |
| 1928 | Wallace Duffield Wright | Conservative | |
| 1931 | Colin Mark Patrick | Conservative | |
| 1942 | Sir Henry Studholme | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Michael Heseltine | Conservative | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished: see West Devon | ||
References
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