Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

Devizes is a constituency of the UK Parliament. It is in Wiltshire, England. The current MP for it is Danny Kruger, a Conservative. He was elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election.

Devizes
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Devizes in Wiltshire
Outline map
Location of Wiltshire within England
CountyWiltshire
Electorate68,846 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsDevizes, Marlborough, Durrington, Pewsey
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentDanny Kruger (Conservative)
Number of membersOne
1331–1885
Number of membersTwo until 1868, then one
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

The constituency has four towns and many villages inside it. The area's MP has been someone from the Conservative Party since 1924.

History

Devizes originally elected two Members of Parliament (MPs). They did this until the 1868 general election. They stopped because the Reform Act 1867 lowered its their amount of MPs to one MP. MPs are elected by first-past-the-post. The seat has had a Conservative MP elected at every election since 1924.

Its most well-known MP was Henry Addington. Addington was the MP for the seat when he was Prime Minister. He also was the MP for the seat when he was Speaker of the House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640
ParliamentFirst MPSecond MP
1386Richard GobetWilliam Salter[2]
1388 (Feb)Richard CardmakerWilliam Salter[2]
1388 (Sep)Richard CardmakerWilliam Spicer[2]
1390 (Jan)Richard GobetWilliam Spicer[2]
1390 (Nov)
1391
1393William Coventre IWilliam Spicer[2]
1394John TapenerRichard Brunker[2]
1395Richard CardmakerWilliam Spicer[2]
1397 (Jan)William SalterHenry Webbe[2]
1397 (Sep)William SalterJohn Peyntour[2]
1399Richard CardmakerWilliam Salter[2]
1401
1402Simon SkinnerRichard Smith[2]
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406John HuwetJohn Kingston[2]
1407John PeyntourSimon Skinner[2]
1410
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)John CoventreSimon Skinner[2]
1414 (Apr)Thomas CoventreRobert Smith[2]
1414 (Nov)William Coventre IIIThomas Coventre[2]
1415William Coventre IIIRoger Barbour[2]
1416 (Mar)Richard LitelcoteJohn Peyntour[2]
1416 (Oct)
1417William Coventre IIIRobert Tyndale[2]
1419Robert TyndaleWilliam Hendelove[2]
1420John Coventre IRobert Chandler[2]
1421 (May)William Coventre IIIRobert Smith[2]
1421 (Dec)John BakerJohn Fauconer[2]
1425Robert Chandler[3]
1429Robert Chandler[3]
1442Henry Long
1492Richard Pudsey[4]
1510–1523No names known[5]
1529John PoyntzRichard Mytton[5]
1536 ?
1539 ?
1542 ?
1545Clement ThrockmortonGeoffrey Danielle[5]
1547Sir George HowardNicholas Throckmorton[5]
1553 (Mar) ?
1553 (Oct)William RedeThomas Hull[5]
1554 (Apr)Thomas HighgateHenry Leke[5]
1554 (Nov)Thomas HullEdward Heynes[5]
1555Thomas HullJames Webbe[5]
1558Thomas HullHenry Morris[5]
1558John YoungEdward Heynes[6]
1562/3Hugh PowellEdward Heynes[6]
1571Edward BayntonWilliam Clerke[6]
1572George Reynolds, died
and replaced 1580 by John Snell		Henry Grube[6]
1584Edward Baynton IHenry Brouncker[6]
1586Edward Baynton IHenry Brouncker[6]
1588Henry BrounckerJohn Delabere[6]
1593Henry Baynton I or Henry Baynton IIRichard Mompesson[6]
1597John KentRobert Drew[6]
1601Giles FettiplaceRobert Drew[6]
1604Sir Henry BayntonRobert Drew
1614Sir Edward BayntonWilliam Kent
1621Sir Henry LeyJohn Kent
1624Edward BayntunJohn Kent
1625Edward BayntunRobert Drew
1626Robert LongSir Henry Ley
1628Robert LongThomas Kent
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned

1640–1832
Election1st member[7] 1st party2nd member[7] 2nd party
March 1640 Edward Bayntun Henry Danvers
November 1640 Edward Bayntun Robert Nicholas
1653 Devizes not represented in Barebones Parliament
September 1654 Edward Bayntun One seat only
September 1656 Edward Scotton One seat only
January 1659 Chaloner Chute jnr Edward Scotton
March 1660 William Lewis Robert Aldworth
April 1661 William Yorke John Kent
December 1666 John Norden
October 1669 Edward Lewis George Johnson
April 1675 Sir Edward Bayntun
February 1679 Sir Walter Ernle
September 1679 Sir Giles Hungerford John Eyles
February 1681 Sir Walter Ernle George Johnson
March 1685 John Talbot of Lacock Walter Grubbe
January 1689 Sir William Pynsent
March 1690 Sir Thomas Fowle
December 1690 John Methuen
November 1695 Sir Edward Ernle
July 1698 Sir Francis Child
January 1701 Francis Merewether
November 1701 John Methuen
November 1702 John Child
March 1703 Francis Merewether
May 1705 Sir Francis Child
December 1706 Josiah Diston
May 1708 Paul Methuen
October 1710 Sir Francis Child Thomas Richmond Webb
August 1713 Robert Child John Nicholas
January 1715 Josiah Diston Francis Eyles (expelled)
February 1721 Benjamin Haskins-Stiles
March 1722 Sir Joseph Eyles Whig
August 1727 Francis Eyles Whig
April 1734 Sir Joseph Eyles Whig
February 1740 John Garth Whig
July 1742 George Lee Whig
July 1747 William Willy
January 1765 Charles Garth
June 1765 James Sutton
September 1780 Sir James Tylney-Long
November 1780 Henry Jones
April 1784 Tory[8] Henry Addington Tory[8]
December 1788 Joshua Smith Tory[8]
January 1805 Thomas Grimston Estcourt Tory[8]
June 1818 John Pearse Tory[8]
March 1826 George Watson-Taylor Tory[8]

1832–1868
Election1st member[7] 1st party2nd member[7] 2nd party
1832 Wadham Locke Whig[9][10][11][8] Montague Gore Whig[12][13][8]
February 1834 Admiral Sir Philip Charles Durham Tories[8]
December 1834 Conservative[8]
November 1835 T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt Conservative[8]
February 1836 James Whitley Deans Dundas Whig[14][15][16][17][8]
May 1838 George Heneage Walker Heneage Conservative[8]
February 1844 William Heald Ludlow Bruges Conservative
February 1848 James Bucknall Bucknall-Estcourt Conservative
1852 John Neilson Gladstone Conservative
1857 Simon Watson Taylor Peelite[18][19] Christopher Darby Griffith Conservative
1859 John Neilson Gladstone Conservative
Feb 1863 William Addington Conservative
Apr 1864 Sir Thomas Bateson, Bt. Conservative
1868 Second Reform Act: representation reduced to one member

Since 1868

Devizes has been a usual Conservative seat since 1945. The current Member of Parliament is Danny Kruger. He was first elected at the 2019 general election. The MP before him was Claire Perry. Perry decided not to run at the next election.[20]

ElectionMember[7] Party
1868 Sir Thomas Bateson Conservative
1885 Walter Long Conservative
1892 Charles Hobhouse Liberal
1895 Edward Goulding Conservative
1906 Francis Rogers Liberal
1910 Basil Peto Unionist
1918 Cory Bell Unionist
1923 Eric Macfadyen Liberal
1924 Percy Hurd Conservative
1945 Christopher Hollis Conservative
1955 Percivall Pott Conservative
1964 Charles Morrison Conservative
1992 Michael Ancram Conservative
2010 Claire Perry Conservative
2019 Danny Kruger Conservative

Devizes was the constituency of the fictional (fake) Conservative MP The Honourable Sir Piers Fletcher-Dervish, Baronet, later Junior Minister for Housing, in the TV sitcom The New Statesman. The actor Michael Troughton played the MP. The show was set in the 1980s. This was when Charles Andrew Morrison was MP for the actual seat.

References
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