:Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–2010}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Leominster

|parliament = uk

|map1 = Leominster

|map2 = EnglandHerefordshire

|map_entity = Herefordshire

|map_year = 2005

|year = 1885

|abolished = 2010

|type = County

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = Herefordshire and Leominster

|next = North Herefordshire

|region = England

|county = Herefordshire

|year2 = 1295

|abolished2 = 1885

|type2 = Borough

|previous2 =

|next2 = Leominster

|elects_howmany2 = 1295–1868: Two
1868–1885: One

}}

Leominster was a parliamentary constituency represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England, then until 1801 in that of Great Britain, and finally until 2010, when it disappeared in boundary changes, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

From 1295 to 1885, Leominster was a parliamentary borough which until 1868 elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its representation was reduced to one Member, elected by the first past the post system. The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name was transferred to a new county constituency.

History

Aside from two brief periods of Liberal representation, Leominster was a mostly safe Conservative seat from 1910, although sometimes by narrow majorities over the Liberal Party. The Labour Party did not put up a candidate in the constituency until 1950, and it was traditionally one of their weakest seats in the country, though the party were represented for the only time in the seat for three years in the government of Tony Blair when Conservative MP Peter Temple-Morris defected to the party in 1998.

=Abolition=

Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire, no longer connected for such reasons with Worcestershire, two parliamentary constituencies have been allocated to the county. Most of the Leominster seat has been replaced by the North Herefordshire seat, while the remainder of the county is covered by the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat.{{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Hereford.doc |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091102212302/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_Hereford.doc |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-02 |title=Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the county of Herefordshire |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |date=2004-01-07 |access-date=2010-05-05 }}

=Boundaries=

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, and the Sessional Divisions of Bredwardine, Bromyard, Kingston, Leominster, Weobley, and Wigmore.

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban Districts of Bromyard and Kington, the Rural Districts of Bredwardine, Bromyard, Kington, Leominster, Weobley, and Wigmore, and parts of the Rural Districts of Hereford and Ledbury.

1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban Districts of Bromyard, Kington, and Ledbury, the Rural Districts of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, and Weobley and Wigmore, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.

1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban District of Kington, the Rural Districts of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, and Weobley and Wigmore, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.

1983–1997: The District of Leominster, the District of Malvern Hills wards of Baldwin, Bringsty, Broadheath, Bromyard, Butterley, Cradley, Frome, Frome Vale, Hallow, Hegdon, Hope End, Laugherne Hill, Leadon Vale, Ledbury, Leigh and Bransford, Marcle Ridge, Martley, Temeside, and Woodbury, and the District of South Herefordshire wards of Burghill, Burmarsh, Dinmore Hill, Hagley, Magna, Munstone, Swainshill, and Thinghill.

1997–2010: The District of Leominster, the District of Malvern Hills wards of Bringsty, Bromyard, Butterley, Cradley, Frome, Frome Vale, Hegdon, Hope End, Leadon Vale, Ledbury, and Marcle Ridge, the District of South Herefordshire wards of Backbury, Burghill, Burmarsh, Credenhill, Dinmore Hill, Hagley, Munstone, Swainshill, and Thinghill, and the District of Wyre Forest ward of Rock and Ribbesford.

In its final form, the constituency consisted of northern Herefordshire and a small part of north-west Worcestershire, the boundaries having been specified when the two were joined as the single county of Hereford and Worcester. In Herefordshire it included the towns of Bromyard, Kington and Ledbury as well as Leominster, while the largest settlement of Worcestershire it included was Tenbury Wells.

Members of Parliament

=Leominster parliamentary borough=

=To 1660=

class="wikitable"
ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386rowspan="2" | Robert CaldebrookWalter Aston{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/leominster| title= History of Parliament| publisher= History of Parliament Trust|access-date = 2011-10-16}}
1388 (Feb)John Montgomery
1388 (Sep)John AstonWalter Aston
1390 (Jan)Hugh AstonPeter Cook
1390 (Nov)
1391Peter CookJohn Bradford
1393Roger LoutwardinJohn Hood
1394
1395Thomas BarberThomas Reynold
1397 (Jan)Thomas ReynoldWilliam Colle
1397 (Sep)William TavernerJohn Romayn
1399John HoodThomas White
1401
1402William TavernerJohn Bond
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406rowspan="2" | William Tavernerrowspan="2" | William Tiler
1407
1410Edmund MorrisWalter Borgate
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)John SalisburyJohn Romayn
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)William ColleJohn Salisbury
1415
1416 (Mar)John SalisburyReynold Smith
1416 (Oct)
1417John SalisburyJohn Braas
1419rowspan="2" | Thomas HoodReynold Smith
1420William Raves
1421 (May)William StokesJohn Hood
1421 (Dec)Thomas HoodWilliam Raves
1510-1523No names known{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/leominster| title= History of Parliament| publisher= History of Parliament Trust|access-date = 2011-10-16}}
1529John BellJohn Hillesley
1536?
1539?
1542?
1545?
1547William CrowcheRichard Cupper
1553 (Mar)?
1553 (Oct)William StreteJohn Polle
1554 (Apr)Lewis JonesJohn Evans
1554 (Nov)Nicholas DepdenThomas Wykes
1555James WarnecombeThomas Kerry
1558Alban BirchRichard Hakluyt
1559Thomas HakluytThomas Coningsby I{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/leominster| title= History of Parliament| publisher= History of Parliament Trust|access-date = 2011-10-16}}
1562–3Thomas DalloweJohn Morgan
1571Edward CroftNicholas Depden
1572Nicholas DepdenFabian Phillips
1584Thomas WigmoreEdward Croft
1586Edward CroftThomas Wigmore
1588Thomas ShoterHumphrey Wall
1593Sir Francis VereRichard Coningsby
1597Thomas CromptonJohn Creswell
1601rowspan="2" | Thomas ConingsbyJohn Warnecombe
1604John Powle
1614Sir Humphrey BaskervilleThomas Coningsby
1621-1622Francis SmallmanWilliam Beecher
1624rowspan="4" | James TomkinsSir William Beecher
1625rowspan="2" | Edward Littleton
1626
1628Edward Littleton, sat for Caernarvon
and replaced by
Thomas Lyttleton
1629–1640colspan = "2"|No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)William Smallmanrowspan="2" | Walter Kyrle
1640 (Nov)Sampson Eure
disabled 22 January 1644
1645Walter Kyrle
excluded in 1648
John Birch
excluded in 1648
1653colspan = "2"| Leominster not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654rowspan="3" | John Birch(One member only)
1656(One member only)
1659Edward Freeman

==Members 1660-1868 (two)==

class="wikitable"
Electioncolspan="2"|First member{{Rayment-hc|l|2|date=March 2012}}First partycolspan="2"|Second memberSecond party
1660

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Colonel John Birch

|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Edward Pytts

|

1661

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Ranald Grahme

|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Humphrey Cornewall

|

Feb 1679

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| James Pytts

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| John Dutton Colt

|rowspan="2"|

Sep 1679

|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="6" | Thomas Coningsby,
Lord Coningsby from 1691

|rowspan="6" |

1685

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Robert Cornewall

|

1689

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Dutton Colt

|

1698

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Edward Harley

|

Jan 1701

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Dutton Colt

|

Apr 1701

|rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="6"| Edward Harley

|rowspan="6"|

1710

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Edward Bangham

|

1713

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Henry Gorges

|

1715

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| The Lord Coningsby

|

1717

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| George Caswall (expelled)

|

1721

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| William Bateman

|

1722

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Archer Croft

|

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Sir George Caswall

|rowspan="3"|

1727

| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| The Viscount Bateman

|

1734

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Robert Harley

|

1741

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| John Caswall

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Capel Hanbury

|rowspan="2"|

1742

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Robert Harley

|

1747

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Robert de Cornwall

|

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| James Peachey

|

1754

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams

|

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Richard Gorges

|rowspan="2"|

1759

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| Chase Price

|rowspan="2"|

1761

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="3"| Jenison Shafto

|rowspan="3"|

1767

|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| Edward Willes

|

Feb 1768

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

|rowspan="2"| John Carnac

|rowspan="2"|

Mar 1768

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| The Viscount Bateman

| rowspan="6" | Tory{{cite book

|last=Stooks Smith

|first=Henry.

|editor=Craig, F. W. S.

|title=The Parliaments of England

|orig-year=1844-1850

|edition=2nd

|year=1973

|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services

|location=Chichester

|isbn=0-900178-13-2

|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/142 142–144]

|url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/142

}}

1774

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Thomas Hill

| rowspan="2" | Tory

1776

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Frederick Cornewall

1780

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Richard Payne Knight

| Whig

1784

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| John Hunter

|rowspan="4"| Tory

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Penn Assheton Curzon

1790

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| John Sawyer

1791

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Richard Beckford

| Whig

1796

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| George Augustus Pollen

|rowspan="2"| Tory

1797

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| William Taylor

| rowspan="3" | Whig

1802

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| John Lubbock

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Charles Kinnaird

| rowspan="2" | Whig

Jan 1806

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| William Lamb

Nov 1806

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="9" | Tory

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Henry Bonham

| Tory

1812

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| John Lubbock

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| John Harcourt

| Whig

1818

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Sir William Cuningham-Fairlie

| Tory

1819

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| John Harcourt

| Whig

1820

|rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="5"| The Lord Hotham

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Sir William Cuningham-Fairlie

| Tory

1826

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Thomas Bish

| Whig

1827

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| Rowland Stephenson

| Tory

Feb 1830

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| John Ward

| rowspan="3" | Whig

Aug 1830

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| William Marshall

May 1831

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| William Bertram Evans

| rowspan="4" | Whig

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| Thomas Brayen

Dec 1831

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| The Lord Hotham

|rowspan="2"| Tory

1832

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | Thomas Bish

1834

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="13" | Conservative

1837

|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="3"| Charles Greenaway

|rowspan="3"| Whig{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA104 |via=Google Books |access-date=16 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=Leominster |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001174/18370803/042/0004 |access-date=16 November 2018 |work=Perthshire Courier |date=3 August 1837 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

1841

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| James Wigram

1842 by-election

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| George Arkwright

1845 by-election

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Sir Henry Barkly

| rowspan="2" | Conservative

1849 by-election

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Frederick Peel

1852

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| John George Phillimore

|rowspan="2"| Whig{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000431/18520712/002/0003|access-date=17 May 2018|work=Sligo Champion|date=12 July 1852|pages=2–3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=Leominster|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000981/18520710/025/0002|access-date=17 May 2018|work=Bristol Times and Mirror|date=10 July 1852|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

1856 by-election

|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="4"| Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy

1857

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Willoughby

| rowspan="5" | Conservative

1858 by-election

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Charles Bateman-Hanbury

1865

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Arthur Walsh

1866 by-election

|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan="2"| Richard Arkwright

1868 by-election

|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Arthur Stanhope

1868

|colspan="6"| representation reduced from two Members to one

==Members 1868–1885 (one)==

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1868

| Richard Arkwright

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1876 by-election

| Thomas Blake

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1880

| James Rankin

| Conservative

| 1885

|colspan="3"| Parliamentary borough abolished, name transferred to county constituency

=Leominster county constituency=

==Members 1885–2010==

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|YearMemberParty
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1885

| Thomas Duckham

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1886

| Sir James Rankin

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1906

| Edmund Lamb

| Liberal

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1910

| Sir James Rankin

| Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1912

| H. FitzHerbert Wright

| rowspan="3" | Unionist

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1918

| Charles Ward-Jackson

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Unionist Party (UK)}}" |

| 1922

| Ernest Shepperson

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1945

| Archer Baldwin

| rowspan="3" |Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1959

| Clive Bossom

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1974

|rowspan="3"| Peter Temple-Morris

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Conservative}}" |

| 1997

| Independent Conservative

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 1998

| Labour

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 2001

| Bill Wiggin

| Conservative

| 2010

| colspan="2" | Constituency abolished

Elections

=Elections in the 1830s=

Stephenson was declared bankrupt and unseated, causing a by-election.

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= John Ward

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Beaumont Hotham

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= William Marshall

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{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = {{circa|740}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Tories (British political party)

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= William Bertram Evans

|votes = 563

|percentage = 41.5

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Brayen

|votes = 433

|percentage = 31.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Beaumont Hotham

|votes = 362

|percentage = 26.7

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{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 71

|percentage = 5.2

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{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 702

|percentage = 94.9

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{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = {{circa|740}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

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Brayen resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |title=By-election, 22 December 1831: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Beaumont Hotham

|votes = 346

|percentage = 51.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= William Fraser

|votes = 326

|percentage = 48.5

|change =

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 20

|percentage = 3.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 672

|percentage = {{circa|90.8}}

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{circa|740}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Bish

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Beaumont Hotham

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{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 779

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1835: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Bish

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Beaumont Hotham

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{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 694

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1837: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Beaumont Hotham

|votes = 395

|percentage = 38.5

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Charles Greenaway

|votes = 364

|percentage = 35.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= James Wigram

|votes = 266

|percentage = 26.0

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{{Election box turnout no change

|votes = 579

|percentage = 86.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change

|reg. electors = 671

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{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 31

|percentage = 3.0

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box majority no change

|votes = 98

|percentage = 9.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1840s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1841: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= James Wigram

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Charles Greenaway

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 619

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Wigram resigned after being appointed as a Vice-Chancellor, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 8 February 1842: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= George Arkwright

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Greenaway resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 26 April 1845: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Barkly

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1847: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= George Arkwright

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Barkly

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 631

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Barkly resigned after being appointed Governor of British Guiana, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 6 February 1849: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Frederick Peel

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1850s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1852: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=George Arkwright

|votes = 260

|percentage = 39.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate=John George Phillimore

|votes = 206

|percentage = 31.4

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Willoughby

|votes = 190

|percentage = 29.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 328 (est)

|percentage = 59.5 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 551

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 54

|percentage = 8.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box majority

|votes = 16

|percentage = 2.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

Arkwright's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 19 February 1856: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Gathorne Hardy

|votes = 179

|percentage = 63.9

|change = −4.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= James Campbell{{cite news|title=Leominster Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/18560220/011/0003|access-date=17 May 2018|work=Hereford Journal|date=20 February 1856|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=Domestic Intelligence|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000243/18560223/023/0007|access-date=17 May 2018|work=Newcastle Journal|date=23 February 1856|page=7|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 101

|percentage = 36.1

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 78

|percentage = 27.8

|change = +19.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 280

|percentage = 72.4

|change = +12.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 387

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −4.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1857: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Gathorne Hardy

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Willoughby

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 370

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Willoughby resigned after being appointed as a Member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 22 October 1858: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Bateman-Hanbury

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1859: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Gathorne Hardy

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Bateman-Hanbury

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 392

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{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: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Walsh

|votes = 214

|percentage = 38.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Gathorne Hardy

|votes = 208

|percentage = 37.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= William Mathewson Hindmarch{{cite news|title=Local News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000499/18651014/053/0010|access-date=24 February 2018|work=York Herald|date=14 October 1865|page=10|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 137

|percentage = 24.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 71

|percentage = 12.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 348

|percentage = 94.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 367

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Hardy was also elected MP for Oxford University and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 26 February 1866: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Richard Arkwright

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Walsh resigned in order to contest a by-election in Radnorshire, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 27 April 1868: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Stanhope

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Seat reduced to one member

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1868: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Richard Arkwright

|votes = 432

|percentage = 71.3

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party= Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Thomas Spinks{{cite book|editor1-last=Pharand|editor1-first=Michel|editor2-last=Hawman|editor2-first=Ellen L|editor3-last=Millar|editor3-first=Mary S|editor4-last=den Otter|editor4-first=Sandra|editor5-last=Wiebe|editor5-first=M.G.|title=Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1868, Vol. X|date=2014|publisher=University of Toronto Press|location=Toronto|isbn=9781442648593|page=406|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJOhCgAAQBAJ&q=spinks&pg=PA390|access-date=24 February 2018}}

|votes = 174

|percentage = 28.7

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 258

|percentage = 42.6

|change = +29.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 606

|percentage = 68.7

|change = −26.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 882

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1870s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1874: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Richard Arkwright

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 905

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Arkwright resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 16 Feb 1876: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Blake

|votes= 434

|percentage= 55.4

|change= New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Bateman-Hanbury-Kincaid-Lennox

|votes= 349

|percentage= 44.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes= 85

|percentage= 10.8

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 783

|percentage= 84.5

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 927

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1880: Leominster {{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|type=e-book}}{{page needed|date=October 2023}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

|votes=457

|percentage= 56.3

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Blake

|votes= 355

|percentage= 43.7

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=102

|percentage= 12.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 812

|percentage= 90.2

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 900

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Leominster British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Thomas Duckham

|votes=3,871

|percentage=50.8

|change= +7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

|votes=3,750

|percentage=49.2

|change= −7.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=121

|percentage=1.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 7,621

|percentage= 81.8

|change= −8.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,314

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= +7.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

Image:James Rankin.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

|votes=4,287

|percentage=64.2

|change=+15.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Edward Scudamore Lucas

|votes=2,394

|percentage=35.8

|change = −15.0

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=1,893

|percentage=28.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 6,681

|percentage=71.7

|change= −10.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,314

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+15.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1890s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

|votes=4,318

|percentage=59.7

|change=−4.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=James Tertius Southall

|votes=2,918

|percentage=40.3

|change=+4.5

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=1,400

|percentage=19.4

|change=−9.0

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=7,236

|percentage=74.0

|change=+2.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,778

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= −4.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1900s=

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Edmund_Lamb.jpg

{{Election box begin

|title=General election January 1906: LeominsterBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Edmund Lamb

|votes=3,892

|percentage=50.2

|change=New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

|votes=3,864

|percentage=49.8

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=28

|percentage=0.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes=7,756

|percentage=83.1

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,328

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1910s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election January 1910: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

|votes=4,822

|percentage=54.7

|change=+4.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Edmund Lamb

|votes=3,991

|percentage=45.3

|change=−4.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=831

|percentage=9.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 8,813

|percentage= 91.0

|change=+7.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,689

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+4.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election December 1910: LeominsterBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=James Rankin

|votes=4,600

|percentage=57.3

|change=+2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Wyatt Wyatt-Paine

|votes=3,431

|percentage= 42.7

|change=−2.6

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes=1,169

|percentage=14.6

|change=+5.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes= 8,031

|percentage= 82.9

|change= −8.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,689

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+2.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=By-election, 1912: LeominsterBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 by FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

|party= Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Wright

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner= Unionist Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1918: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Ward-Jackson

|votes = 8,308

|percentage = 50.5

|change = −6.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund Lamb

|votes = 5,291

|percentage = 32.1

|change = −10.6

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = National Farmers Union

|candidate = Ernest Wilfred Langford

|votes = 2,870

|percentage = 17.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 3,017

|percentage = 18.4

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 16,469

|percentage = 62.9

|change = −20.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 26,184

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +1.9

}}

{{Election box end 1918}}

  • Some records describe Lamb as an Independent Radical.
  • Langford was also a Liberal.

=Elections in the 1920s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1922: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Shepperson

|votes = 10,978

|percentage = 53.1

|change = +2.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Geoffrey Mander

|votes = 9,698

|percentage = 46.9

|change = +14.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,280

|percentage = 6.2

|change = −12.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 20,676

|percentage = 79.0

|change = +16.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 26,182

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −6.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1923: Leominster British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Shepperson

|votes = 11,582

|percentage = 57.3

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = James Dockett

|votes = 8,614

|percentage = 42.7

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 2,968

|percentage = 14.6

|change = +8.4

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 20,196

|percentage = 75.8

|change = −3.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 26,658

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1924: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Shepperson

|votes = 12,470

|percentage = 64.4

|change = +7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Adolphus Edinger

|votes = 6,897

|percentage = 35.6

|change = −7.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 5,573

|percentage = 28.8

|change = +14.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 19,367

|percentage = 71.6

|change = −4.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 27,033

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = +7.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1929: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Shepperson

|votes = 13,237

|percentage = 52.5

|change = −11.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Adolphus Edinger

|votes = 11,990

|percentage = 47.5

|change = +11.9

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,247

|percentage = 5.0

|change = −23.8

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 25,227

|percentage = 76.3

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 33,046

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = −11.9

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1930s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1931: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Shepperson

|votes = 16,916

|percentage = 63.3

|change = +10.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Adolphus Edinger

|votes = 9,803

|percentage = 36.7

|change = −10.8

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,113

|percentage = 26.6

|change = +21.6

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 26,719

|percentage = 79.9

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = 10.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1935: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ernest Shepperson

|votes = 14,180

|percentage = 53.2

|change = −10.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Albert Edward Farr

|votes = 12,465

|percentage = 46.8

|change = +10.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,715

|percentage = 6.4

|change = -20.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 26,645

|percentage = 78.2

|change = -1.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −10.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1940s=

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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1945: Leominster

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Archer Baldwin

|votes = 14,224

|percentage = 51.1

|change = −2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Albert Edward Farr

|votes = 13,586

|percentage = 48.9

|change = +2.1

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 638

|percentage = 2.2

|change = -4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 27,810

|percentage = 74.4

|change = -3.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −2.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1950s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1950: Leominster}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Archer Baldwin

|votes = 18,036

|percentage = 55.86

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund JM Jones

|votes = 8,402

|percentage = 26.02

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Morgan-Harris

|votes = 5,850

|percentage = 18.12

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 9,634

|percentage = 29.84

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 32,288

|percentage = 80.85

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1951: Leominster}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Archer Baldwin

|votes = 19,952

|percentage = 66.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Edmund JM Jones

|votes = 9,939

|percentage = 33.25

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,013

|percentage = 33.50

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 29,891

|percentage = 74.16

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1955: Leominster}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Archer Baldwin

|votes = 18,487

|percentage = 65.49

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Alfred Evans

|votes = 9,740

|percentage = 34.51

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,747

|percentage = 30.98

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 28,227

|percentage = 70.40

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1959: Leominster}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Clive Bossom

|votes = 16,642

|percentage = 55.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Grenville Jones

|votes = 6,905

|percentage = 23.00

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Frederick W Bowerman

|votes = 6,475

|percentage = 21.57

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 9,737

|percentage = 32.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 30,022

|percentage = 76.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1960s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1964: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Clive Bossom

|votes = 15,238

|percentage = 50.91

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Paul Cadbury

|votes = 8,941

|percentage = 29.87

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Kenneth A Gulleford

|votes = 5,750

|percentage = 19.21

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6,297

|percentage = 21.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 29,929

|percentage = 77.13

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1966: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Clive Bossom

|votes = 15,045

|percentage = 51.47

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Paul Cadbury

|votes = 7,647

|percentage = 26.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = K Roy Simmons

|votes = 6,536

|percentage = 22.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 7,398

|percentage = 25.31

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 29,228

|percentage = 75.17

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1970s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1970: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Clive Bossom

|votes = 17,630

|percentage = 57.97

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Pincham

|votes = 6,462

|percentage = 21.25

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Martyn Sloman

|votes = 6,321

|percentage = 20.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 11,168

|percentage = 36.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 30,413

|percentage = 72.84

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election February 1974: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris

|votes = 16,221

|percentage = 46.35

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Pincham

|votes = 14,602

|percentage = 41.73

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Clive Lindley

|votes = 4,172

|percentage = 11.92

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 1,619

|percentage = 4.62

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 34,995

|percentage = 80.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election October 1974: Leominster

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris

|votes = 15,741

|percentage = 46.07

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Pincham

|votes = 15,162

|percentage = 44.38

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = S Allen

|votes = 3,264

|percentage = 9.55

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 579

|percentage = 1.69

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 34,167

|percentage = 77.56

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1979: Leominster}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris

|votes = 21,126

|percentage = 53.50

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Pincham

|votes = 16,261

|percentage = 41.18

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = PJ Dobbs

|votes = 2,099

|percentage = 5.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 4,865

|percentage = 12.32

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 39,486

|percentage = 81.90

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1980s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1983: Leominster{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris

|votes = 29,276

|percentage = 56.99

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Roger Pincham

|votes = 19,490

|percentage = 37.94

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Donald Wilcox

|votes = 1,932

|percentage = 3.76

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Ecology Party (UK)

|candidate = Felicity Norman

|votes = 668

|percentage = 1.30

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 9,786

|percentage = 19.05

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 51,366

|percentage = 77.49

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1987: Leominster{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris

|votes = 31,396

|percentage = 57.86

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Stephen Morris

|votes = 17,321

|percentage = 31.92

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Chappell

|votes = 4,444

|percentage = 8.19

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party (UK)

|candidate = Felicity Norman

|votes = 1,102

|percentage = 2.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 14,075

|percentage = 25.94

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 54,263

|percentage = 77.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1990s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1992: Leominster{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170911/http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i13.htm|archive-date=26 October 2016|url-status=dead}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris

|votes = 32,783

|percentage = 56.6

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = DC Short

|votes = 16,103

|percentage = 27.8

|change = −4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Chris Chappell

|votes = 6,874

|percentage = 11.9

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Felicity Norman

|votes = 1,503

|percentage = 2.6

|change = +0.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Anti-Federalist League

|candidate = EP Carlisle

|votes = 640

|percentage = 1.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 16,680

|percentage = 28.8

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 57,903

|percentage = 81.7

|change = +3.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 1997: Leominster{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris

|votes = 22,888

|percentage = 45.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Terry James

|votes = 14,053

|percentage = 27.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Richard Westwood

|votes = 8,831

|percentage = 17.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Referendum Party (UK)

|candidate = Anthony Parkin

|votes = 2,815

|percentage = 5.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Felicity Norman

|votes = 1,086

|percentage = 2.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = UKIP

|candidate = Richard Chamings

|votes = 588

|percentage = 1.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = British National Party

|candidate = John Haycock

|votes = 292

|percentage = 0.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 8,835

|percentage = 17.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 50,553

|percentage = 76.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 2000s=

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2001: Leominster{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Bill Wiggin

|votes = 22,879

|percentage = 49.0

|change = +3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Celia Downie

|votes = 12,512

|percentage = 26.8

|change = −1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Stephen Hart

|votes = 7,872

|percentage = 16.8

|change = −0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Pippa Bennett

|votes = 1,690

|percentage = 3.6

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Christopher Kingsley

|votes = 1,590

|percentage = 3.4

|change = +2.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = John Haycock

|votes = 186

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 10,367

|percentage = 22.2

|change = +4.7

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 46,729

|percentage = 69.4

|change = −7.2

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin

|title=General election 2005: Leominster{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |publisher=Electoral Calculus |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Bill Wiggin

|votes = 25,407

|percentage = 52.1

|change = +3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Caroline Williams

|votes = 12,220

|percentage = 25.0

|change = −1.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Paul Bell

|votes = 7,424

|percentage = 15.2

|change = −1.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Felicity Norman

|votes = 2,191

|percentage = 4.5

|change = +0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = United Kingdom Independence Party

|candidate = Peter Whyte-Venables

|votes = 1,551

|percentage = 3.2

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 13,187

|percentage = 27.1

|change = +4.9

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 48,793

|percentage = 77.3

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = +2.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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

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