Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Wiltshire, North or Cricklade Division
|type = County
|parliament = uk
|year = 1885
|abolished = 1918
|elects_howmany = one
|previous =
|next =Swindon and partly Chippenham
}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Cricklade
|type = Borough
|parliament = uk
|year = 1295
|abolished = 1885
|elects_howmany = two
|previous =
|next =
}}
Cricklade was a parliamentary constituency named after the town of Cricklade in Wiltshire.
From 1295 until the general election of 1885, Cricklade was a parliamentary borough, returning two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, previously to the House of Commons of England and House of Commons of Great Britain.
Initially this consisted of only the town of Cricklade, but from 1782 the vote was extended to the surrounding countryside as a punishment for the borough's corruption. The extended area came to include the village of Swindon, which later grew into a large town with the coming of the railways in the 19th century.
From the 1885 general election the borough was abolished, but the name was transferred to a county division of Wiltshire covering much the same area, and electing a single MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election: Cricklade joined the Chippenham constituency and a new Swindon constituency was created.
Boundaries
1832–1885: The hundreds of Highworth, Cricklade, Staple, Kingsbridge and Malmesbury, except the parliamentary borough of Malmesbury.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq0uAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA154|title= The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales.|location= London |publisher= His Majesty's statute and law printers |date= 1832 |pages= 154–206 |access-date= 4 March 2023}}
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cricklade and Swindon.
Members of Parliament
=1295-1640=
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}
- Constituency created 1295
=1640-1885=
class="wikitable" | ||||
Year | colspan="2"|First member | First party | colspan="2"|Second member | Second party |
---|---|---|---|---|
April 1640
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |? | ||||
November 1640
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Parliamentarian
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Parliamentarian | ||
December 1648
|colspan="3"|Jenner excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant |colspan="3"|Hodges not recorded as having sat after Pride's Purge | ||||
1653
|colspan="6"|Cricklade was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||||
January 1659
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |||
May 1659
|colspan="6"|Cricklade was unrepresented in the restored Rump | ||||
April 1660
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1661
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Sir George Hungerford | |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1679
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="4"| Edmund Webb |rowspan="4"| | ||||
1680
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1681
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1685
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="4"| Charles Fox |rowspan="4"| | ||||
1689
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1690
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1698
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Edward Pleydell |rowspan="2"| | ||||
1699
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Sir Stephen Fox |rowspan="2"| | ||||
1701
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||
1702
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Samuel Barker |rowspan="2"| | ||||
1705
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Edmund Dunch |rowspan="3"| Whig | ||||
1708
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||
1710
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1713
|rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="9"| Sir Thomas Reade |rowspan="9"| |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | William GoreGore was also elected for Colchester, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Cricklade | | ||||
1714
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1715
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Jacob SawbridgeSawbridge was expelled from the House for his role in the South Sea Bubble | | ||||
1721
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1722
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1727
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1734
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1739
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1741
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1747
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| William Rawlinson Earle |rowspan="2"| |style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Lieutenant-Colonel John Gore | | ||||
1754
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Thomas Gore |rowspan="2"| | ||||
1761
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1768
| | | | Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Robert Fletcher | | ||||
1774
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | |rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="3"| Arnold Nesbitt |rowspan="3"| | ||||
1775
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | Samuel PeachA by-election was held in December 1774 after the death of William Earle, but the result was disputed and the Returning Officer made a double return, naming both Samuel Peach and John Dewar. The Commons declared the election void, and a second election was held; Peach was initially declared elected but on petition the result was reversed and Dewar took his seat. | | ||||
1776
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| John Dewar |rowspan="2"| | ||||
1779
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| John MacphersonOn petition, Macpherson's election in 1779 was declared void and a new writ issued, but he was re-elected in the by-election. At the general election of 1780 he was again elected and his opponent again entered a petition. On investigation the Committee reported that "instances of the most notorious bribery had occurred"; the House voted that neither Macpherson nor his opponent Samuel Petrie were duly elected, and shortly afterwards passed an Act to extend the right of voting in Cricklade to the surrounding hundreds. |rowspan="2"| | ||||
1780
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | |rowspan="2"| Paul Benfield |rowspan="2"| | ||||
1782
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" | | | ||||
1784On petition the result of the election of 1784 was reversed, Coxe and Adamson being declared not duly elected and Heneage and Nicholas being seated in their place
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=110–112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA110 }} | style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||
1785
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| John Walker-Heneage | rowspan="7" | Tory |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | rowspan="5" | Tory | ||||
1790
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Thomas Estcourt | ||||
1794
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Henry Herbert | ||||
1806
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Thomas Goddard | ||||
1811
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | | ||||
1812
|rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Joseph Pitt |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||
1818
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Robert Gordon |rowspan="3"| Whig{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA101 }} | ||||
1831
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig | ||||
1835
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="4"| John Neeld |rowspan="4"| Conservative | ||||
1837
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||
1841
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" | | Whig{{cite news |title=Elections Decided |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000206/18410710/017/0006 |access-date=1 November 2018 |work=Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser |date=10 July 1841 |page=6 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |title=General Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000265/18410703/013/0003 |access-date=1 November 2018 |work=Western Times |date=3 July 1841 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }} | ||||
1847
|rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="3"| Ambrose Goddard |rowspan="3"| Conservative{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://archive.org/details/dodsparliamenta12dodgoog|year=1847|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|page=[https://archive.org/details/dodsparliamenta12dodgoog/page/n176 172]}} | ||||
1859
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||
1865
|rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |rowspan="4"| Sir Daniel Gooch |rowspan="4"| Conservative | ||||
1868
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||
1874
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||||
1880
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" | | Liberal | ||||
1885
|colspan="6"| Borough abolished - replaced by county constituency returning one member |
=1885-1918=
class="wikitable" | ||
colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party |
---|---|---|
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1885 |rowspan="2"| Nevil Story Maskelyne | Liberal | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
| 1886 | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1892 | Liberal | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
| 1895 | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1898 | rowspan="2" | Liberal | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| 1906 | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" | | ||
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| Liberal | ||
colspan="2" align="center"| 1918
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished: see Swindon |
Elections
=Elections in the 1830s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1830: Cricklade (2 seats){{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Cricklade |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/cricklade |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=11 April 2020}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = Joseph Pitt
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Robert Gordon
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{circa|1,200}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1831: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Robert Gordon
|votes = 669
|percentage = 36.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Calley
|votes = 639
|percentage = 34.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Philip Pleydell-Bouverie
|votes = 533
|percentage = 29.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 106
|percentage = 5.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,138
|percentage = {{circa|94.8}}
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{circa|1,200}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Tories (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
Gordon was appointed a Commissioner for the Affairs of India, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin | title=By-election, 16 June 1832: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Robert Gordon
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1832: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Robert Gordon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Thomas Calley
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,546
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1835: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Robert Gordon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,640
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1837: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
|votes = 833
|percentage = 36.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard (born 1779)|Ambrose Goddard
|votes = 734
|percentage = 32.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Thomas Howard
|votes = 720
|percentage = 31.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 14
|percentage = 0.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,389
|percentage = 82.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,687
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1840s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1841: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Henry Thomas Howard
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,663
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1847: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,659
}}
{{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}}
=Elections in the 1850s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1852: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,647
}}
{{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}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1857: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
|votes = 778
|percentage = 35.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard
|votes = 770
|percentage = 35.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles James Monk{{cite news|title=Cricklade Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000360/18570402/005/0002|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette|date=2 April 1857|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news|title=New Swindon|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001955/18570321/126/0008|access-date=6 May 2018|work=Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard|date=21 March 1857|page=8|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 633
|percentage = 29.0
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 137
|percentage = 6.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,407 (est)
|percentage = 83.7 (est)
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,682
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1859: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard
|votes = 745
|percentage = 33.9
|change = −1.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Ashley-Cooper
|votes = 743
|percentage = 33.8
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Neeld
|votes = 712
|percentage = 32.4
|change = −3.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,472 (est)
|percentage = 87.0 (est)
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 1,692
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2
|percentage = 0.1
|change = −6.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −1.9
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 31
|percentage = 1.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1860s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1865: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard
|votes = 978
|percentage = 37.2
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Gooch
|votes = 879
|percentage = 33.4
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Eliot
|votes = 772
|percentage = 29.4
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 107
|percentage = 4.0
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,701 (est)
|percentage = 83.8 (est)
|change = −3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,029
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1868: Cricklade (2 seats)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick William Cadogan
|votes = 2,844
|percentage = 38.9
|change = +9.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Gooch
|votes = 2,452
|percentage = 33.6
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard
|votes = 2,009
|percentage = 27.5
|change = −9.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 835
|percentage = 11.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,075 (est)
|percentage = 87.1 (est)
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 5,825
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +7.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1870s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1874: Cricklade (2 seats){{cite news|title=Cricklade Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000359/18740212/002/0002|access-date=29 December 2017|work=Wiltshire Independent|date=12 February 1874|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Gooch
|votes = 2,624
|percentage =29.0
|change = −4.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ambrose Goddard
|votes = 2,231
|percentage = 24.6
|change = −2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick William Cadogan
|votes = 2,092
|percentage = 23.1
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Henry Tucker{{cite news|title=Cricklade|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000167/18740128/013/0003|access-date=29 December 2017|work=Huddersfield Chronicle|date=28 January 1874|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,578
|percentage = 17.4
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)
|candidate = William Morris{{cite news|title=The Labourers' Union|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000532/18740110/056/0003|access-date=29 December 2017|work=Gloucester Journal|date=10 January 1874|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 497
|percentage = 5.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = John Arkell{{cite news|title=The election expenses of the candidates for the borough and hundreds of Cricklade|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000406/18740417/047/0006|access-date=29 December 2017|work=Western Gazette|date=17 April 1874|page=6|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 40
|percentage = 0.4
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 139
|percentage = 1.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 4,800 (est)
|percentage = 75.9 (est)
|change = −11.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 6,325
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −4.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1880s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1880: Cricklade (2 seats){{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|format=}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Nevil Story Maskelyne
|votes = 4,350
|percentage = 50.9
|change = +10.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daniel Gooch
|votes = 2,441
|percentage = 28.6
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Algernon Neeld{{cite news|title=Cricklade Borough|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001955/18830623/154/0008|access-date=25 November 2017|work=Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard|date=23 June 1883|page=8|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
|votes = 1,748
|percentage = 20.5
|change = −4.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,602
|percentage = 30.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,791 (est)
|percentage = 90.9 (est)
|change = +15.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 7,473
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +7.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1885: CrickladeBritish parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Nevil Story Maskelyne
|votes = 4,541
|percentage = 62.1
|change = +11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =William Stone
|votes =2,770
|percentage = 37.9
|change = −11.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,771
|percentage = 24.2
|change = -6.2
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,311
|percentage = 81.0
|change = −9.9 (est)
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,031
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +11.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1886: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Nevil Story Maskelyne
|votes = 3,401
|percentage = 53.7
|change = +15.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Benjamin Francis Conn Costelloe
|votes =1,683
|percentage = 26.6
|change = -35.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = Sir John Bennett|John Bennett
|votes =1,247
|percentage = 19.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,718
|percentage = 27.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,331
|percentage = 70.1
|change = -10.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 9,031
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +25.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Costelloe contested previous general election as Conservative
=Elections in the 1890s=
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1892: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Husband
|votes = 4,569
|percentage = 56.1
|change = +29.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Nevil Story Maskelyne
|votes =3,571
|percentage = 43.9
|change = -9.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 998
|percentage = 12.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,140
|percentage = 77.1
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 10,561
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +19.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
File:Alfred Hopkinson (1851-1939).jpg
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1895: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Alfred Hopkinson
|votes =4,679
|percentage = 50.5
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice
|votes = 4,580
|percentage = 49.5
|change = −6.6
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 99
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 9,259
|percentage = 84.2
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 10,994
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +6.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1898 Cricklade by-election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice
|votes = 5,624
|percentage = 52.3
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Frederick Campbell
|votes =5,135
|percentage = 47.7
|change = -2.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 489
|percentage = 4.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,759
|percentage = 90.3
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 11,911
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +2.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1900s=
File:Arnold Ward 1906 postcard.jpg
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1900: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Edmond Petty-Fitzmaurice
|votes = 5,754
|percentage = 53.9
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =Ernest St Clair Pemberton
|votes =4,920
|percentage = 46.1
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 834
|percentage = 7.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,674
|percentage = 85.8
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 12,441
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = +4.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1906: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Massie
|votes = 7,294
|percentage = 56.1
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Arnold Ward
|votes =5,716
|percentage = 43.9
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,578
|percentage = 12.2
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,010
|percentage = 90.4
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 14,390
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Elections in the 1910s=
{{Election box begin
|title=General election January 1910: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Calley
|votes =7,389
|percentage = 52.2
|change = +8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Massie
|votes = 6,754
|percentage = 47.8
|change = -8.3
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 635
|percentage = 4.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 14,143
|percentage = 93.0
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +8.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
File:1910 Richard Cornthwaite Lambert MP.jpg
{{Election box begin
|title=General election December 1910: Cricklade
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Cornthwaite Lambert
|votes = 6,937
|percentage = 50.5
|change = +2.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Calley
|votes =6,809
|percentage = 49.5
|change = -2.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 128
|percentage = 1.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 13,746
|percentage = 90.4
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +2.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Richard Cornthwaite Lambert
- Unionist:
Notes
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