Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°53′24″N 2°04′41″W / 51.890°N 2.078°W / 51.890; -2.078

Cheltenham
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
Outline map
Location of Gloucestershire within England.
County Gloucestershire
Electorate 77,937 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Cheltenham
Current constituency
Created 1832 (1832)
Member of Parliament Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

Cheltenham is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

The seat covers the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, although with slightly different boundaries to those of Cheltenham borough. It is bordered by the constituencies of Tewkesbury and The Cotswolds.

History

Cheltenham borough constituency was created in the Great Reform Act of 1832 and has returned nine Liberals (or Liberal Democrats) and nine Conservatives to Parliament since that time, along with one independent.

The Conservative Party held the constituency from 1950 until 1992. The Conservatives' campaign in the 1992 general election was marred by a local party member's racist remarks about their candidate, John Taylor, who is of West Indian descent. Taylor subsequently lost the election to Nigel Jones of the Liberal Democrats.

In 2000, Jones was nearly murdered in a horrific incident at one of his MP's surgeries; a man attacked him and an assistant with a samurai sword. His colleague, Andrew Pennington, was killed in the attack. Jones was made a life peer in 2005. The Liberal Democrats held Cheltenham in the 2005 election, with Martin Horwood taking the seat.

Members of Parliament

Election Member [2] Party Notes
1832 Hon. Craven Berkeley Liberal son of the 5th Earl of Berkeley
1847 Sir Willoughby Jones Conservative unseated on petition
1848, June by-election Hon. Craven Berkeley Liberal unseated on petition
1848, September by-election Grenville Berkeley Liberal
1852 Hon. Craven Berkeley Liberal died 1855
1855 by-election Grenville Berkeley Liberal
1856 by-election Francis Berkeley Liberal later 2nd Baron FitzHardinge
1865 Charles Schreiber Conservative
1868 Henry Bernhard Samuelson Liberal
1874 James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative
1880 Charles de Ferrieres Liberal
1885 James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative
1895 Frank Shirley Russell Conservative
1900 James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative
1906 John Edward Sears Liberal
1910, January Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon Conservative later 9th Earl of Bessborough
1910, December Richard Mathias Liberal unseated on petition
1911 by-election Sir James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative Knighted in 1916
1928 by-election Sir Walter Preston Conservative
1937 by-election Daniel Lipson Independent Conservative
1950 William Hicks-Beach Conservative
1964 Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker Conservative
Oct 1974 Charles Irving Conservative
1992 Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat later a life peer as Baron Jones of Cheltenham
2005 Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Cheltenham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Martin Horwood 26,659 50.5 +11.1
Conservative Mark Coote 21,739 41.2 +2.4
Labour James Green 2,703 5.1 -6.7
UKIP Peter Bowman 1,192 2.3 +1.0
Monster Raving Loony Dancing Ken Hanks 493 0.9 -0.2
Majority 4,920 9.3
Turnout 52,786 67.0 +6.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Cheltenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Martin Horwood 18,122 41.5 −6.2
Conservative Vanessa Gearson 15,819 36.3 +1.1
Labour Christopher Evans 4,988 11.4 −0.6
Independent Robert Hodges 2,651 6.1 N/A
Green Keith Bessant 908 2.1 +0.3
UKIP Niall Warry 608 1.4 +0.2
Monster Raving Loony Dancing Ken Hanks 525 1.2 0.0
Majority 2,303 5.3
Turnout 43,621 61.0 -0.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing -3.6
General Election 2001: Cheltenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Nigel Jones 19,970 47.7 -1.7
Conservative Rob Garnham 14,715 35.2 -1.1
Labour Andy Erlam 5,041 12.0 +1.9
Green Keith Bessant 735 1.8 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Ken Hanks 513 1.2 +0.5
UKIP James Carver 482 1.2 +0.6
ProLife Alliance Anthony Gates 272 0.7 +0.2
Independent Roger Everest 107 0.3 N/A
Majority 5,255 12.5
Turnout 41,835 61.9 -12.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Cheltenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Nigel Jones 24,877 49.45 +2.11
Conservative W Todman 18,232 36.24 -8.50
Labour B Leach 5,100 10.14 +3.78
Referendum Party A Powell 1,065 2.12
Monster Raving Loony K Hanks 375 0.75
UKIP G Cook 302 0.60
ProLife Alliance A Harriss 245 0.49
Natural Law S Brighouse 107 0.21 -0.05
Majority
Turnout
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
General Election 1992: Cheltenham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Nigel Jones 30,351 47.3 +5.0
Conservative John Taylor 28,683 44.7 −5.4
Labour Mrs PR Tatlow 4,077 6.4 −1.2
Independent MD Rendell 665 1.0 N/A
Natural Law HW Brighouse 169 0.3 N/A
Independent MA Bruce-Smith 162 0.3 N/A
Majority 1,668 2.6 −5.2
Turnout 64,107 80.3 +1.4
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing +5.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Cheltenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Irving 31,371 50.2
Liberal Richard G Holme 26,475 42.3
Labour M Luker 4,701 7.5
Majority 4,896 7.8
Turnout 78.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Cheltenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Irving 29,187 50.6
Liberal Richard G Holme 23,669 41.0
Labour Judith James 4,390 7.6
Ecology David G Swindley 479 0.8
Majority 5,518 9.6
Turnout 75.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Cheltenham by-election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Conservative Daniel Lipson 10,533 40.0 N/A
Conservative R. T. Harper 10,194 38.8 −31.7
Labour Cyril Poole 5,570 21.2 −8.3
Majority 339 1.2
Turnout 69.3 −1.1
Independent Conservative gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Cheltenham by-election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Walter Preston 10,438 49.5 −7.1
Liberal Sir John Brunner 6,678 31.7 −11.7
Labour Florence Widdowson 3,962 18.8 N/A
Majority 3,760 17.8 +4.6
Turnout 80.3 -2.4
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  3. ^ Acting Returning officer (7 May 2010). "Election Results - Cheltenham Borough Council". Electoral Services. Cheltenham Borough Council. http://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=847. Retrieved 14 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

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