Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Abingdon was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983, making it one of the few English constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons to elect only one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

History

Abingdon was one of three English parliamentary boroughs enfranchised by Queen Mary I as anomalous single-member constituencies, and held its first Parliamentary election in 1558. The borough consisted of part of two parishes in the market town of Abingdon, then the county town of Berkshire. The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders paying scot and lot and not receiving alms; the highest recorded number of votes to be cast before 1832 was 253, at the general election of 1806.

Abingdon's voters seem always to have maintained their independence, and the constituency never came under the influence of a "patron" who assumed the right to choose the MP. Nevertheless, this did not always guarantee a pure election, and Porritt records that Abingdon offers the earliest case he was able to trace of a candidate trying to bribe voters with the promise of official office, later one of the most widespread abuses in English elections. In 1698, the defeated candidate, William Hucks, petitioned against the election of Sir Simon Harcourt, but during the hearing of the case it emerged that Hucks had promised that should he be elected an MP he would be made a Commissioner of the Excise, in which case he would use that power to appoint several of the voters to well-paid excise posts. The petition was dismissed and Hucks was committed to the custody of the sergeant-at-arms. (But ten years later, defeated again by Harcourt at the election of 1708, Hucks petitioned once more, on grounds of intimidation and other illegal practices, and this time Harcourt was ejected from his seat and Hucks declared to have been duly elected. Harcourt complained that the decision was a partisan one – which would have been by no means unusual at the period – "insisting to the last that he was the legal member, by a clear majority, by the most fair estimation".)

In 1831, the population of the borough was approximately 5,300, and contained 1,192 houses. This was sufficient for Abingdon to retain its MP under the Great Reform Act. (Indeed, it would have been big enough to retain two MPs had it had them, but there was no question of its representation being increased.) Its boundaries were unaltered, and under the reformed franchise 300 of the residents were qualified to vote.

In 1885 the borough constituency was abolished and the town was moved into a new county, The Northern or Abingdon Division of Berkshire. This constituency consisted of the northern part of the historic county, and as well as Abingdon included the towns of Wantage and Wallingford; it was predominantly agricultural at first, although its character changed during the 20th century with the growth of light industry round Abingdon, and it was generally a safe Conservative seat. This constituency survived essentially intact, with only minor boundary changes, until the 1983 general election, by which time it was simply called Abingdon County Constituency.

Abingdon was abolished in 1983 after changes in administrative boundaries resulting from the Local Government Act 1972 moved most of the northern part of the historic county of Berkshire, including Abingdon, into the county of Oxfordshire.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1885–1918

• The petty sessional divisions of Abingdon, Faringdon, Wallingford, and Wantage;
• The municipal borough of Wallingford; and
• The parts of the municipal boroughs of Abingdon and Oxford in Berkshire.

1918–1950

• The rural district of Abingdon (the civil parishes of Abingdon St Helen Without, Appleford, Appleton-with-Eaton, Besselsleigh, Cumnor, Draycot Moor, Drayton, Frilford, Fyfield, Garford, Kingston Bagpuize, Lyford, Marcham, Milton, North Hinksey, Radley, South Hinksey, Steventon, Sunningwell, Sutton Courtenay, Sutton Wick, Tubney, Wootton, and Wytham);
• The rural district of Wallingford (the civil parishes of Aston Tirrold, Aston Upthorpe, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Cholsey, Didcot, East Hagbourne, Little Wittenham, Long Wittenham, Moulsford, North Moreton, South Moreton, and West Hagbourne);
• The rural district of Wantage (the civil parishes of Aldworth, Ardington, Beedon, Blewbury, Brightwalton, Catmore, Chaddleworth, Childrey, Chilton, Compton, Denchworth, East Challow, East Hanney, East Hendred, East Ilsley, Farnborough, Fawley, Goosey, Grove, Hampstead Norris, Harwell, Hermitage, Letcombe Bassett, Letcombe Regis, Lockinge, Peasemore, Sparshlt, Upton, West Challow, West Hanney and West Hendred, and West Ilsley);
• The part of the rural district of Bradfield which consisted of the civil parishes of Ashampstead, Basildon, Frilsham, Streatley, and Yattendon;
• The part of the rural district of Faringdon which was within the administrative county of Berkshire (the civil parishes of Ashbury, Baulking, Bourton, Buckland, Buscot, Charney Bassett, Coleshill, Compton Beauchamp, Eaton Hastings, Fernham, Great Coxwell, Great Faringdon, Hatford, Hinton Waldrist, Kingston Lisle, Little Coxwell, Littleworth, Longcot, Longworth, Pusey, Shellingford, Stanford in the Vale, Uffington, Watchfield, and Woolstone);
• The municipal boroughs of Abingdon and Wallingford; and
• The urban district of Wantage.

The constituency's boundaries were adjusted slightly by the Representation of the People Act 1918, gaining a small part of the Newbury Division. It was redefined in terms of the administrative county of Berkshire and the county districts created by the Local Government Acts of 1888 and 1894.

1950–1974

• The boroughs of Abingdon and Wallingford;
• The urban district of Wantage; and
• The rural districts of Abingdon, Faringdon, Wallingford and Wantage.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1948, Abingdon was altered marginally, with the part of the rural district of Bradfield being transferred to Newbury.

1974–1983

As above. The constituency was not altered by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order of 1970, but was slightly amended prior to the February 1974 general election to take account of changes to local government boundaries.

As a result of the constituency boundary changes introduced at the 1983 general election, the Abingdon constituency was divided; most of its electors were placed in the new Wantage constituency and a significant minority including electors in the town of Abingdon were placed in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency. A small part to the south of the constituency had been retained within Berkshire and this area was transferred to Newbury.

Members of Parliament

1558–1640

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Robert Byng served as the Member of Parliament for Abingdon in the Parliament of 1559.

Parliament	Member
Parliament of 1558	Oliver Hyde
Parliament of 1559	Robert Byng
Parliament of 1563–1567	Oliver Hyde (Died during the Parliament) Anthony Forster (Elected 1566)
Parliament of 1571	Anthony Forster
Parliament of 1572–1583	Anthony Forster (Died during the Parliament) Richard Beake (Elected 1572)
Parliament of 1584–1585	Hon. Edward Norreys
Parliament of 1586–1587	Griffith Lloyd, chose to sit for Cardiganshire, replaced by Miles Sandys
Parliament of 1588–1589	Hon. Sir Edward Norreys
Parliament of 1593	William Braunche
Parliament of 1597–1598	Francis Little
Parliament of 1601	Robert Ryche
Parliament of 1604–1611	Sir Richard Lovelace
Addled Parliament (1614)	Sir Robert Knollys
Parliament of 1621–1622	Robert Hyde
Happy Parliament (1624–1625)	Sir Robert Knollys
Useless Parliament (1625)	Sir Robert Knollys
Parliament of 1625–1626
Parliament of 1628–1629	Sir John Stonhouse, 2nd Bt.
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

1640–1885

Election		Member	Party
	April 1640	Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet	Royalist
	January 1644	Stonhouse disabled to sit – seat vacant
	1645	John Ball (Died 1648)
	1649	Henry Neville
	1653	Abingdon was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
	1654	Thomas Holt
	1656
	January 1659	Sir John Lenthall
	May 1659	Henry Neville
	April 1660	Sir George Stonhouse, 3rd Baronet
	1675	Sir John Stonhouse, 2nd Bt
	January 1689	Thomas Medlycott Template:Refn
	May 1689	John Southby Template:Refn
	January 1690	Sir John Stonhouse, 2nd Bt
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	February 1690	Sir Simon Harcourt	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1705	Grey Neville	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1708	Sir Simon Harcourt Template:Refn	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1709	William Hucks	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	October 1710	Sir Simon Harcourt	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	December 1710	James Jennings	Tory
	1713	Hon. Simon Harcourt
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1715	James Jennings	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1722	Robert Hucks	Whig
	1741	John Wright
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1747	John Morton Template:Refn	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1770	Nathaniel Bayly	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1774	John Mayor Template:Refn	Tory
	1782	Henry Howorth
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1783	Edward Loveden Loveden	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1796	Thomas Metcalfe	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1807	George Knapp	Whig
	1809	Henry Bowyer
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1811	Sir George Bowyer, 6th Bt	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1818	John Maberly	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1832	Thomas Duffield	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1834		Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1844 by-election	Sir Frederick Thesiger	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	July 1852 by-election	James Caulfeild	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	December 1852	Montagu Bertie	Whig
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style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1857	John Thomas Norris	Radical
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1859		Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1865	Hon. Charles Lindsay	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1874	John Creemer Clarke	Liberal
	1885	Parliamentary borough abolished

MPs 1885–1983

After the abolition of the parliamentary borough of Abingdon, a new county division of Berkshire was created.

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Philip Wroughton	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Archie Loyd	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	Edward Strauss	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1910 (Jan)	Harold Henderson	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1916 by-election	Archie Loyd	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	John Tyson Wigan	Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1921 by-election	Arthur Loyd	Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922		Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1923	Edward Lessing	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	Sir Ralph Glyn, 1st Bt.	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1953 by-election	Airey Neave	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1979	Thomas Benyon	Conservative
	1983	Constituency abolished

Elections

Sources 1754–1784: Namier and Brooke; (parties) Stooks Smith. Positive swing is from Whig to Tory. Sources 1885–1900: House of Commons 1901.

1754 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Morton	133	57.08
	Non Partisan	Henry Thrale	100	42.92
Majority			33	14.16
Turnout			233	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

1761 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Morton	Unopposed	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

• Seat vacated on appointment of Morton as Chief Justice of Chester

By-Election 1762: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Morton	Unopposed	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

1768 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Morton	126	50.40
		Nathaniel Bayly	124	49.60
Majority			2	0.80
Turnout			250	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

• On petition Nathaniel Bayly seated in place of John Morton, 8 February 1770

1774 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mayor	146	55.73
		Thomas Wooldridge	116	44.27
Majority			30	11.46
Turnout			262	N/A
	hold		Swing	+5.33

• Tory hold from previous general election; Tory gain from Whig, from change on petition.
• Election declared void, 6 March 1775

By-Election 1775: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mayor	Unopposed	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

1780 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mayor	137	71.35
		Thomas Wooldridge	55	28.65
Majority			82	42.70
Turnout			192	N/A
	hold		Swing	+15.62

• Change is calculated from the previous general election.
• Resignation of Mayor.

By-Election 1782: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Howorth	Unopposed	N/A
	gain from		Swing	N/A

• Death of Howorth

By-Election 1783: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Loveden	Unopposed	N/A
	gain from		Swing	N/A

1784 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Loveden	Unopposed	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1830s

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1830 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ebenezer Maitland	94	37.2
Majority			65	25.6
Turnout			253
	hold		Swing	N/A

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1831 general election: Abingdon

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1832 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Leader Maberly	43	21.4
		Thomas Bowles	1	0.5
Majority			114	56.7
Turnout			201	67.0
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1835 general election: Abingdon

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1837 general election: Abingdon

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Elections in the 1840s

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1841 general election: Abingdon

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

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By-election 1844: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Thesiger was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

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By-election 1845: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Caulfeild	126	44.7
Majority			30	10.6
Turnout			282	89.5
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	hold		Swing	N/A

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1847 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Caulfeild	151	49.7
Majority			2	0.6
Turnout			304	89.7
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	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1850s

Thesiger was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

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By-election 1852: Abingdon

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1852 general election: Abingdon

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Caulfeild's death caused a by-election.

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By-election 1852: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Daniel Higford Davall Burr	129	45.7
Majority			24	8.6
Turnout			282	90.4
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	hold		Swing	N/A

Bertie succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl of Abingdon and causing a by-election.

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By-election 1854: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Thomas Norris	117	48.3
Majority			8	3.4
Turnout			242	62.2
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	hold		Swing	N/A

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1857 general election: Abingdon

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1859 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Godfrey Bellingham Hudson	119	45.2
Majority			25	9.6
Turnout			263	82.2
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	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1860s

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1865 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Thomas Norris	116	45.8
Majority			21	8.4
Turnout			253	83.2
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Lindsay was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.

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By-election 1866: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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1868 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Godfrey Lushington	324	44.9
Majority			73	10.2
Turnout			721	90.0
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	hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1870s

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1874 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Lindsay	333	43.1
Majority			106	13.8
Turnout			772	89.8
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	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+12.0

Elections in the 1880s

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1880 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alban Gibbs	386	47.4
Majority			42	5.2
Turnout			814	91.5
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	hold		Swing	−4.3

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Purvis

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1885 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Purvis	2,986	41.3
Majority			1,259	17.4
Turnout			7,231	82.3
Registered electors			8,791
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+11.3

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1886 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Colston Keevil	1,910	32.9
Majority			1,989	34.2
Turnout			5,809	66.1
Registered electors			8,791
	hold		Swing	+8.4

Elections in the 1890s

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1892 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Alfred Pryce	3,239	47.6
Majority			326	4.8
Turnout			6,804	79.3
Registered electors			8,585
	hold		Swing	−14.7

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1895 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Alfred Pryce	3,019	42.6
Majority			1,045	14.8
Turnout			7,083	82.2
Registered electors			8,615
	hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1900s

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1900 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			8,698
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Edward Strauss

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1906 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harold Henderson	3,767	48.9
Majority			176	2.2
Turnout			7,710	86.9
Registered electors			8,875
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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January 1910 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Strauss	3,776	43.9
Majority			1,053	12.2
Turnout			8,605	93.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+7.2

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December 1910 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Morton Harcourt Sands	3,328	41.6
Majority			1,349	16.8
Turnout			8,005
	hold		Swing	+2.3

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Elections in the 1920s

1918 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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1921 Abingdon by-election

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1922 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Lessing	9,967	48.7
Majority			540	2.6
Turnout			20,474	77.1
	hold		Swing	N/A

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1923 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ralph Glyn	10,678	49.4
Majority			254	1.2
Turnout			21,610	79.5
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+1.9

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1924 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Lessing	8,805	37.8
		D F Brundril	1,355	5.8
Majority			4,312	18.6
Turnout			23,277	82.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

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1929 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Lessing	11,896	40.1
		Arthur Reade	3,712	12.5
Majority			2,198	7.3
Turnout			25,990	80.8
	hold		Swing	−5.7

Elections in the 1930s

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1931 general election: Abingdon

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1935 general election: Abingdon

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Elections in the 1940s

A General election was due to take place before the end of 1940, but was postponed due to the Second World War. By 1939, the following candidates had been selected to contest this constituency;

• Conservative: Ralph Glyn
• Liberal: A D Macdonald MC
• Labour: Frank W Bourne

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1945 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dale Hope Parkinson	11,980	31.5
		John Henry Charles Miller	7,031	18.5
		John Clement Dix Dunman	1,668	4.4
		Sir Charles Arland Maitland Freake, 4th Baronet	419	1.1
Majority			4,988	13.1
Turnout			38,066	64.1
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1950 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Jarrett McCullagh	16,733	37.74
		Eric Digby Tempest Vane	6,612	14.91
		John Clement Dix Dunman	396	0.89
Majority			3,862	8.71
Turnout			44,336	82.10
	hold		Swing

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1951 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John EG Curthoys	19,891	44.53
Majority			4,883	10.94
Turnout			44,665	79.96
	hold		Swing

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1953 Abingdon by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ted Castle	17,126	39.67
		George Allen	3,060	7.09
Majority			5,860	13.57
Turnout			43,172	75.9
	hold		Swing	+1.3

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1955 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Margaret Reid	16,979	33.15
		George Allen	8,634	16.85
Majority			8,634	16.85
Turnout			51,226	87.59
	hold		Swing

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1959 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Philip Picard	16,971	32.91
		Verdun Isabel Perl	6,651	12.90
Majority			10,972	21.28
Turnout			51,565	80.77
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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1964 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick J Riddell	20,334	36.53
		Verdun Isabel Perl	8,627	15.50
Majority			6,373	11.45
Turnout			55,668	80.56
	hold		Swing

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1966 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alan H.S. Matterson	24,447	40.8
		Denis H.V. Case	7,703	12.9
Majority			3,302	5.5
Turnout			59,899	82.5
	hold		Swing	+3.0

Elections in the 1970s

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1970 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Norman H. Price	23,136	34.8
		S.R. Caradoc Evans	7,198	10.8
Majority			13,073	19.6
Turnout			66,543	77.6
	hold		Swing

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February 1974 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		D.E.H. Moriarty	21,028	28.3
		Michael Patrick Fogarty	18,458	24.9
Majority			13,743	18.5
Turnout			74,257	83.0
	hold		Swing

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October 1974 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		D.E.H. Moriarty	21,319	31.1
		Michael Patrick Fogarty	15,239	22.2
Majority			10,637	15.5
Turnout			68,514	75.8
	hold		Swing

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1979 general election: Abingdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew Popper	18,920	24.7
		Ian Blair	16,164	21.1
	Independent	R. Pinder	381	0.5
Majority			22,291	29.1
Turnout			76,676	79.5
	hold		Swing

See also

• List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1950–1974) by region

Bibliography

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