The 1964 Devizes by-election was held on 14 May 1964 after the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Percivall Pott. It was won by the Conservative candidate...
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changes which entailed the loss of the town of Devizes to the newly created constituency of Melksham and Devizes. As a consequence, it was renamed East Wiltshire...
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later on 14 May 1964: 1964 Bury St Edmunds by-election 1964 Devizes by-election 1964 Rutherglen by-election 1964 Winchester by-election Rallings, Colin;...
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Liberal candidate for the Devizes division of Wiltshire at the 1964 Devizes by-election and again at the 1964 and 1966 General Elections. On each occasion he...
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after winning three by-elections in Winchester, Bury St. Edmunds, and Devizes. The election campaign formally began on 25 September 1964 when Douglas-Home...
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Conservative Party by their candidate Morgan Morgan-Giles. The by-election was one of four (the others being Bury St Edmunds, Devizes and Rutherglen being...
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1964 Faversham by-election was held on 4 June 1964 after the death of the incumbent Labour MP Percy Wells. The usually marginal seat was retained by the...
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was a 1964 by-election for the constituency of Rutherglen in the UK House of Commons on 14 May 1964, not long before the 1964 general election. It was...
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reconfiguration of Chippenham. Devizes and North Wiltshire were abolished and new constituencies named East Wiltshire, and Melksham and Devizes, created. These changes...
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by-election was one of four (the others being Rutherglen, Devizes and Winchester) being held on the same day in which the seat was being defended by a...
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Henley and Thame Honiton and Sidmouth Horsham Lewes Maidenhead Melksham and Devizes Mid Dorset and North Poole Mid Sussex Newbury Newton Abbot Norfolk North...
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elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1964 general election, held on 15 October 1964. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included...
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Anthony Hurd, Baron Hurd (category UK MPs 1959–1964)
months later at the age of 64. His father, Sir Percy Hurd, was MP for Devizes, his brother was Robert Hurd (architect); his son, Douglas now Lord Hurd...
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The 1961 Bristol South East by-election was a by-election held on 4 May 1961 for the British House of Commons constituency of Bristol South East in the...
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Charles Morrison (category UK MPs 1959–1964)
and Conservative politician. He served as Member of Parliament for Devizes from 1964 until 1992. Morrison was born in London, the son of John Morrison...
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The 1964 Liverpool Scotland by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 11 June 1964 for the British House of Commons constituency...
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Opposition 1714–1830, by Archibald S. Foord (Oxford University Press 1964) Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal...
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defeated in Smethwick in the 1964 election. He was still appointed as Foreign Secretary and fought the 1965 Leyton by-election which he lost, resigning from...
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Claire Perry O'Neill (category 1964 births)
for Devizes". Politics Show West. BBC News. Retrieved 11 February 2017. Isaby, Jonathan (1 November 2009). "Claire Perry selected to fight Devizes". ConservativeHome...
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Reg Prentice (category UK MPs 1959–1964)
the last few years before his death at age 77, he was President of the Devizes Conservative Association. Prentice died at his home in Mildenhall, Wiltshire...
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2024). "Aldershot general election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 29 August 2024. Melksham and Devizes "'What is wrong with you...
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1922 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 15 November 1922. It was won by the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Bonar...
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of United Kingdom MPs by seniority, 2024–present. The Members of Parliament (MPs), who were elected in the 2024 general election and during the 59th Parliament...
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Parliament from 2017 until 2024 by Bob Seely, a Conservative. Created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, it covered the whole of the...
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Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Prime Minister Ramsay...
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20% of the vote, and remained as MP for Devizes until he retired from Parliament at the 1945 general election. He was knighted in the 1932 King's Birthday...
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(1881–1964) was an art critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group. The family was raised at Cleeve House, Seend, between Melksham and Devizes, a "monstrosity"...
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2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies (redirect from Notional results of the 2019 United Kingdom general election by 2024 constituency)
South Bedfordshire Maidstone and Malling Manchester Rusholme Melksham and Devizes Melton and Syston Meriden and Solihull East Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare...
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1962 to 1964 Elinor Goodman (born 1946), journalist, political editor of Channel 4 News from 1988 to 2005 Moose Harris (born 1967 in Devizes), bass guitarist...
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Lord Mayor. Sir Thomas canvassed for Devizes in 1761 and again in 1765, when he was defeated at the by-election in January 1765. Four months later, he...
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