Cricklade (UK Parliament constituency)


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 to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, previously to the House of Commons of England.
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

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cricklade and Swindon.

Members of Parliament

1295-1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1386John AndrewAndrew Jones
1388 John AndrewThomas Weston
1388 -
1390 ?John Crouch?William Plomer
1399Robert AndrewJohn Ferrour
1413 Thomas CrickladeRobert Newman
1421 Thomas Cricklade| CrickladeGeoffrey Cowbridge
1442John Long-
1427John Bailey-
1510Sir Andrew Windsor-
1529Robert CurzonWilliam Rede
1547John Winchcombe alias SmallwoodJohn Walshe
1553 ?-
1553 Thomas ParkerWilliam Badger ?
1554 William HampshireJohn Tunks
1554 Thomas ParkerJohn Rede
1555Sir Nicholas PoyntzGeorge Huntley
1558William HampshireJohn Marmion
1559Sir Walter DenysJohn Astley
1562/3Nicholas St JohnAnthony Throckmorton
1571Sir Nicholas ArnoldGiles Brydges
1572William BrydgesJohn Higford
1584Rowland LeighRichard Smith
1586John HigfordRichard Delabere
1588/9George SniggeThomas Smith
1593Henry NoelJohn Pleydell
1597Sir George GiffordGrey Brydges
1601Sir George GiffordRobert Master
1604–1611Sir John HungerfordSir Henry Poole
1614Sir Thomas MonsonSir John Eyre
1621–1622Sir Thomas HowardSir Carew Reynell
1624Sir William HowardSir Neville Poole
1625Sir William HowardEdward Dowse
1626Sir William HowardSir Robert Hyde
1628Robert JennerSir Edward Hungerford
1629–1640No Parliaments summonedNo Parliaments summoned

1640-1885

1885-1918

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Gordon was appointed a Commissioner for the Affairs of India, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;