Exeter (UK Parliament constituency)
Exeter is a constituency composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative, Liberal Party, Independent and Labour representation.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers the majority of this affluent city, including the University and the Met Office which are significant employers.Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Exeter.1950–1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.
1983–2010: The City of Exeter.
2010–present: The City of Exeter wards of Alphington, Cowick, Duryard, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Pinhoe, Polsloe, Priory, St David's, St James, St Leonard's, St Thomas, and Whipton and Barton.
The constituency covers most of the city of Exeter in Devon. It covered the entire city from 1918 until 2010, when, under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which increased the number of seats in the county from 11 to 12, two wards of the City of Exeter were transferred to the neighbouring East Devon constituency.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1295–1660
| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1351 | John Prescott | - |
| 1353 | John Prescott | - |
| 1365 | John Prescott | - |
| 1368 | John Prescott | - |
| 1386 | John Grey | Richard Bosom |
| 1388 | Peter Hadley | Thomas Raymond |
| 1388 | Peter Hadley | Adam Creedy |
| 1390 | Adam Golde | William Frye |
| 1390 | - | |
| 1391 | John Grey | William Frye |
| 1393 | John Grey | Robert Cobbley |
| 1394 | John Grey | Richard Bosom |
| 1395 | John Grey | William Wilford |
| 1397 | John Grey | William Wilford |
| 1397 | William Frye | William Wilford |
| 1399 | Roger Golde | Robert Cobbley |
| 1401 | Adam Scut | John Coscombe |
| 1402 | Roger Golde | William Morehay |
| 1404 | William Wilford | Thomas Raymond |
| 1404 | John Nywaman | John Lake |
| 1406 | Roger Golde | William Dimmock |
| 1407 | Nicholas Clerk | William Morehay |
| 1410 | Richard Raymond | John Shaplegh I |
| 1411 | William Wilford | John Lake |
| 1413 | Thomas Eston | Peter Sturt |
| 1413 | Richard Bosom | John Pollow |
| 1414 | John Wilford | John Shaplegh II |
| 1414 | Roger Golde | John Wilford |
| 1415 | Richard Crese | John Pollow |
| 1416 | Roger Golde | Robert Vessy |
| 1416 | Roger Golde | John Pollow |
| 1417 | John Shaplegh II | Thomas Cook |
| 1419 | John Shaplegh II | John Pollow |
| 1420 | John Shaplegh II | Richard Crese |
| 1421 | John Cutler alias Carwithan | Roger Shillingford |
| 1421 | John Shaplegh II | John Shillingford |
| 1510 | Thomas Andrew | John Orenge |
| 1512 | Richard Hewet | John Simon |
| 1515 | Richard Hewet | John Simon |
| 1523 | John Noseworthy | John Bridgeman |
| 1529 | Henry Hamlin | John Blackaller, replaced 1534 by Robert Hooker alias Vowell |
| 1536 | ? | |
| 1539 | John Hull | William Hurst |
| 1542 | Thomas Spurway | William Hurst |
| 1543 | Gilbert Kirk replaced Spurway and John Pasmore replaced Hurst | Gilbert Kirk replaced Spurway and John Pasmore replaced Hurst |
| 1543 | ' Thomas Spurway replaced Kirk, William Hurst replaced Pasmore | ' Thomas Spurway replaced Kirk, William Hurst replaced Pasmore |
| 1545 | John Grenville | William Hurst |
| 1547 | John Hull, died and replaced 1549 by Thomas Prestwood | Griffith Ameredith |
| 1553 | Robert Weston | Richard Hart |
| 1553 | John Ridgeway | Richard Hart |
| 1554 | John Ridgeway | Richard Hart |
| 1554 | John Grenville | John Petre |
| 1555 | Sir John Pollard | Edmund Sture |
| 1558 | John Grenville | Walter Staplehill |
| 1558/9 | Sir John Pollard | Richard Prestwood |
| 1562/3 | Thomas Williams, died and replaced 1566 by Sir Peter Carew | Geoffrey Tothill |
| 1571 | Geoffrey Tothill | John Vowell alias Hooker |
| 1572 | Geoffrey Tothill, died and replaced 1576 by Edward Ameredith | Simon Knight |
| 1584 | Thomas Bruarton | Richard Prowse |
| 1586 | Edward Drew | John Vowell alias Hooker |
| 1588 | Edward Drew | John Peryam |
| 1593 | John Hele | John Peryam |
| 1597 | John Hele | William Martin |
| 1601 | John Hele | John Howell |
| 1604 | George Smith | John Prowse |
| 1614 | John Prowse | Thomas Martyn |
| 1621–1622 | John Prowse | Ignatius Jordain |
| 1624 | John Prowse | Nicholas Duck |
| 1625 | Ignatius Jordain | Nicholas Duck |
| 1626 | Ignatius Jordain | John Hayne |
| 1628-1629 | Ignatius Jordain | John Lynn |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | No Parliaments summoned |
| Apr 1640 | Robert Walker | Simon Snow in place of Jacob Tucker |
| Nov 1640 | Robert Walker disabled 1643 | Simon Snow |
| 1645 | Simon Snow secluded in Pride's Purge | Samuel Clark |
| 1648 | Samuel Clark | |
| 1653 | Exeter not represented in the Barebones Parliament | Exeter not represented in the Barebones Parliament |
| 1654 | Thomas Bampfield | Thomas Gibbons |
| 1656 | Thomas Bampfield | Thomas Westlake |
| 1659 | Thomas Bampfield | Maj. Thomas Gibbon |
MPs 1660–1885
Two membersMPs since 1885
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40:Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Arthur Reed
- Labour: William Robert Robins
- Liberal: Henry Gebhardt
- British Union: Rafe Temple Cotton
Elections in the 1920s
Election results 1885-1918
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Upon petition, this election was subject to a recount due to the closeness of the results. On the first count, St. Maur led with 4,786 votes to Duke's 4,782. On a second count, St. Maur again led with 4,782 votes to Duke's 4,778. Closer scrutiny led to the above count, allowing Duke to retain the seat.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;
- Unionist: Henry Duke
- Liberal:
Duke is appointed Lord Justice of Appeal and resigns, prompting a by-election.
Election results 1868-1880
Elections in the 1860s
Coleridge was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.Elections in the 1870s
Coleridge resigned after being appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common PleasElections in the 1880s
Election results 1832-1868
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Follett was appointed Solicitor General of England and Wales, requiring a by-election.Follett was appointed Attorney General of England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
Follett's death caused a by-election.