Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)

Gloucester
Gloucester
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Gloucester in Gloucestershire
	Location of Gloucestershire within England
County	Gloucestershire
Electorate	80,788 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Richard Graham (Conservative)
Seats	One
1295–1885
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Gloucester (/ˈɡlɒstər/ ^ⓘ GLOST-ər) is a constituency[n 1] centred on the cathedral city and county town of the same name, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament[n 2] by Richard Graham of the Conservative Party.

Constituency profile

The seat covers most of Gloucester and its neighbouring suburbs of Quedgeley and Hucclecote. Residents' incomes and wealth are around average for the UK.[2]

Since 1979 Gloucester has been a bellwether constituency by passing between representatives of the two largest parties in the same way as the government. After nearly three decades as a Conservative seat, it was held by Labour from 1997 to 2010 before returning to a Conservative on a swing of 8.9%.

History

A borough of Gloucester was established by 1295 that returned two burgesses as Members of Parliament to the House of Commons. Its population meant this was a situation not leading to an outright rotten borough identified for abolition under the Reform Act 1832 however on more fair (far more equal representation) national changes in 1885, representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Gloucester.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Gloucester, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the parishes of Barnwood, Brockworth, Hempsted, Hucclecote, and Wotton Vill.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Gloucester, and in the Rural District of Gloucester the parishes of Barnwood, Brockworth, Hempsted, and Hucclecote.

Wotton Vill parish had been absorbed by Gloucester CB in 1951. The constituency boundaries remained unchanged.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Gloucester.

1983–1997: The City of Gloucester, and the District of Stroud wards of Quedgeley and Hardwicke, and Upton St Leonards.

1997–2010: The City of Gloucester.

2010–present: The City of Gloucester wards of Abbey, Barnwood, Barton and Tredworth, Elmbridge, Grange, Hucclecote, Kingsholm and Wotton, Matson and Robinswood, Moreland, Podsmead, Quedgeley Fieldcourt, Quedgeley Severn Vale, Tuffley, and Westgate.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1295–1640

Parliament	1st member	2nd member
Parliament of 1295	Henry le Chaunger	Roger le Heberer
Parliament of 1298	Richard de Brythampton	Robert le Especer
Parliament of 1302	Robert le Especer	John le Bole
Parliament of 1305	William de Hertford	John de Combe
Parliament of 1306	Richard le Clerk	Richard le Blekstere
Parliament of 1307	Andrew de Penedok	Thomas de Hauneley
Parliament of 1309	William de Hertford	John de Northwick
Parliament of Aug 1311	Walter le Spicer	John Lucas
Parliament of Nov 1311	Walter le Spicer	John King
Parliament of Mar 1313	William de Hertford	John King
Parliament of Sep 1313	Walter le Spicer	John King
Parliament of 1315	John le Bury	Thomas Coperych
Parliament of 1318	Walter le Spicer	Stephen de Maismore
Parliament of 1319	John de Hereford	Andrew de Penedok
Parliament of 1320	Andrew Pendok	John de Brugge (Bridge)
Parliament of 1321	Andrew de Pendok	William de Russell
Parliament of May 1322	Andrew de Pendok	Walter le Spicer
Parliament of Nov 1322	John de Hereford	Richard Kyst
Parliament of Jan 1324	Andrew de Pendok	Richard de Bradenestok
Parliament of 1325	Andrew de Penedok	John de Coueleye
Parliament of 1326	Andrew de Penedok	John de Coueleye
Parliament of 1327	John Brayton	John in the Field
Parliament of Feb 1328	Elias de Aylberton	John de Coggeshale
Parliament of Apr 1328	Walter le Spicer	John de Brockworth
Parliament of Mar 1330	Walter le Spicer	Richard le Fysshere
Parliament of Nov 1330	Walter le Spicer	Edmund de Baverton
Parliament of Mar 1332	Walter le Spicer	William de Hereford
Parliament of Sep 1332	William de Tyderynton	William de Hereford
Parliament of Dec 1332	Walter le Spicer	William de Coubrugg (Cowbridge)
Parliament of Feb 1334	Robert de Goldhull	Walter Wawepol
Parliament of 1335	Thomas de Gloucester	Walter le Spicer
Parliament of Mar 1336	William de Tyderynton	John de Walsh
Parliament of Sep 1336	Walter le Spicer	William de Coubrugg
Parliament of Jan 1337	John de Couele	Robert Laurence
Parliament of Feb 1338	John de Coueleye	Hugh de Aylbrighton
Parliament of Jul 1338	Andrew de Penedok	John de Gloucester
Parliament of Jan 1339	Hugh de Aylbrighton	John (?)
Parliament of Jan 1340	William de Knygeshaw	Roger de Kyngesloue
Parliament of Mar 1340	William de Kyngeshaw	Roger de Kyngesloue
Parliament of 1341	William de Kyngeshaw	Robert le Walour
Parliament of 1344	John de Wynston	Robert de Staverton
Parliament of 1346	Adam de Hope	Hugh de Aylbrighton
Parliament of Jan. 1348	Nicholas Buyrsy	John Wynston
Parliament of Mar. 1348	William Brown	John Wynston
Parliament of Feb. 1351	John Coles	John Hoorn
Parliament of 1353	Robert Brown	William de Norfolk
Parliament of 1355	Nicholas Crikkelade	Thomas Okynton
Parliament of 1358	Robert Waler	Robert Brown
Parliament of 1360	Thomas de Stoke	Thomas Steward
Parliament of 1361	John de Haselton	William de Heyberare
Parliament of 1362	William Heyberer	Hugh le Parkere
Parliament of 1365	William Heyberer	John de Monmouth
Parliament of 1366	John Butte	John Elemore
Parliament of 1368	Thomas Steward	William le Veltare
Parliament of 1369	William Croke	Thomas Steward
Parliament of Feb 1371	William Heyberer	John de Compton
Parliament of Jun 1371	William Heyberer	(One Member only returned)
Parliament of 1372	William Heyberer	Thomas Styward
Parliament of 1373	William Heyberer	Thomas Styward
Parliament of 1376	Edward Taverner	Robert Pope
Parliament of Jan 1377	John Anlep	Richard Baret
Parliament of Oct 1377	William Heyberare	John Dulep
Parliament of Jan 1380	William Heyberer	William Wightfield
Parliament of Oct 1382	John Haseltone	John Biseley
Parliament of Feb 1383	John Haselton	John Biseley
Parliament of Oct 1383	John Biseley	William Baret
Parliament of Apr 1384	John Head	Robert Pope
Parliament of Nov 1384	John Compton	John Pope jnr
Parliament of 1385	William Croke	Robert Sweynesey
Parliament of 1386	William Croke	John Pope
Parliament of Feb 1388	John Head	Robert Pope
Parliament of Sept 1388	John Pope	Stephen Pope
Parliament of Jan 1390	William Heyberer	John Banbury
Parliament of 1391	Richard Asshewell	John Bisley
Parliament of 1393	Thomas Pope	Simon Broke
Parliament of 1395	Roger Ball	William Croke
Parliament of 1397	John Pope	Richard Baret
Parliament of Sept 1397	John Pope	Richard Baret
Parliament of 1399	Richard Baret	Simon Broke
Parliament of 1402	John Bisley	Simon Broke
Parliament of 1406	Simon Broke	William Birdlip
Parliament of Sep 1407	John Bisley	Roger Ball
Parliament of Oct 1411	John Bisley	William Birdlip
Parliament for May 1413	John Streyneshan	John Clopton
Parliament for Nov 1414	Thomas Byseley snr	Thomas More
Parliament of Oct 1415	Robert Gilbert	Thomas More
Parliament of Oct 1417	William Birdlip	John Bisley
Parliament of Sep 1419	John Bisley	Robert Gilbert
Parliament of Nov 1420	Thomas More	Thomas Stevens
Parliament of Apr 1421	John Biseley snr	Robert Gilbert
Parliament of Nov 1421	Robert Gilbert	Richard Dalby
Parliament of Oct 1422	Robert Gilbert	Thomas Stevens
Parliament of Oct 1432	John Streynsham	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Apr 1425	John Streynsham	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Jan 1426	Thomas Hewes	John Bysley jnr
Parliament for Sept 1427	Robert Gilbert	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Dec 1430	John Hamelyn	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Apr 1432	Robert Gilbert	Thomas Stevens
Parliament for Jun 1433	John Hamelyn	Thomas Derehurst
Parliament for July 1435	Thomas Hewes	Richard Dalby
Parliament for Dec 1436	Thomas Derhurst	John Andrewe
Parliament for Jan 1442	Thomas Stevens	William Olyver
Parliament for Jan 1447	Thomas Derehurst	Walter Chaunterell
Parliament for 1449	Thomas Derehurste	John Andreaux
Parliament for Oct 1449	William Notyngham	Henry Dode
Parliament for Oct 1450	John Andreaux	Thomas Bokeland
Parliament for Feb 1453	Robert Bentham	William Eldesfeld
Parliament for Feb 1453	Robert Bentham	William Eldesfeld
Parliament for July 1455	John Andreaux	John Dodying
Parliament for Sep 1460	Nicholas Hert	William Brockwood
Parliament for May 1467	John Hylley	John Trye
Parliament for Sep 1472	John Trye	Alexander Cely
Parliament for Jan 1478	John Farley	Alexander Cely
Parliament of 1485–86	Thomas Limrick
Parliament of 1491	Walter Ronde or Rende	William Marmion
Parliament of 1512	William Goldsmith alias Smith	Robert Cole
Parliament of 1515	John Pakington	Thomas Porter
Parliament of 1529	John Rawlins	Adam Appwell
Parliament of 1545	Richard Morgan	(Sir) Thomas Bell
Parliament of Sep 1547	Sir Thomas Bell	Richard Morgan
Parliament of Jan 1553	Sir Thomas Bell	Richard Morgan
Parliament of Sep 1553	Thomas Payne	Thomas Loveday
Parliament of Mar 1554	Thomas Payne	Thomas Loveday
Parliament of Oct 1554	Sir Thomas Bell	William Massinger
Parliament of 1555	Arthur Porter	William Massinger
Parliament of 1558	Richard Pates	Thomas Payne
Parliament of 1559		Sir Nicholas Arnold
Parliament of 1563–1567		Sir Nicholas Arnold
Parliament of 1571	Thomas Atkins	William Massinger
Parliament of 1572–1583		Thomas Semys
Parliament of 1584–1585		Luke Garnons
Parliament of 1586–1587		Richard Pates
Parliament of 1588–1589		Luke Garnons
Parliament of 1593		Richard Birde
Parliament of 1597–1598	William Oldsworth	Luke Garnons
Parliament of 1601	William Oldsworth	Luke Garnons
Parliament of 1604–1611	Nicholas Overbury	John Jones
Addled Parliament (1614)	Thomas Machen	John Browne
Parliament of 1621–1622	Anthony Robinson
Happy Parliament (1624–1625)	Anthony Robinson
Useless Parliament (1625)	Christopher Caple
Parliament of 1625–1626	Christopher Caple
Parliament of 1628–1629	John Hanbury
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

MPs 1640–1885

Year		First member[3]	First party		Second member[3]	Second party
April 1640		William Singleton			Henry Brett
November 1640		Thomas Pury, senior	Parliamentarian		Henry Brett	Royalist
February 1644				Brett disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645					John Lenthall
1653	Gloucester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Thomas Pury, senior			William Lenthall[4]
1656		Thomas Pury, senior			James Stephens[5]
January 1659		Laurence Singleton			James Stephens
May 1659		Thomas Pury, senior			John Lenthall
April 1660		Sir Edward Massey			James Stephens
1661		Sir Edward Massey			Evan Seys
1675		Henry Norwood
February 1679		William Cooke
September 1679		Sir Charles Berkeley
1681		Sir Charles Berkeley			Lord Herbert
1685		John Wagstaffe			John Powell
1689		Sir Duncombe Colchester			William Cooke
1690		William Trye			William Cooke
1695		William Trye			Robert Payne
1698		Sir William Rich			William Selwyn
January 1701		John Bridgeman			William Selwyn
December 1701		Viscount Dursley			John Hanbury
July 1702		John Grobham Howe			William Trye
December 1702		John Hanbury			William Trye
1705		John Hanbury			William Cooke
1708		Thomas Webb			William Cooke
1709					Francis Wyndham
1710					John Blanch
1713		John Snell			Charles Coxe
1722		John Snell			Charles Hyett
February 1727		John Howe			Charles Hyett
September 1727[6]		Benjamin Bathurst			Charles Selwyn
1734					John Selwyn
1751					(Sir) Charles Barrow[7]	Tory
1754		George Augustus Selwyn	Whig			Tory
1761		George Augustus Selwyn	Whig			Whig
1780		John Webb	Whig[8]			Whig
1789		John Webb	Whig[8]		John Pitt	Tory[8]
1795		Henry Thomas Howard	Whig[8]		John Pitt	Tory[8]
1805					Robert Morris	Whig[8]
1816					Edward Webb	Whig[8]
1818		Robert Bransby Cooper	Tory[8]
1830		John Phillpotts	Whig[8][9][10]
1831		Maurice Berkeley	Whig[8][11][12][13][14]
1832		Maurice Berkeley	Whig[8][11][12][13][14]		John Phillpotts	Whig[8][9][10]
1833		Henry Hope	Tory[8]
1834			Conservative[8]
1835					Maurice Berkeley	Whig[8][11][12][13][14]
1837					John Phillpotts	Whig[8][9][10]
1841		Maurice Berkeley	Whig[8][11][12][13][14]		John Phillpotts	Whig[8][9][10]
1847					Henry Hope	Conservative
1852					William Philip Price	Radical[15][16][17]
1857		Sir Robert Carden	Conservative			Radical[15][16][17]
1859[18]		Charles James Monk	Liberal			Liberal
1862		Hon. Charles Berkeley	Liberal		John Joseph Powell	Liberal
1865		Charles James Monk	Liberal		William Philip Price	Liberal
1873					William Killigrew Wait	Conservative
1880					Thomas Robinson[19]	Liberal
1881				Writ suspended: seat vacant
1885	Representation reduced to one Member

In 1881, Robinson's willingness to stand down faced with a popular petition and the unwillingness of the Conservatives to make allegations nor investigate matters further led to suspicions of collusion between the parties and a Royal Commission was set up to examine electoral practices. The Royal Commission concluded that Gloucester was among the most corrupt of the seven towns investigated and that bribery was endemic in all elections in the city. The Commission concluded that half of the electorate had taken bribes in 1880 and blamed local politicians for most of the corruption. Despite these findings and virtually halving the electorate eligible to vote Robinson was reelected for Gloucester in 1885 when representation had been reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.[20]

MPs since 1885

	Member[3]	Party
1885	Thomas Robinson	Liberal
1895	Charles James Monk	Liberal Unionist
1900	Russell Rea	Liberal
Jan 1910	Henry Terrell	Conservative
1918	Sir James Bruton	Conservative
1923	James Horlick	Conservative
1929	Leslie Boyce	Conservative
1945	Moss Turner-Samuels	Labour
1957 by-election	Jack Diamond	Labour
1970	Sally Oppenheim	Conservative
1987	Douglas French	Conservative
1997	Tess Kingham	Labour
2001	Parmjit Dhanda	Labour
2010	Richard Graham	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Gloucester[21][22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Graham	29,159	54.2	3.9
	Labour Co-op	Fran Boait	18,882	35.1	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Trimnell	4,338	8.1	3.1
	Green	Michael Byfield	1,385	2.6	1.2
Majority			10,277	19.1	8.9
Turnout			53,764	66.1	0.9
Registered electors			81,332		1.97
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

Note: The Brexit Party were due to field Richard Ford as a candidate, but the nomination was withdrawn.

General election 2017:Gloucester[23][24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Graham	27,208	50.3	5.0
	Labour	Barry Kirby	21,688	40.1	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hilton	2,716	5.0	0.4
	UKIP	Daniel Woolf	1,495	2.8	11.5
	Green	Gerald Hartley	754	1.4	1.4
	Monster Raving Loony	George Ridgeon	210	0.4	0.1
Majority			5,520	10.2	3.5
Turnout			54,154	65.2	1.8
Registered electors			82,963
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.8

General election 2015: Gloucester[25][26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Graham	23,837	45.3	5.4
	Labour	Sophy Gardner	16,586	31.6	3.6
	UKIP	Richard Ford	7,497	14.3	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hilton	2,828	5.4	13.8
	Green	Jonathan Ingleby	1,485	2.8	1.8
	Monster Raving Loony	George Ridgeon	277	0.5	New
	TUSC	Sue Powell	58	0.1	New
Majority			7,251	13.7	9.0
Turnout			52,565	63.4	0.6
Registered electors			82,949		4.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

General election 2010: Gloucester[27] [28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Graham	20,267	39.9	+5.3
	Labour	Parmjit Dhanda	17,847	35.2	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hilton	9,767	19.2	+5.6
	UKIP	Mike Smith	1,808	3.6	+1.2
	English Democrat	Alan Platt	564	1.1	New
	Green	Bryan Meloy	511	1.0	−0.7
Majority			2,420	4.7	N/A
Turnout			50,764	64.0	+1.5
Registered electors			79,322		0.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Parmjit Dhanda	23,138	44.7	−1.1
	Conservative	Paul James	18,867	36.4	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hilton	7,825	15.1	+0.8
	UKIP	Gary Phipps	1,116	2.2	+0.5
	Green	Bryan Meloy	857	1.7	'New
Majority			4,271	8.3	+0.2
Turnout			51,803	62.8	+3.4
Registered electors			82,500		+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.1

General election 2001: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Parmjit Dhanda	22,067	45.8	−4.2
	Conservative	Paul James	18,187	37.7	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bullamore	6,875	14.3	+3.8
	UKIP	Terry Lines	822	1.7	+0.9
	Socialist Alliance	Stewart Smyth	272	0.6	New
Majority			3,880	8.1	−6.2
Turnout			48,223	59.4	−14.2
Registered electors			81,144		+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Gloucester [29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tess Kingham	28,943	50.0	+13.2
	Conservative	Douglas French	20,684	35.7	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Munisamy	6,069	10.5	−7.2
	Referendum	Andrew Reid	1,482	2.6	New
	UKIP	A. L. Harris	455	0.8	New
	Natural Law	Moira Hamilton	281	0.5	New
Majority			8,259	14.3	+5.6
Turnout			57,914	73.6	−7.6
Registered electors			78,682		+2.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+11.5

General election 1992: Gloucester[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas French	29,870	46.2	−3.5
	Labour	Kevin E. Stephens	23,801	36.8	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	John M. Sewell	10,978	17.0	−3.7
Majority			6,069	9.4	−10.7
Turnout			64,649	80.2	+2.1
Registered electors			80,578		+4.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.3

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas French	29,826	49.7	−1.2
	Labour	David Hulme	17,791	29.6	+3.4
	Liberal	Jeremy Hilton	12,417	20.7	−3.3
Majority			12,035	20.1	−2.2
Turnout			60,034	78.1	+2.5
Registered electors			76,910		+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.1

General election 1983: Gloucester [31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	27,235	48.5	−0.3
	Labour	C. W. V. Hinds	14,698	26.2	−9.8
	SDP	M. Golder	13,499	24.0	+9.7
	Ecology	J. Waters	479	0.9	New
	BNP	Richard Rhodes	260	0.5	New
Majority			12,537	22.3	+9.5
Turnout			56,171	75.6	−4.5
Registered electors			74,268		+9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	25,163	48.7	+2.6
	Labour	M. D. Golder	18,747	36.3	−2.6
	Liberal	D. G. Halford	7,213	14.0	−1.0
	National Front	R. Morgan	527	1.0	New
Majority			6,416	12.4	+5.2
Turnout			51,650	79.5	+0.8
Registered electors			64,958		+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.6

General election October 1974: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	22,664	46.1	+1.6
	Labour	Ann Clwyd	19,136	38.9	+3.7
	Liberal	D. G. Halford	7,357	15.0	−4.6
Majority			3,528	7.2	−2.1
Turnout			49,157	78.7	−5.0
Registered electors			62,486		+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.1

General election February 1974: Gloucester [32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	23,052	44.5	−2.2
	Labour	A. E. Pegler	18,215	35.2	−9.6
	Liberal	D. Halford	10,155	19.6	+11.0
	Powell Conservative	B. Gordon-Storkey	366	0.7	New
Majority			4,837	9.3	+7.4
Turnout			51,788	83.7	+7.8
Registered electors			61,910		+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.7

General election 1970: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sally Oppenheim	21,838	46.9	+10.6
	Labour	Jack Diamond	20,777	44.6	−3.9
	Liberal	James P. Heppell	3,935	8.5	−6.7
Majority			1,061	2.3	−9.9
Turnout			46,550	76.1	−1.4
Registered electors			61,164		+9.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Diamond	20,951	48.5	+3.0
	Conservative	Christopher J. J. Balfour	15,678	36.3	+0.3
	Liberal	Inga-Stina Robson	6,540	15.1	−2.5
Majority			5,273	12.2	+2.7
Turnout			43,169	77.5	−1.0
Registered electors			55,703		+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

General election 1964: Gloucester[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Diamond	19,631	45.5	+0.8
	Conservative	John Stokes	15,514	36.0	−2.4
	Liberal	Inga-Stina Robson	7,581	17.6	+0.7
	Independent	Russell Eckley	380	0.9	New
Majority			4,117	9.5	+3.2
Turnout			43,106	78.5	−3.8
Registered electors			54,905		+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Diamond	19,450	44.7	-6.2
	Conservative	H. D. Keith Scott	16,679	38.4	-10.7
	Liberal	Patrick Herbert Lort-Phillips	7,336	16.9	N/A
Majority			2,771	6.3	+4.5
Turnout			43,465	82.3	+1.4
Registered electors			52,836		+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.2

1957 Gloucester by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Diamond	18,895	51.3	+0.4
	Conservative	F. J. V. H. Dashwood	10,521	28.6	−20.5
	Liberal	Patrick Herbert Lort-Phillips	7,393	20.1	New
Majority			8,374	22.7	+20.9
Turnout			36,809	71.0	-9.9
Registered electors			51,815		−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.5

General election 1955: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	21,354	50.9	+2.1
	Conservative	David Napley	20,606	49.1	+5.5
Majority			748	1.8	−3.4
Turnout			41,960	80.9	−4.6
Registered electors			51,841		+2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.7

General election 1951: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	21,097	48.8	+1.1
	Conservative	Anthony Kershaw	18,836	43.6	+6.5
	Liberal	Gordon E Payne	3,292	7.6	−7.6
Majority			2,261	5.2	−5.4
Turnout			43,225	85.5	−0.9
Registered electors			50,554		+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.7

General election 1950: Gloucester[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	20,202	47.7
	National Liberal	Anthony Kershaw	15,708	37.1
	Liberal	Harold Arthur Guy	6,444	15.2
Majority			4,494	10.6
Turnout			42,354	86.4
Registered electors			49,005
	Labour hold

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	14,010	47.0	+4.1
	Conservative	Leslie Boyce	10,466	35.1	−22.0
	Liberal	Harold Arthur Guy	5,338	17.9	New
Majority			3,544	11.9	N/A
Turnout			29,814	74.8	−4.2
Registered electors			39,884		+14.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+13.0

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Boyce	15,682	57.1	−10.5
	Labour	Moss Turner-Samuels	11,803	42.9	+10.5
Majority			3,879	14.2	−21.0
Turnout			27,485	79.0	−3.5
Registered electors			34,786		+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.5

General election 1931: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Boyce	19,201	67.6	+28.4
	Labour	Charles Fox	9,223	32.4	−5.0
Majority			9,978	35.2	+33.4
Turnout			28424	82.5	−1.1
Registered electors			34,473		+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+16.7

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Gloucester [35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Leslie Boyce	11,041	39.2	−8.6
	Labour	Henry Nixon	10,548	37.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Thomas Worrall Casey	6,589	23.4	+7.3
Majority			493	1.8	−9.6
Turnout			28,178	83.6	+0.5
Registered electors			33,716		+26.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.8

General election 1924: Gloucester[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Horlick	10,525	47.6	+9.7
	Labour	M. Philips Price	8,005	36.2	+0.5
	Liberal	Theobald Mathew	3,566	16.1	−10.3
Majority			2,520	11.4	+9.2
Turnout			22,096	83.1	−3.4
Registered electors			26,600		+1.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+4.6

General election 1923: Gloucester [35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Horlick	8,630	37.9	+1.6
	Labour	M. Philips Price	8,127	35.7	−0.3
	Liberal	Arthur Stanton	6,011	26.4	−1.3
Majority			503	2.2	+1.9
Turnout			22,768	86.5	+1.8
Registered electors			26,324		+2.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	+1.0

General election 1922: Gloucester[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Bruton	7,922	36.3	−14.8
	Labour	M. Philips Price	7,871	36.0	+18.7
	Liberal	Arthur Stanton	6,050	27.7	−3.9
Majority			51	0.3	−19.2
Turnout			21,843	84.7	+18.4
Registered electors			25,784		+3.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	−16.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Gloucester[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	James Bruton	8,470	51.1
	Liberal	Thomas Henry Mordey	5,246	31.6
	Labour	William Levason Edwards	2,860	17.3	New
Majority			3,224	19.5
Turnout			16,576	66.3
Registered electors			25,006
	Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General election December 1910: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Terrell	3,903	50.0	−0.8
	Liberal	H. F. B. Lynch[37]	3,899	50.0	+0.8
Majority			4	0.0	−1.6
Turnout			7,802	92.1	−3.4
Registered electors			8,475		0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.8

General election January 1910: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Terrell	4,109	50.8	+2.8
	Liberal	Russell Rea	3,983	49.2	−2.8
Majority			126	1.6	−2.4
Turnout			8,092	95.5	+1.8
Registered electors			8,475		0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell Rea	3,921	52.0	+0.2
	Conservative	Henry Terrell	3,619	48.0	−0.2
Majority			302	4.0	+0.4
Turnout			7,540	93.7	+9.5
Registered electors			8,043		+7.3
	Liberal hold

General election 1900: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell Rea	3,267	51.8	+5.7
	Liberal Unionist	Pandeli Ralli[38]	3,044	48.2	−5.7
Majority			223	3.6	−4.2
Turnout			6,311	84.2	−3.6
Registered electors			7,496		+8.6
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+5.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles James Monk	3,264	53.9	+4.6
	Liberal	Arthur Wells[39]	2,791	46.1	−4.6
Majority			473	7.8	N/A
Turnout			6,055	87.8	+1.5
Registered electors			6,900
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.6

General election 1892: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Robinson	2,885	50.7	−2.0
	Liberal Unionist	Charles James Monk	2,800	49.3	+2.0
Majority			85	1.4	−4.0
Turnout			5,685	86.3	+6.7
Registered electors			6,588
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Robinson	1,908	52.7	−3.6
	Conservative	John Ward[40]	1,713	47.3	+3.6
Majority			195	5.4	−7.2
Turnout			3,621	79.6	−7.2
Registered electors			4,547		0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.6

General election 1885: Gloucester[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Robinson	2,222	56.3	−0.3
	Conservative	William Killigrew Wait	1,726	43.7	+0.3
Majority			496	12.6	+8.7
Turnout			3,948	86.8	+0.1 (est)
Registered electors			4,547		0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3

General election 1880: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Robinson	2,797	28.9	+4.2
	Liberal	Charles James Monk	2,680	27.7	+2.0
	Conservative	William Killigrew Wait	2,304	23.8	−2.7
	Conservative	Benjamin St John Ackers	1,898	19.6	−3.5
Majority			376	3.9	+1.3
Turnout			4,840 (est)	86.7 (est)	+3.4
Registered electors			5,583
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.5

A petition was raised against the election of Robinson and Monk, leading to Robinson's election being made void. Although the petition against Monk was dismissed, the writ was suspended and Monk became the only MP for the constituency.

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Killigrew Wait	2,132	26.5	+4.4
	Liberal	Charles James Monk	2,070	25.7	−2.2
	Liberal	John Joseph Powell	1,990	24.7	−3.4
	Conservative	Trevor Lawrence	1,865	23.1	+1.2
Turnout			4,029 (est)	83.3 (est)	+5.8
Registered electors			4,838
Majority			62	0.8	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.9
Majority			205	2.6	−3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.7

By-election, 8 May 1873: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Killigrew Wait	1,850	51.1	+7.1
	Liberal	Thomas Robinson	1,767	48.9	−7.1
Majority			83	2.2	N/A
Turnout			3,617	76.4	−1.1
Registered electors			4,737
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.1

Caused by Price's resignation after being appointed a railway commissioner.

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Gloucester[41][42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Philip Price	1,933	28.1	−8.2
	Liberal	Charles James Monk	1,922	27.9	−5.0
	Conservative	William Nassau Lees	1,520	22.1	+6.7
	Conservative	Edward John Brennan[43]	1,504	21.9	+6.5
Majority			402	5.8	+3.7
Turnout			3,440 (est)	77.5 (est)	−12.3
Registered electors			4,437
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.8

General election 1865: Gloucester[41][42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Philip Price	854	36.3	−0.7
	Liberal	Charles James Monk	774	32.9	−2.8
	Conservative	Adam Steinmetz Kennard	726	30.8	+3.5
Majority			48	2.1	−6.3
Turnout			1,540 (est)	89.8 (est)	+9.1
Registered electors			1,715
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

By-election, 25 May 1864: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Joseph Powell	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Caused by Powell's appointment as Recorder of Wolverhampton.

By-election, 26 February 1862: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Berkeley	761	35.2	−1.8
	Liberal	John Joseph Powell	716	33.1	−2.6
	Conservative	Richard Potter	687	31.7	+4.4
Majority			29	1.4	−7.0
Turnout			1,426 (est)	81.8 (est)	+1.1
Registered electors			1,742
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.4

Caused by the previous election being declared void on petition "by reason of extensive corruption".[44]

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Philip Price	807	37.0	+3.9
	Liberal	Charles James Monk	779	35.7	+3.0
	Conservative	Robert Carden	595	27.3	−6.9
Majority			184	8.4	N/A
Turnout			1,388 (est)	80.7 (est)	−2.8
Registered electors			1,721
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.7
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.2

General election 1857: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Carden	742	34.2	+2.2
	Radical	William Philip Price	717	33.1	−1.9
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	710	32.7	−0.4
Turnout			1,456 (est)	83.5 (est)	−13.3
Registered electors			1,743
Majority			25	1.5	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+1.3
Majority			7	0.4	−1.5
	Radical hold		Swing	−2.1

By-election, 31 March 1855: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Philip Price	Unopposed
	Radical hold

Caused by Price seeking re-election after resigning to accept a contract for supplying huts to the army in the Crimea.[45]

By-election, 4 January 1853: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	761	53.2	+20.1
	Conservative	Henry Thomas Hope	670	46.8	+14.8
Majority			91	6.4	+5.3
Turnout			1,431	86.6	−10.2
Registered electors			1,652
	Whig hold		Swing	+2.7

Caused by Berkeley's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.

General election 1852: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Philip Price	831	35.0	*N/A*
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	786	33.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Henry Thomas Hope	760	32.0	N/A
Turnout			1,569 (est)	96.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,621
Majority			45	1.9	N/A
	Radical gain from Conservative
Majority			26	1.1	N/A
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Thomas Hope	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,631
	Whig hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

By-election, 11 July 1846: Gloucester[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	Unopposed
	Whig hold

Appointment of Berkeley as a Naval Lord of the Admiralty

General election 1841: Gloucester[8][41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Phillpotts	753	28.5	−5.8
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	732	27.7	−2.8
	Conservative	Henry Thomas Hope	646	24.5	+6.9
	Conservative	John Loftus	510	19.3	+1.7
Majority			86	3.2	N/A
Turnout			1,336	71.2	−5.2
Registered electors			1,876
	Whig hold		Swing	−5.1
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 1830s

By-election, 21 May 1838: Gloucester[41][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Thomas Hope	685	54.2	+19.0
	Whig	Edward Webb	579	45.8	−19.0
Majority			106	8.4	+7.6
Turnout			1,264	75.5	−0.9
Registered electors			1,674
	Conservative hold		Swing	+19.0

Hope seeks re-election after election petition against him had been dismissed.

General election 1837: Gloucester[41][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Thomas Hope	727	35.2	−8.8
	Whig	John Phillpotts	710	34.3	+8.6
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	630	30.5	+0.1
Majority			17	0.8	−0.2
Turnout			1,279	76.4	−6.1
Registered electors			1,674
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.8
	Whig hold		Swing	+6.5

General election 1835: Gloucester[41][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	708	30.4	−5.8
	Conservative	Henry Thomas Hope	621	26.7	+12.2
	Whig	John Phillpotts	598	25.7	−9.1
	Conservative	William Cother	402	17.3	+2.8
Turnout			1,257	82.5	−1.4
Registered electors			1,523
Majority			87	3.7	−2.1
	Whig hold		Swing	−6.7
Majority			23	1.0	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+9.9

By-election, 9 April 1833: Gloucester[41][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Henry Thomas Hope	566	55.3	+26.3
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	457	44.7	−26.3
Majority			109	10.6	N/A
Turnout			1,023	71.7	−12.2
Registered electors			1,427
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+26.3

Appointment of Berkeley as a Naval Lord of the Admiralty

General election 1832: Gloucester[41][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	684	36.2	−6.8
	Whig	John Phillpotts	658	34.8	+18.9
	Tory	Henry Thomas Hope	549	29.0	New
Majority			109	5.8	−19.4
Turnout			1,197	83.9	c. +33.2
Registered electors			1,427
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1831: Gloucester[8][46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Maurice Berkeley	730	43.0	*N/A*
	Whig	Edward Webb	699	41.1	+0.8
	Whig	John Phillpotts	270	15.9	−23.6
Majority			429	25.2	+5.9
Turnout			964	c. 50.7	c. −33.5
Registered electors			c. 1,900
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1830: Gloucester[8][46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Edward Webb	830	40.3
	Whig	John Phillpotts	814	39.5
	Tory	Robert Bransby Cooper	415	20.2
Majority			399	19.3
Turnout			1,600	c. 84.2
Registered electors			c. 1,900
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Tory

Notes

A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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External links

Gloucester CLP website

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[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[1] "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[4] Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Gloucester

[rayment-5] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)

[6] Lenthall was also elected for Oxfordshire. Cobbett's recording of William Lenthall as elected for Gloucester may be an error, as his son John sat for the city both before and after this Parliament.

[7] Major-General John Desborough elected but was also elected for Somerset. Chose Somerset and was replaced by James Stephens

[8] At the election of 1727 there was a double return, but two of the candidates returned, Matthew Ducie Moreton and Thomas Chester waived their rights and Bathurst and Selwyn were declared duly elected.

[9] Created a baronet, 1784

[stooks-smith-10] Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 116–119. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

[churton-11] Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 183. Retrieved 5 November 2018 – via Google Books.

[mosse-12] Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 213. Retrieved 5 November 2018 – via Google Books.

[mberkeleyodnb-13] Lambert, Andrew (2004). "Berkeley, Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge, first Baron Fitzhardinge (1788–1867)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2219. Retrieved 10 May 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[beeler-14] Beeler, John (2017). "'A Whig Private Secretary is in itself fatal': Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Derby, Party Politics and Naval Administration, 1852". In Shirley, Michael H.; Larson, Todd E. A. (eds.). Splendidly Victorian: Essays in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein. Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 9781351788182. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[berkeley-spectator-15] The Spectator, Volume 10. F. C. Westley. 1837. p. 313. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[legacies-slave-16] Hall, Catherine; Draper, Nicholas; McClelland, Keith; Donington, Katie; Lang, Rachel (2014). "Appendix 4: MPs 1832-80 in the compensation records". Legacies of British Slave-ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-107-04005-2.

[17] Gloucestershire Chronicle. 17 July 1852. p. 3 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000393/18520717/051/0003. Retrieved 12 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[18] "The Elections". London Evening Standard. 2 July 1852. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 12 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[19] "Try the British Newspaper Archive for FREE". Cheltenham Examiner. 14 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 12 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[20] On petition, the 1859 election was declared void, the writ was suspended, and a Royal Commission appointed to investigate. After the Commission reported, the writ was restored and a by-election held to fill the vacant seats.

[21] On petition, Robinson's election was declared void, the writ was suspended and a Royal Commission appointed to investigate

[22] "Gloucester, 1835-1985: Parliamentary representation | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk.

[23] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF).

[24] "What are the Gloucester General Election 2019 results in full?". Gloucestershire Live. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

[25] "General Election 2017: Every candidate we know is standing so far in Gloucestershire". GloucestershireLive. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

[26] "Every candidate standing in your constituency for the General Election". GloucestershireLive. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

[electoralcalculus-27] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[28] ttp://democracy.gloucester.gov.uk/committee/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=88&RPID=5473411 19 June 2015

[29] Wain, Julian (20 April 2010). "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Acting Returning Officer. Gloucester City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2010.

[30] Percentage change and swing for 2010 is calculated relative to the PA (Rallings and Thrasher) 2005 notional result, not actual 2005 result "Press Association Elections". Press Association. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[31] Percentage change and swing for 1997 is calculated relative to the Rallings and Thrasher 1992 notional constituency result, not actual 1992 result. See C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)

[32] "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[33] Percentage change and swing for 1983 is calculated relative to the BBC/ITN 1979 notional constituency result, not actual 1979 result. See British Broadcasting Corporation; Independent Television News. The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies (Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services 1983)

[34] Percentage change and swing for February 1974 is calculated relative to the BBC notional 1970 constituency result, not actual 1970 result. Notional 1970 results were rounded to the nearest hundred. Constituency data for 1974-83 including 1970 notionals, retrieved 18 July 2017

[35] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1964.

[36] The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.

[ReferenceA-37] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

[craig1885-38] Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.

[39] "Gloucester Nominations". Gloucestershire Echo. 2 December 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[40] "General Election". Gloucester Citizen. 25 September 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[41] "Meetings of Liberal Workers". Gloucester Journal. 6 July 1895. p. 8. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[42] "The General Election". Gloucester Citizen. 29 June 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[craig1832-43] Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[retlaw-44] Williams, William Retlaw (1898). The parliamentary history of the county of Gloucester, including the cities of Bristol and Gloucester, and the boroughs of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury, from the earliest times to the present day, 1213-1898. Hereford: Jakeman and Carver. p. 220.

[45] Gloucester Journal. 5 December 1868. p. 4 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000532/18681205/058/0004. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[46] "New elections". The Scotsman. 26 February 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[47] Herbert, N.M., ed. (1988). "Gloucester, 1835–1985: Parliamentary representation". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4: The City of Gloucester. pp. 205–209. Retrieved 23 September 2008.

[hop-48] Jenkins, Terry. "Gloucester". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 April 2020.