Thornbury was a county constituency centred on the town of Thornbury in Gloucestershire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
History The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries 1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, and Lawford's Gate except the part included in the parliamentary borough of Bristol.
1918–1950: The Urban District of Kingswood, and the Rural Districts of Sodbury, Thornbury, and Warmley.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMember Party 1885 Stafford Howard Liberal 1886 John Plunkett (Lord Dunsany from 1889) Conservative 1892 Charles Colston Conservative 1906 Athelstan Rendall Liberal 1916 Coalition Liberal 1920 Liberal 1922 Herbert Charles Woodcock Conservative 1923 Athelstan Rendall Liberal 1924 Sir Derrick Gunston, Bt. Unionist 1945 Joseph Alpass Labour1950 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Athelstan Rendall Unionist: George CockerillStandard 21 June 1913
Elections in the 1920s
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: Derrick Gunston Labour: Joseph AlpassReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Liberal: Raymond WaltonGloucestershire Echo, 9 May 1938
Elections in the 1940s
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