Ross, or the Southern division of Herefordshire was a county constituency centred on the town of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. 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.
The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the three-seat Herefordshire constituency was replaced by two single-member county divisions: the Leominster (or Northern) division, and the Ross (or Southern) division.
Ross was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries The Sessional Divisions of Dore, Harewood's Ends, Hereford, Ledbury and Ross and the Municipal Borough of Hereford.Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1885 Michael Biddulph Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist 1900 Percy Clive Liberal Unionist 1906 Alan Coulston Gardner Liberal 1908 by-election Percy Clive Liberal Unionist 1912 Unionist May 1918 by-election Charles Pulley UnionistDec. 1918 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; Unionist: Percy Clive Liberal: Clement Woodbine Parish
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