Ashburton (UK Parliament constituency)

It was one of three Devon borough constituencies newly enfranchised (or re-enfranchised after a gap of centuries) in the Long Parliament.

It returned two Members of Parliament until the 1832 general election when the number was reduced to one MP.

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] From the 1885 general election Ashburton was revived as a county division of Devon.

[10] Ashburton re-enfranchised by Parliament in Nov 1640 Arbuthnot resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;