Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

Devizes /dɪvaɪzɪz/ was a constituency[n 1] in Wiltshire, England, which included four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county.

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 abolished the parliamentary borough, and created a new county constituency of the same name, covering a wider area and electing one member.

Its most notable MP was Henry Addington, who held the seat during his term as Prime Minister, as well as when he was Speaker of the House of Commons.

The constituency covered Devizes in Wiltshire and the surrounding former Kennet district, which included the towns of Marlborough, Ludgershall and Tidworth, together with the large villages of Bulford, Durrington and Pewsey.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Seat reduced to one member Gore resigned after defecting to the Tories, causing a by-election.

Currie
Long
Philipps
Hobhouse
Goulding
Pocock