Torquay was a county constituency in Devon, South West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election. The area it represented became part of the Torbay constituency.
Boundaries 1885–1918: The Borough of Dartmouth and the Sessional Division of Paignton.
1918–1950: The Boroughs of Dartmouth and Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, the parishes of Churston Ferrers, Kingswear, Marldon, and Stoke Gabriel in the Rural District of Totnes, and the parishes of Cockington and Stokeinteignhead in the Rural District of Newton Abbot.
1950–1974: The Borough of Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, and the parishes of Churston Ferrers and Kingswear in the Rural District of Totnes.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1885 Lewis McIver Liberal 1886 Richard Mallock Conservative 1895 Arthur Philpotts Conservative 1900 Francis Layland-Barratt Liberal Dec 1910 Charles Burn Liberal Unionist 1912 Conservative Party 1918 Coalition Conservative 1922 Conservative 1923 Piers Thompson Liberal 1924 Charles Williams Conservative 1955 by-election Frederic Bennett Conservative Feb 1974 constituency abolished
Election results 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: Charles Burn Liberal: Thomas Devereux PileWestern Times 11 May 1914
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Election in the 1940s 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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: Charles Williams Liberal: Hugo Keene Labour: W W Blaylock
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Election in the 1970s
References
Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. .