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Exeter (UK Parliament Constituency)
Exeter is a constituency composed of the cathedral city and county town of Devon represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The constituency has had a history of representatives from 1900 of Conservative, Liberal Party, Independent and Labour representation. History The constituency has been held by Labour since 1997. The Labour Party currently has a majority of over 10,000, suggesting this is a safe seat for the party. Constituency profile The constituency covers the majority of this affluent city, including the University and the Met Office which are significant employers. Boundaries 1918–1950: The County Borough of Exeter. 1950–1974: As prior but with redrawn boundaries. 1974–1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries. 1983–2010: The City of Exeter. 2010–present: The City of Exeter wards of Alphington, Cowick, Duryard, Exwick, Heavitree, Mincinglake, Newtown, Pennsylvania, Pinhoe, Polsloe, Priory, St David's, St James, St Leonard's, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter
Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham and St Luke's. The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administration of the County Council. It is the county town of Devon and home to the headquarters of Devon County Council. A p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ward (politics)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, England). It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered. Origins The word “ward”, for an electoral subdivision, appears to have originated in the Wards of the City of London, where gatherings for each ward known as “wardmotes” have taken place since the 12th century. The word was much later applied to divisions of other cities and towns in England and Wales and Ireland. In parts of northern England, a ''ward'' was an administrative subdivision of a county, very similar to a hundred in other parts of England. Present day In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, wards are an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Golde
Roger Golde (died 1429), of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. Career Golde was the son of the MP, Adam Golde. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... in 1399, 1402, 1406, November 1414, March 1416 and October 1416. References 14th-century births 1429 deaths English MPs 1399 English MPs 1402 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter English MPs 1406 English MPs November 1414 English MPs March 1416 English MPs October 1416 {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilford
William Wilford (died 1413), of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. Family Wilford was the son of the MP, Robert Wilford. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter in 1395, January 1397, September 1397, January 1404 and 1411. He also served on Exeter's town council and was seven times Mayor of Exeter, dying during his last mayoralty. English raid on Brittany in 1403 In August 1403 a French force under Guillaume II du Chastel (died 1404) sailed across the Channel and mounted a bold raid on the Devon coast, in which they plundered and burned the town of Plymouth. By November that year, the West Country had put together a fleet for an expedition of retaliation. Consisting of vessels contributed by the shipowners of Plymouth, Dartmouth and Bristol, Wilford was appointed as admiral in command. Crossing to the port of Brest, they captured six foreign vessels there and the next day took four more, holding cargoes of olive oil, tallow and iron. Moving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cobbley
Robert Cobbley (fl. 1391–1399), of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Barnstaple in 1391 and for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... in 1393 and 1399. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter English MPs 1391 English MPs 1393 English MPs 1399 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frye (MP)
William Frye (died 1427), of Feniton, Devon, was an English politician. Family Frye married a woman named Joan. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... in January 1390, 1391 and September 1397. References 14th-century births 1427 deaths English MPs January 1390 English MPs 1391 English MPs September 1397 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Golde
Adam Golde (died 1395/6), of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. Family He married a woman named Margery and they had four daughters and one son, the MP, Roger Golde. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... in January 1390. References Year of birth unknown 1396 deaths English MPs January 1390 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Creedy
Adam Creedy (fl. 1388) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... in September 1388. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs September 1388 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Raymond (MP)
Thomas Raymond (died 1418), of Simpson in Holsworthy, Devon, was an English politician. Family He was the father of Richard Raymond. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Barnstaple in 1372, January 1377 and October 1377, for Dartmouth in October 1377, for Plympton Erle in 1381, for Exeter in May 1382, February 1388 and January 1404, and for Tavistock Tavistock ( ) is an ancient stannary and market town within West Devon, England. It is situated on the River Tavy from which its name derives. At the 2011 census the three electoral wards (North, South and South West) had a population of 13,028 ... in October 1377 and November 1384. References 14th-century births 1418 deaths English MPs 1372 English MPs January 1377 English MPs October 1377 English MPs 1381 English MPs May 1382 English MPs February 1388 English MPs January 1404 English MPs November 1384 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple Members of the Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hadley
Peter Hadley (fl. 1377–1388) of Exeter, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter in January 1377, 1378, November 1384, February 1388 and September 1388, for Plympton Erle Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient Stannary, stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down riv ... in 1371 and September 1388, and for Tavistock in 1381. References Year of birth missing Year of death missing English MPs January 1377 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter Members of the Parliament of England for Plympton Erle Members of the Parliament of England for Tavistock English MPs 1378 English MPs November 1384 English MPs February 1388 English MPs September 1388 English MPs 1371 English MPs 1381 {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bosom
Richard Bosom (died c. 1417), of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. Family Bosom married three times. By 1382, he had married Edith, the widow of Warren Bailly of Exeter. By 1398, he had married his second wife, a woman named Felicity. By 1417, he had married a woman named Elizabeth, and had one son. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ... in 1381, April 1384, 1386, 1394 and May 1413. References 14th-century births 1417 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter English MPs 1381 English MPs April 1384 English MPs 1386 English MPs 1394 English MPs May 1413 {{15thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Grey (died 1413)
John Grey (died 1413) of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter in 1366, October 1377, January 1380, 1385, 1386, 1391, 1393, 1394, 1395 and January 1397; for Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ... in 1385 and Totnes in 1391. References 14th-century births 1413 deaths English MPs 1366 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Exeter Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Totnes Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Barnstaple English MPs October 1377 English MPs January 1380 English MPs 1385 English MPs 1386 English MPs 1391 English MPs 1393 English MPs 1394 English MPs 1395 English MPs January 1397 {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
