Ashburton was a

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represented in the

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of the

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, for the Parliaments of 1295 and 1407, and regularly from 1640 until it was abolished for the 1868 general election. It was one of three

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borough constituencies newly enfranchised (or re-enfranchised after a gap of centuries) in the

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. It returned two Members of Parliament until the 1832 general election when the number was reduced to one MP. (currently unavailable ) From the 1885 general election Ashburton was revived as a

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division of Devon. It returned one member until it was abolished from the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918

The Sessional Divisions of Crockernwell and

Teignbridge Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Newton Abbot. Other towns in the district include Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish and Teignmouth. It is named for the old Teignbridge hundred. ...

.Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

Members of Parliament

Ashburton borough 1398–1868

*1407 Richard Hurston, Walter Denys ''Ashburton re-enfranchised by Parliament in Nov 1640''

MPs 1640–1832

MPs 1832–1868

Mid or Ashburton division of Devon 1885–1918

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Arbuthnot resigned by accepting the office of

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, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Jardine's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; *Unionist:

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*Liberal:

References

* Robert Beatson, "A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament" (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807

* D Brunton & D H Pennington, ''Members of the Long Parliament'' (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954) * F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885" (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) * J Holladay Philbin, ''Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
British History Online – list of speakers in the Parliaments of 1656 and 1658-9
*{{Rayment-hc, a, 3, date=March 2012 Parliamentary constituencies in Devon (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1640 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 Teignbridge