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1953 Abingdon By-election
The Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency), Abingdon by-election was held on 30 June 1953 after the previous MP, Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn, Ralph Glyn was elevated to the peerage. References By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Berkshire constituencies, Abingdon 1953 1953 elections in the United Kingdom, Abingdon by-election Abingdon-on-Thames, By-election 1953 1953 in England, Abingdon by-election By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Oxfordshire constituencies, Abingdon 1953 20th century in Berkshire, 1953 Abingdon by-election June 1953 events in the United Kingdom, Abingdon by-election {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Abingdon was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (and its predecessor institutions for England and Great Britain), electing one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983. (It was one of the few English constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons to elect only one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.) History Abingdon was one of three English parliamentary boroughs enfranchised by Queen Mary I as anomalous single-member constituencies, and held its first Parliamentary election in 1558. The borough consisted of part of two parishes in the market town of Abingdon, then the county town of Berkshire. The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders paying scot and lot and not receiving alms; the highest recorded number of votes to be cast before 1832 was 253, at the general election of 1806. (currently unavailable) Abingdon's voters seem always to have maintained their in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
