Evesham (UK Parliament constituency)

For the future constituency, see Droitwich and Evesham (UK Parliament constituency).

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1950

Evesham

Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1295, 1604–1885
Seats| two until 1868, then one
Worcestershire, Evesham

Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1950
Seats| one
Replaced by| Worcester and South Worcestershire

Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the English and later British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham, it was first represented in 1295. After this its franchise lapsed for several centuries, but it then returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1604 until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member under the Representation of the People Act 1867.

From the 1885 general election, Evesham was abolished as a borough but the name was transferred to a larger county constituency electing one MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, with the town of Evesham itself being transferred to the new seat of South Worcestershire. Between 1885 and 1918 the constituency had the full name of the Southern, or Evesham, Division of Worcestershire (not to be confused with the 1950 seat).

## Boundaries

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* 1604–1885: The parishes of All Saints, Evesham, St Lawrence, Evesham and Bengeworth
* 1885–1918: The petty sessional divisions of Blockley, Evesham, Pershore and Upton-on-Severn, and parts of the petty sessional divisions of Malvern and Redditch
* 1918–1950: The municipal boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham, the rural districts of Droitwich, Evesham, Feckenham, Pershore and Shipston-on-Stour, the parishes of Bredon, Bredon's Norton, Conderton, Overbury and Teddington from the rural district of Tewkesbury and the parts of the rural districts of Stow on the Wold and Winchcombe within the administrative county of Worcestershire

## Members of Parliament

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### 1604-1640

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Parliament | First member | Second member

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1604-1611 | Thomas Biggs | Sir Philip Knightley, died
and replaced 1605 by Robert Bowyer, appointed to crown office
and replaced 1610 by Edward Salter
1614-1622 | Sir Thomas Biggs | Anthony Langston
1621 | Sir Thomas Biggs | Anthony Langston
1624 | Sir Edward Conway | Richard Cresheld
1625 | Richard Cresheld | Anthony Langston
1626 | Sir John Hare | Anthony Langston
1628 | Sir Robert Harley | Richard Cresheld
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned

### 1640-1868

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Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party

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April 1640 |  | William Sandys[1] | Royalist |  | William Morton |
November 1640 |  | Richard Cresheld | Parliamentarian
1641  |  | John Coventry | Royalist
September 1642  | Coventry disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645  |  | Samuel Gardner |
December 1648  | Cresheld not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653  | Evesham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 |  | Theophilus Andrews |  |  | Robert Atkyns |
May 1659 | Evesham was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660  |  | John Egioke |  |  | Sir Thomas Rouse |
1661  |  | William Sandys |  |  | Abraham Cullen |
1669  |  | Sir John Hanmer |
1670  |  | Sir James Rushout |
1679  |  | Henry Parker |
1681  |  | Edward Rudge |
1685  |  | Henry Parker |  |  | Sir John Matthewes |
1690  |  | Sir James Rushout |  |  | Edward Rudge |
1695  |  | Henry Parker |
1698  |  | John Rudge | Whig
January 1701  |  | Sir James Rushout |
November 1701  |  | Hugh Parker |
1702  |  | John Rudge | Whig
1708  |  | Sir Edward Goodere |
1715  |  | John Deacle |
1722  |  | Sir John Rushout | Whig
1734  |  | William Taylor |
1741  |  | Edward Rudge |
1754  |  | John Porter |
1756  |  | Edward Rudge |
1761  |  | John Rushout |
1768  |  | George Durant |
1774  |  | Henry Seymour |
1780  |  | Charles Boughton |
1790  |  | Thomas Thompson |
1796  |  | Charles Thellusson |
1802  |  | Patrick Craufurd Bruce |
1806  |  | William Manning | Tory |  | Humphrey Howorth | Opposition Whig
1807  |  | Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes[2] | Tory
1808  |  | Humphrey Howorth | Whig
1818  |  | William Rouse-Boughton | Whig[3]
1819  |  | Sir Charles Cockerell | Tory[3][4]
1820  |  | William Rouse-Boughton | Whig[3]
1826  |  | Edward Protheroe | Whig[3]
1830  |  | Lord Kennedy | Tory[3]
1831  |  | Thomas Hudson | Whig[3]
1832  |  | Whig[3][4][5]
1835  |  | Peter Borthwick[6] | Conservative[3]
1837  |  | George Rushout | Conservative[3]
1838  |  | Lord Marcus Hill | Whig[3][7][8]
1841  |  | Peter Borthwick | Conservative[3]
1847  |  | Sir Henry Willoughby, Bt | Conservative
1852  |  | Grenville Berkeley | Whig[9]
1855  |  | Edward Holland | Whig[10][11][12]
1859  |  | Liberal
1865  |  | James Bourne | Conservative

### 1868-1950

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Election | Member | Party

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| 1868 | James Bourne | Conservative
| 1880 | Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff | Liberal
| July 1880 | Frederick Lehmann[13] | Liberal
| 1881  | Frederick Dixon-Hartland | Conservative
| 1885 | Sir Richard Temple | Conservative
| 1892 | Sir Edmund Lechmere | Conservative
| 1895 | Charles Wigram Long | Conservative
| January 1910 | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | Conservative
| 1935 | Rupert de la Bere | Conservative
1950 | constituency abolished

## Elections

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### Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Evesham[3][14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | Charles Cockerell | 231  | 47.2  |
| Tory | Archibald Kennedy | 148  | 30.3  |
| Whig | Alexander Raphael | 110  | 22.5  |
Majority  | 38  | 7.8  | N/A
Turnout | 301  | c. 70.5 |
Registered electors | c. 427 |  |
| Tory gain from Whig | Swing |  |
| Tory gain from Whig | Swing |  |

The 1830 election was declared void on 13 December 1830, but no new writ was issued before dissolution ahead of the 1831 election.[14]

General election 1831: Evesham[3][14] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Tory | Charles Cockerell | 208  | 41.5  | −5.7
| Whig | Thomas Hudson (MP)  | 157  | 31.3  | +8.8
| Tory | Archibald Kennedy | 136  | 27.1  | −3.2
Turnout | 327  | c. 76.6 | c. +6.1
Registered electors | c. 427 |  |
Majority  | 51  | 10.2  | +2.4
| Tory hold | Swing | −5.1  |
Majority  | 21  | 4.2  | N/A
| Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +8.9  |
General election 1832: Evesham[3][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Charles Cockerell | 234  | 40.9  | −0.6
| Whig | Thomas Hudson (MP)  | 212  | 37.1  | +5.8
| Tory | Peter Borthwick | 126  | 22.0  | −5.1
Majority  | 86  | 15.1  | +10.9
Turnout | 332  | 92.5  | c. +15.9
Registered electors | 359  |  |
| Whig hold | Swing | +1.0  |
| Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +4.2  |
General election 1835: Evesham[3][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Whig | Charles Cockerell | Unopposed
| Conservative | Peter Borthwick | Unopposed
Registered electors | 338  |
| Whig hold
| Conservative gain from Whig

Cockerell's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 February 1837: Evesham[3][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | George Rushout | 165  | 54.1
| Whig | Marcus Hill | 140  | 45.9
Majority  | 25  | 8.2
Turnout | 305  | 86.2
Registered electors | 354  |
| Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: Evesham[3][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Conservative | Charles Cockerell | 168  | 34.3
| Conservative | Peter Borthwick | 166  | 33.9
| Whig | Marcus Hill | 156  | 31.8
Majority  | 10  | 2.1
Turnout | 307  | 86.7
Registered electors | 354  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative gain from Whig

On petition, Borthwick was unseated and Hill declared elected instead.

### Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Evesham[3][15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Marcus Hill | 188  | 38.7  | +6.9
| Conservative | Peter Borthwick | 161  | 33.1  | −0.8
| Conservative | George Rushout | 137  | 28.2  | −6.1
Majority  | 24  | 4.9  | N/A
Turnout | 335  | 87.7  | +1.0
Registered electors | 382  |  |
| Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.9  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1  |

Hill was appointed Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 July 1846: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Marcus Hill | Unopposed
| Whig hold
General election 1847: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Marcus Hill | 195  | 39.2  | +19.8
| Conservative | Henry Willoughby | 172  | 34.5  | −26.8
| Whig | Ralph Howard | 131  | 26.3  | +6.9
Turnout | 249 (est)  | 70.1 (est)  | −17.6
Registered electors | 355  |  |
Majority  | 23  | 4.7  | −0.2
| Whig hold | Swing | +16.6  |
Majority  | 41  | 8.2  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −26.8  |

### Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Willoughby | 189  | 42.4  | +7.9
| Whig | Grenville Berkeley | 170  | 38.1  | −1.1
| Radical | Charles Wilkins[16][17] | 87  | 19.5  | −6.8
Turnout | 223 (est)  | 63.9 (est)  | −6.2
Registered electors | 349  |  |
Majority  | 19  | 4.3  | −3.9
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5  |
Majority  | 83  | 18.6  | +13.9
| Whig hold | Swing | +1.2  |

Berkeley resigned to contest the 1855 by-election in Cheltenham, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 July 1855: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Whig | Edward Holland | Unopposed
| Whig hold
General election 1857: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Willoughby | 172  | 42.7  | +0.3
| Whig | Edward Holland | 170  | 42.2  | +4.1
| Peelite | Henry Robert Addison[18][19] | 61  | 15.1  | N/A
Turnout | 202 (est)  | 61.1 (est)  | −2.8
Registered electors | 330  |  |
Majority  | 2  | 0.5  | −3.8
| Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9  |
Majority  | 109  | 27.1  | +8.5
| Whig hold | Swing | +1.9  |
General election 1859: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Willoughby | 188  | 48.7  | +6.0
| Liberal | Edward Holland | 149  | 38.6  | −3.6
| Independent Liberal | Edwin Chadwick[20][21] | 49  | 12.7  | New
Turnout | 193 (est)  | 57.1 (est)  | −4.0
Registered electors | 338  |  |
Majority  | 39  | 10.1  | +9.6
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8  |
Majority  | 100  | 25.9  | −1.2
| Liberal hold | Swing | −4.8  |

### Elections in the 1860s

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Willoughby's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 4 April 1865: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Bourne | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1865: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Bourne | 175  | 53.4  | +4.7
| Liberal | Edward Holland | 124  | 37.8  | −0.8
| Liberal | Josiah Harris[22] | 29  | 8.8  | N/A
Majority  | 51  | 15.6  | +5.5
Turnout | 299 (est)  | 88.7 (est)  | +31.6
Registered electors | 337  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.8  |

Seat reduced to one member

General election 1868: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Bourne | 347  | 53.4  | 0.0
| Liberal | Thomas S Richardson[23] | 303  | 46.6  | 0.0
Majority  | 44  | 6.8  | −8.8
Turnout | 650  | 84.5  | −4.2
Registered electors | 769  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0  |

### Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Evesham[15] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | James Bourne | 346  | 53.6  | +0.2
| Liberal | Joseph Napier Higgins[24] | 299  | 46.4  | −0.2
Majority  | 47  | 7.2  | +0.4
Turnout | 645  | 86.7  | +2.2
Registered electors | 744  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.2  |

### Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Evesham[15][25] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff | 382  | 50.6  | +4.2
| Conservative | Algernon Borthwick[26] | 373  | 49.4  | −4.2
Majority  | 9  | 1.2  | N/A
Turnout | 755  | 91.3  | +4.6
Registered electors | 827  |  |
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.2  |

The 1880 election was declared void on account of bribery of electors, causing a by-election.[27]

Dixon-Hartland By-election, 9 Jul 1880: Evesham[15][25] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Frederick Lehmann | 378  | 50.1  | −0.5
| Conservative | Frederick Dixon-Hartland | 376  | 49.9  | +0.5
Majority  | 2  | 0.3  | −0.9
Turnout | 754  | 91.2  | −0.1
Registered electors | 827  |  |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5  |

Lehmann's election was declared void, on account of bribery and corruption, and Hartland was then elected after scrutiny.[28]

Temple General election 1885: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Temple | 4,080  | 51.5  | +2.1
| Liberal | Arthur Chamberlain  | 3,848  | 48.5  | −2.1
Majority  | 232  | 3.0  | N/A
Turnout | 7,928  | 83.3  | −8.0
Registered electors | 9,522  |  |
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.1  |
General election 1886: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Temple | 4,127  | 63.3  | +11.8
| Liberal | Daniel Pidgeon  | 2,391  | 36.7  | −11.8
Majority  | 1,736  | 26.6  | +23.6
Turnout | 6,518  | 68.5  | −14.8
Registered electors | 9,522  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.8  |

### Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Edmund Lechmere | 4,170  | 53.7  | −9.6
| Liberal | Frederick Impey  | 3,590  | 46.3  | +9.6
Majority  | 580  | 7.4  | −19.2
Turnout | 7,760  | 81.0  | +12.5
Registered electors | 9,586  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | −9.6  |
Long 1895 Evesham by-election[29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Long | 4,760  | 57.0  | +3.3
| Liberal | Frederick Impey  | 3,585  | 43.0  | −3.3
Majority  | 1,175  | 14.0  | +6.6
Turnout | 8,345  | 84.2  | +3.2
Registered electors | 9,914  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.3  |
General election 1895: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Long | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Long | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1906: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Long | 4,385  | 50.5  | N/A
| Liberal | Arthur Worthington Biggs  | 4,293  | 49.5  | New
Majority  | 92  | 1.0  | N/A
Turnout | 8,678  | 89.0  | N/A
Registered electors | 9,756  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |

### Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 5,416  | 57.5  | +7.0
| Liberal | Walter John Burt  | 3,998  | 42.5  | −7.0
Majority  | 1,418  | 15.0  | +14.0
Turnout | 9,414  | 90.4  | +1.4
Registered electors | 10,416  |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.0  |
General election December 1910: Evesham [29] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

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: Bolton Eyres-Monsell
* Liberal: William Pearce Ellis

General election 1918: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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C | Unionist | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 10,479 | 62.0 | N/A
| Liberal | William Pearce Ellis  | 3,570  | 21.1  | New
| Labour | Walter Metcalfe Fielding  | 2,863  | 16.9  | New
Majority  | 6,909  | 40.9  | N/A
Turnout | 16,912  | 58.5  | N/A
Registered electors | 28,931  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

### Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 11,502  | 59.9  | −2.1
| Labour | Robert Aldington | 7,715  | 40.1  | +23.2
Majority  | 3,787  | 19.8  | −21.1
Turnout | 19,217  | 65.7  | +7.2
Registered electors | 29,230  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | −12.7  |
General election 1923: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 10,976  | 54.5  | −5.4
| Liberal | William Henry Collett  | 5,453  | 27.1  | New
| Labour | Robert Aldington | 3,705  | 18.4  | −21.7
Majority  | 5,523  | 27.4  | +7.6
Turnout | 20,134  | 67.7  | +2.0
Registered electors | 29,729  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | +8.2  |
General election 1924: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 13,176  | 65.5  | +11.0
| Labour | Robert Aldington | 3,473  | 17.3  | −1.1
| Liberal | Benjamin Ryle Swift  | 3,454  | 17.2  | −9.9
Majority  | 9,703  | 48.2  | +20.8
Turnout | 20,103  | 66.4  | −1.3
Registered electors | 30,270  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | +6.1  |
General election 1929: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 14,694  | 48.4  | −17.1
| Liberal | Selick Davies  | 11,519  | 38.0  | +20.8
| Labour | Robert Aldington | 4,138  | 13.6  | −3.7
Majority  | 3,175  | 10.4  | −37.8
Turnout | 30,351  | 76.4  | +10.0
Registered electors | 39,721  |  |
| Unionist hold | Swing | −19.0  |

### Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | Unopposed
| Liberal |

* Harry Briggs

| Withdrew  |  |
Registered electors |  |  |
| Conservative hold

* withdrew

General election 1935: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Rupert de la Bere | 18,757  | 65.1  | N/A
| Labour | W E Warder  | 6,264  | 21.8  | New
| Liberal | Christopher a'Becket Williams  | 3,774  | 13.1  | N/A
Majority  | 12,493  | 43.3  | N/A
Turnout | 28,795  | 66.4  | N/A
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |

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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

* Conservative: Rupert de la Bere
* Liberal: W F Newnes [31]
* British Union: John Dowty

### Elections in the 1940s

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General election 1945: Evesham[30] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Rupert de la Bere | 17,835  | 53.4  | −11.7
| Liberal | Duncan McGuffie  | 7,849  | 23.5  | +10.4
| Common Wealth | Desmond Donnelly | 7,727  | 23.1  | New
Majority  | 9,986  | 29.9  | −13.4
Turnout | 33,411  | 63.3  | −3.1
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ Expelled as a monopolist in 1641
2. ^ On petition, Lopes was declared not to have been duly elected and his opponent, Howorth, was seated in his place
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4. ^ a b An Elector (1834). Letter I. of an Appeal to the Electors of the County and City of Worcester, Who Consider Themselves Unduly Represented in the Present Parliament; With an Appendix on the Progress of Discontent and the Prostration of the Late Government. Tewkesbury: James Bennett. p. 13. Retrieved 5 November 2018 - via Google Books.
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6. ^ Borthwick was re-elected in 1837 but on petition his election was declared void and Hill declared elected in his place. A petition against the other successful candidate, Rushout, was dismissed. Borthwick and Rushout subsequently fought a duel over the outcome of the election.
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