# Leominster (UK Parliament constituency)

Leominster was a parliamentary constituency represented until 1707 in the House of Commons of England, then until 1801 in that of Great Britain, and finally until 2010, when it disappeared in boundary changes, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
From 1295 to 1885, Leominster was a parliamentary borough which until 1868 elected two Members of Parliament by the bloc vote system of election. Under the Reform Act 1867 its representation was reduced to one Member, elected by the first past the post system. The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name was transferred to a new county constituency.

## History

Aside from two brief periods of Liberal representation, Leominster was a mostly safe Conservative seat from 1910, although sometimes by narrow majorities over the Liberal Party. The Labour Party did not put up a candidate in the constituency until 1950, and it was traditionally one of their weakest seats in the country, though the party were represented for the only time in the seat for three years in the government of Tony Blair when Conservative MP Peter Temple-Morris defected to the party in 1998.

### Abolition

Following the review by the Boundary Commission for England of parliamentary representation in Herefordshire, no longer connected for such reasons with Worcestershire, two parliamentary constituencies have been allocated to the county. Most of the Leominster seat has been replaced by the North Herefordshire seat, while the remainder of the county is covered by the Hereford and South Herefordshire seat.

### Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, and the Sessional Divisions of Bredwardine, Bromyard, Kingston, Leominster, Weobley, and Wigmore.
1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban Districts of Bromyard and Kington, the Rural Districts of Bredwardine, Bromyard, Kington, Leominster, Weobley, and Wigmore, and parts of the Rural Districts of Hereford and Ledbury.
1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban Districts of Bromyard, Kington, and Ledbury, the Rural Districts of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, and Weobley and Wigmore, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.
1974–1983: The Municipal Borough of Leominster, the Urban District of Kington, the Rural Districts of Bromyard, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, and Weobley and Wigmore, and part of the Rural District of Hereford.
1983–1997: The District of Leominster, the District of Malvern Hills wards of Baldwin, Bringsty, Broadheath, Bromyard, Butterley, Cradley, Frome, Frome Vale, Hallow, Hegdon, Hope End, Laugherne Hill, Leadon Vale, Ledbury, Leigh and Bransford, Marcle Ridge, Martley, Temeside, and Woodbury, and the District of South Herefordshire wards of Burghill, Burmarsh, Dinmore Hill, Hagley, Magna, Munstone, Swainshill, and Thinghill.
1997–2010: The District of Leominster, the District of Malvern Hills wards of Bringsty, Bromyard, Butterley, Cradley, Frome, Frome Vale, Hegdon, Hope End, Leadon Vale, Ledbury, and Marcle Ridge, the District of South Herefordshire wards of Backbury, Burghill, Burmarsh, Credenhill, Dinmore Hill, Hagley, Munstone, Swainshill, and Thinghill, and the District of Wyre Forest ward of Rock and Ribbesford.
In its final form, the constituency consisted of northern Herefordshire and a small part of north-west Worcestershire, the boundaries having been specified when the two were joined as the single county of Hereford and Worcester. In Herefordshire it included the towns of Bromyard, Kington and Ledbury as well as Leominster, while the largest settlement of Worcestershire it included was Tenbury Wells.

## Members of Parliament
### To 1660

| Parliament | First member | Second member |
| 1386 | Robert Caldebrook | Walter Aston |
| 1388 (Feb) | Robert Caldebrook | John Montgomery |
| 1388 (Sep) | John Aston | Walter Aston |
| 1390 (Jan) | Hugh Aston | Peter Cook |
| 1390 (Nov) | |
| 1391 | Peter Cook | John Bradford |
| 1393 | Roger Loutwardin | John Hood |
| 1394 | |
| 1395 | Thomas Barber | Thomas Reynold |
| 1397 (Jan) | Thomas Reynold | William Colle |
| 1397 (Sep) | William Taverner | John Romayn |
| 1399 | John Hood | Thomas White |
| 1401 | |
| 1402 | William Taverner | John Bond |
| 1404 (Jan) | |
| 1404 (Oct) | |
| 1406 | William Taverner | William Tiler |
| 1407 | William Taverner | William Tiler |
| 1410 | Edmund Morris | Walter Borgate |
| 1411 | |
| 1413 (Feb) | |
| 1413 (May) | John Salisbury | John Romayn |
| 1414 (Apr) | |
| 1414 (Nov) | William Colle | John Salisbury |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 (Mar) | John Salisbury | Reynold Smith |
| 1416 (Oct) | |
| 1417 | John Salisbury | John Braas |
| 1419 | Thomas Hood | Reynold Smith |
| 1420 | Thomas Hood | William Raves |
| 1421 (May) | William Stokes | John Hood |
| 1421 (Dec) | Thomas Hood | William Raves |
| 1510-1523 | No names known |
| 1529 | John Bell | John Hillesley |
| 1536 | ? |
| 1539 | ? |
| 1542 | ? |
| 1545 | ? |
| 1547 | William Crowche | Richard Cupper |
| 1553 (Mar) | ? |
| 1553 (Oct) | William Strete | John Polle |
| 1554 (Apr) | Lewis Jones | John Evans |
| 1554 (Nov) | Nicholas Depden | Thomas Wykes |
| 1555 | James Warnecombe | Thomas Kerry |
| 1558 | Alban Birch | Richard Hakluyt |
| 1559 | Thomas Hakluyt | Thomas Coningsby I |
| 1562–3 | Thomas Dallowe | John Morgan |
| 1571 | Edward Croft | Nicholas Depden |
| 1572 | Nicholas Depden | Fabian Phillips |
| 1584 | Thomas Wigmore | Edward Croft |
| 1586 | Edward Croft | Thomas Wigmore |
| 1588 | Thomas Shoter | Humphrey Wall |
| 1593 | Sir Francis Vere | Richard Coningsby |
| 1597 | Thomas Crompton | John Creswell |
| 1601 | Thomas Coningsby | John Warnecombe |
| 1604 | Thomas Coningsby | John Powle |
| 1614 | Sir Humphrey Baskerville | Thomas Coningsby |
| 1621-1622 | Francis Smallman | William Beecher |
| 1624 | James Tomkins | Sir William Beecher |
| 1625 | James Tomkins | Edward Littleton |
| 1626 | James Tomkins | Edward Littleton |
| 1628 | James Tomkins | Edward Littleton, sat for Caernarvon and replaced by Thomas Lyttleton |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | No Parliaments summoned |
| 1640 (Apr) | William Smallman | Walter Kyrle |
| 1640 (Nov) | Sampson Eure disabled 22 January 1644 | Walter Kyrle |
| 1645 | Walter Kyrle excluded in 1648 | John Birch excluded in 1648 |
| 1653 | Leominster not represented in Barebones Parliament | Leominster not represented in Barebones Parliament |
| 1654 | John Birch | (One member only) |
| 1656 | John Birch | (One member only) |
| 1659 | John Birch | Edward Freeman |

#### Members 1660-1868 (two)

| Election | First member | First member | First party | Second member | Second member | Second party |
| 1660 | | Colonel John Birch | | | Edward Pytts | |
| 1661 | | Ranald Grahme | | | Humphrey Cornewall | |
| Feb 1679 | | James Pytts | | | John Dutton Colt | |
| Sep 1679 | | Thomas Coningsby, Lord Coningsby from 1691 | | | John Dutton Colt | |
| 1685 | | Thomas Coningsby, Lord Coningsby from 1691 | | | Robert Cornewall | |
| 1689 | | Thomas Coningsby, Lord Coningsby from 1691 | | | John Dutton Colt | |
| 1698 | | Thomas Coningsby, Lord Coningsby from 1691 | | | Edward Harley | |
| Jan 1701 | | Thomas Coningsby, Lord Coningsby from 1691 | | | John Dutton Colt | |
| Apr 1701 | | Thomas Coningsby, Lord Coningsby from 1691 | | | Edward Harley | |
| 1710 | | Edward Bangham | | | Edward Harley | |
| 1713 | | Henry Gorges | | | Edward Harley | |
| 1715 | | The Lord Coningsby | | | Edward Harley | |
| 1717 | | George Caswall (expelled) | | | Edward Harley | |
| 1721 | | William Bateman | | | Edward Harley | |
| 1722 | | Sir Archer Croft | | | Sir George Caswall | |
| 1727 | | The Viscount Bateman | | | Sir George Caswall | |
| 1734 | | Robert Harley | | | Sir George Caswall | |
| 1741 | | John Caswall | | | Capel Hanbury | |
| 1742 | | Robert Harley | | | Capel Hanbury | |
| 1747 | | Sir Robert de Cornwall | | | James Peachey | |
| 1754 | | Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams | | | Richard Gorges | |
| 1759 | | Chase Price | | | Richard Gorges | |
| 1761 | | Chase Price | | | Jenison Shafto | |
| 1767 | | Edward Willes | | | Jenison Shafto | |
| Feb 1768 | | John Carnac | | | Jenison Shafto | |
| Mar 1768 | | John Carnac | | | The Viscount Bateman | Tory |
| 1774 | | Thomas Hill | Tory | | The Viscount Bateman | Tory |
| 1776 | | Frederick Cornewall | Tory | | The Viscount Bateman | Tory |
| 1780 | | Richard Payne Knight | Whig | | The Viscount Bateman | Tory |
| 1784 | | John Hunter | Tory | | Penn Assheton Curzon | Tory |
| 1790 | | John Hunter | Tory | | John Sawyer | Tory |
| 1791 | | John Hunter | Tory | | Richard Beckford | Whig |
| 1796 | | John Hunter | Tory | | George Augustus Pollen | Tory |
| 1797 | | William Taylor | Whig | | George Augustus Pollen | Tory |
| 1802 | | John Lubbock | Whig | | Charles Kinnaird | Whig |
| Jan 1806 | | John Lubbock | Whig | | William Lamb | Whig |
| Nov 1806 | | John Lubbock | Tory | | Henry Bonham | Tory |
| 1812 | | John Lubbock | Tory | | John Harcourt | Whig |
| 1818 | | John Lubbock | Tory | | Sir William Cuningham-Fairlie | Tory |
| 1819 | | John Lubbock | Tory | | John Harcourt | Whig |
| 1820 | | The Lord Hotham | Tory | | Sir William Cuningham-Fairlie | Tory |
| 1826 | | The Lord Hotham | Tory | | Thomas Bish | Whig |
| 1827 | | The Lord Hotham | Tory | | Rowland Stephenson | Tory |
| Feb 1830 | | The Lord Hotham | Tory | | John Ward | Whig |
| Aug 1830 | | The Lord Hotham | Tory | | William Marshall | Whig |
| May 1831 | | William Bertram Evans | Whig | | Thomas Brayen | Whig |
| Dec 1831 | | William Bertram Evans | Whig | | The Lord Hotham | Tory |
| 1832 | | Thomas Bish | Whig | | The Lord Hotham | Tory |
| 1834 | | Thomas Bish | Whig | | The Lord Hotham | Conservative |
| 1837 | | Charles Greenaway | Whig | | The Lord Hotham | Conservative |
| 1841 | | Charles Greenaway | Whig | | James Wigram | Conservative |
| 1842 by-election | | Charles Greenaway | Whig | | George Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1845 by-election | | Sir Henry Barkly | Conservative | | George Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1849 by-election | | Frederick Peel | Conservative | | George Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1852 | | John George Phillimore | Whig | | George Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1856 by-election | | John George Phillimore | Whig | | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative |
| 1857 | | John Willoughby | Conservative | | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative |
| 1858 by-election | | Charles Bateman-Hanbury | Conservative | | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative |
| 1865 | | Arthur Walsh | Conservative | | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy | Conservative |
| 1866 by-election | | Arthur Walsh | Conservative | | Richard Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1868 by-election | | Arthur Stanhope | Conservative | | Richard Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1868 | representation reduced from two Members to one | representation reduced from two Members to one | representation reduced from two Members to one | representation reduced from two Members to one | representation reduced from two Members to one | representation reduced from two Members to one |

#### Members 1868–1885 (one)

| Election | Member | Party |
| 1868 | Richard Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1876 by-election | Thomas Blake | Liberal |
| 1880 | James Rankin | Conservative |
| 1885 | Parliamentary borough abolished, name transferred to county constituency | Parliamentary borough abolished, name transferred to county constituency |

### Leominster county constituency
#### Members 1885–2010

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1885 | Thomas Duckham | Liberal |
| 1886 | Sir James Rankin | Conservative |
| 1906 | Edmund Lamb | Liberal |
| 1910 | Sir James Rankin | Conservative |
| 1912 | H. FitzHerbert Wright | Unionist |
| 1918 | Charles Ward-Jackson | Unionist |
| 1922 | Ernest Shepperson | Unionist |
| 1945 | Archer Baldwin | Conservative |
| 1959 | Clive Bossom | Conservative |
| 1974 | Peter Temple-Morris | Conservative |
| 1997 | Peter Temple-Morris | Independent Conservative |
| 1998 | Peter Temple-Morris | Labour |
| 2001 | Bill Wiggin | Conservative |
| 2010 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1830s

Stephenson was declared bankrupt and unseated, causing a by-election.
By-election, 11 February 1830: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | John Ward | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory |
General election 1830: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Tory | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | William Marshall | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 740 | |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold | Tory hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1831: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | William Bertram Evans | 563 | 41.5 |
| | Whig | Thomas Brayen | 433 | 31.9 |
| | Tory | Beaumont Hotham | 362 | 26.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 702 | 94.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 740 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory | Whig gain from Tory |
Brayen resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 22 December 1831: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Beaumont Hotham | 346 | 51.5 | |
| | Whig | William Fraser | 326 | 48.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 3.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 672 | c. 90.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 740 | | |
| | Tory gain from Whig | Tory gain from Whig | Swing | | |
General election 1832: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Thomas Bish | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Tory | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 779 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Tory gain from Whig | Tory gain from Whig | Tory gain from Whig | Tory gain from Whig |
General election 1835: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Thomas Bish | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 694 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1837: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Beaumont Hotham | 395 | 38.5 |
| | Whig | Charles Greenaway | 364 | 35.5 |
| | Conservative | James Wigram | 266 | 26.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 579 | 86.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 671 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 3.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98 | 9.5 |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Wigram | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | Charles Greenaway | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 619 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
Wigram resigned after being appointed as a Vice-Chancellor, causing a by-election.
By-election, 8 February 1842: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Arkwright | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |
Greenaway resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
By-election, 26 April 1845: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Barkly | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1847: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Arkwright | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Henry Barkly | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 631 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |
Barkly resigned after being appointed Governor of British Guiana, causing a by-election.
By-election, 6 February 1849: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frederick Peel | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Arkwright | 260 | 39.6 | N/A |
| | Whig | John George Phillimore | 206 | 31.4 | New |
| | Conservative | John Willoughby | 190 | 29.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 328 (est) | 59.5 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 551 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 8.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |
Arkwright's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 19 February 1856: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gathorne Hardy | 179 | 63.9 | −4.7 |
| | Whig | James Campbell | 101 | 36.1 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | 27.8 | +19.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 280 | 72.4 | +12.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 387 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 | |
General election 1857: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gathorne Hardy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | John Willoughby | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 370 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |
Willoughby resigned after being appointed as a Member of the Council of India, causing a by-election.
By-election, 22 October 1858: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Bateman-Hanbury | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1859: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gathorne Hardy | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Charles Bateman-Hanbury | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 392 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Walsh | 214 | 38.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Gathorne Hardy | 208 | 37.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal | William Mathewson Hindmarch | 137 | 24.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 71 | 12.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 348 | 94.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 367 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Hardy was also elected MP for Oxford University and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
By-election, 26 February 1866: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Arkwright | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Walsh resigned in order to contest a by-election in Radnorshire, causing a by-election.
By-election, 27 April 1868: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Arthur Stanhope | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Seat reduced to one member
General election 1868: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Arkwright | 432 | 71.3 | −4.2 |
| | Liberal | Thomas Spinks | 174 | 28.7 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 42.6 | +29.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 606 | 68.7 | −26.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 882 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 | |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Arkwright | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 905 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Arkwright resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 16 Feb 1876: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Blake | 434 | 55.4 | New |
| | Conservative | Charles Bateman-Hanbury-Kincaid-Lennox | 349 | 44.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85 | 10.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 783 | 84.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 927 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | 457 | 56.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Thomas Blake | 355 | 43.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 102 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 812 | 90.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 900 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1885: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Duckham | 3,871 | 50.8 | +7.1 |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | 3,750 | 49.2 | −7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 121 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,621 | 81.8 | −8.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,314 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.1 | |
General election 1886: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | 4,287 | 64.2 | +15.0 |
| | Liberal | Edward Scudamore Lucas | 2,394 | 35.8 | −15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,893 | 28.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,681 | 71.7 | −10.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,314 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.0 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | 4,318 | 59.7 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal | James Tertius Southall | 2,918 | 40.3 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,400 | 19.4 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,236 | 74.0 | +2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,778 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.5 | |
General election 1895: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election January 1906: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edmund Lamb | 3,892 | 50.2 | New |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | 3,864 | 49.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 | 0.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,756 | 83.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,328 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | 4,822 | 54.7 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal | Edmund Lamb | 3,991 | 45.3 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 831 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,813 | 91.0 | +7.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,689 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.9 | |
General election December 1910: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Rankin | 4,600 | 57.3 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal | Wyatt Wyatt-Paine | 3,431 | 42.7 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,169 | 14.6 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,031 | 82.9 | −8.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,689 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 | |
By-election, 1912: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Henry Wright | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Unionist hold |
General election 1918: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Unionist | Charles Ward-Jackson | 8,308 | 50.5 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal | Edmund Lamb | 5,291 | 32.1 | −10.6 |
| | National Farmers Union | Ernest Wilfred Langford | 2,870 | 17.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,017 | 18.4 | +3.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,469 | 62.9 | −20.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,184 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||
* Some records describe Lamb as an Independent Radical.
* Langford was also a Liberal.

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ernest Shepperson | 10,978 | 53.1 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal | Geoffrey Mander | 9,698 | 46.9 | +14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,280 | 6.2 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,676 | 79.0 | +16.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,182 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −6.1 | |
General election 1923: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ernest Shepperson | 11,582 | 57.3 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal | James Dockett | 8,614 | 42.7 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,968 | 14.6 | +8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,196 | 75.8 | −3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,658 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +4.2 | |
General election 1924: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ernest Shepperson | 12,470 | 64.4 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal | George Adolphus Edinger | 6,897 | 35.6 | −7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,573 | 28.8 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,367 | 71.6 | −4.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,033 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | +7.1 | |
General election 1929: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ernest Shepperson | 13,237 | 52.5 | −11.9 |
| | Liberal | George Adolphus Edinger | 11,990 | 47.5 | +11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,247 | 5.0 | −23.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,227 | 76.3 | +4.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,046 | | |
| | Unionist hold | Unionist hold | Swing | −11.9 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Shepperson | 16,916 | 63.3 | +10.8 |
| | Liberal | George Adolphus Edinger | 9,803 | 36.7 | −10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,113 | 26.6 | +21.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,719 | 79.9 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 10.8 | |
General election 1935: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Shepperson | 14,180 | 53.2 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Farr | 12,465 | 46.8 | +10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,715 | 6.4 | −20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,645 | 78.2 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −10.1 | |

### Elections 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: Ernest Shepperson
* Liberal: Albert Edward Farr
General election 1945: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Archer Baldwin | 14,224 | 51.1 | −2.1 |
| | Liberal | Albert Edward Farr | 13,586 | 48.9 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 638 | 2.2 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,810 | 74.4 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −2.1 | |

### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Archer Baldwin | 18,036 | 55.86 | |
| | Labour | Edmund JM Jones | 8,402 | 26.02 | New |
| | Liberal | George Morgan-Harris | 5,850 | 18.12 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,634 | 29.84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,288 | 80.85 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1951: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Archer Baldwin | 19,952 | 66.75 |
| | Labour | Edmund JM Jones | 9,939 | 33.25 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,013 | 33.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,891 | 74.16 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1955: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Archer Baldwin | 18,487 | 65.49 |
| | Labour | Alfred Evans | 9,740 | 34.51 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,747 | 30.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,227 | 70.40 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1959: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clive Bossom | 16,642 | 55.43 | |
| | Liberal | Grenville Jones | 6,905 | 23.00 | New |
| | Labour | Frederick W Bowerman | 6,475 | 21.57 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,737 | 32.43 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,022 | 76.38 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Clive Bossom | 15,238 | 50.91 |
| | Liberal | Edward Paul Cadbury | 8,941 | 29.87 |
| | Labour | Kenneth A Gulleford | 5,750 | 19.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,297 | 21.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,929 | 77.13 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1966: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Clive Bossom | 15,045 | 51.47 |
| | Liberal | Edward Paul Cadbury | 7,647 | 26.16 |
| | Labour | K Roy Simmons | 6,536 | 22.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,398 | 25.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,228 | 75.17 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Clive Bossom | 17,630 | 57.97 |
| | Liberal | Roger Pincham | 6,462 | 21.25 |
| | Labour | Martyn Sloman | 6,321 | 20.78 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,168 | 36.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,413 | 72.84 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election February 1974: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 16,221 | 46.35 |
| | Liberal | Roger Pincham | 14,602 | 41.73 |
| | Labour | Clive Lindley | 4,172 | 11.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,619 | 4.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,995 | 80.07 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election October 1974: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 15,741 | 46.07 |
| | Liberal | Roger Pincham | 15,162 | 44.38 |
| | Labour | S Allen | 3,264 | 9.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 579 | 1.69 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,167 | 77.56 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
General election 1979: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 21,126 | 53.50 |
| | Liberal | Roger Pincham | 16,261 | 41.18 |
| | Labour | PJ Dobbs | 2,099 | 5.32 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,865 | 12.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,486 | 81.90 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 29,276 | 56.99 | |
| | Liberal | Roger Pincham | 19,490 | 37.94 | |
| | Labour | Donald Wilcox | 1,932 | 3.76 | |
| | Ecology | Felicity Norman | 668 | 1.30 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,786 | 19.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,366 | 77.49 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1987: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 31,396 | 57.86 |
| | Liberal | Stephen Morris | 17,321 | 31.92 |
| | Labour | Arthur Chappell | 4,444 | 8.19 |
| | Green | Felicity Norman | 1,102 | 2.00 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,075 | 25.94 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,263 | 77.54 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 32,783 | 56.6 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | DC Short | 16,103 | 27.8 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Chris Chappell | 6,874 | 11.9 | +3.7 |
| | Green | Felicity Norman | 1,503 | 2.6 | +0.6 |
| | Anti-Federalist League | EP Carlisle | 640 | 1.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,680 | 28.8 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 57,903 | 81.7 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
General election 1997: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Temple-Morris | 22,888 | 45.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry James | 14,053 | 27.8 | |
| | Labour | Richard Westwood | 8,831 | 17.5 | |
| | Referendum | Anthony Parkin | 2,815 | 5.6 | New |
| | Green | Felicity Norman | 1,086 | 2.1 | |
| | UKIP | Richard Chamings | 588 | 1.2 | New |
| | BNP | John Haycock | 292 | 0.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,835 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,553 | 76.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 22,879 | 49.0 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Celia Downie | 12,512 | 26.8 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Stephen Hart | 7,872 | 16.8 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Pippa Bennett | 1,690 | 3.6 | +1.5 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Kingsley | 1,590 | 3.4 | +2.2 |
| | Independent | John Haycock | 186 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,367 | 22.2 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,729 | 69.4 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |
General election 2005: Leominster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bill Wiggin | 25,407 | 52.1 | +3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Williams | 12,220 | 25.0 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Bell | 7,424 | 15.2 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Felicity Norman | 2,191 | 4.5 | +0.9 |
| | UKIP | Peter Whyte-Venables | 1,551 | 3.2 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13,187 | 27.1 | +4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,793 | 77.3 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 | |