1886: Declaration of the Poll for the 1886 Parliamentary Election, Swindon
Source: Scan of an original mounted photograph.
Image: P30862.
Date: 1886.
Repository: Local Studies, Swindon Central Library.
www.swindon.gov.uk/localstudies
Caption: Parliamentary Election 1886, Swindon.
Declaration of the poll, at the Square Old Swindon.
Candidates, N. Story-Maskelyne, (Elected) B.C.F. Costello, and Sir John Bennett.
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The 1886 General Election took place during July and followed another General Election only the year before. The result was highly controversial as it effectively saw a complete reversal of the 1885 result.
Locally, the poll was won by incumbent Liberal candidate Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911).
Nationally it was a victory for a pact between Lord Salisbury's Conservatives and a Unionist splinter of the Liberal Party.
In total, Nevil Story-Maskelyne was in Parliament as the MP for Cricklade (which included Swindon) from 1886 to 1892.
Swindon remained under the constituency of Cricklade until 1918 when it became a parliamentary constituency in its own right.
This in turn was abolished for the 1997 General Election with the creation of two new constituencies - Swindon North and Swindon South.
1886: Declaration of the Poll for the 1886 Parliamentary Election, Swindon
Source: Scan of an original mounted photograph.
Image: P30862.
Date: 1886.
Repository: Local Studies, Swindon Central Library.
www.swindon.gov.uk/localstudies
Caption: Parliamentary Election 1886, Swindon.
Declaration of the poll, at the Square Old Swindon.
Candidates, N. Story-Maskelyne, (Elected) B.C.F. Costello, and Sir John Bennett.
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The 1886 General Election took place during July and followed another General Election only the year before. The result was highly controversial as it effectively saw a complete reversal of the 1885 result.
Locally, the poll was won by incumbent Liberal candidate Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911).
Nationally it was a victory for a pact between Lord Salisbury's Conservatives and a Unionist splinter of the Liberal Party.
In total, Nevil Story-Maskelyne was in Parliament as the MP for Cricklade (which included Swindon) from 1886 to 1892.
Swindon remained under the constituency of Cricklade until 1918 when it became a parliamentary constituency in its own right.
This in turn was abolished for the 1997 General Election with the creation of two new constituencies - Swindon North and Swindon South.