Forest of Dean is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP). It was created for the 1885 general election to replace part of West Gloucestershire, and abolished for the 1950 election. It was re-established for the 1997 general election.
Mr Thomas Blake of Ross-on-Wye
born 1825 – 31 died March 1901
Politics
Radical Liberal
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
November 24, 1885 – July 1887
Mr Godfrey Samuelson
Politics
Liberal
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
July 29, 1887 – July 4, 1892
Sir Charles Dilke
Politics
Liberal
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
July 4, 1892 – January 26, 1911
Sir Henry Webb
born 28 July 1866, Hereford – died 29 October 1940, Caerleon
Politics
Liberal
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
February 24, 1911 – December 14, 1918
Mr James Wignall
Politics
Labour
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
December 14, 1918 – June 10, 1925
Mr Albert Purcell
Politics
Labour
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
July 14, 1925 – May 30, 1929
Mr David Vaughan
Politics
Labour
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
May 30, 1929 – October 27, 1931
Dr John Worthington
Politics
National Labour
Constituency
Forest of Dean
Term
October 27, 1931 – November 14, 1935
Mr Morgan Price
Politics
Labour
Constituency
Forest of Dean then West Gloucestershire
Term
Forest of Dean November 14, 1935 – February 23, 1950
Term
West Gloucestershire February 23, 1950 – September 18, 1959
Mr Charles Loughlin
16 February 1914 – 23 September 1993
Politics
Labour
Constituency
West Gloucestershire
Term
October 8, 1959 – October 10, 1974
Mr John Watkinson
born January 25 1941; died September 21 2004
Politics
Labour politician who defected to the Social Democratic party in 1981
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