Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)

Torquay
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Torbay

Torquay was a county constituency in Devon, South West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the February 1974 general election. The area it represented became part of the Torbay constituency.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Dartmouth, and the Sessional Division of Paignton.

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Dartmouth and Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, in the Rural District of Totnes the civil parishes of Churston Ferrers, Kingswear, Marldon, and Stoke Gabriel, and in the Rural District of Newton Abbot the civil parishes of Cockington and Stokeinteignhead.

1950-1974: The Municipal Borough of Torquay, the Urban Districts of Brixham and Paignton, and in the Rural District of Totnes the civil parishes of Churston Ferrers and Kingswear.

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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;

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