North Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Hampshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
1832–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by |
Basingstoke or Northern Hampshire, Andover or West Hampshire, Petersfield or East Hampshire |
Created from | Hampshire |
North Hampshire (formally the Northern division of Hampshire) was a constituency as one of two in the county of Hampshire proper, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament between 1832 and 1885. Its members were elected by the bloc vote version of the first-past-the-post system.
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832–33 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
Creation, boundaries and abolition
The county was created as one of three divisions of Hampshire as Hampshire formerly included the Isle of Wight to make up a large area and large-electorate two-member seat a growing number of tiny electorate increasingly rotten boroughs since the 13th century until it was abolished abolished under the Great Reform Act 1832.
1832-1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, King's Clere [Kingsclere], Droxford, Odiham, Petersfield and Winchester.[1]
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the seat was abolished; replaced by three seats:
- Basingstoke or Northern Hampshire - this took in the town and two sessional divisions in the mid-north
- Andover or West Hampshire - this took in Andover and Kingsclere sessional divisions and Winchester city
- Petersfield or East Hampshire - this took in Alton, Droxford and Petersfield sessional divisions and the rest of Winchester sessional division (including the town of Alresford)[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | Notes | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | Notes | ||
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1832 | Charles Shaw-Lefevre | Whig[3][4] | Speaker from 1839 to 1857; Created Lord Eversley in 1857 | James Winter Scott | Whig[3] | |||
1837 | Sir William Heathcote, Bt | Conservative | ||||||
1849 by-election | Melville Portal | Conservative | ||||||
1857 | William Wither Beach | Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | Conservative | Created Lord Basing | |||
1885 constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | Melville Portal | Unopposed | |||
Speaker | Charles Shaw-Lefevre | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,596 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Speaker hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Wither Beach | 1,419 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Sclater | 1,365 | 37.4 | N/A | |
Whig | Dudley Wilmot Carleton[6][7] | 869 | 23.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 496 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,261 (est) | 71.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,185 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Wither Beach | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,649 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Wither Beach | 1,844 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | 1,724 | 34.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry St John-Mildmay[8] | 1,493 | 29.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 231 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,277 (est) | 78.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,185 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Wither Beach | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,744 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Wither Beach | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,033 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Sclater-Booth was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | William Wither Beach | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,783 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 393. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
Notes and references
- ↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ↑ https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n159/mode/2up
- 1 2 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S., ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 123. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ↑ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 142. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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(help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. - ↑ "The General Elections". Reading Mercury. 4 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Hampshire Chronicle". 4 April 1857. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "North Hampshire Election". Hampshire Advertiser. 29 July 1865. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 15 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Edinburgh |
Constituency represented by the Speaker 1839–1857 |
Succeeded by Nottinghamshire North |