Mid Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Surrey
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Surrey
18681885
Number of members Two
Replaced by large parts of Battersea
Wandsworth
Clapham
and approximately: Epsom or (Mid-Southern)
Kingston (or Mid-Northern)
major parts of Wimbledon
Created from East Surrey

Mid Surrey was a county constituency in Surrey, England 1868 1885. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament elected by the bloc vote system.

History

The constituency was created under the Second Reform Act for the 1868 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Political history

The seat elected a brief series of Conservatives.

Successor seats

As the 1885 Act created 16 metropolitan seats in the north-east of the county falling from 1889 within the newly formed County of London, the opportunity was taken to replace the six seats in three geographic sectors (mid, east and west) with six single-member constituencies to cover the bulk and south-west of the county, commonly referred to at the time as the non-metropolitan county: Kingston (mid north), Epsom (mid south), Chertsey (or northwest), Guildford (southwest), Reigate (southeast) and Wimbledon (northeast).

Boundaries

1868-1885: The Hundreds of Brixton, Kingston, Reigate, and so much of the Hundred of Wallington as lay to the west of the parishes of Croydon and Sanderstead, and so much of the Hundred of Brixton as lay to the west of the parishes of Streatham, Clapham and Lambeth.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1868 Sir Henry Peek Conservative William Brodrick Conservative
1870 by-election Richard Baggallay Conservative
1875 by-election Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bt. Conservative
1884 by-election Sir John Whittaker Ellis, Bt. Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Mid Surrey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Peek 4,487 29.6 N/A
Conservative William Brodrick 4,412 29.1 N/A
Liberal Julian Goldsmid 3,152 20.8 N/A
Liberal Charles Henry Robarts[3] 3,090 20.4 N/A
Independent Liberal Thomas Marsh Nelson[4] 7 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,260 N/A
Turnout 7,574 (est) 71.7 (est) N/A
Registered electors 10,565
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1870s

Brodrick succeeded to the peerage, becoming Viscount Middleton and causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 Oct 1870: Mid Surrey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Baggallay Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1874: Mid Surrey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Baggallay Unopposed
Conservative Henry Peek Unopposed
Registered electors 14,645
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Baggallay was appointed Solicitor-General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 16 Mar 1874: Mid Surrey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Baggallay Unopposed
Conservative hold

Baggallay was appointed a Judge of The Court of Appeal, and resigned.

By-election, 24 Nov 1875: Mid Surrey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Trevor Lawrence Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Mid Surrey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Peek 8,475 30.0 N/A
Conservative Trevor Lawrence 8,303 29.4 N/A
Liberal Sydney Stern 5,770 20.4 N/A
Liberal Joseph Napier Higgins 5,727 20.3 N/A
Majority 2,533 9.0 N/A
Turnout 14,138 69.2 N/A
Registered electors 20,433
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Peek's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 Jun 1884: Mid Surrey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Whittaker Ellis 7,645 60.7 +1.3
Liberal Sydney Stern 4,949 39.3 1.4
Majority 2,696 21.4 +12.4
Turnout 12,594 47.0 22.2
Registered electors 26,804
Conservative hold Swing +1.4

References

  1. "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 467. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  3. "Mid Surrey Election". Surrey Comet. 14 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 18 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. "Mr. Marsh Nelson at Kingston". Surrey Comet. 14 November 1868. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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