South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Shropshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1885 | |
Number of members | two |
Replaced by | Ludlow and Wellington |
Created from | Bishop's Castle and Shropshire |
South Shropshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire.
The constituency was abolished, along with North Shropshire, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election. The county was then divided between four new single-member constituencies: Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Wellington.
Boundaries
1832-1885: The Hundreds of Brimstey, Chirbury, Condover, Ford, Munslow, Overs, Purslow (including Clun) and Stoddesdon, and the Franchise of Wenlock.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1832 | The Earl of Darlington | Tory | Hon. Robert Clive | Tory | ||
1834 | Conservative | Conservative | ||||
1842 by-election | Viscount Newport | Conservative | ||||
1854 by-election | Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive | Conservative | ||||
1859 by-election | Sir Baldwin Leighton, Bt | Conservative | ||||
April 1865 by-election | Hon. Sir Percy Egerton Herbert | Conservative | ||||
July 1865 | Robert Jasper More | Liberal | ||||
1868 | Edward Corbett | Conservative | ||||
1876 by-election | John Edmund Severne | Conservative | ||||
1877 by-election | Sir Baldwyn Leighton, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1850s
Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,571 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Clive's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Windsor Clive | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,183 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bridgeman was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Orlando Bridgeman | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Robert Windsor-Clive | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,380 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Windsor-Clive's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Baldwin Leighton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Bridgeman succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Bradford, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Jasper More | 1,819 | 37.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | 1,669 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Baldwin Leighton | 1,388 | 28.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 150 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,348 (est) | 80.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,170 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Herbert was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | 2,703 | 36.6 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Edward Corbett | 2,514 | 34.1 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Robert Jasper More | 2,161 | 29.3 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 353 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,770 (est) | 81.6 (est) | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,847 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Corbett | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Percy Egerton Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,710 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Herbert's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Edmund Severne | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Corbett resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Baldwyn Leighton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Baldwyn Leighton | 2,491 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Edmund Severne | 2,216 | 26.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Robert Jasper More | 2,149 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | John William Handley Davenport[3] | 1,634 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 67 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,245 (est) | 74.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,690 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
See also
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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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(help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. - ↑ "South Shropshire Election". Shrewsbury Chronicle. 16 April 1880. p. 8. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 448–449. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.