South Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Nottinghamshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Nottinghamshire
1832–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by Rushcliffe, Newark
Created from Nottinghamshire

South Nottinghamshire, formally the "Southern Division of Nottinghamshire" was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.

Boundaries

1832-1885: The Hundreds of Rushcliffe, Bingham, Newark and Thurgarton.[1]

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832–33 general election, when the two-seat Nottinghamshire constituency was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs.

Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Rushcliffe.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 The Earl of Lincoln Tory Evelyn Denison Whig
1834 Conservative
1837 Lancelot Rolleston Conservative
1846 by-election Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard Conservative
1849 by-election Robert Bromley Conservative
1851 by-election William Hodgson Barrow Conservative
1852 Viscount Newark Conservative
1860 by-election Lord Stanhope Conservative
1866 by-election Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard Conservative
1874 George Storer Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

Bromley's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 February 1851: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hodgson Barrow 1,493 50.2 N/A
Conservative Sydney Pierrepont 1,482 49.8 N/A
Majority 11 0.4 N/A
Turnout 2,975 78.3 N/A
Registered electors 3,482
Conservative hold
General Election 1852: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hodgson Barrow Unopposed
Conservative Sydney Pierrepont Unopposed
Registered electors 3,801
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General Election 1857: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hodgson Barrow Unopposed
Conservative Sydney Pierrepont Unopposed
Registered electors 3,654
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General Election 1859: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hodgson Barrow Unopposed
Conservative Sydney Pierrepont Unopposed
Registered electors 3,602
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

Pierrepont succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl Manvers and causing a by-election.

By-election, 18 December 1860: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Stanhope Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1865: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hodgson Barrow Unopposed
Conservative George Stanhope Unopposed
Registered electors 3,427
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stanhope succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Earl of Chesterfield and causing a by-election.

By-election, 18 June 1866: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1868: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Hodgson Barrow Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard Unopposed
Registered electors 4,846
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Storer Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard Unopposed
Registered electors 4,978
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: South Nottinghamshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative George Storer 2,491 40.4 N/A
Conservative Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard 2,227 36.1 N/A
Liberal Samuel Bristowe 1,445 23.4 N/A
Majority 782 12.7 N/A
Turnout 3,804 (est) 78.0 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,879
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 440–441. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 440. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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