Mid Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Mid Lincolnshire
County constituency
Created: 1868
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: two

Mid Lincolnshire, formally called the Mid Division of Lincolnshire, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote electoral system.

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[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1868 Weston Cracroft Amcotts Henry Chaplin Conservative
1874 Edward Stanhope Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

[edit] Election results


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