North Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Lincolnshire
County constituency
Created: 1832
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: Two

North Lincolnshire, formally known as the Northern Division of Lincolnshire or as Parts of Lindsey, was a county constituency in the Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was then split into six new single-seat constituencies: Brigg, Gainsborough, Horncastle, Louth, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford

[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

Election First Member First Party Second Member Second Party
1832 Charles Anderson-Pelham Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby
1835 Thomas George Corbett
1837 Robert Adam Christopher Conservative
Jan. 1847 Sir Montagu John Cholmeley
1852 James Banks Stanhope
1857 Sir Montagu John Cholmeley
1868 Rowland Winn Conservative
1874 Sir John Dugdale Astley Conservative
1880 Robert Laycock
Sep. 1881 James Lowther Conservative
Jul. 1885 Henry John Farmer-Atkinson
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

[edit] Election results


[edit] References