South Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Lancashire County constituency |
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Created: | 1832 |
Abolished: | 1868 |
Type: | House of Commons |
Members: | two then three |
South Lancashire, formally called the Southern Division of Lancashire or Lancashire Southern, is a former county constituency in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons from 1832 to 1868.
The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Lancashire constituency into Northern and Southern divisions. It was abolished by the Second Reform Act of 1867.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the hundreds of Salford and West Derby in the southern part of Lancashire.
Salford went to form the new South East Lancashire constituency, and West Derby the new South West Lancashire constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1832-1861
- Constituency created (1832)
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | George William Wood | Liberal | Charles William Molyneux | Liberal | ||
1835 | Lord Francis Egerton | Conservative | Richard Bootle Wilbraham | Conservative | ||
1844 | William Entwistle | Conservative | ||||
1846 | William Brown | Liberal | ||||
1847 | Charles Pelham Villiers | Liberal | ||||
1847 | Alexander Henry | Liberal | ||||
1852 | John Cheetham | Liberal | ||||
1859 | Algernon Egerton | Conservative | William Legh | Conservative | ||
1861 | representation increased to three members |
[edit] 1861-1868
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | 3rd Member | 3rd Party | |||
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1861 | Algernon Egerton | Conservative | William Legh | Conservative | Charles Turner | Conservative | |||
1865 | William Gladstone | Liberal | |||||||
1868 | Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished |
[edit] Elections
General Election 1832: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | George William Wood | 5,694 | |||
Liberal | Viscount Molyneux | 5,575 | |||
Conservative | Sir T Hesketh, Bt | 3,082 | |||
Majority | 2,493 | ||||
Majority | 1,757 | ||||
Registered Electors | 10,039 |
General Election 1835: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lord Francis Egerton | 5,620 | |||
Conservative | Richard Bootle Wilbraham | 4,729 | |||
Liberal | Viscount Molyneux | 4,629 | |||
Liberal | George William Wood | 4,394 | |||
Majority | 991 | ||||
Majority | 100 | ||||
Registered Electors | 11,519 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
General Election 1837: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lord Francis Egerton | 7,822 | |||
Conservative | Richard Bootle Wilbraham | 7,645 | |||
Liberal | E Stanley | 6,576 | |||
Liberal | C Towneley | 6,047 | |||
Majority | 1,246 | ||||
Majority | 1,069 | ||||
Registered Electors | 17,754 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1841: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Lord Francis Egerton | ||||
Conservative | Richard Bootle Wilbraham | ||||
Registered Electors | 18,178 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Lancashire by-Election 1844 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | William Entwistle | 7,571 | |||
Liberal | William Brown | 6,973 | |||
Majority | 598 | ||||
Registered Electors | 18,521 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Lancashire by-Election 1846 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | William Brown | ||||
Registered Electors | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1847: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | William Brown | ||||
Liberal | Charles Pelham Villiers | ||||
Registered Electors | 23,630 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
South Lancashire by-Election 1847 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Alexander Henry | ||||
Registered Electors | |||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1852: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | William Brown | ||||
Liberal | John Cheetham | ||||
Registered Electors | 21,196 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1857: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | William Brown | ||||
Liberal | John Cheetham | ||||
Registered Electors | 20,460 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1859: South Lancashire (2 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Algernon Fulke Egerton | 7,470 | |||
Conservative | William John Legh | 6,983 | |||
Liberal | John Cheetham | 6,835 | |||
Liberal | J P Heywood | 6,763 | |||
Majority | 635 | ||||
Majority | 148 | ||||
Registered Electors | 19,433 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
- Third seat created.
South Lancashire by-Election 1861 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Charles Turner | 9,714 | |||
Liberal | John Cheetham | 8,898 | |||
Majority | 716 | ||||
Registered Electors | 19,433 |
General Election 1865: South Lancashire (3 seats) | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Algernon Fulke Egerton | 9,171 | |||
Conservative | Charles Turner | 8,806 | |||
Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | 8,786 | |||
Conservative | William John Legh | 8,476 | |||
Liberal | H Y Thompson | 7,703 | |||
Liberal | J P Heywood | 7,653 | |||
Majority | 1,468 | ||||
Majority | 1,103 | ||||
Majority | 310 | ||||
Registered Electors | 21,555 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
[edit] Sources
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 - 1885