South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South Leicestershire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
South Leicestershire, formally the "Southern Division of Leicestershire" 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.
A new South Leicestershire constituency is to be created at the next general election, with similar boundaries to the existing Blaby constituency.
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[edit] Boundaries
[edit] Boundaries 1832-1885
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[edit] Boundaries from the next general election
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Leicestershire, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended replacing the Blaby constituency with a new South Leicestershire seat, with some boundary changes. This change will occur for the next general election.
The electoral wards used to create the new constituency are;
- From the district of Harborough: Broughton Astley-Astley, Broughton Astley-Broughton, Broughton Astley-Primethorpe, Broughton Astley-Sutton, Dunton, Lutterworth Brookfield, Lutterworth Orchard, Lutterworth Springs, Lutterworth Swift, Misterton, Peatling, and Ullesthorpe
- From Blaby: Blaby South, Cosby with South Whetstone, Countesthorpe, Croft Hill, Enderby and St John's, Millfield, Narborough and Littlethorpe, Normanton, North Whetstone, Pastures, Ravenhurst and Fosse, Saxondale, Stanton and Flamville, and Winstanley
[edit] History
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Leicestershire 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: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough and Melton.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
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| 1832 | Sir Henry Halford | Edward Dawson | |||||
| 1835 | Thomas Frewen Turner | ||||||
| 1836 | Charles William Packe | ||||||
| 1857 | George Augustus Frederick Louis Howe, Viscount Curzon | ||||||
| 1867 | Thomas Tertius Paget | ||||||
| 1868 | Albert Pell | ||||||
| 1870 | William Unwin Heygate | ||||||
| 1880 | Thomas Tertius Paget | ||||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | ||||||
[edit] Election results
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