South Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Northumberland County constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	two

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

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into Northern and Southern divisions.

The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into single member divisions: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1832)

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Liberal		Matthew Bell	Conservative
1837		Christopher Blackett	Liberal
1841		Saville Craven Henry Ogle	Liberal
1852		Wentworth Beaumont	Liberal		Henry George Liddell	Conservative
1878					Edward Ridley	Conservative
1880					Albert Grey	Liberal
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

• Historical list of MPs