Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)
| Sleaford | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Lincolnshire |
| Major settlements | Sleaford |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Mid Lincolnshire |
Sleaford was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, centred on the town of Sleaford. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, when the former Mid Lincolnshire constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Arnold Lupton | Liberal | |
| January 1910 | Edmund Royds | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General election, 1885 [2] New constituency Electorate: 9,863 Turnout: 8,221 (83.4%) | Conservative win Majority: 1,301 (15.8%) N/A | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | 4,761 | 57.9 | N/A | ||
| C. Sharpe | Liberal | 3,460 | 42.1 | N/A | ||||
| General election, 1886 [2] | Conservative hold | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| By-election, September 1889 [2] Chaplin appointed as President of the Board of Trade Electorate: 9,783 Turnout: 76.2% | Conservative hold Majority: 1,308 (17.6%) | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | 4,386 | 58.8 | N/A | ||
| Francis Otter | Liberal | 3,078 | 41.2 | N/A | ||||
| General election, 1892 [2] Electorate: 9,528 Turnout: 7,407 (77.7%) +1.5 | Conservative hold Majority: 907 (12.2%) −5.6 Swing: 2.7% from Con to Lib | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | 4,157 | 56.1 | −2.7 | ||
| W. S. Fox | Liberal | 3,250 | 43.9 | +2.7 | ||||
| By-election, July 1895 [2] Chaplin appointed as President of the Local Government Board | Conservative hold | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | unopposed | ||||
| General election, 1895 [2] Electorate: 9,671 Turnout: 7,340 (75.9%) −1.8 | Conservative hold Majority: 1,966 (26.8%) +14.6 Swing: 7.3% from Lib to Con | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | 4,653 | 63.4 | +7.3 | ||
| W. S. Fox | Liberal | 2,687 | 36.6 | −7.3 | ||||
| General election, 1900 [2] Electorate: 9,970 Turnout: 7,013 (71.1%) −4.8 | Conservative hold Majority: 1,443 (20.6%) −6.2 Swing: 3.1% from Con to Lib | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | 4,228 | 60.3 | −3.1 | ||
| C. E. Reinhardt | Liberal | 2,687 | 39.7 | +3.1 | ||||
| General election, 1906 [2] Electorate: 10,000 Turnout: 8,417 (84.2%) +13.1 | Liberal gain from Conservative Majority: 293 (3.3%) Swing: 12.0% from Con to Lib | Arnold Lupton | Liberal | 4,355 | 51.7 | +12.0 | ||
| Henry Chaplin | Conservative | 4,062 | 48.3 | −12.0 | ||||
| General election, January 1910 [2] Electorate: 10,389 Turnout: 9,265 (89.2%) +1.0 | Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 1,265 (13.6%) Swing: 8.5% from Lib to Con | Edmund Royds | Conservative | 5,265 | 56.8 | +8.5 | ||
| Arnold Lupton | Liberal | 4,000 | 43.2 | −8.5 | ||||
| General election, December 1910 [2] | Conservative hold | Edmund Royds | Conservative | unopposed | ||||