South Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Hampshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
18321885
Number of members Two
Created from Hampshire

South Hampshire (formally the Southern division of Hampshire) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Hampshire, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 The Viscount Palmerston Liberal[1] Sir George Staunton, Bt Liberal
1835 John Willis Fleming Conservative Henry Combe Compton Conservative
1842 by-election Lord Charles Wellesley Conservative
1852 Lord William Cholmondeley Conservative
1857 Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervois, Bt Liberal Hon. Ralph Dutton Conservative
1865 Henry Hamlyn-Fane Conservative
1868 Hon. William Temple Liberal Lord Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott Conservative
1880 Francis Compton Conservative
1884 by-election Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bt Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

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Notes and references

  1. Craig does not distinguish between Whigs, Radical and Liberals. They are all labelled as Liberals