South Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| South Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Nottinghamshire |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | Rushcliffe, Newark |
| Created from | Nottinghamshire |
South Nottinghamshire, formally the "Southern Division of Nottinghamshire" 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.
Boundaries
1832-1885: The Hundreds of Rushcliffe, Bingham, Newark and Thurgarton.[1]
History
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Nottinghamshire 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: Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Rushcliffe.
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | The Earl of Lincoln | Tory | Evelyn Denison | Whig | ||
| 1834 | Conservative | |||||
| 1837 | Lancelot Rolleston | Conservative | ||||
| 1846 by-election | Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard | Conservative | ||||
| 1849 by-election | Robert Bromley | Conservative | ||||
| 1851 by-election | William Hodgson Barrow | Conservative | ||||
| 1852 | Viscount Newark | Conservative | ||||
| 1860 by-election | Lord Stanhope | Conservative | ||||
| 1866 by-election | Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard | Conservative | ||||
| 1874 | George Storer | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | |||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 440. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.