South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Lincolnshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' orange land.
County	Lincolnshire
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Sleaford or North Kesteven Stamford or South Kesteven Spalding or Holland

South Lincolnshire, formally called the Southern Division of Lincolnshire or Parts of Kesteven and Holland, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote electoral system.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Parts of Kesteven and Holland.^[1]

1868–1885: The Wapentakes, Hundreds, or Sokes of Loveden, Flaxwell, Aswardburn, Winnibriggs and Threo, Aveland, Beltisloe, Ness, Grantham Soke, Skirbeck, Kirton and Holland Elloe.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Henry Handley	Whig[3][4]		Gilbert Heathcote	Whig[3][4]
1841		Christopher Turnor	Conservative[3]		Sir John Trollope, Bt	Conservative[3]
1847		Lord Burghley	Conservative
1857		Anthony Wilson	Conservative
1859		George Hussey Packe	Liberal
Apr 1868					William Welby	Conservative
Nov 1868		Edmund Turnor	Conservative
1880		John Lawrance	Conservative
Feb 1884					Hon. Murray Finch-Hatton	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Henry Handley	Unopposed
	Whig	Gilbert Heathcote	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,956
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

General election 1835: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Henry Handley	Unopposed
	Whig	Gilbert Heathcote	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,694
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1837: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Henry Handley	Unopposed
	Whig	Gilbert Heathcote	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,100
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: South Lincolnshire^[5]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Turnor	4,581	37.9	New
	Conservative	John Trollope	4,562	37.7	New
	Whig	Henry Handley	2,948	24.4	N/A
Majority			1,614	13.3	N/A
Turnout			7,020	78.8	N/A
Registered electors			8,914
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General election 1847: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Cecil	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Trollope	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,226
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

Trollope was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 12 March 1852: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Trollope	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Cecil	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Trollope	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,554
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Trollope	4,020	37.1	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Wilson	3,636	33.5	N/A
	Whig	George Hussey Packe[6]	3,188	29.4	New
Majority			448	4.1	N/A
Turnout			7,016 (est)	84.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			8,287
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Hussey Packe	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Trollope	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,435
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Hussey Packe	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Trollope	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,260
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

Trollope was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Kesteven, causing a by-election.

By-election, 29 April 1868: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Welby	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Welby	4,514	39.9	N/A
	Conservative	Edmund Turnor	4,078	36.1	N/A
	Liberal	George Hussey Packe	2,714	24.0	N/A
	Liberal	John Taylor[7]	3	0.0	N/A
Majority			1,364	12.1	N/A
Turnout			7,010 (est)	66.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			10,476
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Turnor	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Welby	Unopposed
Registered electors			11,020
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lawrance	4,518	36.5	N/A
	Conservative	William Welby-Gregory	4,290	34.6	N/A
	Liberal	Charles Sharpe[8]	3,583	28.9	New
Majority			707	5.7	N/A
Turnout			7,987 (est)	74.6 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			10,710
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Welby-Gregory resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 29 Feb 1884: South Lincolnshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Murray Finch-Hatton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

See also

• Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)

References

1. "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 154–206.
2. "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
3. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 195–196. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
4. Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. pp. 172, 175.
5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 423. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
6. "The Elections". London Daily News. 30 July 1847. pp. 3–6. Retrieved 10 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "South Lincolnshire". Grantham Journal. 21 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 25 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "From Our London Correspondent". Western Morning News. 24 April 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)