Mid Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Lincolnshire, formally called the Mid Division of Lincolnshire, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote electoral system.

Mid Lincolnshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1868–1885
Seatstwo
Created fromNorth Lincolnshire
South Lincolnshire
Replaced byHorncastle
Sleaford
Gainsborough
Louth

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1868–1885: In the Parts of Lindsey, the Wapentakes, Hundreds, or Sokes of Well, Lawress, Wraggoe, Gartree, Candleshoe, Calceworth (except so much as lies within the Hundred of Louth Eske), Hill, Bolingbroke, Horncastle, and in the Parts of Kesteven, the Wapentakes, Hundreds, or Sokes of Boothby Graffoe, and Langoe, and Lincoln Liberty.[1]

Members of Parliament
Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1868 Weston Cracroft Amcotts Liberal Henry Chaplin Conservative
1874 Edward Stanhope Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results
General election 1868: Mid Lincolnshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Weston Cracroft Amcotts Unopposed
Conservative Henry Chaplin Unopposed
Registered electors 8,694
Liberal win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1874: Mid Lincolnshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Chaplin Unopposed
Conservative Edward Stanhope Unopposed
Registered electors 8,549
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal
General election 1880: Mid Lincolnshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Chaplin Unopposed
Conservative Edward Stanhope Unopposed
Registered electors 8,822
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Chaplin was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Stanhope was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 1 July 1885: Mid Lincolnshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Chaplin Unopposed
Conservative Edward Stanhope Unopposed
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

References
  1. "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.