Mid Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Lincolnshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1868–1885 | |
Number of members | two |
Replaced by | Horncastle Sleaford Gainsborough Louth |
Created from | North Lincolnshire South Lincolnshire |
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.
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[]
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1868 | Weston Cracroft Amcotts | Liberal | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | ||
1874 | Edward Stanhope | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Weston Cracroft Amcotts | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Chaplin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,694 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Chaplin | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Stanhope | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,549 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Chaplin | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Stanhope | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
References[]
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ^ a b c d 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.
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