South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South Lincolnshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | Henry Handley | Whig | Gilbert John Heathcote | Whig | ||
| 1841 | Christopher Turnor | Conservative | Sir John Trollope | Conservative | ||
| 1847 | Lord Burghley | Conservative | ||||
| 1857 | Anthony Wilson | Conservative | ||||
| 1859 | George Hussey Packe | Liberal | ||||
| Apr 1868 | William Earle Welby , later Sir William Welby-Gregory | Conservative | ||||
| Nov 1868 | Edmund Turnor | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | John Compton Lawrance | Conservative | ||||
| Feb 1884 | Murray Finch-Hatton | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | |||||
[edit] Election results
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