North Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Last updated

North Leicestershire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
County Leicestershire
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Created from Leicestershire
Replaced by Loughborough and Melton

North Leicestershire, formally the "Northern Division of Leicestershire", 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.

Contents

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of West Goscote, East Goscote and Framland, and the two detached portions of the Hundred of Gartree situated on the east of the Hundred of East Goscote (the parishes of Baggrave, Burrough, Knossington, Marefield, Pickwell-cum-Leesthorpe, Ouston, and Newbold-Saucey). [1]

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Leicestershire 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: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough and Melton.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Lord Robert Manners Tory [2] Charles March-Phillipps Radical [3] [4]
1834 Conservative [2]
1835 by-election Lord Charles Manners Conservative [2]
1837 Edward Basil Farnham Conservative [2]
1852 Marquess of Granby Conservative
1857 by-election Lord John Manners Conservative
1859 Edward Bourchier Hartopp Conservative
1868 Samuel Clowes Conservative
1880 Edwyn Burnaby Conservative
1883 by-election Hon. Montagu Curzon Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Leicestershire [5] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Tory Robert Manners 2,093 46.8
Radical Charles March-Phillipps 1,661 37.1
Radical William Augustus Johnson 72016.1
Turnout 3,06383.7
Registered electors 3,658
Majority4329.7
Tory win (new seat)
Majority94121.0
Radical win (new seat)
General election 1835: North Leicestershire [5] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Robert Manners Unopposed
Radical Charles March-Phillipps Unopposed
Registered electors 3,806
Conservative hold
Radical hold

Manners' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 29 December 1835: North Leicestershire [5] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1837: North Leicestershire [5] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,160
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Radical

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,211
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1847: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,177
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Jr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,097
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Manners succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Rutland and causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 March 1857: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1857: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners 1,787 37.5 N/A
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham 1,733 36.3 N/A
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen 1,25026.2New
Majority48310.1N/A
Turnout 3,010 (est)77.4 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,890
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 8 March 1858: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1859: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners 2,220 39.6 +2.1
Conservative Edward Bourchier Hartopp 1,954 34.8 −1.5
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen 1,43325.6−0.6
Majority5219.2−0.9
Turnout 3,520 (est)81.3 (est)+3.9
Registered electors 4,330
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
Conservative hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners 2,305 40.0 +0.4
Conservative Edward Bourchier Hartopp 1,854 32.2 −2.6
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen [6] 1,59927.8+2.2
Majority2554.4−4.8
Turnout 3,679 (est)77.2 (est)−4.1
Registered electors 4,767
Conservative hold Swing −0.4
Conservative hold Swing −1.9

Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 14 July 1866: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1868: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners 3,296 40.5 +0.5
Conservative Samuel Clowes 3,092 38.0 +5.8
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen [7] 1,75021.5−6.3
Conservative George Manners 90.1N/A
Majority1,34216.5+12.1
Turnout 4,074 (est)64.2 (est)−13.0
Registered electors 6,348
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners 2,978 39.5 −1.0
Conservative Samuel Clowes 2,568 34.0 −4.0
Liberal Hussey Packe [8] 1,99726.5New
Majority5717.5−9.0
Turnout 4,770 (est)79.9 (est)+15.7
Registered electors 5,968
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 20 Mar 1874: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners 3,213 36.3 −3.2
Conservative Edwyn Burnaby 2,991 33.8 −0.2
Liberal Hussey Packe [8] 2,65129.9+3.4
Majority3403.9−3.6
Turnout 5,864 (est)88.6 (est)+8.7
Registered electors 6,619
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Burnaby's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 18 June 1883: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Montagu Curzon Unopposed
Conservative hold

Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 2 July 1885: North Leicestershire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards

South Leicestershire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Alberto Costa, a member of the Conservative Party.

Sunderland was a borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election. It was split into the single-member seats of Sunderland North and Sunderland South for the 1950 general election.

South Essex was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1997

West Gloucestershire was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This constituency included the majority of the Soke of Peterborough, with the exception of the actual city of Peterborough itself, which was a borough constituency that returned its own MP.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

North Lincolnshire, formally known as the Northern Division of Lincolnshire or as Parts of Lindsey, was a county constituency in the Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

North Lancashire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Lancashire constituency into Northern and Southern divisions.

South Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Warwickshire in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Kent (UK Parliament constituency)</span>

West Kent was a county constituency in Kent in South East England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne was a parliamentary borough in the county of Northumberland of the House of Commons of England from 1283 to 1706, then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.

South Wiltshire, formally known as the Southern division of Wiltshire or Wiltshire Southern was a county constituency in the county of Wiltshire in South West England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

East Suffolk was a county constituency in Suffolk, England. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the bloc vote system of election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

West Sussex was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Sussex, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

East Sussex was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Sussex, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

North Hampshire was a constituency as one of two in the county of Hampshire proper, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament between 1832 and 1885. Its members were elected by the bloc vote version of the first-past-the-post system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

West Norfolk or Norfolk Western was a county constituency in the county of Norfolk, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

North Staffordshire was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles March-Phillipps</span> British Radical politician

Charles March-Phillipps was a British Radical politician from Garendon Park in Leicestershire. He sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1818 and 1837.

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. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p.  191. ISBN   0-900178-13-2.
  3. ↑ "Leicester Herald" . 17 December 1834. p. 8. Retrieved 12 May 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. p. 142. Retrieved 12 May 2019– via Google Books.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 415–416. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ↑ "North Leicestershire Election" . Leicester Chronicle. 29 July 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 24 February 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "The Election Nominations" . Reynold's News . 22 November 1868. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 24 February 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. 1 2 "North Leicestershire Election" . Grantham Journal . 13 March 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.