North Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Nottinghamshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
Form 1832-1885. Extract from 1837 result: the central, blue area.
County Nottinghamshire
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Created from Nottinghamshire
Replaced by Bassetlaw
Mansfield
Rushcliffe

North Nottinghamshire, formally the "Northern 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 block vote system of election.

Contents

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Bassetlaw and Broxtowe. [1]

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Nottinghamshire 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: Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Rushcliffe.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Viscount Lumley Whig [2] Thomas Houldsworth Tory [2]
1834 Conservative [2]
1835 Henry Gally Knight Conservative [2]
1846 by-election Lord Henry Bentinck Conservative
1852 Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton Peelite [3] [4] [5]
1857 Sir Evelyn Denison Whig [6] [7] [8] [9]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1865 Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton Liberal
1868 Frederick Chatfield Smith Conservative
1872 by-election Hon. George Monckton-Arundell [10] Conservative
1880 Cecil Foljambe Liberal
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Lumley-Savile 1,680 39.8
Tory Thomas Houldsworth 1,372 32.5
Whig John Gilbert Cooper-Gardiner [12] 1,17127.7
Turnout 2,54888.2
Registered electors 2,889
Majority3087.3
Whig win (new seat)
Majority2014.8
Tory win (new seat)
General election 1835: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig John Lumley-Savile Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Houldsworth Unopposed
Registered electors 3,379
Whig hold
Conservative hold

Lumley-Savile succeeded to the peerage, becoming 8th Earl of Scarbrough and causing a by-election.

By-election, 31 March 1835: North Nottinghamshire [11] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Henry Gally Knight Unopposed
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Houldsworth 1,698 35.8
Conservative Henry Gally Knight 1,572 33.1
Whig George Saville Foljambe1,47831.1
Majority942.0
Turnout 2,91385.4
Registered electors 3,410
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Gally Knight Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Houldsworth Unopposed
Registered electors 3,721
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Knight's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 6 March 1846: North Nottinghamshire [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Scott-Bentinck 1,742 88.9 N/A
Conservative Henry Pelham-Clinton 21711.1N/A
Majority1,52577.8N/A
Turnout 1,95953.7N/A
Registered electors 3,650
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1847: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Scott-Bentinck Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Houldsworth Unopposed
Registered electors 3,910
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Scott-Bentinck Unopposed
Peelite Robert Pelham-Clinton Unopposed
Registered electors 3,996
Conservative hold
Peelite gain from Conservative
General election 1857: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Evelyn Denison Unopposed
Peelite Robert Pelham-Clinton Unopposed
Registered electors 4,028
Whig gain from Conservative
Peelite hold
General election 1859: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker Evelyn Denison Unopposed
Liberal Robert Pelham-Clinton Unopposed
Registered electors 4,062
Speaker hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker Evelyn Denison Unopposed
Liberal Edward Pelham-Clinton Unopposed
Registered electors 4,065
Speaker hold
Liberal hold
General election 1868: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker Evelyn Denison Unopposed
Conservative Frederick Chatfield Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 5,205
Speaker hold
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1870s

Denison was elevated to the peerage, becoming Viscount Ossington.

By-election, 26 Feb 1872: North Nottinghamshire (1 seat) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Monckton-Arundell 2,580 62.9 N/A
Liberal Robert Laycock 1,52437.1New
Majority1,05625.8N/A
Turnout 4,10475.3N/A
Registered electors 5,448
Conservative gain from Liberal
General election 1874: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Monckton-Arundell Unopposed
Conservative Frederick Chatfield Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 6,297
Conservative gain from Liberal
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Nottinghamshire (2 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cecil Foljambe 2,814 25.7 New
Conservative George Monckton-Arundell 2,745 25.1 N/A
Liberal Henry Fox Bristowe [13] 2,73525.0New
Conservative William Evelyn Denison 2,64624.2N/A
Turnout 5,470 (est)81.7 (est)N/A
Registered electors 6,699
Majority1681.5N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Majority100.1N/A
Conservative hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p.  248. ISBN   0-900178-13-2.
  3. ↑ "The General Election" . Sligo Champion. 26 July 1852. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 12 August 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Nottinghamshire (North)" . Bristol Times and Mirror. 24 July 1852. p. 8. Retrieved 12 August 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ Wiebe, M. G.; Millar, Mary S.; Robson, Ann P., eds. (2004). Benjamin Disraeli: Letters: 1857–1859. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 186. ISBN   0-8020-8728-0 . Retrieved 12 August 2018– via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Biography of John Evelyn Denison, Viscount Ossington (1800–1873)". Manuscripts and Special Collections. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  7. ↑ Harratt, Simon; Farrell, Stephen (2009). "DENISON, John Evelyn (1800–1873), of Ossington Hall, Notts". The History of Parliament.
  8. ↑ Crosby's Political Record of Parliamentary Elections in Great Britain and Ireland with Select Biographical Notices and Speeches of Distinguished Statesmen. York: George Crosby. 1843. pp. 256–257. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Ollivier, John (1842). "Alphabetical List of the House of Commons". Ollivier's parliamentary and political director. pp. 19, 20. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Succeeded as Viscount Galway in 1876, an Irish peerage meaning he did not have to resign his seat in the House of Commons.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 438–439. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  12. ↑ "Page 1" . Nottingham Journal. 22 December 1832. p. 1. Retrieved 2 May 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "The General Election" . London Evening Standard . 11 March 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 21 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.

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