South Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

See also: South Hampshire and South Hams

South Hampshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' blue (mainland) area.
County	Hampshire
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Hampshire
Replaced by	New Forest Fareham Winchester (minor addition to) [1]

South Hampshire (formally the Southern division of Hampshire) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Hampshire, 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.

It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Fareham, Lymington, Ringwood, Romsey and Southampton, and the Town and County of the Town of Southampton. ^[2]

Facts

One of the most gruesome murders in British history happened in Alton, a town in South Hampshire, where eight-year-old Fanny Adams was killed and dismembered by Frederick Baker in 1867

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		The Viscount Palmerston	Whig [3]		Sir George Staunton, Bt	Whig [3]
1835		John Willis Fleming	Conservative [3]		Henry Combe Compton	Conservative [3]
1842 by-election		Lord Charles Wellesley	Conservative
1852		Lord William Cholmondeley	Conservative
1857		Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise	Whig [4]		Hon. Ralph Dutton	Conservative
1859			Liberal
1865					Henry Hamlyn-Fane	Conservative
1868		Hon. William Temple	Liberal		Lord Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott	Conservative
1880		Francis Compton	Conservative
1884 by-election					Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bt	Conservative
1885	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: South Hampshire ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Viscount Palmerston	1,627	36.7
	Whig	George Staunton	1,542	34.8
	Tory	John Willis Fleming	1,266	28.5
Majority			276	6.3
Turnout			2,762	87.9
Registered electors			3,143
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

General election 1835: South Hampshire ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Willis Fleming	1,746	27.3	+13.1
	Conservative	Henry Combe Compton	1,689	26.4	+12.2
	Whig	Viscount Palmerston	1,504	23.5	−13.2
	Whig	George Staunton	1,450	22.7	−12.1
Majority			185	2.9	−3.4
Turnout			3,260	86.1	−1.8
Registered electors			3,785
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+12.9
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+12.4

General election 1837: South Hampshire ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Willis Fleming	2,388	27.1	−0.2
	Conservative	Henry Combe Compton	2,371	26.9	+0.5
	Whig	George Staunton	2,080	23.6	+0.1
	Whig	John Ommanney	1,962	22.3	−0.4
Majority			291	3.3	+0.4
Turnout			4,376	78.2	+7.9
Registered electors			5,598
	Conservative hold		Swing	±0.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: South Hampshire ^{[5] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Willis Fleming	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Combe Compton	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,794
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fleming resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 August 1842: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wellesley	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Wellesley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Combe Compton	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,812
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Cholmondeley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Combe Compton	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,694
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Dutton	Unopposed
	Whig	Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,525
	Conservative hold
	Whig gain from Conservative

General election 1859: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ralph Dutton	Unopposed
	Liberal	Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,865
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Hamlyn-Fane	Unopposed
	Liberal	Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,677
	Conservative hold
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cowper	2,797	25.4	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu	2,756	25.1	N/A
	Liberal	Clement Milward [6]	2,726	24.8	N/A
	Conservative	John Carpenter Garnier	2,716	24.7	N/A
Turnout			5,498 (est)	67.6 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			8,135
Majority			41	0.3	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			30	0.3	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu	3,878	42.1	−7.7
	Liberal	William Cowper-Temple	2,946	32.0	+6.6
	Liberal	Clement Swanston [7]	2,382	25.9	+1.1
Majority			932	10.1	+9.8
Turnout			6,542 (est)	68.3 (est)	+0.7
Registered electors			9,578
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Compton	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,162
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Douglas-Scott-Montagu resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 23 Jun 1884: South Hampshire ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Fitzwygram	4,209	60.3	N/A
	Liberal	William Henry Deverell [8]	2,772	39.7	New
Majority			1,437	20.6	N/A
Turnout			6,981	67.8	N/A
Registered electors			10,296
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 393. ISBN   0-900178-27-2.

Notes and references

1. Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n159/mode/2up/search/colchester at transcribed renumbered page 161 of 200
2. "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.
3. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p.  123. ISBN   0-900178-13-2.
4. "Hampshire Chronicle" . 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 394–395. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
6. "Advertisements and Notices" . Hampshire Telegraph. 18 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 15 February 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "South Hants Election" . Hampshire Advertiser . 4 February 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "South Hampshire Election" . Salisbury and Winchester Journal . 21 June 1884. p. 8. Retrieved 20 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.