South Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Lancashire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' blue area for this election.
County Lancashire
1832–1868
SeatsTwo until 1861, then three
Created from Lancashire
Replaced by South East Lancashire
South West Lancashire
Stalybridge

South Lancashire, formally called the Southern Division of Lancashire or Lancashire Southern, is a former county constituency of the South Lancashire area in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons from 1832 to 1861, and then from a very narrow reform of that year, three until it was further split in 1868.

Contents

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Lancashire constituency into Northern and Southern divisions. It was abolished by the Second Reform Act of 1867.

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Hundreds of Salford, and West Derby. [1]

Salford went to form the new South East Lancashire constituency, and West Derby the new South West Lancashire constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1861

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1832 George William Wood Whig [2] [3] Viscount Molyneux Whig [2] [3]
1835 Lord Francis Egerton Conservative [2] Richard Bootle Wilbraham Conservative [2]
1837
1841
1844 by-election William Entwisle Conservative
1846 by-election William Brown Radical [4] [5] [6]
1847 Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers Radical [7] [8] [9]
1847 by-election Alexander Henry Radical [10] [11]
1852 John Cheetham Radical [12] [13]
1859 Hon. Algernon Egerton Conservative William Legh Conservative
1861 by-election representation increased to three members

MPs 1861–1868

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond partyThird memberThird party
1861 by-election Hon. Algernon Egerton Conservative William Legh Conservative Charles Turner Conservative
1865 William Ewart Gladstone Liberal
1868 Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished

Elections

General election 1832: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Wood 5,694 39.7
Whig Charles Molyneux 5,575 38.8
Tory Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Baronet3,08221.5
Majority2,49317.3
Turnout 8,45384.2
Registered electors 10,039
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Egerton 5,620 29.0 +18.3
Conservative Richard Bootle-Wilbraham 4,729 24.4 +13.7
Whig Charles Molyneux 4,62923.9−14.9
Whig George Wood 4,39422.7−17.0
Majority5,2266.3N/A
Majority1000.5N/A
Turnout 9,85085.5+1.3
Registered electors 11,519
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +17.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +14.8
General election 1837: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Egerton 7,822 27.8 −1.2
Conservative Richard Bootle-Wilbraham 7,645 27.2 +2.8
Whig Edward Stanley6,57623.4−0.5
Whig Charles Towneley 6,04721.5−1.2
Majority1,0693.8+3.3
Turnout 13,96778.7−6.8
Registered electors 17,754
Conservative hold Swing −0.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
General election 1841: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Egerton Unopposed
Conservative Richard Bootle-Wilbraham Unopposed
Registered electors 18,178
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wilbraham's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 24 May 1844: South Lancashire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Entwisle 7,571 52.1 N/A
Radical William Brown 6,97347.9New
Majority5984.2N/A
Majority14,54478.5N/A
Registered electors 18,521
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Egerton was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl of Ellesmere and causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 July 1846: South Lancashire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical gain from Conservative
General election 1847: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Registered electors 23,630
Radical gain from Conservative
Radical gain from Conservative

Pelham-Villiers was also elected MP for Wolverhampton and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

By-election, 20 December 1847: South Lancashire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical Alexander Henry Unopposed
Radical hold
General election 1852: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical John Cheetham Unopposed
Registered electors 21,196
Radical hold
Radical hold
General election 1857: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical John Cheetham Unopposed
Registered electors 20,460
Radical hold
Radical hold
General election 1859: South Lancashire (2 seats) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Algernon Egerton 7,470 26.6 New
Conservative William Legh 6,983 24.9 New
Liberal John Cheetham 6,83524.4N/A
Liberal John Pemberton Heywood [15] 6,76324.1N/A
Majority7072.5N/A
Majority1480.5N/A
Turnout 14,026 (est)72.2 (est)N/A
Registered electors 19,433
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
By-election, 19 August 1861: South Lancashire [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Turner 9,714 52.2
Liberal John Cheetham 8,89847.8
Majority8164.4
Turnout 18,61295.8
Registered electors 19,433
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1865: South Lancashire (3 seats) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Algernon Egerton 9,171 18.1 −8.5
Conservative Charles Turner 8,806 17.4 N/A
Liberal William Ewart Gladstone 8,786 17.4 −7.0
Conservative William Legh 8,47616.8−8.1
Liberal Henry Yates Thompson 7,70315.2N/A
Liberal John Pemberton Heywood [16] 7,65315.1−9.0
Turnout 16,865 (est)78.2 (est)+6.0
Registered electors 21,555
Majority200.0−0.5
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority3100.6
Liberal win (new seat)

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