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South Wiltshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | Devizes Westbury Wilton |
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.
The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
1832–1885: The Hundreds of Kinwardstone, Heytesbury, Branch and Dole, Elstub and Everley, Amesbury, Warminster, Mere, South Damerham, Downton, Chalk, Dunworth, Cawden and Cadworth, Frustfield, Alderbury, Underditch, and Westbury. [1]
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | John Benett | Whig [2] [3] [4] | Hon. Sidney Herbert | Tory [2] | ||
1834 | Conservative | |||||
1846 | Peelite [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] | |||||
1852 | William Wyndham | Whig [10] [11] [12] | ||||
1859 | Lord Henry Thynne | Conservative | Liberal | |||
1861 by-election | Frederick Hervey-Bathurst | Conservative | ||||
1865 | Thomas Grove | Liberal | ||||
1874 | Viscount Folkestone | Conservative | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Benett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,540 | ||||
Tory win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Benett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,448 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Benett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,962 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Benett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,280 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Whig | John Benett | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,710 | ||||
Peelite gain from Conservative | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Sidney Herbert | 1,550 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Whig | William Wyndham | 1,304 | 33.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Penruddocke Long | 1,074 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,964 (est) | 60.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,256 | ||||
Majority | 246 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 230 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Peelite hold |
Herbert was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Peelite hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Peelite | Sidney Herbert | 1,517 | 35.9 | −3.6 | |
Whig | William Wyndham | 1,445 | 34.2 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Henry Thynne | 1,269 | 30.0 | +2.7 | |
Turnout | 2,116 (est) | 65.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,239 | ||||
Majority | 72 | 1.7 | −4.6 | ||
Peelite hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Majority | 176 | 4.2 | −1.7 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Thynne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,437 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Herbert was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sidney Herbert | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Herbert was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Herbert of Lea and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Hervey-Bathurst | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Thynne | 1,576 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Grove | 1,427 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Frederick Hervey-Bathurst | 1,270 | 29.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,850 (est) | 85.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,343 | ||||
Majority | 149 | 3.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 157 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Thynne | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Thomas Grove | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,810 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Thynne | 2,115 | 41.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Pleydell-Bouverie | 1,977 | 38.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Grove | 1,048 | 20.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 929 | 18.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,094 (est) | 78.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,938 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Thynne was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Thynne | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Thynne | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,789 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Pleydell-Bouverie | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
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