South Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
South Hampshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
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
[edit]1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Fareham, Lymington, Ringwood, Romsey and Southampton, and the Town and County of the Town of Southampton.[2]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]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) |
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 |
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
[edit]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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Combe Compton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,812 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cholmondeley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Combe Compton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,694 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Dutton | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,525 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Dutton | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,865 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Hamlyn-Fane | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,677 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
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 | 81 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 30 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]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
[edit]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.
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 |
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Sources
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n159/mode/2up/search/colchester at transcribed renumbered page 161 of 200
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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.
- ^ "Hampshire Chronicle". 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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.
- ^ "Advertisements and Notices". Hampshire Telegraph. 18 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 15 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "South Hants Election". Hampshire Advertiser. 4 February 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "South Hampshire Election". Salisbury and Winchester Journal. 21 June 1884. p. 8. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.