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North Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Hampshire (formally the Northern division of Hampshire) was a constituency as one of two in the county of Hampshire proper, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament between 1832 and 1885. Its members were elected by the bloc vote version of the first-past-the-post system.

North Hampshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyHampshire
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Created fromHampshire
Replaced byBasingstoke or Northern Hampshire,
Andover or West Hampshire,
Petersfield or East Hampshire

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.

Creation, boundaries and abolition

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The county was created as one of three divisions of Hampshire as Hampshire formerly included the Isle of Wight to make up a large area and large-electorate two-member seat due to a growing number of tiny electorate increasingly rotten boroughs since the 13th century until this was abolished under the Great Reform Act 1832.

1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, King's Clere [Kingsclere], Droxford, Odiham, Petersfield and Winchester.[1]

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the seat was abolished; replaced by three seats:

Members of Parliament

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Election1st Member1st PartyNotes2nd Member2nd PartyNotes
1832Charles Shaw-LefevreWhig[3][4]Speaker from 1839 to 1857; Created Lord Eversley in 1857James Winter ScottWhig[3]
1837Sir William Heathcote, BtConservative
1849 by-electionMelville PortalConservative
1857William Wither Bramston BeachConservativeGeorge Sclater-BoothConservativeCreated Lord Basing
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: North Hampshire[5][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigCharles Shaw-Lefevre 1,111 30.7
WhigJames Winter Scott 1,082 29.9
ToryArthur Wellesley72320.0
ToryWalter Long70119.4
Majority3599.9
Turnout1,81074.7
Registered electors2,424
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: North Hampshire[5][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigCharles Shaw-LefevreUnopposed
WhigJames Winter ScottUnopposed
Registered electors2,694
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1837: North Hampshire[5][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
WhigCharles Shaw-LefevreUnopposed
ConservativeWilliam HeathcoteUnopposed
Registered electors3,616
Whig hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: North Hampshire[5][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam HeathcoteUnopposed
SpeakerCharles Shaw-LefevreUnopposed
Registered electors3,668
Conservative hold
Speaker gain from Whig
General election 1847: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam HeathcoteUnopposed
SpeakerCharles Shaw-LefevreUnopposed
Registered electors3,411
Conservative hold
Speaker hold

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

By-election, 6 April 1849: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMelville Portal 1,199 58.0 N/A
ConservativeWilliam Shaw[6]86842.0N/A
Majority33116.0N/A
Turnout2,06762.6N/A
Registered electors3,303
Conservative holdSwingN/A

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMelville PortalUnopposed
SpeakerCharles Shaw-LefevreUnopposed
Registered electors3,596
Conservative hold
Speaker hold
General election 1857: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Wither Bramston Beach 1,419 38.8 N/A
ConservativeGeorge Sclater 1,365 37.4 N/A
WhigDudley Carleton, 4th Baron Dorchester86923.8New
Majority49613.6N/A
Turnout2,261 (est)71.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors4,185
Conservative holdSwingN/A
Conservative gain from WhigSwingN/A
General election 1859: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Wither Bramston BeachUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge Sclater-BoothUnopposed
Registered electors3,649
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Wither Bramston Beach 1,844 36.4 N/A
ConservativeGeorge Sclater-Booth 1,724 34.1 N/A
LiberalHenry St John-Mildmay[7]1,49329.5New
Majority2314.6N/A
Turnout3,277 (est)78.3 (est)N/A
Registered electors4,185
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1868: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Wither Bramston BeachUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge Sclater-BoothUnopposed
Registered electors5,744
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Wither Bramston BeachUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge Sclater-BoothUnopposed
Registered electors6,033
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sclater-Booth was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 14 Mar 1874: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGeorge Sclater-BoothUnopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: North Hampshire[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Wither Bramston BeachUnopposed
ConservativeGeorge Sclater-BoothUnopposed
Registered electors5,783
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Sources

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  • 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

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  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. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ The public general acts. Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. 1884.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 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. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  4. ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 142. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ 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. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ "North Hants Election". Salisbury and Winchester Journal. 7 April 1849. p. 2. Retrieved 18 April 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "North Hampshire Election". Hampshire Advertiser. 29 July 1865. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 15 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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