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South Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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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.

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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 results

Elections in the 1830s

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Elections in the 1840s

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

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Elections in the 1850s

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Elections in the 1860s

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Elections in the 1870s

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Elections in the 1880s

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

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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. 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.
  3. "Hampshire Chronicle". 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 4 August 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 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.
  5. "Advertisements and Notices". Hampshire Telegraph. 18 November 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 15 February 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "South Hants Election". Hampshire Advertiser. 4 February 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "South Hampshire Election". Salisbury and Winchester Journal. 21 June 1884. p. 8. Retrieved 20 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.

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