Nottinghamshire_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
North Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885
North Nottinghamshire, formally the "Northern Division of Nottinghamshire" was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the block vote system of election.
Quick Facts County, 1832–1885 ...
| North Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Nottinghamshire |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Created from | Nottinghamshire |
| Replaced by | Bassetlaw Mansfield Rushcliffe |
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1832–1885: The Hundreds of Bassetlaw and Broxtowe.[1]
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Nottinghamshire constituency was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs.
Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Rushcliffe.
More information Election, 1st Member ...
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Viscount Lumley | Whig[2] | Thomas Houldsworth | Tory[2] | ||
| 1834 | Conservative[2] | |||||
| 1835 | Henry Gally Knight | Conservative[2] | ||||
| 1846 by-election | Lord Henry Bentinck | Conservative | ||||
| 1852 | Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton | Peelite[3][4][5] | ||||
| 1857 | Sir Evelyn Denison | Whig[6][7][8][9] | ||||
| 1859 | Liberal | Liberal | ||||
| 1865 | Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton | Liberal | ||||
| 1868 | Frederick Chatfield Smith | Conservative | ||||
| 1872 by-election | Hon. George Monckton-Arundell[10] | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Cecil Foljambe | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | |||||
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Elections in the 1830s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Lumley-Savile | 1,680 | 39.8 | ||
| Tory | Thomas Houldsworth | 1,372 | 32.5 | ||
| Whig | John Gilbert Cooper-Gardiner[12] | 1,171 | 27.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,548 | 88.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,889 | ||||
| Majority | 308 | 7.3 | |||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Majority | 201 | 4.8 | |||
| Tory win (new seat) | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Lumley-Savile | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,379 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
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Lumley-Savile succeeded to the peerage, becoming 8th Earl of Scarbrough and causing a by-election.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Gally Knight | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas Houldsworth | 1,698 | 35.8 | ||
| Conservative | Henry Gally Knight | 1,572 | 33.1 | ||
| Whig | George Saville Foljambe | 1,478 | 31.1 | ||
| Majority | 94 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,913 | 85.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,410 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
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Elections in the 1840s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Gally Knight | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,721 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
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Knight's death caused a by-election.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Scott-Bentinck | 1,742 | 88.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Henry Pelham-Clinton | 217 | 11.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,525 | 77.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,959 | 53.7 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 3,650 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Scott-Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,910 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1850s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Scott-Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
| Peelite | Robert Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,996 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Peelite gain from Conservative | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Peelite | Robert Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 4,028 | ||||
| Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
| Peelite hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal | Robert Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 4,062 | ||||
| Speaker hold | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1860s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal | Edward Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 4,065 | ||||
| Speaker hold | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Frederick Chatfield Smith | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,205 | ||||
| Speaker hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
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Elections in the 1870s
Denison was elevated to the peerage, becoming Viscount Ossington.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Monckton-Arundell | 2,580 | 62.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Robert Laycock | 1,524 | 37.1 | New | |
| Majority | 1,056 | 25.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,104 | 75.3 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 5,448 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Monckton-Arundell | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Frederick Chatfield Smith | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 6,297 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1880s
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Cecil Foljambe | 2,814 | 25.7 | New | |
| Conservative | George Monckton-Arundell | 2,745 | 25.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Henry Fox Bristowe[13] | 2,735 | 25.0 | New | |
| Conservative | William Evelyn Denison | 2,646 | 24.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 5,470 (est) | 81.7 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 6,699 | ||||
| Majority | 168 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Majority | 10 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Parliament of the United Kingdom ...
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Constituency represented by the speaker 1857–1872 |
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