South_Lincolnshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

South Lincolnshire
South Lincolnshire
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' orange land.
County	Lincolnshire
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Sleaford or North Kesteven ; Stamford or South Kesteven; Spalding or Holland

South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

South Lincolnshire, formally called the Southern Division of Lincolnshire or Parts of Kesteven and Holland, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote electoral system.

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Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Henry Handley	Whig^[3]^[4]	Gilbert Heathcote	Whig^[3]^[4]
1841		Christopher Turnor	Conservative^[3]	Sir John Trollope, Bt	Conservative^[3]
1847		Lord Burghley	Conservative
1857		Anthony Wilson	Conservative
1859		George Hussey Packe	Liberal
Apr 1868		George Hussey Packe	Liberal	William Welby	Conservative
Nov 1868		Edmund Turnor	Conservative
1880		John Lawrance	Conservative
Feb 1884		John Lawrance	Conservative	Hon. Murray Finch-Hatton	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Turnor	4,581	37.9	*New*
	Conservative	John Trollope	4,562	37.7	*New*
	Whig	Henry Handley	2,948	24.4	N/A
Majority			1,614	13.3	N/A
Turnout			7,020	78.8	N/A
Registered electors			8,914
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Lincolnshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' orange land.
County	Lincolnshire
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Sleaford or North Kesteven Stamford or South Kesteven Spalding or Holland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Trollope	4,020	37.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	Anthony Wilson	3,636	33.5	*N/A*
	Whig	George Hussey Packe^[6]	3,188	29.4	New
Majority			448	4.1	N/A
Turnout			7,016 (est)	84.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			8,287
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Hussey Packe	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Trollope	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,435
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Welby	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Welby	4,514	39.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Edmund Turnor	4,078	36.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	George Hussey Packe	2,714	24.0	N/A
	Liberal	John Taylor^[7]	3	0.0	N/A
Majority			1,364	12.1	N/A
Turnout			7,010 (est)	66.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			10,476
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Lawrance	4,518	36.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	William Welby-Gregory	4,290	34.6	*N/A*
	Liberal	Charles Sharpe^[8]	3,583	28.9	New
Majority			707	5.7	N/A
Turnout			7,987 (est)	74.6 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			10,710
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Murray Finch-Hatton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold