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South Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1861–1868

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1861–1868

Field	Value
name	South Lancashire
parliament	uk
image	{{Annotated image
image	United_Kingdom_general_election_1837.svg
image-width	1500
image-left	-500
image-top	-900
width	250
height	200
float	center
annotations
caption	Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' blue area for this election.
year	1832
abolished	1868
type	County
previous	Lancashire
next	South East Lancashire
South West Lancashire
Stalybridge
region	England
county	Lancashire
elects_howmany	Two until 1861, then three

| image-width = 1500 | image-left = -500 | image-top = -900 South West Lancashire Stalybridge

South Lancashire, formally called the Southern Division of Lancashire or Lancashire Southern, is a former county constituency of the South Lancashire area in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons from 1832 to 1861, and then from a very narrow reform of that year, three until it was further split in 1868.

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act 1832 by the splitting of Lancashire constituency into Northern and Southern divisions. It was abolished by the Reform Act 1867.

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Hundreds of Salford, and West Derby.

Salford went to form the new South East Lancashire constituency, and West Derby the new South West Lancashire constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1861

Constituency created (1832)

Election	First member	Second member	Second party
1832	Whigs (British political party)}}"	George William Wood	Whig{{cite book	last=Stooks Smith
1835	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Lord Francis Egerton	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
1837
1841
1844 by-election	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	William Entwisle	Conservative
1846 by-election	Radicals (UK)}}"	William Brown	Radical
1847	Radicals (UK)}}"	Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers	Radical
1847 by-election	Radicals (UK)}}"	Alexander Henry	Radical
1852	Radicals (UK)}}"	John Cheetham	Radical
1859	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Hon. Algernon Egerton	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"
1861 by-election	representation increased to three members

MPs 1861–1868

Election	First member	Second member	Second party	Third member
1861 by-election	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	Hon. Algernon Egerton	Conservative	Conservative Party (UK)}}"	William Legh	Conservative
1865	Liberal Party (UK)}}"	William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal
1868	Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished

Elections

|reg. electors = 10,039

|reg. electors = 11,519

|reg. electors = 17,754

|reg. electors = 18,178

Wilbraham's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 18,521

Egerton was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl of Ellesmere and causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 23,630

Pelham-Villiers was also elected MP for Wolverhampton and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 21,196

|reg. electors = 20,460

|reg. electors = 19,433

Third seat created.

|reg. electors = 19,433

|reg. electors = 21,555

Third seat treated as new for 1865 election.

References

Sources

References

(1832). "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.". His Majesty's statute and law printers.
(29 December 1832). "The Manchester Courier".
Killick, J. R.. (21 May 2009). "Brown, Sir William, first baronet (1784–1864)".
(1967). "Britain and the Balance of Power in North America 1815–1909". [[University of California Press]].
(11 July 1846). "Dublin Weekly Register".
Howe, A. C.. (8 October 2009). "Villiers, Charles Pelham (1802–1898)".
(26 June 1841). "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser.
(2017). "Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical". [[Routledge]].
(23 December 1847). "Dorset County Chronicle".
(24 December 1847). "Local Intelligence". Lancaster Gazette.
(2015). "Crowd Actions in Britain and France from the Middle Ages to the Modern World". Springer.
(31 July 1852). "Bolton Chronicle".
(3 May 1859). "South Lancashire Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser.
(1977). "British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885". Macmillan Press.
(15 July 1865). "To the Electors of the Southern Division of the County of Lancaster". Leigh Chronicle and Weekly District Advertiser.

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