North Nottinghamshire
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885
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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.
| North Nottinghamshire | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Nottinghamshire |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Seats | Two |
| Created from | Nottinghamshire |
| Replaced by | Bassetlaw Mansfield Rushcliffe |
Boundaries
1832–1885: The Hundreds of Bassetlaw and Broxtowe.[1]
History
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.
Members of Parliament
| 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 | |||||
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
| 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) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Lumley-Savile | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,379 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Lumley-Savile succeeded to the peerage, becoming 8th Earl of Scarbrough and causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Gally Knight | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
| 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 | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Gally Knight | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,721 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Knight's death caused a by-election.
| 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 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Scott-Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Houldsworth | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,910 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Scott-Bentinck | Unopposed | |||
| Peelite | Robert Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,996 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Peelite gain from Conservative | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Peelite | Robert Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 4,028 | ||||
| Whig gain from Conservative | |||||
| Peelite hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal | Robert Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 4,062 | ||||
| Speaker hold | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal | Edward Pelham-Clinton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 4,065 | ||||
| Speaker hold | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Evelyn Denison | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Frederick Chatfield Smith | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,205 | ||||
| Speaker hold | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
Elections in the 1870s
Denison was elevated to the peerage, becoming Viscount Ossington.
| 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 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Monckton-Arundell | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Frederick Chatfield Smith | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 6,297 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1880s
| 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 | ||||