South Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

South Northumberland
South Northumberland
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
	Form 1832-1868 and this area was left intact until 1885. Extract from 1837 result: the broadest, northern striped area which has an east coast.
1832–1885
Seats	two
Created from	Northumberland
Replaced by	Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck

South Northumberland (formally the "Southern Division of Northumberland") was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.

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The area was created by the Great Reform Act 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into Northern and Southern divisions.

It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when Northumberland was divided into four single member divisions: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck.

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Whig^[3]^[4]	Matthew Bell	Tory^[3]
1834		Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Whig^[3]^[4]		Conservative^[3]
1837		Christopher Blackett	Whig^[3]^[5]
1841		Saville Ogle	Whig^[6]^[3]^[7]^[8]
1852		Wentworth Beaumont	Whig^[9]	Hon. Henry Liddell	Conservative
1859			Liberal	Hon. Henry Liddell	Conservative
1878				Edward Ridley	Conservative
1880				Albert Grey	Liberal
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Boundaries

South Northumberland
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Form 1832-1868 and this area was left intact until 1885. Extract from 1837 result: the broadest, northern striped area which has an east coast.
1832–1885
Seats	two
Created from	Northumberland
Replaced by	Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Wentworth Beaumont	2,306	35.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Henry Liddell	2,132	32.9	*N/A*
	Whig	George Ridley^[11]	2,033	31.4	N/A
Turnout			4,302 (est)	80.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			5,511
Majority			174	2.7	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			99	1.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Ridley	2,909	50.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Albert Grey	2,903	49.9	N/A
Majority			6	0.2	N/A
Turnout			5,812	78.4	N/A
Registered electors			7,415
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Grey	3,896	34.7	*N/A*
	Liberal	Wentworth Beaumont	3,694	32.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Edward Ridley	3,622	32.2	N/A
Majority			72	0.7	N/A
Turnout			7,417 (est)	84.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			8,800
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A