South Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Lincolnshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Sleaford or North Kesteven Stamford or North Kesteven Spalding or Holland
Created from	Lincolnshire

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.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Members of Parliament

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

See also

• Stamford (UK Parliament list of constituencies)

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)