Mid Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| Mid Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Number of members | two |
Mid Lincolnshire, formally called the Mid Division of Lincolnshire, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MP) 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 1867 for the 1868 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 | ||
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| 1868 | Weston Cracroft Amcotts | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | |||
| 1874 | Edward Stanhope | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | |||||
References
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