North Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Hampshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Hampshire
18321885
Number of members Two
Created from Hampshire

North Hampshire (formally the Northern division of Hampshire) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Hampshire, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Charles Shaw-Lefevre Liberal[1] James Winter Scott Liberal Party
1837 Sir William Heathcote, Bt Conservative
1849 by-election Melville Portal Conservative
1857 William Wither Bramston Beach Conservative George Sclater-Booth Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Sources

Notes and references

  1. Craig does not distinguish between Whigs, Radical and Liberals. They are all labelled as Liberals
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edinburgh
Constituency represented by the Speaker
1839–1857
Succeeded by
Nottinghamshire North
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