South Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Warwickshire in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832, when the former Warwickshire constituency was divided into two new divisions: North Warwickshire and South Warwickshire.
South Warwickshire was itself abolished in 1885, when the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 replaced it with four new single-member constituencies: Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth.
Boundaries 1832–1885: The Hundreds of Barlichway and Kington, and the Kenilworth and Southam Divisions of the Hundred of Knightlow.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 Sir Grey Skipwith, Bt Whig Sir George Philips, Bt Whig 1835 Sir John Mordaunt, Bt Conservative Edward Sheldon Radical 1836 by-election Evelyn Shirley Conservative 1845 by-election Lord Brooke Conservative 1849 by-election Lord Guernsey Conservative 1853 by-election Evelyn Shirley Conservative 1857 Edward Bolton King Whig 1859 Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt Conservative 1865 Henry Christopher Wise Conservative 1868 John Hardy Conservative 1874 Hugh Seymour Conservative Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt Conservative 1880 Hon. Gilbert Leigh Liberal 1884 by-election Sampson Lloyd Conservative constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Sheldon's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Mordaunt's death caused a by-election.
Shirley resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Greville succeeded to the peerage, becoming 4th Earl of Warwick and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Seymour was appointed Comptroller of the Household, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Leigh's death caused a by-election.
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