South Hampshire (formally the Southern 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.
Boundaries 1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Fareham, Lymington, Ringwood, Romsey and Southampton, and the Town and County of the Town of Southampton.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 The Viscount Palmerston Whig Sir George Staunton, Bt Whig 1835 John Willis Fleming Conservative Henry Combe Compton Conservative 1842 by-election Lord Charles Wellesley Conservative 1852 Lord William Cholmondeley Conservative 1857 Sir Jervoise Clarke-JervoiseWhig Hon. Ralph Dutton Conservative 1859 Liberal 1865 Henry Hamlyn-Fane Conservative 1868 Hon. William Temple Liberal Lord Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott Conservative 1880 Francis Compton Conservative 1884 by-election Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bt Conservative1885 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Fleming resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Douglas-Scott-Montagu resigned, causing a by-election.
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