North Nottinghamshire, formally the "Northern Division of Nottinghamshire" was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the block vote system of election.
Boundaries 1832–1885: The Hundreds of Bassetlaw and Broxtowe.
History The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Nottinghamshire constituency was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs.
Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Rushcliffe.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 Viscount Lumley Whig Thomas Houldsworth Tory 1834 Conservative 1835 Henry Gally Knight Conservative 1846 by-election Lord Henry Bentinck Conservative 1852 Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton Peelite 1857 Sir Evelyn DenisonWhig 1859 LiberalLiberal 1865 Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton Liberal 1868 Frederick Chatfield Smith Conservative 1872 by-election Hon. George Monckton-ArundellSucceeded as Viscount Galway in 1876, an Irish peerage meaning he did not have to resign his seat in the House of Commons. Conservative 1880 Cecil Foljambe Liberal1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Lumley-Savile succeeded to the peerage, becoming 8th Earl of Scarbrough and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Knight's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s Denison was elevated to the peerage, becoming Viscount Ossington.
Elections in the 1880s
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