South Nottinghamshire, formally the "Southern 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 bloc vote system of election.
Boundaries 1832–1885: The Hundreds of Rushcliffe, Bingham, Newark and Thurgarton.
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 The Earl of Lincoln Tory Evelyn Denison Whig 1834 Conservative 1837 Lancelot Rolleston Conservative 1846 by-election Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard Conservative 1849 by-election Robert Bromley Conservative 1851 by-election William Hodgson Barrow Conservative 1852 Viscount Newark Conservative 1860 by-election Lord Stanhope Conservative 1866 by-election Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard Conservative 1874 George Storer Conservative1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Pelham-Clinton was appointed Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, requiring a by-election.
Pelham-Clinton was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Rolleston resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s Bromley's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s Pierrepont succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl Manvers and causing a by-election.
Stanhope succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Earl of Chesterfield and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
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