South Lincolnshire, formally called the Southern Division of Lincolnshire or Parts of Kesteven and Holland, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote electoral system.
History
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
Boundaries 1832–1868: The Parts of Kesteven and Holland.
1868–1885: The Wapentakes, Hundreds, or Sokes of Loveden, Flaxwell, Aswardburn, Winnibriggs and Threo, Aveland, Beltisloe, Ness, Grantham Soke, Skirbeck, Kirton and Holland Elloe.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 Henry Handley Whig Gilbert Heathcote Whig 1841 Christopher Turnor Conservative Sir John Trollope, Bt Conservative 1847 Lord Burghley Conservative 1857 Anthony Wilson Conservative 1859 George Hussey Packe Liberal Apr 1868 William Welby Conservative Nov 1868 Edmund Turnor Conservative 1880 John Lawrance Conservative Feb 1884 Hon. Murray Finch-Hatton Conservative 1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s Trollope was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Trollope was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Kesteven, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Welby-Gregory resigned, causing a by-election.
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