North Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Hampshire
North Hampshire
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Hampshire
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Hampshire
Replaced by	Basingstoke or Northern Hampshire,; Andover or West Hampshire,; Petersfield or East Hampshire

North Hampshire (formally the Northern division of Hampshire) was a constituency as one of two in the county of Hampshire proper, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament between 1832 and 1885. Its members were elected by the bloc vote version of the first-past-the-post system.

It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832–33 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Creation, boundaries and abolition

The county was created as one of three divisions of Hampshire as Hampshire formerly included the Isle of Wight to make up a large area and large-electorate two-member seat a growing number of tiny electorate increasingly rotten boroughs since the 13th century until it was abolished abolished under the Great Reform Act 1832.

1832-1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, King's Clere [Kingsclere], Droxford, Odiham, Petersfield and Winchester.^[1]

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the seat was abolished; replaced by three seats:

Basingstoke or Northern Hampshire - this took in the town and two sessional divisions in the mid-north
Andover or West Hampshire - this took in Andover and Kingsclere sessional divisions and Winchester city
Petersfield or East Hampshire - this took in Alton, Droxford and Petersfield sessional divisions and the rest of Winchester sessional division (including the town of Alresford)^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	Notes	2nd Member		2nd Party	Notes
1832	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Charles Shaw-Lefevre	Whig^[3]^[4]	Speaker from 1839 to 1857; Created Lord Eversley in 1857	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	James Winter Scott	Whig^[3]
1837	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|				Sir William Heathcote, Bt	Conservative
1849 by-election	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|				Melville Portal	Conservative
1857	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	William Wither Beach	Conservative		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	George Sclater-Booth	Conservative	Created Lord Basing
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Melville Portal	Unopposed
	Speaker	Charles Shaw-Lefevre	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,596
	Conservative hold
	Speaker hold

General Election 1857: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wither Beach	1,419	38.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Sclater	1,365	37.4	*N/A*
	Whig	Dudley Wilmot Carleton^[6]^[7]	869	23.8	N/A
Majority			496	13.6	N/A
Turnout			2,261 (est)	71.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,185
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General Election 1859: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Wither Beach	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Sclater-Booth	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,649
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wither Beach	1,844	36.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Sclater-Booth	1,724	34.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Henry St John-Mildmay^[8]	1,493	29.5	N/A
Majority			231	4.6	N/A
Turnout			3,277 (est)	78.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,185
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General Election 1868: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Wither Beach	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Sclater-Booth	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,744
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Wither Beach	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Sclater-Booth	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,033
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Sclater-Booth was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 14 Mar 1874: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Sclater-Booth	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: North Hampshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Wither Beach	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Sclater-Booth	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,783
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 393. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

Notes and references

^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
^ https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n159/mode/2up
^ ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 123. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 142. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
^ "The General Elections". Reading Mercury. 4 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ "Hampshire Chronicle". 4 April 1857. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ "North Hampshire Election". Hampshire Advertiser. 29 July 1865. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 15 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edinburgh	Constituency represented by the Speaker 1839–1857	Succeeded by Nottinghamshire North

[1] "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.

[2] ttps://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n159/mode/2up

[stooks-smith-3] Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 123. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

[4] Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 142. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via Google Books.

[craig1832-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)

[6] "The General Elections". Reading Mercury. 4 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[7] "Hampshire Chronicle". 4 April 1857. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[8] "North Hampshire Election". Hampshire Advertiser. 29 July 1865. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 15 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

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