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South Lancashire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' blue area for this election.
CountyLancashire
1832–1868
SeatsTwo until 1861, then three
Created fromLancashire
Replaced bySouth East Lancashire
South West Lancashire
Stalybridge

South Lancashire, formally called the Southern Division of Lancashire or Lancashire Southern, is a former county constituency of the South Lancashire area in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons from 1832 to 1861, and then from a very narrow reform of that year, three until it was further split in 1868.

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Lancashire constituency into Northern and Southern divisions. It was abolished by the Second Reform Act of 1867.

Boundaries

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1832–1868: The Hundreds of Salford, and West Derby.[1]

Salford went to form the new South East Lancashire constituency, and West Derby the new South West Lancashire constituency.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1832–1861

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  • Constituency created (1832)
Election First member First party Second member Second party
1832 George William Wood Whig[2][3] Viscount Molyneux Whig[2][3]
1835 Lord Francis Egerton Conservative[2] Richard Bootle Wilbraham Conservative[2]
1837
1841
1844 by-election William Entwisle Conservative
1846 by-election William Brown Radical[4][5][6]
1847 Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers Radical[7][8][9]
1847 by-election Alexander Henry Radical[10][11]
1852 John Cheetham Radical[12][13]
1859 Hon. Algernon Egerton Conservative William Legh Conservative
1861 by-election representation increased to three members

MPs 1861–1868

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Election First member First party Second member Second party Third member Third party
1861 by-election Hon. Algernon Egerton Conservative William Legh Conservative Charles Turner Conservative
1865 William Ewart Gladstone Liberal
1868 Reform Act 1867: constituency abolished

Elections

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General election 1832: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Wood 5,694 39.7
Whig Charles Molyneux 5,575 38.8
Tory Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, 3rd Baronet 3,082 21.5
Majority 2,493 17.3
Turnout 8,453 84.2
Registered electors 10,039
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Egerton 5,620 29.0 +18.3
Conservative Richard Bootle-Wilbraham 4,729 24.4 +13.7
Whig Charles Molyneux 4,629 23.9 −14.9
Whig George Wood 4,394 22.7 −17.0
Majority 5,226 6.3 N/A
Majority 100 0.5 N/A
Turnout 9,850 85.5 +1.3
Registered electors 11,519
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +17.1
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +14.8
General election 1837: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Egerton 7,822 27.8 −1.2
Conservative Richard Bootle-Wilbraham 7,645 27.2 +2.8
Whig Edward Stanley 6,576 23.4 −0.5
Whig Charles Towneley 6,047 21.5 −1.2
Majority 1,069 3.8 +3.3
Turnout 13,967 78.7 −6.8
Registered electors 17,754
Conservative hold Swing −0.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
General election 1841: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Egerton Unopposed
Conservative Richard Bootle-Wilbraham Unopposed
Registered electors 18,178
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wilbraham's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 24 May 1844: South Lancashire[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Entwisle 7,571 52.1 N/A
Radical William Brown 6,973 47.9 New
Majority 598 4.2 N/A
Majority 14,544 78.5 N/A
Registered electors 18,521
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Egerton was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl of Ellesmere and causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 July 1846: South Lancashire[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical gain from Conservative
General election 1847: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical Charles Pelham Villiers Unopposed
Registered electors 23,630
Radical gain from Conservative
Radical gain from Conservative

Pelham-Villiers was also elected MP for Wolverhampton and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

By-election, 20 December 1847: South Lancashire[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Alexander Henry Unopposed
Radical hold
General election 1852: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical John Cheetham Unopposed
Registered electors 21,196
Radical hold
Radical hold
General election 1857: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William Brown Unopposed
Radical John Cheetham Unopposed
Registered electors 20,460
Radical hold
Radical hold
General election 1859: South Lancashire (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Egerton 7,470 26.6 New
Conservative William Legh 6,983 24.9 New
Liberal John Cheetham 6,835 24.4 N/A
Liberal John Pemberton Heywood[15] 6,763 24.1 N/A
Majority 707 2.5 N/A
Majority 148 0.5 N/A
Turnout 14,026 (est) 72.2 (est) N/A
Registered electors 19,433
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
  • Third seat created.
By-election, 19 August 1861: South Lancashire[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Turner 9,714 52.2
Liberal John Cheetham 8,898 47.8
Majority 816 4.4
Turnout 18,612 95.8
Registered electors 19,433
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1865: South Lancashire (3 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Egerton 9,171 18.1 −8.5
Conservative Charles Turner 8,806 17.4 N/A
Liberal William Ewart Gladstone 8,786 17.4 −7.0
Conservative William Legh 8,476 16.8 −8.1
Liberal Henry Yates Thompson 7,703 15.2 N/A
Liberal John Pemberton Heywood[16] 7,653 15.1 −9.0
Turnout 16,865 (est) 78.2 (est) +6.0
Registered electors 21,555
Majority 20 0.0 −0.5
Conservative hold Swing −0.3
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority 310 0.6
Liberal win (new seat)
  • Third seat treated as new for 1865 election.

References

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  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 23 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 175. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. ^ a b "The Manchester Courier". 29 December 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Killick, J. R. (21 May 2009) [2004]. "Brown, Sir William, first baronet (1784–1864)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3662. Retrieved 8 August 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Bourne, Kenneth (1967). Britain and the Balance of Power in North America 1815–1909. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-1597404075. LCCN 67-26632. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Dublin Weekly Register". 11 July 1846. p. 5. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Howe, A. C. (8 October 2009) [2004]. "Villiers, Charles Pelham (1802–1898)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28286. Retrieved 22 July 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 26 June 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ Swift, Roger (2017). Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-315-26797-5. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Dorset County Chronicle". 23 December 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Local Intelligence". Lancaster Gazette. 24 December 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ Davis, Michael T., ed. (2015). Crowd Actions in Britain and France from the Middle Ages to the Modern World (Illustrated ed.). Springer. p. 198. ISBN 9781137316516. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ "Bolton Chronicle". 31 July 1852. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  15. ^ "South Lancashire Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 3 May 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "To the Electors of the Southern Division of the County of Lancaster". Leigh Chronicle and Weekly District Advertiser. 15 July 1865. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

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