South Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

South Northumberland
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1832–1885
Seats	two
Created from	Northumberland
Replaced by	Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck

South Northumberland (formally the "Southern Division of Northumberland") was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into Northern and Southern divisions.

The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into single member divisions: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck.

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1832)

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Thomas Wentworth Beaumont	Liberal	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Matthew Bell	Conservative
1837	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Christopher Blackett	Liberal
1841	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Saville Craven Henry Ogle	Liberal
1852	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Wentworth Beaumont	Liberal	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Hon. Henry Liddell	Conservative
1878	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |			Edward Ridley	Conservative
1880	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |			Albert Grey	Liberal
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)