South Warwickshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Warwickshire |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Warwickshire |
Replaced by | Rugby Stratford-on-Avon |
South Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Warwickshire in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832, when the former Warwickshire constituency was divided into two new divisions: North Warwickshire and South Warwickshire.
South Warwickshire was itself abolished in 1885, when the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 replaced it with four new single-member constituencies: Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth.
Boundaries
1832–1885: The Hundreds of Barlichway and Kington, and the Kenilworth and Southam Divisions of the Hundred of Knightlow.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1832 | Sir Grey Skipwith, Bt | Whig[2] | Sir George Philips, Bt | Whig[2][3] | ||
1835 | Sir John Mordaunt, Bt | Conservative | Edward Sheldon | Radical[3][4] | ||
1836 by-election | Evelyn Shirley | Conservative | ||||
1845 by-election | Lord Brooke | Conservative | ||||
1849 by-election | Lord Guernsey | Conservative | ||||
1853 by-election | Evelyn Shirley | Conservative | ||||
1857 | Edward Bolton King | Whig[2][5] | ||||
1859 | Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1865 | Henry Christopher Wise | Conservative | ||||
1868 | John Hardy | Conservative | ||||
1874 | Hugh Seymour | Conservative | Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt | Conservative | ||
1880 | Hon. Gilbert Leigh | Liberal | ||||
1884 by-election | Sampson Lloyd | Conservative |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Grey Skipwith | 1,396 | 38.5 | ||
Whig | George Philips | 1,121 | 30.9 | ||
Tory | Evelyn Shirley | 1,108 | 30.6 | ||
Majority | 13 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,249 | 88.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,550 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Edward Sheldon (MP) | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Mordaunt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,901 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Sheldon's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | 1,885 | 58.1 | ||
Whig | Grey Skipwith | 1,360 | 41.9 | ||
Majority | 525 | 16.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,245 | 81.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,997 | ||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mordaunt | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,304 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Radical |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Mordaunt | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,261 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Mordaunt's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Greville | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Greville | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,066 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Shirley resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Heneage Finch | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Greville | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Heneage Finch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,980 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Greville succeeded to the peerage, becoming 4th Earl of Warwick and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Edward Bolton King | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,522 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Mordaunt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,470 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Christopher Wise | 1,585 | 35.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Mordaunt | 1,517 | 34.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Viscount Duncan | 1,321 | 29.9 | New | |
Majority | 196 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,872 (est) | 81.7 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,517 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Christopher Wise | 2,581 | 25.8 | −10.0 | |
Conservative | John Hardy | 2,501 | 25.0 | −9.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Hamilton | 2,472 | 24.7 | +9.7 | |
Liberal | Edward Villiers | 2,453 | 24.5 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 29 | 0.3 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,004 (est) | 80.6 (est) | −1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,205 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.5 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Earl of Yarmouth | 2,832 | 36.3 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | John Eardley-Wilmot | 2,801 | 35.9 | +10.9 | |
Liberal | Robert Hamilton | 2,170 | 27.8 | −21.4 | |
Majority | 631 | 8.1 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,987 (est) | 78.7 (est) | −1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 6,340 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.8 | |||
Seymour was appointed Comptroller of the Household, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Seymour | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Eardley-Wilmot | 2,644 | 34.3 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Gilbert Leigh | 2,550 | 33.1 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Hugh Seymour | 2,507 | 32.6 | −3.7 | |
Turnout | 5,123 (est) | 79.7 (est) | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,429 | ||||
Majority | 94 | 1.2 | −6.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
Majority | 43 | 0.5 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Leigh's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sampson Lloyd | 3,095 | 61.7 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | William Compton | 1,919 | 38.3 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 1,176 | 23.4 | +22.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,014 | 76.1 | −3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,590 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | −5.2 | |||
References
- ↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 154–206. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 96–97, 102. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 142, 159. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Leamington Spa Courier". 3 January 1835. p. 1. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Coventry Herald". 3 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 476–477. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.