South Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox UK constituency main 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 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir Grey Skipwith, Bt Whig[2] style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir George Philips, Bt Whig[2][3]
1835 rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir John Mordaunt, Bt Conservative style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Edward Sheldon Radical[3][4]
1836 by-election rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Evelyn Shirley Conservative
1845 by-election rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Lord Brooke Conservative
1849 by-election rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Lord Guernsey Conservative
1853 by-election rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Evelyn Shirley Conservative
1857 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Edward Bolton King Whig[2][5]
1859 rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bt Conservative
1865 rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Henry Christopher Wise Conservative
1868 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | John Hardy Conservative
1874 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Hugh Seymour Conservative rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt Conservative
1880 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Hon. Gilbert Leigh Liberal
1884 by-election style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Sampson Lloyd Conservative
constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: South Warwickshire[6][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Grey Skipwith Script error: No such module "string". 38.5
Script error: No such module "Political party". George Philips Script error: No such module "string". 30.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Evelyn Shirley Script error: No such module "string". 30.6
Turnout 2,249 88.2
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General election 1835: South Warwickshire[6][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Sheldon's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 1 July 1836: South Warwickshire[6][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Evelyn Shirley Script error: No such module "string". 58.1
Script error: No such module "Political party". Grey Skipwith Script error: No such module "string". 41.9
Turnout 3,245 81.2
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General election 1837: South Warwickshire[6][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: South Warwickshire[6][2]
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Registered electors 4,261 Script error: No such module "String".
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Mordaunt's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 5 November 1845: South Warwickshire[6]
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General election 1847: South Warwickshire[6]
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Registered electors 4,066 Script error: No such module "String".
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Shirley resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 7 June 1849: South Warwickshire[6]
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: South Warwickshire[6]
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Registered electors 3,980 Script error: No such module "String".
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Greville succeeded to the peerage, becoming 4th Earl of Warwick and causing a by-election.

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By-election, 3 December 1853: South Warwickshire[6]
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General election 1857: South Warwickshire[6]
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Registered electors 3,522 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1859: South Warwickshire[6]
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Registered electors 3,470 Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: South Warwickshire[6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Viscount Duncan 1,321 29.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 196 4.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,872 (est) 81.7 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 3,517 Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1868: South Warwickshire[6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Hamilton 2,472 24.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Edward Villiers 2,453 24.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 29 0.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 5,004 (est) 80.6 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 6,205 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −9.8
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: South Warwickshire[6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert Hamilton 2,170 27.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 631 8.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 4,987 (est) 78.7 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 6,340 Script error: No such module "String".
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Seymour was appointed Comptroller of the Household, causing a by-election.

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By-election, 21 Feb 1879: South Warwickshire[6]
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: South Warwickshire[6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Hugh Seymour 2,507 32.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 5,123 (est) 79.7 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 6,429 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 94 1.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold Swing −2.7
Majority 43 0.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Leigh's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 10 Nov 1884: South Warwickshire[6]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". William Compton 1,919 38.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 1,176 23.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 5,014 76.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 6,590 Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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Sources

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