South Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Infobox UK constituency South Wiltshire, formally known as the Southern division of Wiltshire or Wiltshire Southern was a county constituency in the county of Wiltshire in South West England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Kinwardstone, Heytesbury, Branch and Dole, Elstub and Everley, Amesbury, Warminster, Mere, South Damerham, Downton, Chalk, Dunworth, Cawden and Cadworth, Frustfield, Alderbury, Underditch, and Westbury.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | John Benett Whig[2][3][4] style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Hon. Sidney Herbert Tory[2]
1834 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative
1846 rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Peelite[5][6][7][8][9]
1852 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | William Wyndham Whig[10][11][12]
1859 rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Lord Henry Thynne Conservative style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal
1861 by-election style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Frederick Hervey-Bathurst Conservative
1865 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Thomas Grove Liberal
1874 style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | Viscount Folkestone Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: South Wiltshire[13][2]
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General election 1835: South Wiltshire[13][2]
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General election 1837: South Wiltshire[13][2]
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Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: South Wiltshire[13][2]
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Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 15 February 1845: South Wiltshire[13]
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General election 1847: South Wiltshire[13]
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: South Wiltshire[13]
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Turnout 1,964 (est) 60.3 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 3,256 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 246 6.3 Script error: No such module "String".
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Herbert was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 11 January 1853: South Wiltshire[13]
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Herbert was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 15 February 1855: South Wiltshire[13]
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General election 1857: South Wiltshire[13]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Henry Thynne 1,269 30.0 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,116 (est) 65.3 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 3,239 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 72 1.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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Majority 176 4.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1859: South Wiltshire[13]
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By-election, 29 June 1859: South Wiltshire[13]
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Elections in the 1860s

Herbert was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Herbert of Lea and causing a by-election.

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By-election, 14 February 1861: South Wiltshire[13]
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General election 1865: South Wiltshire[13]
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Turnout 2,850 (est) 85.3 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 3,343 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 149 3.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1868: South Wiltshire[13]
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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: South Wiltshire[13]
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Majority 929 18.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 3,094 (est) 78.6 (est) Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors 3,938 Script error: No such module "String".
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Thynne was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 4 Jan 1876: South Wiltshire[13]
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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: South Wiltshire[13]
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Registered electors 3,789 Script error: No such module "String".
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Pleydell-Bouverie was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

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By-election, 3 July 1885: South Wiltshire[13]
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References

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  10. "Wyndham, William (Wilts South)", in Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 25, pp. 294–295
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