South Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Penruddocke Long | 1,074 | 27.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| 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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| Majority | 230 | 5.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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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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Elections in the 1860s
Herbert was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Herbert of Lea and causing a by-election.
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Frederick Hervey-Bathurst | 1,270 | 29.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| 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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Elections in the 1870s
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas Grove | 1,048 | 20.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| 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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Elections in the 1880s
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References
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- ↑ "Wyndham, William (Wilts South)", in Charles Roger Dod, Robert Phipps Dod, Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 25, pp. 294–295
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