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South Hampshire (formally the Southern division of Hampshire) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Hampshire, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
South Hampshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Hampshire |
Replaced by | New Forest Fareham Winchester (minor addition to)[1] |
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Fareham, Lymington, Ringwood, Romsey and Southampton, and the Town and County of the Town of Southampton.[2]
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | The Viscount Palmerston | Whig[3] | Sir George Staunton, Bt | Whig[3] | ||
1835 | John Willis Fleming | Conservative[3] | Henry Combe Compton | Conservative[3] | ||
1842 by-election | Lord Charles Wellesley | Conservative | ||||
1852 | Lord William Cholmondeley | Conservative | ||||
1857 | Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise | Whig[4] | Hon. Ralph Dutton | Conservative | ||
1859 | Liberal | |||||
1865 | Henry Hamlyn-Fane | Conservative | ||||
1868 | Hon. William Temple | Liberal | Lord Henry Montagu-Douglas-Scott | Conservative | ||
1880 | Francis Compton | Conservative | ||||
1884 by-election | Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bt | Conservative | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Viscount Palmerston | 1,627 | 36.7 | ||
Whig | George Staunton | 1,542 | 34.8 | ||
Tory | John Willis Fleming | 1,266 | 28.5 | ||
Majority | 276 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,762 | 87.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,143 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Willis Fleming | 1,746 | 27.3 | +13.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Combe Compton | 1,689 | 26.4 | +12.2 | |
Whig | Viscount Palmerston | 1,504 | 23.5 | −13.2 | |
Whig | George Staunton | 1,450 | 22.7 | −12.1 | |
Majority | 185 | 2.9 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,260 | 86.1 | −1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,785 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +12.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +12.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Willis Fleming | 2,388 | 27.1 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Combe Compton | 2,371 | 26.9 | +0.5 | |
Whig | George Staunton | 2,080 | 23.6 | +0.1 | |
Whig | John Ommanney | 1,962 | 22.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 291 | 3.3 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,376 | 78.2 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 5,598 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ±0.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Willis Fleming | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Combe Compton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,794 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Fleming resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Wellesley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Combe Compton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,812 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cholmondeley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Combe Compton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,694 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Dutton | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,525 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Dutton | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,865 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Hamlyn-Fane | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,677 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Cowper | 2,797 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu | 2,756 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Liberal | Clement Milward[6] | 2,726 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Carpenter Garnier | 2,716 | 24.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,498 (est) | 67.6 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,135 | ||||
Majority | 81 | 0.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 30 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu | 3,878 | 42.1 | −7.7 | |
Liberal | William Cowper-Temple | 2,946 | 32.0 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Clement Swanston[7] | 2,382 | 25.9 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 932 | 10.1 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,542 (est) | 68.3 (est) | +0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,578 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Compton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,162 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal |
Douglas-Scott-Montagu resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Fitzwygram | 4,209 | 60.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Henry Deverell[8] | 2,772 | 39.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,437 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,981 | 67.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,296 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
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