North Leicestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLeicestershire
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Created fromLeicestershire
Replaced byLoughborough and Melton

North Leicestershire, formally the "Northern Division of Leicestershire", was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of West Goscote, East Goscote and Framland, and the two detached portions of the Hundred of Gartree situated on the east of the Hundred of East Goscote (the parishes of Baggrave, Burrough, Knossington, Marefield, Pickwell-cum-Leesthorpe, Ouston, and Newbold-Saucey).[1]

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Leicestershire constituency was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs.

Both divisions were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough and Melton.

Members of Parliament

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 Lord Robert Manners Tory[2] Charles March-Phillipps Radical[3][4]
1834 Conservative[2]
1835 by-election Lord Charles Manners Conservative[2]
1837 Edward Basil Farnham Conservative[2]
1852 Marquess of Granby Conservative
1857 by-election Lord John Manners Conservative
1859 Edward Bourchier Hartopp Conservative
1868 Samuel Clowes Conservative
1880 Edwyn Burnaby Conservative
1883 by-election Hon. Montagu Curzon Conservative
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Leicestershire[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Robert Manners 2,093 46.8
Radical Charles March-Phillipps 1,661 37.1
Radical William Augustus Johnson 720 16.1
Turnout 3,063 83.7
Registered electors 3,658
Majority 432 9.7
Tory win (new seat)
Majority 941 21.0
Radical win (new seat)
General election 1835: North Leicestershire[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Robert Manners Unopposed
Radical Charles March-Phillipps Unopposed
Registered electors 3,806
Conservative hold
Radical hold

Manners' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 29 December 1835: North Leicestershire[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1837: North Leicestershire[5][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,160
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Radical

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,211
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1847: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Sr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,177
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Manners, Jr. Unopposed
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham Unopposed
Registered electors 4,097
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Manners succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Rutland and causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 March 1857: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1857: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners 1,787 37.5 N/A
Conservative Edward Basil Farnham 1,733 36.3 N/A
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen 1,250 26.2 New
Majority 483 10.1 N/A
Turnout 3,010 (est) 77.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,890
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 8 March 1858: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1859: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners 2,220 39.6 +2.1
Conservative Edward Bourchier Hartopp 1,954 34.8 −1.5
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen 1,433 25.6 −0.6
Majority 521 9.2 −0.9
Turnout 3,520 (est) 81.3 (est) +3.9
Registered electors 4,330
Conservative hold Swing +1.2
Conservative hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners 2,305 40.0 +0.4
Conservative Edward Bourchier Hartopp 1,854 32.2 −2.6
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen[6] 1,599 27.8 +2.2
Majority 255 4.4 −4.8
Turnout 3,679 (est) 77.2 (est) −4.1
Registered electors 4,767
Conservative hold Swing −0.4
Conservative hold Swing −1.9

Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 14 July 1866: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1868: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners 3,296 40.5 +0.5
Conservative Samuel Clowes 3,092 38.0 +5.8
Ind. Conservative Charles Frewen[7] 1,750 21.5 −6.3
Conservative George Manners 9 0.1 N/A
Majority 1,342 16.5 +12.1
Turnout 4,074 (est) 64.2 (est) −13.0
Registered electors 6,348
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
Conservative hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners 2,978 39.5 −1.0
Conservative Samuel Clowes 2,568 34.0 −4.0
Liberal Hussey Packe[8] 1,997 26.5 New
Majority 571 7.5 −9.0
Turnout 4,770 (est) 79.9 (est) +15.7
Registered electors 5,968
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 20 Mar 1874: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners 3,213 36.3 −3.2
Conservative Edwyn Burnaby 2,991 33.8 −0.2
Liberal Hussey Packe[8] 2,651 29.9 +3.4
Majority 340 3.9 −3.6
Turnout 5,864 (est) 88.6 (est) +8.7
Registered electors 6,619
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Burnaby's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 18 June 1883: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Montagu Curzon Unopposed
Conservative hold

Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 2 July 1885: North Leicestershire[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Manners Unopposed
Conservative hold

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 191. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  3. ^ "Leicester Herald". 17 December 1834. p. 8. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. p. 142. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 415–416. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ^ "North Leicestershire Election". Leicester Chronicle. 29 July 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "The Election Nominations". Reynold's News. 22 November 1868. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b "North Leicestershire Election". Grantham Journal. 13 March 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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