North Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
| North Leicestershire | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Leicestershire |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | Loughborough and Melton |
| Created from | Leicestershire |
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.
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 | Conservative | Charles March Phillipps | Whig | |||
| 1835 by-election | Lord Charles Manners | Conservative | |||||
| 1837 | Edward Basil Farnham | Conservative | |||||
| 1852 | The Marquess of Granby | Conservative | |||||
| 1857 by-election | Lord John Manners | Conservative | |||||
| 1859 | Edward Bourchier Hartopp | Conservative | |||||
| 1868 | Samuel William Clowes | Conservative | |||||
| 1880 | Edwyn Sherard Burnaby | Conservative | |||||
| 1883 by-election | Hon. Montagu Curzon | Conservative | |||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | ||||||
References
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
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