North Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
	Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the easterly striped coastal area south of the Humber.
County	Lincolnshire
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Brigg; Gainsborough; Louth

North Lincolnshire, formally known as the Northern Division of Lincolnshire or as Parts of Lindsey, was a county constituency in the Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was then split into six new single-seat constituencies: Brigg, Gainsborough, Horncastle, Louth, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Parts of Lindsey^[1] (see Parts of Lincolnshire).

1868–1885: The Wapentakes, Hundreds, or Sokes of Manley, Yarborough, Bradley Haverstoe, Ludborough, Walshcroft, Aslacoe, Corringham, Louth Eske, and Calceworth, so much as lies within Louth Eske.^[2]

Members of Parliament

Election	First Member		First Party		Second Party
1832		Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham^[3]	Whig^[4]^[5]	Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, Bt	Radical^[4]^[6]^[7]
1835				Thomas Corbett	Conservative^[4]
1837				Robert Christopher	Conservative^[4]
Jan. 1847 by-election		Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt	Whig^[8]^[9]
1852		James Stanhope	Conservative
1857				Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt	Whig^[8]^[9]
1859					Liberal
1868		Rowland Winn	Conservative		Liberal
1874				Sir John Dugdale Astley, Bt	Conservative
1880				Robert Laycock	Liberal
Sep. 1881 by-election				James Lowther	Conservative
Jul. 1885 by-election		Henry Atkinson	Conservative	James Lowther	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Charles Anderson-Pelham	6,561	42.7
	Radical	William Amcotts-Ingilby	4,751	30.9
	Tory	Sir Robert Sheffield, 4th Baronet	4,056	26.4
Turnout			8,338	91.3
Registered electors			9,134
Majority			1,810	11.8
	Whig win (new seat)
Majority			695	4.5
	Radical win (new seat)

General election 1835: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Anderson-Pelham	4,489	34.7	−8.0
	Conservative	Thomas Corbett	4,450	34.4	+8.0
	Radical	William Amcotts-Ingilby	3,984	30.8	−0.1
Turnout			7,827	88.2	−3.1
Registered electors			8,872
Majority			39	0.3	−11.5
	Whig hold		Swing	−8.0
Majority			466	3.6	N/A
	Conservative gain from Radical		Swing	+8.0

General election 1837: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Charles Anderson-Pelham	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Christopher	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,063
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Anderson-Pelham	5,401	39.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robert Christopher	4,522	32.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	Charles Cust^[11]	3,819	27.8	N/A
Majority			879	6.4	N/A
Turnout			6,871 (est)	66.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			10,280
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

Anderson-Pelham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Yarborough and causing a by-election.

By-election, 12 January 1847: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Sir Montague Cholmeley	Unopposed
	Whig hold

General election 1847: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Sir Montague Cholmeley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Robert Christopher	Unopposed
Registered electors			11,424
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

Christopher was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 13 March 1852: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Christopher	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Christopher	5,585	35.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	James Stanhope	5,579	35.0	*N/A*
	Whig	Montague Cholmeley	4,777	30.0	N/A
Majority			802	5.0	N/A
Turnout			10,359 (est)	88.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			11,677
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1857: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Montague Cholmeley	Unopposed
	Conservative	James Stanhope	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,435
	Whig gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Montague Cholmeley	Unopposed
	Conservative	James Stanhope	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,401
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Montague Cholmeley	Unopposed
	Conservative	James Stanhope	Unopposed
Registered electors			12,372
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Montague Cholmeley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Rowland Winn	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,436
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Dugdale Astley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Rowland Winn	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,117
	Conservative gain from Liberal
	Conservative hold

Winn was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 16 Mar 1874: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rowland Winn	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Laycock	4,159	34.7	*New*
	Conservative	Rowland Winn	3,949	33.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Dugdale Astley	3,865	32.3	N/A
Majority			294	2.4	N/A
Turnout			8,066 (est)	75.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			10,639
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Laycock's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 3 Sep 1881: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lowther	4,200	53.0	−12.3
	Liberal	George Tomline	3,729	47.0	+12.3
Majority			471	6.0	N/A
Turnout			7,929	71.7	−4.1 (est)
Registered electors			11,061
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	−12.3

Winn was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord St Oswald, causing a by-election.

By-election, 10 July 1885: North Lincolnshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Atkinson	4,052	58.5	−6.8
	Liberal	Henry Meysey-Thompson	2,872	41.5	+6.8
Majority			1,180	17.0	N/A
Turnout			6,924	66.4	−9.4
Registered electors			10,435
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.8

Notes

^ "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.
^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ Styled Lord Worsley from 1837.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 195. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1836). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 140. Retrieved 17 May 2019 – via Google Books.
^ Harratt, Simon; Salmon, Philip (2009). "AMCOTTS INGILBY (formerly INGILBY), Sir William, 2nd bt. (1783–1854), of Kettlethorpe, Lincs. and Ripley Castle, Yorks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ Barlow, Nigel (26 April 2015). "A timely acquisition with a Sam Cam connection at the Working Class Movement Library". About Manchester. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b "North Lincolnshire Election". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. 14 January 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "Elections". Aberdeen Press & Journal. 20 January 1847. p. 8. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^ "North Lincolnshire". Leeds Intelligencer. 26 June 1841. p. 8. Retrieved 17 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)

[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] "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[3] Styled Lord Worsley from 1837.

[stooks-smith-4] Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 195. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

[mosse-5] Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1836). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 140. Retrieved 17 May 2019 – via Google Books.

[6] Harratt, Simon; Salmon, Philip (2009). "AMCOTTS INGILBY (formerly INGILBY), Sir William, 2nd bt. (1783–1854), of Kettlethorpe, Lincs. and Ripley Castle, Yorks". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[7] Barlow, Nigel (26 April 2015). "A timely acquisition with a Sam Cam connection at the Working Class Movement Library". About Manchester. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[bath1847-8] "North Lincolnshire Election". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. 14 January 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[aberdeen1847-9] "Elections". Aberdeen Press & Journal. 20 January 1847. p. 8. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[craig1832-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[11] "North Lincolnshire". Leeds Intelligencer. 26 June 1841. p. 8. Retrieved 17 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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