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 (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.
Members of Parliament ElectionFirst MemberFirst PartySecond MemberSecond Party1832Hon. Charles Anderson-PelhamStyled Lord Worsley from 1837. Whig Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, Bt Radical 1835 Thomas Corbett Conservative 1837Robert ChristopherConservative Jan. 1847 by-election Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt Whig 1852 James Stanhope Conservative 1857 Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt Whig 1859Liberal 1868 Rowland Winn Conservative 1874 Sir John Dugdale Astley, Bt Conservative 1880 Robert Laycock Liberal Sep. 1881 by-election James LowtherConservative Jul. 1885 by-election Henry Atkinson Conservative 1885Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Anderson-Pelham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Earl of Yarborough and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s Christopher was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Winn was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Laycock's death caused a by-election.
Winn was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord St Oswald, causing a by-election.
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