South Northumberland (formally the "Southern Division of Northumberland") was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.
The area was created by the Great Reform Act 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into Northern and Southern divisions.
It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when Northumberland was divided into four single member divisions: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck.
Boundaries 1832–1886: The Wards of Tynedale and Castle, and the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Members of Parliament
Constituency created (1832)
Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 Thomas Wentworth Beaumont Whig Matthew BellTory 1834 Conservative 1837 Christopher Blackett Whig 1841 Saville Ogle Whig 1852 Wentworth BeaumontWhig Hon. Henry Liddell Conservative 1859 Liberal 1878 Edward Ridley Conservative 1880 Albert Grey Liberal 1885Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Liddell was elevated to the peerage, becoming Earl of Ravensworth.
The original count for this by-election had both candidates receiving 2,912 votes.
Elections in the 1880s
See also
History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Northumberland
References
Sources