| North Hampshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | Two |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Hampshire |
North Hampshire (formally the Northern division of Hampshire) was a constituency as one of two in the county of Hampshire proper, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament between 1832 and 1885. Its members were elected by the bloc vote version of the first-past-the-post system.
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
The county was created as one of three divisions of Hampshire as Hampshire formerly included the Isle of Wight to make up a large area and large-electorate two-member seat due to a growing number of tiny electorate increasingly rotten boroughs since the 13th century until this was abolished under the Great Reform Act 1832.
1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, King's Clere [Kingsclere], Droxford, Odiham, Petersfield and Winchester.[1]
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the seat was abolished; replaced by three seats:
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | Notes | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Charles Shaw-Lefevre | Whig[3] [4] | Speaker from 1839 to 1857; Created Lord Eversley in 1857 | James Winter Scott | Whig | ||||
| 1837 | Sir William Heathcote, Bt | Conservative | |||||||
| 1849 by-election | Melville Portal | Conservative | |||||||
| 1857 | William Wither Bramston Beach | Conservative | George Sclater-Booth | Conservative | Created Lord Basing | ||||
| 1885 constituency abolished | |||||||||
Heathcote resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Sclater-Booth was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring a by-election.