| North Leicestershire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | Two |
| Region: | England |
| County: | 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.
1832–1885: The Hundreds of West Goscote, East Goscote and Framland, and the two detached portions of the Hundred of Gartree situated on the east of the Hundred of East Goscote (the parishes of Baggrave, Burrough, Knossington, Marefield, Pickwell-cum-Leesthorpe, Ouston, and Newbold-Saucey).[1]
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.
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Lord Robert Manners | Tory[2] | Charles March-Phillipps | Radical[3] [4] | ||||
| 1834 | Conservative | |||||||
| 1835 by-election | Lord Charles Manners | Conservative | ||||||
| 1837 | Edward Basil Farnham | Conservative | ||||||
| 1852 | Marquess of Granby | Conservative | ||||||
| 1857 by-election | Lord John Manners | Conservative | ||||||
| 1859 | Edward Bourchier Hartopp | Conservative | ||||||
| 1868 | Samuel Clowes | Conservative | ||||||
| 1880 | Edwyn Burnaby | Conservative | ||||||
| 1883 by-election | Hon. Montagu Curzon | Conservative | ||||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act constituency abolished | |||||||
Manners' death caused a by-election.
Manners succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Rutland and causing a by-election.
Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.
Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.
Burnaby's death caused a by-election.
Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.