North Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) explained

North Nottinghamshire
Parliament:	uk
Year:	1832
Abolished:	1885
Type:	County
Elects Howmany:	Two
Region:	England
County:	Nottinghamshire

North Nottinghamshire, formally the "Northern Division of Nottinghamshire" 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 block vote system of election.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Bassetlaw and Broxtowe.^[1]

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Nottinghamshire 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: Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark and Rushcliffe.

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Viscount Lumley	Whig^[2]		Thomas Houldsworth	Tory
1834						Conservative
1835		Henry Gally Knight	Conservative
1846 by-election		Lord Henry Bentinck	Conservative
1852					Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton	Peelite^[3] ^[4] ^[5]
1857		Sir Evelyn Denison	Whig^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
1865					Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton	Liberal
1868					Frederick Chatfield Smith	Conservative
1872 by-election		Hon. George Monckton-Arundell^[10]	Conservative
1880					Cecil Foljambe	Liberal
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Lumley-Savile succeeded to the peerage, becoming 8th Earl of Scarbrough and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Knight's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Denison was elevated to the peerage, becoming Viscount Ossington.

Elections in the 1880s

References

• • Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 438.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.. London . His Majesty's statute and law printers . 1832 . 300–383 . 2017-07-27.
2. Book: Stooks Smith , Henry. . Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . The Parliaments of England . 1844-1850 . 2nd . 1973 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-13-2 . 248 .
3. News: The General Election . 12 August 2018 . Sligo Champion . 26 July 1852 . 2–3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
4. News: Nottinghamshire (North) . 12 August 2018 . Bristol Times and Mirror . 24 July 1852 . 8 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
5. Book: Wiebe . M. G. . Millar . Mary S. . Robson . Ann P. . Benjamin Disraeli: Letters: 1857–1859 . 2004 . . Toronto . 0-8020-8728-0 . 186 . . 12 August 2018.
6. Web site: Biography of John Evelyn Denison, Viscount Ossington (1800–1873). Manuscripts and Special Collections. University of Nottingham. 28 May 2018.
7. Web site: Harratt, Simon. Farrell, Stephen. DENISON, John Evelyn (1800–1873), of Ossington Hall, Notts.. The History of Parliament. 2009.
8. Book: Crosby's Political Record of Parliamentary Elections in Great Britain and Ireland with Select Biographical Notices and Speeches of Distinguished Statesmen. 1843. George Crosby. York. 256–257. 28 May 2018.
9. Book: Ollivier. John. Ollivier's parliamentary and political director. 1842. 19, 20. https://books.google.com/books?id=RfANAAAAQAAJ. 28 May 2018. Alphabetical List of the House of Commons.
10. Succeeded as Viscount Galway in 1876, an Irish peerage meaning he did not have to resign his seat in the House of Commons.