North Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Lincolnshire County constituency
Created:	1832
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	Two

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 Notes 6 References

[edit] 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

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election	First Member		First Party	Second Member		Second Party
1832		Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham[1]			Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, Bt
1835					Thomas George Corbett
1837					Robert Adam Christopher	Conservative
Jan. 1847		Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt
1852		James Banks Stanhope
1857					Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt
1868		Rowland Winn	Conservative
1874					Sir John Dugdale Astley, Bt	Conservative
1880					Robert Laycock
Sep. 1881					James Lowther	Conservative
Jul. 1885		Henry Atkinson
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

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[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page