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South Lancashire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern 'doubly' blue area for this election.
County	Lancashire
1832–1868
Seats	Two until 1861, then three
Created from	Lancashire
Replaced by	South East Lancashire South West Lancashire Stalybridge

South Lancashire, formally called the Southern Division of Lancashire or Lancashire Southern, is a former county constituency of the South Lancashire area in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons from 1832 to 1861, and then from a very narrow reform of that year, three until it was further split in 1868.

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Lancashire constituency into Northern and Southern divisions. It was abolished by the Second Reform Act of 1867.

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Hundreds of Salford, and West Derby.

Salford went to form the new South East Lancashire constituency, and West Derby the new South West Lancashire constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1861

• Constituency created (1832)

MPs 1861–1868

Elections

Wilbraham's death caused a by-election.

Egerton was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Earl of Ellesmere and causing a by-election.

Pelham-Villiers was also elected MP for Wolverhampton and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

• Third seat created.

• Third seat treated as new for 1865 election.

References

1. "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. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
2. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 175. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
3. ^ "The Manchester Courier". 29 December 1832. p. 2. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Killick, J. R. (21 May 2009) . "Brown, Sir William, first baronet (1784–1864)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3662. Retrieved 8 August 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. Bourne, Kenneth (1967). Britain and the Balance of Power in North America 1815–1909. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 198. ISBN 978-1597404075. LCCN 67-26632. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via Google Books.
6. "Dublin Weekly Register". 11 July 1846. p. 5. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. Howe, A. C. (8 October 2009) . "Villiers, Charles Pelham (1802–1898)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28286. Retrieved 22 July 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 26 June 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. Swift, Roger (2017). Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical. Abingdon: Routledge. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-315-26797-5. Retrieved 22 July 2018 – via Google Books.
10. "Dorset County Chronicle". 23 December 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Local Intelligence". Lancaster Gazette. 24 December 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. Davis, Michael T., ed. (2015). Crowd Actions in Britain and France from the Middle Ages to the Modern World (Illustrated ed.). Springer. p. 198. ISBN 9781137316516. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via Google Books.
13. "Bolton Chronicle". 31 July 1852. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
15. "South Lancashire Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 3 May 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
16. "To the Electors of the Southern Division of the County of Lancaster". Leigh Chronicle and Weekly District Advertiser. 15 July 1865. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 8 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1868