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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.

Boundaries

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).

History

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.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Manners' death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

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.

Elections in the 1860s

Manners was appointed First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Burnaby's death caused a by-election.

Manners was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.

References

1. "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 154–206. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 191. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
3. "Leicester Herald". 17 December 1834. p. 8. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. p. 142. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via Google Books.
5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 415–416. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
6. "North Leicestershire Election". Leicester Chronicle. 29 July 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "The Election Nominations". Reynold's News. 22 November 1868. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ "North Leicestershire Election". Grantham Journal. 13 March 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885