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| South Northumberland | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Seats | two |
| Created from | Northumberland |
| Replaced by | Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck |
South Northumberland (formally the "Southern Division of Northumberland") was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.
The area was created by the Great Reform Act of 1832 by the splitting of Northumberland constituency into Northern and Southern divisions.
It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when Northumberland was divided into four single member divisions: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Hexham, Tyneside and Wansbeck.
Boundaries
1832–1885: The Wards of Tynedale and Castle, and the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne.[1][2]
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1832)
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Thomas Wentworth Beaumont | Whig[3][4] | Matthew Bell | Tory[3] | ||
| 1834 | Conservative[3] | |||||
| 1837 | Christopher Blackett | Whig[3][5] | ||||
| 1841 | Saville Ogle | Whig[6][3][7][8] | ||||
| 1852 | Wentworth Beaumont | Whig[9] | Hon. Henry Liddell | Conservative | ||
| 1859 | Liberal | |||||
| 1878 | Edward Ridley | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Albert Grey | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished | |||||
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Thomas Wentworth Beaumont | 2,537 | 34.6 | ||
| Tory | Matthew Bell | 2,441 | 33.3 | ||
| Whig | William Ord | 2,351 | 32.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,606 | 88.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,192 | ||||
| Majority | 96 | 1.3 | |||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Majority | 90 | 1.2 | |||
| Tory win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Thomas Wentworth Beaumont | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Bell | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,042 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Christopher Blackett | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Bell | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,070 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Saville Ogle | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Bell | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,295 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Saville Ogle | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Matthew Bell | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,369 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Wentworth Beaumont | 2,306 | 35.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Henry Liddell | 2,132 | 32.9 | N/A | |
| Whig | George Ridley[11] | 2,033 | 31.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 4,302 (est) | 80.1 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 5,511 | ||||
| Majority | 174 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Majority | 99 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Wentworth Beaumont | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Henry Liddell | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 5,608 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||