Mid Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Lincolnshire, formally called the Mid Division of Lincolnshire, was a county constituency in Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote electoral system.

Mid Lincolnshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1868–1885
Seats	two
Created from	North Lincolnshire South Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Horncastle Sleaford Gainsborough Louth

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election. It was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1868–1885: In the Parts of Lindsey, the Wapentakes, Hundreds, or Sokes of Well, Lawress, Wraggoe, Gartree, Candleshoe, Calceworth (except so much as lies within the Hundred of Louth Eske), Hill, Bolingbroke, Horncastle, and in the Parts of Kesteven, the Wapentakes, Hundreds, or Sokes of Boothby Graffoe, and Langoe, and Lincoln Liberty.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1868		Weston Cracroft Amcotts	Liberal		Henry Chaplin	Conservative
1874		Edward Stanhope	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

Election results

General election 1868: Mid Lincolnshire^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Weston Cracroft Amcotts	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,694
	Liberal win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1874: Mid Lincolnshire^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Unopposed
	Conservative	Edward Stanhope	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,549
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

General election 1880: Mid Lincolnshire^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Unopposed
	Conservative	Edward Stanhope	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,822
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Chaplin was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Stanhope was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education, requiring two by-elections.

By-election, 1 July 1885: Mid Lincolnshire^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Unopposed
	Conservative	Edward Stanhope	Unopposed
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

References

1. "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 421. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.