Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
sleaford, parliament, constituency, sleaford, county, constituency, lincolnshire, centred, town, sleaford, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, sleafordformer, county, constituencyfor, house, commonscountylincolnshiremajor. Sleaford was a county constituency in Lincolnshire centred on the town of Sleaford It returned one Member of Parliament MP to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom SleafordFormer County constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyLincolnshireMajor settlementsSleaford1885 1918SeatsOneCreated fromMid LincolnshireReplaced byGrantham and Rutland and Stamford The constituency was created for the 1885 general election when the former Mid Lincolnshire constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 It was abolished for the 1918 general election Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 2 1 Elections in the 1880s 2 2 Elections in the 1890s 2 3 Elections in the 1900s 2 4 Elections in the 1910s 3 ReferencesMembers of Parliament editElection Member 1 Party 1885 Henry Chaplin Conservative 1906 Arnold Lupton Liberal January 1910 Edmund Royds Conservative 1918 constituency abolishedElection results editElections in the 1880s edit General election 1885 Sleaford 2 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Chaplin 4 761 57 9 Liberal Charles Sharpe 3 460 42 1 Majority 1 301 15 8 Turnout 8 221 83 4 Registered electors 9 863 Conservative win new seat General election 1886 Sleaford 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Chaplin Unopposed Conservative hold Chaplin was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture requiring a by election By election 26 Sep 1889 Sleaford 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Chaplin 4 386 58 8 N A Liberal Francis Otter 3 078 41 2 New Majority 1 308 17 6 N A Turnout 7 464 76 2 N A Registered electors 9 793 Conservative hold Swing N A Elections in the 1890s edit General election 1892 Sleaford 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Chaplin 4 157 56 1 N A Liberal William Shearburn Fox 3 250 43 9 N A Majority 907 12 2 N A Turnout 7 407 77 7 N A Registered electors 9 528 Conservative hold Swing N A Chaplin was appointed President of the Local Government Board requiring a by election By election 6 Jul 1895 Sleaford 2 3 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Chaplin Unopposed Conservative hold General election 1895 Sleaford 2 3 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Chaplin 4 653 63 4 7 3 Liberal William Shearburn Fox 2 687 36 6 7 3 Majority 1 966 26 8 14 6 Turnout 7 340 75 9 1 8 Registered electors 9 671 Conservative hold Swing 7 3 Elections in the 1900s edit General election 1900 Sleaford 2 3 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Chaplin 4 228 60 3 3 1 Liberal Charles Emmanuel Reinhardt 2 785 39 7 3 1 Majority 1 443 20 6 6 2 Turnout 7 013 71 1 4 8 Registered electors 9 870 Conservative hold Swing 3 1 nbsp Lupton General election 1906 Sleaford 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Arnold Lupton 4 355 51 7 12 0 Conservative Henry Chaplin 4 062 48 3 12 0 Majority 293 3 4 N A Turnout 8 417 84 2 13 1 Registered electors 10 000 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 12 0 Elections in the 1910s edit General election January 1910 Sleaford 2 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edmund Royds 5 265 56 8 8 5 Liberal Arnold Lupton 4 000 43 2 8 5 Majority 1 265 13 6 N A Turnout 9 265 89 2 5 0 Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 8 5 General election December 1910 Sleaford 2 6 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edmund Royds Unopposed Conservative hold General Election 1914 15 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914 the following candidates had been selected Unionist Edmund Royds Liberal Robert Pattinson 7 References edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with S part 3 a b c d e f g h i j Craig FWS ed 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 1918 London Macmillan Press p 341 ISBN 9781349022984 a b c d e f g h The Liberal Year Book 1907 Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1886 a b c Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1901 a b Debrett s House of Commons amp Judicial Bench 1916 Grantham Journal 21 March 1914 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sleaford UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1211278240, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,