Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)
Sleaford | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lincolnshire |
Major settlements | Sleaford |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Mid Lincolnshire |
Sleaford was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, centred on the town of Sleaford. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Henry Chaplin | Conservative | |
1906 | Arnold Lupton | Liberal | |
January 1910 | Edmund Royds | Conservative | |
1918 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Chaplin | 4,761 | 57.9 | n/a | |
Liberal | Charles Sharpe | 3,460 | 42.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,301 | 15.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 8,221 | 83.4 | n/a | ||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Chaplin | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin | 4,386 | 58.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | Francis Otter | 3,078 | 41.2 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,308 | 17.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 76.2 | n/a | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin | 4,157 | 56.1 | -2.7 | |
Liberal | William Shearburn Fox | 3,250 | 43.9 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 907 | 12.2 | -5.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,407 | 77.7 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin | 4,653 | 63.4 | n/a | |
Liberal | William Shearburn Fox | 2,687 | 36.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,966 | 26.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 7,340 | 75.9 | n/a | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin | 4,228 | 60.3 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | Charles Emmanuel Reinhardt | 2,687 | 39.7 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 1,443 | 20.6 | -6.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,013 | 71.1 | -4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arnold Lupton | 4,355 | 51.7 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin | 4,062 | 48.3 | -12.0 | |
Majority | 293 | 3.4 | 24.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,417 | 84.2 | +13.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
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 | 17.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,265 | 89.2 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edmund Royds | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | |||
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Edmund Royds
- Liberal: Robert Pattinson[10]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ Grantham Journal, 21 March 1914
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