South Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Cheshire was a parliamentary constituency in Cheshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1868. It was created upon the division of Cheshire in 1832. In 1868, it was abolished with North Cheshire to form parts of East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire, and West Cheshire.

South Cheshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the central striped area
1832–1868
Number of members	2
Replaced by	Mid Cheshire West Cheshire

History

South Cheshire, or the Southern Division of Cheshire, was created as a two-member constituency under the Representation of the People Act 1832 (Great Reform Act) as one of 2 divisions, along with North Cheshire, of the Parliamentary County of Cheshire. It comprised the Hundreds of Broxton, Eddisbury, Nantwich, Northwich and Wirral, and the City and County of the City of Chester.[1]

Under the Reform Act 1867,[2] Cheshire was further divided with the creation of Mid Cheshire, to which the Northwich Hundred was transferred. South Cheshire was renamed West Cheshire by the Boundaries Act 1868.[3]

Members of Parliament

Election			First member	First party	Second member	Second Party
		1832	George Wilbraham	Whig[4][5][6]	Richard Grosvenor	Whig[4]
		1835			Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bt	Conservative[4]
		1841	John Tollemache	Conservative[4]
1868			Second Reform Act: constituency abolished

Elections

General election 1865: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Tollemache	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,826
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Tollemache	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,949
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Tollemache	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,068
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Tollemache	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,117
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	John Tollemache	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,735
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1841: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	3,110	36.5	+0.9
	Conservative	John Tollemache	3,034	35.7	+5.6
	Whig	George Wilbraham	2,365	27.8	−6.5
Majority			669	7.9	+6.6
Turnout			c. 5,437	c. 71.1	c. −9.5
Registered electors			7,645
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+4.4

General election 1837: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	3,135	35.6
	Whig	George Wilbraham	3,015	34.3
	Conservative	Edwin Corbett	2,646	30.1
Turnout			5,712	80.6
Registered electors			7,084
Majority			120	1.3
	Conservative hold
Majority			369	4.2
	Whig hold

General election 1835: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Grey Egerton	Unopposed
	Whig	George Wilbraham	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,343
	Conservative gain from Whig
	Whig hold

General election 1832: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[7][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Wilbraham	2,661	36.1
	Whig	Richard Grosvenor	2,406	32.7
	Tory	Philip Grey Egerton	2,297	31.2
Majority			109	1.5
Turnout			4,756	92.7
Registered electors			5,130
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• History of Parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Cheshire

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 2017-07-27.
2. "Reform Act 1867" (PDF).
3. "Boundaries Act 1868".
4. Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 32. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
5. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 235. Retrieved 25 March 2019 – via Google Books.
6. Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1838). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. p. 230. Retrieved 25 March 2019 – via Google Books.
7. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) |format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)