North Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Lincolnshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Brigg, Gainsborough, Horncastle, Louth, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford
Created from	Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire, formally known as the Northern Division of Lincolnshire or as Parts of Lindsey, was a county constituency in the Lindsey district of Lincolnshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was then split into six new single-seat constituencies: Brigg, Gainsborough, Horncastle, Louth, Sleaford, Spalding and Stamford

Election	First Member		First Party		Second Party
1832		Hon. Charles Anderson-Pelham^[1]	Liberal	Sir William Amcotts-Ingilby, Bt	Liberal
1835				Thomas George Corbett	Conservative
1837				Robert Adam Christopher	Conservative
Jan. 1847 by-election		Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt	Conservative
1852		James Banks Stanhope	Conservative
1857		James Banks Stanhope	Conservative	Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt	Liberal
1868		Rowland Winn	Conservative	Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bt	Liberal
1874				Sir John Dugdale Astley, Bt	Conservative
1880				Robert Laycock	Liberal
Sep. 1881 by-election				James Lowther	Conservative
Jul. 1885 by-election		Henry Atkinson	Conservative	James Lowther	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act: constituency abolished

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