Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)

Sleaford
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

ElectionMember[1]Party
1885 Henry Chaplin Conservative
1906 Arnold Lupton Liberal
January 1910 Edmund Royds Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Sleaford [2][3][4]
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)
General Election 1886: Sleaford [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Chaplin unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
Sleaford by-election, 1889 [2][3]
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

General Election 1892: Sleaford [2][3]
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
Sleaford by-election, 1895 [2][3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rt Hon. Henry Chaplin unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing n/a
General Election 1895: Sleaford [2][3][6]
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

General Election 1900: Sleaford [2][3][7]
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
Lupton
General Election 1906: Sleaford [2][3]
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

General Election January 1910: Sleaford [2][8]
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
General Election December 1910: Sleaford [2][9]
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;

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  9. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. ↑ Grantham Journal, 21 March 1914
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