South Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South 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

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.

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Hundreds of Broxton, Eddisbury, Nantwich, Northwich and Wirral, and the City and County of the City of Chester.[1]

Election		First member	First party	Second member	Second Party
	1832	George Wilbraham	Whig[2][3][4]	Richard Grosvenor	Whig[2]
	1835	George Wilbraham	Whig[2][3][4]	Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bt	Conservative[2]
	1841	John Tollemache	Conservative[2]	Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bt	Conservative[2]
1868		Second Reform Act: constituency abolished

General election 1841: Cheshire Southern (2 seats)[5][2]
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	+6.5
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

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Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 235. Retrieved 25 March 2019 – via Google Books.
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.
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.

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