North Leicestershire, formally the "Northern Division of Leicestershire", was a

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represented in the

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of the

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. It elected two

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(MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of West Goscote, East Goscote and Framland, and the two detached portions of the Hundred of Gartree situated on the east of the Hundred of East Goscote (the parishes of Baggrave, Burrough,

Knossington Knossington is a village in the Borough of Melton, Melton borough of Leicestershire, England. It is located close to the border with Rutland, around west of Oakham. The population of the civil parish (called Knossington and Cold Overton) at the ...

Marefield Marefield is a hamlet and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 20. At the census 2011 the population remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish ...

, Pickwell-cum-Leesthorpe, Ouston, and Newbold-Saucey).

History

The constituency was created by the

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for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Leicestershire constituency was replaced by the Northern and

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divisions, each of which elected two MPs. Both divisions were abolished by the

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for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bosworth,

Harborough Market Harborough is a market town in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, in the far southeast of the county, forming part of the border with Northamptonshire. Market Harborough's population was 25,143 in 2020. It is the ad ...

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and Melton.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Manners' death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Manners succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th

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and causing a by-election. Manners was appointed

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, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Manners was appointed

, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Manners was appointed

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, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Burnaby's death caused a by-election. Manners was appointed

, requiring a by-election.

References

*F W S Craig, ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885'' (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leicestershire North Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885