Petersfield was an
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Parliamentary constituency
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centred on the town of
Petersfield
Petersfield is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is north of Portsmouth. The town has its own railway station on the Portsmouth Direct line, the mainline rail link connecting Portsmouth a ...
in
Hampshire
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. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the
1983 general election.
Until 1832, it returned two
Members of Parliament
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to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. Thereafter, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.
Boundaries
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and part of the Sessional Division of Winchester.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, and the Rural Districts of Alresford, Alton, Catherington, Droxford, and Petersfield.
1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, the Rural Districts of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield, and in the Rural District of Winchester the parishes of Botley, Burlesdon, Hamble, Hedge End, Hound, and West End.
1955–1983: The Urban Districts of Alton and Petersfield, and the Rural Districts of Alton, Droxford, and Petersfield.
Members of Parliament
MPs for Petersfield borough (1547-1885)
MPs 1547–1660
MPs 1660–1832
MPs 1832–1885
MPs for Petersfield county constituency (1885–1983)
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
* 201 householders voted for the Jolliffes and 148 for Herbert and Ogle, but these were all rejected
On petition, Shaw Lefevre was declared unelected, and Jolliffe was elected.
On petition, Jolliffe was unseated and Hector declared elected.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Jolliffee was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Hylton and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
*Liberal candidate
Gerald Bailey withdrew at the last minute.
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
*Conservative:
Reginald Dorman-Smith
Colonel Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, GBE (10 March 1899 – 20 March 1977) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat, soldier and politician in the British Empire.
Early life and politics
Dorman-Smith was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Milita ...
*Liberal:
Basil Goldstone
Basil Eric Goldstone (October 1909 – 1 December 1988) was a British Liberal Party activist.
Goldstone studied at Richmond Hill School and Dover College before joining the Royal Air Force.''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'' (1964), p. 2 ...
*Labour: D Muir Hunter
[Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939]
*
British Union
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: Muriel G Whinfield
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
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*Robert Beatson, (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807
''A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament''Google Books
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Petersfield
Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1547
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983