Sleaford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Sleaford
Sleaford
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
Major settlements	Sleaford
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Mid Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Grantham and Rutland and Stamford

Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918

Sleaford was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, centred on the town of Sleaford. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	4,386	58.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	Francis Otter	3,078	41.2	New
Majority			1,308	17.6	N/A
Turnout			7,464	76.2	N/A
Registered electors			9,793
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	4,157	56.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	William Shearburn Fox	3,250	43.9	N/A
Majority			907	12.2	N/A
Turnout			7,407	77.7	N/A
Registered electors			9,528
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)

Sleaford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
Major settlements	Sleaford
1885–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Mid Lincolnshire
Replaced by	Grantham and Rutland and Stamford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	4,653	63.4	+7.3
	Liberal	William Shearburn Fox	2,687	36.6	−7.3
Majority			1,966	26.8	+14.6
Turnout			7,340	75.9	−1.8
Registered electors			9,671
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	4,228	60.3	−3.1
	Liberal	Charles Emmanuel Reinhardt	2,785	39.7	+3.1
Majority			1,443	20.6	−6.2
Turnout			7,013	71.1	−4.8
Registered electors			9,870
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Lupton	4,355	51.7	+12.0
	Conservative	Henry Chaplin	4,062	48.3	−12.0
Majority			293	3.4	N/A
Turnout			8,417	84.2	+13.1
Registered electors			10,000
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.0

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	N/A
Turnout			9,265	89.2	+5.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.5