PETERSFIELD (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Petersfield' was an English Parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Petersfield in Hampshire. It existed for several hundred years until its abolition for the 1983 general election.
Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Thereater, its representation was reduced to one member until its abolition in 1983.

Contents

Members of Parliament

Election results

References

Members of Parliament

★ 1874 – 1880: William Sydney Hylton Jolliffe

★ 1880 – 1885: William Nicholson

★ 1885 – 1892: William Waldegrave Palmer

★ 1892 – 1897: William Wickham

★ 1897 – 1935: William Graham Nicholson

★ 1935 – 1941: Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith

★ 1941 – 1951: Sir George Jeffreys

★ 1951 – 1960: Peter Legh

★ 1960 – 1974: Joan Quennell

★ 1974 – 1983: Michael Mates

★ 1983 ''constituency abolished''

Election results

References

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