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[7]
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;
^"'Petersfield', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ a b c d e f g"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ a b c d e f g h i j"History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^April 1660: Cole was also elected for Winchester, but appears never to have chosen which constituency he would sit for so as to allow a replacement to be elected for the other
^On petition (in a dispute over the franchise), Taylor's election was declared void and his opponent, Miller, was declared to have been duly elected
^Beckford was also elected for the City of London, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Petersfield
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zStooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 129–131. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^Hotham was also elected for Leominster, which he chose to represent, and never sat for Petersfield
^ a bIn 1832 a petition was lodged against the result, and the election of John Shaw-Lefevre was declared void. After scrutiny of the ballots, Hylton Jolliffe was declared elected in 1833. F.W.S. Craig's British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 and Henry Stooks Smith's The Parliaments of England from 1715 to 1847 record the member seated after the petition as William Jolliffe. However, The History of Parliament's article on Petersfield borough note in footnote 42 that both the official returns (PP (1878), lxii, pt. ii, 348) and the 1833 petition (CJ, lxxxviii. 13-14) confirm that the member seated was Hylton Jolliffe. This is as reported in the Times article on the petition committee's report: "Petersfield Election Committee", The Times, 7 March 1833, page 4.
^ a b"Election Movements". Berkshire Chronicle. 22 July 1837. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ a bThe Spectator, Volume 14. F. C. Westley. 1841. p. 514. Retrieved 27 November 2018 – via Google Books.
^ a bIn 1837 a petition was lodged against the result, and the election of Jolliffe was declared void. After scrutiny of the ballots, Hector was declared elected in 1838
^In 1874, a petition was lodged against the election of Jolliffe. Scrutiny of the results led to a referral to the Court of Common Pleas on the validity of 64 of Joliffe's votes and 11 of those for Nicholson. The votes were declared valid and the election upheld.
^ a bSalmon, Philip; Spencer, Howard. "Petersfield". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l mCraig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
^ a b c d e fThe Liberal Year Book, 1907
^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
^ a b c d e f g h iCraig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
^ a bDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 145 (169 in web page), Hampshire
^ a bDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ a b c d e f g hBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
^The Liberal Magazine, 1939
^Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
Sources
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
Robert Beatson, (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament Google Books