Created from Hampshire | ||
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Number of members 1547–1832: two
1832–1983: one Replaced by Hampshire, East Hampshire, Winchester, Fareham | ||
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.
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Until 1832, it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 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, Gatherington, 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 civil 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.
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1930s
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;