Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)

Sleaford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Lincolnshire
Major settlements	Sleaford
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Created from	Mid Lincolnshire

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

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Chaplin	Conservative
	1906	Arnold Lupton	Liberal
	January 1910	Edmund Royds	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Election	Political result		Candidate		Party	Votes	%	±%
General election, 1885  New constituency Electorate: 9,863 Turnout: 8,221 (83.4%)		Conservative win Majority: 1,301 (15.8%) N/A		Henry Chaplin	Conservative	4,761	57.9	N/A
				C. Sharpe	Liberal	3,460	42.1	N/A
General election, 1886		Conservative hold		Henry Chaplin	Conservative	unopposed
By-election, September 1889  Chaplin appointed as President of the Board of Trade Electorate: 9,783 Turnout: 76.2%		Conservative hold Majority: 1,308 (17.6%)		Henry Chaplin	Conservative	4,386	58.8	N/A
				Francis Otter	Liberal	3,078	41.2	N/A
General election, 1892  Electorate: 9,528 Turnout: 7,407 (77.7%) +1.5		Conservative hold Majority: 907 (12.2%) −5.6 Swing: 2.7% from Con to Lib		Henry Chaplin	Conservative	4,157	56.1	−2.7
				W. S. Fox	Liberal	3,250	43.9	+2.7
By-election, July 1895  Chaplin appointed as President of the Local Government Board		Conservative hold		Henry Chaplin	Conservative	unopposed
General election, 1895  Electorate: 9,671 Turnout: 7,340 (75.9%) −1.8		Conservative hold Majority: 1,966 (26.8%) +14.6 Swing: 7.3% from Lib to Con		Henry Chaplin	Conservative	4,653	63.4	+7.3
				W. S. Fox	Liberal	2,687	36.6	−7.3
General election, 1900  Electorate: 9,970 Turnout: 7,013 (71.1%) −4.8		Conservative hold Majority: 1,443 (20.6%) −6.2 Swing: 3.1% from Con to Lib		Henry Chaplin	Conservative	4,228	60.3	−3.1
				C. E. Reinhardt	Liberal	2,687	39.7	+3.1
General election, 1906  Electorate: 10,000 Turnout: 8,417 (84.2%) +13.1		Liberal gain from Conservative Majority: 293 (3.3%) Swing: 12.0% from Con to Lib		Arnold Lupton	Liberal	4,355	51.7	+12.0
				Henry Chaplin	Conservative	4,062	48.3	−12.0
General election, January 1910  Electorate: 10,389 Turnout: 9,265 (89.2%) +1.0		Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 1,265 (13.6%) Swing: 8.5% from Lib to Con		Edmund Royds	Conservative	5,265	56.8	+8.5
				Arnold Lupton	Liberal	4,000	43.2	−8.5
General election, December 1910		Conservative hold		Edmund Royds	Conservative	unopposed