Mid Surrey (UK Parliament constituency)

The Act thus abolished the West, Mid and East Surrey divisions double seat-areas that comprised the county.As Surrey was now split into single-representative areas this met a Chartist objective, discouraging the frequent collusion between candidates or parties which had beset multi-member constituencies (specifically plurality-at-large voting, for which "bloc(k) vote" in Britain was the term used).These six distinctly county (non-metropolitan) divisions the Act numbered, named (and detailed as summarised in outline below):[1] 1868–1885: The Hundreds of Kingston, Reigate and so much of that of Wallington as lay to the west of the parishes of Croydon and Sanderstead, and so much of the Hundred of Brixton as lay to the west of the parishes of Streatham, Clapham and Lambeth.[2] Brodrick succeeded to the peerage, becoming Viscount Midleton and causing a by-election.Baggallay was appointed Solicitor-General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.
county constituencyHouse of CommonsCountySurreyEast SurreyBatterseaWandsworthClaphamKingstonWimbledonEnglandMembers of ParliamentUK Parliamentbloc voteSecond Reform Act1868 general electionRedistribution of Seats Act 18851885 general electionCounty of LondonChartistplurality-at-largeNorth-Western or ChertseySouth-Western or GuildfordSouth-Eastern or ReigateMid or EpsomNorth-Eastern or WimbledonSir Henry PeekConservativeRousdonWilliam Brodrick1870 by-electionRichard BaggallayQueen's Gate1875 by-electionSir Trevor Lawrence, Bt.Sir John Whittaker Ellis, Bt.General election 1868Henry PeekLiberalJulian GoldsmidIndependent LiberalTurnoutRegistered electorsBy-election, 17 Oct 1870General election 1874Solicitor-General for England and WalesBy-election, 16 Mar 1874By-election, 24 Nov 1875Trevor LawrenceGeneral election 1880Sydney SternJohn Whittaker EllisCraig, F. W. S.Surrey CometBritish Newspaper Archive