East Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
East Cheshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
1868–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Replaced by | Macclesfield |
Created from | North Cheshire |
East Cheshire was parliamentary constituency which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.
History
The constituency was created upon the abolition of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1868 and the redivision of Cheshire into East Cheshire, West Cheshire, Mid Cheshire and Stalybridge. In 1885, the first three of these were abolished and re-divided into eight constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.
Boundaries
1868-1885: The Hundred of Macclesfield.[1]
Members of Parliament
Election[2][3] | First member | First party | Second member | Second Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1868 | Edward Egerton | Conservative | William Legh | Conservative | ||
1869 by-election | William Cunliffe Brooks | Conservative | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Egerton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Legh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,276 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Egerton's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cunliffe Brooks | 2,908 | 61.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Watkin | 1,815 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,093 | 23.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,723 | 75.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,276 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cunliffe Brooks | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Legh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,492 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Cunliffe Brooks | 3,424 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Legh | 3,310 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Gibbon Bayley-Worthington | 2,032 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | Thomas Albert Bazley | 1,947 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,278 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,357 (est) | 78.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,849 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
See also
References
- ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 359. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- 1 2 3 4 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)
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(help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. - ↑ "The Mid Campaign". London Evening Standard. 5 April 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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