North Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Staffordshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Staffordshire
1832–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by North West Staffordshire
Leek
Burton
Created from Staffordshire

North Staffordshire (formally the Northern division of Staffordshire) was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832–33 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832-1868: The Hundreds of Pirehill, Totmonslow and North Offlow.[1]

1868-1885: The Hundreds of Totmonslow and Pirehill North.[2]

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt Whig Edward Manningham-Buller Whig
1837 Hon. Bingham Baring Conservative
1841 Jesse David Watts Russell Conservative Charles Adderley Conservative
1847 Viscount Brackley Conservative
1851 by-election Smith Child Conservative
1859 Viscount Ingestre Conservative
1865 Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, Bt Liberal
1874 Colin Minton Campbell Conservative
1878 by-election Robert William Hanbury Conservative
1880 William Young Craig Liberal Harry Davenport Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

Egerton's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 22 February 1851: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Smith Child Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1852: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Adderley Unopposed
Conservative Smith Child Unopposed
Registered electors 9,546
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General Election 1857: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Adderley 4,112 37.4 N/A
Conservative Smith Child 3,865 35.1 N/A
Whig Edward Buller[4] 3,020 27.5 N/A
Majority 845 7.7 N/A
Turnout 7,009 (est) 73.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 9,536
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Adderley was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 8 March 1858: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Adderley Unopposed
Conservative hold
General Election 1859: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Adderley Unopposed
Conservative Charles Chetwynd-Talbot Unopposed
Registered electors 10,859
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edward Buller 4,628 35.3 N/A
Conservative Charles Adderley 4,416 33.7 N/A
Conservative Charles Chetwynd-Talbot 4,053 30.9 N/A
Majority 212 1.6 N/A
Turnout 8,863 (est) 82.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 10,703
Conservative hold
Liberal gain from Conservative
General Election 1868: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Adderley Unopposed
Liberal Edward Manningham-Buller Unopposed
Registered electors 10,261
Conservative hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Adderley Unopposed
Conservative Colin Minton Campbell Unopposed
Registered electors 10,104
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal

Adderley was appointed President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 23 Mar 1874: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Charles Adderley Unopposed
Conservative hold

Adderley was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Norton, and causing a by-election.

By-election, 24 Apr 1878: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Robert William Hanbury Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: North Staffordshire[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Young Craig 4,821 37.3 N/A
Conservative Harry Davenport 4,333 33.5 N/A
Conservative Robert William Hanbury 3,764 29.1 N/A
Majority 488 3.8 N/A
Turnout 8,870 (est) 80.8 (est)
Registered electors 10,974
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  2. ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 456–457. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. ↑ "The New Parliament". London Evening Standard. 3 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).


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