Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Northamptonshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one

Mid Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Northampton, the Sessional Divisions of Little Bowden and Northampton, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Daventry and Kettering.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Robert Spencer, later Earl Spencer	Liberal
	1895	Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet	Conservative
	1900	Charles Robert Spencer, later Earl Spencer	Liberal
	1906	Harry Manfield	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election December 1910: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Manfield	6,281
	Conservative	Thomas Guy Frederick Paget	6,031
Majority			250
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election January 1910: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Manfield	6,559
	Conservative	Thomas Guy Frederick Paget	6,003
Majority			556
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Manfield	6,307
	Conservative	R.F. Peel	5,067
Majority			1,240
Turnout			13,450
	Liberal hold		Swing

Charles Spencer

General Election 1900: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt. Hon Charles Robert Spencer	5,399
	Conservative	Sir James Pender, Bt.	4,605
Majority			794
Turnout			12,175
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1895: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Pender	5,084
	Liberal	Rt. Hon. Charles Robert Spencer	4,802
Majority			282
Turnout			11,714
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

By-election 24 August 1892:Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Robert Spencer	Unopposed
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1892: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Robert Spencer	4,731
	Conservative	James Pender	4,300
Majority			431
Turnout			10,808
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1886: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Robert Spencer	4,887
	Liberal Unionist	W.C. Cartwright	3,931
Majority			956
Turnout			11,306
	Liberal hold		Swing

By-election 12 February 1886: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Robert Spencer	Unopposed
Turnout			11,306	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: Northamptonshire (Mid Division)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Charles Robert Spencer	5,446
	Conservative	Pickering Phipps	4,347
Majority			1,099
Turnout			11,306
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)