North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| North Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Northamptonshire |
| 1832–1918 | |
| Number of members |
1832–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
| Created from | Northamptonshire |
North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Oundle and Thrapstone, part of the Sessional Division of Kettering, the Liberty of the Soke of Peterborough, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Stamford in the county of Northamptonshire.
The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was merged into Peterborough.
Members of Parliament
From 1832 until 1885, the constituency returned two Members of Parliament elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election, its area was reduced and representation reduced to one member, elected by the first past the post voting system.
1832 - 1885
| Year | Senior Member (1) | Party | Junior Member (2) | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Viscount Milton | Whig | Lord Brudenell | Tory (then Conservative) | ||
| 1833 | Lord Brudenell | Conservative | Viscount Milton | Whig | ||
| 1835 | Lord Brudenell | Conservative | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Conservative | ||
| 1837 | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Conservative | Viscount Maidstone | Conservative | ||
| 1841 | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Conservative | Augustus Stafford | Conservative | ||
| 1857 | George Ward Hunt | Conservative | Lord Burghley | Conservative | ||
| 1867 | George Ward Hunt | Conservative | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | Conservative | ||
| 1877 | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | Conservative | Lord Burghley | Conservative | ||
| 1880 | Lord Burghley | Conservative | Hon. Charles Spencer | Liberal | ||
(1) Refers to the longest-serving member for North Northamptonshire at that time.
(2) Refers to the shortest-serving member for North Northamptonshire at that time.
1885 - 1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Lord Burghley | Conservative | |
| 1895 | Edward Philip Monckton | Conservative | |
| 1900 | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | Conservative | |
| 1906 | George Nicholls | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Henry Brassey | Conservative | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
| General Election 1885: Northamptonshire North (Oundle)[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brownlow Henry George Cecil, Lord Burghley | ||||
| Liberal | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1886: Northamptonshire North [2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brownlow Henry George Cecil, Lord Burghley | ||||
| Liberal | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1890s
| General Election 1892: Northamptonshire North [3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Brownlow Henry George Cecil, Rt Hon. Lord Burghley | ||||
| Liberal | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1895: Northamptonshire North [4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Edward Philip Monckton | ||||
| Liberal | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
| General Election 1900: Northamptonshire North [5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sackville George Stopford-Sackville | ||||
| Liberal | |||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1906: Northamptonshire North [6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | George Nicholls | 4,880 | |||
| Conservative | Sackville George Stopford-Sackville | 4,195 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1910s
| General Election January 1910: Northamptonshire North [7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey | ||||
| Liberal | George Nicholls | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| General Election December 1910: Northamptonshire North [8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey | 5,272 | 55.5 | ||
| Liberal | James Rennie Wilkinson | 4,221 | 44.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,051 | 11.0 | |||
| Turnout | 88.2 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey
- Liberal:
References
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)