North West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Staffordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one

North West Staffordshire was a constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	George Leveson-Gower	Liberal
	1886	Justinian Heathcote Edwards-Heathcote	Conservative
	1892	James Heath	Conservative
	1906	Alfred Billson	Liberal
	1907	Albert Stanley	Liberal
	1910		Labour
	1916	Samuel Finney	Labour
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: North West Staffordshire[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Granville Leveson-Gower	5,757		n/a
	Conservative	Justinian Heathcote Edwards-Heathcote	4,720		n/a
Majority			1,037		n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

General Election 1886: North West Staffordshire[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Justinian Heathcote Edwards-Heathcote	5,252
	Liberal	George Granville Leveson-Gower	4,459
Majority			793
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

James Heath

General Election 1892: North West Staffordshire[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Heath	5,638
	Liberal	Leonard Knollys Heyward Shoobridge	5,406
Majority			232
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

L. Shoobridge

General Election 1895: North West Staffordshire[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Heath	6,206
	Liberal	Leonard Knollys Heyward Shoobridge	5,538
Majority			668
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: North West Staffordshire[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Heath	6,205
	Liberal	James Lovatt	4,594
Majority			1611
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alfred Billson

General Election 1906: North West Staffordshire[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Billson	7,667	58.0
	Conservative	Sir James Heath	5,557	42.0
Majority			2,110	16.0
Turnout			13,224
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Albert Stanley

North West Staffordshire by-election, 1907[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Stanley	7,396	59.4	+1.4
	Conservative	Thomas William Twyford	5,047	40.6	-1.4
Majority			2,349	18.8	+2.8
Turnout			12,443
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: North West Staffordshire[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Stanley	8,566	59.8	+0.4
	Conservative	Gilbert Nugent	5,754	40.2	-0.4
Majority			2,812	19.6	+0.8
Turnout			14,320
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.4

General Election December 1910: North West Staffordshire[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Stanley	8,125
	Conservative	Leslie de Gruyther	4,940
Majority
Turnout
	Labour 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;

• Labour: Albert Stanley
• Unionist:

North West Staffordshire by-election, 1916[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Finney	*unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

• unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.

References

1. Liberal Year Book, 1908
2. Liberal Year Book, 1908
3. Liberal Year Book, 1908
4. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
6. Liberal Year Book, 1908
7. Liberal Year Book, 1908
8. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
9. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
10. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918