Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Stalybridge
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Cheshire
Major settlements	Stalybridge
1868–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Stalybridge & Hyde
Created from	North Cheshire and South Lancashire

Stalybridge was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It centred on the borough of Stalybridge, partly situated in Lancashire and partly in Cheshire.

Since the 1918 general election, the town has been represented in parliament through the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde.

Members of Parliament

• 1868 Constituency created

Previously part of North Cheshire and South Lancashire

Election		Member	Party
	1868	James Sidebottom	Conservative
	1871 by-election	Nathaniel Buckley	Liberal
	1874	Tom Harrop Sidebottom	Conservative
	1880	William Summers	Liberal
	1885	Tom Harrop Sidebottom	Conservative
	1900	Matthew White Ridley	Conservative
	1905 by-election	John Frederick Cheetham	Liberal
	Jan. 1910	John Wood	Conservative
1918 Constituency abolished: see Stalybridge and Hyde

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Tom Sidebottom

General Election 1885: Stalybridge[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Harrop Sidebottom	3,169	51.8
	Liberal	William Summers	2,950	48.2
Majority			219	3.6
Turnout				95.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1886: Stalybridge[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Harrop Sidebottom	3,220	55.0	+3.2
	Liberal	JW Probyn	2,638	45.0	-3.2
Majority			582	10.0	+6.4
Turnout				91.2	-4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Stalybridge[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Harrop Sidebottom	3,280	52.7
	Liberal	Joshua Macer Wright	2,943	47.3
Majority			337	5.4
Turnout				92.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Stalybridge[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Harrop Sidebottom	3,389	55.1	+2.4
	Liberal	Joshua Macer Wright	2,757	44.9	-2.4
Majority			632	10.2	+4.8
Turnout				88.1	-4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Stalybridge[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Baron Wensleydale, Matthew White Ridley	3,321	50.6
	Liberal	John Frederick Cheetham	3,241	49.4
Majority			80	1.2
Turnout				88.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

John Cheetham

Stalybridge by-election, 1905[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Frederick Cheetham	4,029	56.7	+7.3
	Conservative	James Travis Travis-Clegg	3,078	43.3	-7.3
Majority			951	13.4	14.6
Turnout			7,601	93.5	+5.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.3

General Election 1906: Stalybridge[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Frederick Cheetham	3,836	53.1	-3.6
	Conservative	James Travis Travis-Clegg	3,382	46.9	+3.6
Majority			454	6.2	-7.2
Turnout				93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.6

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Stalybridge[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wood	3,736	50.4	+3.5
	Liberal	Allan Heywood Bright	3,679	49.6	-3.5
Majority			57	0.8	7.0
Turnout				94.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election December 1910: Stalybridge[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Wood	3,87	52.7	+2.3
	Liberal	Allan Heywood Bright	3,414	47.3	-2.3
Majority			393	5.4	+4.6
Turnout				91.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.3

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: John Wood
• Liberal: Walter Kenyon

Sources

1. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
2. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
4. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
5. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
6. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 by Craig
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
9. British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)