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
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 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 Tichborne Davenport Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

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.
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