North Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cheshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern striped area inland of the broad Mersey estuary, wholly shown.
1832–1868
Seats 2
Created from Cheshire
Replaced by East Cheshire
Mid Cheshire
Stalybridge

North Cheshire is a former United Kingdom parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the division of Cheshire in 1832. In 1868 it was abolished with South Cheshire to form East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire, West Cheshire and Stalybridge.

History

North Cheshire, or the Northern Division of Cheshire, was created as a two-member constituency under the Representation of the People Act 1832 (Great Reform Act) as one of 2 divisions, along with South Cheshire, of the Parliamentary County of Cheshire. It comprised the Hundreds of Macclesfield and Bucklow.

Under the Reform Act 1867, Cheshire was further divided with the creation of Mid Cheshire, to which the Bucklow Hundred was transferred. North Cheshire, now comprising the Hundred of Macclesfield was renamed East Cheshire by the Boundaries Act 1868.

Members of Parliament

Election First member First party Second member Second Party
1832 Hon. Edward Stanley Whig William Egerton Conservative
1841 George Legh Conservative
1847 Hon. Edward Stanley Whig
1848 by-election George Legh Conservative
1858 by-election Hon. Wilbraham Egerton Conservative
1868 Second Reform Act: constituency abolished

Elections

General election 1865: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilbraham Egerton Unopposed
Conservative George Legh Unopposed
Registered electors 6,026
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilbraham Egerton Unopposed
Conservative George Legh Unopposed
Registered electors 6,504
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 7 August 1858: Cheshire Northern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilbraham Egerton Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Egerton Unopposed
Conservative George Legh Unopposed
Registered electors 6,693
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Egerton Unopposed
Conservative George Legh Unopposed
Registered electors 7,494
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
By-election, 8 June 1848: Cheshire Northern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Legh 3,060 55.8 N/A
Whig Francis Dukinfield Palmer-Astley 2,419 44.2 N/A
Majority 641 11.6 N/A
Turnout 5,479 76.2 N/A
Registered electors 7,188
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
  • Caused by elevation of Edward Stanley to the House of Lords as Lord Eddisbury
General election 1847: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Egerton Unopposed
Whig Edward Stanley Unopposed
Registered electors 7,188
Conservative hold
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1841: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Egerton 2,782 36.4 N/A
Conservative George Legh 2,652 34.7 N/A
Whig Edward Stanley 2,206 28.9 N/A
Majority 446 5.8 N/A
Turnout 4,923 (est) 80.0 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,154
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Egerton Unopposed
Whig Edward Stanley Unopposed
Registered electors 6,029
Conservative hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative William Egerton Unopposed
Whig Edward Stanley Unopposed
Registered electors 5,045
Conservative hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Edward Stanley 2,556 39.3
Tory William Egerton 2,428 37.4
Whig John Richard Delap Tollemache 1,516 23.3
Turnout 4,346 85.1
Registered electors 5,105
Majority 128 1.9
Whig win (new seat)
Majority 912 14.1
Whig win (new seat)

See also