Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Northamptonshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one
Replaced by Northampton, Daventry and Kettering

Mid Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Northampton, the Sessional Divisions of Little Bowden and Northampton, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Daventry and Kettering.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Charles Spencer Liberal
1895 Sir James Pender Conservative
1900 Charles Spencer Liberal
1906 Harry Manfield Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Mid Northamptonshire [1][2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Charles Robert Spencer 5,446 55.6 n/a
Conservative Pickering Phipps 4,347 44.4 n/a
Majority 1,099 11.2 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal win (new seat)
Mid Northamptonshire by-election, 1886 [1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Charles Robert Spencer Unopposed n/a n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
General Election 1886: Mid Northamptonshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Charles Robert Spencer 4,887 n/a
Liberal Unionist William Cornwallis Cartwright 3,931 n/a
Majority 956 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Mid Northamptonshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Charles Robert Spencer 4,731
Conservative James Pender 4,300
Majority 431
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
Mid Northamptonshire by-election, 1892 [2][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hon. Charles Robert Spencer Unopposed n/a n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
Pender
General Election 1895: Mid Northamptonshire [2][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative James Pender 5,084 n/a
Liberal Rt Hon. Charles Robert Spencer 4,802 n/a
Majority 282 n/a
Turnout n/a
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing n/a

Elections in the 1900s

Spencer
General Election 1900: Mid Northamptonshire [2][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Rt Hon. Charles Robert Spencer 5,399
Conservative Sir James Pender 4,605
Majority 794
Turnout
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
Peel
General Election 1906: Mid Northamptonshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harry Manfield 6,307
Conservative Robert Francis Peel 5,067
Majority 1,240
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Mid Northamptonshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harry Manfield 6,559
Conservative Thomas Guy Frederick Paget 6,003
Majority 556
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing
General Election December 1910: Mid Northamptonshire [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harry Manfield 6,281
Conservative Thomas Guy Frederick Paget 6,031
Majority 250
Turnout
Liberal 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;

References

  1. 1 2 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  3. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  4. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  6. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  8. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  9. ↑ Birmingham Daily Post 9 Mar 1914
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