| Mid Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | South Northamptonshire, North Northamptonshire |
| Replaced by | Northampton, Daventry, Kettering and Wellingborough |
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[edit]
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Northampton, the Sessional Divisions of Little Bowden and Northampton, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Daventry (the parishes of Ashby St. Ledgers, Barby, Claycoton Crick, Elkington, Kilsby, Lilboume, Long Buckley, Stanford, Watford, West Haddon, Winwick, and Yelvertoft) and Kettering (the parishes of Draughton, Faxton, Glendon, Harrington, Loddington, Mawsley, Orton, Rothwell, and Thorpe Malsor). [1]
History[edit]
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[edit]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Charles Spencer | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Sir James Pender | Conservative | |
| 1900 | Charles Spencer | Liberal | |
| 1906 | Harry Manfield | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results[edit]
| Decades: |
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Spencer | 5,446 | 55.6 | ||
| Conservative | Pickering Phipps | 4,347 | 44.4 | ||
| Majority | 1,099 | 11.2 | |||
| Turnout | 9,793 | 86.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 11,306 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Spencer was appointed Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Spencer' | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Spencer | 4,887 | 55.4 | −0.2 | |
| Liberal Unionist | William Cornwallis Cartwright | 3,931 | 44.6 | +0.2 | |
| Majority | 956 | 10.8 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 8,818 | 78.0 | −8.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,306 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Spencer | 4,731 | 52.4 | −3.0 | |
| Conservative | James Pender | 4,300 | 47.6 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 431 | 4.8 | −6.0 | ||
| Turnout | 9,031 | 83.6 | +5.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,808 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.0 | |||
Spencer is appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Spencer | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Pender | 5,084 | 51.4 | +3.8 | |
| Liberal | Charles Spencer | 4,802 | 48.6 | −3.8 | |
| Majority | 282 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 9,886 | 84.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,714 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Charles Spencer | 5,399 | 54.0 | +5.4 | |
| Conservative | James Pender | 4,605 | 46.0 | −5.4 | |
| Majority | 794 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 10,004 | 82.2 | −2.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 12,175 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Harry Manfield | 6,307 | 55.5 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | Robert Francis Peel | 5,067 | 44.5 | −1.5 | |
| Majority | 1,240 | 11.0 | +3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 11,374 | 84.6 | +2.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,450 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Harry Manfield | 6,559 | 52.2 | −3.3 | |
| Conservative | Guy Paget | 6,003 | 47.8 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 556 | 4.4 | −6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 12,562 | 88.5 | +3.9 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Harry Manfield | 6,281 | 51.0 | −1.2 | |
| Conservative | Guy Paget | 6,031 | 49.0 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 250 | 2.0 | −2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 12,312 | 85.8 | −1.7 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Harry Manfield
- Unionist: Guy Paget[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 48 & 49 Victoria. Ch. 23: Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Schedule 7". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1885. pp. 166–167. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ a b British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- ^ a b c Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
- ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ^ Birmingham Daily Post 9 Mar 1914