Mid Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| Mid Cheshire | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Created from | North Cheshire South Cheshire |
| Replaced by | Altrincham Hyde Knutsford Crewe Macclesfield Northwich |
Mid Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1868 and the redivision of Cheshire into Mid Cheshire, East Cheshire, West Cheshire and Stalybridge. In 1885, the first three of these were abolished and re-divided into eight constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.
Boundaries
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Bucklow and Northwich.[1]
Members of Parliament
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="3"| | style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1868 | Hon. Wilbraham Egerton | Conservative | George Legh | Conservative |
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1873 by-election | Egerton Leigh | Conservative | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" rowspan="2"| | 1876 by-election | Piers Egerton-Warburton | Conservative | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1883 by-election | Hon. Alan Egerton | Conservative | |||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
Elections
Elections in the 1860s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilbraham Egerton | 3,063 | 35.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | George Legh | 3,056 | 35.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal | John Warren | 2,452 | 28.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 604 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,512 (est) | 77.0 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 7,158 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1870s
Legh resigned, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Egerton Leigh | 3,508 | 62.4 | −9.0 | |
| Liberal | George William Latham | 2,118 | 37.6 | +9.0 | |
| Majority | 1,390 | 24.7 | +17.7 | ||
| Turnout | 5,626 | 72.1 | −4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,801 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −9.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilbraham Egerton | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Egerton Leigh | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,050 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Leigh's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Piers Egerton-Warburton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,050 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilbraham Egerton | 3,868 | 27.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Piers Egerton-Warburton | 3,700 | 26.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal | George William Latham | 3,374 | 23.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Vernon Armitage[3] | 3,247 | 22.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 326 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,095 (est) | 79.2 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 8,963 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Egerton's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Egerton, caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Egerton | 4,214 | 54.0 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal | George William Latham | 3,592 | 46.0 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 622 | 8.0 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 7,806 | 78.7 | −0.5 (est) | ||
| Registered electors | 9,915 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
See also
References
- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ^ a b c d e f Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
{{cite book}}:|format=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Mid-Cheshire". Liverpool Mercury. 7 April 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.