Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Stalybridge | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
Major settlements | Stalybridge |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Cheshire South Lancashire (parts of) |
Replaced by | Stalybridge & Hyde Mossley |
Stalybridge officially sometimes written in early years as Staleybridge was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1868 until 1918 by one MP. It comprised the borough of Stalybridge which lay in Lancashire and Cheshire and which is in the east of today's Greater Manchester. On abolition for the 1918 general election under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the seat's main replacement became Stalybridge and Hyde.
Creation, boundaries and abolition
Parliament created this seat under the Reform Act 1867, the part of the second Reform Act that covered England and Wales, which defined its components as the:[1]
- Municipal Borough of Stalybridge
- The remaining portion of the township of Dukinfield
- Township of Stalley
- The District of the Local Board of Health of Mossley
It was marginally expanded in line with a local government change under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, to be:
Name of parliamentary borough | Contents and boundaries |
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Stalybridge | So much of the Municipal Borough of Stalybridge as it not included in the said Parliamentary borough.[2] |
The seat was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918 which decanted its settlements into two new seats: Stalybridge & Hyde and Mossley.
Members of Parliament
- 1868 Constituency created
Previously part of North Cheshire and South Lancashire
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1868 | James Sidebottom | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1871 by-election | Nathaniel Buckley | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1874 | Tom Harrop Sidebottom | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1880 | William Summers | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1885 | Tom Harrop Sidebottom | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1900 | Matthew White Ridley | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1905 by-election | John Frederick Cheetham | Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jan. 1910 | John Wood | Conservative |
1918 Constituency abolished: see Stalybridge and Hyde |
Elections
Decades: |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Sidebottom | 2,405 | 53.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Nathaniel Buckley | 2,078 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 327 | 7.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,483 | 84.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,338 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1870s
Sidebottom's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nathaniel Buckley | 2,198 | 51.9 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Francis Powell[4] | 2,033 | 48.1 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 165 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,231 | 86.0 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 4,918 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 2,378 | 51.7 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Nathaniel Buckley | 2,220 | 48.3 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 158 | 3.4 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,598 | 89.6 | +5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,129 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Summers | 2,706 | 51.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 2,542 | 48.4 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 164 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,248 | 93.6 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,606 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,169 | 51.8 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | William Summers | 2,950 | 48.2 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 219 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,119 | 95.3 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,424 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,220 | 55.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | John Webb Probyn | 2,638 | 45.0 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 582 | 10.0 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,858 | 91.2 | −4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 6,424 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,280 | 52.7 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Joshua Macer Wright | 2,943 | 47.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 337 | 5.4 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,223 | 92.8 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,703 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Harrop Sidebottom | 3,389 | 55.1 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Joshua Macer Wright | 2,757 | 44.9 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 632 | 10.2 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,146 | 88.1 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 6,980 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Matthew White Ridley | 3,321 | 50.6 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 3,241 | 49.4 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 80 | 1.2 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,562 | 88.0 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,461 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 4,029 | 56.7 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | James Travis-Clegg | 3,078 | 43.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 951 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,107 | 93.5 | +5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,601 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 3,836 | 53.1 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | James Travis-Clegg | 3,382 | 46.9 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 454 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,218 | 93.8 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 7,691 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.7 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Wood | 3,736 | 50.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Allan Heywood Bright | 3,679 | 49.6 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 57 | 0.8 | 7.0 | ||
Turnout | 94.3 | +0.5 | |||
Registered electors | 7,860 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Wood | 3,807 | 52.7 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Allan Heywood Bright | 3,414 | 47.3 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 393 | 5.4 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 91.9 | −2.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,860 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.3 |
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;
- Unionist: John Wood
- Liberal: Walter Kenyon
Sources
- ^ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1867/102/pdfs/ukpga_18670102_en.pdf Reform Act 1867, Schedule B; Statutes of the Realm, Eyre & Spottiswoode (1880, London) at p. 1167
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n131/mode/2up/search/staley Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Fifth Schedule; Statutes of the Realm, Eyre & Spottiswoode (1884, London) at p. 129
- ^ a b c d Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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