East Cheshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
1868–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | North Cheshire |
Replaced by | Macclesfield |
East Cheshire was a parliamentary constituency which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.
Under the Reform Act 1867, [1] the Parliamentary County of Cheshire was divided into three 2-member constituencies. This was achieved by the creation of Mid Cheshire which comprised the Hundred of Bucklow from North Cheshire and the Hundred of Northwich from South Cheshire. Under the Boundary Act 1868, [2] North Cheshire and South Cheshire were renamed East Cheshire and West Cheshire respectively.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, [3] the three 2-member seats were abolished and re-divided into eight single-member constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.
Election [6] [7] | First member | First party | Second member | Second Party | ||
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1868 | Edward Egerton | Conservative | William Legh | Conservative | ||
1869 by-election | William Cunliffe Brooks | Conservative | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Egerton | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Legh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,276 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Egerton's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Cunliffe Brooks | 2,908 | 61.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Watkin | 1,815 | 38.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,093 | 23.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,723 | 75.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,276 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Cunliffe Brooks | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | William Legh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,492 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Cunliffe Brooks | 3,424 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Legh | 3,310 | 30.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Gibbon Bayley-Worthington | 2,032 | 19.0 | New | |
Liberal | Thomas Albert Bazley | 1,947 | 18.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,278 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,357 (est) | 78.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,849 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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