North Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cheshire
North Cheshire
Former county constituency ; for the House of Commons
	Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the southern striped area inland of the broad Mersey estuary, wholly shown.
1832–1868
Seats	2
Created from	Cheshire
Replaced by	East Cheshire ; Mid Cheshire ; Stalybridge

Last updated July 10, 2024

North Cheshire is a former United Kingdom parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the division of Cheshire in 1832. In 1868 it was abolished with South Cheshire to form East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire, West Cheshire and Stalybridge.

History

North Cheshire, or the Northern Division of Cheshire, was created as a two-member constituency under the Representation of the People Act 1832 (Great Reform Act) as one of 2 divisions, along with South Cheshire, of the Parliamentary County of Cheshire. It comprised the Hundreds of Macclesfield and Bucklow.^[1]

Under the Reform Act 1867,^[2] Cheshire was further divided with the creation of Mid Cheshire, to which the Bucklow Hundred was transferred. North Cheshire, now comprising the Hundred of Macclesfield was renamed East Cheshire by the Boundaries Act 1868.^[3]

Members of Parliament

Election	First member		First party		Second Party
1832		Hon. Edward Stanley	Whig ^[4]^[5]^[6]	William Egerton	Conservative
1841		George Legh	Conservative
1847		Hon. Edward Stanley	Whig ^[4]^[5]^[6]
1848 by-election		George Legh	Conservative
1858 by-election		George Legh	Conservative	Hon. Wilbraham Egerton	Conservative
1868	Second Reform Act: constituency abolished

Elections

General election 1865: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Wilbraham Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Legh	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,026
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Wilbraham Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Legh	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,504
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

By-election, 7 August 1858: Cheshire Northern^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wilbraham Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Caused by Egerton's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead

General election 1857: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Legh	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,693
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Egerton	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Legh	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,494
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

By-election, 8 June 1848: Cheshire Northern^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Legh	3,060	55.8	*N/A*
	Whig	Francis Dukinfield Palmer-Astley^[8]^[9]	2,419	44.2	N/A
Majority			641	11.6	N/A
Turnout			5,479	76.2	N/A
Registered electors			7,188
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Caused by elevation of Edward Stanley to the House of Lords as Lord Eddisbury

General election 1847: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Egerton	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Stanley	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,188
	Conservative hold
	Whig gain from Conservative

General election 1841: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Egerton	2,782	36.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Legh	2,652	34.7	*N/A*
	Whig	Edward Stanley	2,206	28.9	N/A
Majority			446	5.8	N/A
Turnout			4,923 (est)	80.0 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			6,154
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1837: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Egerton	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Stanley	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,029
	Conservative hold
	Whig hold

General election 1835: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Egerton	Unopposed
	Whig	Edward Stanley	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,045
	Conservative hold
	Whig hold

General election 1832: Cheshire Northern (2 seats)^[7]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Edward Stanley	2,556	39.3
	Tory	William Egerton	2,428	37.4
	Whig	John Richard Delap Tollemache	1,516	23.3
Turnout			4,346	85.1
Registered electors			5,105
Majority			128	1.9
	Whig win (new seat)
Majority			912	14.1
	Whig win (new seat)

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References

↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
↑ "Reform Act 1867" (PDF).
↑ "Boundaries Act 1868". 1807.
1 2 "Stanley Family's Collection of Ethnographic Objects". Rethinking Pitt-Rivers. University of Oxford . Retrieved 29 July 2018.
1 2 Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 213. Retrieved 29 July 2018– via Google Books.
1 2 "The New Parliament" . Derby Mercury. 9 January 1833. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
↑ "North Cheshire Election" . Chester Chronicle. 2 June 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 25 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Leeds Intelligencer" . 10 June 1848. p. 7. Retrieved 25 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
1 2 3 4 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 31. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

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[1] "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[2] "Reform Act 1867" (PDF).

[3] "Boundaries Act 1868". 1807.

[stanley-rpr-4] 1 2 "Stanley Family's Collection of Ethnographic Objects". Rethinking Pitt-Rivers. University of Oxford . Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[assembledcommons-5] 1 2 Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 213. Retrieved 29 July 2018– via Google Books.

[derbymercury1833-6] 1 2 "The New Parliament" . Derby Mercury. 9 January 1833. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.

[craig1832-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 361. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

[8] "North Cheshire Election" . Chester Chronicle. 2 June 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 25 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Leeds Intelligencer" . 10 June 1848. p. 7. Retrieved 25 March 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.

[stooks-smith-10] 1 2 3 4 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 31. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

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