North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North Northamptonshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Northamptonshire
1832–1918
Seats1832–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Created from Northamptonshire and Higham Ferrers
Replaced by Wellingborough, Kettering and Peterborough

North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This constituency included the majority of the Soke of Peterborough (also known as the 'Liberty of Peterborough'), with the exception of the actual city of Peterborough itself, which was a borough constituency that returned its own MP.

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Boundaries

1832–1885: The Liberty of Peterborough, and the Hundreds of Willybrook, Polebrook, Huxloe, Navisford, Corby, Higham Ferrers, Rothwell, Hamfordshoe and Orlingbury. [1]

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Oundle and Thrapstone, part of the Sessional Division of Kettering (with the exceptions below), the Liberty of the Soke of Peterborough, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Stamford in the county of Northamptonshire. (The part of the Sessional Division of Kettering included in North Northamptonshire excluded the parishes of Broughton, Cransley, Kettering and Pytchley, which were assigned to East Northamptonshire, and also excluded the parishes of Draughton, Faxton, Glendon, Harrington, Loddington, Mawsley, Orton, Rothwell and Thorpe Malsor, which were assigned to Mid Northamptonshire). [2]

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was merged into Peterborough.

Members of Parliament

From 1832 until 1885, the constituency returned two Members of Parliament elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election, its area was reduced and representation reduced to one member, elected by the first past the post voting system.

1832 - 1885

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam Whig [3] James Brudenell Tory [3]
1833 William Wentworth-FitzWilliam Whig [3]
1834 Conservative [3]
1835 Thomas Philip Maunsell Conservative [3]
1837 George Finch-Hatton Conservative [3]
1841 Augustus Stafford Conservative [3]
Apr. 1857 William Cecil Conservative
Dec. 1857 George Ward Hunt Conservative
1867 Sackville Stopford-Sackville Conservative
1877 Brownlow Cecil Conservative
1880 Hon. Charles Spencer Liberal

1885 - 1918

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Lord Burghley Conservative
1895 Edward Monckton Conservative
1900 Sackville Stopford-Sackville Conservative
1906 George Nicholls Liberal
1910 Henry Brassey Conservative
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 1,562 26.8
Tory James Brudenell 1,541 26.4
Whig William Hanbury 1,45525.0
Tory Thomas Tryon1,26921.8
Turnout 3,06391.1
Registered electors 3,363
Majority210.4
Whig win (new seat)
Majority861.4
Tory win (new seat)

Wentworth-Fitzwilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl Fitzwilliam and causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1833: North Northamptonshire [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount MiltonUnopposed
Whig hold
General election 1835: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount MiltonUnopposed
Conservative James Brudenell Unopposed
Registered electors 3,552
Whig hold
Conservative hold

Wentworth-Fitzwilliam's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 21 December 1835: North Northamptonshire [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Philip Maunsell 1,841 59.6
Whig William Hanbury 1,24740.4
Majority59419.2
Turnout 3,08885.1
Registered electors 3,627
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1837: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Philip Maunsell 1,842 36.5
Conservative George Finch-Hatton 1,801 35.7
Whig William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 1,40427.8
Majority3977.9
Turnout 3,16484.2
Registered electors 3,757
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Augustus O'Brien Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Philip Maunsell Unopposed
Registered electors 4,166
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1847: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Augustus Stafford Unopposed
Conservative Thomas Philip Maunsell Unopposed
Registered electors 4,065
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Augustus Stafford 562 48.6 N/A
Conservative Thomas Philip Maunsell 560 48.4 N/A
Whig George Wentworth-FitzWilliam [5] 342.9New
Majority52645.5N/A
Turnout 595 (est)15.3 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,900
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Augustus Stafford Unopposed
Conservative William Cecil Unopposed
Registered electors 3,800
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stafford's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 16 December 1857: North Northamptonshire [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Ward Hunt 1,461 56.6 N/A
Whig Fitzpatrick Vernon [6] 1,11943.4New
Majority34213.2N/A
Turnout 2,58067.9N/A
Registered electors 3,800
Conservative hold
General election 1859: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Cecil 1,849 36.8 N/A
Conservative George Ward Hunt 1,831 36.4 N/A
Liberal Fitzpatrick Vernon 1,34426.8N/A
Majority4879.6N/A
Turnout 3,184 (est)84.3 (est)N/A
Registered electors 3,777
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Ward Hunt Unopposed
Conservative William Cecil Unopposed
Registered electors 4,016
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Cecil was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

1866 North Northamptonshire by-election (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Cecil Unopposed
Conservative hold

Cecil succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Marquess of Exeter, causing a by-election.

1867 North Northamptonshire by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sackville Stopford Unopposed
Conservative hold

Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, requiring a by-election.

1868 North Northamptonshire by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Ward Hunt Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1868: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Ward Hunt Unopposed
Conservative Sackville Stopford Unopposed
Registered electors 5,310
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Ward Hunt Unopposed
Conservative Sackville Stopford-Sackville Unopposed
Registered electors 5,215
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Hunt was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, causing a by-election.

1874 North Northamptonshire by-election (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Ward Hunt Unopposed
Conservative hold

Hunt's death caused a by-election.

1877 North Northamptonshire by-election (1 seat) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brownlow Cecil 2,261 60.5 N/A
Liberal Edmund Wyatt-Edgell [7] 1,47539.5New
Majority78621.0N/A
Turnout 3,73674.2N/A
Registered electors 5,033
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Spencer 2,425 33.9 N/A
Conservative Brownlow Cecil 2,405 33.7 N/A
Conservative Sackville Stopford-Sackville 2,31632.4N/A
Majority1091.5N/A
Turnout 4,830 (est)82.8 (est)N/A
Registered electors 5,833
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1885: North Northamptonshire [8] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brownlow Cecil 4,467 51.0 −15.1
Liberal James Carmichael 4,29649.0+15.1
Majority1712.0N/A
Turnout 8,76390.0+7.2 (est)
Registered electors 9,741
Conservative hold Swing −15.1
1886 general election: North Northamptonshire [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brownlow Cecil Unopposed
Conservative hold

Cecil was appointed Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.

1886 North Northamptonshire by-election [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brownlow Cecil Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: North Northamptonshire [8] [9] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brownlow Cecil 4,505 54.0 N/A
Liberal John Turner Stockburn3,83646.0New
Majority6698.0N/A
Turnout 8,34183.4N/A
Registered electors 9,999
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1895: North Northamptonshire [8] [9] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Philip Monckton Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North Northamptonshire [8] [9] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sackville Stopford-Sackville 4,559 58.0 N/A
Liberal Frederick Barlow3,30342.0New
Majority1,25616.0N/A
Turnout 7,86277.0N/A
Registered electors 10,209
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Nicholls George Nicholls.jpg
Nicholls
General election 1906: North Northamptonshire [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab George Nicholls 4,880 53.8 +11.8
Conservative Sackville Stopford-Sackville 4,19546.2−11.8
Majority6857.6N/A
Turnout 9,07584.9+7.9
Registered electors 10,688
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative Swing +11.8

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North Northamptonshire [8] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Brassey 5,520 55.5 +9.3
Lib-Lab George Nicholls 4,42944.5−9.3
Majority1,09111.0N/A
Turnout 9,94992.4+7.5
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab Swing +9.3
Wilkinson Rennie Wilkinson.jpg
Wilkinson
General election December 1910: North Northamptonshire [8] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Brassey 5,272 55.5 0.0
Liberal James Rennie Wilkinson4,22144.50.0
Majority1,05111.00.0
Turnout 9,49388.2−4.2
Conservative hold Swing 0.0

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;

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