North West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North West Staffordshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Seatsone
Created from North Staffordshire and West Staffordshire
Replaced by Stone and Stafford

North West Staffordshire was a constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.

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History

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 George Leveson-Gower Liberal
1886 Justinian Edwards-Heathcote Conservative
1892 James Heath Conservative
1906 Alfred Billson Liberal
1907 Albert Stanley Liberal
1910 Labour
1916 Samuel Finney Labour
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: North West Staffordshire [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Leveson-Gower 5,757 54.9
Conservative Justinian Edwards-Heathcote 4,72045.1
Majority 1,0379.8
Turnout 10,47779.2'
Registered electors 13,222
Liberal win (new seat)

Leveson-Gower was appointed Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 12 Feb 1886: North West Staffordshire [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1886: North West Staffordshire [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Justinian Edwards-Heathcote 5,252 54.1 +9.0
Liberal George Leveson-Gower 4,45945.99.0
Majority 7938.2N/A
Turnout 9,71173.45.8
Registered electors 13,222
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.0

Elections in the 1890s

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James Heath
General election 1892: North West Staffordshire [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Heath 5,638 51.1 3.0
Liberal Leonard Shoobridge 5,40648.9+3.0
Majority 2322.26.0
Turnout 11,04478.8+5.4
Registered electors 14,011
Conservative hold Swing 3.0
General election 1895: North West Staffordshire [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Heath 6,206 52.8 +1.7
Liberal Leonard Shoobridge 5,53847.21.7
Majority 6685.6+3.4
Turnout 11,74480.1+1.3
Registered electors 14,657
Conservative hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North West Staffordshire [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Heath 6,205 57.5 +4.7
Liberal James Lovatt4,59442.54.7
Majority 1,61115.0+9.4
Turnout 10,79973.86.3
Registered electors 14,626
Conservative hold Swing +4.7
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Alfred Billson
General election 1906: North West Staffordshire [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alfred Billson 7,667 58.0 +15.5
Conservative James Heath 5,55742.015.5
Majority 2,11016.0N/A
Turnout 13,22485.8+12.0
Registered electors 15,404
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.5
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Albert Stanley
1907 North West Staffordshire by-election [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Albert Stanley 7,396 59.4 +1.4
Conservative Thomas Twyford 5,04740.6−1.4
Majority 2,34918.8+2.8
Turnout 12,44379.16.7
Registered electors 15,738
Lib-Lab hold Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North West Staffordshire [4] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Stanley 8,566 59.8 New
Conservative Gilbert Nugent5,75440.21.8
Majority 2,81219.6+3.6
Turnout 14,32086.8+1.0
Registered electors 16,498
Labour hold Swing +1.8
General election December 1910: North West Staffordshire [4] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Albert Stanley 8,125 62.2 +2.4
Conservative Leslie de Gruyther4,94037.82.4
Majority 3,18524.4+4.8
Turnout 13,06579.27.6
Registered electors 16,498
Labour hold Swing +2.4

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;

1916 North West Staffordshire by-election [5] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Samuel Finney Unopposed
Labour hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Liberal Year Book, 1908
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN   9781349022984.
  3. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  4. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  5. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918