Northwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Northwich
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Northwich1974Constituency.svg
Boundary of Northwich in Cheshire, boundaries 1974–1983
County Cheshire
1885–1983
Seatsone
Created from Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire
Replaced by Eddisbury and Tatton [1]

Northwich was a constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

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History

Northwich was first created as one of eight single-member divisions of Cheshire under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

It was abolished following the reorganisation of local authorities in 1974 by the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 1983 general election, when it was divided roughly equally between the re-established constituency of Eddisbury and the new constituency of Tatton.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Runcorn, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Eddisbury, Leftwich and Northwich. [2]

Comprised the towns of Runcorn, Northwich, Winsford and Middlewich, and surrounding rural areas.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Northwich, Runcorn, Sandbach and Winsford, and parts of the Rural Districts of Congleton, Northwich and Runcorn. [3]

Sandbach transferred from Crewe.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Northwich and Winsford, and the Rural Districts of Northwich and Tarvin. [4]

Gained the Rural District of Tarvin from the additional parts of the Rural District of Northwich from the abolished constituency of Eddisbury. Sandbach and the part of the Rural District of Congleton transferred to Knutsford, and Runcorn (including the part of the rural district thereof) transferred to the new constituency of Runcorn.

1955–1983: The Urban District of Northwich, and parts of the Rural Districts of Northwich and Tarvin. [4]

Middlewich, Winsford, the southern part of the Rural District of Tarvin and a small part of the Rural District of Northwich transferred to the new constituency of Nantwich.

From 1 April 1974 until the constituency was abolished at the next boundary review which came into effect for the 1983 general election, the constituency was primarily situated in the newly formed District of Vale Royal, but its boundaries were unchanged.

On abolition, Northwich and eastern areas were included in the new constituency of Tatton. Cuddington, Weaverham and western areas included in the re-established constituency of Eddisbury.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 John Brunner Liberal
1886 Robert Verdin Liberal Unionist
1887 by-election Sir John Brunner Liberal
Jan 1910 Sir John Brunner II Liberal
1918 Harry Dewhurst Coalition Conservative
1922 Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart Conservative
1945 Sir John Foster Conservative
Feb 1974 Alastair Goodlad Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

John Brunner John Brunner.jpg
John Brunner
General election 1885: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 5,023 55.7
Conservative William Henry Verdin [6] 3,99544.3
Majority1,02811.4
Turnout 9,01885.3
Registered electors 10,577
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Robert Verdin 4,416 52.7 +8.4
Liberal John Brunner 3,95847.3−8.4
Majority4585.4N/A
Turnout 8,37479.2−6.1
Registered electors 10,577
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +8.4

Verdin's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 13 Aug 1887: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 5,112 56.2 +8.9
Liberal Unionist Henry Grosvenor3,98343.8−8.9
Majority1,12912.4N/A
Turnout 9,09583.7+4.5
Registered electors 10,868
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +8.9

Elections in the 1890s

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George Whiteley
General election 1892: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 5,580 56.3 +9.0
Conservative George Whiteley 4,32543.7−9.0
Majority1,25512.6N/A
Turnout 9,90584.3+5.1
Registered electors 11,750
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +9.0
General election 1895: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 5,706 58.4 +2.1
Conservative Thomas Ward4,06841.6−2.1
Majority1,63816.8+4.2
Turnout 9,77482.9−1.4
Registered electors 11,788
Liberal hold Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 5,377 53.5 −4.9
Conservative Charles Leopold Samson [7] 4,67846.5+4.9
Majority6997.0−9.8
Turnout 10,05583.3+0.4
Registered electors 12,067
Liberal hold Swing −4.9
General election 1906: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 6,343 58.2 +4.7
Liberal Unionist Bordrigge North [8] 4,55141.8−4.7
Majority1,79216.4+9.4
Turnout 10,89487.0+3.7
Registered electors 12,527
Liberal hold Swing +4.7

Elections in the 1910s

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Brunner
General election January 1910: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 6,661 54.6 −3.6
Liberal Unionist Charles Williams5,54245.4+3.6
Majority1,1199.2−7.2
Turnout 12,20391.1+4.1
Registered electors 13,389
Liberal hold Swing −3.6
General election December 1910: Northwich [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Brunner 6,071 51.4 −3.2
Conservative Julius John Jersey de Knoop5,74048.6+3.2
Majority3312.8−6.4
Turnout 11,81188.2−2.9
Registered electors 13,389
Liberal hold Swing −3.2

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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Harry Dewhurst 15,44461.4+12.8
Liberal John Brunner 9,72338.6−12.8
Majority5,72122.8N/A
Turnout 25,16764.1−24.1
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +12.8
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Colum Crichton-Stuart 15,454 54.2 −7.2
Labour John Williams 13,06645.8New
Majority2,3888.4−14.4
Turnout 28,52071.6+7.5
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1923: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Colum Crichton-Stuart 11,835 38.5 −15.7
Liberal Arthur Mort9,76531.7New
Labour John Williams 9,18329.8−16.0
Majority2,0706.8−1.6
Turnout 30,78376.1+4.5
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1924: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Colum Crichton-Stuart 14,545 43.2 +4.7
Labour Barbara Ayrton-Gould 11,63034.6+4.8
Liberal Arthur Mort7,46522.2−9.5
Majority2,9158.6+1.8
Turnout 33,64080.7+4.6
Unionist hold Swing 0.0
General election 1929: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Colum Crichton-Stuart 15,477 34.3 −8.9
Labour Barbara Ayrton-Gould 15,47334.3−0.3
Liberal John Barlow 14,16331.4+9.2
Majority40.0−8.6
Turnout 45,11383.6+2.9
Unionist hold Swing -4.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colum Crichton-Stuart 30,061 65.6 +31.3
Labour Barbara Ayrton-Gould 15,74634.4+0.1
Majority14,31531.2+31.2
Turnout 45,80782.8−3.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colum Crichton-Stuart 24,316 54.5 −11.1
Labour Thomas Reid20,28946.5+12.1
Majority4,0279.0−22.2
Turnout 44,60577.9−4.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Northwich [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 20,198 41.4 −13.1
Labour Robert Chorley 20,18341.3−5.2
Liberal Felix Brunner 8,46017.3New
Majority150.1−8.9
Turnout 48,84178.1−1.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Northwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 25,144 48.4 +7.0
Labour Charles Mapp 19,88638.2−3.1
Liberal Walter Norman Leak6,98913.4−3.9
Majority5,25810.2+10.1
Turnout 52,01987.7+9.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Northwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 29,375 56.8 +8.4
Labour Robert Patrick Walsh22,30043.2+5.0
Majority7,07513.6+3.4
Turnout 51,67583.7−4.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Northwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 20,697 59.4 +2.6
Labour Derek Page 14,14240.6−2.6
Majority6,55518.8+5.2
Turnout 34,88979.7−4.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Northwich [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 20,396 54.5 −4.9
Labour John Crawford12,42633.2−7.4
Liberal Richard Eric Lewis4,60212.3New
Majority7,97021.3+2.5
Turnout 37,42484.5+4.8
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Northwich [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 17,277 47.4 −7.1
Labour John Crawford12,89235.3+2.1
Liberal Geoff Tordoff 6,33117.3New
Majority4,38512.1−9.2
Turnout 36,50083.0−1.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Northwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 16,483 45.1 −2.3
Labour Barry Jones 15,78043.1+7.8
Liberal Douglas Bedford Taylor4,31011.8−5.5
Majority7032.0−10.1
Turnout 36,57382.3−0.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Northwich [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Foster 20,366 51.3 +6.2
Labour Alfred Bates 15,74639.6−3.5
Liberal Thomas Noel Armstrong3,6049.1−2.7
Majority4,62011.7+9.7
Turnout 39,71678.5−3.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Northwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alastair Goodlad 19,778 45.36
Labour Co-op S. G. Benyon13,48530.92
Liberal R. Reaper10,34423.72
Majority6,29314.44
Turnout 43,60783.68
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Northwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alastair Goodlad 18,663 45.12
Labour Peter Kent14,05333.98
Liberal D Reaper8,64520.90
Majority4,61011.14
Turnout 41,36178.59
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1979: Northwich
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alastair Goodlad 23,201 52.77
Labour PA Kent14,45532.88
Liberal G Little6,31114.35
Majority8,74619.89
Turnout 43,96780.88
Conservative hold Swing

See also

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