Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Northamptonshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromSouth Northamptonshire, North Northamptonshire
Replaced byNorthampton, Daventry, Kettering and Wellingborough

Mid Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Northampton, the Sessional Divisions of Little Bowden and Northampton, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Daventry (the parishes of Ashby St. Ledgers, Barby, Claycoton Crick, Elkington, Kilsby, Lilboume, Long Buckley, Stanford, Watford, West Haddon, Winwick, and Yelvertoft) and Kettering (the parishes of Draughton, Faxton, Glendon, Harrington, Loddington, Mawsley, Orton, Rothwell, and Thorpe Malsor). [1]

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Charles Spencer Liberal
1895 Sir James Pender Conservative
1900 Charles Spencer Liberal
1906 Harry Manfield Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

Decades:

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Mid Northamptonshire [2][3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Spencer 5,446 55.6
Conservative Pickering Phipps 4,347 44.4
Majority 1,099 11.2
Turnout 9,793 86.6
Registered electors 11,306
Liberal win (new seat)

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

By-election, 12 Feb 1886: Mid Northamptonshire [2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Spencer' Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1886: Mid Northamptonshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Spencer 4,887 55.4 −0.2
Liberal Unionist William Cornwallis Cartwright 3,931 44.6 +0.2
Majority 956 10.8 −0.4
Turnout 8,818 78.0 −8.6
Registered electors 11,306
Liberal hold Swing −0.2

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Mid Northamptonshire [3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Spencer 4,731 52.4 −3.0
Conservative James Pender 4,300 47.6 +3.0
Majority 431 4.8 −6.0
Turnout 9,031 83.6 +5.6
Registered electors 10,808
Liberal hold Swing −3.0

Spencer is appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

1892 Mid Northamptonshire by-election[3][6][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Spencer Unopposed
Liberal hold
Pender
General election 1895: Mid Northamptonshire [3][6][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Pender 5,084 51.4 +3.8
Liberal Charles Spencer 4,802 48.6 −3.8
Majority 282 2.8 N/A
Turnout 9,886 84.4 +0.8
Registered electors 11,714
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1900s

Spencer
General election 1900: Mid Northamptonshire [3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Spencer 5,399 54.0 +5.4
Conservative James Pender 4,605 46.0 −5.4
Majority 794 8.0 N/A
Turnout 10,004 82.2 −2.2
Registered electors 12,175
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.4
Peel
General election 1906: Mid Northamptonshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Manfield 6,307 55.5 +1.5
Conservative Robert Francis Peel 5,067 44.5 −1.5
Majority 1,240 11.0 +3.0
Turnout 11,374 84.6 +2.4
Registered electors 13,450
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1910s

Manfield
General election January 1910: Mid Northamptonshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Manfield 6,559 52.2 −3.3
Conservative Guy Paget 6,003 47.8 +3.3
Majority 556 4.4 −6.6
Turnout 12,562 88.5 +3.9
Liberal hold Swing −3.3
General election December 1910: Mid Northamptonshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Manfield 6,281 51.0 −1.2
Conservative Guy Paget 6,031 49.0 +1.2
Majority 250 2.0 −2.4
Turnout 12,312 85.8 −1.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.2

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 and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

  1. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 48 & 49 Victoria. Ch. 23: Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Schedule 7". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1885. pp. 166–167. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, FWS Craig
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  4. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  5. ^ a b c Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885–1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  6. ^ a b c Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  8. ^ Birmingham Daily Post 9 Mar 1914