North Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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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.
| 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 |
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 member | 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 | Hon. Wilbraham Egerton | Conservative | ||||
| 1868 | Second Reform Act: constituency abolished | |||||
- Caused by Egerton's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead
- Caused by elevation of Edward Stanley to the House of Lords as Lord Eddisbury
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Stanley Family's Collection of Ethnographic Objects". Rethinking Pitt-Rivers. University of Oxford. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ a b Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 213. Retrieved 29 July 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The New Parliament". Derby Mercury. 9 January 1833. p. 4. Retrieved 29 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.