North West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Staffordshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromNorth Staffordshire and West Staffordshire
Replaced byStone 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.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Leveson-Gower 5,757 54.9
Conservative Justinian Edwards-Heathcote 4,720 45.1
Majority 1,037 9.8
Turnout 10,477 79.2 '
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Leveson-Gower Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1886: North West Staffordshire[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Justinian Edwards-Heathcote 5,252 54.1 +9.0
Liberal George Leveson-Gower 4,459 45.9 −9.0
Majority 793 8.2 N/A
Turnout 9,711 73.4 −5.8
Registered electors 13,222
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.0

Elections in the 1890s

James Heath
General election 1892: North West Staffordshire[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Heath 5,638 51.1 −3.0
Liberal Leonard Shoobridge 5,406 48.9 +3.0
Majority 232 2.2 −6.0
Turnout 11,044 78.8 +5.4
Registered electors 14,011
Conservative hold Swing −3.0
General election 1895: North West Staffordshire[3][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Heath 6,206 52.8 +1.7
Liberal Leonard Shoobridge 5,538 47.2 −1.7
Majority 668 5.6 +3.4
Turnout 11,744 80.1 +1.3
Registered electors 14,657
Conservative hold Swing +1.7

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North West Staffordshire[3][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Heath 6,205 57.5 +4.7
Liberal James Lovatt 4,594 42.5 −4.7
Majority 1,611 15.0 +9.4
Turnout 10,799 73.8 −6.3
Registered electors 14,626
Conservative hold Swing +4.7
Alfred Billson
General election 1906: North West Staffordshire[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Billson 7,667 58.0 +15.5
Conservative James Heath 5,557 42.0 −15.5
Majority 2,110 16.0 N/A
Turnout 13,224 85.8 +12.0
Registered electors 15,404
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.5
Albert Stanley
1907 North West Staffordshire by-election[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Albert Stanley 7,396 59.4 +1.4
Conservative Thomas Twyford 5,047 40.6 −1.4
Majority 2,349 18.8 +2.8
Turnout 12,443 79.1 −6.7
Registered electors 15,738
Lib-Lab hold Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North West Staffordshire[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Stanley 8,566 59.8 New
Conservative Gilbert Nugent 5,754 40.2 −1.8
Majority 2,812 19.6 +3.6
Turnout 14,320 86.8 +1.0
Registered electors 16,498
Labour hold Swing +1.8
General election December 1910: North West Staffordshire[4][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Stanley 8,125 62.2 +2.4
Conservative Leslie de Gruyther 4,940 37.8 −2.4
Majority 3,185 24.4 +4.8
Turnout 13,065 79.2 −7.6
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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samuel Finney Unopposed
Labour hold

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Liberal Year Book, 1908
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  3. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  4. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  5. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1918