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North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This constituency included the majority of the Soke of Peterborough (also known as the 'Liberty of Peterborough'), with the exception of the actual city of Peterborough itself, which was a borough constituency that returned its own MP.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Liberty of Peterborough, and the Hundreds of Willybrook, Polebrook, Huxloe, Navisford, Corby, Higham Ferrers, Rothwell, Hamfordshoe and Orlingbury.

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Oundle and Thrapstone, part of the Sessional Division of Kettering (with the exceptions below), the Liberty of the Soke of Peterborough, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Stamford in the county of Northamptonshire. (The part of the Sessional Division of Kettering included in North Northamptonshire excluded the parishes of Broughton, Cransley, Kettering and Pytchley, which were assigned to East Northamptonshire, and also excluded the parishes of Draughton, Faxton, Glendon, Harrington, Loddington, Mawsley, Orton, Rothwell and Thorpe Malsor, which were assigned to Mid Northamptonshire).

The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was merged into Peterborough.

Members of Parliament

From 1832 until 1885, the constituency returned two Members of Parliament elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election, its area was reduced and representation reduced to one member, elected by the first past the post voting system.

1832 - 1885

1885 - 1918

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Wentworth-Fitzwilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl Fitzwilliam and causing a by-election.

Wentworth-Fitzwilliam's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Stafford's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Cecil was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Cecil succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Marquess of Exeter, causing a by-election.

Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Hunt was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, causing a by-election.

Hunt's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

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

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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;

• Unionist: Henry Brassey
• Liberal:

See also

• Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)

References

1. "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 154–206. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
2. "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.
3. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 232. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
4. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
5. "Staffordshire Advertiser". 17 July 1852. p. 7. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 25 December 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "The Late Captain Wyatt-Edgell". Aldershot Military Gazette. 2 August 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
9. ^ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
10. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
11. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
12. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
13. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918