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North Staffordshire (formally the Northern division of Staffordshire) was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Hundreds of Pirehill, Totmonslow and North Offlow.

1868–1885: The Hundreds of Totmonslow and Pirehill North.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Egerton's resignation caused a by-election.

Adderley was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Adderley was appointed President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

Adderley was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Norton, and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

References

1. "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.
2. "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
3. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 40. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Google Books.
4. ^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. pp. 30, 126. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Google Books.
5. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 456–457. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
6. "The New Parliament". London Evening Standard. 3 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885