North Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Cheshire
Former constituency for the House of Commons
1832–1868

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.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised of the Bucklow and Macclesfield Hundred's.

Members of Parliament

Election	First member		First party	Second member		Second Party
1832	style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" |	Hon. Edward Stanley	Whig	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	William Egerton	Conservative
1841	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	George Legh	Conservative
1847	style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" |	Hon. Edward Stanley	Whig
1848 by-election	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	George Legh	Conservative
1858 by-election	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |			Hon. Wilbraham Egerton	Conservative
1868	Second Reform Act: constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 1865: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 6,026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
	Conservative	G C Legh			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1859: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 6,504

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
	Conservative	G C Legh			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

Resignation of Hon W Egerton

By Election 7 August 1858: Cheshire Northern (1 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1857: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 6,693

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
	Conservative	G C Legh			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1852: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 7,494

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
	Conservative	G C Legh			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

Caused by elevation of E J Stanley to House of Lords as Lord Eddisbury

By Election 8 June 1848: Cheshire Northern (1 seats) Electorate 7,188

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G C Legh	3,060		n/a
	Liberal	F D P Astley	2,419		n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1847: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 7,188

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
	Liberal	E J Stanley			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1841: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 6,154

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton	2,782		n/a
	Conservative	G C Legh	2,652		n/a
	Liberal	E J Stanley	2,206		n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1837: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 6,029

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E J Stanley			n/a
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1835: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 5,045

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E J Stanley			n/a
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton			n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

General Election 1832: Cheshire Northern (2 seats) Electorate 5,105

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	E J Stanley	2,556		n/a
	Conservative	Hon W Egerton	2,428		n/a
	Liberal	J R D Tollemarch	1,516		n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout					n/a

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

References

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