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
Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam Whig James Brudenell Tory 1833 William Wentworth-FitzWilliam Whig 1834 Conservative 1835 Thomas Philip Maunsell Conservative 1837 George Finch-Hatton Conservative 1841 Augustus Stafford Conservative Apr. 1857 William Cecil Conservative Dec. 1857 George Ward Hunt Conservative 1867 Sackville Stopford-Sackville Conservative 1877 Brownlow Cecil Conservative 1880 Hon. Charles Spencer Liberal
1885 - 1918
ElectionMemberParty 1885 Lord Burghley Conservative 1895 Edward Monckton Conservative 1900 Sackville Stopford-Sackville Conservative 1906 George Nicholls Liberal 1910 Henry Brassey Conservative 1918 constituency abolished
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)
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