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 Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt Whig Edward Buller-Yarde-Buller Whig 1837 Hon. Bingham Baring Conservative 1841 Jesse David Watts-Russell Conservative Charles Adderley Conservative 1847 Viscount Brackley Conservative 1851 by-election Smith Child Conservative 1859 Viscount Ingestre Conservative 1865 Sir Edward Manningham-Buller, Bt Liberal 1874 Colin Minton Campbell Conservative 1878 by-election Robert William Hanbury Conservative 1880 William Young Craig Liberal Harry Davenport Conservative1885 constituency abolished
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
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