North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

For the constituency in the north of Northampton, see Northampton North (UK Parliament constituency).

North Northamptonshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Northamptonshire
1832 (1832)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	1832–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Created from	Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

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

Year	Senior Member (1)		Party	Junior Member (2)		Party
1832		Viscount Milton	Whig		Lord Brudenell	Tory (then Conservative)
1833		Lord Brudenell	Conservative		Viscount Milton	Whig
1835		Lord Brudenell	Conservative		Thomas Philip Maunsell	Conservative
1837		Thomas Philip Maunsell	Conservative		Viscount Maidstone	Conservative
1841		Thomas Philip Maunsell	Conservative		Augustus Stafford	Conservative
1857		George Ward Hunt	Conservative		Lord Burghley	Conservative
1867		George Ward Hunt	Conservative		Sackville Stopford-Sackville	Conservative
1877		Sackville Stopford-Sackville	Conservative		Lord Burghley	Conservative
1880		Lord Burghley	Conservative		Hon. Charles Spencer	Liberal

⁽¹⁾ Refers to the longest-serving member for North Northamptonshire at that time.
⁽²⁾ Refers to the shortest-serving member for North Northamptonshire at that time.

1885 - 1918

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Lord Burghley	Conservative
	1895	Edward Philip Monckton	Conservative
	1900	Sackville Stopford-Sackville	Conservative
	1906	George Nicholls	Liberal
	1910	Henry Brassey	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

Election results

December 1910 General Election: Northamptonshire North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Brassey	5,272	55.5
	Liberal	J Rennie Wilkinson	4,221	44.5
Majority			1,051	11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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

See also

• Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)