Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency)

Stalybridge
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCheshire
Major settlementsStalybridge
1868–1918
SeatsOne
Created fromNorth Cheshire
South Lancashire (parts of)
Replaced byStalybridge & Hyde
Mossley

Stalybridge officially sometimes written in early years as Staleybridge was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1868 until 1918 by one MP. It comprised the borough of Stalybridge which lay in Lancashire and Cheshire and which is in the east of today's Greater Manchester. On abolition for the 1918 general election under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the seat's main replacement became Stalybridge and Hyde.

Creation, boundaries and abolition

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Map of the wider area in 1924. The seat took in the south-easternmost part of Lancashire and lay within the ancient Salford hundred division of Lancashire, skirting the more densely populated north bank of the Tame at Ashton under Lyne, taking in parts of historic Cheshire and both banks of the river above Ashton.
See also: Municipal Borough of Stalybridge

Parliament created this seat under the Reform Act 1867, the part of the second Reform Act that covered England and Wales, which defined its components as the:[1]

  • Municipal Borough of Stalybridge
  • The remaining portion of the township of Dukinfield
  • Township of Stalley
  • The District of the Local Board of Health of Mossley

It was marginally expanded in line with a local government change under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, to be:

Name of parliamentary borough Contents and boundaries
Stalybridge So much of the Municipal Borough of Stalybridge as it not included in the said Parliamentary borough.[2]

The seat was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with the majority of its electorate being included in the new constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde. A small area which was now part of the municipal borough of Mossley in Lancashire was added to the new constituency of Mossley.

Members of Parliament

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  • 1868 Constituency created

Previously part of North Cheshire and South Lancashire

Election Member Party
1868 James Sidebottom Conservative
1871 by-election Nathaniel Buckley Liberal
1874 Tom Harrop Sidebottom Conservative
1880 William Summers Liberal
1885 Tom Harrop Sidebottom Conservative
1900 Matthew White Ridley Conservative
1905 by-election John Frederick Cheetham Liberal
Jan. 1910 John Wood Conservative
1918 Constituency abolished: see Stalybridge and Hyde

Elections

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Decades:

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1868: Stalybridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Sidebottom 2,405 53.6
Liberal Nathaniel Buckley 2,078 46.4
Majority 327 7.2
Turnout 4,483 84.0
Registered electors 5,338
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1870s

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Sidebottom's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 1 Mar 1871: Stalybridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nathaniel Buckley 2,198 51.9 +5.5
Conservative Francis Powell[4] 2,033 48.1 −5.5
Majority 165 3.8 N/A
Turnout 4,231 86.0 +2.0
Registered electors 4,918
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +5.5
Sidebottom
General election 1874: Stalybridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Harrop Sidebottom 2,378 51.7 −1.9
Liberal Nathaniel Buckley 2,220 48.3 +1.9
Majority 158 3.4 −3.8
Turnout 4,598 89.6 +5.6
Registered electors 5,129
Conservative hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Stalybridge[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Summers 2,706 51.6 +3.3
Conservative Thomas Harrop Sidebottom 2,542 48.4 −3.3
Majority 164 3.2 N/A
Turnout 5,248 93.6 +4.0
Registered electors 5,606
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.3
General election 1885: Stalybridge[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Harrop Sidebottom 3,169 51.8 +3.4
Liberal William Summers 2,950 48.2 −3.4
Majority 219 3.6 N/A
Turnout 6,119 95.3 +1.7
Registered electors 6,424
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.4
General election 1886: Stalybridge[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Harrop Sidebottom 3,220 55.0 +3.2
Liberal John Webb Probyn 2,638 45.0 −3.2
Majority 582 10.0 +6.4
Turnout 5,858 91.2 −4.1
Registered electors 6,424
Conservative hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Stalybridge[5][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Harrop Sidebottom 3,280 52.7 −2.3
Liberal Joshua Macer Wright 2,943 47.3 +2.3
Majority 337 5.4 −4.6
Turnout 6,223 92.8 +1.6
Registered electors 6,703
Conservative hold Swing -2.3
General election 1895: Stalybridge[5][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Harrop Sidebottom 3,389 55.1 +2.4
Liberal Joshua Macer Wright 2,757 44.9 −2.4
Majority 632 10.2 +4.8
Turnout 6,146 88.1 −4.7
Registered electors 6,980
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Stalybridge[5][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew White Ridley 3,321 50.6 −4.5
Liberal John Frederick Cheetham 3,241 49.4 +4.5
Majority 80 1.2 −9.0
Turnout 6,562 88.0 −0.1
Registered electors 7,461
Conservative hold Swing -4.5
Cheetham
1905 Stalybridge by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Frederick Cheetham 4,029 56.7 +7.3
Conservative James Travis-Clegg 3,078 43.3 −7.3
Majority 951 13.4 N/A
Turnout 7,107 93.5 +5.5
Registered electors 7,601
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.3
General election 1906: Stalybridge[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Frederick Cheetham 3,836 53.1 +3.7
Conservative James Travis-Clegg 3,382 46.9 −3.7
Majority 454 6.2 N/A
Turnout 7,218 93.8 +5.8
Registered electors 7,691
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Stalybridge[5][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Wood 3,736 50.4 +3.5
Liberal Allan Heywood Bright 3,679 49.6 −3.5
Majority 57 0.8 N/A
Turnout 7,415 94.3 +0.5
Registered electors 7,860
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +3.5
General election December 1910: Stalybridge[5][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Wood 3,807 52.7 +2.3
Liberal Allan Heywood Bright 3,414 47.3 −2.3
Majority 393 5.4 +4.6
Turnout 7,221 91.9 −2.4
Registered electors 7,860
Conservative hold Swing +2.3

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Reform Act 1867, Schedule B; Statutes of the Realm, Eyre & Spottiswoode (1880, London) at p. 1167
  2. ^ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Fifth Schedule; Statutes of the Realm, Eyre & Spottiswoode (1884, London) at p. 129
  3. ^ a b c d Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  4. ^ "Stalybridge Election". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 1 March 1871. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781349022984.
  6. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  7. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
  8. ^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  9. ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

Sources

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