Stalybridge | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cheshire |
Major settlements | Stalybridge |
1868–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Cheshire South Lancashire (parts of) |
Replaced by | Stalybridge & 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.
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]
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 |
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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.
Previously part of North Cheshire and South Lancashire
Decades: |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
Sidebottom's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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;