Mid Cheshire is a former United Kingdom parliamentary constituency.
| Mid Cheshire | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Replaced by | Altrincham Hyde Knutsford Crewe Macclesfield Northwich |
| Created from | North Cheshire South Cheshire |
Under the Reform Act 1867,[1] the Parliamentary County of Cheshire was divided into three 2-member constituencies. This was achieved by the creation of Mid Cheshire which comprised the Hundred of Bucklow from North Cheshire and the Hundred of Northwich from South Cheshire.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,[2] the three 2-member seats were abolished and re-divided into eight single-member constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Bucklow and Northwich.[3]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Hon. Wilbraham Egerton | Conservative | George Legh | Conservative | ||
| 1873 by-election | Egerton Leigh | Conservative | ||||
| 1876 by-election | Piers Egerton-Warburton | Conservative | ||||
| 1883 by-election | Hon. Alan Egerton | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilbraham Egerton | 3,063 | 35.7 | ||
| Conservative | George Legh | 3,056 | 35.7 | ||
| Liberal | John Warren | 2,452 | 28.6 | ||
| Majority | 604 | 6.9 | |||
| Turnout | 5,512 (est) | 77.0 (est) | |||
| Registered electors | 7,158 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Legh resigned, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Egerton Leigh | 3,508 | 62.4 | −9.0 | |
| Liberal | George William Latham | 2,118 | 37.6 | +9.0 | |
| Majority | 1,390 | 24.8 | +17.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,626 | 72.1 | −4.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,801 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −9.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilbraham Egerton | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Egerton Leigh | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,050 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Leigh's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Piers Egerton-Warburton | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,050 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilbraham Egerton | 3,868 | 27.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Piers Egerton-Warburton | 3,700 | 26.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal | George William Latham | 3,374 | 23.8 | New | |
| Liberal | Vernon Armitage[5] | 3,247 | 22.9 | New | |
| Majority | 326 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,095 (est) | 79.2 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 8,963 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Egerton's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Egerton, caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan Egerton | 4,214 | 54.0 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal | George William Latham | 3,592 | 46.0 | −0.7 | |
| Majority | 622 | 8.0 | +5.7 | ||
| Turnout | 7,806 | 78.7 | −0.5 (est) | ||
| Registered electors | 9,915 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
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