North Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

For the local government district, see North Staffordshire.

North Staffordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Staffordshire
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	North West Staffordshire Leek
Created from	Staffordshire

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.

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt	Whig		Edward Manningham-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 Tichborne Davenport	Conservative
1885	constituency abolished

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)