Mid Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Northampton, the Sessional Divisions of Little Bowden and Northampton, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Daventry and Kettering.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Spencer was appointed Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Spencer is appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

120px, Spencer

Elections in the 1910s

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; *Liberal:

Harry Manfield Harry Manfield (1 February 1855 – 9 February 1925) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency), Mid Northamptonshire from 1906 to 1918. H ...

*Unionist:

Guy Paget Major Thomas Guy Frederick Paget (29 July 1886 – 12 March 1952), was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician. Paget was the son of Thomas Guy Paget, of Ibstock, Leicestershire. His great-grandfather Thomas Paget, of Lubenham, was ...

Birmingham Daily Post 9 Mar 1914

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Northamptonshire Mid Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918