Cheshire_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
West Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1885
West Cheshire is a former parliamentary constituency, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| West Cheshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Seats | two |
| Created from | South Cheshire |
| Replaced by | Eddisbury Wirral Crewe Northwich |
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 Boundary Act 1868,[2] North Cheshire and South Cheshire were renamed East Cheshire and West Cheshire respectively.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,[3] 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 Broxton, Eddisbury, Nantwich, and Wirral, and the City and County of the City of Chester.[4][5]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bt | Conservative | John Tollemache | Conservative | ||
| 1872 by-election | Hon. Wilbraham Tollemache | Conservative | ||||
| 1881 by-election | Henry James Tollemache | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Grey Egerton | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | John Tollemache | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 8,894 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1870s
Tollemache's resignation caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Wilbraham Tollemache | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Grey Egerton | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Wilbraham Tollemache | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 10,169 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Philip Grey Egerton | 4,773 | 27.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Wilbraham Tollemache | 4,637 | 27.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | William West[7] | 4,009 | 23.3 | New | |
| Liberal | Charles Crompton | 3,785 | 22.0 | New | |
| Majority | 628 | 3.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,602 (est) | 77.5 (est) | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 11,097 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Egerton's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry James Tollemache | 4,800 | 52.1 | −2.6 | |
| Liberal | James Tomkinson[8] | 4,418 | 47.9 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 382 | 4.2 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 9,218 | 75.1 | −2.4 (est) | ||
| Registered electors | 12,270 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
- "Reform Act 1867" (PDF).
- "Boundary Act 1867". 1807.
- Great Britain, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. The public general acts. unknown library. Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884.
- "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- "A Collection of the Public General Statutes: 1867/68. Cap. XLVI. An Act to settle and describe the Limits of certain Boroughs and the Divisions of certain Counties in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1868. pp. 119–166. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- "West Cheshire". Liverpool Mercury. 3 April 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Mr James Tomkinson". Sheffield Independent. 19 April 1881. p. 7. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.