# North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This constituency included the majority of the Soke of Peterborough (also known as the 'Liberty of Peterborough'), with the exception of the actual city of Peterborough itself, which was a borough constituency that returned its own MP.

## Boundaries

1832–1885: The Liberty of Peterborough, and the Hundreds of Willybrook, Polebrook, Huxloe, Navisford, Corby, Higham Ferrers, Rothwell, Hamfordshoe and Orlingbury.
1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Oundle and Thrapstone, part of the Sessional Division of Kettering (with the exceptions below), the Liberty of the Soke of Peterborough, and the part of the Municipal Borough of Stamford in the county of Northamptonshire. (The part of the Sessional Division of Kettering included in North Northamptonshire excluded the parishes of Broughton, Cransley, Kettering and Pytchley, which were assigned to East Northamptonshire, and also excluded the parishes of Draughton, Faxton, Glendon, Harrington, Loddington, Mawsley, Orton, Rothwell and Thorpe Malsor, which were assigned to Mid Northamptonshire).
The constituency was created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was merged into Peterborough.

## Members of Parliament

From 1832 until 1885, the constituency returned two Members of Parliament elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election, its area was reduced and representation reduced to one member, elected by the first past the post voting system.

### 1832 - 1885

| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
| 1832 | Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Whig | James Brudenell | Tory |
| 1833 | William Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Whig | James Brudenell | Tory |
| 1834 | William Wentworth-FitzWilliam | Whig | James Brudenell | Conservative |
| 1835 | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Conservative | James Brudenell | Conservative |
| 1837 | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Conservative | George Finch-Hatton | Conservative |
| 1841 | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Conservative | Augustus Stafford | Conservative |
| Apr. 1857 | William Cecil | Conservative | Augustus Stafford | Conservative |
| Dec. 1857 | William Cecil | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | Conservative |
| 1867 | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | Conservative |
| 1877 | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | Conservative |
| 1880 | Hon. Charles Spencer | Liberal | Brownlow Cecil | Conservative |

### 1885 - 1918

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1885 | Lord Burghley | Conservative |
| | 1895 | Edward Monckton | Conservative |
| | 1900 | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | Conservative |
| | 1906 | George Nicholls | Liberal |
| | 1910 | Henry Brassey | Conservative |
| 1918 | 1918 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | 1,562 | 26.8 |
| | Tory | James Brudenell | 1,541 | 26.4 |
| | Whig | William Hanbury | 1,455 | 25.0 |
| | Tory | Thomas Tryon | 1,269 | 21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,063 | 91.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,363 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21 | 0.4 |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 86 | 1.4 |
| | Tory win (new seat) | Tory win (new seat) | Tory win (new seat) | Tory win (new seat) |
Wentworth-Fitzwilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl Fitzwilliam and causing a by-election.
By-election, 9 March 1833: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1835: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | William Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | James Brudenell | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,552 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Wentworth-Fitzwilliam's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 21 December 1835: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Philip Maunsell | 1,841 | 59.6 |
| | Whig | William Hanbury | 1,247 | 40.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | 19.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,088 | 85.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,627 | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |
General election 1837: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Philip Maunsell | 1,842 | 36.5 |
| | Conservative | George Finch-Hatton | 1,801 | 35.7 |
| | Whig | William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam | 1,404 | 27.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 397 | 7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,164 | 84.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,757 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Augustus O'Brien | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,166 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1847: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Augustus Stafford | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Thomas Philip Maunsell | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,065 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Augustus Stafford | 562 | 48.6 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Thomas Philip Maunsell | 560 | 48.4 | N/A |
| | Whig | George Wentworth-FitzWilliam | 34 | 2.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 526 | 45.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 595 (est) | 15.3 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,900 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1857: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Augustus Stafford | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | William Cecil | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,800 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Stafford's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 16 December 1857: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | 1,461 | 56.6 | N/A |
| | Whig | Fitzpatrick Vernon | 1,119 | 43.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 342 | 13.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,580 | 67.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,800 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1859: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Cecil | 1,849 | 36.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | 1,831 | 36.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Fitzpatrick Vernon | 1,344 | 26.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 487 | 9.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,184 (est) | 84.3 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,777 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | William Cecil | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,016 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Cecil was appointed Treasurer of the Household, requiring a by-election.
1866 North Northamptonshire by-election (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Cecil | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Cecil succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Marquess of Exeter, causing a by-election.
1867 North Northamptonshire by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sackville Stopford | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Hunt was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, requiring a by-election.
1868 North Northamptonshire by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1868: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Sackville Stopford | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,310 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,215 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Hunt was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, causing a by-election.
1874 North Northamptonshire by-election (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Ward Hunt | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Hunt's death caused a by-election.
1877 North Northamptonshire by-election (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | 2,261 | 60.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Edmund Wyatt-Edgell | 1,475 | 39.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 786 | 21.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,736 | 74.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,033 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Northamptonshire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Charles Spencer | 2,425 | 33.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | 2,405 | 33.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | 2,316 | 32.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 109 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,830 (est) | 82.8 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,833 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1885: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | 4,467 | 51.0 | −15.1 |
| | Liberal | James Carmichael | 4,296 | 49.0 | +15.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,763 | 90.0 | +7.2 (est) |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,741 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −15.1 | |
1886 general election: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Cecil was appointed Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.
1886 North Northamptonshire by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brownlow Cecil | 4,505 | 54.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John Turner Stockburn | 3,836 | 46.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 669 | 8.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,341 | 83.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,999 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1895: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edward Philip Monckton | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | 4,559 | 58.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal | Frederick Barlow | 3,303 | 42.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,256 | 16.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,862 | 77.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,209 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1906: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Lib-Lab | George Nicholls | 4,880 | 53.8 | +11.8 |
| | Conservative | Sackville Stopford-Sackville | 4,195 | 46.2 | −11.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 685 | 7.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,075 | 84.9 | +7.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,688 | | |
| | Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.8 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Brassey | 5,520 | 55.5 | +9.3 |
| | Lib-Lab | George Nicholls | 4,429 | 44.5 | −9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,091 | 11.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,949 | 92.4 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +9.3 | |
General election December 1910: North Northamptonshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Brassey | 5,272 | 55.5 | 0.0 |
| | Liberal | James Rennie Wilkinson | 4,221 | 44.5 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,051 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,493 | 88.2 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.0 | |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
* Unionist: Henry Brassey
* Liberal: