| Mid Northamptonshire | |
| Type: | County |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Elects Howmany: | one |
| Previous: | South Northamptonshire, North Northamptonshire |
| Next: | Northampton, Daventry, Kettering and Wellingborough |
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.
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Northampton, the Sessional Divisions of Little Bowden and Northampton, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Daventry (the parishes of Ashby St. Ledgers, Barby, Claycoton Crick, Elkington, Kilsby, Lilboume, Long Buckley, Stanford, Watford, West Haddon, Winwick, and Yelvertoft) and Kettering (the parishes of Draughton, Faxton, Glendon, Harrington, Loddington, Mawsley, Orton, Rothwell, and Thorpe Malsor). [1]
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Charles Spencer | Liberal | ||
| 1895 | Sir James Pender | Conservative | ||
| 1900 | Charles Spencer | Liberal | ||
| 1906 | Harry Manfield | Liberal | ||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
Spencer was appointed Groom in Waiting, requiring a by-election.
Spencer is appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
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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;