| North Staffordshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | Two |
| Region: | England |
| County: | 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.
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.
1832–1868: The Hundreds of Pirehill, Totmonslow and North Offlow.[1]
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Totmonslow and Pirehill North.[2]
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt | Whig[3] [4] | Edward Buller-Yarde-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 Davenport | Conservative | |||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||||||
Egerton's resignation caused a by-election.
Adderley was appointed Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education, requiring a by-election.
Adderley was appointed President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
Adderley was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Norton, and causing a by-election.