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Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
one

Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Replaced by
  
Northampton, Daventry, Kettering

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.

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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.

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
  • Unionist: Thomas Guy Frederick Paget
  • References

    Mid Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia