Northwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Northwich
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Eddisbury and Tatton^[1]

Northwich was a constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Division of Runcorn, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Eddisbury, Leftwich, and Northwich.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Northwich, Runcorn, Sandbach, and Winsford, and parts of the Rural Districts of Congleton, Northwich, and Runcorn.

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Northwich, and Winsford, and the Rural Districts of Northwich and Tarvin.

1955-1983: The Urban District of Northwich, and parts of the Rural Districts of Northwich and Tarvin.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Brunner	Liberal
	1886	Robert Verdin	Liberal Unionist
	1887 by-election	Sir John Brunner	Liberal
	Jan 1910	Sir John Brunner II	Liberal
	1918	Harry Dewhurst	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Lord Colum Crichton-Stuart	Conservative
	1945	Sir John Foster	Conservative
	Feb 1974	Alastair Goodlad	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

John Brunner

General Election 1885: Northwich ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Tomlinson Brunner	5,023	55.7	n/a
	Conservative	William Henry Verdin	3,995	44.3	n/a
Majority			1,028	11.4	n/a
Turnout					n/a
	Liberal win

General Election 1886: Northwich ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Verdin	4,416	52.7
	Liberal	John Tomlinson Brunner	3,958	47.3
Majority			458	5.4
Turnout				79.2
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

Northwich by-election, 1887^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Tomlinson Brunner	5,112	56.2
	Liberal Unionist	Lord Henry George Grosvenor	3,983	43.8
Majority			1,129	12.4
Turnout				83.7
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

George Whiteley

General Election 1892: Northwich ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Tomlinson Brunner	5,580	56.3
	Conservative	George Whiteley	4,325	43.7
Majority			1,255	12.6
Turnout				84.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Northwich ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir John Tomlinson Brunner	5,706	58.4
	Conservative	Thomas Ward	4,068	41.6
Majority			1,638	16.8
Turnout				82.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Northwich ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir John Tomlinson Brunner	5,377	53.5
	Conservative	Charles Leopold Samson	4,678	46.5
Majority			699	7.0
Turnout				83.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Northwich ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir John Tomlinson Brunner	6,343	58.2
	Liberal Unionist	Bordrigge North North	4,551	41.8
Majority			1,792	16.4
Turnout				87.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Northwich ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Fowler Leece Brunner	6,661	54.6
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Williams	5,542	45.4
Majority				9.2
Turnout				91.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Northwich ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Fowler Leece Brunner	6,071	51.4
	Conservative	Julius John Jersey de Knoop	5,740	48.6
Majority			331	2.8
Turnout				88.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: John Fowler Leece Brunner
Unionist: Julius John Jersey de Knoop

General Election 1918: Northwich^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Harry Dewhurst	15,444	61.4
	Liberal	John Fowler Leece Brunner	9,723	38.6
Majority			5,721	22.8
Turnout				64.1
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Northwich^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart	15,454	54.2	-7.2
	Labour	John Williams	13,066	45.8	n/a
Majority				8.4	-14.4
Turnout				71.6	+7.5
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Northwich^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart	11,835	38.5	-15.7
	Liberal	Arthur Mort	9,765	31.7	n/a
	Labour	John Williams	9,183	29.8	-16.0
Majority			2,070	6.8	-1.6
Turnout				76.1	+4.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1924: Northwich^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart	14,545	43.2	+4.7
	Labour	Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould	11,630	34.6	+4.8
	Liberal	Arthur Mort	7,465	22.2	-9.5
Majority			2,915	8.6	+1.8
Turnout				80.7	+4.6
	Unionist hold		Swing	0.0

General Election 1929: Northwich^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart	15,477	34.3	-8.9
	Labour	Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould	15,473	34.3	-0.3
	Liberal	John Denman Barlow	14,163	31.4	+9.2
Majority			4	0.0	-8.6
Turnout				83.6	+2.9
	Unionist hold		Swing	-4.3

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Northwich^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart	30,061	65.6
	Labour	Barbara Bodichon Ayrton-Gould	15,746	34.4
Majority			14,315	31.2
Turnout				82.8	-3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1935: Northwich^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lord Colum Edmund Crichton-Stuart	24,316	54.5
	Labour	Thomas Reid	20,289	46.5
Majority			4,027	9.0
Turnout				77.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: John Galway Foster
Labour: Prof. Robert Chorley
Liberal: Sir Felix Brunner

General Election 1945: Northwich^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brig. John Galway Foster	20,198	41.4
	Labour	Prof. Robert Samuel Theodore Chorley	20,183	41.3
	Liberal	Sir Felix John Morgan Brunner	8,460	17.3
Majority			15	0.1
Turnout				78.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Northwich ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Galway Foster	25,144	48.4
	Labour	Charles Mapp	19,886	38.2
	Liberal	Dr. Walter Norman Leak	6,989	13.4
Majority			5,258	10.2
Turnout				87.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Northwich ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Galway Foster	29,375	56.8
	Labour	Robert Patrick Walsh	22,300	43.2
Majority			7,075	13.6
Turnout				83.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Northwich ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Galway Foster	20,697	59.4
	Labour	John Derek Page	14,142	40.6
Majority			6,555	18.8
Turnout				79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Northwich ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Galway Foster	20,396	54.5
	Labour	John Crawford	12,426	33.2
	Liberal	Richard Eric Lewis	4,602	12.3
Majority			7,970	21.3
Turnout				84.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Northwich ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sir John Galway Foster	17,277	47.4
	Labour	John Crawford	12,892	35.3
	Liberal	Geoffrey Johnson Tordoff	6,331	17.3	n/a
Majority			4,385	12.1
Turnout				83.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Northwich ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir John Galway Foster	16,483	45.1
	Labour	Stephen Barry Jones	15,780	43.1
	Liberal	Douglas Bedford Taylor	4,310	11.8
Majority			703	2.0
Turnout				82.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Northwich ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sir John Galway Foster	20,366	51.3
	Labour	Alfred Bates	15,746	39.6
	Liberal	Thomas Noel Armstrong	3,604	9.1
Majority			4,620	11.7
Turnout				78.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, February 1974: Northwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alastair Robertson Goodlad	19,778	45.36
	Labour	SG Benyon	13,485	30.92
	Liberal	R Reaper	10,344	23.72
Majority			6,293	14.43
Turnout				83.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Northwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alastair Robertson Goodlad	18,663	45.12
	Labour	PA Kent	14,053	33.98
	Liberal	D Reaper	8,645	20.90
Majority			4,610	11.15
Turnout				78.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election, 1979: Northwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alastair Robertson Goodlad	23,201	52.77
	Labour	PA Kent	14,455	32.88
	Liberal	G Little	6,311	14.35
Majority			8,746	19.89
Turnout				80.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "'Northwich', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

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