Mid Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)


Mid Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was created upon the abolition of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1868 and the redivision of Cheshire into Mid Cheshire, East Cheshire, West Cheshire and Stalybridge. In 1885, the first three of these were abolished and re-divided into eight constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.

Boundaries

1868–1885: The Hundreds of Bucklow and Northwich.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Legh resigned, causing a by-election.
Leigh's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Egerton's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Egerton, caused a by-election.