North West Staffordshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Stone and Stafford |
Created from | North Staffordshire and West Staffordshire |
North West Staffordshire was a constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Leveson-Gower was appointed Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
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;