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Stalybridge (UK Parliament Constituency)
Stalybridge officially sometimes written in early years as Staleybridge was a parliamentary constituency, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament from 1868 until 1918 by one MP. It comprised the borough of Stalybridge which lay in Lancashire and Cheshire and which is in the east of today's Greater Manchester. On abolition for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election under the Representation of the People Act 1918 the seat's main replacement became Stalybridge and Hyde (UK Parliament constituency), Stalybridge and Hyde. Creation, boundaries and abolition Parliament created this seat under the Reform Act 1867, the part of the second Reform Act that covered England and Wales, which defined its components as the: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Cheshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
North Cheshire is a former United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliamentary United Kingdom constituencies, constituency. It was created upon the division of Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cheshire in 1832. In 1868 it was abolished with South Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Cheshire to form East Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), Mid Cheshire, West Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), West Cheshire and Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency), Stalybridge. History North Cheshire, or the Northern Division of Cheshire, was created as a two-member constituency under the Representation of the People Act 1832 as one of two divisions, along with South Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Cheshire, of the Parliamentary County of Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency), Cheshire. It comprised the Hundreds of Macclesfield Hundred, Macclesfield and Bucklow Hundred, Bucklow. Under the Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redistribution Of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23) was an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1885"). It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated United Kingdom constituencies, constituencies, a concept in the broader global context termed malapportionment, equal apportionment, in an attempt to equalise representation across the UK. It mandated the abolition of constituencies below a certain population threshold. It was associated with, but not part of, the Representation of the People Act 1884. Background The first major reform of Commons' seats took place under the Reform Act 1832. The second major reform of Commons' seats occurred in three territory-specific Acts in 1867–68: *the Reform Act 1867 applied to English and Welsh constituencies *the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley
Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley, (6 December 1874 – 14 February 1916) was a British peer and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. His political career was most noted for his support of Tariff Reform League, Tariff Reform. Biography Ridley was the son and heir of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley and the Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909), daughter of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts, BA in 1897, taking Honours in Literae Humaniores, Greats. Whilst at Oxford he became a Freemason in the Apollo University Lodge, a Masonic lodge for students and former students of the university. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency), Stalybridge at the 1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 general election. While in parliament he also served as parliamentary private secreta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1900 United Kingdom General Election
The 1900 United Kingdom general election was held between 26 September and 24 October 1900, following the dissolution of Parliament on 25 September. Also referred to as the Khaki Election (the first of several elections to bear Khaki election, this sobriquet), it was held at a time when it was widely believed that the Second Boer War had effectively been won (though in fact it was to continue for another two years). The Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, led by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Lord Salisbury with their Liberal Unionist Party, Liberal Unionist allies, secured a large majority of 134 seats, despite having received only 5.6% more votes than Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Liberal Party (UK), Liberals. This was largely owing to the Conservatives winning 163 seats that were uncontested by others. The Labour Representation Committee (1900), Labour Representation Committee, later to become the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, participated in a gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 United Kingdom General Election
The 1885 United Kingdom general election was held from 24 November to 18 December 1885. The first general election after an Representation of the People Act 1884, extension of the franchise and Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, redistribution of seats, it saw the Liberal Party (UK), Liberals lose their majority. The election saw the Liberals, led by William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone, win the most seats, but not an overall majority, so a minority government was necessary. The Irish Nationalists held the balance of power between the Liberals and the Conservatives who sat with a large number of allied Unionist MPs (their name referred to their support for the Acts of Union 1800, Union of Great Britain and Ireland). The pressure of minority government status exacerbated divisions within the Liberals over Irish Home Rule. This led to a Liberal split that caused another 1886 United Kingdom general election, general election the following year. The 1885 election saw the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Summers
William Summers (4 November 1853 – 1 January 1893). Retrieved on 27 August 2009. was a British politician and barrister. He was born in Stalybridge, the second son of John Summers, the local ironmaster, and his wife Mary. Education William Summers was educated at the private school of a Mr. Wood, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, after which he entered Owens College in about 1869. After gaining honours in the College examinations. he studied for a BA at the university of London and became an associate of the college in 1872. In 1874 he entered University College, Oxford, and in 1877 took the BA degree with a second class. He followed this up with an MA degree at the University of London where he was awarded the Gold Medal in classics. When he left Oxford he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1881. Political career In 1880 he was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Stalybridge, unseating the sitting Conservative MP, Tom Harrop Sidebottom. Five years later Sidebo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880 United Kingdom General Election
The 1880 United Kingdom general election was held from 31 March to 27 April 1880. It saw the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal opposition triumph with 352 seats. Its intense rhetoric was led by the Midlothian campaign of the Liberals, particularly the fierce oratory of Liberal Party (UK), Liberal leader William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone. He vehemently attacked the foreign policy of the government of Benjamin Disraeli, Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, as utterly immoral. The endeavours of the Disraeli government in Anglo-Zulu War, Africa, Great Famine of 1876–1878#Relief, India, Second Anglo-Afghan War, Afghanistan and Treaty of Berlin (1878), Europe, which were only partially successful and often accompanied by early, humiliating defeats, gave a good deal of fodder to Gladstone for his attacks. Further, Disraeli's favoured dealing with the Turks, who were responsible for horrendous Batak massacre, atrocities against Balkan Christians also laid him open to religious a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Harrop Sidebottom
Thomas Harrop Sidebottom (16 April 1826 – 25 May 1908) was a British businessman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. He was the eldest son of William Sidebottom of Etherow House, Hollingworth, Cheshire. Following education at Manchester Grammar School, he followed his father into business as a cotton spinner and manufacturer in the city. He was a director of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and was considered an authority on bimetallism. Sidebottom was appointed a justice of the peace for the counties of Cheshire and Derbyshire and in 1886 married Edith Murgatroyd of Didsbury. At the 1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 general election he was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge (UK Parliament constituency), Stalybridge. He was unseated by his Liberal Party (UK), Liberal opponent at the 1880 United Kingdom general election, ensuing election in 1880, but regain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1874 United Kingdom General Election
The 1874 United Kingdom general election was held between 31 January to 17 February 1874. The Conservatives under the leadership of Benjamin Disraeli won a decisive victory against the incumbent governing Liberals under William Ewart Gladstone, even though the Liberals achieved more votes than the Conservatives, largely caused by the number of uncontested Conservative-held seats. The election saw the Irish of the Home Rule League become a significant third party in Parliament, with 60 of 101 of the seats for Ireland. This was the first UK election to use a secret ballot following the 1872 Secret Ballot Act. The Irish Nationalist gains could well be attributed to the effects of the Secret Ballot Act, as tenants faced less of a threat of eviction if they voted against the wishes of their landlords. Also in this election, the first two working-class MPs were elected: Alexander MacDonald and Thomas Burt, both members of the Miners' Union, were elected as Liberal-Labour (Lib–La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two Major party, major List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beginning as an alliance of Whigs (British political party), Whigs, free trade–supporting Peelites, and reformist Radicals (UK), Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century, it had formed four governments under William Ewart Gladstone. Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule, the party returned to government in 1905 and won a landslide victory in the 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 general election. Under Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime ministers Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905–1908) and H. H. Asquith (1908–1916), the Liberal Party passed Liberal welfare reforms, reforms that created a basic welfare state. Although Asquith was the Leader of the Liberal Party (UK), party leader, its domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Buckley
Nathaniel Buckley (1821 – 23 March 1892) was a British landowner, cotton mill owner and Liberal Party politician. In November 1855 he was elected Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne. At the 1868 general election he was Liberal candidate for the constituency of Stalybridge, but was defeated by his Conservative opponent, James Sidebottom. Sidebottom died in February 1871 causing a by-election. Initially the local Liberal Party selected the Honourable Edward Lyuth Stanley as their candidate, but following a number of delegations of "working men", Buckley was chosen. The by-election was held on 28 February and Buckley won the seat by 208 votes. By the 1870s, Buckley was a millionaire. In 1873, he purchased the Galtee estate of the Earl of Kingston, near Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland. Following a revaluation, he issued rent demands to his new tenants of between fifty and five hundred per cent. This led to a great deal of agrarian unrest, evictions and an attempted assassination of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 Stalybridge By-election
The 1871 Stalybridge by-election was held on 1 March 1871, due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, James Sidebottom. It was won by the Liberal candidate Nathaniel Buckley Nathaniel Buckley (1821 – 23 March 1892) was a British landowner, cotton mill owner and Liberal Party politician. In November 1855 he was elected Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne. At the 1868 general election he was Liberal candidate for the constit .... References 1871 elections in the United Kingdom 1871 in England 19th century in Cheshire By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lancashire constituencies By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cheshire constituencies Stalybridge {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
