North West Staffordshire was a constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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 1914âÂÂ15:
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;