Bristol North (UK Parliament constituency)

The seat was one of a small minority spanning the period which never elected a Conservative and Unionist Party candidate.

In its early history Bristol North three times elected a Liberal Unionist who was affiliated with the Conservative Party; the latter having declined to field a candidate in those elections and in three others of the eight before World War I.

In two of these four instances the splinter arguably centrist Liberal candidate won.

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol wards of District, St James's, and St Paul's, and part of North ward, and the local government district of Stapleton.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;