Blackburn_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Blackburn West (UK Parliament constituency)

Blackburn West (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1955

Blackburn West was a parliamentary constituency in the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, when the former two-member Blackburn constituency was divided into Blackburn East and Blackburn West. It was abolished only five years later, for the 1955 general election, when it was partly replaced by a new single-member Blackburn constituency.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Blackburn wards of Park, St Andrew's, St Luke's, St Mark's, St Paul's, St Peter's, and St Silas's.[1]

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 1950s

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References

  1. [1]
    Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1972). Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1985-1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
  2. [2]
    British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig
  3. [3]
    British parliamentary election results, 1950–1973 by FWS Craig
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