South_East_Lancashire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

South East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1885

South East Lancashire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the Reform Act of 1867 by the splitting of the South Lancashire constituency into South-West and South-East divisions.

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The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into eight single member divisions of Eccles, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth, Gorton, Heywood, Middleton, Prestwich, Stretford and Westhoughton.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the Salford hundred of Lancashire except for those parts of the hundred lying in the Parliamentary boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stalybridge.[1]

Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1868)
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Elections

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References

  1. [1]
    "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 413. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. [3]
    "South-East Lancashire Election". The Ashton Weekly Reporter, and Stalybridge and Dukinfield Chronicle. 3 October 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. [4]
    "South-East Lancashire Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 6 February 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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