Crewe (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Crewe County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Crewe was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election in favour of Crewe and Nantwich.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | George William Latham | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Walter Stowe Bright McLaren | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Robert Arthur Ward | Conservative | |
| 1900 | James Tomkinson | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Walter Stowe Bright McLaren | Liberal | |
| 1912 | Ernest Craig | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Sir Joseph Davies | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Edward George Hemmerde | Labour | |
| 1924 | Sir Ernest Craig, Bt | Conservative | |
| 1929 | John William Bowen | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir Donald Somervell | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Sydney Scholefield Allen | Labour | |
| 1974 | Gwyneth Dunwoody | Labour | |
| 1983 | Constituency abolished: see Crewe and Nantwich | ||
[edit] Elections
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[edit] Sources
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
