Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hyde
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons

Hyde was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918. It was based around the town of Hyde, formerly in Cheshire but now part of Greater Manchester.

From the 1918 general election onwards, the town has been represented in parliament through the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • 1885–1886 Thomas Gair Ashton, later Baron Ashton of Hyde
  • 1886–1900 Joseph Watson Sidebotham
  • 1900–1906 Edward Chapman
  • 1906–1910 Charles Duncan Schwann, later Swann
  • 1910–1916 Francis Neilson
  • 1916–1918 Thomas Owen Jacobsen
  • 1918— see Stalybridge and Hyde

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