Lancaster (UK Parliament constituency)

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Lancaster
Borough constituency
Created: 1295, 1523, 1885
Abolished: 1376, 1867, 1997
Type: House of Commons


Lancaster was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1867. Centred on the historic city of Lancaster in north-west England. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1867 when the constituency was abolished.

The constituency was re-established in 1885 as a county constituency. It then returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, with elections held under the first-past-the-post system. This constituency in turn was abolished when it was largely replaced by the new Lancaster and Wyre constituency for the 1997 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

  • Constituency abolished (1867)
  • Constituency re-created (1885)
Year Member Party
1885 George Blucher Heneage Marton Conservative
1886 James Williamson Liberal
1895 William Henry Foster Conservative
1900 Norval Watson Helme Liberal
1918 Archibald Hunter Coalition Conservative
1922 John Edward Singleton Conservative
1923 John Joseph O'Neill Liberal
1924 Gerald Strickland Conservative
1928 Robert Parkinson Tomlinson Liberal
1929 Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative
1941 Fitzroy Maclean Conservative
1959 Humphry Berkeley Conservative
1966 Stanley Henig Labour
1970 Elaine Kellett-Bowman Conservative
1997 constituency abolished: see Lancaster and Wyre

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.