Newton (UK Parliament constituency)
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- Not to be confused with Newtown (UK Parliament constituency).
| Newton Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1559, 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1832, 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Newton was a Borough constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England from 1559 to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament.
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[edit] Borough constituency
The Borough franchise from its creation in 1559, was held by the Freemen of the Borough. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings. In 1800 there was just 50 electors and there were few, if any contested elections for either of the two seats
It was one of the 56 Rotten Boroughs disenfranchised by the Great Reform Act of 1832.
[edit] County constituency
The constituency was re-established in 1885 as a division of the parliamentary county of Lancashire, covering various settlements in addition to Newton itself, including Ashton-in-Makerfield, Billinge and Winstanley. It was reconstituted in 1918 to cover the urban districts of Golborne, Haydock and Newton, along with the Warrington Rural District and part of the Leigh Rural District (otherwise in Stretford. When it was redesignated in 1950 the Leigh Rural District had been abolished, and borders were realigned, with the constituency adding Irlam. The constituency stayed the same in 1974. [1]
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1660-1832
- Constituency abolished (1832)
[edit] 1885-1983
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | constituency re-established with one MP | ||
| 1885 | Richard Assheton Cross | Conservative | |
| 1886 | Thomas Wodehouse Legh | Conservative | |
| 1899 | Richard Pilkington | Conservative | |
| 1906 | James Andrew Seddon | Labour | |
| 1910 | Roundell Cecil Palmer | Conservative | |
| 1918 | Robert Young | Labour | |
| 1931 | Reginald Clare Essenhigh | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Robert Young | Labour | |
| 1950 | Frederick Lee | Labour | |
| 1974 | John Evans | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Elections
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Historical list of MPs
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
