Rossendale (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rossendale County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons

Rossendale was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. Created in 1885, it comprised the town of Rawtenstall and other towns in the Rossendale Valley .

The constituency ceased to exist with the implementation of the 1983 boundary changes and was replaced by the Rossendale and Darwen Parliamentry constituency.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Election results 3 See also 4 Sources

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Marquess of Hartington	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892	John Henry Maden	Liberal
	1900	Sir William Mather	Conservative
	1904	Lewis Harcourt	Liberal
	1917	Sir John Henry Maden	Liberal
	1918	Robert Waddington	Conservative
	1922	David Halstead	Conservative
	1923	Robert Waddington	Conservative
	1929	Arthur Law	Labour
	1931	Ronald Cross	Conservative
	1945	George Henry Walker	Labour
	1950	Anthony Greenwood	Labour
	1970	Ronald Bray	Conservative
	1974	Michael Noble	Labour
	1979	David Trippier	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished: see Rossendale and Darwen

[edit] Election results

[edit] See also

• Rossendale and Darwin Parliamentary constituency

[edit] Sources

• Historical list of MPs
• Election results, 1950 - 1979