Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Spen Valley constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Spen Valley was a parliamentary constituency in the valley of the River Spen in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | constituency established | ||
| 1885 | Joseph Woodhead | ||
| 1892 | Sir Thomas Palmer Whittaker | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1919 | Thomas Myers | Labour | |
| 1922 | Sir John Simon | Liberal | |
| 1931 | National Liberal | ||
| 1940 | William Edward Woolley | National Liberal | |
| 1945 | Granville Maynard Sharp | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Elections
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
