Bury (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bury Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Bury was a borough constituency centred on the town of Bury in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Bury & Radcliffe.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1832 | Richard Walker | ||
| 1852 | Frederick Peel | ||
| 1857 | Robert Needham Philips | ||
| 1859 | Frederick Peel | ||
| 1865 | Robert Needham Philips | ||
| 1885 | Sir Henry James | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1895 | James Kenyon | ||
| 1902 | Sir George Toulmin | ||
| 1918 | Charles Ainsworth | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Alan Ernest Leofric Chorlton | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Walter Fletcher | Conservative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Bury & Radcliffe | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
