Farnworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Farnworth was a constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Robert Leake Liberal
1895 John James Mellor Conservative
1900 Theodore Cooke Taylor Liberal
1918 Edward Albert Ashton Bagley Conservative
1922 Thomas Greenall Labour
1929 Guy Rowson Labour
1931 James Stones Conservative
1935 Guy Rowson Labour
1938 George Tomlinson Labour
1952 Ernest Thornton Labour
1970 John Roper Labour until 1981, then SDP
1983 constituency abolished


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