Lowestoft (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Lowestoft County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Lowestoft was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Sir Savile Crossley | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1892 | Harry Seymour Foster | ||
| 1900 | Francis Alfred Lucas | ||
| 1906 | Edward Beauchamp | ||
| 1910 | Harry Seymour Foster | ||
| 1910 | Sir Edward Beauchamp | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Sir Gervais Squire Chittick Rentoul | Conservative | |
| 1934 by-election | Pierse Creagh Loftus | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Edward Evans | Labour | |
| 1959 | James Prior | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Elections
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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
