Middleton and Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Middleton and Prestwich was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Middleton and Prestwich districts of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of Heywood and Middleton.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins	Liberal
	1918		National Liberal
	1923	Sir Alexander Nairne Stewart Stewart-Sandeman	Conservative
	1940	Ernest Everard Gates	Conservative
	1951	Sir John Denman Barlow	Conservative
	1966	Denis Coe	Labour
	1970	Alan Haselhurst	Conservative
	1974	James Callaghan	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

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