Oswestry (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Oswestry County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Oswestry is a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983, when it was renamed North Shropshire. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post method of election.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1885)
- 1885-1901: Stanley Leighton,
- 1901-1904: Hon. George Ralph Ormsby-Gore,
- 1904-1906: Allan Heywood Bright,
- 1906-1929: William Clive Bridgeman,
- 1929-1945: Bertie Edward Parker Leighton,
- 1945-1950: Oliver Brian Sanderson Poole,
- 1950-1961: Hon. William David Ormsby-Gore,
- 1961-1983: William John Biffen,
- Constituency abolished (1983)
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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