South East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South East Lancashire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
South East Lancashire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the Reform act of 1867 by the splitting of the South Lancashire consituency into West and East divisions.
The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into eight single member divisions of Eccles, Farnworth, Gorton, Heywood, Middleton, Prestwich, Stretford and Westhoughton.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the Lancashire hundred of Salford except for the boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Rochdale and Salford.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1868)
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1868 | Algernon Fulke Egerton | Conservative | John Snowdon Henry | Conservative | ||
| 1874 | Edward Hardcastle | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Robert Leake | Liberal | William Agnew | Liberal | ||
- Constituency abolished (1885)
[edit] Elections
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