South West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South West Lancashire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1868 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
South West 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 Bootle, Ince, Leigh, Newton, Ormskirk, St Helens, Southport and Widnes.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the Lancashire hundred of West Derby except for the boroughs of Liverpool, Warrington and Wigan.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1868)
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1868 | Richard Assheton Cross | Conservative | Charles Turner | Conservative | ||
| 1875 | John Ireland Blackburne | Conservative | ||||
- Constituency abolished (1885)
[edit] Elections
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