Westhoughton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Westhoughton was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire. Centred on the former mining and cotton town of Westhoughton, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1885 Frank Hardcastle Conservative
1892 Edward Stanley Conservative
1906 William Tyson Wilson Labour
1921 Rhys John Davies Labour
1951 Tom Price Labour
1973 Roger Stott Labour
1983 constituency abolished

[edit] References

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