Luton (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Luton County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Luton is a former parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Luton in Bedfordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
It was created upon the abolition of Bedfordshire in 1885 and divided into Luton East and Luton West in 1974.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Cyril Flower | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Samuel Howard Whitbread | ||
| 1895 | Thomas Gair Ashton | Liberal | |
| 1911 | Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Sir John Prescott Hewett | Unionist | |
| 1923 | Geoffrey William Algernon Howard | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Terence James O'Connor | Unionist | |
| 1929 | Edward Leslie Burgin | Liberal | |
| 1931 | National Liberal | ||
| 1945 | William Warbey | Labour | |
| 1950 | Charles Hill | National Liberal and Conservative | |
| 1963 | William Howie | Labour | |
| 1970 | Charles Simeons | Conservative | |
| 1974 | Constituency abolished: see Luton East and Luton West | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
