Oldham East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Oldham East Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Oldham East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-east of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
The constituency succeeded a larger Oldham parliamentary constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Frank Fairhurst | Labour | |
| 1951 | Sir Ian Macdonald Horobin | Conservative | |
| 1959 | Charles Mapp | Labour | |
| 1970 | James Alexander Lamond | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
