South East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South East Lancashire County constituency
Created:	1868
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	two

South East Lancashire was a county 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, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth, Gorton, Heywood, Middleton, Prestwich, Stretford and Westhoughton.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 Sources

[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
1868		Algernon Egerton	Conservative		John Snowdon Henry	Conservative
1874					Edward Hardcastle	Conservative
1880		Robert Leake	Liberal		William Agnew	Liberal

• Constituency abolished (1885)

[edit] Elections

[edit] Sources

• Historical list of MPs