West Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Denbighshire
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

West Denbighshire, formally called the Western Division of Denbighshire, was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in North Wales. 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 voting system.

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The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the two-member Denbighshire constituency was divided into and Eastern and Western divisions. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

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Election Member Party
1885 William Cornwallis West Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1892 Sir John Herbert Roberts Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

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