Farnworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Farnworth County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Farnworth was a county constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
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[edit] Boundaries
From 1885 to 1918 the Farnworth area had been included in the Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth constituency.
The Farnworth constituency included Farnworth, Walkden and Little Hulton.[1]
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Edward Albert Ashton Bagley | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Thomas Greenall | Labour | |
| 1929 | Guy Rowson | Labour | |
| 1931 | James Stones | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Guy Rowson | Labour | |
| 1938 | George Tomlinson | Labour | |
| 1952 | Ernest Thornton | Labour | |
| 1970 | John Roper | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1981 | SDP | ||
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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