Middleton and Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Middleton and Prestwich County constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Middleton and Prestwich was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Middleton and Prestwich districts 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 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of Heywood and Middleton.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins | Liberal | |
| 1918 | National Liberal | ||
| 1923 | Sir Nairne Stewart-Sandeman, Bt. | Conservative | |
| 1940 by-election | Ernest Everard Gates | Conservative | |
| 1951 | Sir John Denman Barlow | Conservative | |
| 1966 | Denis Coe | Labour | |
| 1970 | Alan Haselhurst | Conservative | |
| Feb. 1974 | James Callaghan | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton | ||
[edit] Election results
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[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
