South West Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

South West 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 new South-East and South-West divisions.

The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into eight single member divisions of Bootle, Ince, Leigh, Newton, Ormskirk, St Helens, Southport and Widnes.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the Lancashire hundred of West Derby except for the boroughs of Liverpool, Warrington and Wigan.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1868)

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1868		Richard Assheton Cross	Conservative		Charles Turner	Conservative
1875					John Ireland Blackburne	Conservative
1885	Redistribution of Seats Act constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

[edit] Sources

• Historical list of MPs