Middleton and Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Middleton and Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Middleton and Prestwich
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918 (1918)1983 (1983)
Number of 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 constituencies of Heywood and Middleton and Bury South.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 Sir William Ryland Dent Adkins Coalition Liberal
1920 by-election Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Sir Nairne Stewart-Sandeman, Bt Conservative
1940 by-election Ernest Gates Conservative
1951 Sir John Barlow, Bt Conservative
1966 Denis Coe Labour
1970 Alan Haselhurst Conservative
Feb 1974 Jim Callaghan Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Heywood and Middleton

Election results

References



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