- West Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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West Cheshire Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1868–1885 Number of members two West Cheshire is a former parliamentary constituency, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created upon the abolition of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1868 and the redivision of Cheshire into West Cheshire, East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire and Stalybridge. In 1885, the first three of these were abolished and re-divided into eight constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.
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Elecion First member First party Second member Second Party 1868 Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bt Conservative John Tollemache Conservative 1872 by-election Hon. Wilbraham Tollemache Conservative 1881 by-election Henry James Tollemache Conservative 1885 Constituency abolished Elections
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Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1868
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
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