Leek (UK Parliament constituency)
- Leek (UK Parliament constituency)
Leek was a constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished nearly 100 years later for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Staffordshire Moorlands constituency.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
*1885 – 1886: Charles Crompton
*1886 – 1892: Harry Tichborne Hinckes
*1892 – 1906: Charles Bill
*1906 – 1910: Robert Pearce
*1910 – 1910: Arthur Howard Heath
*1910 – 1918: Sir Robert Pearce
*1918 – 1931: William Bromfield
*1931 – 1935: Arthur Ratcliffe
*1935 – 1945: William Bromfield
*1945 – 1970: Harold Davies
*1970 – 1983: David Knox
Election results
References
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