Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency)

Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Sowerby
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1983
members = one

Sowerby was a county constituency centred on the village of Sowerby in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely treplaced by the new Calder Valley constituency.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Elections

References

*Rayment


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