- Middleton and Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)
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Middleton and Prestwich Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1918–1983 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.
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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
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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