Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)
- Prestwich (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Prestwich
Type = County
Year = 1885
Abolition = 1918
members = one
Prestwich was a constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
Boundaries
The constituency of South-East Lancashire, Prestwich Division was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with the official title. It consisted of an area of the parliamentary county of Lancashire between the boroughs of Salford and Oldham. It consisted of the following civil parishes and townships: ["Seventh Schedule: Counties at Large: Number of Members and Names and Contents of Divisions", Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, (1885 c.23)]
*Blackley
*Chadderton
*Crompton
*Crumpsall
*Droylsden
*Failsworth
*Great Heaton
*Little Heaton
*Moston
*Prestwich
*Royton
*And the part of the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne not included in the municipal borough.
The electorate also consisted of the freeholders of the municipal boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham who were entitled to vote in the county.
Abolition
The constituency was abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1918, with its area divided between four new constuencies: [Ninth Schedule - Part II, Parliamentary Counties: England, excluding Monmouthshire, Representation of the People Act 1918 (1918 c.64)]
*Blackley, Crumpsall, and Moston (which had been added to the City of Manchester in 1890) became the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester Blackley.
*Chadderton, Great Heaton, Little Heaton and Prestwich became part of Middleton and Prestwich Division
*Droylsden and Failsworth were included in Mossley Division
*Crompton and Royton, along with five other urban districts, formed Royton Division.
Members of Parliament
Elections
ee also
*Prestwich-cum-Oldham
References
External links
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/pcommons2.htm Historical list of MPs]
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