- Morley (UK Parliament constituency)
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Morley Former constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1918 Number of members one Replaced by Batley and Morley, Dewsbury, Rothwell and Spen Valley Created from Southern West Riding of Yorkshire Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Morley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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History
The constituency was created when the two-member Southern West Riding of Yorkshire constituency was divided by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Batley and Morley constituency.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1885 Charles George Milnes Gaskell Liberal 1892 Alfred Eddison Hutton Liberal 1910 (January) Gerald Ashburner France Liberal 1918 constituency abolished: see Batley & Morley Election results
References
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire and the Humber (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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