South East Lancashire was a
county constituency of the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two
Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the
Reform act of 1867
The Representation of the People Act 1867, 30 & 31 Vict. c. 102 (known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act) was a piece of British legislation that enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first ...
by the splitting of the
South Lancashire constituency into South-West and South-East divisions.
The constituency was abolished by the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into eight single member divisions of
Eccles,
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth,
Gorton,
Heywood,
Middleton,
Prestwich
Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, north of Manchester city centre, north of Salford and south of Bury.
Historically part of Lancashire, Prestwich was the seat of the ancient parish o ...
,
Stretford
Stretford is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, south of Manchester city centre, south of Salford and north-east of Altrincham. Str ...
and
Westhoughton.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the
Salford hundred of Lancashire except for those parts of the hundred lying in the
Parliamentary boroughs of
Ashton-under-Lyne,
Bolton,
Bury,
Manchester,
Rochdale,
Salford and
Stalybridge
Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census.
Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and no ...
.
Members of Parliament
*''Constituency created'' (
1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
)
Elections
References
Sources
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History of Salford
History of Lancashire
Politics of Lancashire
Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
Politics of Salford