Warrington was a
parliamentary constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
in the United Kingdom. From 1832 to 1983 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprem ...
.
History
The Warrington constituency covered the central part of the town of
Warrington in Lancashire and surrounding area.
In 1983 it was abolished and replaced by
Warrington North and
Warrington South
Warrington South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Andy Carter, a Conservative Party politician.
Constituency profile
Warrington South is one of two seats covering the Borough of Warr ...
constituencies.
Boundaries
The Parliamentary Borough of Warrington was defined by the
Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as comprising:
The respective Townships of Warrington and Latchford; and also those two detached portions of the township of Thelwall which lie between the boundary of the township of Latchford and the River Mersey
It was this area that was incorporated as a
Municipal Borough
Municipal boroughs were a type of local government district which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974, in Northern Ireland from 1840 to 1973 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1840 to 2002. Broadly similar structures existed in S ...
in 1847. The boundaries were unchanged until
1918
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Events
Below, the events ...
when the constituency was redefined as being identical with the area of the
County Borough of Warrington. The constituency boundaries were widened to reflect those of the County Borough in 1950, at the same time it was renamed as Warrington
Borough Constituency.
Members of Parliament
2
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
*Unionist:
Harold Smith
*Liberal:
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s7
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983
Politics of Warrington