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Littleborough and Saddleworth

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–1997

Field	Value
name	Littleborough and Saddleworth
type	Borough
image	[[File:LittleboroughSaddleworth1983Constituency.svg	110px	alt=Outline map]]
caption	Littleborough and Saddleworth in Greater Manchester, showing boundaries used from 1983-1997
year	1983
abolished	1997
elects_howmany	One
previous	Oldham East, Rochdale and Colne Valley
next	Oldham East and Saddleworth and Rochdale
region	England
county	Greater Manchester
towns	Littleborough, Saddleworth and Milnrow

Littleborough and Saddleworth was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

History

This Conservative-Liberal Democrat marginal was held by the Conservative Party at the three general elections of its existence. The victorious MP on each of these occasions was Geoffrey Dickens, who was elected in 1979 for Huddersfield West (which was a predecessor seat to this constituency, however no part of it was added to this seat when it was created in 1983). However, at a by-election called after Dickens' death in 1995, it was won by Chris Davies of the Liberal Democrats.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham wards of Crompton, Lees, Saddleworth East, Saddleworth West, and Shaw, and the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale wards of Littleborough, Milnrow, and Wardle.

The constituency was centred on the towns of Littleborough, Milnrow and Saddleworth. In 1997, three quarters of the seat became part of the new Oldham East and Saddleworth constituency, with Littleborough and surrounding areas joining the redrawn Rochdale constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party	Notes
Conservative Party (UK)}}"			1983	Geoffrey Dickens	Conservative
Liberal Democrats (UK)}}"			1995 by-election	Chris Davies	Liberal Democrat
	1997	constituency abolished: see Oldham East and Saddleworth & Rochdale

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

References

"The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983".
{{Rayment-hc. l. 3. (March 2012)
"Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
(9 April 1992). "Politics Resources". Politics Resources.
"Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
"Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].

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