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Widnes (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983

Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983

Field	Value
name	Widnes
type	County
parliament	uk
image	[[File:Widnes1974Constituency.svg	150px	alt=Outline map]]
caption	Widnes in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974–1983
year	1885
abolished	1983
elects_howmany	one
previous	South West Lancashire
next	Halton, Knowsley South and St Helens South

|}} Widnes was a county constituency in England, based on the town of Widnes, in Lancashire. 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 voting system.

History

The constituency was formed as a Parliamentary division of Lancashire in 1885, including Allerton, Cronton, Ditton, Garston, Hale, Halewood, Huyton with Roby, Little Woolton, Much Woolton, Speke, Tarbock, Whiston and Widnes.

In 1918 it was redefined to cover the municipal borough of Widnes, along with the urban districts of Prescot and Huyton with Roby and the Whiston Rural District. The two urban districts and part of the rural district (the parishes of Eccleston, Kirkby, Knowsley, and Windle) became part of a new Huyton constituency in 1950, with Widnes retaining the borough and the remainder of the rural district. In 1971 Widnes featured the last by-election to date to have only a Labour and a Conservative candidate. Its boundaries remained unchanged in 1974. In 1983 Widnes constituency was abolished and replaced by the Halton constituency.

Boundaries

1950–1983: The borough of Widnes, and the rural district of Whiston except the parishes of Eccleston, Kirkby, Knowsley, and Windle.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1885	Tom Edwards-Moss
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1892	John Saunders Gilliat
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1900	William Walker
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1919 by-election	Arthur Henderson
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1922	Christopher Clayton
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1929	Alexander Gordon Cameron
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1931	Roland Robinson
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		1935	Richard Pilkington
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1945	Christopher Shawcross
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1950	James MacColl
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1971 by-election	Gordon Oakes
	1983	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 11,780

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 11,005

|reg. electors = 9,447

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 8,998

|reg. electors = 9,014

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 8,223

References

Sources

References

"'Widnes', Feb 1974 - May 1983". Cognitive Computing Limited.
Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume 2
{{Cite legislation UK. (1948)
(1974). "British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918". Macmillan Press.
(23 Feb 1892). "Liberal Meeting at Widnes". [[Liverpool Mercury]].
(4 December 1885). "The General Election". [[London Evening Standard]].

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