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 by the splitting of the South Lancashire constituency into South-West and South-East divisions.
| South East Lancashire | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Seats | two |
| Created from | South Lancashire |
| Replaced by | Eccles, Gorton, Heywood, Middleton, Prestwich, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth, Stretford and Westhoughton |
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, Stretford and Westhoughton.
Boundaries
editThis 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.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit- Constituency created (1868)
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Algernon Egerton | Conservative | John Snowdon Henry | Conservative | ||
| 1874 | Edward Hardcastle | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Robert Leake | Liberal | William Agnew | Liberal | ||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
Elections
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 8,290 | 27.4 | ||
| Conservative | John Snowdon Henry | 8,012 | 26.5 | ||
| Liberal | Frederick Peel | 7,024 | 23.2 | ||
| Liberal | Henry Yates Thompson[3] | 6,953 | 23.0 | ||
| Majority | 988 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 15,140 (est) | 78.3 (est) | |||
| Registered electors | 19,340 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 9,187 | 27.7 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Edward Hardcastle | 9,015 | 27.2 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal | Peter Rylands | 7,464 | 22.5 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal | John Edward Taylor[4] | 7,453 | 22.5 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 1,551 | 4.7 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 16,560 (est) | 77.3 (est) | −1.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,427 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Leake | 11,313 | 26.0 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal | William Agnew | 11,291 | 25.9 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 10,569 | 24.2 | −3.5 | |
| Conservative | Edward Hardcastle | 10,419 | 23.9 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 894 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 722 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,796 (est) | 83.7 (est) | +6.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,037 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 413. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "South-East Lancashire Election". The Ashton Weekly Reporter, and Stalybridge and Dukinfield Chronicle. 3 October 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "South-East Lancashire Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 6 February 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.