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Northwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Number of members
  
one

Replaced by
  
Eddisbury, Tatton

Northwich (UK Parliament constituency)

Northwich was a constituency in Cheshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

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Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Division of Runcorn, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Eddisbury, Leftwich, and Northwich.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Northwich, Runcorn, Sandbach, and Winsford, and parts of the Rural Districts of Congleton, Northwich, and Runcorn.

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Middlewich, Northwich, and Winsford, and the Rural Districts of Northwich and Tarvin.

1955-1983: The Urban District of Northwich, and parts of the Rural Districts of Northwich and Tarvin.

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 from 1914 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: John Fowler Leece Brunner
  • Unionist: Julius John Jersey de Knoop
  • denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
  • Elections in the 1940s

    General Election 1939/40:

    Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Conservative: John Galway Foster
  • Labour: Prof. Robert Chorley
  • Liberal: Sir Felix Brunner
  • References

    Northwich (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia