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West Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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one

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Denbighshire, Denbigh

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Denbighshire

West Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

West Denbighshire, formally called the Western Division of Denbighshire, was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in North Wales. 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.

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History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the two-member Denbighshire constituency was divided into and Eastern and Western divisions. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

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;

  • Liberal: Sir John Herbert Roberts
  • Unionist: W. Henry Williams
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    West Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia