Warrington was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. From 1832 to 1983 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History The Warrington constituency covered the central part of the town of Warrington in Lancashire and surrounding area.
In 1983 it was abolished and replaced by Warrington North and Warrington South constituencies.
Boundaries The Parliamentary Borough of Warrington was defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 as comprising: The respective Townships of Warrington and Latchford; and also those two detached portions of the township of Thelwall which lie between the boundary of the township of Latchford and the River MerseyParliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 (1832 c.64) Schedule O It was this area that was incorporated as a Municipal Borough in 1847. The boundaries were unchanged until 1918 when the constituency was redefined as being identical with the area of the County Borough of Warrington.Representation of the People Act 1918 (c. 64), Ninth Schedule: Redistribution of Seats The constituency boundaries were widened to reflect those of the County Borough in 1950, at the same time it was renamed as Warrington Borough Constituency.Representation of the People Act 1948 (c.65) First Schedule
Members of Parliament YearMemberParty 1832 Edmund George Hornby Whig 1835 John Ireland Blackburne Conservative 1847 Gilbert Greenall Conservative 1868 Peter Rylands Liberal 1874 Gilbert Greenall Conservative 1880 John Gordon McMinnies Liberal 1885 Sir Gilbert Greenall Conservative 1892 Robert Pierpont Conservative 1906 Arthur Crosfield Liberal 1910 Harold Smith Conservative 1922 Alec Cunningham-Reid Conservative 1923 Charles Dukes Labour 1924 Alec Cunningham-Reid Conservative 1929 Charles Dukes Labour 1931 Noel Goldie Conservative 1945 Edward Porter Labour 1950 Hyacinth Morgan Labour 1955 Edith Summerskill Labour 1961 Thomas Williams Labour 1981 Doug Hoyle Labour 1983 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; Unionist: Harold Smith Liberal:
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
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