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.Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume 2
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 ElectionMemberParty 1885 Tom Edwards-Moss Conservative 1892 John Saunders Gilliat Conservative 1900 William Walker Coalition Conservative 1919 by-election Arthur Henderson Labour 1922 Christopher Clayton Conservative 1929 Alexander Gordon Cameron Labour 1931 Roland Robinson Conservative 1935 Richard Pilkington Conservative 1945 Christopher Shawcross Labour 1950 James MacColl Labour 1971 by-election Gordon Oakes Labour 1983 constituency abolished
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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
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
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