Eccles was a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom, centred on the town of Eccles in Greater Manchester, England. 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 system.
History The constituency was established under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished at the 2010 general election.
Boundaries
1885–1918
The constituency, known as South East Lancashire, Eccles Division, was defined as consisting of the civil parishes of Barton upon Irwell, Clifton, Flixton, Urmston, Worsley and the part of the parish of Pendlebury not in the Parliamentary Borough of Salford.
1918–1983 The Representation of the People Act 1918 redrew all constituencies in Great Britain and Ireland. The Parliamentary Borough of Eccles consisted of two local government districts: the Municipal Borough of Eccles and the Urban District of Swinton and Pendlebury (later incorporated as a borough). The seat was renamed Eccles Borough Constituency by the Representation of the People Act 1948.
1983–1997 In 1983 constituency boundaries were altered to align with the new administrative geography introduced by the Local Government Act 1972. Eccles became a borough constituency in the parliamentary county of Greater Manchester, consisting of seven wards of the City of Salford: Barton, Eccles, Pendlebury, Swinton North, Swinton South, Weaste and Seedley, and Winton.The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417)
1997–2010 The boundaries of the constituency were altered for 1997 general election, reflecting a change in ward boundaries. It was defined as consisting of the following wards: Barton, Cadishead, Eccles, Irlam, Pendlebury, Swinton North, Swinton South and Winton.
Abolition Following its review of parliamentary representation in Greater Manchester, the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Eccles be split between two new constituencies:
Salford and Eccles, from the existing Salford constituency and the central/eastern part of Eccles. Worsley and Eccles South, from the existing Worsley constituency and the southern/western part of Eccles.
These constituencies were used from the 2010 general election.
Members of Parliament ElectionMember Party 1885 Alfred Egerton Conservative 1890 by-election Henry Roby Liberal 1895 Octavius Leigh-Clare Conservative 1906 Sir George Pollard Liberal 1918 Marshall Stevens Coalition Conservative 1922 John Buckle Labour 1924 Albert Bethel Conservative 1929 David Mort Labour 1931 John Potter Conservative 1935 Robert Cary Conservative 1945 William Proctor Labour 1964 Lewis Carter-Jones Labour 1987 Joan Lestor Labour 1997 Ian Stewart Labour2010 constituency abolished: see Salford and Eccles and Worsley and Eccles South
Elections
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
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
See also parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester
Notes and references
External links Eccles UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK