Westhoughton (UK Parliament constituency)
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Westhoughton was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire. Centred on the former mining and cotton town of Westhoughton, it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Frank Hardcastle | ||
| 1892 | Edward Stanley | Conservative | |
| 1906 | William Tyson Wilson | Labour | |
| 1921 | Rhys John Davies | Labour | |
| 1951 | Tom Price | Labour | |
| 1973 | Roger Stott | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
