South East Lancashire
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1868–1885
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South East Lancashire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1867 by the splitting of the South Lancashire constituency into South-West and South-East divisions.
| South East Lancashire | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Seats | two |
| Created from | South Lancashire |
| Replaced by | Eccles, Gorton, Heywood, Middleton, Prestwich, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth, Stretford and Westhoughton |
The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into eight single member divisions of Eccles, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth, Gorton, Heywood, Middleton, Prestwich, Stretford and Westhoughton.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the Salford hundred of Lancashire except for those parts of the hundred lying in the Parliamentary boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stalybridge.[1]
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1868)
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Algernon Egerton | Conservative | John Snowdon Henry | Conservative | ||
| 1874 | Edward Hardcastle | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Robert Leake | Liberal | William Agnew | Liberal | ||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||||
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 8,290 | 27.4 | ||
| Conservative | John Snowdon Henry | 8,012 | 26.5 | ||
| Liberal | Frederick Peel | 7,024 | 23.2 | ||
| Liberal | Henry Yates Thompson[3] | 6,953 | 23.0 | ||
| Majority | 988 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 15,140 (est) | 78.3 (est) | |||
| Registered electors | 19,340 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 9,187 | 27.7 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Edward Hardcastle | 9,015 | 27.2 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal | Peter Rylands | 7,464 | 22.5 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal | John Edward Taylor[4] | 7,453 | 22.5 | −0.5 | |
| Majority | 1,551 | 4.7 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 16,560 (est) | 77.3 (est) | −1.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 21,427 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Leake | 11,313 | 26.0 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal | William Agnew | 11,291 | 25.9 | +3.4 | |
| Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 10,569 | 24.2 | −3.5 | |
| Conservative | Edward Hardcastle | 10,419 | 23.9 | −3.3 | |
| Majority | 894 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 722 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 21,796 (est) | 83.7 (est) | +6.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,037 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 | |||