South East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 of 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
Seatstwo
Created fromSouth Lancashire
Replaced byEccles, 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)
Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1868 Algernon Egerton Conservative John Snowdon Henry Conservative
1874 Edward Hardcastle Conservative
1880 Robert Leake Liberal William Agnew Liberal
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections
General election 1868: South East Lancashire[2]
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)
General election 1874: South East Lancashire[2]
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
General election 1880: South East Lancashire[2]
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 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

References
  1. "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 413. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. "South-East Lancashire Election". The Ashton Weekly Reporter, and Stalybridge and Dukinfield Chronicle. 3 October 1868. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "South-East Lancashire Election". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 6 February 1874. p. 1. Retrieved 4 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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