Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Clitheroe County constituency |
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| Created: | 1559 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Clitheroe was a constituency in Lancashire.
It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832, and then one MP until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Ribble Valley constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] To 1832
Two members returned to Parliament
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[edit] 1832-1983
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | representation reduced to one member | ||
| 1832 | John Fort | Liberal | |
| 1841 | Mathew Wilson | Liberal | |
| 1842 | Edward Cardwell | Conservative | |
| 1847 | Mathew Wilson | Liberal | |
| 1853 | John Thomas Walshman Aspinall | Conservative | |
| 1853 | Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie | Liberal | |
| 1857 | John Turner Hopwood | Liberal | |
| 1865 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
| 1868 | Ralph Assheton | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Liberal | |
| 1902 | David James Shackleton | Labour | |
| 1910 | Albert Smith | Labour | |
| 1918 | Alfred Davies | Labour | |
| 1922 | Sir William Brass | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Harry Enos Randall | Labour | |
| 1950 | Richard Fort | Conservative | |
| 1959 | Sir Francis Pearson | Conservative | |
| 1970 | Alan David Walder | Conservative | |
| 1979 | David Waddington | Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
