Farnworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Farnworth County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Farnworth was a constituency in Lancashire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Robert Leake | Liberal | |
| 1895 | John James Mellor | Conservative | |
| 1900 | Theodore Cooke Taylor | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Edward Albert Ashton Bagley | Conservative | |
| 1922 | Thomas Greenall | Labour | |
| 1929 | Guy Rowson | Labour | |
| 1931 | James Stones | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Guy Rowson | Labour | |
| 1938 | George Tomlinson | Labour | |
| 1952 | Ernest Thornton | Labour | |
| 1970 | John Roper | Labour until 1981, then SDP | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
