St Helens (UK Parliament constituency) (original) (raw)
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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1983
| St Helens | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituencyfor the House of Commons | |
 St Helens in Lancashire, showing boundaries used from 1974–1983 |
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| County | Lancashire |
| Major settlements | St Helens |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | South West Lancashire |
| Replaced by | St Helens North and St Helens South |
St Helens was a constituency in the county of Lancashire, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency was abolished in 1983, being split into North and South seats.
1885–1918: The municipal borough of St Helens.[1]
1918–1983: The County Borough of St Helens.
Members of Parliament
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| Election | Member | Party | Notes |
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| 1885 | Henry Seton-Karr | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Thomas Glover | Labour | |
| 1910 | Rigby Swift | Conservative | |
| 1918 | James Sexton | Labour | |
| 1931 | Richard Austin Spencer | Conservative | |
| 1935 | William Albert Robinson | Labour | |
| 1945 | Hartley Shawcross | Labour | Resigned May 1958 |
| 1958 by-election | Leslie Spriggs | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections in the 1880s
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Seton-Karr
Elections in the 1890s
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Elections in the 1900s
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Glover
Elections in the 1910s
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General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: Rigby Swift
- Labour: James Sexton
Elections in the 1920s
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Elections in the 1930s
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General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: William Robinson[17]
- Conservative: S J Hill
Election in the 1940s
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Shawcross
Elections in the 1950s
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Elections in the 1960s
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Elections in the 1970s
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- ^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ "The Candidates for St. Helens". Liverpool Mercury. 19 June 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig