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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983
Farnworth was a
county constituency in
Lancashire which returned one
Member of Parliament (MP) to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom from
1918 until it was abolished for the
1983 general election .
Boundaries
Farnworth in Lancashire, boundaries used 1974-83
From 1885 to 1918 the
Farnworth area had been included in the
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth constituency.
The Farnworth constituency included Farnworth,
Moses Gate ,
Kearsley ,
Stoneclough ,
Little Lever ,
Little Hulton ,
Walkden , and
Roe Green .
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The constituency disappeared in the 1983 redistribution; Farnworth itself and the surrounding wards within the
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton were placed in the new Bolton South East constituency where it has remained since, while
Walkden ,
Worsley and surroundings in the
City of Salford became part of the new
Worsley (1983–2010), later
Worsley and Eccles South (2010–present) constituency.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
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" 'Farnworth', Feb 1974 – May 1983" . ElectionWeb Project . Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 22 March 2016 . [
permanent dead link ]
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Minutes of Proceedings at a Public Inquiry Held at the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester on Monday 14 November 2005 , Boundary Commission for England, archived from
the original on 9 January 2007, retrieved 22 June 2011
^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project.
"Boundary Map of Lancashire Farnworth PDivCon (1918–1948)" . A Vision of Britain through Time . University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 July 2016 .
^ Great Britain Historical GIS Project.
"Boundary Map of Farnworth CCon/BCon (1949–1982)" . A Vision of Britain through Time . University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 31 July 2016 .
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i Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969).
British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p.
395 .
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1930
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"Labour Hold Farnworth" . Hull Daily Mail . 28 January 1938. Retrieved 13 October 2016 – via
British Newspaper Archive .
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General Election 5 July 1945: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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General Election 23 February 1950: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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General Election 25 October 1951: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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By-election 1952: Farnworth
Archived 25 February 2012 at the
Wayback Machine . British Election Ephemera Archive . Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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General Election 26 May 1955: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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General Election 8 October 1959: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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Albert Samuel Royse . Links in a Chain . Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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General Election 15 October 1964: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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General Election 31 March 1966: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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General Election 18 June 1970: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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General Election 28 February 1974: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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Margaret Patricia Rothwell . Links in a Chain . Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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General Election 10 October 1974: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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General Election 3 May 1979: Farnworth . Political Science Resources . Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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