Leek (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885ā1983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leek was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Leek | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Staffordshire |
Major settlements | Leek |
1885ā1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Staffordshire |
Replaced by | Staffordshire Moorlands and Stoke-on-Trent North[1] |
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Centred on the market town of Leek, it was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished nearly 100 years later for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Staffordshire Moorlands constituency.