Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.
Clitheroe | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Lancashire |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | 1 |
Replaced by | Ribble Valley, Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle[1] |
1559–1885 | |
Seats | 1559–1832: Two 1832–1885: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
The town of Clitheroe was first enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1559, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832. The borough's representation was reduced to one MP by the Reform Act 1832.
The parliamentary borough was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and the name transferred to a new county division with effect from the 1885 general election. The county division returned one MP until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Ribble Valley constituency.
1885–1918: The Boroughs of Clitheroe and Burnley, the Sessional Division of Colne, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Clitheroe and Burnley.
1918–1950: The Borough of Clitheroe, the Urban Districts of Great Harwood and Padiham, the Rural District of Clitheroe, and part of the Rural District of Burnley.
1950–1983: The Borough of Clitheroe, the Urban Districts of Great Harwood, Longridge, and Padiham, the Rural Districts of Burnley and Clitheroe, and in the Rural District of Preston the parishes of Dutton, Hothersall, and Ribchester.
Borough of Clitheroe
MPs 1559–1660
MPs 1660–1832
Two members returned to Parliament
Year | First member[3] | First party[4] | Second member | Second party | ||
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Apr 1660 | Sir Ralph Assheton | William White | ||||
Jul 1660 | William Hulton | |||||
Apr 1661 | John Heath | |||||
1662 | Ambrose Pudsay | |||||
1675 | Sir Thomas Stringer | |||||
1679 | Sir Ralph Assheton | |||||
1680 | Henry Marsden | |||||
1685 | Lord Strange | Edmund Assheton | ||||
1689 | Anthony Parker | Christopher Wilkinson | ||||
1690 | Roger Kenyon | |||||
1693 | Fitton Gerard | |||||
1695 | Christopher Lister | Ambrose Pudsay | ||||
1698 | Thomas Stringer | |||||
1701 | Ambrose Pudsay | |||||
1705 | Edward Harvey | |||||
1707 | Daniel Harvey | |||||
1708 | Christopher Parker | |||||
Apr 1713 | Thomas Lister I | |||||
Sep 1713 | Charles Zedenno Stanley | |||||
1715 | Edward Harvey | |||||
1722 | Nathaniel Curzon | |||||
1727 | The Viscount Galway | |||||
1734 | William Curzon | |||||
1745 | Thomas Lister II | |||||
1747 | Nathaniel Curzon | |||||
1754 | Tory[4] | Assheton Curzon | Tory[4] | |||
Dec 1761 by-election | Nathaniel Lister | Tory[4] | ||||
1773 by-election | Thomas Lister III | Tory[4] | ||||
1780 | John Parker | Tory[4] | ||||
1782 by-election | John Lee | Tory[4] | ||||
1790 | Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Tory[4] | Penn Curzon | Tory[4] | ||
1792 by-election | Assheton Curzon | Tory[4] | ||||
1795 by-election | Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor | Tory[4] | ||||
1796 | Lord Edward Bentinck | Tory[4] | Hon. Robert Curzon | Tory[4] | ||
1802 | Hon. John Cust | Tory[4] | ||||
1808 by-election | James Gordon | Tory[4] | ||||
Oct 1812 | Viscount Castlereagh | Tory[4] | ||||
Dec 1812 by-election | Edward Wilbraham-Bootle | Tory[4] | ||||
1818 | Hon. William Cust | Tory[4] | ||||
1822 by-election | Henry Porcher | Tory[4] | ||||
1826 | Hon. Peregrine Cust | Tory[4] | ||||
1831 | Hon. Robert Curzon | Tory[4] |
MPs 1832–1885
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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1832 | representation reduced to one member | ||
1832 | John Fort | Whig[4][5] | |
1841[6] | Mathew Wilson | Whig[7][8][9][4] | |
1842 [6] | Edward Cardwell | Conservative[4] | |
1847 | Mathew Wilson | Whig[7][8][9][4] | |
May 1853 by-election[10] | John Aspinall | Conservative | |
Aug 1853 by-election[10] | Le Gendre Starkie | Peelite[11][12][13] | |
1857 | John Turner Hopwood | Conservative[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] | |
1865 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
1868 by-election | Ralph Assheton | Conservative | |
1880 | Richard Fort | Liberal | |
1885 | Parliamentary borough abolished. Name transferred to new county division |
Clitheroe division of Lancashire
MPs 1885–1983
Election | Member[3] | Party | Notes | |
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1885 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth | Liberal | ||
1902 by-election | David Shackleton | Labour | ||
1910 | Albert Smith | Labour | ||
1918 | Alfred Davies | Labour | ||
1922 | Sir William Brass | Conservative | ||
1945 | Harry Randall | Labour | ||
1950 | Richard Fort | Conservative | ||
1959 | Sir Francis Pearson | Conservative | ||
1970 | David Walder | Conservative | Died October 1978 | |
1979 by-election | David Waddington | Conservative | ||
1983 | constituency abolished: see Ribble Valley |