West Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)


West Cheshire is a former parliamentary constituency, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

It was created upon the abolition of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1868 and the redivision of Cheshire into West Cheshire, East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire and Stalybridge. In 1885, the first three of these were abolished and re-divided into eight constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.

Boundaries

1868–1885: The Hundreds of Broxton, Eddisbury, Nantwich, and Wirral, and the City and County of the City of Chester.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Tollemache's resignation caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Egerton's death caused a by-election.