East Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)
East Denbighshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)1918 (1918)
Number of members one
Replaced by Denbigh and Wrexham
Created from Denbighshire

East Denbighshire, formally called the Eastern Division of Denbighshire, was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in North Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

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History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the two-member Denbighshire constituency was divided into Eastern and Western divisions. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Sir George Osborne Morgan, Bt Liberal
1897 by-election Samuel Moss Liberal
1906 by-election Edward George Hemmerde Liberal
Dec. 1910 Edward Thomas John Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Election results

References



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