Middleton was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, it was represented by one Member of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1918.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Middleton
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members
one
Replaced by
Middleton and Prestwich
Created from
South East Lancashire
Members of Parliament
Election
Member
Party
1885
George Salis-Schwabe
Liberal
1886
Liberal Unionist
1886
Thomas Fielden
Conservative
1892
Charles Henry Hopwood
Liberal
1895
Thomas Fielden
Conservative
1897 b-e
James Duckworth
Liberal
1900
Edward Fielden
Conservative
1906
Ryland Adkins
Liberal
1918
Constituency abolished
Boundaries
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of "The Sessional Division of Middleton (except so much of the Parish of Spotland as is included in Division No. 10 as herein described, or in the Municipal Borough of Bacup), the Municipal Borough of Rochdale, and the Parishes of Alkrington and Tonge, and in the Sessional Division of Bury so much of the Parish of Hopwood as is not included in the Municipal Borough of Heywood."[1]
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
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