Westhoughton (UK Parliament constituency)

Westhoughton
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLancashire (until 1974)
Greater Manchester (from 1974)
18851983
SeatsOne
Created fromSouth East Lancashire
Replaced byBolton West
Wigan
Leigh
Chorley

Westhoughton was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire, England. Centred on the former mining and cotton town of Westhoughton, it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.


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