East Cheshire (UK Parliament constituency)


East Cheshire was parliamentary constituency which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the bloc vote system.

History

The constituency was created upon the abolition of North Cheshire and South Cheshire in 1868 and the redivision of Cheshire into East Cheshire, West 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 Hundred of Macclesfield.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1860s

Egerton's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

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