South East Lancashire Westhoughton Constituency (PDivCon)

Created: 1885   Abolished: 1918

Statistics

Political Life

Political Life

Election results, plus information on turn-out.

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
SOUTH EAST LANCASHIRE WESTHOUGHTON Preferred English     Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
LANCASHIRE SOUTH EAST WESTHOUGHTON Alternate English     1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Parliamentary Counties and Boroughs, and their Divisions; Inhabited Houses and population in 1891'.
WESTHOUGHTON Alternate English     F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 (London: The Macmillan Press Ltd, 1974)

This unit was associated with the following other units:

Nature of association Other unit involved Type of unit Authority
was succeeded by LANCASHIRE WESTHOUGHTON PDivCon Constituency Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ENGLAND Dep Country 1885 1918 Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)

Boundary Map of South East Lancashire Westhoughton Constituency (PDivCon)

If the boundaries of the Constituency changed over time, this map will show all the different boundaries.

Maps

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, South East Lancashire Westhoughton Constituency (PDivCon) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12750924

Date accessed: 13th February 2026