West Denbighshire | |
Type: | County |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1885 |
Abolished: | 1918 |
Elects Howmany: | one |
Previous: | Denbighshire |
Next: | Denbigh |
West Denbighshire, formally called the Western 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.
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 and Eastern and Western divisions. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Election | Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1885 | William Cornwallis-West | Liberal | ||
1886 | Liberal Unionist | |||
1892 | Sir John Roberts | Liberal | ||
1918 | constituency abolished |
General Election 1914–15:
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;