Leek was a parliamentary constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Centred on the market town of Leek, it was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished nearly 100 years later for the 1983 general election. It was then largely replaced by the new Staffordshire Moorlands constituency.
Members of Parliament Election Member Party 1885 Charles Crompton Liberal 1886 Harry Davenport Conservative 1892 Charles Bill Conservative 1906 Robert Pearce Liberal 1910, Jan Arthur Heath Conservative 1910, Dec Sir Robert Pearce Liberal 1918 William Bromfield Labour 1931 Arthur Ratcliffe Conservative 1935 William Bromfield Labour 1945 Harold Davies Labour 1970 David Knox Conservative 1983 constituency abolished. see Staffordshire Moorlands
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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; Liberal: Robert Pearce Unionist: Labour:
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: Harold DaviesReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Conservative: John H Wain
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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