Bury and Radcliffe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Bury and Radcliffe in North West England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a Conservative seat until the 1964 General Election when Labour won it for the first time.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was split into two new constituencies – Bury North and Bury South.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Bury, the Borough of Radcliffe, and the Urban District of Tottington.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1950 Walter Fletcher Conservative 1955 John Bidgood Conservative 1964 David Ensor Labour 1970 Michael Fidler Conservative Oct 1974 Frank White Labour1983 constituency abolished: see Bury North & Bury South
Election results Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References