Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency)
| Sowerby | |
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| Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Sowerby in for the 1885-1918 general election.
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| County | West Riding of Yorkshire |
| 1885–1983 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Calder Valley and Halifax |
| Created from | Northern West Riding of Yorkshire |
Coordinates: 53°42′18″N 1°56′13″W / 53.705°N 1.937°W
Sowerby /ˌsɔːrbi/ was a county constituency centred on the village of Sowerby in Calderdale, West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Calder Valley constituency.
1885-1918:
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Todmorden, the Urban Districts of Barkisland, Hebden Bridge, Luddendenfoot, Midgley, Mytholmroyd, Rishworth, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, and Soyland, the Rural District of Todmorden, and the civil parish of Norland in the Rural District of Halifax.
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