Ince (UK Parliament constituency)

Ince
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLancashire
Major settlementsInce-in-Makerfield, Abram
18851974 (1974)
Created fromSouth West Lancashire
1974 (1974)1983
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Replaced byMakerfield, West Lancashire, St Helens North and Wigan[1]

Ince was a parliamentary constituency in England which elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Ince-in-Makerfield and other towns south of Wigan.

It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as a division of the parliamentary county of Lancashire. The constituency boundaries were redrawn in 1918 and 1950, and in 1974, it was reclassified as a borough constituency.[2]

The constituency ceased to exist with the implementation of the 1983 boundary changes and was largely replaced by the Makerfield Parliamentary constituency.

  1. ^ "'Ince', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ Youngs, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Volume 2