Sowerby (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sowerby
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Sowerby in Yorkshire, 1885–1918
CountyWest Riding of Yorkshire
18851983
SeatsOne
Created fromNorthern West Riding of Yorkshire
Replaced byCalder Valley and Halifax[1]

Sowerby (/ˈsərbi, ˈsərbi/)[2] 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.

  1. ^ "'Sowerby', Feb 1974 – May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.