Hyde | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Cheshire |
Major settlements | Hyde |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Stalybridge & Hyde |
Created from | East Cheshire |
Coordinates: 53°26′49″N 2°04′55″W / 53.447°N 2.082°W
Hyde was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1918. It was seated in the town of Hyde, Cheshire.
From the 1918 general election onwards, the town has been represented in parliament through the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde.
The constituency, officially Cheshire, Hyde Division, was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and consisted of the following parishes and townships in north east Cheshire:Bredbury, the part of Brinnington outside the , Godley , Hattersley, Hollingworth, Hyde, Marple, Mottram, Newton, Offerton, Romiley, Tintwistle, Torkington and Werneth.