Runcorn | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons |
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County | Cheshire |
1950–1983 | |
Replaced by | Warrington South, Halton, Eddisbury and Tatton |
Created from | Bucklow, Eddisbury, Knutsford and Northwich |
Runcorn was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Runcorn in Cheshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
In 1983 it was abolished and replaced by Halton and Warrington South constituencies.
The Urban Districts of Lymm and Runcorn, and the Rural District of Runcorn.
The Runcorn constituency covered Runcorn town and the southern parts of Warrington.