# South East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Lancashire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1867 by the splitting of the South Lancashire constituency into South-West and South-East divisions.
The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, being divided into eight single member divisions of Eccles, Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth, Gorton, Heywood, Middleton, Prestwich, Stretford and Westhoughton.

## Boundaries

This constituency comprised the Salford hundred of Lancashire except for those parts of the hundred lying in the Parliamentary boroughs of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Stalybridge.

## Members of Parliament

* Constituency created (1868)
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
| 1868 | | Algernon Egerton | Conservative | | John Snowdon Henry | Conservative |
| 1874 | | Algernon Egerton | Conservative | | Edward Hardcastle | Conservative |
| 1880 | | Robert Leake | Liberal | | William Agnew | Liberal |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Elections

General election 1868: South East Lancashire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 8,290 | 27.4 | |
| | Conservative | John Snowdon Henry | 8,012 | 26.5 | |
| | Liberal | Frederick Peel | 7,024 | 23.2 | |
| | Liberal | Henry Yates Thompson | 6,953 | 23.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 988 | 3.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,140 (est) | 78.3 (est) | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,340 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election 1874: South East Lancashire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 9,187 | 27.7 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Edward Hardcastle | 9,015 | 27.2 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal | Peter Rylands | 7,464 | 22.5 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal | John Edward Taylor | 7,453 | 22.5 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,551 | 4.7 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,560 (est) | 77.3 (est) | −1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 21,427 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |
General election 1880: South East Lancashire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Leake | 11,313 | 26.0 | +3.5 |
| | Liberal | William Agnew | 11,291 | 25.9 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Algernon Egerton | 10,569 | 24.2 | −3.5 |
| | Conservative | Edward Hardcastle | 10,419 | 23.9 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 894 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 722 | 1.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,796 (est) | 83.7 (est) | +6.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,037 | | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.5 | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 | |