Mossley was aparliamentary constituency which returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theUnited Kingdom Parliament.

It was created at the1918 general election as a county division ofLancashire, taking areas formerly in theGorton andPrestwich constituencies. The area consisted of small towns which were increasingly suburban toManchester, such asDroylsden andFailsworth (now part ofOldham borough), together with some towns then further out such asDenton, and stretching out to the edge ofSaddleworth Moor to take inMossley.

This created a mixed area which declined in social status during its existence as Manchester expanded to the east and its industrial area expanded. The electorate also increased over time, and in a boundary change in 1950 the seat was divided with the areas adjacent to Manchester forming the newDroylsden constituency while the remainder including Mossley itself formed part ofAshton-under-Lyne.

The Borough of Mossley, theRural District of Limehurst, and theUrban Districts ofAudenshaw,Denton,Droylsden,Failsworth, andLees.

• Constituency created (1918)

* Hopkinson was not a member of any political party but was adopted by both the local Conservative and Liberal Associations, received theCoalition Coupon and saw himself as a Liberal. However, he said this did not bind him to support the coalition government or to vote with it, and that he had accepted the coupon for the good of the country.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)

• Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950
• Politics of Tameside
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