Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Richard Shaw | Liberal | |
| 1876 by-election | Peter Rylands | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1887 by-election | John Slagg | Liberal | |
| 1889 by-election | Jabez Spencer Balfour | Liberal | |
| 1893 by-election | Hon. Philip Stanhope | Liberal | |
| 1900 | William Mitchell | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Frederick Maddison | Lib-Lab | |
| Jan. 1910 | Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot | Conservative | |
| Dec. 1910 | Philip Morrell | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Dan Irving | Labour | |
| 1924 by-election | Arthur Henderson | Labour | |
| 1931 | Gordon Campbell, VC | National Liberal | |
| 1935 | Wilfrid Burke | Labour | |
| 1959 | Dan Jones | Labour | |
| 1983 | Peter Pike | Labour | |
| 2005 | Kitty Ussher | Labour | |
| 2010 | Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrats | |
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