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Originally Posted by garinda
Out of interest I was just looking who was the last M.P. born in the constituency before Ken.
I know his predecessor Arhur Davidson was a scouser, but I was looking where the M.P. before him, Harry Hynd, was born...
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Interesting fact.
Ken Hargreaves was the first ever Member of Parliament born in this constituency of Hyndburn/Accrington, since it's formation in 1885.
1885 - Frederick William Grafton, born Manchester.
1886 - Robert Hodge, born Newcastle.
1892 - Sir Joseph Francis Leese, born London.
1910 - Harold Trevor Baker, born Porsea Island.
1918 - Sir Ernest Gray, born London.
1922 - Charles Roden Buxton, born Essex.
1924 - John Hugh Edward, born Aberystwyth, Wales.
1929 - Tom Snowden, born Bingley, Yorkshire.
1931 - Henry Adam Proctor, born Liverpool.
1945 - Walter Travers Scott-Elliot, born Arkleton, Scotland.
1950 - Harry Hynd, born Perth, Scotland.
1966 - Arthur Davidson, born Liverpool.