During his absence there was a general election, and he was returned (1847) for Stockport and for the West Riding of Yorkshire.
In 1853 he was elected for Huddersfield, and in 1857 for the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The manufacturing districts of South Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire are traversed and connected by several canals following transverse valleys of the Pennine Chain.
The presence of a widespread urban population must also be remembered in the case of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The industry has extended into the adjacent parts of Cheshire, the West Riding of Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
