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Southwark Central
Southwark (''Br'' ˆsʌðɨk"Southwark", in ''The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World'' (1952), New York: Columbia University Press. Central was a borough constituency returning a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom through the first past the post voting system. The constituency was a very compact and urban area, and was one of three divisions of the Parliamentary Borough of Southwark, which was identical to the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. The creation of the constituency was recommended by the Boundary Commission in a report issued in 1917, and formally created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. It came into existence at the 1918 general election. As the borough of Southwark had only 67,279 electors on 15 October 1946, the relevant date for the subsequent Boundary Commission review, the borough was only entitled to a single Member of Parliament. As a consequence Southwark Centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newington West
Newington West was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in the Newington, London, Newington area of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. History The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election, although the new constituency of Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency), Southwark Central had very similar boundaries. Boundaries Part of St Mary's ward and Trinity and St Paul's ward.Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886 Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1880s Elections in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
