Battersea North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Battersea North Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1983 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Battersea North was a parliamentary constituency in the then Metropolitan Borough of Battersea in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1918 general election, when the former Battersea constituency was divided in two. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was reunited with most of Battersea South to form the new Battersea constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Richard Morris | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Shapurji Saklatvala | Communist | |
| 1923 | Henry Cairn Hogbin | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Shapurji Saklatvala | Communist | |
| 1929 | William Stephen Saunders | Labour | |
| 1931 | Arthur Marsden | Conservative | |
| 1935 | William Stephen Saunders | Labour | |
| 1940 | Francis Douglas | Labour | |
| 1946 | Douglas Jay | Labour | |
| 1983 | Constituency abolished: see Battersea | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
