Southwark Central (UK Parliament constituency)
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Southwark Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | James Daniel Gilbert | Colaition Liberal | |
| 1924 | Harry Day | Labour | |
| 1931 | Ian Macdonald Horobin | National | |
| 1935 | Harry Day | Labour | |
| 1940 | John Hanbury Martin | Labour | |
| 1948 | Roy Jenkins | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Southwark | ||
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
