Deptford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of 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 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William John Evelyn | Conservative | |
| 1888 | Charles John Darling, later Baron Darling | Conservative | |
| 1897 | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Charles William Bowerman | Labour | |
| 1931 | Denis Augustine Hanley | Conservative | |
| 1935 | Walter Henry Green | Labour | |
| 1945 | John Wilmot | Labour | |
| 1950 | Jack Cooper | Labour | |
| 1951 | Sir Leslie Plummer | Labour | |
| 1963 | John Silkin | Labour | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished: see Lewisham Deptford | ||
