Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Haggerston
Borough constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Haggerston, formally known as the "Haggerston Division of Shoreditch", was a borough constituency centred on the Haggerston district of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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[edit] History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election.

[edit] Boundaries


[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 William Randal Cremer Liberal-Labour
1895 John Lowles Conservative
1900 Sir William Randal Cremer Liberal-Labour
1908 Rupert Guinness, Viscount Elveden Conservative
Jan. 1910 Henry George Chancellor Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

[edit] Election results


[edit] References