Lambeth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Lambeth Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
Lambeth was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Lambeth district of South London. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was replaced by four new single-member constituencies: Brixton, Kennington, Lambeth North and Norwood.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt | Benjamin Hawes | ||||
| 1847 | Charles Pearson | |||||
| 1850 | William Williams | |||||
| 1852 | William Arthur Wilkinson | |||||
| 1857 | William Roupell[1] | Liberal Party | ||||
| 1862 | Frederick Doulton[2] | |||||
| 1865 | James Clarke Lawrence | |||||
| 1865 | Thomas Hughes | Liberal | ||||
| 1868 | Sir James Clarke Lawrence | Sir William McArthur | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Brixton, Kennington, Lambeth North and Norwood | |||||
[edit] Notes
[edit] Bibliography
- Harris, J. (2001). The Roupells of Lambeth. London: The Streatham Society. ISBN 1-873520-37-9.
- Hill, G. (1879). The Electoral History of the Borough of Lambeth since its Enfranchisement in 1832. London: Stanford.
