Deptford | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Lewisham Deptford |
Created from | Greenwich |
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.
1918-1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.