Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency)
| Wandsworth Central | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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| County | County of London, then Greater London |
| 1918–1974 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Tooting and Battersea South |
| Created from | Wandsworth |
Wandsworth Central was a parliamentary constituency in the Wandsworth district of South 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 voting system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
When the constituency was created, in 1918, it was a division of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth. It was in a part of the County of London, which was located in the northern part of the historic county of Surrey.
In 1965 the area of the constituency became part of the London Borough of Wandsworth in Greater London.
1918-1950: During the 1885-1918 distribution of parliamentary seats, the area had been part of the Wandsworth constituency. In 1918 the Metropolitan Borough (a larger area than the Wandsworth constituency had been) was split into five divisions. In addition to Central these divisions were Balham and Tooting, Clapham, Putney and Streatham.
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