Southwark North

Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])"Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press. North was a parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, in South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark wards of Christchurch, St. Jude, St. Michael and St. Saviour. It covered almost all of Cathedrals ward and the northern part of the Chaucer ward in the modern day London Borough of Southwark.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 Edward Strauss Coalition Liberal 1922 National Liberal Nov 1923 Liberal Dec 1923 Leslie Haden-Guest Labour 1927 by-election Edward Strauss Liberal 1929 George Isaacs Labour 1931 Edward Strauss National Liberal 1939 by-election George Isaacs Labour1950 constituency abolished: see Southwark

Election results Election in the 1910s

Election in the 1920s

Election in the 1930s

After the election, Strauss took the Liberal National whip.

Election in the 1940s

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