Portsmouth Central was a borough constituency in Portsmouth. 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.
History The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, when the Representation of the People Act 1918 divided the two-member Portsmouth constituency into three new constituencies; North, South and Central.
It was abolished for the 1950 general election, with Buckland, Fratton and St Mary wards forming part of the new Portsmouth West seat, while the others were transferred to Portsmouth South.
Boundaries and boundary changes DatesLocal authorityMapsWards1918–1950County Borough of PortsmouthBuckland, Fratton, Kingston, St Mary, and Town Hall.
1918–1950 The constituency was formed from splitting the existing of constituency Portsmouth
Members of parliament ElectionMemberPartyNotes 1918 Sir Thomas Bramsdon Liberal Member for Portsmouth (1900, 1906–1910) 1922 Frank Privett Conservative 1923 Sir Thomas Bramsdon Liberal 1924 Harry Foster Conservative 1929 Glenvil Hall Labour 1931 Ralph Beaumont Conservative 1945 Julian Snow Labour Contested Lichfield and Tamworth following redistribution1950 constituency abolished: see Portsmouth South and Portsmouth West
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: Ralph Beaumont Labour: Peter R Pain
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