| Deptford | |
| Type: | Borough |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | February 1974 |
| Elects Howmany: | one |
| Previous: | Greenwich |
| Next: | Lewisham Deptford |
| Towns: | Deptford and New Cross |
Deptford was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Deptford district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.
1885–1918: The parish of St Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham.[1]
1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.
| Year | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William John Evelyn | Conservative | ||
| 1888 | Charles Darling | Conservative | ||
| 1897 | Arthur Henry Aylmer Morton | Conservative | ||
| 1906 | C. W. Bowerman | Labour | ||
| 1931 | Denis Hanley | Conservative | ||
| 1935 | Walter Green | Labour | ||
| 1945 | John Wilmot | Labour | ||
| 1950 | Jack Cooper | Labour | ||
| 1951 | Sir Leslie Plummer | Labour | ||
| 1963 | John Silkin | Labour | ||
| 1974 | constituency abolished | |||