Walworth | |
Type: | Borough |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1885 |
Abolished: | 1918 |
Elects Howmany: | one |
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Walworth (strictly the Walworth division of Newington) was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Walworth district of South London, within the Newington Vestry. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Election | Member | Party[1] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1885 | Lewis Isaacs | Conservative | ||
1892 | William Saunders | Liberal | ||
1895 by-election | Sir James Bailey | Conservative | ||
1906 | Charles O'Donnell | Liberal | ||
1910 | James Dawes | Liberal | ||
1918 | constituency abolished |
Saunders' death caused a by-election.
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;