Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Southwark North
Type:	Borough
Parliament:	uk
Year:	1918
Abolished:	1950
Elects Howmany:	one
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Southwark (Br [ˈsʌðɨk])^[1] 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

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Edward Strauss	Coalition Liberal
	1922		National Liberal
	1923	Leslie Haden-Guest	Labour
	1927	Edward Strauss	Liberal
	1929	George Isaacs	Labour
	1931	Edward Strauss	National Liberal
	1939 by-election	George Isaacs	Labour
1950		constituency abolished: see Southwark

Election results

Election in the 1930s

• After the election, Strauss took the Liberal National whip.

Election in the 1940s

Notes and References

1. "Southwark", in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World (1952), New York: Columbia University Press.