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1916 Wimbledon By-election
The 1916 Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency), Wimbledon by-election was held on 19 April 1916. The UK Parliamentary by-elections, by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MP, Henry Chaplin, when he was raised to the peerage. It was won by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative candidate Sir Stuart Coats. References External linksNewsreel footage of the election (British Film Institute) 1916 elections in the United Kingdom, Wimbledon by-election 1916 in England, Wimbledon by-election By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Surrey constituencies, Wimbledon,1911 By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London constituencies, Wimbledon,1911 Elections in the London Borough of Merton, Wimbledon,1916 20th century in Surrey {{London-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wimbledon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wimbledon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2005, the seat has been represented by Stephen Hammond of the Conservatives. History The area was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and had lay in Mid Surrey that elected two MPs. The constituency covered great bounds, skirting around Croydon to its south to reach Caterham, Warlingham, Chelsham and Farleigh in the North Downs and bearing formal alternate titles of the Wimbledon Division (of Surrey) and the North East Division of Surrey which in all but the most formal legal writing was written as North East Surrey. An Act reduced the seat in 1918 to create the Mitcham seat in the south-east; another in 1950 created Merton and Morden in the south. Political history Since 1885 the seat has elected Conservative MPs except from 1945 to 1950 and 1997–2005, when the Labour candidate won the seat during that party's national landslide years. While the 2005 Conservative majori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
