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Southwark And Bermondsey
Southwark and Bermondsey was an inner city Constituency (UK), constituency in London, United Kingdom. Its sole Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament was Simon Henry Ward Hughes, Simon Hughes, in the first stage of his career in the house, as a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal then Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat after the party's founding in 1988. It was replaced with the North Southwark and Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency), North Southwark and Bermondsey seat in 1997. History The constituency was created for the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election and abolished for the 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 general election. As all constituencies since 1950 it was a single-member-representation seat, of the sort envisioned by the Chartism, Chartists in Reform Act 1832, 1832 and by the legislators mooting the Reform Act 1884, Third Reform Act - The Reform Act 1884 so had a single Member of Parliament throughout its exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bermondsey (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bermondsey was a borough constituency centred on the Bermondsey district of South London, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first-past-the-post voting system. The constituency was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1918 general election, when almost all its territory was represented by the new Bermondsey West and a very small amount going into the existing Rotherhithe constituency. A new Bermondsey constituency was created for the 1950 general election including Rotherhithe, was and abolished for the 1983 election, when it was largely replaced by the new Southwark and Bermondsey constituency. History The 1983 by-election was one of the most bitterly contested by-elections in the United Kingdom as it involved Bob Mellish, the retired Labour MP, running a highly personal and homophobic campaign against the Labour candidate, Peter Tatche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
