Bethnal Green South West was a

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. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was combined with Bethnal Green North East to form a new Bethnal Green constituency, reflecting the area's substantial fall in population.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the south and west wards of the

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Bethnal Green Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road. By ...

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(later the

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in the

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Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

Election in the 1890s

Election in the 1900s

Election in the 1910s

Election in the 1920s

Election in the 1930s

Election in the 1940s

References

Bethnal Green Parliamentary Representation
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