Bexley was a
parliamentary constituency
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centred on the
Bexley district of what is now
south-east London
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. It returned one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
History
The constituency was created for the
1945 general election, from parts of the
Chislehurst and
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
seats, and abolished for the
1974 general election and replaced by two new
constituencies
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of
Bexleyheath
Bexleyheath is a town in south-east London, England. It had a population of 31,929 as at 2011.
Bexleyheath is located south-east of Charing Cross, and forms part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is identified in the London Plan as one of ...
and
Sidcup
Sidcup is an area of south-east London, England, primarily in the London Borough of Bexley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, bordering the London Boroughs of Bromley and Greenwich. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, it was in the ...
.
The constituency's boundaries were co-terminous with those of the
Municipal Borough of Bexley.
The MP when the constituency was abolished, the then Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath, fought and won the new Sidcup constituency in 1974. He went on to represent the new seat of
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Old Bexley and Sidcup is a constituency created in 1983 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament represented since 2021 by Louie French of the Conservative Party.
History and profile
The seat was created in 1983 by combin ...
from 1983 until he retired from parliament in 2001 after being an MP for 50 years.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Election in the 1970s
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1945
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented by a sitting Prime Minister
London Borough of Bexley
Edward Heath