Deptford was a

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centred on the

Deptford Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century to the late 19th it was home to Deptford Dock ...

district of South London. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Lewisham Deptford.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The parish of St Paul, Deptford, inclusive of Hatcham. 1918–1974: The Metropolitan Borough of Deptford.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Election in the 1940s

Election in the 1930s

Election in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1880s

* Caused by Evelyn's resignation.

References

* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974)
Debrett’s Illustrated Heraldic and Biographical House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886

Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1901

Debrett’s House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1918
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