Harrow was a
constituency
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of the
House of Commons
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of the
UK Parliament
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1885—1945 in
Middlesex
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, a traditional county; it covered an area forming part of the north-west of today's
Greater London
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. It returned one
Member of Parliament
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(MP).
The constituency was created for the
1885 general election, substantially reduced on the creation of more seats in 1918 and abolished for the
1945 general election.
The
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
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initially proposed recreating the constituency, with boundaries similar to that of
Harrow West.
Boundaries
*1885–1918: The Parishes of Edgware, Great Stanmore, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Hendon, Kingsbury, Little Stanmore, Pinner, Twyford Abbey and Willesden (and the area in the Parliamentary Boroughs of Hampstead, Marylebone, Paddington and St Pancras; for many wealthy voters this sub-provision gave a choice of which seat to vote for).
*1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Harrow on the Hill, Greenford, Wealdstone, and Wembley and part (the non-detached part) of Hanwell.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
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Attorneys-General
*1478–1483: Richard Empson
*1519–1522: John Hales
*1522–1526: ...
, requiring a by-election.
Ambrose resigned after being appointed as a
Master in Lunacy, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
*Unionist:
Harry Mallaby-Deeley
*Liberal:
H. E. A. Cotton
Chamberlayne was nominated by the non-party Harrow Electors League
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
*Conservative:
Isidore Salmon
*Labour: Maurice S Davidson
*British Union: Harry Frisby
[British Fascism, the Labour Movement and the State by N. Copsey, D. Renton]
Elections in the 1940s
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1945