Mitcham was a
constituency
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comprising the emerging
Mitcham
Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It ha ...
,
Wallington and
Beddington
Beddington is a suburban settlement in the London Borough of Sutton on the boundary with the London Borough of Croydon. Beddington is formed from a village of the same name which until early the 20th century still included land which became t ...
suburbs of
South London
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and until 1945 that of
Carshalton
Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton ...
, its largest of the area's four
traditional divisions, in its south-west. 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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by the
first past the post
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system.
It was created for the
1918 general election from part of
Wimbledon
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when it reached southwards up onto the
North Downs
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, further south than Croydon South, and was abolished for the
February 1974 general election.
Two of its MPs became
Home Secretary
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, one after changing seat of candidature, on boundary reforms.
Boundaries
1918–1945: The Urban Districts of Beddington and Wallington, Carshalton, and Mitcham (the latter as a northern end).
1945–1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Beddington and Wallington, and Mitcham (the latter as a northern end).
Members of Parliament
Feb 1974: ''constituency abolished: see
Mitcham and Morden
Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. I ...
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Election results
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
1920s
1910s
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974
Politics of the London Borough of Merton