Southwark West was a
parliamentary constituency centred on the
Southwark
Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...
district of
South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames. The region consists of the Districts of England, boroughs, in whole or in part, of London Borough of Bexley, Bexley, London Borough of Bromley, Bromley, London Borou ...
. It returned one
Member of Parliament (MP) to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the
1885 general election, and abolished for the
1918 general election.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Cohen resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s
Causton was appointed a
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
*Liberal:
Edward Strauss
Edward Anthony Strauss (7 December 1862 – 25 March 1939) was an English corn, grain and hop merchant of German-Jewish background. He was a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal, later National Liberal Party (UK, 1922), Liberal National Member of Parliam ...
*Unionist:
References
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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 1918
Politics of the London Borough of Southwark