Wembley South was a

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in what was then the Borough of Wembley in Middlesex and from 1965 wholly in northwest

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. It returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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, elected by the

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system, returning Conservative apart from in 1945, the victory of the

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when it returned a Labour member.

History

Final Middlesex constituencies (1955-74)

The constituency was created at the

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, and abolished at the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The Municipal Borough of Wembley wards of Alperton, Central, Sudbury, Sudbury Court, Tokyngton, and Wembley Park.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wembley South (Uk Parliament Constituency) 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 Politics of the London Borough of Brent