Carshalton (UK Parliament Constituency)
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Carshalton was a constituency combining with areas to the south-west, then to the east instead,
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 Carshalto ...
which is a suburb on a long, north–south hillside south of
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. The latter form saw it take up an eastern "half" (i.e. one of two divisions) of the
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. It returned one
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(MP) to the
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of the
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. It was created for the
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having been the south-west of "
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 h ...
" and on shedding Banstead in 1974 it gained what had been the south-east of the Mitcham seat, then was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was replaced by Carshalton and Wallington, a nearly identical eastern set of 13 wards of its (post-1965) solely related local government area (London Borough).


Boundaries

1945–1974: The Urban Districts of Banstead and Carshalton. :''Note: abolished as entities from April 1965, falling into
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and the
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respectively'' 1974–1983: The London Borough of Sutton wards of Beddington North, Beddington South, Carshalton Central, Carshalton North East, Carshalton North West, Carshalton St Helier North, Carshalton St Helier South, Carshalton St Helier West, Carshalton South East, Carshalton South West, Wallington Central, Wallington North, and Wallington South.


Members of Parliament

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: ''constituency abolished: see Carshalton and Wallington''


Election results


Elections in the 1940s


Elections in the 1950s


Elections in the 1960s


Elections in the 1970s


References

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See also

As to 1945-1965 period: list of parliamentary constituencies in Surrey {{DEFAULTSORT:Carshalton (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 1983 Politics of the London Borough of Sutton Carshalton