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Willesden East () was a
Willesden East () was a constituency
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in Middlesex
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adjoining the County of London
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and forming part of the London conurbation, in London itself from 1965. It returned one member
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to the House of Commons
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of the UK Parliament
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1918 – 1974.
The outcome of the seat was a bellwether of the national outcome from 1931 until its abolition. Before 1945 the seats electorate had not elected any Labour
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candidate, however had sided overall with the Liberal candidate once, in 1923, in a by-election.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The Urban District of Willesden wards of Brondesbury Park, Cricklewood, Kensal Rise, Mid Kilburn, North Kilburn, and South Kilburn. 1950–1974: The Municipal Borough of Willesden wards of Brondesbury Park, Carlton, Cricklewood, Kilburn, Mapesbury, and Neasden.Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; *Conservative:Samuel Hammersley
Samuel Schofield Hammersley (22 December 1892 – 28 March 1965) was an industrialist and Conservative Party politician in UK.
Educated Hulme Grammar School, Oldham, and King's College, Cambridge.
In 1915 during World War I he joined East Lancas ...
*Labour: Maurice Orbach
Maurice Orbach (13 July 190224 April 1979) was a British Labour Party politician,
who served the Willesden East (1945-1959) and Stockport South (1964-1979) constituencies.
Background
Born to a Jewish family, Orbach was educated at technica ...
*Liberal: Arthur Shenfield
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
References
{{reflist 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 Brent Willesden