Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bethnal Green North East Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London).
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | George Howell | Liberal-Labour | |
| 1895 | Sir Mancherjee Merwanjee Bhownagree | Conservative | |
| 1906 | Sir Edwin Andrew Cornwall, Bt | Liberal | |
| 1918 | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1922 | Garnham Edmonds | Liberal | |
| 1923 | Walter Windsor | Labour | |
| 1929 | Harry Louis Nathan | Liberal | |
| February 1933 a | Independent Liberal | ||
| June 1934 b | Labour | ||
| 1935 | Daniel Chater | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished - see Bethnal Green | ||
Notes:-
- a No election. Nathan resigned the Liberal whip.
- b No election. Nathan took the Labour whip.
[edit] References
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1974)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
- Bethnal Green Parliamentary Representation at British History online
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
