Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kennington Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Kennington was a borough constituency centred on the Kennington district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament 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 1950 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Robert Gent-Davis | ||
| 1889 by-election | Mark Hanbury Beaufoy | ||
| 1895 | Sir Frederick Lucas Cook | ||
| 1906 | Sir Stephen Collins | ||
| 1918 | Henry George Purchase | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Francis Capel Harrison | Conservative | |
| 1923 | Thomas Samuel Beauchamp Williams | Labour | |
| 1924 | George Harvey | Unionist | |
| 1929 | Leonard Warburton Matters | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir George Harvey | Conservative | |
| 1939 by-election | John Charles Wilmot | Labour | |
| 1945 | Charles William Gibson | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
