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Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)

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County
  
Kent

Created from
  
Sevenoaks

Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency)

Replaced by
  
Sevenoaks, Bromley and Chislehurst

Chislehurst was a parliamentary constituency in what is now the London Borough of Bromley. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bromley and Chislehurst constituency. From 1885, most of the area of this constituency had been included in the Sevenoaks seat.

Boundaries

1918-1945: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Foot's Cray, the Rural District of Bromley, and part of the Rural District of Dartford.

1945-1950: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst, and Sidcup and Swanscombe, and part of the Rural District of Dartford.

1950-1974: The Urban Districts of Chislehurst and Sidcup.

1974-1997: The London Borough of Bromley wards of Bickley, Chislehurst, Mottingham, Plaistow and Sundridge, and St Paul's Cray.

Elections in the 1910s

  • endorsed by the Coalition Government
  • References

    Chislehurst (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia